—Have you heard the good news?

—No, what _______?

A. is it                   B. is there               C. are they        D. are those

Today was not a good day. Everything went wrong. First, I sleep late and Mom shout at me to wake up. When I went to the kitchen for breakfast, there was no cereal（粥）. I decided to have some toast（烤面包）instead, but I burned it. I had to eat it anyway because there was no more bread. There was no juice, either. I just had a glass of water.

When I was almost at the bus stop, I realized that I had forgotten my wallet, so I had to go back home and get it. Of course, I missed the bus and had to wait for the next bus.

I was late for school and the teacher told me to stay in the classroom at lunchtime to catch up on（弥补）the schoolwork I had missed.

After lunch, it was the time to give the teacher our homework. I reached into my bag to get it but it wasn’t there. I had left it at home. I was in trouble again.

When I got home, I went straight to my room to catch up on my homework. Mom cooked fish for dinner. She knows I don’t like fish, but she thinks it is good for her son. It was a horrible day. I hope tomorrow will be better.

36. What happened to the writer on this bad day?

　 A. The writer argued with his parents.　　　　　　　　 B. The writer heard some terrible news.

　 C. Many small things went wrong.　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Part of the writer’s house was on fire.

37. When did the writer’s bad day begin?

　 A. In the morning.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. At school.

　 C. At lunchtime.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. In the afternoon.

38. What did the writer do after he went home?

　 A. He did some homework.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. He made a telephone call.

　 C. He made fun with his friend.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. He was tired, so he went to bed.

39. When you “burn” something, you ___________________.

　 A. cook it too long　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. eat it too fast

　 C. give it to others　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. make it very well

40. According to the passage, we can know _______________.

　 A. the writer fell off from his bike B. the writer went to school

　 C. the writer got up early in the morning D. the writer left his homework at home

阅读理解

　　Can you remember the day when you spoke your first word? If you can, you are unusual. Try to imagine what first few months of your life were like. I am sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grow older, you were awake more of the time. It took your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You watched and listened. You began to know that people made certain sounds to go with certain things.

　　Then you began to try making the sounds you heard. And step by step you were able to make the right sound for one thing.

　　On that day you came to understand the secret of language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. One sound might be as good as another. But it is no good as a word unless everybody agrees on its meaning. When a group of people use the same set of sounds of things , they can understand each other. Then , and only then do these people have a LANGUAGE.

　　After you found the secret of language, you learned words. Some of the words meant things, such as BOOKS, CHAIRS and SHOES. Some words meant doing things, such as GO AND SWIM. And other words describe things, such as GOOD and DIRTY. Soon you learned to put words together to express one's idea, such as“I want to go out and play with my friends.”This is language. By means of language people can communicate(交流；交际) . So we say languages are means of communication.

1．________can remember the day when ________.

[　　]

A．One, he spoke his first word

B．No one , he spoke his first word

C．Most people, they spoke their first words

D．None, they spoke their first words

2．When you were a little baby, you ________.

[　　]

A．made sounds to let people know that you wanted to eat

B．spent most of your time playing with your parents

C．could not hear any sound around you

D．spent most of your time eating, playing and crying

3．The secret of language is that ________.

[　　]

A．one sound might be as good as another

B．people can understand each other

C．a certain sound is for a certain thing

D．there is a special sound for each person

4．You could learn words ________.

[　　]

A．before you knew what the language was

B．after you knew what the language was

C．if you knew the secret of the language

D．when you were a baby

5．The aim (目的) in using language is ________.

[　　]

A．to get everything one wants from others

B．to say what one wants to know

C．to share (分享) ideas , opinions , news , etc. with one another

D．to make oneself understood by others