Once there was a baby eagle living in a nest (巢) on a cliff (山崖). The baby eagle loved his nest. It was
warm,soft and comfortable. And even better, he had all the food and love that his mother could give. Whenever
the baby eagle was hungry,his mother would always come just in time with the delicious food he liked.
     He was growing happily day after day. But suddenly his world changed. His mother stopped coming to the
nest. He was full of sadness and fear. He thought he would die soon. He cried, but nobody heard him.
     Two days later his mother appeared with some nice food. The baby eagle was wild with joy. But his mother
put the food at the top of the mountain and then looked down at her baby. The baby eagle cried out. "Mum,
why did you do this to me? I'm hungry. Don't you know I will die if I have nothing to eat?"
     "Here is the last meal I give you. Come and get it by yourself," his mother said. Then she flew down and
pushed the baby eagle out of the nest.
     The baby eagle fell down, faster and faster. He looked up at his mum, "Why do you abandon me?" He
looked down at the earth. The ground was much closer. Then something strange happened. The air caught
behind his arms and he began to fly! He wasn't moving to the ground any more. Instead, his eyes were pointed
up at the sun.
     "You are flying! You can make it!" His mother smiled.

1. Which of the following is TRUE about the baby eagle's life before his mother stopped coming to the nest?

A. He lived in a nest in the tree.
B. His mother offered him nice food. 
C. He was always cold and hungry.
D. He lived very happily with friend.

2. How old the baby eagle feel as soon as he saw his mother coming again?

A. Sad.
B. Happy.
C. Afraid.
D. Angry.

3. What did the baby eagle's mother do when she came the last time?

A. She put some food in the nest.
B. She just came to see him again.
C. She shouted at her baby eagel and flew away.
D. She pushed her baby eagle out of the nest.

4. What does the word "abandon" mean?

A. 拋棄
B. 保護(hù)
C. 歧視
D. 拯救

5. We can infer (推斷) from the story that _____.

A. The baby eagle lost his mother
B. The baby eagle feel down and died
C. The baby eagle could get food himself
D. The baby eagle was still angry with his mother

     Peter and I live in the same building. His room is on the tenth floor, but mine is on the ninth floor. He is
kind but careless, and sometimes gets into trouble.
     Last Friday afternoon, the young man went to a wild island to spend his holiday with his friends. They
swam in the river, went fishing, played the guitar. They had a good time. Three days later, they decided to
come back to the bank. Unfortunately, their boat hit a rock and soon went down. They were all in danger.
With a villager's help, all of them were out of danger. They didn't come back until midnight. The young man
was too hungry and quite tired. So he wished to get home as soon as possible. But the lift didn't work. He
had to walk upstairs. He stopped by my door and took out a key. Of course, he could not open the door. He
tried it again and again, but failed. He became angry and shouted, "I'll cut you down with a knife!"
     The noise woke me up and I opened the door. I understood at once what was happening and said, "You
are trying to open a wrong door, Peter."
     "Sorry, I can't agree with you, Mike!" he shouted, "It's my room. You have entered it by mistake!"

Judge the following sentences true (T) or false (F).
(     )1. Peter and his friends enjoyed themselves on the island.
(     )2. The young men went back to the bank by themselves.
(     )3. The lift took Peter to the tenth floor.
(     )4. Mike opened the door to see what happened outside.
(     )5. Peter was so careless that he opened the wrong door.

     Three women escaped from prison (監(jiān)獄). They ran for miles until they came upon an old barn (倉(cāng)房).
They decided to hide (隱藏) in the hayloft (干草棚) and rest. When they climbed up, they found three bags
and decided to hide inside them.
     About an hour later the head of the town and his assistant came into the barn. The head told his assistant
to go up and check out the hayloft. When he was up there, the head asked him what he saw. The assistant
shouted back, "Just three large bags."
     The head told him to find out what was in them, so the assistant kicked the first bag, where one of the
women was hiding. She went, "Wow -Wow", so the assistant told the head that there was a dog in the bag.
     Then he kicked the second bag that the second woman was hiding in. She went, "Meow," so the assistant
told the head that there was a cat in the bag.
     Then he kicked the bag that the third woman was in, and there was no sound at all, so he kicked it again,
and the woman cried, "Potatoes."

1. Three women went into an old barn to ________.

A. hide
B. find the bags
C. run away

2. In the third paragraph the underlined word "went" means ________.

A. 去
B. 叫
C. 走開

3. The assistant kicked the third bag again because he wanted to _________.

A. find some potatoes
B. kick the woman
C. find out what was in it

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The head and his assistant reached the bam before the three women.
B. The head climbed up and checked the hayloft.
C. The assistant thought that there was a cat in die second bag.

