-- Could you tell me ______ you'll be away?

-- About two weeks.

A. how long      B. how far         C. how often      D. how many

Mike is ______. He doesn't want to share (分享) things with other people.

A. grateful to others                B. only thinking of others

C. afraid of others                  D. only thinking of himself

Let's plant more trees to stop the sand ______ towards the rich farmland.

A. from blowing  B. from moving    C. running        D. leaving

Oh, you bought a secondhand ear. How much did you ______  for it?

A. spend         B. pay            C. take            D. use

The environment in our hometown is ______ than it was before.

A. good          B. worse          C. better          D. bad

Passage I                  Police Catch Clean Mclean

     Last night, police caught the robber, Chuck Clean Mclean. Clean Mclean robs people's　houses. But before he leaves the house, he cleans the house, too.

     Clean Mclean robbed the house of Mr Robert Parley. He started to clean the house, but　Robert came home early.

     I usually go home around 6:00 pro," said Robert. "Today I was sick, so I went home at　2:00 pro. I got home, and saw an open window. Then 1 saw a man. "

     A neighbor said to Robert, "Who is that man in your house? He's cleaning your house.　He washed the windows and cut the grass. He gave me some flowers from your garden! He's　the best. " But, of course Robert didn't know the man in his house. "Quick! Call the police , "he told his neighbor.

Officer J. Power came quickly. "We know ' Clean' ," said Power. "He always cleans　houses and then robs them. "                                          

1. Another name for this story is ______

A. Neighbor Clean House               B. The Day Robert Cleaned House

C.Police Caught Cleaning               D.They Caught  Clean

2. Robert went home early because ______

A. his house was robbed                B. he usually does

C. Clean Mclean was sick              D. he wasn't feeling well 

3. Robert told his neighbor to call the police because he ______

A. wanted them to clean his house

B. didn't know the man in his house

C. didn't like the man in his house      

D. was cleaning his house

4. What does the word “his” mean in “Quick! Call the police, ’he told his neighbor”?

A. Clean Mclean's.                     B. Robert's.

C. The neighbor's.                      D. Officer Power's.

5. Where did Clean Mclean get flowers.'?

A. He bought them from the kitchen.   

B. They were in Officer Power's home.

C. He took them from Robert's garden.  

D. He took them from the neighbor.

The teachers at Booker Middle School invite you to come to annual(年度的) Honors Dinner on Wednesday, July 17,2006.

A meal will be served at 7:00 p.m. The cost of the meal is $ 4.50 every person.

Please answer with the number of family members to come to it by July 5.

We look forward to seeing you there.

1. What is this writing called?

   A. An ad.     B. An invitation.    C. A report.     D. None of these.

2. Who is inviting you to this dinner?

   A. The students.                    B. The football team.

   C. The parents.                   D. Booker Middle School.

3. What is the cost of the meal?

   A. $5.00.    B. $4.50.         C.85.40.      D. It's  free.

4. Why do they ask you to tell them how many people are coming by July 5?

    A. They need to know how many people to invite.

    B. They need to know how much food to be prepared (准备) for the dinner.

    C. They need to know how many children are to be honored.

D. None of these.           

5. The dinner will begin at______           

   A.5:00      B.4:00            C.8:00         D.7:00

When the weather is hot, you go to a lake or an ocean. When you are nears lake or an ocean, you feel cool. Why? The sun makes the ear& hot, but it cannot make the water very hot. Although the air over the earth becomes hot, the air over the water keeps cool. The hot air over the earth goes up. Then the cool air over the water moves in and takes the place of the hot air. When you are near a lake or an ocean, you feel the cool air. When it moves in, you feel the wind. And the wind makes you cool. Of course, scientists cannot answer all of our questions, ff you ask, "Why is the ocean full of salt?", scientists will say that the salt comes from rocks. When a rock gets very hot or very cold, it cracks (裂开). Rain falls into the cracks .The rain then carries the salt into the earth and into the rivers. The rivers carry the salt into the ocean. But then we ask, "What happens to the salt in the ocean?" The ocean does not get more salty every year. Scientists are not sure about the answer to the question. We know a lot　about our world. But there are still many answers that we don't have, and we are curious(好奇的).

1. Now scientists know_______

A. what makes people feel cool near a lake or an ocean in summer

B. everything about the ocean

C. why the ocean doesn't get more salty

D. what happens to the salt in the ocean

2. In this passage the word "cracks" means _______in Chinese.

A. 山谷       B.裂缝       C. 地壳     D. 岩浆

3. Which of the following is not true?

  A. The sun makes the earth hot.

  B. The sun cannot make the water very hot.

  C. The wind makes you tout.

  D. The hot air over the water moves in and takes the place of the cold air

4. People are always curious about the world because______

A. they know nothing about it      

B. they know little about it

C. there are many answers they do not have     

D. both. A and B

5. The main idea of this passage is that ______

A. the salt in the ocean comes from rocks

B. scientists can explain (解释) everything we want to know

C. people feel cool when they are near a lake or an ocean

D. scientists can explain many things, but not everything

Sitting at the dinner table and sleeping in bed is normal (正常的 ) for you. How is an astronaut's (宇航员) life in Shenzhou Vl different from yours.'?

Eating: Astronauts in. a space*hip face a choice because of no gravity (引力). They may pick their food, use their hands and put it into their mouths. Or they may let the food stay in the air. Then they float (漂浮) to the food and get it with their mouths. Astronauts have to re-member to close their mouths tightly (紧紧地) while eating. Any crumb (碎屑) could cause big trouble. Bits of food that stay in the air can go into astronauts' noses when they are breathing.

Sleeping: Shenzhon VI astronauts sleep on the wall of the spaceship. People float in a spaceship where there isn't any gravity. So scientists fix (固定) sleeping bags to tbe wall tohelp astronauts.

1. Is the life on the earth just the same as that in a space*hip?

2. Where do Shenzhou VI  astronauts sleep in the spaceship?

3. Why do astronauts in a spaceship face a choice?

4 What do the astronauts have to do While eating?

5. What does this passage(段落) mainly tell us?

In our solar system (太阳系), Earth and the other eight planets travel around the sun.. Unlike  Earth, Saturn (土星) has tings. The chart shows more ways in which Saturn and Earth are different.

1. From the chart we can know that Saturn is____________from the sun than Earth.

2. Saturn has____________than Earth.

3. A day on Saturn is shorter than a day____________

4. Earth is made of____________

5. There are____________ planets in our solar system besides(除了……还) Earth and Saturn.