Of all the sports shoes, John bought _______ pair. Then he had some money for socks.

A. a cheaper   B. the most wonderful   C. the least expensive    D. an expensive

    It’s a good habit to say “Thank you” when others help you or say something kind to you.

    You should say “Thank you” when someone __1_____ you the salt on the table, when someone says you do your work well, or you buy a nice thing, or your city is very  ___2_____. “Thank you” is used not only between friends, but also between parents and children, brothers and  ____3____, husbands and wives.

    “Excuse me” is another short sentence that is often used. It’s not  _____4___ to break others when they are talking. If you want to  ___5_____ to one of them, say “Excuse me” first, and then begin to talk. You should also do so when you want to cough or make any other noise before others. Let’s all learn to say “Thank you” and “Excuse me”.

1. A. takes               B. passes          C. sells           D. makes

2. A. beautiful            B. bad            C. small         D. hot

3. A. classmates                 B. teachers         C. sisters        D. cousins

4. A. proud              B. positive          C. pretty          D. polite

5. A. tell                 B. say             C. call            D. speak

Have you ever seen a rainbow(彩虹) in the sky? Do you know what it is?

A story says that when you see a rainbow you should   1     at once to the place where it touches（触摸）the ground, and   2    you would find a bag of gold. Of course, it is not   3  . You could not find the bag of gold, nor could you ever find its end. No matter how   4    you run, it always seems far away.

A rainbow is not a thing which we can feel with our   5    as we can feel a flower. It is only the effect (效果) of light shining on raindrops（雨滴）. The raindrops catch the sunlight and break it up into all the wonderful colors which we see.

   It is   6    a rainbow perhaps because it is made up of raindrops and looks like a bow (弓).

That is   7    we can never see a rainbow in a clear   8   . We see rainbows   9    when there is rain in the air and the sun is shining brightly through the clouds. Every rainbow has many colors in the same order. The first of the top color is always red, next    10    orange, then green, and last of all blue. A rainbow is indeed one of the wonders of nature.

1. A. run             B. walk         C. jump            D. stand

2. A. where           B. there          C. here            D. near

3. A. good            B. wrong         C. beautiful         D. true

4. A. long            B. short          C. far              D. difficult

5. A. hands           B. legs           C. heads           D. eyes

6. A. called           B. spoken        C. meant           D. asked

7. A. because         B. why           C. so              D. that

8. A. space           B. sky            C. fields           D. water

9. A. hardly          B. really          C. only             D. usually

10. A. goes           B. sees           C. covers           D. comes

Mr. and Mrs. Brown have two children, Mike and Liz. The whole family are all busy, so they often leave notes（便条）for each other. Read these four notes of today and answer the following questions.

1. When will Liz be back home?

A. At 3:30 pm.      B. At 4:00 pm.      C. At 5:00 pm.     D. At 9:00 pm.

2. Who should walk the dog today?

   A. Mike.            B. Mrs. Brown.    C. Liz.          D. Mr. Brown.

3. What is Mike doing at 6:50 pm?

A. Practicing football.                B. Going to Donna’s house.

C. Playing tennis.                    D. Doing his homework.

4. Where can Mike find his tennis shoes?

A. In his bedroom.                B. Outside the back door.  

C. In the living room.              D. At Donna’s house.

5. According to the notes, Teddy is __________.            

   A. Mike’s mother                    B. Mike’s brother

   C. Mike’s football couch                       D. the dog in the family

A man came back home from work late, tired, to find his six-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

“If you want to know, I make $20 an hour.”

“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”

The father was furious, “If you asked for money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think why you are being so selfish (自私的)!”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.

“Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now,” said the man. “Here’s $10.”

“Oh, thank you, Daddy!” the boy said gladly. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had some money, he got angry again.

“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily.

“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

1. How much does the man make if he works 10 hours?

   A. $10.           B. $20.          C. $100.         D. $200.

2. In this passage, the underlined (下划线) word “furious” means _________.

   A. very angry      B. quite happy     C. too excited     D. a little nervous

3. At first, the father refused to give the boy any money because _________.

   A. he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself

   B. he did not have enough money at that moment

   C. he thought the boy would buy something of no use

   D. the boy always borrowed money from him

4. The boy wanted to buy ________ with twenty dollars.

   A. a new book for himself         B. a nice present for his father

   C. a toy for his own birthday       D. an hour of his father’s time

5. From this passage, we can infer (推断) that the boy’s father ________.

   A. often played with his son        B. spent little time with his son

   C. didn’t love his son at all         D. often came back home early

Many children love to play with snow in winter. But Long Chuan has come to hate it.

This year his hometown suffered from snowstorms (遭受暴风雪) for nearly a month. The heavy snow stopped cars and trains, broke the electricity (电) tower and turned tap water to ice.

Every day Long Chuan had to walk several kilometers to carry drinking water. “I couldn’t ride a bike and it took me 3 hours to walk to school. I can’t remember how many times I slipped (滑倒) on the hard ice, ” said Long Chuan.

Long is not alone. This year millions of people in central and southern China had a freezing winter without enough water and electricity. The biggest snowstorms in 50 years killed more than 100 people. They also cost the country 111.1 billion yuan.

Experts (专家) say a special type of climate condition (气候条件), La Nina, caused the storms. During a La Nina, the water in the Pacific Ocean (太平洋) near the equator (赤道) becomes colder than usual. It changes the weather around the world.

