【推荐1】Mrs. White has a son. His name is Sam White. The young man begins to work in a post office in a big city this auturnn. He asks his mother to visit the city. The old woman is happy and catches a train. Soon she gets to the city, but she doesn’t know where the post office is. She begins to look for it, but she can’t find it. At a bus stop she asks an old man, “Excuse me, sir. How can I get to the post office, please?” “We have about thirty post offices in our city.” says the old man. “Which one do you want?” The old woman gives Sam’s address (地址) to him and the old man says, “Walk along this street and turn left at the second turning. His post office is just there.”

Mrs. White thanks the old man and soon finds her son. They’re very happy. A week later the woman goes to the zoo. She sees all kinds of animals.

But after that she can’t find the way again. At the same bus stop she meets the same old man and she asks the same question again. “Oh dear!” the old man calls out. “Are you still looking for your son?”

1. Where does Sam work?

A．In a zoo.

B．In a post office.

C．At a train station.

D．At an old people’s home.

2. What does Mrs. White give the old man?

A．A ticket.

B．A address.

C．A phone number.

D．A key.

3. How does Mrs. White get to her son’s workplace from the bus stop?

A．On foot.

B．By train.

C．By bus.

D．By taxi.

4. Why is the old man so surprised to see Mrs. White again a week later?

A．Because he knows her now.	B．Because he is very happy to see her.
C．Because he thinks she didn’t find her son.	D．Because he thinks she will come back by train.

5. What can you infer (推断) from the passage?

A．Mrs. White knows the city well.

B．Mrs. White doesn’t find her son at last.

C．Sam’s post office isn’t far from the bus stop.

D．The old man always waits at the bus stop for someone to ask him the way.

【推荐2】Dear Mr Green,

We would like to complain to you about the noise from our neighbour, Mary, in Room 402, and we hope you can do something about it.

We live in Building 1. Our neighbour, in Room 402, often holds（举办）parties in the evening.

Sometimes it is very late. You know, we are students and we must go to bed at 10:00 p.m.

Every morning we have to get up early, at 6:00 a.m. And half an hour later, we must go to school. The noise from the party is always a problem and we can’t go to sleep. We often feel tired and want to sleep in class. We tell her not to do that, but it is no use. So, we are writing this letter to you. We wish to have a quiet night. If you can’t do anything, maybe we will have to move out of this building.

Yours Sincerely,

Jack Room 401&Jim Room 403

1. What does the underlined word “complain” mean in Chinese?

A．解释	B．说明
C．声明	D．投诉

2. What problem do Jack and Jim tell Mr Green?

A．Too much homework.

B．Too much night noise.

C．Being late for school.

D．A dirty neighbourhood.

3. When does Jack usually go to school?

A．At 6:00 a.m.

B．At 6:30 a.m.

C．At 7:00 a.m.

D．At 7:30 a.m.

4. From the letter, we can know that Mr Green may be ________.

A．Jack and Jim’s teacher

B．Mary’s father

C．the manager of the building

D．a policeman

【推荐3】

People usually see cats and dogs on a plane journey in the US. But one woman, from Michigan, US, took her miniature horse on board for his first flight in first class.

The miniature horse, called Fred, is a trained therapy and service horse. Fred's owner, Ronica Froese, said that the journey was from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Ontario, California. They passed by Dallas. “I spent a year of my life training this horse and I was prepared for everything,”   Ms Froese said.

“I bought two first class seats. I paid an arm and a leg for tickets. I did this because it was Fred's first time and I wanted him to have the most room,” she said. The horse was dressed in a special service jacket and mask, and it was resting his nose on Ms Froese's leg while he was standing.

1. Which is NOT true about Ronica Froese?

A．She is a passenger.	B．She is Fred's owner.
C．She is going to Dallas.	D．She is good at training horses.

2. How long did Ronica train the horse?

A．A month.

B．A year.

C．A week.

D．Half a year.

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Ms Froese bought two tickets for herself.	B．The horse once wasn't quiet and good.
C．The horse was dressed in a woman's dress.	D．Ms Froese wanted her horse to feel good.

【推荐1】Walking back to camp through the swamp(沼泽), Sam wondered whether to tell his father what he had seen.

“I know one thing,” he said to himself. “I’m going back to that little pond(池塘) again tomorrow. And I’d like to go alone. If I tell my father what I saw today, he will want to go with me. I’m not sure that is a very good idea.” Sam was eleven. His last name was Beaver. He was strong for his age and had black hair and dark eyes like an Indian. Sam walked like an Indian, too, putting one foot straight in front of the other and making very little noise. The swamp through which he was traveling was a wild place. There was no road, and it was soft and wet underfoot, which made walking difficult.

Every four or five minutes, Sam took his compass(指南针) out of his pocket and checked his way to make sure he was going in a right direction. Canada is a big place. Much of it is wild land. To get lost in the woods and swamps of western Canada would be a serious matter. As he trudged on, the boy’s mind was full of the wonder of what he had seen. Not many people in the world have seen the living place of a Trumpeter Swan(黑嘴天鹅). Sam had found one on the lonely pond on this day in spring. He had seen the two great white birds with their long white necks and black bills(黑嘴).

Nothing he had ever seen before in all his life had made him feel quite the way he felt, on that wild little pond, in the presence of those two large swans.

They were so much bigger than any bird he had ever seen before. The nest was big, too. The female(雌性) was sitting on eggs; the male walked slowly back and forth, guarding her.

—Taken from The Trumpet of the Swan

1. The underlined word “trudged” may mean ________.

A．walked fast and easily	B．walked fast but heavily
C．walked slowly with heavy steps	D．walked slowly with light steps

2. How did Sam feel when he thought about what he saw?

A．excited

B．bored

C．tired

D．worried

3. Which of the following is TRUE about the reading?

A．Sam was walking with a man.

B．Sam didn’t worry about losing his way.

C．Sam didn’t know where the swan’s nest was.

D．Sam looked stronger than many other boys of his age.

4. What is the right order of the things Sam did?
①was going back to that little pond                           ②saw two great white swans
③checked his way with his compass                         ④began walking back to camp

A．①③②④

B．②④③①

C．②④①③

D．④③②①

【推荐2】It is evening, an old cock is sitting in a tall tree. A fox (狐狸) comes to the tree and looks at the cock (公鸡).
"Hello, Mr. Cock. I have some good news (消息) for you," says the fox.
"Oh?" says the cock, "what is it?"
"All the animals (动物) are good friends now. Let's be friends, too. Please come down and play with me."
"Fine!" says the cock, "I'm very glad to hear that." Then he looks up. "Look! There is something over there."
"What are you looking at?" asks the fox.
"Oh, I see some animals over there. They are coming this way."
"Animals?" "Yes, oh, they are dogs."
"What? Dogs!" asks the fox, "Well...well, I must go now. Goodbye."
"Wait, Mr. Fox," says the cock, "Don't go. They are only dogs. And dogs are our friends now."
"Yes. But they don't know that yet."
"I see, I see," says the cock. He smiles and goes to sleep in the tree.
1. When did the story happen (发生)?

A．in the morning	B．in the afternoon
C．in the evening	D．in the midnight

2. Where is the cock?

A．under the tree	B．near the tree
C．on the tree	D．in the tree

3. "I see" means: ________.

A．我看见了	B．我明白了
C．我看见你了	D．我看清楚了

4. ____ says, "All the animals are friends now. Let's be friends, too."

A．The fox	B．The cock
C．The dog	D．Other animals

5. Are the dogs and the fox good friends?

A．Yes, they are.	B．No, they aren't.
C．Yes, that's right.	D．No, they are.

【推荐3】“There’s nothing to discuss,” shouted my husband when I told him that Rose, our 15-year-old daughter, had asked whether she could go to Beijing for a holiday with her friends. “Of course she can’t. She’s too young to travel without an adult. It’s completely out of the question.”

So why did I find myself standing, two weeks later, at Lishe Airport? Tearfully, I watched our oldest child disappear through the security checkpoint. In four hours’ time, she would be in Beijing. It’s 1,300 kilometers away from Ningbo!

There comes a time when you have to let your baby go—for many parents. It’s around the age of 15. We know that there is likely to be something more dangerous than hanging around by the pool, but the time would come to trust that they have already grown up and can be independent.

But I still felt worried. Rose tried to put my mind at rest. She said she and her friends would always look after one another and that it really was all going to be okay.

After we had waved our last goodbye at the airport, I looked back. To my surprise, she was looking back at me, too. Teenagers want to cut free, but it’s a frightening business for them, too.

We made Rose promise to send messages as soon as she had arrived in Beijing and she should do that at least once a day. At around 9 a. m. the next morning, her first message came through. It was twelve hours since I had left her at Lishe. But all I got was: I’m here.

I wish it was safer than I thought before. But like all the dangers that life can hold for them, all you can do is to warn them, warn them again, warn them once again.

Luckily, Rose showed up at Lishe Airport 5 days later. My husband and I were really excited when we saw her. I know it was the time that we should trust she could take care of herself.

1. Where does Rose’s family live?

A．Beijing.

B．Ningbo.

C．Hangzhou.

D．Shanghai.

2. What does the underlined word “that” mean?

A．Arrive in Beijing.	B．Find a safer place.
C．Call her mother.	D．Send messages to her mother.

3. When did Rose return after she left at Lishe Airport?

A．Three hours later.	B．Twelve hours later.
C．Five days later.	D．Two weeks later.

4. Where can we most probably find this passage?

A．In a travel guide.	B．In a history book.
C．In a science newspaper.	D．In a teen magazine.