When you go to see a doctor, he will write you a note (處方) to take to the chemist for some
medicine. Chemists are usually good at reading doctors' notes.But sometimes doctors write too badly
and even the chemist can not read them.
      One day a man wrote to a doctor to invite (邀請) him to have dinner at his house. The doctor wrote
a reply (回復), but he wrote too badly and the man could not read it.
     "What shall I do?" he asked his wife, "I don't know whether he is going to come or not. I don't want
to call him and say that I don't understand him."
     His wife thought for a while and then she had an idea. "Take it to the chemist," she said, "He will be
able to(能) read it for us."
     "Thank you," said her husband. "That's a good idea." He went to the chemist's shop and gave the
doctor's "note" to him. The chemist looked at it for a long time.
      "Could you wait a moment, sir?" he said. Then he went to the back of his shop. After a few minutes
he came back, carrying a large bottle. He gave the bottle to the man.
     "Take one spoonful (一匙) every day."he said.

1. What did the doctor do when he was invited to have dinner?

A. He said he would come on time.
B. He wrote the man a reply.
C. He was very glad.
D. He wrote a note to the chemist.

2. Why couldn't the man understand the "note"?

A. Because the doctor wrote badly.
B. Because the man didn't know much about medicine.
C. Because the doctor didn't like to go.
D. Because the man never went to school

3. The wife wanted her husband to _____.

A. call the doctor to have dinner with them
B. go to the chemist and get some medicine
C. take the reply to the chemist for help
D. read it again

4. In this story, the word "chemist" means "______" in Chinese. 

A. 護士
B. 化驗師
C. 藥劑師
D. 藥房

5. From this story, we can infer(推測) ______.

A. The man took the bottle of medicine back home.
B. The chemist could read the doctor's note.
C. The chemist couldn't read the doctor's note, either.
D. The chemist helped the man at last.

     One day, Mr. Li was    1     a book in his office after school when a ball broke the window
and flew in.. The ball    2     him on the head. So he took the ball and came downstairs to see
who threw the ball .He met a boy at the doorway and the boy said that he threw it just now.
The boy said     3    to Mr. Li and Mr. Li praised the boy for his honesty. At last Mr. Li told
the boy to be more careful next time. The boy    4     him and said goodbye to him, running
away    5     the ball.
1._____ 2._____ 3._____ 4._____ 5._____ 

     While walking home from sehool, Jenny saw a small kitten on the street. It was only a few weeks
old, and it was crying. Jenny bent down and looked at the kitten. It was weak, and it had trouble walking.
Its mother wasn't anywhere around. Seeing the poor kitten made Jenny sad.
      "I can't just 1eave it here," she thought. "But I can't take it home, either. Mother doesn't like cats."
Then, Jenny got an idea. She could take the kitten to an animal doctor. Jenny placed the kitten inside
a small box.
     She brought it to an animal clinic near her house.
     "Can you take care of this kitten?" she asked the doctor.
     "Sure. we can," he said.
      "But I don't have any money."
     "That's OK. We'll help the kitten feel better. Then, we'll give it to somebody."
     Jenny was happy when she left the clinic. She knew the kitten would be all right.

1. Jenny saw a small______.

A. cat
B. dog
C. pig

2. This small kitten was______.

A. strong
B. dying
C. hard to walk

3. Jenny took the kitchen to______.

A. her home
B. a hospital
C. a vet

4. The smal1 kitten was taken care by_____.

A. Jenny
B. Jenny 's mother
C. a vet

5. The small kitten would be given to ______.

A. Jenny
B. a stranger
C. the vet

     It was a cold night. The taxi driver didn't take even one passenger (乘客) all day. When he went
by the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he drove to
him and asked,"Where are you going, sir?" "To the Red Hotel, " the young man answered. When the taxi
driver heard this, he didn't feel happy any more. The young man would give him only three dollars
because the hotel was near the railway station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the young man
through many streets of the big city. After a long time, they arrived at the hotel. "Here we are! You
should pay me fifteen dollars, please," the taxi 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 hotel and I only
gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip."
(       )1. The driver was not happy before he saw the young man.
(       )2. It is very far from the railway station to the Red Hotel.
(       )3. The young man was cheated (騙).
(       )4. The two taxi drivers were both honest.
(       )5. Maybe the taxi driver got thirteen dollars at last.

     Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift.  It was a smile.      
     It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school, and my old school was far away.  
As a result, no one knew who I was.  I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone. 
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn't talk with 
anyone about my problems.        
     Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I  sat at my desk unhappily as
usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed me and
then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile.
      Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.
That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became
closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
      One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn't remember smiling at me!
       It doesn't matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is.
If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

1. When did the writer get the gift?

A. When she was 16 years old.
B. After she made friends with the boy.
C. In her first year at a middle school.
D. After she became closer to everyone in her class.

2. Why was the smile an important gift?

A. Because the writer's old school was far away.
B. Because the writer didn't know who the boy was.
C. Because the smile didn't mean anything to the boy.
D. Because it made the writer feel happy, lively and warm.

3. Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness came from?

A. From her old school.
B. From her parents.
C. From herself.
D. From her classmates at the new school.

      I was in line waiting to pay. In line there were two people before me. A little boy was buying
some rather strange clothes. He chatted with anyone who was interested in the clothes and soon
we learnt that he was going to a kindergarten (幼兒園) party. He had done a great job of putting
together interesting costumes.
     I noticed that the little boy was paying mostly with change (零錢). It seemed that he had robbed
his pig bank (豬形儲蓄罐) to do this shopping. However, the cashier told him he was short after
counting all the money. The boy thought for a moment and said, "Please keep the shirt and I will
come back with more money. "
     It was clear that he had already used all the money he had and he was $ 8. 00 short. The lady
in front of me said, "Well, I could pay half of that. "I told the boy that I could pay the other half.
We dug into our handbags. However, both of us only had ten-dollar bills (紙幣) and we needed the
cashier to get the change for us. Other shoppers began digging into their pockets to find some change.
It was amazing and touching as all these strangers seemed to react (反應) with the same mind.
All wanted to be of help. Within minutes the cashier said, "I have too much money." The cashier
didn't need our ten-dollar bills. Then the lady in front of me, who had been the first to offer help,
said, "Wait! I didn't even get a chance to give anything!"
     I smiled at her and said, "You did your share, because it was your idea and you started all this."
The little boy smiled and thanked us. We wished him the best and he left. Ileft with a good feeling.
I had seen the love and goodness of others all around me. The woman in front of me smiled and said,
"It sure feels good to give, doesn't it?" I smiled back and said, "Yes!"

1. What is this passage mainly about?

A. Love and goodness.
B. Culture and tradition.
C. Friendship and honesty.
D. Communication and understanding.

2. Why did the writer and the woman both feel glad?

A. Because the boy had saved some money.
B. Because they both didn't need to give anything.
C. Because the cashier didn't look down on the boy.
D. Because all the shoppers around were willing to help the boy.

3. What does the underlined word" touching" most probably mean?

A. 令人感動的
B. 令人難過的
C. 令人失望的
D. 令人害怕的

4.What's the correct order of the following events?

a. The cashier got enough money for the boy's shirt.
b. The cashier counted the boy's money.
c. The shoppers looked for some change in their pockets.
d. The boy went to the line to pay.
A. b, a, c, d
B. b, c, a, d
C. d, b, c, a
D. d, c, a, b

     A young man was getting ready to finish school. For a long time he had looked forward to getting
a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could well afford it, so he told him that was all he wanted.
     Then on the morning of his graduation (畢業(yè)), his father called him into his private study. His father
told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his
son a beautiful gift box. Surprised, the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible (《圣經(jīng)》) with
his name on it. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?"
He then rushed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
     Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home
and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him.
He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make arrangements (安排), he received
a phone telling him his father had passed away. He had to come home immediately and take care of the things
that his father left him.
     When he began to search through his father's important papers, he saw the still new Bible, just as he had
left it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a
tag (標牌) dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words...
"PAID IN FULL". Sadness and regret filled his heart.

1.The underlined word "that" in paragraph l, means ______.

A. a car
B. a box
C. a Bible
D. a phone

2. The young man was angry on the morning of his graduation because ______.

A. his father couldn't afford a car 
B. he had to stay in his study
C. he thought he only got a Bible
D. his father spent all the money

3. Which of the following isn't mentioned in the third paragraph?

A. The young man succeeded in his business.
B. The young man lived with his father all the time.
C. The young man decided to see his father.
D. The young man set up his own family.

     One afternoon Mrs Green's husband wanted to catch the 3:30 flight to London to have an
important meeting. She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 0'clock and said that
he was still at the airport.
     "What happened to you?" asked Mrs Green.  
     "Well," said Mr Green, "everything was going fine.  I got my ticket, checked my luggage 
and waited in line at the gate.  I walked across the  runway to the airplane and I saw my friend 
Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer.  I shouted to him and a policeman caught me. "      
     "Why did he catch you?"         
     "I don't know," said Mr Green.  "As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and 
caught me. "      
     "What did you shout to your friend?"       
      "All I said was 'Hi, Jack'.  You know that's the usual way we say hello to our friends. "      
      "But you don't know the sentence 'Hi, Jack' also means to take control of a plane by force (武力). " 

1. How did Mr Green want to go to London? 

A. By train.
B. By bus.
C. By airplane.

2. Why was Mrs Green surprised? 

A. Because her husband didn't arrive at the airport in time.
B. Because her husband was still at the airport at 5 0'clock.
C. Because her husband didn't want to go to London

3. When did Mr Green get to the airport that afternoon?

A. Before 3:30.
B. After 3:30.
C. At about 5:00.

4. What was Jack Scott in the passage? 

A. He was a pilot.
B. He was a policeman at the airport.
C. He was an engineer.

5. According to the passage we know _____.

A. Jack Scott asked Mr Green not to fly to London
B. Mr Green would take control of a plane by force
C. the policemen mistook what Mr Green said