Penguins lie together, but each pair has a little piece of ground of their own. When a penguin wants to walk
through its neighbour's ground, it must ask for permission. If it does not, it will have to fight. Penguins come
and go all day. They catch fish and look after their children.
      All penguins are good parents- the male penguins are perhaps the best parents in the world. They walk in
the middle of the dark Antarctic water. They choose their wives in the dark. They can only hear them-not see
them. Then the female penguins lay their eggs and go away for about two months. The males look after the
eggs. If the eggs get cold, there will be no chicks. There is no food. The snow falls and the wind
blows-sometimes at 150 kilometres an hour. The penguins do not move. When females return from the sea,
they will not remember their husbands. It does not matter. Only one thing matters - the eggs. Male penguins
never fight unless a penguin leaves a chick for a minute. Then they fight because they all want it. They are
strange and wonderful birds.

1. It seems interesting and unusual that the male penguins choose their wives ______.

A. when the female penguins return from the sea
B. just by hearing in the darkness
C. each time they see the lovely females
D. after they have had their own grounds

2. It is ______ that take care of the eggs.

A. the male penguins
B. the female penguins
C. both the husbands and the wives
D. the penguins that lost in the fight

3. Only when ______ can a penguin walk through its neighbour's ground.

A. it gets wet
B. it has become a father
C. it gets married
D. it gets permission

4. When the females return from the sea, they will ______.

A. live with their husbands
B. look after the eggs
C. get food for their husbands and children
D. not remember their husbands

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Female penguins often have their new husbands.
B. Male penguins fight when choosing their wives.
C. Female penguins take care of the eggs.
D. Male penguins use their ears to choose wives.

     All students need to have good study habits. When you have good study habits, you can learn things
quickly. You also remember them easily. Do you like to study in the living-room? This is not a good place
because it is usually too noisy. You need to study in a quiet place, like your bedroom. A quiet place will help
you only think about one thing, and you will learn better. Before you begin to study, do not forget to clean
your desk. A good desk light is important, too. You are feeling tired easily if there is not enough (足夠的) light.

1. When you have good study habits, you will _______.

A. learn things quickly
B. remember things easily
C. both A and B

2. The living-room is not a good place for study because it is too _______.

A. quiet
B. noisy
C. clean

3. You are feeling tired easily if the light is ________.

A. good
B. enough
C. bad

4. You should remember to ________ before you study.

A. tidy the room
B. clean the desk
C. turn on the light

5. The best title(標題) for this passage is ________.

A. Good Study Habits
B. How to Study
C. Desk Light is important

     The spider is very little and clever. Its body is made up of two parts. It has four pairs of legs and eight
little eyes.
     The spider loves work. It begins to work as soon as it begins to live. Every spider is a weaver. Even the
youngest spider knows how to weave (編織) its web just as well as the oldest.
     The silk of which it makes its web comes from its body. It is like hairs. Many of these hairs come out
at the same time, but they are all formed into one rope of silk. It is so thin that a hundred of them together
are only as thick as a human hair.
    First the spider fasten (固定) one end of the silk thread (絲線) to a leaf or to a piece of wood, then it turns
and fastens it to the other end.
    When the spider fastens both ends, it can run down the silk and fix some more threads. These are the
cross ropes of the web. Then it weaves other lines round them, and makes about twenty rings.
    Then spider works hard and fast, and it finishes its work in less than an hour. The web is then so strong
that the wind cannot blow it away and the rain cannot break it. The purpose of the spider's web is to catch
insects, which are its food.
     Insects cannot walk or fly out of the web, because the spider covers it all with something like glue (膠水),
which sticks to anything that touches the web and holds it fast (牢固).
     Not all the spiders are the same sort of work to do. Some spiders are masons (泥瓦匠). They build houses
the size of a big thimble (頂針). They make doors in them, which they shut after them when they go in. They
can even fasten the door of the house from the inside, so that no robber can get in.
     The garden spider lets thread float in the air till they stick to plants or to the branches of trees. It then uses
these threads as the roads or bridges to cross from one place to another.

1. What is the spider's silk like?

A. It's very thin. One hundred of them are as thin as a human hair.
B. It's very strong. It is made of human's hair.
C. It's really like human hair and it's as thin as human's hair.
D. It's as strong as one hundred human's hair.

2. While the spider makes its web, _______.

A. first it makes a leaf or a piece of wood
B. first it fixes one end of the silk thread firmly to a leaf or a piece of wood
C. first it fixes one end of the silk thread to its own head
D. first it fixes human's hair to a leaf or a piece of wood. Then makes a web along the air

3. The spider makes about _______ rings.

A. thirsty
B. a hundred
C. fifty
D. twenty

4. The spider finishes its work _______.

A. more than a day
B. in less than an hour
C. in a week
D. in half an hour

5. Which of the following is true?

A. All the spiders are masons.
B. The garden spider lets thread float in the air to catch insects.
C. The silk of which makes its web comes from human's hair.
D. The spider is both little and clever.

