General Pershing was a great American officer. He was in the American army, and fought in
Europe in the First World War.
      After he died, some people in his hometown wanted to remember him, so they put up a big
statue of him on a horse.
      There was a school near the statue, and some of the boys went there every day on their way to
school and again on their way home. After a few months, some of them began to say "Good morning,
Persiung"whenever they reached the statue, and soon all the boys in the school were doing this.
      One Saturday, one of the smallest of these boys was walking to the shops with his parents.
When he went to the statue,  he said" Good morning, Pershing"to it,  but then he stopped and said
to his parents,"I like Pershing very much, Mum and Dad, but who's that strange man on his back?"

1. General Pershing fought in Europe, but he was from______.

A. Europe      
B. England    
C. America      
D. Japan

2. Some people put up a statue to remember______.  

A. the smallest boy                
B. General Washington
C. a horse                      
D. General Pershin

3. The statue was ______ the school.

A. not far from    
B. behind    
C. in          
D. very far from

4. The boys went there every day______.

A. on their way to school    
B. on their way home
C. both A and B          
D. after class

5. The boy thought that ______ was Pershing.

A. the shop    
B. the man    
C. the house    
D. the horse

     We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in
Europe(歐洲) did not know anything about tea. Some people heard about it, but very few
of them know what to do with it.
     There is a story about an English sailor(水手) who went to countries in the east, the west
and the south. He went to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as
a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a "tea party".
When her friends came to the "tea party", the old woman gave them brown tea-leaves. The old
woman's friends began to eat them. Of course, nobody liked the tea-leaves.
     At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said, "Mother,what did you do
with the tea?"
     "I boiled it,as you said."
     "And what did you do with the water?"
     "I threw it away(扔掉),of course." answered the old woman.
     "Now you may throw away the leaves,too," said her son.

1. Most of the people in Europe __________ 300 years ago.

A. drank tea every day
B. knew everything about tea
C. knew nothing about tea
D. liked to eat the tea-leaves

2. One day the English sailor brought his mother some tea from __________.

A. countries in the west
B. countries in the south
C. India or China
D. a tea shop in England

3. The sailor's mother asked her friends to her house, because __________.

A. the sailor told her to
B she liked to show off(炫耀)
C. she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea
D. she wanted to taste the tea together with her friends

4. At the "tea party", __________.

A. all the woman's friends spoke highly of(高度評(píng)價(jià)) the tea
B .nobody knew what to do with the tea
C. the woman didn't eat the tea-leaves
D. the woman gave her friends each a glass of tea water

5. What mistake(錯(cuò)誤) did the old woman make? She __________.

A. boiled the tea
B. did as the sailor said
C. threw away the water
D. didn't throw away the tea-leaves

             
     One afternoon Mary and her five-year-old brother Tom (1)            playing hide-and-seek in the street just
outside the (2)            office. Mary had covered her eyes and was counting up to ten (3)            Tom found
that the small door of the mail-box (郵箱) was left open. The postman (郵遞員) had just taken all the
(4)            out and gone into the post office. Tom went into the mail-box and pull the door from inside so
hard (5)            it was locked (被鎖上). When he knew what he had done, he became frightened and started (6)           . (7)           the same time Mary was (8)           for him everywhere but could not (9)           him.
When he heard her little brother crying in the mail-box, she quickly ran to tell the postman about it. The man
hurried out to open the (10)           of the mail-box and Tom got out.

     Long ago a kind farmer with the name of Fred lived in a small old house happily together with his gentle
wife, Doris, who couldn't see anything at the age of five.
    One cold winter night, the Luck Fairy (仙女) visited them while they were eating some bread in the dim
(昏暗的) light.
    "Fred, you're so kind. I'd like to give you a wish. It's my pleasure to satisfy you," said the Luck Fairy.
"A wish?" Fred and Doris asked, standing hand in hand and smiling at each other. Then Fred answered,
"Thanks, Luck Fairy. We're living a happy life." "We are no longer young, but we still work in the field
from morning to night every day. We enjoy ourselves," said Doris.
    "You work very hard but you make so little money. Would you like some gold coins to buy a comfortable
house?" asked the Luck Fairy. "Oh no, my dear Luck Fairy. We love our small old house. We have lived
here for a long time," answered Fred, without a moment's hesitation (猶豫). "We are happy to work and
live together all the time. That's enough," Doris agreed.
    The couple (夫婦) were quite different from other people the Luck Fairy had ever met. She appreciated
(欣賞) them very much. She disappeared, saying, "I wish you a happy life forever."
     Many years later, the couple lived happily as usual It seemed to others that they were the happiest in
the world.
    Satisfaction is a kind of feeling that needs to be experienced from inside. It's very important to be satisfied
with what you've got If you enjoy the pleasure of the simple life, good luck will follow you.

(     )1. Doris couldn't see anything when she was five.
(     )2. The couple were too old to work in the field when they met the Luck Fairy.
(     )3. They bought a comfortable house with the help of the Luck Fairy.
(     )4. The Luck Fairy wanted to satisfy the couple's wish because they were not rich.
(     )5. From the story, we should learn to enjoy all the satisfactions from the simple life.

        A Japanese girl learned English in the classroom for two and a half years, and she al-ways wanted to visit London. Now she arrived there at last. When she went out of the station,she didn't know the way to
the hotel,so she asked a policeman standing at the station gate. She spoke slowly and clearly. But to her
surprise, he didn't understand her at all. She asked the same question again and again and then the
policeman understood at last. He answered her,but she didn't know what he was saying, Her teacher
never spoke English like that " I'm a Japanese. I'm new here. "the girl said. The policeman spoke more
slowly than before,and she listened very carefully. but still she couldn't understand him. They looked at
each other and smiled. Then he said something she understood. "You'11 soon learn English !" Then she
knew that the English she had learned was quite different from the English people speak !

1. How many years did the Japanese girl learn English in the classroom?

A. Half a year.      
B. For two years
C. For a halt year.    
D. For two years and a half.

2. How did the Japanese girl get to London?

A. By train.  
B. By ship.  
C. by plane.    
D. By car.

3. Why did the girl ask the policeman?

A. Because she couldn't speak-English.
B . Because she wanted to know the way to the hotel.
C. Because she lost her things.
D. Because she was afraid in a new place.

4. Why was the girl surprised in that city?

A. The policeman didn't understand her at all.
B. She couldn't speak English freely.
C. The policeman under-stood her at last.
D. She asked the same question again and again.

5. What can we learn from the story?

A. The policeman spoke bad English. The girl's English was not good enough.
B. The policeman didn't know the way to the hotel.
C. The girl's English was not good enough.
D. 'There are no good teachers in Japan.