1 . Michelle Swan, a 33-year-old mother, says she was ordered off a bus into the cold and rain by the driver because one of her twin toddlers(学步的小孩) was crying.

Michelle Swan says the driver stopped the bus angrily, walked up to her and shouted at her to shut up her son and get off the bus. Afterwards, she had a 30-minute walk into a nearby town Tonbridge in the cold and rain.

Ms. Swan said: “I was shaking and fighting back tears. I just froze. I felt awful. I’d been to hospital with one of the boys because he can’t walk properly. I had been to a hospital appointment. About every two weeks he goes to see the doctor. We go about three or four times a month. I had tried everything to stop Rocco crying, but it was useless,”

After she was forced to get off the bus, she had to walk in to Tonbridge town centre to get her prescription(处方) when it was so cold in the rain and then on home.

She telephoned the company and said she wanted an apology from the driver.

The manager from the company spoke to Miss Swan for around 15 minutes on the phone and listened carefully to everything she had to say. Then he apologised several times to her. Meanwhile, he took down the code(密码) on her bus ticket to find out who the driver was. As a result, the driver was spoken to and left work for one day.

1. Why was Michelle Swan ordered to get off the bus?

A．Because it was raining and very cold.

B．Because her twin babies were crying.

C．Because the driver couldn’t stand the crying baby.

D．Because the driver stopped the bus angrily.

2. Who was Rocco in this text?

A．The driver of the bus.	B．A son of Michelle Swan.
C．The manager of the company.	D．A doctor in the hospital

3. Why did Michelle Swan telephone the bus company?

A．She wanted an apology from the driver.	B．She wanted some money.
C．She wanted to work as a driver.	D．She wanted to go home.

4. Which of the following words can be used to describe the manager of the bus company?

A．Careful and curious.	B．Cold and angry.
C．Sad and rude.	D．Patient and caring.

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

I dream to be     1    popular teacher in the future because I hope I can bring knowledge and     2    (happy) to children. With time passing by，my wonderful middle school life is coming to the end. Just   when I entered Sunshine School，I was a childish boy     3    liked playing computer games. I still remembered my first midterm exam. I failed many subjects. I even thought about     4    (give) up. It was Ms Zhang who encouraged me     5    (face)the difficulties bravely.     6     the help of my teacher，I redoubled my efforts. Nowadays，I     7    (overcome) difficulties and always do well in the school subjects.Thanks to Ms Zhang，I have gained a lot both in my study       8     in my life. I hope I can be as     9     (excellently) as my teacher.

All in all，I will learn harder to get more knowledge so as to lay a good foundation for my future. I will make full use of my every second and make my dream come true. I believe I can     10    (success)!

4 . Do you know _______ languages there are in the world? There are about 1500 but many of them are not very _______. English is one of the most important languages because many people _______ it, not only in England and America, _______ in other countries of the world. About 200,000,000 speak it _______ their own language, and another 200,000,000 use it as _______ language. It is _______ to say how many people are learning it. _______ boys and girls in schools are trying to do so.

Many English children study French. French is also a very important language. _______ children study German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.

Which is the best ________ to learn a language? We know that we all learnt ________ language well when we were ________. If we learn a second language in the ________ way, it won’t seem so difficult. What does a small child do? It________ what people say, and it tries to guess what it hears. When it wants something, it has to ________ it. It is using the language, ________ in it and talking in it all the time. If people use a second language ________, they will learn it ________.

In school, you learn to read, to write, to hear and to speak. It is best to learn all new words through the ________. You can read them, spell them and ________ them later.

1.

A．how many

B．what number

C．a lot of

D．so many

2.

A．useful

B．necessary

C．important

D．good

3.

A．like

B．use

C．learn

D．speak

4.

A．but

B．and

C．also

D．so

5.

A．like

B．with

C．for

D．as

6.

A．foreign

B．a second

C．the second

D．a special

7.

A．easy

B．again

C．difficult

D．best

8.

A．Millions of

B．Million of

C．Millions

D．Several million

9.

A．Some

B．Other

C．All

D．Few

10.

A．time

B．way

C．thing

D．place

11.

A．a foreign

B．our mothers’

C．other’s

D．our own

12.

A．born

B．children

C．grown

D．boys

13.

A．same

B．different

C．useful

D．good

14.

A．does

B．says

C．listens to

D．follows

15.

A．ask

B．want

C．get

D．ask for

16.

A．speaking

B．writing

C．thinking

D．doing

17.

A．some time

B．sometimes

C．all the time

D．for the time

18.

A．quickly

B．soon

C．freely

D．easily

19.

A．mouth

B．hands

C．ears

D．mind

20.

A．speak

B．use

C．love

D．write

5 . Everybody is afraid of something. That’s what more than 1,700 kids told us when we asked them about fears and scary stuff. We gave kids a list of 14 scary things and asked which one frightened them most. Here are the top 5 answers from our survey (调查)：① Scary movies and TV shows；②Scary dreams；③Thunderstorms，hurricanes(飓风)；and other horrible weather；④War and terrorism (恐怖行动)；⑤Sounds heard at night.

But not everyone is afraid of the same thing. And what makes one person scared can be of no big deal for someone else. Plenty of kids said their biggest fear wasn’t on our list.

What is fear?

Fear is a feeling that everyone has—it’s programmed into all of us—and that’s a good thing because fear is there to protect us. We’re born with a sense of fear so we can react to something that could be dangerous. The baby cries，and their mom comes over to comfort him or her，helping the baby feel safe and OK again.

Real vs. Pretend

The best way to get over a fear is to get more information about it. As kids get older，they understand more and start seeing the difference between what is real and unreal. So when William’s imagination leads him to think of witches，he can tell himself，“Wait a minute. They’re only pretend things. I don’t need to worry about them.”

The same goes for the dark. A kid’s imagination can start playing tricks when the lights go out. What’s under my bed？Is that a thief I hear？With the help of a parent，kids can get more comfortable in the dark. Using a nightlight or shining a flashlight under the bed to see that there’s nothing there can help kids fight that fear.

1. What did the writer find out from the survey?

A．Some people have never experienced fear.

B．Kids don’t like watching scary movies.

C．All people are afraid of something.

D．People often cry loudly when they are scared.

2. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．The list of fears is not complete.

B．The things people fear are of no big deal.

C．Kids have more fears than people think.

D．People are afraid of different things.

3. In the writer’s opinion，________.

A．having a sense of fear is not a bad thing

B．babies have a weak sense of fear

C．fear is not something that we are born with

D．not all people can react to dangerous things