One day an old man is selling (賣) a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look
at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, "Don't say anything about the elephant before I
sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars." "All right," says the young man. After the old man sells the
elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, "Now, can you tell me how you found the
elephant's bad ears?" "I didn't find the bad ears," says the young man. "Then why are you looking at the
elephant slowly?" asked the old man. The young man answers, "Because I have never seen an elephant before,
and I want to know what it looks like."

1. ______ the elephant.

A. The young man sells
B. The old man sells
C. The two men sell
D. The old man buys

2. The young man is looking at the elephant slowly. He wants to find out ______.

A. which foot of the elephant is bad
B. how heavy it is
C. which ear of the elephant is bad
D. what it looks like

3. The young man ______.

A. knows the elephant has bad ears
B. wants on buy the elephant
C. looks after the elephant
D. gets some money from the old man

4. The young man ______.

A. is not interested in elephants
B. knows what an elephant looks like
C. has seen some elephants before
D. has never seen an elephant before

5. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably (很可能) be ______.

A. angry
B. happy
C. dangerous
D. hungry

     A little monkey is (1)p            by the lake. He sees some fish swimming (2)i            the lake. (3)H            
interesting they are!
     Now (4)s            frogs (青蛙) are (5)j            into the water and others are swimming happily in the lake.
The monkey (6)t            it's easy to swim. So he wants to jump into the lake.
     The fish and frogs all say, "You (7)c            swim. Don't come (8)d           or you'll be dead." But the
monkey doesn't believe (相信) that. The monkey is in the water now. Of course he can't swim and he is going
to (9)b            dead. The fish and frogs are putting (10)h            out of the water and saving him.
     Remember: "It's easy to say, but hard to do."

    "Well, we're in our new house. Let's get a new pet." Mrs. Brown said to her husband.
    "That sounds a good idea," he answered. "Maybe we can see the ads (廣告) in the newspaper."
    "Let's go to the animal shelter. Many pets there need homes. Tomorrow is Saturday, we can go together," she
said.
    The next morning, the Browns met Mr. Snow at the animal shelter. "We want to be sure that the pets here go
to good homes," Mr. Snow said. "So I need to ask you some questions." 
    After they talked for a while, the Browns planned to get a small dog. It wouldn't need a big house or a big
yard (院子). A small dog would bark and warn (警告) them if someone tried to come into their house. After
Mr. Snow gave the Browns a book on pet care, they chose one and wanted to take her home right away. But the
animal doctor needed to check her. So Mr. Snow told them to come again on Sunday. On Sunday afternoon the
Browns went to the animal shelter. The animal doctor said, "Shadow has had all of the shots (預防針). She will
be healthy." The Browns thanked the doctor and took Shadow home.

1. From the reading we know that ________.

A. the Browns live in a small house
B. the Browns knew about Shadow from the newspaper
C. Shadow is a small dog
D. Mr. Brown didn't need a pet

2. "Animal shelter" in the passage means ________.

A. a place to sell small dogs
B. a place to keep animals that have no homes
C. a place to study animals
D. a place to sell books on pet care

3. Mr. Snow asked the Browns some questions to ________.

A. see where they lived
B. find out how rich the Browns were
C. know where they would keep their new pet
D. make sure they would love pets

4. The Browns think that a small dog ________.  

A. doesn't run quickly
B. eats less food than a bigger one
C. can help them keep their house safe
D. usually has a beautiful name

                                                                       A clever man
     A gentleman met Bill one day. The rich man said, "They say you are very clever, but I don't believe it. Bill
said with a smile, "I am not clever. Instead, you are very stupid."
    The gentleman became very angry. Bill said, "Please don't be angry, sir."
    "If you don't believe what I said, let me ask you one question. If you have a group of cows, and I give you
another group, then how many groups of cows do you have?"
    "Why, that's the easiest question in the world! One and one is two, I have two groups of cows," Bill laughed
and said. "You are wrong, sir. Two groups put together are still one group. That is the easiest question in the
world."

1. What did Bill think of himself?

A. He was very clever.
B. He was not clever.
C. He was no clever than the rich man.
D. He was very stupid.

2. What did Bill think of the rich man?

A. He was very clever.
B. He was not clever.
C. He was not stupid.
D. He was too stupid.

3. Why did the gentlemen become very angry?

A. Because Bill's words hurt him.
B. Because Bill didn't answer his question.
C. Because he didn't believe his words.
D. Because Bill asked him the easiest question in the world.

4. What did the rich man think of Bill's question?

A. It was difficult.
B. It was not very difficult.
C. It was very easy.
D. It was good.

5. What is the right answer to Bill's question?

A. One and one is two.
B. I have two groups of cows.
C. In maths, one and one is one.
D. Two groups put together are still one group.

    Joe Brown had a shop. He sold meat in his shop. One Thursday a woman came into his shop at five to one.
"I'm sorry I'm late," she said. "I need some more meat for my dinner tonight." 
    Joe had only one piece of meat in his shop. He took it out of the fridge and said, "This is $6.50." 
    "That piece is too small," the woman said, "haven't you got anything bigger?" 
    Joe went into the room behind his shop, put the piece of meat into the fridge, took it out again and closed the
door with lots of noise. Then he brought the piece of meat to the woman and said, "This piece of meat is bigger
and more expensive. It's $8.75." 
    "Good," the woman said with a smile, "give me both of them, please."

1. Joe Brown was _______.

A. a waiter (侍者)
B. a runner
C. an actor
D. a shopkeeper

2. When did the woman come to Joe's shop?

A. Early in the morning.
B. Early in the afternoon.
C. Late in the evening.
D. At about one o'clock at night.

3. Why didn't the woman want that piece of meat?

A. Because she had no money.
B. Because it was bad.
C. Because it wasn't big enough.
D. Because it was too big.

4. How many pieces of meat were kept in the fridge?

A. Only one piece of meat.
B. Two pieces of meat.
C. Several pieces of meat.
D. Many pieces of meat.

5. Could Joe give the woman both pieces of meat?

A. Of course not.
B. Certainly.
C. He would try his best.
D. Yes, he could.

    I can still remember my first day at school. I was only 6 years old at that time. It was a very big room. I sat
at the desk near the window, but I couldn't see anything because the window were too high. There was a big
map of the world on the wall and an old blackboard. I don't think I was worried or afraid. There was another
boy next to me. He sat there and kept silent (沉默) at first. Then he began to cry, because he didn't want to
stay there.
    More and more students came in, but the boy didn't stop crying. "Mom, I want to go home." He cried again
and again. Later, the teacher came in. She went to the little boy, and said something to him. I couldn't hear what
he said. Soon the boy stopped crying and began to smile. To this day, I still don't know what the teacher said to
the little boy. 
(     ) 1. The writer went to school when he was 6 years old.
(     ) 2. There were beautiful pictures on the wall of the classroom.
(     ) 3. She sat near the window, so she could look outside.
(     ) 4. The little boy cried, because he wanted to go home.
(     ) 5. When the teacher came in, the boy stopped crying.