5. From the passage we know that ________.

A. the third woman was clever
B. the prison was next to the barn
C. the head would find the women

     Many people have, to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Other people think it is terrible.
One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is John Brown. Mr. Brown works in
an office in New York.
     On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got in the elevator to go
home, it stopped between floors. Mr. Brown could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped (困住)! He
started to shout, but nobody heard him. Then Mr. Brown remembered that it was a holiday in America.
Nobody was going to come to work until Tuesday! There was nothing for Mr. Brown to do.
     He had to wait until one of his coworkers (同事) came to work and found him. With nothing to eat
or-drink, Mr. Brown ended up sleeping for most of the time.
     Early on Tuesday morning, the president of the company came into work and found the elevator was
not working. When the elevator was opened, Mr. Brown came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in
the elevator for sixty-two hours!
     Now Mr. Brown says, "I only use elevators if they have telephones in them."

1. What does Mr. Brown think of working on the weekend?

A. It is happy.
B. He doesn't mind.
C. It can be dangerous.
D. He refuses to do it.

2. How long was he in the elevator?

A. From Saturday to Monday.
B. From Tuesday to Saturday.
C. More than three days.
D. More than two days.

3. Why did Mr. Brown spend so long in the elevator? Which of the following is NOT a reason?

A. It was a three-day holiday.
B. He had no food or drink.
C. The elevator stopped between two floors.
D. There was no telephone in the elevator.

4. How was Mr. Brown able to get out of the elevator?

A. The president discovered the elevator wasn't working.
B. The elevator started to work soon again.
C. His coworker who worked on the weekend helped him out.
D. His coworkers found him when they came back to work on Monday.

5. What is the best title (題目) for this story?

A. A Busy Weekend
B. An Interesting Elevator
C. Trapped in an Elevator
D. Elevator Safety

     Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother's birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would
be nice and useful but not expensive.
     She went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. After she looked for half an hour, she found a shop that
was selling cheap umbrellas, and she decided to take a black one.
     She thought, "Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of any color." So she bought a lovely black
umbrella and took it to school with her until her class finished.
     On her way home on the train she felt hungry because she had so little for lunch. So she went to the buffet
car (餐車). She left the umbrella on her seat. But when she got back, it had gone!
     Sally began to cry. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told
them the black umbrella she bought for her mother had gone, and she had to get off at the next station. After
the three passengers heard this, they asked her for her mother's address so that they could send the umbrella
to her if someone took it by mistake and brought it back.
     And now a week passed. Sally got a letter from her mother. It said "Thank you very much for your lovely
gifts, but why do you send me three black umbrellas?"

1. Which sentence has the same meaning as "Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of any color"?

A. Mom must carry it when she is wearing any clothes.
B. Mom is beautiful in any clothes.
C. The color of the umbrella is OK for Mom's clothes of any color.
D. Mom can buy any clothes that she likes to wear.

2. Where did Sally find the umbrella missing?

A. On the train.
B. At her school.
C. At the train station.
D. In the shop.

3. From the passage, we can know that _____.

A. Sally's mother would write to her if she didn't receive the gift
B. one of the umbrellas must be sent by Sally
C. the three umbrellas were sent by the three passengers
D. nobody on the train took away the umbrella

4. The best title for the story is "_____".

A. A lucky girl
B. The story of an umbrella
C. On the train
D. A happy mother

5. The writer wants to tell us _____.

A. we should look after our things when we are traveling
B. if we show our love to others, we can get love from others
C. we should often send our parents gifts
D. it's no use crying when we are in trouble

     When Liu Xiang dreams, he dreams of gold. When Guo Jingjing dreams, she dreams of gold, too.
But neither of them is dreaming of money. They 1_____ (dream) of the Gold Medals they want to win
at the Olympics in Beijing in 2008. Both of these wonderful athletes have been dreaming of gold for a long
time. Their dreams began when they were children. They loved sport and they had a child' s dream of
2_____ (become) Olympic athletes. As they got older and had training harder, the dream came within their
reach (能及的范圍). In 2004, both Liu Xiang and Guo Jingjing 3_____ (win) Olympic gold medals and their
dream came true. Now, Beijing gold is in their dreams. Every success 4_____ (begin) with a dream. 
       Every successful person is a dreamer. They dream of what they want 5_____ (achieve) and then begin
working towards achieving that dream. On the way, troubles 6_____ (meet) by them. Sometimes, their dream
doesn't come true. But working towards that dream has taught them about themselves and about life and, as
a result, they 7_____ (succeed) in becoming strong, independent (獨(dú)立的) people. People often say, "If you
dream it and believe it, it 8_____ (come) true. "

