2 . Four girls went to school by bus every day. But one day they went to school by taxi.

On their way to school, one of the girls said, “There’s a test this morning. Let’s get to school late. Then we won’t have to take the test.”

Another girl asked, “How can we do that? If we are late, our teacher will be angry. We need to have a good excuse.”

The girls thought for several minutes, then one of them said, “Let’s tell him that our taxi had a flat tire (轮胎了)”

“That’s a good idea.” The other girls said. “We’ll tell him that.” They arrived at school an hour later. The test was finished.

“Why are you late? You all missed the test.” the teacher asked.

“Our taxi had a flat tire,” the girls answered.

The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, “Sit down, one in each corner of the room.” The four girls did this.

Then the teacher said, “Which tire was flat? Please write down the answer on a piece of paper.”

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 girls went to school that day by bus.
2. The girls didn’t want to take the test.
3. The girls told the teacher that their taxi had a flat tire.
4. The girls arrived at school twenty minutes later.
5. The teacher believed the girls told him the truth.

3 . Do you like taking music lessons? A study shows music lessons can make children have better memories (记忆力) than others. The Canadian study shows that after one year of training in music, children could get good grades in memory test than others. There were two groups of children aged between 4 and 6 in the study. One group of children took music lessons outside school, and the other group didn’t take any lessons. In one year, they took four tests at different times. The results showed that the children taking music lessons not only did better in music listening but also made much progress in other subjects, such as English and math.

People say music is the medicine for a sad heart. Now it shows music can also help us with our memories. We are sure to find more in the wonderful world of music.

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. A study shows that after music training children can have better memories than others.
2. There were two groups of children aged from 5 to 8 in the study.
3. In the study, children took four tests at the same time.
4. Taking music lessons is good for music listening and other subjects, too.
5. Listening to music is a good way to make people forget their sadness.

4 . When you ask a person, “What are you doing during this May Day holiday?” he or she might answer, “I am going for a travel.” It sounds that people are all interested in traveling. Because travel has many advantages (优势). First, travel can widen (拓宽) our knowledge of geography, the customs, cultures and lifestyles of different places and countries. Besides, we can make friends and practice a foreign language through traveling. And travel is the best way to have fun. We can enjoy eating different foods and seeing beautiful places. So don’t stay indoors always. Go outside actively (积极地), and you can enjoy yourselves in the nature freely.

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. Only one person will go to travel during May Day holiday.
2. People are interested in traveling because it has lots of advantages.
3. Travels can make people get knowledge that they can’t learn from school.
4. People can make new friends through traveling.
5. In this passage, we know that traveling can make our life easier.

5 . An English man found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinner time came, he didn’t go to the dining room, saying that he was not feeling very well.

The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunch time he stayed in his room again. But at dinner time he was so hungry that he went to the dining room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel (争吵).

“How much do I need to pay?” he asked the waiter. “How much, sir?” said the waiter in surprise. “You don’t have to pay. On our ship meals are included in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的填“T”，错填误的填“F”。
1. It would take 2 days from Norway to England by ship.
2. The man couldn’t hear the lunch bell because there was something wrong with ear.
3. The man was too hungry to go to the dinning room.
4. The man was hungry but he didn’t eat anything on the first day.
5. From the passage, we know the man was humorous.

6 . Feng Jing is an 8-year-old student from Guangdong. Because of a terrible disease (疾病), the boy had to stay in Shenzhen Children’s Hospital for months. The long stay in the hospital made Feng’s mother worried. “My son enjoyed learning at school. However, after he came here, he spent a lot of time playing online games,” the mother said.

Luckily, a volunteer from a reading program came to help Feng. The volunteer read interesting books to Feng. Feng’s mother was happy to see that. The boy could spend more time on books. And that stopped him from using phones.

Chen Jie, a woman from Shenzhen Children’s Library, is in charge of (负责) the reading program. “Why do we have the program? Because we want to give better reading service to kids in hospital. We hope it can help them get interested in reading and feel the fun of reading,” Chen said.

