Many years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away
from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her
window each afternoon.
     After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear
through the dirty window. I would say to myself, "I wonder why that woman doesn't wash her window. It
really looks terrible."
     One morning I cleaned my room, including washing the window on the inside.
     Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a
rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly seen. Her window was
clean! 
    Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批評) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching
hers through my own dirty window.
    That was quite an important lesson for me. Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (判斷) someone, I
asked myself first, "Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?" Then I try to clean the window of
my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

1. The writer couldn't see everything clearly through the window because _________.

A. the woman's window was dirty
B. his eyes were not good 
C. the woman lived nearby
D. his window was dirty

2. The writer was surprised that _________.

A. the woman was sitting by her window
B. the woman's window was clean
C. the woman did cleaning in the afternoon
D. the woman's window was still terrible

3. "It dawned on me"  probably means "_________ ".

A.I began to understand it
B. It surprised me
C. I knew it grew light
D. It began to get dark

4. It was clear that _________.

A. the writer had never met the woman before
B. the writer often washed the window
C. the writer helped the woman clean the window
D. they lived in a small town

5. From the passage, we can learn _________.

A. one shouldn't criticize others very often
B. one should often make his windows clean
C. one must judge himself before he judges others
D. one must look at others through his dirty window

     One day when some government officials were rebuilding a house, they found a mouse hole in a corner
and used smoke to make the mice inside the hole come out. A while later they saw mice running out, one
after another, but they saw two mice didn't run away immediately. It seemed that one was trying to bite (咬)
the tail of the other.
    Everyone was puzzled, so they came nearer to take a look. They realized that one of the two mice was
blind, and the other was trying to allow the blind mouse to bite his tail in order to pull the blind one with him
to run away.
    During the meal time, they started to talk about the two mice. One serious American said, "I think the
relationship between those two mice was that of king and guard."
    A smart Frenchman said,"I think the relationship between them was that of husband and wife."
    A Japanese said, "I think the relationship between them was that of mother and son."
    At that moment, one Chinese asked, "Why did those two mice have a certain relationship?"
    Suddenly, they looked back at the Chinese. The American, the Frenchman and the Japanese who had
spoken earlier all lowered (低下) their heads in shame, and didn't answer.
    In fact, the great love is not built on friendship or blood relationship. Instead, it is based on no relationship.

1. The two mice didn't go away immediately because _________.

A. one was playing with the other
B. one was trying to help the blind one
C. they were not afraid of smoke
D. the mouth of the hole was too small

2. The underlined word "puzzled" in the passage means _________ in Chinese.

A. 困惑的
B. 害怕的
C. 緊張的
D. 不安的

3. We know from the second paragraph (段) that _________.

A. the mouse carried the blind one out of the hole on its back
B. the mouse ran out of the hole after the blind one
C. the mouse led the blind one out of the hole with its tail
D. the two mice came out of the hole hand in hand

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. There were many mice in the hole.
B. After the meal, the officials began to talk about the two mice.
C. The other officials felt shamed when hearing the Chinese's words.
D. The government officials came from different countries.

5. The best title for the passage is _________.

A. Two Lovely Mice
B. Help Produces Love
C. Friends in Need
D. Love Is All

     Bob is six years old. He is old enough to go to school. On the first day, his teacher taught him three
words, "I, you, he". Then the teacher said, "I am your teacher. You are my student. He is your student. He
is your classmate."When school was over, Bob went home. His mother asked him, "What has your teacher
taught you today?" Bob said with a smile, "Listen, Mum and Dad, I am your teacher. You are my student. He
is your classmate." His mother said,  "No,dear. You're wrong." Then she said, "I am your mother. You're my
son. He's your father. "The next day, Bob's teacher asked Bob to make sentences with "I, you and he".
     Bob stood up and said, "I'm your mother. You're my son. He is your father. "All the students in Bob's
class laughed.

1. Who taught Bob new words in the school?

A. Bob's teacher
B. Bob's friends
C. Bob's father
D. Bob's mother

2. How many words did the teacher teach?

A. Two.
B. One.
C. Four.
D. Three.

3. Did Bob understand what his teacher taught him?

A. Yes, he did.
B. No, he didn't.
C. No, but he understood what his mother said.
D. The writer doesn't tell.

4. What do you think of the boy?

A. He is not clever.
B. He is helpful.
C. He is polite.
D. He is kind.

5. Who laughed in the class the next day?

A. Bob's mother.
B. Bob's classmates.
C. Bob's teacher.
D. Bob's father.

     It was a dark and cold night. The taxi driver didn't have even one passenger all day. When he went by
the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he quickly opened the
door of the car and asked, "Where do you want to go, sir?"
     "To Star Hotel," the young man answered. When the taxi driver heard this, he didn't feel happy any more.
He knew the young man could give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway
station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the passenger through many streets of the big city.
     After a long time, the car arrived at the hotel at last."You should pay me fifteen dollars," the driver said to
the young man."What? Fifteen dollars! Do you think I'm a fool? Only last week, I took a taxi from the railway
station to this same hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the
trip. I won't pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other taxi driver last week."