     Class 5 was the worst class in Hill Valley Hight School. The students were badly behaved and had no
(1) i______ in their lessons. When a new headmaster came to work at the school, he decided to do
(2)s______about Class 5. On the second day of school, he left his (3)o______ and walked to Class5's room.
He did not have to know (4)w______ it was. He could heard the noise from it. He stood outside the classroom
for a few moments and looked (5)i______ through the window. Some boys were fighting. Other students
were throwing things at one (6)a______. (7)N______ was doing any work.
     The headmaster had experienced in badly behaved classes before. He (8)k______ what to do. He would go
into the classroom, take hold of the biggest boy in the class and (9)p______ him.This would be an (10)e______
to the others. He took a (11)d______ breath and opened the classroom door.
     The students paid no attention to him. "Silence" he shouted at the top of his (12)v______. This time the
students (13)s______ what they were doing and looked at him. Quickly he walked up to the oldest-looking
boy in the room. He was also the noisiest and had been (14)s______ at the top of his voice. He took hold of
him by ear and pulled him to the (15)f ______ of the class.
     "I'am going to punish you as an example to the others", he said."Now go to my office and (16)w______
for me." Then he (17)t______ to the class and told them about what they should do in (18)s______. When he
finished, he said,"Does anyone have any (19)q______?" One of the students put up her hand and said, "Yes, sir,
I have. When can we have our teacher (20)b______?"

     Almost every child in cities has the chance to go to school, but not all children in the countries are so
lucky. 
     There is a girl called Xiao Fang. She is eight years old and lives in a small village in Guangxi. When she
was young, she wanted to go to school. But she could not, because her family was too poor to afford the
school fees for her, so her parents had to keep her at home. Instead of studying, Xiao Fang worked in the
fields with her parents every day. Then Hope Project heard about Xiao Fang. It agreed to help Xiao Fang to
go to school. Her wish of study came true, and now she is studying in a school.
     Unluckily there are many thousands of children who can not go to school. You can join in Hope Project
and help these children. You know all the good work needs money. Hope Project needs your help.
     If you give Hope Project ￥300 each year, it can pay for one child to go to school for a whole year.
With more money, Hope Project can build new schools, buy good desks, chairs, blackboards and books.
Let's help the children together and give them a chance to have a good start in life.

1. ______ can go to school.

A. Almost every child in China
B. Almost every child in big cities
C. Almost every child in the world
D. Almost every child in small villages

2. The words "school fees" in the second passage mean _______.

A. 交通費
B. 住宿費
C. 學費
D. 生活費

3. With ￥300, _______.

A. a new school can be built
B. one child can go to school for nine years
C. many children can go to school
D. a child can go to school for a whole year

4. Hope Project helped Xiao Fang because _______.

A.  it heard about her
B. she knew someone working there
C. she went to ask for help
D. she wrote a letter to the newspaper

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Hope Project helps to build new schools
B. Hope Project helps the poor children to go to school
C. Hope Project helps schools to buy desks, chairs, books, etc.
D. All the above

     As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal
than food. Sociologist (社會學家) Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much
more. 
       Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping (錄像) the families while they ate ordinary
meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their
children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents' efforts to control the
loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children."In general the more question-asking
the parents do, the higher the children's IQ scores," Lewis says."And the more children there are, the less
question-asking there is."
     The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than
their brothers and sisters. Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation (交談) is
likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most
attention."Middle children are invisible," says Lewis."When you see someone get up from the table and walk
around during dinner, chances are it's the middle child." There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention:"When the TV is on," Lewis says,"dinner is a non-event."

1. The writer's purpose in writing the text is to ________.

A. show the relationship between parents and children
B. teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table
C. report on the findings of a study
D. give information about family problems

2. Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because ________.

A. they are busy serving food to their children
B. they are busy keeping order at the dinner table
C. they have to pay more attention to younger children
D. they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family

3. By saying "Middle children are invisible" in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children______.

A. have to help their parents to serve dinner
B. get the least attention from the family
C. are often kept away from the dinner table
D. find it hard to keep up with other children

4. Lewis' research provides an answer to the question _________.

A. why TV is important in family life
B. why parents should keep good order
C. why children in small families seem to be quieter
D. why middle children seem to have more difficulties in life

5.  Which of the following statements would the writer agree to?

A. It is important to have the right food for children.
B. It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner.
C. Parents should talk to each of their children often.
D. Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner.