"What are you busy with yourself, Mom?" the girl of six years old asked her mother. 　　
    "Making dinner for the neighbor aunt." 　　
    "Why?" 　　
    "Because the other day the aunt l(1) her dear daughter in the earthquake and is so sad now. We must take g(2)
care of her these days." 　　
    "Why n(3) our care?" 　　
    "Because from then on the aunt can't do what she liked to along with her daughter. Making dinner and doing
housework are also becoming so d(4). I don't know what to do. My dear, can you come up with an i(5) to make
the aunt feel better?" 　　
    All of a sudden, the girl went to the neighbor's house and k(6) at the door. 　　
    "What can I do for you?"asked the neighbor. 　　
    "I h(7) my mother say you're very sad without your daughter…" The girl handed the band-aid (創(chuàng)可貼)
tightly h(8) in her hand to the neighbor. 　　
    Tears ran down from the neighbor's eyes. She took the girl in her a(9) and said, "Thank you. Your band-aid
will h(10)."
1.                 2.                 3.                4.                 5.                
6.                 7.                 8.                9.                 10.             

    Just before giving a wasteful party at his yard, the rich businessman had his swimming pool filled with
poisonous snakes. He called the guests together and announced, "To anyone brave enough to swim across this
pool, I'll give the choice of thousands of square meters of my oil fields, 10000 cows or my daughter's hand in
marriage." 
    As soon as his words were finished, a young man jumped in, swam across the pool and climbed out to safety
but breathlessly. "Congratulations!" the rich man said excitedly. "Do you want my oil fields?" 
    "No!" said the guest. 
    "The 10000 cows?"
    "No!" the young man shouted. 
    "Well, how about my daughter?" 
    "No!" 
    "You must want something," said the businessman. 
    "I just want to know the name of the fellow who pushed me in!"

1. The businessman was ______.

A. was fooled by the young man
B. cruel and hard-hearted
C. friendly only to the rich guests
D. always keeping his word

2. _____ pushed the young man into the pool.

A. No one
B. The businessman himself
C. One of the guests
D. A certain bad fellow unknown

3. The young man was ______.

A. brave
B. careless
C. honest
D. careful

    Yesterday the police were joined by more Yesterday the police were joined by more than 20 volunteers in the
continuing search for the two missing teenagers, Vicky Gray and Tom Hunter, and their guide, Gavin Jones. The
police said that they had disappeared during an adventure (冒險(xiǎn)) tour of Cape York Peninsula.
    This was the second day of the search and the police were now very worried about the safety of the three
missing people.
    The police said that the search had covered a wide area, but the rainforest was thick and their work was
made harder by the recent rain. Later on Chief Inspector (警官) Roger Fleet said, "The travellers had a ridio
with them. If they had been in trouble, they would have called us." 
    The three travellers left Cooktown very early on Saturday morning in a Toyota car. They took a small dirt
road that runs down to the Daintree River, a dangerous river full of crocodiles (鱷魚). Chief Inspector Roger
Fleet said the tourists wouldn't have got into trouble if they had stayed on the main road.
    A photo of Vicky and Tom was found by a policeman under the "Be Careful about crocodiles" sign near the
river. Why was the photo left behind? This is just one of the unanswered questions. Other questions are: Why
was the photo left behind? Why was the Toyota parked and locked at the edge of the rainforest? The police said
that the travellers had left a map of the area behind. Why? Why had someone drawn a cross on the point (地點(diǎn))
where the car is? Is this a sign? What does it mean? If anyone can give information or has seen these three
young people, contact the local police in Cooktown.

1. This article is probably taken from ________.

A. a newspaper
B. a magazine
C. a storybook
D. a guidebook

2. Which word best describes the search of the three missing people?

A. Helpless
B. Hard
C. Delightful
D. Successful

3. Which of the following things wasn't found by the police?

A. A touring map.
B. A photo of the travellers.
C. The travellers' radio.
D. The travellers' car

4. All the following are unanswered questions except ________.

A. why they left a photo behind
B. why they came to this area
C. why their Toyota was parked in the place
D. why a cross was drawn on the map

5. The article asks people to ________.

A. join the police in searching for the missing people
B. tell the police about the travellers' ages and their appearance
C. learn the lesson and stop taking adventure tours
D. provide information about the missing people

     On Sunday, Kangkang goes out for a picnic with his friends. Maria's pet dog goes, too. They take some
food there. Jane likes singing very much. She wants Kangkang to sing a song with her, but he has no time.
Kangkang has to (必須, 不得不) cook. Wang Ping and Michael would like to help him. Steve carries water
for them. And Maria flies a kite with her pet dog. They are all very happy.

1. Kangkang goes out for a picnic with ______.

A. his classmates
B. his parents
C. his friends.

2. Jane want Kangkang to ______.

A. cook food
B. sing a song
C. fly a kite

3. Wang Ping and Michael would like to ______.

A. cook
B. carry water
C. sing a song

4. ______ fly a kite.

A. Maria
B. The pet dog
C. A and B

5. They ______ on Sunday.

A.go fishing
B. go for a picnic
C. go shopping

    Tomorrow is Mother's Day. Susan wants to give a present to her mother. Father tells her to go to the
shop and try to find something. Susan hurries (匆忙) to the shopping center (中心) and goes to the women's
store. She has ＄3.00. First she thinks she will get her mother something to wear. Then she thinks she will
buy something for her to use (使用).
    But she only has ＄3.00. She can't buy the nice dress. She sees a nice red hat (帽子). She knows her
mother will like it. But it is too expensive (貴的). It is ＄10.00.
    The saleslady looks at her and then looks at the hat. She takes off(取下) the price tag (標(biāo)簽) and says,
"That's exactly (恰好) ＄3.00."

1. Why does Susan want to give a present to her mother?

A. She loves her mother.
B. Her father asks her.
C. Tomorrow is Mother's Day.
D. She is a good girl.

2. Where does Susan go?

A. To the shop.
B. To a book shop.
C. To the women's store.
D. To the supermarket.

3. How much money does Susan have?

A. ＄3.00.
B. ＄10.00.
C. ￥3.00.
D. ￥10.00.

4. What is the price on the price tag?

A. ＄3.00.
B. ￥3.00.
C. ＄10.00.
D. ￥10.00.

5. Why doesn't Susan buy the dress?

A. She doesn't like it.
B. Her mother doesn't like it.
C. The dress is not beautiful.
D. She doesn't have much money (錢) with her.