Besides China, Canada, the US and Middle Eastern countries also met with heavy snowstorms this winter. The special climate caused the recent flooding (洪水) in Australia, too.

However, experts say that people have destroyed the environment (环境). Global warming (全球变暖) may be causing these terrible weather events to happen more and more often.

1. What took place in Long Chuan’s hometown last winter?

   A. Earthquake.       B. Flooding.         C. Traffic Accident.     D. Heavy snowstorms.

2. During the snowstorms this year, Long Chuan  __________.

   A. had to walk to carry drinking water   B. had to ride a bike to school

   C. couldn’t go to school on foot        D. couldn’t play with snow

3. The heavy snow ____________ this year.

A. killed millions of Chinese           B. cost China 111.1 billion yuan

C. used too much electricity           D. lasted more than three hours

4. We can tell from the story that __________ .

   A. China is the only country which suffered from the heavy snow

   B. La Nina is said to have caused the snowstorms

   C. La Nina also caused hot summer in Australia

   D. the snowstorms have nothing to do with global warming

5. The passage tells people around the world ___________.

   A. to wear more clothes in winter     B. to stop riding bikes on the hard ice

   C. to protect (保护) the environment    D. to save water and electricity

Tea bag drinking is most Westerns’ favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?

The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk (丝绸) bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added hot water. The tea tasted good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose (散的) tea again.

Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze (薄纱) and later paper. In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85% of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags.

However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea. This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy, tasty way to go.

1. Who invented the tea bag?

   A. An English tea seller.           B. Chinese.            C. Lipton.     D. Thomas Sullivan.

2. The tea in silk bags was welcome because ________.

   A. the tea in bags was free and very good

   B. the tea tasted good and the cup was easy to wash

   C. people were happy with the loose tea

   D. people didn’t know any better way to enjoy the tea

3. The material of the tea bags is usually __________ now.

   A. silk                          B. gauze                C. paper      D. plastic

4. The underlined sentence “Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK” probably means “__ in the UK”.

   A. Tea bags soon became popular

   B. Tea bags surprised everyone very much

   C. Tea bags kicked (踢) the loose-leaf tea out of the market 

   D. Tea bags weren’t allowed to be sold

5. The reading mainly talks about ___________.

   A. the invention of tea                B. the way of drinking tea

   C. the history of tea bags                D. people’s favorite tea in the world

   If you knew a bottle of water had been recycled from urine (尿), would you drink it? Astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS) may soon do so.

   NASA (美国航空航天局) said it would use a high-tech machine (高科技机器) to recycle wastewater at the ISS. The machine will recycle everything from sweat (汗), the water for washing hands, shower water, water used for brushing teeth, and even urine, to make drinking water.

   It will save NASA millions of dollars each year. At present, each ISS astronaut uses about 4.4 liters (升) of water every day. It costs about $24 million a year to transport water up to ISS. NASA says that a liter of water costs about $11,000.

   The machine will be sent to the ISS in October 2008. NASA hopes it will recycle about 93% of all water used on the station.

   Will the water be clean? Scientists say the wastewater will go through a very complicated process (复杂的过程). For example, different chemicals will be put in the wastewater; the water will be heated to 130℃ to get rid of bacteria (细菌). The recycled water is thousands of times better than the water from a city tap, scientists say.

1. NASA will use a high-tech machine to recycle wastewater at the ISS to __________.

   A. protect the ISS

   B. make astronauts at ISS work harder

   C. provide better water and food for ISS astronauts

   D. save the cost of transporting water up to the ISS

2. At present it costs NASA about _________ dollars to transport water up to an astronaut at the ISS a day.

   A. 4.4 thousand              B. 11 thousand     C. 48.4 thousand        D. 24 million

3. Scientists plan to get rid of bacteria in the wastewater by ___________.

   A. freezing           B. heating         C. shaking             D. precipitating (沉淀)

4. The reading mainly tells us something about ___________.

   A. water recycling                          B. the International Space Station

   C. a high-tech machine                  D. the cost of NASA

5. Which of the following sentences is true, according to the passage?

   A. The recycled water is much better than that from a city tap.

   B. The high-tech machine will recycle all the water used on the station.

   C. At present, each ISS astronaut uses more water than the people living on the earth.

   D. The high-tech machine can only recycle urine to make water at present.

用所给单词的适当形式填空。

1. Lucy is my good friend. I love __________ very much. (she)

2. Listen! They are singing __________ in the classroom. (happy)

3. Tom, take the medicine ___________ a day after meals for a week. (two)

4. More and more foreign ___________ are interested in Panzhihua. (visit)

5. You won’t have any problems ____________ the place. (find)

根据汉语意思完成英语句子。每空限填一词。

1. 你要多大的甜点？

                        of dessert would you like?

2．过马路要当心。

Be              when you              the road.

3．最近我几乎没有时间和朋友在网上聊天。

These days I hardly have time to                         my friends on the Internet.

4．不要吃太多的垃圾食品，对身体不好。

Please don’t eat                         junk food. It’s bad for your health.

5. 孩子们为庆祝儿童节穿上了盛装。

The little boys and girls have                         for the Children’s Day.

6．请安静，我将给大家分发试卷。

Be            , please. I’m going to               out your test papers.

7. 那位老大娘很担心她的儿子，因为地震后他没有露面。

   That old woman was         about her son because he didn’t      up after the earthquake.