1 . One day, Tony walked into a restaurant and asked the waiter to offer him a light meal for dinner. Thirty minutes later, a group of three people came in.

To his surprise, the group took their food first. They laughed at Tony because Tony had to wait so long. Tony was unhappy and decided to leave. He told the waiter he didn’t want his food any more, but the waiter said, “The boss (老板) is preparing something special for you by himself. It’ll take more time.”

In fact, the boss was Tony’s old friend. They had long time no see. The boss wanted to give him a surprise, so the boss changed his light meal to a five-star meal for free. The three people were shocked (震惊的) and felt sorry for what they did before.

Some people may laugh at you and talk about how they’re better than you. Don’t worry! You have to wait patiently (耐心地) because yours must be special.

1. Tony waited for his dinner over half an hour.
2. Tony wasn’t surprised the group got food faster.
3. The boss and Tony have known each other before.
4. The three people got the same meal as Tony’s at last.
5. The passage tells us it’s important to be patient in our life.

2 . A spider (蜘蛛) was looking for a place to make his web (网). He wanted to live there eating, drinking and relaxing with pleasure.

Soon, he found a corner of a house and started making his web there. A cat passing by started laughing loudly after seeing him. When the spider saw the cat laughing, he asked, “Why are you laughing?” The cat replied, “Can’t you see how clean this place is? No insects will come here. Who will fall in your web?”

After listening to the cat, the spider stopped and started looking for another place. Then he saw a window and started making his web by it. Then a bird came, and started making fun of him, saying, “How silly of you! A strong wind will blow your web away.”

Hearing the bird’s words, the spider started searching for another place. But the whole day passed quickly. He was tired and hungry.

A dog saw all this and said, “I have been watching you since morning. You just listened to the advice of others and didn’t think on your own, so you didn’t finish your web.” Hearing the dog, the spider realized his problem.

根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将 “T” 涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将 “F” 涂黑。
1. At first, the spider started making a web at a dirty corner of a house.
2. The bird didn’t think a strong wind would blow away the web.
3. The spider stopped making a web by the window after hearing the bird’s words.
4. There were three animals talking to the spider in the story.
5. This story wants to tell us that we should think by ourselves.

3 . A spider was looking for a place to make a web (网). He wanted to live and relax there.

Soon, he found a corner and started making his web. A cat started laughing loudly after seeing him. The spider asked, “Why are you laughing?” The cat answered, “Because you’re so silly. Can’t you see how clean this place is? No insects (昆虫) will come here. Who will fall in your web?” After listening to the cat, the spider decided to look for another place to make a web.

Then he saw a window and started making his web there. A bird came and made fun of him, “Are you joking? A strong wind will make your web away. Hearing the bird’s words, the spider stopped making the web and started searching for another place.

But all the day passed quickly. He was too tired to make a web. A dog saw this and he went to the spider, “I have watched you since morning. You just listened to the others’ advice and didn’t think by yourself, so you didn’t finish your web.” After hearing the dog, the spider understood his problem.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。
1. The cat thought the spider was silly.
2. The bird agreed to make a web on the window.
3. Three animals talked to the spider in the story.
4. The spider made the web successfully in the end.
5. The story tells us that we should have our own ideas.

4 . Have you seen the movie Marnie’s World? It tells a story about a clever and funny cat.

The orange cat Marnie lived a happy life, but it never left home. Marnie liked to watch TV shows. It knew the outside world through these shows. One day, the brother of Marnie’s owner (主人) took it out of the house. Then Marnie began its trip in the outside world. On the way, it made three good friends. The dog Elvis always spoke loudly. It looked unfriendly, but in fact it was kind. Anthony was a very stupid and funny donkey (驴). It wanted to be a big star one day. The rooster (公鸡) Eggbert was always afraid. They all looked strange. Later the police wanted to catch Marnie and its friends because they thought they were thieves (贼). Of course they weren’t.

How did Marnie save itself and its friends? Could Marnie finally catch the real thieves? Please go and watch the movie with your friends.

根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的选“T”，错误的选“F”。
1. Marnie is a funny cat.
2. During the trip, Marnie made three friends.
3. Elvis looked funny.
4. Anthony got afraid easily.
5. The movie is about Marnie and its friends.

