A young lady was on holiday in Brighton. One day, she went into a bank to get some money. It had been
sent there for her from the town where she lived.
     The clerk (職員) in the Brighton bank did not know her, so he said, "What proof (證明) have you got that
you are really the lady who should get this money?"
     The young lady looked worried for a few moments and said, "I don't think I've brought any proof with me,"
but then she suddenly looked happy again. She opened her bag, took a photo of herself out of it and showed it
to the clerk. "Here's something," she said.
     The clerk looked at the photo carefully and then looked at the young lady. "Yes, that's you," he said, and paid
the money to her without any more trouble.

1. Where did the lady live?

A. In a town.
B. In Brighton.
C. In a bank. D. In a city.

2. Why did the lady feel worried when she was at the bank?

A. Because she didn't know the clerk.
B. Because she was far way from home.
C. Because she had spent all her money.
D. Because she couldn't prove who she was.

3. From the passage we can see that the clerk was ______.

A. silly
B. kind
C. clever
D. impolite

     A wise (有智慧的) woman who was travelling in the mountains found a precious stone in a small river.
The next day she met another traveller who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her
food. The hungry traveller saw the precious stone in the wise woman's bag, admired (羨慕) it, and asked
the wise woman to give it to him. The wise woman did so happily.
     The traveller left, excited with his good luck. He knew the stone was worth (值……) enough for him
to live on for his whole life.
     But a few days later he came back, searching for the wise woman. When he found her, he returned the
stone and said, "I have been thinking. I know how valuable (有價值的) this stone is, but I give it back to
you and hope that you can give me something much more precious. If you can, give me what you have
within (在……里面) you that made you give me the stone."

1. Where did the woman find the stone?

A. In a bag.
B. In a village.
C. Under a tree.
D. In a small river.

2. How did the man feel when he met the woman?

A. He was sorry.
B. He was sad.
C. He was hungry.
D. He was excited.

3. What does "precious" mean in this passage?

A. 古老的
B. 珍貴的
C. 堅硬的
D. 新奇的

4. We know from the passage that ______.

A. the man lived happily since he got the stone
B. the man got the stone after he paid a lot of money
C. the man wanted to have the same good feeling as the woman
D. the woman and the man were travelling together in the mountain

     Peter is a famous writer now. But he was not a 1______ student when he was young. He was often late
for 2______ and didn't like doing his homework. Sometimes, he slept in class while the teacher was teaching.
He didn't understand much, 3______ he always thought he understood everything. One day the teacher 4______
the students a question, "When Mike was ten years old, 5______ brother Bob was twenty, Mike is fifteen now
and 6______ is his brother Bob?" Peter said, "That's easy. Bob is twice as old as Mike, so he is now thirty."
     Another time, the 7______ in a science class asked, "When it thunders (打雷), 8______ do we always see
the light before we 9______ the sound?"
     "But Miss," said Peter quickly, "Don't you 10______ our eyes are in front of our ears?"
(A. asked  B. why  C. class  D. but  E. his  F. good  G. teacher  H. know  I. how old  J. hear)

     An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after a day's hard work. When he
was not far from his house, the light on the cart went out. He tried hard but it didn't work.
     He was near his home, and so he went along the road without a light. When a policeman saw this, he
stopped the old carter.
     "Where's your light?" asked the policeman. "No one may take a cart along a road at night without a light.
You know that. You've broken the law."
     "I had a light," said the old man, "but it has just gone out."
     "I don't believe that story," said the policeman. He took out a notebook and got ready to write. "What's
your name and where do you live?" he asked.
     "Please don't take my name," said the old man. "My house is just there. You can see it from here. I had
a light nearly the whole way. I haven't come far without a light."
     "You came all the way without a light. What's your name?"
     The carter quickly took the policeman's hand and put it down on the top of the light. The light was still
hot and burnt the policeman's hand. The policeman jumped and he was very angry.
     "Now, what do you think?" said the carter. "Did I come all the way without a light?"

1. The story happened ______.

A. in the morning
B. in the afternoon
C. at night
D. in the evening

2. Where did the light go out?

A. Far from his house.
B. Half way from his house.
C. Near his house.
D. In his house.

3. What made the policeman believe the old man's words?

A. He asked the policeman to take away the light.
B. The light burnt the policeman's hand.
C. The light burnt the policeman's foot.
D. He jumped and shouted angrily.

     Last year, we spent Christmas and New Year in Queensland, Australia. The beaches there were beautiful,
and we spent a lot of time playing by the sea, swimming and surfing. One day, we were on a beach just south
of a city called Cairns. My little sister was looking for shells in the sand down near the waves when she shouted
to me, "Hey, Lan! Look what I've found!" I ran down to have a look, and saw her pointing at a strange black
object that was half buried (掩埋) in the sand, "What is it?" she asked. I said I didn't know.
     Just then, my father came over, "Are you enjoying yourselves, you two?" he asked. Then he saw the strange
black thing. "What's that?" he said, bending down to take a closer look. Suddenly, he said, "Quick kids, get away
from here. Go and play somewhere else."
     We went and played further down the beach, while Dad ran up to the shop near the beach to make a phone
call. About 20 minutes later, we heard the noise of cars and trucks arriving, and a lot of soldiers ran onto the
beach. They told everyone to leave the beach and stay away from it.
     About half an hour later, we were sitting with Dad in a café a few hundred metres from the beach, when
we heard an enormous explosion (爆炸). "What was that?" we asked Dad. "That was the thing you found," he
said."One of the soldiers down there told me it was a Japanese bomb (炸彈) from World War II. Sometimes
they get washed up on the beaches here."

1. The object they found was _______.

A. in the sand near the water
B. in the sea
C. lying on the beach
D. floating (漂) on the sea

2. When Dad saw the object, he _______.

A. told the kids to play with it somewhere else
B. knew it was something dangerous
C. decided to move it quickly
D. picked it up to take a closer look

3. Dad went to a shop near the beach _______.

A. to meet the soldiers
B. to buy some drinks for the kids
C. to call for help
D. in order to get away from the beach

4. The bomb on the beach _______.

A. was washed up by accident
B. killed many people
C. was put there by the Japanese
D. was carried away by the Australian soldiers

     At the Beijing time 14:28 May 12, 2008, a strong earthquake suddenly happened in Sichuan Province.
     As they saw a young woman in broken houses, the rescue (營救) workers were sad to find that she
had already been dead, yet surprised to notice her kneeling down with her hands touching the ground to
support her weight - and right under her shelter of flesh and blood (血肉), her several - month - old baby
was sleeping, safe and sound.
     The baby was put around carefully in a little quilt (被子), with a mobile phone inside. An unsent text
message was found that read:
     "Dear Baby, if you Could Be Alive, Please Remember That Mum Always Love You!"
     As it was too young to know what was really going on, the baby's dream must have been free from
nightmare (惡夢), though a nightmare was taking place. However, it was the mother's love that prevented
the nightmare from falling upon the young dreamer.
     Mother's love at her last breath!!!

1. It was _______ when the baby was found.

A. crying
B. dying
C. sitting
D. sleeping

2. The mother knelt down with her hands touching the ground in order to _______.

A. have a rest
B. save her baby
C. protect herself
D. prevent the nightmare

3. Which of the following is true about the text message?

A. It was a message to the baby's father.
B. It had already been sent out when found.
C. The mother hoped that her baby could live.
D. The mother wouldn't like the message to be found.

4. The passage is mainly about _______.

A. mother's love
B. Sichuan earthquake
C. a lucky baby
D. the last breath