A. /         
B. or        
C. and

     Mike's father is ill. His mother must look after him at home. So she says to her son, "Go to the
hospital, and ask a doctor to come here, Mike."
    "OK,"says the boy. "But where is the hospital?"
    "In the town." Answers his mother.
    Then Mike leaves (离开) his house. He gets to a fork. He doesn't know if he must turn to the left
or right. He stands there. Just then a farmer drives a car and come.
    "How far is the town from here?" asks Mike.
    "Not very far. It's only about ten minutes' walk." answers the farmer.
    "May I go with you?"
    "Certainly."
    "Thank you very much." Mike is happy and gets in the car.
    Several minutes later, the car doesn't get to the town. Mike asks again: "How far is it from here?"
    "Well, sorry young boy, the car is going in the opposite (相反的) direction (方向)."

A. 认真阅读，判断下列句子是否正确，用“T”和“F”表示：
(     )1. Mike's father is in the hospital.
(     )2. The hospital is in the town.
(     )3. The farmer drives Mike to the hospital.
(     )4. Mike's mother must look after his father at home.
(     )5. Mike stops at the fork.

B. 选择正确的答案：

6. Mike must ask a doctor to come because ____.

A. his father is busy
B. his mother must look after his father
C. he often goes there

7. ____, so he stops at the fork.

A. Mike wants to have a rest
B. Mike doesn't know how to get to the town
C. Mike wants to wait for a car

8. Mike is happy because ____.

A. the farmer takes him to the town
B. he can drive a car
C. his father feels better now

9. What's the meaning of"fork"in this passage?   

A. 叉子
B. 岔路口
C. 十字路口

10. Mike can't go to the town soon because ____.

A. the car is broken
B. the car goes very fast
C. the car is going in the opposite direction

      When you are in England, you must be very careful in the street because the traffic drives on the left. Before
you cross the street, you must look at the right first and then the left. 
      In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from work, the streets are very busy. Traffic
is the most dangerous then. 
      When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, too. Always remember the traffic moves on the
left. So you must have a look first or you will go to the wrong way. 
      In many English cities, there are big buses with two floors. You can sit on the second floor. From there you
can see the city very well. It's very interesting.

1. In England the traffic drives _____________.

A. on the left
B. on the right
C. in the middle
D. in front of

2. When you cross the street in England, you must look at _____________.

A. the left first
B. the right first
C. the back of the cars
D. the lights of the cars

3. In the morning and in the evening the streets become very busy because the people _____________.

A. go to work
B. come from work
C. Both A and B
D. No answer

4. It's _____________ to sit on the second floor of the buses.

A. easy but dangerous
B. funny and interesting
C. dangerous but warm
D. cold and interesting

5. This passage is about _____________.

A. the people's life in England
B. the big buses with two floors
C. the traffic rules in England
D. the ways to learn English well

      A lot of people went to a hill for their holidays. The hill was called West Hill. It was a famous place of a 
town. This time the town invited some good singers to sing in the park, so the people could have something to 
do in the evenings. They planned to sing every evening for a week.      
      But on the first evening it rained. The singers were under cover (在遮蔽处), but the people had to sit in the
open (露天). The singers sang very well, but there was only one person (人) listening. The man was sitting in
a chair, under an umbrella.      
      After some time, one of the singers came over to the man and said, "I'm sure you like music, don't you ? 
It's so kind of you to sit here and listen to us."       
      " No," said the man. "I don't like music at all. Please finish it quickly, and then I am going to close the gate. 
And you see, it's time to go home." 

1. A lot of people came to the town to                     .

A. sing in the park                
B. listen to music 
C. have a holiday                
D. invite good singers

2. The singers came to sing in the evenings because                     .

A. they must have something to do 
B. they were invited to do so 
C. it was raining                  
D. they were under cover

3. The singers had to                       while (当……的时候) it was raining.

A. sit in the open                 
B. sing 
C. listen                        
D. be under an umbrella

4.                    liked to listen to the singers.

A. No one                        
B. Everyone 
C. Only few people               
D. Only one man

5. The man wanted to close the gate, because                         .

A. it was raining                  
B. he wanted to go home 
C. he didn't like the singers       
D. it was his work

(B) 阅读短文,判断下列句子与短文内容是否相符,相符用 T,不符用 F表示。

      Now the roads are crowded with cars, trucks and buses. They are not safe (安全的) for people.      
      Every day people are killed while they are crossing the road. Most of these people are old people and 
children. Old people are often killed because they usually cannot see or hear very well. Children are killed 
because they are not very careful. They don't look and listen before they cross the road.       
      A car, truck or bus cannot stop very quickly. If they are going very fast,they will travel many metres (光)
before they stop. People do not always understand this. They think a car can stop within (在……之内) a few 
metres. It is very hard for people to know how fast a car is travelling. He may think it is going slowly when it is
going very quickly.       
     The only safe way to cross the road is to look both ways, right and left. Then if the road is not busy at all, it 
is safe to cross. The right way to cross the road is to walk quickly. It is not safe to run. If people run across the
road, they may fall down (摔倒).
(     ) 1. The old people are not careful and they are often killed.
(     ) 2. Children are hurt and killed because they don't look at and listen to traffic.
(     ) 3. If a car runs faster, it needs more time to stop.
(     ) 4. There is really no safe way to cross the road.
(     ) 5. People should run across the road quickly when they see cars, buses or trucks coming.