Some people don't need a mailbox to send a message. They use a bottle instead. Here are two stories
about people who sent a message in a bottle. Both stories are true.
       In 1965, a sailor from Sweden was on a trip. He wrote a letter, asking any young woman to write to
him. He put the letter in a bottle and threw the bottle into the sea.
       Two years later, a man found the bottle on a beach in Italy. He read the letter and showed it to his
daughter. She was 18. As a joke, she wrote to the sailor. They began to exchange letters. After a few months,
they got married.
       Here is the second story: Back in 1924, a boy from Arkansas wrote his name on the back of his picture.
He put the picture in a bottle and dropped the bottle into a river.
      The bottle was not found until one day a man named Bill picked it up on a beach in Florida many years
later. He pulled the picture out of the bottle and looked at it. He could hardly believe his eyes. To his surprise,
the boy in the picture was his friend, Tom, from Arkansas. Bill had not seen Tom for 25 years. Somehow
the bottle had come to the right place.

1. After the sailor wrote a letter, he _______.

A. threw it away
B. put it in a bottle and threw it away.
C. found a bottle
D. put it in a bottle and threw it into the sea

2. The sailor and the girl from Italy _______.

A. grew up together
B. went to the same school
C. had not known each other before
D. knew each other before

3. When the man named Bill looked at a picture of Tom, he got _______.

A. happy
B. sad
C. worried
D. surprised

4. At the end of the story, Bill and Tom must have been _______.

A. more than 25 years old
B. 18 years old
C. 25 years old
D. less than 25 years old

5. The best title for the passage is _______.

A Sailing on a ship
B. Sending a message in a bottle
C. Looking for a friend
D. Sending a message to Italy

      One Friday night, a poor young man stood at a gate of the railway station. He played his violin and many
people put money into the hat in front of him.
      The next day, the young man came to the gate again, and put his hat on the ground. But different from
what he always did in the past days, he took out a large piece of paper with some words in it and laid it on
the ground. It said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake.
Please come soon, Mr. Sang."
      After about an hour, a middle-aged man ran to the young man in a hurry and said, "It's you! You do come
here. I know that you're an honest man and will certainly come here." The young man asked, "Are you Mr.
George Sang? Did you lose anything?" "A lottery (獎(jiǎng)券) ticket," answered the middle-aged man. The young
man took out a lottery ticket and gave it to the man.
      The prize of the lottery ticket was ＄500,000. Yesterday when the middle-aged man knew he won, he
was very happy. He took out 50 dollars and put it in the hat. However, the lottery ticket was also thrown in.
      Later, someone asked the young man, "You play the violin in the railway station every day to make money.
Why didn't you just take the prize of the lottery ticket for yourself?" The young man said, "Although I don't
have much money, I live happily. But if I lose honesty, I won't be happy forever."

1. The middle-aged man put _____ into the poor man's hat.

A. $50
B. his lottery ticket
C. both $50 and his lottery ticket
D. nothing

2. What did the young man put on the ground on the next day?

A. His old hat
B. A large piece of paper
C. A lottery ticket
D. $50

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The young man was honest.
B. The young man was dishonest.
C. The young man didn't give the lottery ticket back to the middle-aged man.
D. The middle-aged man didn't give money to the young man.

