One day, a little monkey and a little fox went out to play. They saw an apple tree on the other side of
the river. There were many big and red apples on it. But there was no bridge over the river. The monkey
thought hard and had an idea. They pulled down a tree and put it over the river as a bridge.
    The monkey said, "My old friend, you go there first." But after the fox went to the other side, he kicked
(踢) the tree into the river and ran to the apple tree. "How can I get there without the tree?" cried the
monkey. The fox laughed and said, "You just stand there and watch me eating the apples." The monkey
was very angry.
     Suddenly it began to rain. The water level (水位) in the river rose (上漲) and tree flew away with the
water.
     "You can eat all the apples. But you can't come back," shouted the monkey.
     The fox stopped eating and looked at the monkey sadly.

1. The little monkey and the little fox wanted to _____ on the other side of the river.

A. build a bridge
B. eat the apples
C. pull down a tree
D. play games

2. The fox kicked the tree into the river because he wanted to _____.

3. The fox could not come back because _____.

A. the monkey had taken away the tree
B. the tree had flown away
C. it began to rain
D. he was angry with the monkey

4. The fox was sad because ______.

A. the monkey was laughing
B. he couldn't reach the apples
C. he couldn't come back
D. the monkey went home first

A. the fox shouldn't go first
B. the monkey should go first
C. the fox was cleverer than the monkey
D. one shouldn't care only about himself

     Mr. Shaw wrote a lot of stories and people in the world knew him well. He didn't like the arrogant
(傲慢的) rich (富有的) men and often laughed at them. So people liked him very much.
     A lot of men hoped to know Mr. Shaw. One day a famous singer asked him to her party. When
Mr. Shaw came in, all the people stood up except a young man. The young man's father was one of
the richest men in England and he was studying in Paris (巴黎). He thought he knew much more than
anyone else in the room. He talked a lot and tried to show he was a know-all (自以為無所不知的人).
All the people listened to him and nobody would interrupt (打斷) him. It made Mr. Shaw unhappy.
    "Please listen to me, my friend," Mr. Shaw had to stop him. "I think only we both know the things
in the world!"
     Hearing this, the young man was happy.
     "Maybe you know all," said Mr. Shaw. "But you don't know one thing!"
     "We are all tired of you," Mr. Shaw said with a smile. "Just I know it!"
     The young man's face turned red and didn't say anything until (直到) he left.

1. Mr. Shaw was ______.

[     ]

A. a great singer
B. a famous writer
C. a doctor
D. a famous teacher

2. All the people stood up when Mr. Shaw went in because            .

[     ]

3. The people at the party wouldn't interrupt the young man because            .

[     ]

A. he could tell them something interesting
B. he was studying in the capital of France
C. he was clever than them all
D. they didn't want to make him unhappy

4. At last the young man stopped talking because ______.

[     ]

A. nobody listened
B. he was very tired
C. he knew he was wrong
D. Mr. Shaw's words made him do so

[     ]

A. Mr. Shaw was tired of the young man.
B. The young man thought he learned a lot in Paris.
C. The young man said sorry to Mr. Shaw.
D. The young man knew that Mr. Shaw laughed at him.

     Some days before Mother's Day, the teacher wanted to know how his students were going to show
their love to their mothers. Some of the students came from far away to study here. "Are you going home
to see your mother during the holiday?" the teacher asked one of them.
     The student answered, "I have no time to go home because I'm going to get ready for the exam. But
I'll write a letter to my mother." "Then which do you think is more important (更重要), your mother or the
exam?" "Of course the exam is more important," answered the student. "My mother is always saying so."

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷正﹙T﹚誤﹙F﹚。
(     )1. All children should (應(yīng)該) show their love to their mother on Mother's Day.
(     )2. The students would have a holiday on Mother's Day.
(     )3. The student told his teacher that he wouldn't go home that day because his home was far away.
(     )4. The student didn't love his mother, so he wouldn't go back home.
(     )5. The mother thought the exam was very important for her son.

