【推荐1】 Alice

I work in a bank from Monday to Friday. My house is about ten kilometers from my office. I usually go to work by subway. I usually get up at 6:30 a.m. and take the subway at 7:00 a.m. It takes me about thirty minutes to get to my office. I am never late for work.

Bruce

I am a student. My house is near a beautiful park. My school is across from the park. I can walk to school across a bridge. It takes me about thirty minutes. But I often go to school by bike. It takes me about twenty minutes.

Jenny

I work in a restaurant from Monday to Saturday. I often go to work by bus. It’s about five kilometers from my house to the restaurant. It takes me about twenty-five minutes to go to work. Because the traffic is very busy, sometimes I am late for work.

1. Alice usually gets to her office at about __________ in the morning.

A．6:30

B．7:00

C．7:30

D．8:00

2. Bruce often __________ to school.

A．takes the bus

B．takes the subway

C．takes a car

D．rides a bike

3. Jenny lives about __________ kilometers away from her restaurant.

A．five

B．ten

C．fifteen

D．twenty

4. The underlined word “busy” means “__________” in Chinese.

A．设施

B．繁忙

C．有序

D．方便

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Alice is sometimes late for work.	B．Bruce lives near a train station.
C．Jenny works five days a week.	D．Alice always goes to work on time.

【推荐2】“Come on, Dad! It’s 7:20 a.m. now,” says Harry.

“I need to wash the car now,” Mr. Smith says. “You walk to school this morning, OK?”

“But the school is a little far,” says Jane.

“Walking is good. Now get your schoolbags and go!”

Then Jane and Harry have to walk to school. It takes 30 minutes. When they get to school, they are very tired.

In the evening, Jane and Harry have dinner with their grandfather. They tell him they are not happy to walk to school.

Grandpa says, “That’s good for you. I used to (过去常常) walk five miles to school every day.”

“Really?” Jane says. “But I don’t like walking.”

Grandpa says, “Children need to walk or run every day. It’s good for your health.

“Oh, I’ll start walking every day,” Harry says. “I’d like to be healthy.”

“I will (将要) join you, Harry,” says Jane.

1. How do Jane and Harry get to school this morning?

A．On foot.

B．By bus.

C．By bike.

D．By subway.

2. The underlined word “tired” means “________” in Chinese.

A．兴奋的

B．疲惫的

C．伤心的

D．轻松的

3. Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Jane and Harry aren’t in the same school.

B．It takes Jane’s father 30 minutes to wash his car.

C．Jane’s grandfather thinks kids need to ride to school.

D．Harry will start walking because he wants to be healthy.

【推荐3】Mr. Smith lives in a village(村庄), but he works in a big city. He goes to work by train every morning and comes home in the same way.        

       This morning, when he is reading his newspaper (报纸) on the train, a man behind him says “hello” to him and begins to talk to him, “Your life is not interesting, is it? You take the same train every morning, and you always sit in the same seat and read the same newspaper.” “How do you know all that about me?”Mr. Smith says angrily（生气地）.
        “Because I always sit in the same seat behind you.” the man answers.
1. Mr. Smith works _________.

A．in a town

B．in a village

C．in a city

D．in the country

2. He comes back home from work _________.

A．by ship

B．by bus

C．on foot

D．by train

3. When he is on the train, Mr. Smith often_________.

A．reads books

B．reads newspaper

C．talks to others

D．listens to others

4. Mr. Smith _________.

A．likes the man very much	B．likes reading books
C．doesn’t like the man at all	D．has much money

5. The man knows Mr. Smith because _________.

A．he is Mr. Smith’s good friend

B．he works in the same factory

C．he sits behind Mr. Smith on the same train every day

D．they live in the same village