      Chen Weiyun,13, is a Junior 1 student at Huaqiao Middle School in Haikou, Hainan. This week, he
had the happiest time. On Tuesday, he went to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. He and nine other
kids became the Top 10 Young Pioneers. "Now I am not only my dad's good boy, but I am China's good
boy. I must work harder," he said.  
      At school, Chen is a good student leader. He enjoys many activities including playing in short plays
and working as a host for his school. "I am sure of myself. It's good to try different things," Chen said.
"If you think you can, you can."
      Chen's teacher, Xie Wei, said,"Chen Weijun doesn't talk much but works very hard."
      Young Chen always helps others. One student at his school, Wu Deyi, had leukemia (白血病). Chen
asked students and teachers to give him a hand. From February to May, Chen got more than 20,000 yuan
for Wu.
      Chen also thinks about the way to make his city cleaner. He was sad to see plastic bags in the Meishe
River. He wanted the river to be clean. So he wrote a letter to the head of the city and asked him to spend
more money, tell people not to throw rubbish into the river and have a wall to keep children safe. The head
of the city has listened to him. Now the river is cleaner.
      At home, Chen is a good boy. He washes his clothes, and also cooks meals for the family sometimes.
Chen says the hero in his heart is Premier WenJiabao."He is very brave and hardworking. He is not afraid
of difficulties and wants to make China stronger," Chen said. Will Chen become a big leader of tomorrow?

1. Chen Wejjun is _____.

A. a college student
B. from Hainan Province
C. a patient
D. not his dad's good boy

2. At school Chen is busy with _____.

A. his studying and many other activities
B. playing games and hosting his school TV
C. helping Wu Deyi
D. collecting plastic bags

3. The underlined sentence"I am sure of myself' means "_____".

A. I'm open-minded
B. I'm proud of myself
C. I'm confident
D. I can do what I want to do

4. The head of the city has spent more money _____.

A. helping Wu Deyi with hospital expenses
B. building Chen's school TV station
C. buying new clothes for Chen
D. cleaning and protecting Meishe River

5. The best title for the passage would be _____.

A. A Boy Who likes to Help Others
B. Something About the Head of the City
C. A Big Leader of Tomorrow
D. A Boy's Hero

      One hot day, some mice were playing in a forest and a lion was having a rest under a tree. One
mouse did not look where he was going and hit the lion's leg. The lion was very angry, and he caught
the mouse. The little animal did not know what to do. "I'm sorry, sir." the mouse said. "Will you free me,
please?"
     "I don't know why I should," the lion said. "I'm very hungry, and it's time to have lunch." "Please
don't eat me," the mouse said. "I'm so small and wouldn't satisfy you."
     "Besides (而且), if you free me, I might be able to help you one day."
     The lion laughed loudly and said, "How could a great animal like me need your help?" But the lion had
a kind heart, and he freed his little friend.
     "Thank you so much," the mouse said. "Some day you'll see that I was telling the truth." Several days
after this, some men were trying to catch the lion. They put a net in the forest, so the lion was caught in it.
He couldn't understand how this could happen because he was usually very careful. The great animal was
in big trouble. Loud, angry noises could be heard everywhere in the forest. The mouse heard these noises
and went to see what was wrong. He found the lion in the net and knew what he had to do. The small
mouse started to bite the net, soon a little piece of the net fell on the ground. Then another piece fell, and
another. In a short time the great animal was freed.

(     )1. In a forest, a small mouse hit a lion's head. The lion got angry and caught him.
(     )2. The lion was very hungry, so he wanted to have the mouse for lunch.
(     )3. The lion didn't think he would need the small mouse's help.
(     )4. The lion had to free the small mouse because he was caught in a net.
(     )5. When the small mouse heard the loud, angry noises, he was too frightened to help the lion.

     James wrote a play for television about a family who came to England from India, and the play was
very interesting. It was bought by an American TV company. James was then invited to go to New York
to help them. He lived in Washington, which is an hour away from New York by air. The plane was going
to take off at 8:30 in the morning. So he had to be at the airport at about 7:30. He ordered a taxi for 6:30
and went to sleep. He forgot to wind (上發(fā)條) the clock, and it stopped after midnight. Also the driver of
the taxi had to work very late that night and he got up very late the next morning.
    James woke with the feeling that something was wrong. He looked at his clock. It stood there silently
with the hands pointing to ten past twelve. He turned on the radio and knew it was ten. He was late for the
plane.
    He was just preparing his coffee when the radio sent out another news, "Reports are coming in of a plane
crash (飛機(jī)墜落) near Washington airport. A Boeing 707 fly to New York crashed shortly after taking off
this morning. Plane number 2234…" James suddenly turned pale (蒼白).
    "My plane," he said aloud. "If I haven't been late, "I'd have been on the plane!"

