My mother had an accident last Thursday. She was trapped in her c   1   for 20 minutes!
     It was a cold day. And the s  2   was heavy. She was driving home f   3   work at nine p.m. As there
was snow on  the road.   She drove very slowly. But u     4    , the   car  broke   down  suddenly.   She
couldn't s  5     it. And what was worse, she couldn't open the door.  She f  6   very helpless and didn't
know what to do. So  she telephoned my father with her mobile. But my father happened to(碰巧) be
in a   7   city. There were f   8   people on the road and the snow c   9   to fall around her car. She had
to call 110 for help. Two policemen arrived in a h  10   . They tried many ways to open the door. And
my mother came back home in their police car in the end. She gave us a surprise!.

     It was already late when we started going to the next town. It was about 15 miles away on the other
 side of the hill. There we felt sure that we would find a bed for the night. Darkness fell along the narrow
  road to the hill. As we climbed higher, it became colder and rain began to fall. It was difficult at times to
  see the road, so I asked my friend John to drive slowly.
     We travelled for about 20 miles but we couldn't find the town. We were beginning to feel worried.
  Then the car stopped. We found that we were out of petrol (汽油), so we decided to spend the night in
  the car.
     After eating some bread, I tried to go to sleep at once, but John, a poor sleeper, got out of the car after
  a few minutes and went for a walk up the hill. Soon, he came running back. From the top of the hill he
 saw the lights of the town in the valley below. At once, we tried to push the car to the top of the hill. In
 less than an hour we were in the town, and we found a hotel there easily. 

1. What was the weather like that night?

    _____________________________.

2. What did the writer mean by saying, "...we would find a bed for the night"?

    _____________________________.

3. Why did the car stop?

    _____________________________.

4. What did John find on the top of the hill?

    _____________________________.

5. How long did it take them to get into the town from the top of the hill?

    _____________________________.

     Long ago, there was an interesting man called Effendi (阿凡提), He was very humorous. One day
he had a joke with the Prime Minister (宰相). He said that the Minister would die the next day. Really
the next day, the Minister fell off the horse and died. When the king learned this, he got angry and sent
his men to catch Effendi at once. When Effendi was in front of the King, the king shouted angrily, “Effendi, since (既然) you know when my Minister would die, you must know the date of your own death. Say it
out, or you will die today.” Effendi looked at the king for a while, he answered, “But how can I know?
I’ll die two days earlier than you.” Because the king was afraid if he killed Effendi, he himself would die
after that. He thought he must keep Effendi alive as long as he could, so he let Effendi go.
1. The story tells us _______
A. how Effendi fooled the king  
B. when the king would die
C. why the Minister died  
D. Effendi knew the dates of everyone’s death
2. The Prime Minister died because _______
A. Effendi killed him
B. Effendi said he would die
C. he was badly ill
D. he fell to the ground from the horse
3. Why did the king ask Effendi to tell him the date of his own death?
A. In this way the king would know when he would die
B. He wanted to find an excuse to kill Effendi
C. He himself had known the date of Effendi’s death
D. He wanted to know when Effendi would die
4. The king let Effendi go because _______
A. he hoped to live a long life
B. he was afraid of Effendi
C. he didn’t believe Effendi’s words
D. he knew he would die two days later
5. Which of the following is not true?
A.The Minister died after the day when Effendi played a joke on him.
B. The king was afraid of death
C. Effendi didn’t know when the king would die
D. If the king killed Effendi, he himself would die two days later.

     Once there was a businessman. Every day he worked too much. So later he found he could not sleep
at night, but always slept in the day. He was worried and went to see a doctor. 
     "Can you help me?"he asked. "I slept very well before, but these days I can only sleep more than two
hours a night."
     The doctor looked over him carefully. At last he gave the businessman some medicine and told him to work less hard. Then he would soon be better.
     But the businessman grew worse and worse. He slept even less than before at night, and was always
falling asleep in his office. He visited to his doctor again, and it took the doctor a long time to find the
reason. The businessman's wife gave him the wrong medicine in the morning, and the one to keep him
awake at night.

1. What’s wrong with the businessman?
  ______________________________________________
2. What did the doctor do?
  ______________________________________________
3. After seeing the doctor, how was he?
  ______________________________________________
4. The businessman found the reason himself, didn't he?
  ______________________________________________
5. Why did the businessman grow worse and worse?
  ______________________________________________

     When it was getting dark, a wolf was walking along the road. Then he was surprised to see his huge
shadow(影子) under his feet.
     "Wow, I didn't know I was so big!" The wolf was happy to know it.
     As time went by, the sun was going down and his shadow grew bigger and bigger, so it looked like
a giant.
     "Oh, look at my shadow. I'm so big!" The wolf thought that he was as big as his shadow. "I'm huge
and excellent. I don't need to be afraid of the lion."
     From then the wolf walked with his shoulders open. He thought of himself as the king of the forest.
     "Why should I fear the lion? Lion! Come out!Here is your match(對(duì)手)."It made the lion very angry,
so he went to see the wolf.
    "Here I am. I heard you said you could beat me. Now I'm here. Why don't you prove it?"
     The lion's sharp claw(爪子) hit the wolf's head hard. "Thump!  "  The  wolf  was knocked out. "Ah,
help me!"
     But it   was too late  when the wolf got to know  that  he   wasn't as big  or strong  as  his shadow.
Unluckily, he became the lion's delicious supper.

1. Why was the wolf so surprised?

A. He grew very quickly.
B. He beat the other animals in the forest.
C. He saw his huge shadow.
D. He didn't need to be afraid of the lion any more.

2. What does the word "giant" in the passage probably mean?

A.大力士        
B.巨人          
C.怪獸            
D.野人

3. The wolf went to the lion to________________.

A. send him some food                
B. ask for some food
C. tell him something surprising        
D. show his strong body

4. What was the result?

A. The lion ate the wolf.
B. The wolf ate the lion.
C. They became good friends.
D. The wolf became the king of the forest.

5. Which one is the best title for this passage?

A. A wolf and his shadow            
B. A wolf and a lion
C. The king of the forest              
D. A strong wolf

　　A 50-year-old American officer (官員) came back to his school. The
teacher asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there. The talk was
about the love of' their great country. All the little   ones were sitting in a large
meeting-room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said, " boys and
girls,  I studied in this school forty years ago. When I was your age, we were not
as happy as you are today. Think about it and answer me, why are you so happy
now?"
　　No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then
a short boy in the front put up his small dirty hand. "Good boy! Please answer
me, dear. " said the officer.
　　With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, "if you speak long
enough, we won't have math and  biology  (生物學(xué)) lessons this morning. "

1. The old man came back to school _____.

A. to listen to a talk       
B. to have lessons
C. to give a talk          
D. to see his children

2. The officer studied in this school when he was _____

A. fifty                      
B. ten
C. twenty                    
D. children

3. The children were _____ before.

A. as good as              
B. as well as
C. as happy as            
D. much happier than

4. The short boy in the front _____.

A. didn't understand the question and answer it
B. told the truth
C. wanted to make others laugh
D. wanted to make the officer angry

5. After reading the last part of' the story, we know that _____.

A. the short boy liked the talk very much
B. all the children liked the talk
C. the short boy didn't like studying his lessons
D. some of' the children liked to listen to a funny story