1. How did the taxi driver feel when he knew where the young man wanted to go? 
    _____________________________________________________________
2. Who cheated (欺騙) the young man, the first taxi driver or the second one? 
    _____________________________________________________________
3. How much did the young man want to pay? 
    _____________________________________________________________
4. What do you think of the two taxi drivers? 
    _____________________________________________________________
5. 將文中畫線部分的句子翻譯成漢語。
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     Today is fine. The sky is blue, Now it's nine o'clock in the morning. There's a sports meeting in the
forest (森林) on the big mountain. Look,a horse, a panda and a cat are running. Over there a dog and two tigers
are jumping. Two monkeys are climbing the trees. Four birds are flying around and singing. There are some
other animals there, too. The elephants are standing. A monkey is sitting on an old elephant. The monkey has
a flag (旗) in his hand. Polly is sitting in the tree. A fox, a baby panda and some small animals are sitting under
the tree. They are all watching.

1.—What colour is the sky today?
   —It's ________.

A. white
B. yellow
C. black
D. blue

2. How many animals are running and jumping?

A. Fourteen
B. Six
C. Eleven
D. Five

3. Which animals are climbing the tress?

A. The monkeys.
B. The pandas and the foxes
C. The elephants and the cats.
D. The horses and the pandas

4. There're ________ at the sports meeting.

A. not any birds
B. a lot of animals
C. many people
D. many monkeys

5. Who're all watching at the meeting?

A. A tiger, a baby horse and some cats
B. Polly, an elephant and some small fish
C. A fox, a baby panda and some animals
D. A monkey, a baby cat and some birds

     Mr. King goes to a dinner party. He is wearing (穿著) old clothes. He comes into the room. But people in
the room don't look at him. They don't ask him to sit at the table.
     Mr. King goes home and puts on (穿上) his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room
stands up and smiles (微笑) at him. They give him very good food to eat.
     Mr. King takes off (脫下) his clothes, and puts them in the food and says, "Eat, clothes!"
     The other people ask, "What are you doing?"
     He answers, "I'm asking my coat to eat food. I am wearing my old clothes. You don't look at me. You
don't ask me to sit down. Now I'm in (穿著) these clothes. And you give me very good food Now I see, you
give the food to my clothes, not to me!"

1. Mr. King goes to the dinner party, but people in the room don't look at him. Because ______.

A. he doesn't come  by car
B. he is young
C. he is wearing his old clothes
D. he is old

2. Mr. King goes home to ______ his ______ clothes.

A. put on, good
B. puts on, fine
C. take off, good
D. wear, good

3. Mr. King goes back to the party. People in the room stand up and smile at him because ______.

A. he is wearing his old clothes
B. he comes by a very good car
C. he is wearing his good clothes
D. he is putting on his good clothes

4. Mr. King takes off his good clothes, and ______ them ______ the good food.

A. ask, to eat
B. asks, to eat
C. lets, to eat
D. ask, eat

5. Mr. King says the good food is ______.

A. for he
B. for his good clothes
C. for me
D. for him

     Sam likes eating fish very much. He often buys fish in the shop and takes them home. One day his wife
sees the fish and thinks, "Good! Now, I can ask my friends to have lunch and we can eat the fish. They like
fish very much." 　　
     When Sam comes home from work in the evening, the fish is not there and his wife says, "Oh, your cat
eats it. "And then she gives him some bread for his supper. Sam is angry (生氣). He takes the cat and his wife
to a shop near his house and weighs (稱) the cat. Then he turns to his wife and says, "My fish weighs one kilo.
The cat weighs one kilo, too. My cat is here, you see, then, where is my fish?"

1. What does Sam like eating very much? 　
    ______________________________________　
2. Who eat the fish that day? 　
    ______________________________________　
3. How much does the fish weigh? 　
    ______________________________________　
4. What does Sam's wife give him for supper? 　
    ______________________________________
5. Can you guess if (是否) Sam knows where the fish is? 
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