     I'm Philip. One day, I had a bad toothache. I couldn't eat anything. So I went to see the dentist.
     "What's wrong with your teeth?" asked the dentist.
     "I have a toothache," I told him.
     "Let me see your teeth… Um, there's a hole (洞) in one of the teeth. Do you eat a lot of sweet food?"
the dentist asked me.
     "Yes, I do. I often eat ice cream, biscuits, chocolates and I often drink colas and milk with sugar," I
told him.
      "All these are bad for your teeth. You must eat less sweet food and brush your teeth at least twice a
day. Now let me fill your tooth," said the doctor.
      A few minutes later, I felt much better.

1. Philip's              hurt badly one day.
2. The dentist found              in one of the teeth.
3. Philip had a bad toothache because he             .
4. The dentist told Philip that he had better             .
5. After the dentist            , Philip felt much better.

     Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine and
good food very much.. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up
all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant
doing that.
     One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, "Here are two bottles of poison and some nice
food in the house. You must take care of them." With these words, he went out. 
     But the servant knew what the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home,
he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man
came back, he couldn't find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the
servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he
drank the poison to kill himself.

1. In the story, ______ liked wine and good food very much.

A. the rich man
B. the servant
C. both A and B
D. neither A and B

2. The rich man knew that it was ______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

3. The rich man told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ______.

A. there was poison in the bottles
B. he did not want the servant to drink his wine
C. he wanted to kill the cat
D. he wanted to kill the servant

4. In fact, ______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

A. the servant
B. cat
C. the rich man
D. nobody

A. lazy
B. helpful
C. clever
D. kind

    Jim was five years old. On his birthday he got a lot of birthday presents from his family,and one of them
was a beautiful drum (鼓). It was from his grandpa.
    Jim liked his drum very much.He made a terrible noise with it, but his mother didn't mind. His father was
working during the day, and Jim was in bed when he got home in the evening, so he didn't hear the noise.
    But one of the neighbors didn't like the noise, so one morning a few days later, she took a sharp knife and
went to Jim's house while he was hitting his drum. She said, "Jimmy, do you know there's something nice
inside your drum? Here's a knife. Open the drum and see what it is."

1. Jim's            gave him a drum on his birthday.

A. grandmother
B. mother
C. grandfather
D.father

2.            liked the drum very much.

3.           , Jim made a terrible noise with the drum.

A. Day and night
B. Only during the day
C. Only during the night
D. When his dad was at home

4. There was             inside the drum.

A. something nice
B. a nice knife
C. nothing
D. a lot of things

A. liked Jim very much
B. gave him a sharp knife as his birthday present
C. didn't want to hear the noise any more
D. told him to stop hitting the drum

     Jack was ten years old and he was a very lazy boy. He didn't like doing any work. He had to go to
school, of course, but he didn't study hard there and tried to do little work. His father and mother were
both doctors and they hoped that their son would become one too when he grew up. But one day Jack
said to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to be a dustman (垃圾工)."
     "A dustman?" his mother asked. She was very surprised. "That's not a good job. Why do you want
to become a dustman?"
     "Because I would only have to work one day a week," Jack answered at once.
     "Only one day a week?" his mother said. "What do you mean? And how do you know?"
     "Well," Jack answered, "I know that the dustmen came to work on Thursday every week, because
I only see them on that day."

1. How was Jack doing at school?

A. He liked his school.
B. He worked hard at school.
C. He didn't study hard at school.
D. He tried to do much work at school.

2. Jack's parents wanted their son to be a            .

A. doctor
B. dustman
C. teacher
D. worker

3. Jack hoped to be a dustman because he thought            .

A. that job was very important
B. the dustman worked only Thursday
C. he could make more money
D. that was a dirty job

4. Jack's mother felt surprised at his hope of being a dustman, because            .

A. their son was too young to be a dustman
B. a dustman worked only one day a week
C. it was hard to get such a job
D. that was not a good job

5. What do you think of Jack?

A. He was not very clever.
B. He was very lazy.
C. He liked the dustman's work.
D. He didn't want to be a doctor.