It was a cold and rainy afternoon in winter. Mr. Green was going to leave his office. He worked all day,
so he was very tired. He went out of the building and took out his key. When he reached "his car", he took
out a key to open the door. The door didn't open. It was very dark and he couldn't see clearly. He tried some
other cars, but none of them was his. Finally he reported to the police. But when he reached home, he found
his car was in front of his house. He didn't drive his car to work that morning.

1. The weather on that day was ______.

A. hot and rainy
B. cold and rainy
C. windy
D. fine

2. Mr. Green left his office ______. 

A. early
B. after a day's work
C. at half past three
D. after he found his car

3. He couldn't open the car door because ______.

A. he couldn't find his car key
B. it was very dark
C. he was too tired
D. his car was not here at all

4. Finally he ______.

A. asked the police to help him
B. didn't found his car
C. opened the car door
D. saw a policeman and he helped Mr. Green

5. Where did he find his car?

A. At the police station.
B. In the street.
C. At home.
D. He never found it.

     A traveler came out of the airport. There were a lot of taxis. He asked every taxi-driver his name. Then he
took the third one. It cost 5 dollars from the airport to the hotel."How much does it cost for the whole day?"
the man asked."100 dollars," said the taxi-driver. This was very dear, but the man said it was OK.
      The taxi-driver took the man everywhere. He showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the
evening they went back to the hotel. The traveler gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars and said,"What about
tomorrow?" The taxi-driver looked at the man and said,"Tomorrow? It's another 100 dollars." But the man
said,"That's OK! See you tomorrow." The taxi-driver was very pleased.
     The next day the taxi-driver took the traveler everywhere again. They visited all the parks and museums
again. And in the evening they went back to the hotel. The man gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars again and
said,"I'm going home tomorrow." The taxi-driver was sorry because he liked the traveler and, above all, 100
dollars a day was a lot of money."So you're going home. Where do you come from?" he asked."I come from
New York.""New York!" said the taxi-driver,"I have a sister in New York. Her name is Susannah. Do you
know her? Of course I know her. She gave me 200 dollars for you!"

1. The traveler took the ______ taxi because he didn't want to spend his money on the coming visit.
2. Usually the of the _____ traveling one day may be _____ than $ 100.
3. The driver's _____ asked the traveler to the money to ______ the taxi-driver.
4. At last the driver was _____ when he _____ what the traveler said.
5. From the passage we know the traveler  ______ from _______.

     Once the colors of the world argued with each other. All thought that they were the best and (1)______
(important). 
     Green said,"Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and hope. I'm the color of grass, trees
and leaves. Without me, all animals would die."
     Yellow laughed: "You are all so serious. I bring happiness and warmth into the world. Every time people
look at a yellow sunflower, they start to smile. Without me, there would be no fun."
     Orange shouted:"I am the color of (2)______ (healthy) and strength. I have the most important vitamins
(維生素). Think of carrots, vegetables and oranges.
     When I appear in the sky, everyone is shocked at my beauty and nobody gives another thought to any
of you." Red couldn't stand it any longer,"I am the color of danger and bravery. I'm willing to fight for a cause.
I bring fire into the blood."
    Their voices became louder and louder. The thunder got angry and the rain started to pour. When they
became calm, the rain said to the colors,"You are all foolish. Don't you know that each of you is unique
(獨一無二)? If you don't agree with me, just follow me." They did as the rain told them and together made
the most beautiful rainbow (彩虹).

1. 用（1）、（2）兩處括號中所給詞的適當形式填空。
    (1) All thought that they were the best and _______________ (important).
   (2) I'm the color of _______________ (healthy) and warmth.
2. Red couldn't stand it any longer. （同義句轉化，每空一詞）
    Red could _______________ _____________ stand it.
3. 根據(jù)短文內容回答問題。
    According to the passage, how many colors took part in the argument? 
    __________________________________________________________
4. 將劃線句子翻譯成漢語。 
    __________________________________________________________
5. What's the main idea of this passage? （不超過10個單詞） 
    __________________________________________________________

     A few years ago, Masaru lbuka, the head of Sony, was at a company planning meeting. Suddenly he had
an idea. He stopped the meeting and asked everyone what would happen if Sony took away the recording
function and speakers and sold headphones with a tape player instead. Almost everyone thought he was silly.
Still, lbuka kept his idea and worked at it. The result, of course, turned out to be successful Sony Walkman.
    Good ideas often start with a really silly question. Bill Bower man was making breakfast one day. As he
stood there making cakes for his son, he asked himself what would happen if he poured rubber (橡膠) into his
cake iron (蛋糕模具). Later, he tried it and the result looked something like the bottom of most sports shoes
we see today. Still, when he took this idea to several shoes companies, he was laughed at. In fact, every single
company turned him down. Though rather disappointed, Bill went on to form his own company, making NIKE
 sports shoes. 
     We know today, of course, that each of these ideas caused a successful thing that has changed the way
many of us live. The best questions are usually opened (開放的) and are often "Silly", Children aren't afraid
to ask such questions, but adults usually are. Think how difficult the world might be if people never asked
"silly" questions!