Now, the program has around 70 volunteers. They’re from all walks of life (各行各业), such as teachers and reporters. Joy Yang is one of the volunteers. “I’m glad to give a hand to those kids in need. They need our company (陪伴),” she said. “I hope they can feel comfortable and calm (平静的) through 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. Feng’s mother was worried because of his terrible disease.
2. The volunteer helped Feng by reading interesting books to him.
3. The reading program wants to help sick kids with reading.
4. The volunteers in the program are mainly teachers and reporters.
5. Joy Yang hopes reading can help the kids do better in their subjects.

7 . Three years ago, a story happened in Japan. At that time Mike and Ben were taking a holiday on the beach. The two good friends had a fight. Mike hit Ben on the face. Ben was hurt but he said nothing. He only wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend hit me on the face.”

After that, they took a taxi back to their hotel. After dinner, Ben started to read in bed. Mike went for a walk in the park near the hotel. Suddenly, an earthquake happened. The small hotel fell down and Ben was under the hotel. Mike saved him. After Ben was out of danger, he wrote on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my life.”

Mike asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?” Ben answered, “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in the sand, and then the wind can blow it away. When someone helps us, we must carve (雕刻) it in the stone, then the wind can’t blow it away.”

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. Mike and Ben once had a fight on the beach.
2. Mike went for a walk in the street when the earthquake happened.
3. Mike liked carving unhappy things in the stone.
4. At last, Mike and Ben became good friends again.
5. Ben agreed that we should always remember the kindness and let the unhappiness go.

8 . Welcome to the Oxford Shopping Village, the most exciting shopping centre in the south of England. It is a great place to relax and enjoy a day out for the whole family.

Getting there

You can go there by car. The Oxford Shopping Village is only 3 kms from Junction 8 of the M17 motorway (高速公路). With over 13,000 free car parking places and just 3 kms from the motorway.

You can go there by bus. Over 60 buses visit there every hour. Buses to and from London run every ten minutes.

You can also go there by train. There is a good train service from London to the Oxford Shopping Village. Trains arrive every 15 minutes from London.

Opening times

The Oxford Shopping Village is open from Monday to Saturday between 10:00 and 23:00. On Sunday, it is open from 11:00 to 19:00.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的填“T”，错误的填“F”。
1. You need to wait about fifteen minutes to go to the Oxford Shopping Village from London by bus.
2. It is fun for your family to have a day out in the Oxford Shopping Village.
3. You can’t get to the Oxford Shopping Village by plane.
4. Trains from London arrive at the Oxford Shopping Village every 15 minutes.
5. The Oxford Shopping Village is open for thirteen hours every day.

9 . Dr. Clark was a very busy man. He always worked hard. He often forgot his family’s birthday. Yesterday afternoon he remembered it was his wife’s birthday. He loved his wife. He wanted to give her a present. On his way home from his hospital he bought some beautiful flowers in a shop. When got home he gave his wife the flowers and said, “Happy birthday to you, dear! It’s September 28 today. I remembered your birthday this year.” Mrs. Clark laughed and said. “My birthday was the day before yesterday. But thank you all the same. Better late than never!”

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. Dr. Clark worked in a factory.
2. Dr. Clark often forgot his family’s birthday.
3. Dr. Clark remembered his wife’s birthday this year.
4. Mrs. Clark’s birthday was on September 28th.
5. Mrs. Clark was happy to get his present.

10 . Every one of us, rich or poor, should at least have one or two good friends. Your friends will listen to you when you speak, will take care of you when you are sick, and will be together with you in your journey through life.

Friendship can make us happier. How can we find a good friend and get on well with each other? Here is some advice.

★Make friends with a person who is easy to get along with.

★Make friends with a person who has something in common with you.

★Believe in each other. This is the most important thing in a friendship.

★Even the best friends may have a quarrel (争吵) sometimes. If this happens, don’t let your quarrel last too long. Try to make up with (和好) your friends soon.

Friendship is a kind of treasure in our life. It is like a bottle of wine. The longer it is kept, the better it will be.

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. Poor people don’t need friends.
2. If your friends are sick, you should take good care of them.
3. Make friends with people who are not difficult to get along with.
4. The most important thing in a friendship is to believe in each other.
5. Best friends don’t have a quarrel.