When I was ten, my mother worked all day so I had to babysit my   1  brother. At that time my little
brother was about four years old and he missed mum all the time.
       One day, after we had dinner, he started crying for mum. So I dressed him, put on his   2  , carried
him on my back and walked   3  . Soon he fell asleep. About 20 minutes later, I found one of his shoes   4  while sleeping. I took him off my back and put him down. I knew we needed to find that shoe because
our mum   5  buy new shoes. We had to go back to find   6  . So I told my brother to wait right there. A
man heard it and   7   me just before I walked away. He asked me, " You are leaving your brother to find
the shoe? What would you   8  if he is not here when you come back?" I did not know how to answer that question. He said again, " It's OK if you can't find the shoe,  9  it is not OK to lose your brother." Then he sent us to mum's workplace by taxi. I do not even remember what the man's face looked like, but he
taught me a lesson-People are   10  important than things.

     It was half-past eight in the morning. The  telephone  bell  rang and Mary  wen t to  answer it. "Hello,
who's that?" she asked. "It's me - Peter. " Peter was a friend of Mary's eight-year-old  brother,  Johnny.
"Hello Peter. What do you want?" said  Mary. "Can I speak to  Johnny?"  "No," said Mary, "you  can't
speak to him now. He is busy. He is getting ready for school.  He  is  eating his breakfast. Grandmother
is combing his hair. Sister is under the table, putting his shoes on. Mother is getting his books and putting
them in his school bag. Goodbye, I've got to go now.  I  have  to hold the door open. The school bus is
coming. "

1. Who went to answer it when the telephone bell rang?

A. Johnny's sister
B. Peter        
C. Johnny
D. Johnny's mother

2. Whom did Peter want to speak to?

A. Mary's brother
B. Mary's sister    
C. Mary's grandmother
D.Johnny's mother

3. Johnny couldn't speak to Peter because Johnny ______.

A. was combing his hair
B. was putting his shoes on
C. was getting his books
D. was busy eating his breakfast

4. How do you say to a stranger who is answering your telephone?

A. Who are you?
B. Anything to say?      
C. Who is it?
D. Please?

5. From this story we know that Johnny was ______.

A. a lazy boy
B. a clever boy    
C. a busy boy
D. a hungry boy

     One day, I happened to talk to a stranger on the bus. When he found out that I was from Chicago,
he told me that one of his good friends lived there and he wondered if I happened to know him. At first
I wanted to say that it was foolish (愚蠢的) to think like that, for out of all the millions of people in
Chicago, I could not possibly know his friend. But, instead, I just smiled and said that Chicago was a
very big city. He was quiet for a few minutes, and then he began to tell me all about his friend.
     He told me that his friend was an excellent tennis player and that he even had his own tennis court.
He added that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools, but that he only knew two people in the
country who had their own tennis courts. And his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I
knew several people like that, for example, my brother and my next-door neighbour. I told him that my
brother was a doctor and he lived in California. Then he asked where my brother lived in California.
When I said Sacramento, he said that last year his friend spent the summer in Sacramento and lived
next door to a doctor. The doctor had a tennis court. I said that my next-door went to Sacramento last
summer and lived in the house next to my brother's. For a moment, we looked at each other, but we
did not say anything.
     "Would your friend's name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?" I asked finally. He laughed and said,
"Would your brother's name happen to be Dr. Ray Hunter?" It was my turn to laugh.
1. How many persons does the story involve (涉及)?
A. Four.      
B. Five.        
C. Six.          
D. Seven.
2. Which of the following is true?
A. The story happened in Chicago.
B. The writer's brother lived in Sacramento.
C. Both the writer and the stranger lived in Chicago.
D. Both the writer and his brother lived in California.
3. The writer said that Chicago was a very big city. That means _____________.
A. it was possible for him to happen to know the stranger's friend
B. he didn't want to look for the stranger's friend
C. it was impossible to find the stranger's friend
D. he didn't know the stranger's friend
4. Which is the best title of the story?
A. On a bus                 
B. Two tennis players
C. One in a million                  
D. Chicago is a large city