1. At first ________ thought Masaru's idea was good.

A. no one
B. most people
C. few people
D. everyone

2. The underlined word "silly" means ________ in Chinese.

A. 聰明的
B. 偉大的
C. 愚蠢的
D. 渺小的

3. Masaru wanted to make a tape player ________.

A. with recording function, speakers and headphones
B. with headphones, but no recording function or speakers
C. with speakers and headphones, but no recording function
D. with recording function and speakers, but no headphones

4. Bill Bower man got his ideas from ________.

A. his son
B. sports shoes
C. cating
D. cooking

5. So many people refused Bill Bower man because ________.

A. they thought his idea was silly
B. they didn't know how to make sports shoes
C. his idea was hard to come true
D. it was difficult to pour rubber into the cake iron

     Daniel wakes up in the morning and collects his post. There's a letter for him with a picture of a sick horse.
It's from a charity (慈善機構), asking him to give money to help save the animals. The doorbell rings and there
is an old woman on Daniel's doorstep (門外的臺階). She is asking for money to help old people. When he turns on the TV, he hears sad music and sees a picture of a weak child who is dying of hunger in Africa. He knows
those poor children need money. He is always ready to help those in trouble.
      In May 2003, Yao Ming, a basketball star, held a TV show in Shanghai and he collected ＄300, 000 to help
scientists with medical research."We must do something to help our country at this difficult time. "he said.
     People such as Daniel and Yao Ming feel good about helping others with money.

根據(jù)短文內容， 判斷正（T）誤（F）。
(     )1. Daniel always collects letters in the evening.
(     )2. Daniel often looks after a sick horse.
(     )3. From this passage, we learn that Yao Ming is kind and helpful.
(     )4. Many people such as Daniel and Yao Ming like helping others with money.
(     )5. This passage is mainly about charity.

     A teenage girl couldn't stand her parents' family rules, so she left home.
     She wanted to be famous. But she had poor education and several years later she had to ask for food on the
street for a living. Now her father has died. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still looking for her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she puts up a big photo of herself on the wall.
At the lower part of the photo she writes, "I still love you..., come back home!"
     One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. The face was familiar. "Is that my mother?" she moved
closer and read the words "I still love you..."She cried. When she got home, it was early morning. She
knocked on the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to her mother's bedroom. Her mother was sleeping.
She woke her mother up,"It's me! Your daughter is back home!" The mother and daughter held each other, full
of happy tears. The daughter asked,"Why is the door not locked? A thief could get in."The mother answered
softly,"The door has never been locked since you left."
     The door of parents' love for their children will never be closed.

根據(jù)短文內容, 回答下列問題.
1. Why did the girl leave home?
__________________________________________________
2 .Why couldn't the girl be famous?
__________________________________________________
3. Has her mother given up looking for her?
__________________________________________________
4. What was the mother doing when the girl came back home that morning?
__________________________________________________
5. 把文中畫線的句子翻譯成漢語.
__________________________________________________

     My sister Alli and I have been trying to get people to stop dropping cigarette butts (煙蒂) for seven years.
     One day, we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground.
     They made the ground dirty.
     They made the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people stop dropping butts.
We called it "No Butts About It!" At first, we drew pictures with "The Earth Is Not Your Ashtray (煙灰缸)"
written on them. We put the pictures around our hometown-in parks, by beaches, and along roads.
     We wanted to make people understand that dropping butts does harm to the environment. Most smokers
don't think that dropping butts harms the earth. But it does! All rubbish does.
     Later, we wrote to companies and asked them for money to help us. We used the money to buy ashtrays
to give smokers.
     We wanted smokers to carry the ashtrays with them so they didn't have to drop butts. At the moment, we
are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes. Some companies would like
to do it.
     Many people have started to join our group since it began. Today there are 45 other "No Butts About It"
groups in America. And there are even groups in England, Australia and India!
     Many newspapers have written about my sister and I over the last seven years. And we have won many
prizes for our good work.
    But we are not interested in prizes. We just want to make the earth a better and cleaner place for animals,
plants and people.
     One day it will be.

根據(jù)短文內容, 完成下列各題.
1. It has _____ Alli and the writer seven years to try to _____ people stop dropping cigarette butts.
2. The cigarette butts made the town look so _____ that they decided to start a group _____"No Butts
    About It."
3. First, they drew pictures and put them around their hometown. Then they _____ to companies to
    ask for money. _____ the money they buy ashtrays to give smokers.
4. There are many" No Butts About It" groups in _____, _____, Australia and India.
5. They hope that one day the earth will be a _____ and _____ place for animals and people.

     Bill and Tom were walking in the forest one day. Suddenly they heard a strange noise coming from a hole
in the tree. Bill climbed up to look in. Two baby squirrels were inside, crying for their mother. Someone killed
her and left the babies to die. Each of the boys put a baby squirrel in his jacket pocket and carried it home.
There the boys made a soft bed in a box for the little animals, and fed them with warm milk from a small bottle. The squirrel's sons grew round and fat. Bill and Tom liked them very much.

1. One day Bill and Tom were walking ________.

A. in the street
B. in the forest
C. in the park
D. on the farm

2. Bill and Tom found the baby squirrels ________.

A. at home
B. on the ground
C. in a hole in the tree
D. under the tree

3. What did the boys do with the squirrels?

A. They left the babies to die.
B. They carried them home.
C. They put them back in the tree.
D. They threw them away.

4. They boys fed the squirrels with _______.

A. water
B. bread
C. nuts
D. warm milk

5. The squirrels soon ________.

A. were ill
B. ran away
C. died
D. grew round and fat