5 . One day a famous teacher was walking with his student. On the way, they saw a lake. They stopped and the teacher told the student,“I’m thirsty. Get me some water from that lake.”

Just when the student reached the lake, a cow was walking in the lake. So the water became very dirty. He thought,“I can’t give the dirty water to my teacher!”

He came back and told the teacher, “The water is very dirty. We can’t drink it.”After about half an hour, the teacher asked the student to get some water again. So he went back to the lake.

But the lake was still dirty. So he told the teacher the same thing. After some time, the teacher asked him to go back again. But this time, he found the water was clear. The mud (泥) in the water came to the bottom. So he got some water.

The teacher looked at the water and said to him,“You did nothing to make the water clear. You just let it be... Your mind is also like that! When it is bothered (被打扰), just let it be. Give it some time.”

根据短文内容，判断句子正(T)、误(F)。
1. One day the teacher asked his student to get some water to drink.
2. The water in the lake became very dirty because the cow was walking in the lake.
3. The student only went to the lake twice.
4. The teacher made the dirty water clear.
5. The story tells us that we should do nothing when our mind is bothered.

6 . Once upon a time, there was a young man living in the mountains. There was a statue (雕像) in front of his house. It was the work of an ancient master(大师), but the young man didn’t care about it at all. So it became very dirty.

One day, a wise man from the city passed by the young man’s house. When he saw the statue, he asked the young man if he would sell it. The young man laughed and said, “Who would like to buy that dirty stone?”

The city man said, “I will give you a silver coin for it.” The young man was surprised, and then he agreed happily. Then the statue was carried to the city on the back of an elephant.

Several months later, the young man went to the city. When he walked along the street, he found a shop was crowded. There were a lot of people standing out of the shop and looking inside of the shop. A man by the door was shouting loudly, “Come in to have a look at the most beautiful statue in the world. It costs you only two silver coins.”

The young man paid two silver coins and went into the shop. There he saw the statue — the one he sold for one silver coin months ago!

根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。
1. The statue was the work of the young man in the mountain.
2. When the wise man saw the statue, he wanted to buy it.
3. The young man agreed to sell the dirty statue happily.
4. A lot of people wanted to see the beautiful statue in the shop.
5. The passage mainly talks about how to build a statue.

7 . One day in class, the teacher held up an apple, stood at the front of the class and said, “Please smell the smell in the air!”

One student put up his hand and said, “I can smell it. It is the smell of an apple.”

The teacher passed by each of the students and said, “Smell again to see if the smell of the apple is still in the air.”

Half of the students raised their hands to show that they could smell it. The teacher went back to the front of the classroom and asked again if the students could smell the apple.

Everyone raised their hands except one little girl. The teacher came to the girl and asked, “You really can’t smell the apple?”

The girl answered, “No, I can’t smell it. I don’t think it’s a real apple.”

The teacher smiled at the girl and said to the class, “She is right! This is not a real apple.”

All of the other students’ eyes were wide open. They also might have thought that the apple was not real, but they didn’t have the self-confidence (自信) to speak up. They just followed the first student.

根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。
1. The apple the teacher held up is a real apple.
2. The first student said he could smell the smell of an apple.
3. The teacher let all the students smell the apple.
4. Only one little girl could smell the apple.
5. The teacher wanted to teach the students to speak their mind.

8 . On a farm lived a father and a son. The father always got up early and read books by the stove. One morning, the son came up to him and said, “Dad, I read books at night but forget most of them the next morning. What’s the good of reading?”

The father didn’t reply right away. He passed him a basket that was used to carry coal(煤). He said, “Get some water from the river with the basket and then I’ll tell you the answer.”

The son felt surprised but he did as his father said. He tried many times but every time the water leaked(漏出) from the basket.

An hour later, the son came back with the empty basket and told his father he failed. The father said with a smile, “Yes, my son. The basket can’t hold water. But did you notice the basket was different?” Just then the son found the basket wasn’t dirty any more. The father continued, “Reading is like holding water with the basket. We can’t hope to remember all we read, but we have changed while reading.”

根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。
1. The father always read books in the morning.
2. The son read the books and never forgot them.
3. The father answered his son’s question at once.
4. The basket didn’t change at all after the son used it to get water.
5. From the passage, we know that reading can influence a person.