Tim likes fish very much．One day he bought some fish from the shop and took it home．When his wife saw the fish, she said to herself, "Good ! I can ask my friends to have lunch, and we can eat the fish．They like fish very much．"

So when Tim came home in the evening, the fish was not there and his wife said, "Oh, your cat eats them．"So she gave Tim only some bread for his supper．Tim got very angry．He took his wife and the cat to the shop near his house and weighed（稱重） the cat．Then he said to his wife, "My fish is one kilo（千克）．This cat is one, too．My fish is here, you see, then where is my cat?"

51．Tim likes eating _____

A．meat             B．bread            C．rice            D．fish

52．Tim's wife gave Tim only  _____  for his supper．

A．some rice       B．some fish        C．some bread       D．some soup

53．Tim weighed  _____  in the shop with his wife．

A．the fish             B．the cat         C．his wife             D．his friend

54．How much fish did Tim buy?

A．One kilo．       B．Two kilos．          C．Three kilos．        D．Four kilos．

55．Which is right?

A．Tim didn't like his wife's friends．

B．Tim didn't like his wife．

C．Tim didn't like his cat．

D．Tim didn't believe（相信） the cat ate the fish．

Nancy is an English school girl. She studies in a middle school. She has a little brother. His name is John. John is only four. Nancy likes him very much.Today is Sunday. Nancy wants to do her homework. She takes out her pencil-box and opens it. “Oh, dear! Where’s my pen? “She can’t find her pen. She goes to ask her brother in his bedroom. “John! I can’t find my pen. Can you see. . . Oh, what are you doing with my pen?”“I’m writing to my friend, Peter.” John answers. “But how can you? You don’t know how to write!”“It doesn’t matter.(沒關系) Peter can’t read.” John says.
（  ）51．How old is Nancy’s brother?
         A．Five         B．Four         C．Six          D．Three
（  ）52．________ can’t find her pen.
         A．Nancy       B．Peter         C．John         D．Friend
（  ）53．Where’s John?
         A．In the school．B．In a shop．   C．In his bedroom. D．In her father’s car．
（  ）54．Which is not right?
         A．Nancy finds her pen in John’s room.        B．John can’t write.
         C．John is writing with her sister’s pen.        D．Peter can read.
（  ）55．John and Peter are ________.
         A．friends       B．English       C．at home      D．school girl

To learn a foreign language well, you need to spend a lot of time on it. The ___46___ time you spend on the language, the faster you will learn. This does not ___47___ sitting in class looking out of the window, nor listening to other students who do not speak well. This means spending time enjoyably on the ___48___ you are learning.

Listen to the language you are learning on your MP3 player. Read ___49___ you are listening to. Listen to and read things that you like, things that you can mostly ___50___, or even partly understand. One hour of listening or reading is more effective（有效率）than many hours of class time. If you ___51___ listening and reading, you will improve yourself.

Build up your vocabulary lists, which you’ll need lots of. Start to notice words and how they come ___52___ as phrases. Learn these words and phrases ___53___ listening and reading. Read online, using online dictionaries, and make your own vocabulary lists. Do not ___54___ for someone else to show you the language, nor to tell you what to do, and you should discover the language by yourself, like a child growing up. Talk when you feel like it. ___55___ when you feel like. You are learning and improving. The language will become clearer in your mind. Just make sure you spend enough time on the language.

1.	A．worse B．less C．more D．farther

 

2.	A．mean B．point C．bring D．make

 

3.	A．song B．report C．news D．language

 

4.	A．how B．what C．where D．why

 

5.	A．hear B．write C．understand D．check

 

6.	A．finish B．stop C．remember D．keep

 

7.	A．out B．together C．around D．down

 

8.	A．through B．across C．between D．except

 

9.	A．look B．care C．wait D．use

 

10.	A．Speak B．Listen C．Read D．Write