It was a beautiful spring morning. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, and the sun was warm but not too hot. Mr. White saw an old man at the bus stop with a big and black umbrella in his hand.
Mr. White said to him, “Do you think it’s going to rain today?”
“No,” said the old man, “I don’t think so.”
“Then are you carrying the umbrella because the sun is too hot?”
“No, the sun is not very hot in spring.”
Mr. White looked at the big umbrella again, and the man said, “I am old man, and my legs are not very strong. I must have a walking-stick. But people will say, ‘Look, the man is so old, and I don’t like that.’ When I carry an umbrella in fine weather, people only say, ‘look at that stupid man.’”
【小題1】The story happened         .

A．in a rainy day	B．in the afternoon
C．on a cloudy morning	D．a(chǎn)t a bus stop

【小題2】It was a very        day.

A．hot

B．bad

C．fine

D．cloudy

【小題3】There was         in the old man’s hand.

A．a(chǎn)n umbrella

B．a(chǎn) walking-stick

C．a(chǎn) bag

D．a(chǎn) magazine

【小題4】There was something wrong with the old man’s             .

A．head

B．a(chǎn)rms

C．legs

D．feet

【小題5】Which is TURE according to（根據(jù)）the story?

A．The old man liked the weather.

B．The old man thought that it was going to rain.

C．The old man was too old to walk by himself.

D．The old man wanted people to say he was stupid.

　　The weather in England can change very quickly. A sunny day will probably become rainy and cold.

　　One day last week, we went for a walk in the country. It's about five miles from my home. When we started in the morning, the sky was blue and it was warm and sunny. There were no clouds at all. But in the middle of the day, a sudden rain came. There was a big wind, too. We didn't bring our coats and umbrella. There were no houses nearby. We walked in the rain about half an hour.

　　We all sneezed（打噴嚏）and shivered（發(fā)抖）with cold when we got home. I had a bad cold after that.

　　People sometimes say that in England you can have four seasons in one day.

(1) What's the weather like in England?

[　　]

A．It's warm and sunny all the year round.

B．The weather in England can change very quickly.

C．The weather is fine.

D．It is often foggy.

(2) Why do the people in England often bring umbrellas with them? Because ________.

[　　]

A．it probably rains every day

B．there are no houses nearby

C．they are afraid of catching a bad cold

D．the sun shines hard

(3)“We walked in the rain about haft an hour”means ________.

[　　]

A．it was far away from our home to the country

B．we were caught in the rain about half an hour

C．it was half an hour's walk

D．we walked without umbrellas when it was raining

(4) Why do People sometimes say that in England you can have four seasons in one day?

Because ________.

[　　]

A．there is no difference among four

B．they like any season of a year

C．the weather in England can change quickly

D．they hope so

5. When did they go for a walk in the country?

[　　]

A．Next week.

B．The day before yesterday.

C．Yesterday.

D．One day last week.

閱讀理解

　　It was beautiful spring morning. There wasn't any cloud in the sky and the sun was warm but not too hot. Mr. Green saw an old man at the bus stop with a big, strong, black umbrella (傘) in his hand. Mr. Green said to him,“Do you think we're going to have rain today?”“No,”said the old man,“I don't think so.”“Then are you carrying the umbrella because the sun is too hot?”

　　“No, the sun is not very hot in spring.”Mr. Green looked at the big umbrella again, and the man said. “I'm an old man, and my legs are not very strong. I must have a walking stick (拐杖). But people will say, ‘Look! That man is so old,’and I don't like that. When I carry an umbrella in fine weather, people only say,‘Look at that stupid (傻的) man!”

1．This story happened ________.

[　　]

2．What was the weather like that day?

[　　]

3．Mr. Green saw an old man ________.

[　　]

4．The old man had ________ in his hand.

[　　]

5．Which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．The old man borrowed an umbrella from Mr. Green.

B．The old man used an umbrella as a walking stick.

C．Mr. Green thought the old man was stupid.

D．Mr. Green was older than the old man.

It was a beautiful spring morning. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, and the sun was warm but not too hot. Mr. White saw an old man at the bus stop with a big and black umbrella in his hand.

Mr. White said to him, “Do you think it’s going to rain today?”

“No,” said the old man, “I don’t think so.”

“Then are you carrying the umbrella because the sun is too hot?”

“No, the sun is not very hot in spring.”

Mr. White looked at the big umbrella again, and the man said, “I am old man, and my legs are not very strong. I must have a walking-stick. But people will say, ‘Look, the man is so old, and I don’t like that.’ When I carry an umbrella in fine weather, people only say, ‘look at that stupid man.’”

1.The story happened         .

A．in a rainy day	B．in the afternoon
C．on a cloudy morning	D．a(chǎn)t a bus stop

2.It was a very        day.

A．hot

B．bad

C．fine

D．cloudy

3.There was         in the old man’s hand.

A．a(chǎn)n umbrella

B．a(chǎn) walking-stick

C．a(chǎn) bag

D．a(chǎn) magazine

4.There was something wrong with the old man’s             .

A．head

B．a(chǎn)rms

C．legs

D．feet

5.Which is TURE according to（根據(jù)）the story?

A．The old man liked the weather.

B．The old man thought that it was going to rain.

C．The old man was too old to walk by himself.

D．The old man wanted people to say he was stupid.

 

In the past month，we’ve been holding our breath for news about a Boeing 777 plane,MH 370．
It took off from Kuala Lumpur(吉隆坡)，Malaysia．On March 8．It was heading to Beijing．But about two hours into the flight, the plane went missing．
There were 239 people on the flight，including 154 Chinese．
A total of 12 countries including China and the US have joined the search for the plane．
Did it crash? We know that the weather was clear that day．The pilots didn’t make any distress calls(求救信號(hào))．And as of March l3，experts have not found any broken parts of the plane。
Was it hijacked(劫機(jī))? Two Iranians(伊朗人)used stolen passports to get into the flight．But now they do not appear to be linked to any possible hijacking of the plane，international police agency Interpol(國(guó)際刑警組織)official said on March 11．
The search is still going on．It could take months or even years to find out what happened
to the flight．
【小題1】When did MH370 go missing?

A．March 8

B．March 9

C．March ll

D．April 8

【小題2】How many Chinese are there on the flight?

A．239

B．1 54

C．1 45

D．85

【小題3】What was the weather like that day? 

A．cloudy

B．rainy

C．fine

D．windy

【小題4】Did the pilots make any distress calls before the plane went missing?

A．Yes，they did．

B．No，they didn’t．

C．We don’t know．

D．Maybe

【小題5】How long could it take to find out what happened to the flight?

A．several months

B．several years

C．months or years

D．3 months