1 . What did Alice ask the man to do?

A．Borrow some books for her.

B．Give some books back to her.

C．Return some books to the library.

2 . What will the woman do tomorrow?

A．Pick up her mother.

B．Go on a picnic.

C．Go swimming.

3 . When is the two speakers’ mom’s birthday?

A．On July 10th.

B．On July 11th.

C．On July 12th.

4 . Proudly reading my words, I glanced around the room, only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Confused, I glanced toward my stone-faced teacher. Having no choice, I slowly raised the report I had slaved over, hoping to hide myself. “What could be causing everyone to act this way?”

Quickly, I flashed back to the day Miss Lancelot gave me the task. This was the first real talk I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country, I had never heard of that name before. As I searched the name of this fellow, it became evident that there were two people bearing the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice---flipping(掷) a coin. Heads--the commander, the tails-- the peanuts guy.Ah! Tails, my report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.

Weeks later, standing before this unfriendly mass, I was totally lost. Oh well, I lowered the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American Revolution.” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that she meant that George Washington?

Obviously, my grade was awful. Disheartened but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to Miss Lancelot, but she insisted: No new grades. I felt that the punishment was not justified, and I believed I deserved a second chance. Consequently, I devoted myself to my work for the rest of the school year. Ten months, that chance unfolded as I found myself sitting in the headmaster’s office with my grandfather, now having an entirely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the embarrassing moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster informed me of my option to skip the six grade. Justice is sweet!

1. What did the author’s classmates think about his report?

A．Controversial (有争议的)

B．Ridiculous

C．Challenging

D．Boring

2. Why was the author confused about the task?

A．He followed the advice and flipped a coin

B．He was unfamiliar with American history

C．He forgot his teacher’s instruction

D．He was new at the school.

3. The underlined word“burning” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．eager

B．ready

C．ashamed

D．annoyed

4. In the end, the author turned things around ________

A．under the guidance of his headmaster	B．by redoing his task
C．through his own efforts	D．with the hep of his grandfather

5 . Life in the future will be different from the life today. Between then and now many changes will happen. But what will the changes be?

The population is growing fast. And most of them will live longer than people now.

Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every room. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then. People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Travelling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruits and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a big problem.

1. In the future there will be________.

A．much more fruits

B．more people

C．fewer vegetables

D．less people

2. In the future people don't have to________.

A．work long hours

B．work fast

C．walk on foot

D．eat meat

3. People may not eat_________ as much as they do today.

A．fruit

B．fish

C．meat

D．rice

4. One big problem in the future is that________.

A．many people don’t have to work

B．many people will not be able to find work

C．people have to work fast

D．all the work will be done by robots

6 . In the coming months, we are bringing together artists from all over the globe to enjoy speaking Shakespeare’s plays in their own language. Please come and join us.

National Theatre of China Beijing|Chinese

This great occasion (盛会) will be the National Theatre of China’s first visit to the UK. The company’s productions show the new face of 21^st century Chinese theatre. This production of Shakespeare’s Richard III will be directed by the National’s Associate Director，Wang Xiaoying.

Date & Time: Saturday 28 April, 2:30 pm & Sunday 29 April, 1:30 pm & 6:30 pm

Definitely Theatre London | British Sign Language (BSL)

By translating the rich and humorous text of Love’s Labour’s Lost into the physical language of BSL, Definitely Theatre creates a new interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedy and aims to build a bridge between deaf and hearing worlds by performing to both groups as one audience.

Date & Time: Tuesday 22 May, 2:30 pm & Wednesday 23 May, 7:30 pm

Habima National Theatre Tel Aviv | Hebrew

The Habima is the centre of Hebrew-language theatre worldwide. Founded in Moscow after the 1905 revolution, the company eventually settled in Tel Aviv in the late 1920s. Since 1958, they have been recognized as the national theatre of Israel. This production of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice marks their first visit to the UK.

Date & Time: Monday 28May, 7:30 pm & Tuesday 29 May, 7:30 pm

1. Which play will be performed by the National Theatre of China?

A．Richard III	B．Lover’s Labour’s Lost
C．As You Like It	D．The Merchant of Venice

2. What is special about Definitely Theatre?

A．It has two groups of actors.	B．It is the leading theatre in London.
C．It performs plays in BSL.	D．It is good at producing comedies.

3. When can you see a play in Hebrew?

A．On Saturday 28 April.	B．On Sunday 29 April
C．On Tuesday 22 May.	D．On Tuesday 29 May

7 . Allen had to call a taxi because the box was ________ to carry all the way home.

A．much too heavy	B．too much heavy
C．heavy too much	D．too heavy much

8 . The twins look the same. Mr Li find ______ hard to tell one from the other.

A．it

B．them

C．her

D．that

9 . You’d better ______ it as soon as possible. We have a lot of work to do.

A．finished

B．finish

C．to finish

D．finishes

10 . I was still sleeping when the fire _____, and then it spread quickly.

A．broke out	B．put out
C．came out	D．got out