     It was at least two months before Christmas when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that
she wanted a new bicycle. As Christmas drew nearer, her desire for a bicycle seemed to fade (消退), or so
we thought. We bought her a lovely doll, and a doll house. Then, much to our surprise, on December 23rd,
she said that she "really wanted a bike more than anything else." But it was just too late. With such a lot of
preparations to do for the Christmas dinner we did not have the time to buy our little girl a bike. So, here we
were Christmas Eve around 9:00 p.m., with Almie and her six-year-old brother, Dylan, sleeping in their beds.
Now we could only think of the bicycle and the disappointment of our child. "What if I make a little bicycle
out of clay (泥) and write a note that she could trade (交易, 交換) the clay bike in for a real bike?" her dad
asked. So he spent the next four hours making a tiny clay bike. On Christmas morning, we were excited for
Almie to open the little gift box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. Finally, she opened it
and read the note aloud. "Does this mean that I can trade in this bike that Daddy made me for a real one?" I
said, "Yes." Almie had tears in her eyes when she replied, "I could never trade in this beautiful bicycle that
Daddy made me. I'd rather keep this than get a real bike." At that moment, we would have moved heaven and
earth to buy her every bicycle in the world!

1. Choose the right time order of the following events.
    a. The girl asked for a new bike.
    b. The girl opened the little gift box.
    c. The parents bought the girl a modern and popular doll.
    d. The father made the girl a bike with clay.
    e. The girl would rather keep the clay bike than get a real one.

A. a, b, c, e, d 　　　　　
B. a, c, d, b, e
C. a, c, b, d, e 　　　　　
D. a, b, d, c, e

2. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. The parents wanted the girl to have the clay bike for ever.
B. Tears were in the girl's eyes because she didn't like the present at all.
C. The girl never lost her desire for a bike.
D. The parents paid little attention to the daughter's desire for a bike.

3. Why did Dad make the clay bicycle? 

A. He wanted his daughter to buy a real one.　
B. He didn't want to disappoint his daughter.
B. He thought his daughter would like it.　　
D. He wanted to give his daughter a surprise.

4. What can we know from the last sentence?

A. The parents were sad and encouraged.　　　
B. The parents felt nervous and shy.
C. The parents were moved and felt proud of the girl.
D. The parents felt unhappy for the girl.

5. Which do you think is the best title (標(biāo)題) for the story?

A. A lovely little girl　　　　　　　　　　
B. A great and serious father
C. A clay bike　　　　　　　　　　　　
D. Christmas shopping

     The worker I hired to repair my house had just finished a difficult first day on the job. A broken wheel
made him an hour late; his ladder (梯子) fell down when he was painting the roof and now his old truck
wouldn' t start. With each problem he shouted angrily, more at himself than at his things. As I drove him
home, the man didn't say a word.
     I tried talking to the man to kill time. I managed to find out that he had come up from Blue Hills in
Victoria with his family six months ago to find a job. This was his first job since moving here. I now knew
why his price was lower than any other worker I could find in the local newspaper. He really needed the job.
His clothes told me as much.
     On arriving, much to my surprise, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked through his front
garden he suddenly stopped at a small tree and placed his hands on it. Then, when he opened the door he
completely changed. Instead of his troubled face, there was now a warm smile, hugs for his two children
and a kiss for his wife.
     The following day, I asked him about the tree.
     "That's my trouble tree," he answered. "Work troubles aren't welcome at home with my wife and the
children. So I hang them on that tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up
again."
     "And you know what else?" he said smiling, "The next morning I find that there aren't as many as I
remember hanging up the night before."

1. Which of the following things did NOT happen to the worker?

A. His truck broke down.
B. He was late for work.
C. He fell onto the roof.
D. His ladder fell down.

2. When did the worker first arrive in this town? 

A. Today.
B. Last night.
C. Six weeks ago.
D. Six months ago.

3. Where did the writer find the worker?

A. Through a newspaper.
B. Beside the trouble tree.
C. In his old house.
D. In Blue Hills, Victoria.

4. Why did the worker touch the tree?

A. To get good luck.
B. To leave his trouble outside.
C. To send good wishes to his family.
D. To clean his hands.

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Looking for a job can make trouble.
B. It is important to get to work on time.
C. Often our problems are worse than what we think.
D. A happy family can make many problems go away.