Mark was walking home from school one day. He saw the boy in the front drop all of the books he
was carrying, with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman . Mark stopped and helped the boy pick
up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they
walked, Mark knew that the boy's name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history,
and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his
girlfriend.
     They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited (邀請) in for a Coke and to watch some
television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, then Mark went home.
They often saw each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished
middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each
other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they
could talk.
     Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever think
why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker (鎖柜)
because I didn't want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother's sleeping
pills (藥片) and I was going home to kill (殺死) myself. But after we spent some time together talking and
laughing, I began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others
that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You
saved my life. "
1. When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going _____.
A. to have a basketball game  
B. to his classroom
C. to see Mark      
D. home
2. From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he _____.
A. was a good student
B. liked sports and music
C. liked all the subjects in school
D. was a good friend
3. Mark and Bill _____..
A. were in the same middle school and high school
B. were in the same middle school but not in the same high school
C. of ten had lunch together at school
D. had known each other before they began to study in middle school
4. In this passage, the phrase "break up" means"_____".
A. 相處很好
B. 和好如初
C. 關(guān)系破裂
D. 保持聯(lián)系
5. When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he _____.
A. knew he could save Bill's life
B. knew who Bill was and wanted to help him
C. didn't know why he was going to help him
D. didn't know what he was doing was very important to Bill

     Jim gets up very early and he finds some changes (變化) in his house. He looks around carefully and he sees that:
◆ The big tree is on the right side of the house, but now it's on the left.  
◆ There is a dog house in the corner of the yard, but now it's gone (消失的).  
◆ The green clock in his bedroom changes into a yellow one.  
     "Mom! Mom! An alien (外星人) changes our house!" Jim runs to   his mom and says. Mom is cleaning the living
room. She's not surprised (驚訝的) at all. "Oh, it's your dad. He thinks our house is too boring and he wants to have
some changes. What do you think of the changes? Do you like them?"

1. The big tree is __________ of the house now.

A. on the left side    
B. on the right side    
C. in front            
D. at the back

2. The clock changes into a __________ one.

A. green      
B. yellow    
C. red    
D. pink

3. How many changes are there in Jim's house?

A. Three.    
B. Four.      
C. Five.    
D. We don't know.

4. Who changes Jim's house?

A. An alien.    
B. Jim's mother.  
C. Jim's father.  
D. Jim himself.

5. What's Jim's mother doing at that time?

A. She's cooking in the kitchen.        
B. She's watching TV in the living room.
C. She's sleeping in the bedroom.
D. She's cleaning the living room.

     Mr Green worked in an office. He had no wife or children. And he lived in an old house alone. He
liked nothing but drinking. He almost spent all his money drinking. Sometimes he was hungry, and he had
to borrow some money from his friends to buy a little food. One evening he met a friend of his in the
street. The man asked him to have dinner in a restaurant. He was glad and drank a lot. When they left
there at midnight, he couldn't stand. The man had to stop a taxi and asked the driver to take him home.
Soon they got to the door of his house, with the help of the driver, he got out of the car.     "Thank you,
sir. " said Mr Green, "Now I can open the door myself. "     The taxi went away, but he couldn't put the
key into the keyhole. He was trying to do it when a policeman came.     "Can I help you put the key into
the keyhole, sir?"     "Thank you, sir," said Mr Green, "The house is circling now. If you can stop it now，
I can open the door myself. "

 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷句子的正（T）誤（F）。  

(     )1. Mr Green liked drinking very much.                                            
(     )2. Mr Green couldn't stand because he drank more than he could.                  
(     )3. A friend asked Mr Green to have dinner because he was so hungry.              
(     )4. The taxi driver sent Mr Green home and helped him out of the car.            
(     )5. The house turned round and round, so Mr Green couldn't open the door himself .  

     Mr and Mrs Wilson lived in a big city, and one summer they went to the country for their vacation. They enjoyed
it very much , because it was a quiet , clean place.
     One day they went for a walk early in the morning and saw an old man.   He was sitting alone in the warm sun in
front of his house. Mr Wilson asked him , " Do you like living in a quiet place?"
     The old man said, "Yes,l do. "
     Mr Wilson said,"What are the good things about it?"
     The old man answered, " Well, everybody knows everybody. People often come and see me, and I often go and
see them. And there are lots of children here. "
     Mr Wilson said, "That's interesting. And what are the bad things?"
     The old man thought for a few minutes and said, " Well, the same things , really. "

1. Where did Mr and Mrs Wilson live? 

A. In a city.              
B. In a country.
C. In town.                
D. In Beijing.

2. Why did they like the country?

A. Because it was far.
B. Because they had a farm in the country.
C. Because it was quiet and clean.
D. Because it was near.

3. Was the old man their uncle?

A. Yes , he was.                
B. We don't know.
C. I think so.          
D. Certainly.

4. What did the old man think were the good things about the country?

A. Everybody knew each other.
B. Everybody didn't know each other.
C. It was clean and quiet.
D. It was nice.

5. Did the old man think the good things and the bad things in the country were the same?

A.No,he didn't.    
B.Yes,he did.
C.I don't know.    
D.I don't think so

     A special girl named Xu Xiujuan came from Heilongjiang Province. The Zhalong Nature Reserve is in
Northeast China. It is the summer home of many red-crowned cranes. The cranes start their families there.
Xu Xiujuan's family cared for cranes in the Zhalong Nature Reserve for a long time.
     The workers tried to increase the number of red-crowned cranes because these birds are very rare. In
the reserve Xu Xiujuan helped the workers care for the cranes when had babies.
     Xu Xiujuan, a twenty-two-year-old girl, came to work in the Yancheng Reserve in Jiangsu in 1986.
She enjoyed her work very much. She loved cranes and she loved nature. When she walked in the
countryside, she always forgot the unhappiness in her life.
     On 16th September, 1987, two little cranes from the Yancheng Reserve flew into the wild and did not
come back. Xu Xiujuan was worried and went to look for them in the evening. Someone told her that a
farmer caught the birds. She tried to get to the farmer's home as quickly as possible. So she decided to
take a short cut, but she had to cross a river. Sadly, the river was much deeper than she thought. While
crossing the river, the girl downed and never came out.
     Xu Xiujuan donated her young life to the lovely red-crowned cranes.

1. What did Xu Xiujuan do at the Zhalong Nature Reserve?

A. She cared for her parents there. B. She went birdwatching there.
C. She looked after the mother cranes there.
D. She went to look for the lost cranes there.

2. What did the workers want to do?

A. They wanted Xu Xiujuan to help them count the birds.
B. They wanted to start their families there.
C. They wanted to have more baby cranes.
D. They wanted Xu Xiujuan to look after the two little cranes.

3. How long did Xu Xiujuan work in the Yancheng Reserve?

A.For a long time.
B. For twenty-three years.
C.For more than a year.
D. The passage doesn't tell us.

4. What does "take a short cut" mean in Chinese?

A. 帶一把短刀
B. 抄近路
C. 乘短途車
D. 作短暫休息

5. Which of the following sentences is right?

A. Xu Xiujuan is twenty-three years old now.
B. Xu Xiujuan lost her life in the deep river.
C. Xu Xiujuan died twenty-three years ago.
D. Xu Xiujuan died in a flood.