     One Sunday, Cody decided to go sailing in his boat with his friend Dane, but Dane happened to be
away. Dane's brother Brett wanted to go instead though he did not know anything about sailing. Cody
agreed and they set out to sea.
     Soon they found themselves in a thick fog. Cody was sure they would be hit by a big ship.
Fortunately (幸運地) he saw a large buoy (浮標) through the fog and decided to tie the boat to it for
safety. As he was getting onto the buoy, however, he dropped the wet rope. The boat moved away in
the fog carrying Brett who did not know how to use the radio. He drifted (漂流) about and was not seen
until twelve hours later.
     Cody spent the night on the buoy. In the early morning he fell asleep and was having a dream when a
shout woke him up. A ship, the Good Hope, came up and he climbed onto it and thanked the captain.
The captain told him that Brett had been picked up by another ship and the ship's captain had sent out a
message.
根據短文內容，判斷正（T）誤（F）。
(     )1. Cody went sailing in his boat with his friend's brother Brett.
(     )2. About sailing, Brett knew a little.
(     )3. Soon they got into trouble because of the thick fog.
(     )4. They drifted about and were not seen until twelve hours later.
(     )5. Brett was saved by the ship, the Good Hope.

       Mike and Dick work in the same office. They don't like the cold weather. And one day they decided
to take their holiday in Australia. Their plane arrived in Sydney at nine in the morning. They had a good
rest in a hotel. The next morning they rented(租) a car in the city and began their travel. A few hours later
the sun was shining in the sky and there were no shade trees(遮陰樹) beside the road. It was so hot that
they could hardly go on driving. They had to stop to look around. Mike found a river was about half a
kilometer away from them. They were both very happy and drove the car quickly. Soon they got to the
river. Before they jumped into the water, Dick saw a boy playing under a big tree. He asked,"Are there
any sharks(鯊) in the river, boy?""No, there aren't,"answered the boy. So they began to swim in the river. After a while, Dick felt something hit against his leg. He told Mike about it. They were afraid and stopped
swimming. Dick asked loudly,"Is it true that there aren't any sharks in the river?""Yes, sir,"said the boy,
"there're a lot of crocodiles(鱷魚) in the water. All the sharks have swum away!"

根據短文內容，回答下列問題。

1. When did they arrive in Sydney?
_____________________________________________

2. What was the weather like the next day?
_____________________________________________

3. What did they do in the river?
_____________________________________________

4. A shark hit Dick's leg, didn't it?
_____________________________________________

5. Why weren't there any sharks in the river?
_____________________________________________

       When Abraham Lincoln was just a boy, he had to help his father to look after their farm. It was hard work and there wasn't anything interesting for him. Abraham wanted to go to school, but there was no
school there. He was sad most of the time.
       Mrs. Lincoln loved the boy very much. She tried her best to make Abraham happy. One morning
she got up early and went to the town. It was a long way so it took her a long time to get there. She
bought something there and went back. It was late in the evening when she got home.
       The next morning Mrs. Lincoln said to Abraham,"Today is your birthday, so we're going to have a
party."She put some food on the table, and then brought out a present.
       "A book!"Abraham cried. It was an old book, but he liked it. A smile came on his face. He looked
up at Mrs. Lincoln and said,"Thank you, Mom."

1. Abraham Lincoln's father was a _______.

A. farmer
B. soldier
C. worker
D. teacher

2. Abraham Lincoln couldn't go to school because _______.

A. his family had no money
B. his mother wanted to teach him herself
C. he didn't like school
D. there was no school near his home

3. On the farm most of the time little Lincoln was _______.

A. happy
B. unhappy
C. worried
D. angry

4. It took Mrs. Lincoln _______ to make a trip to the town.

A. a whole day
B. a quarter of a day
C. three hours
D. two days

5. What was the present for Abraham's birthday?

A. A mooncake.
B. A new book.
C. An old book.
D. A school bag.