(     )1. James was a writer from England.
(     )2. He had to reach the airport at half past eight.
(     )3. James would like to take a taxi at six thirty.
(     )4. When he turned on the radio he heard the speaker saying that he missed the plane.
(     )5. James was lucky because he was not able to get on the plane.

      The Browns are the Smiths' neighbors. Mr. Brown's name is John. But when his neighbors talk about
him, they all call him "Mr. Going-to-do". Do you know why? Mr. Brown always says he is going to do
something, but he never does it. Every Saturday Mr. Brown goes to the Smiths' back door and talks to Mr.
Smith. He always says he is going to do something."I'm going to clean my house today." he says, or "I'm
going to wash my car tomorrow." Or "These trees in front of my house are too big. I'm going to cut them
down next week."Mr. Smith usually says: "Are you, John?" He knows his neighbor is not going to do anything.
Then he says: "Well, excuse me, John. I'm going to do some work it the house." And he doesn't. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith often say to their only son Dick: "Are you going to do something? Then do it! Don't be another 'Mr.
Going-to-do'!"

(       )1. Mr. Brown is Mr. Smith's neighbor.
(       )2. Mr. Brown's neighbors call him Mr. John.
(       )3. Mr. Brown always says he is going to do something.
(       )4. Mr. Smith knows his neighbor is going to do something.
(       )5. Mr. and Mrs. Smith often say to their son Dick: "Don't be another 'Mr. Going-to-do'!"

     One day Tom and Bill went out for a walk. On the road they saw a lot of people and went up and
had a look. Oh dear! There was a cow in the middle of the road. It would not move. Ten cars and buses
could not get past. Then a policeman came. "Whose cow is this?" he asked. "It's mine." said a farmer,
"But I can't move it." The policeman and the farmer did their best to move the cow, but it would not move.
Tom and Bill laughed, but the drivers of cars and buses were worried. "We can't move the cow." the farmer
and the policeman said, "What shall we do?"
     "Give him a cabbage!" Tom said. "That's a good idea!" said the farmer. Soon he found a cabbage and
showed it to the cow. When the cow saw the cabbage, it walked after the farmer at once. All the cars and
buses could get past at last.

1. Tom went out for a walk _____.

A. with a group of people
B. with Bill
C. all by himself

2. The cow was _____.

A. on the way to work
B. in the middle of the road
C. pleased to see so many people

3. Tom and Bill _____.

A. helped to move away the cow
B. waited for the cars to get first
C. went up and saw a cow in the middle of the road

4. _____ thought a good idea to move away the cow.

A. Tom and Bill
B. The drivers
C. Tom

5. The cow wouldn't move itself because _____.

A. it was hungry
B. it wanted to get on one of the buses
C. so many people were watching it

      The big red American car was much too wide for an English country road. When Jack saw it coming
toward him, he stopped his own car at the side of the road to make room for it to pass. The American car
went slowly past, so close that he could see the driver's face quite clearly.
      "Where have I seen that face before?" he thought. "Wait a minute! I remember now. It was in the
newspaper!" He took out the newspaper from his bag, turned quickly to the middle page. There was a picture
of the face in it. Yes, it had a large mouth and small ears, and his eyes were behind dark glasses.
      "Wanted by the police," read by Jack." The City Bank will give a lot of money to anyone who helps the
police to catch this man."
      "Call the police at once," he said to himself. But a few minutes later, he was sad. "This man was caught
this morning," answered the police.

1. In which country did the story happen?
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2. Why did Jack stop his car? 
    ____________________________________________.
3. Who was wanted by the police in this passage? 
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4. What did Jack do when he had read the newspaper again?
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5. Who caught the man with a large mouth and small cars?
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