Once upon a time there was a monster. He was very ugly, and had no friends. No one wanted to
talk to him. Even other monsters thought he was ugly.
      He lived alone and was very unhappy because he was so lonely.
     "I wish I had a friend." he said to himself every day. "One friend would be enough. Someone to
talk to."
      "Dear Editor." he wrote. " I am an ugly monster. How can I find a friend?"
      "Dear Monster." the Editor replied. " Advertise for a friend in this magazine."
      The monster wrote an advertisement.
      "Monster wants a friend, male or female. I have two heads, four arms, six legs and here tails. I have
one blue eye, one green eye and one brown eye. Smoke comes out of my noses. But I am really a kind
monster and will be a good friend to someone. If you would like to meet me, please stand outside
Blake's Store at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 22nd. Write to me at Box 45. Everybody's Magazine."
      A few days later he went to the magazine.
      "Do you have any letters for Box 45?" he asked.
      The Editor looked in Box 45.
      "Yes, there is one." she said, and gave it to him.
      The monster opened the letter, and read, "Dear Monster, I think a person's character is more
important than his appearance. I will wait outside Blake's Store on Friday. Please carry a flower so
that I will recognize you. Yours sincerely, Miss Alice Thwaite."

1. Why was the monster unhappy?

A. He had no friends.
B. He was ugly.
C. He had two heads.
D. He had three tails.

2. What did the monster advertise for?

A. A magazine        
B. A friend
C. An editor          
D. A male monster

3. How did the monster describe himself in the advertisement?

A. Bad              
B. Lonely
C. Kind            
D. Different

4. What was strange about Miss Thwaite's letter?

A. She was not interested in people's appearances.
B. She wanted to meet the monster.
C. She needed a flower to recognize him by
D. It was the only reply

     This story is about a young man. He worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have a
rest. At last, he couldn't go to sleep. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to
sleep. But the more he tried, the more he stayed awake. After a while he decided to visit the doctor.
"I just can't go to sleep at night. What should I do?" "I have a suggestion," said the doctor. "Try counting
numbers. By the time you reach one thousand, you'll be asleep. I am sure of it." The nest day the man
reached to the doctor's office. "Well," said the doctor, "how are you today? Did you try my suggestion?"
The man still looked tired. "Yes," he said, "I tried counting one, two, three…

1. The young man couldn't go to sleep because _______.

A. he hadn't finished doing his lessons.
B. he had worked too hard and became ill.
C. he was worked about his homework
D. there was a lot of noise there and he couldn't have a good rest.

2. The doctor asked the young man _______.

A. to count numbers before he went to bed
B. to put all numbers from 1 to 1000 together
C. to count numbers while he was lying in bed
D. to take some medicine and go to earlier.

3. The young man returned to the doctor's office the next day because _______.

A. he wanted to thank the doctor
B. he was better and wanted some more medicine
C. he wanted to ask the doctor how to count the numbers
D. he still couldn't go to sleep at night

4. The young man _______.

A. counted from 569 to 1000
B. counted from 1 to 569 and fell asleep
C. counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea
D. counted from 1 to 1000 and fell asleep

5. The young man in fact _______.

A. didn't understand the doctor's suggestion
B. was not able to count numbers
C. didn't try the doctor's suggestion
D. wasn't ill at all  

     In 1826 a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business.  But he was not a good
artist.  So he invented a very simple camera soon.  He put it in a window of his house find took a picture
of his garden. That was the first photo.
    The next important day in the history of photography was in 1837.  In that year, Daguerre, another
Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room.  He used a new kind of camera in a different way.  In his
pictures you could see everything very clearly,  even the smallest thing.  This new way of taking photos
was called Daguerreotype.
    Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all
around the world, and people took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains. In about 1840,
photography was developed. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. That
was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of films(膠卷)and other machines.  But this did not
stop them.  For example, some in the United States worked so hard.
    Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer.  He took many pictures of great people. The
pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike.
    Photography also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just
copies of the real world.  They showed feelings, like other kinds of art.

1.  The first photo taken by Niepee was a picture of_____.   

A. his business    
B.  his house    
C.  his garden

2. The Daguerreotype was_____ .   

A. a Frenchman
B. a way of taking photos
C. a kind of camera

3.  If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to_____ .  

A. watch lots of films      
B. buy an expensive camera
C. take many films and something else with him

4.  Mathew Brady was good at taking photos of_____.    

A. great people    
B.  animals    
C. plants

5. This passage tells us_____.

A. how photography was developed
B. how camera was invented
C. how to take pictures in the world

     It is a weekend, time for Zhou Lan to go to class. She turns her PC on and logs onto the Internet from
home. Then she enters her student number and password (密碼). Zhou Lan takes her classes without
stepping onto the campus (校園). She is now a white-collar (白領) worker in a big company.  She needs
to learn more to do better in the company." Staying at home to study is a pleasure," she says. Like her,
most students on the Internet are white-collars. They are so busy that they can't go to the campus every
day.
     Many colleges now have classes on the Internet. But the government only says "yes" to  the  following:
Tsinghua University,  Peking  University, Zhongshan University, Hunan University and Beijing University
of Posts and Telecommunications (北京郵電學院).

 1. Where does Zhou Lan have classes?
    ________________________________________
2. What's Zhou Lan's job?
    ________________________________________
3. Why do many people want to study on the Internet?
    ________________________________________
4. How many universities are allowed to give classes on the Internet?
    ________________________________________
5. Which is the best title for this passage?
    ________________________________________

     Mrs. White was very fat. She weighed (重) 100 kilos, so she went to see a doctor. The doctor said,
"You need a diet (節(jié)食), Mrs. White, and I have a good way here." He gave Mrs. White a small book
and said, "Read this carefully and eat the things on page 11 every day. Then come back and see me in
two weeks."
     Mrs. White came again two weeks later, but she wasn't thinner. She was fatter than before. The
doctor was surprised and asked, "Are you eating the things on page 11 of the small book?" "Yes,
doctor." she answered.
     The next day the doctor visited Mrs. White during her dinner. He was very surprised at what he
saw. "Mrs. White,"  he said, "why are you eating potatoes and bread? They aren't in your diet."
"Doctor," Mrs. White answered, "I follow my diet at lunchtime. But this is my dinner."

1.Why did Mrs. White go to see a doctor?

A.Because she had a bad cold.
B.Because she felt terrible.
C.Because the doctor was her friend.
D.Because she wanted to be thinner.

2.The doctor asked her to _______.

A.eat more food
B.eat less food
C.eat nothing
D.eat healthy food

3.After two weeks,Mrs. White became _______.

A.fatter
B.thinner
C.healthier
D.stronger

4.Why was the doctor surprised when he visited Mrs. White during her dinner?

A.Because she eat nothing.
B.Because she was eating meat.
C.Because she was eating potatoes and bread.
D.Because she wasn't in.

5.What's the meaning of "I follow my diet at lunchtime. But this is my dinner."?

A.She always followed the diet.
B.She didn't follow the diet.
C.She didn't like the diet.
D.She only followed the diet at lunchtime, and she didn't follow the diet at dinner.