My name is Max. I am twelve years old. I have many friends. Most of them are as old as I. Some are older. Some are younger.

My best friend is Bill. He lives near me. We go to the same school and we are in the same class. Bill helps me with my maths homework. I help him with his English homework..Bill is taller than me. He is quite fat. He doesn’t like sports, so he doesn’t get much exercise. We both have black eyes, but Bill’s hair is longer. I like sports and I play football or go swimming every day. Every Sunday morning Bill and I play computer games. Sometimes I win. Sometimes he wins.

( )6. The main idea(主题) of the text is ________ .

A. Max has many friends B. Max and Bill go to the same school

C. Max and Bill are best friends D. Max and Bill like the same things

( )7. Most of Max’s friends are ________ .

A. twelve years old B. older than Max

C. younger than Max D. thirteen years old

( )8. Max and Bill live _________ .

A. near each other B. in different towns

C. in the same house D. in the school

( )9. Max helps Bill with __________ .

A. his maths homework B. his English homework

C. His sports lessons D. His computer lessons

( )10. Max and Bill both like to___________ .

A.swim B.play football C.play computer games D.play sports

C

Mr. Lewis was a dance teacher. He was a nice man and always had a lot of students. One year he moved to a new town, and was soon teaching many students in the dance school there, but he decided to move again to a big city. He would have more work there.

When one of his students heard that he was going to leave, she said to him, “The new teacher won’t be as good as you are.” Mr. Lewis was happy when he heard this, but he said, “Oh no. I’m sure he’ll be as good as I am ---- or even better.”The student said, “No. Five teachers have come and gone while I’ve been here, and each new one was worse than the last.”

( )11. ______ came to learn dancing from Mr. Lewis.

A few students B. Few students C. Many students D. No students

( )12. Mr. Lewis wanted to move to a big city because _______

A.he hated the small town

B.he couldn’t make a living in the small town

C.it would be easy for him to have more work in the city

D.it made him spend more money in the town

( )13. The student thought that _______

A. Mr. Lewis was a good teacher B. Mr. Lewis was the best teacher

C. Mr. Lewis was worse than the last D. Mr. Lewis would be worse than the last

( )14. Before Mr. Lewis ______ teachers came to the town to teach dancing

A. three B. four C. five D. six

( )15. From the story we can conclude(推论) that the student wished _____

A. to have a better teacher B. to have a worse teacher

C. to become a dance teacher D. to see the sixth teacher

D

Once there was a little girl in a village. She spent summers on her grandfather’s farm. The year she was four, she knew some ducks. The ducks were white with orange feet. They lived in a little wooden house near the road. The little girl liked these ducks very much.

Every day they walked down the road to the pond(池塘). The ducks went into the water. The little girl sat on the bank(岸) and saw them swimming in the pond. The little talked to the ducks and they quacked(嘎嘎叫)back.

Then one day the ducks were gone. No one would say anything about them. The little was afraid to ask where they were. One night everyone sat down for dinner. The food looked a little like chicken. The girl didn’t want to eat. Can you guess why?

( )16. The story is mainly about _______.

A. eating chicken B. sitting by the pond

C. living on a farm D. ducks and a little girl

( )17. The ducks were _____________.

A. yellow and orange B. yellow and white

C. white and orange feet D. white and black

( )18. First the little girl _________.

A. didn’t eat B. sat on the bank

C. walked to the pond D. talked to the ducks

( )19. At the end of the story, the ducks were probably ______

A. under the water B. on the plate

C. in the wooden house D. swimming in the pond

( )20. The little girl didn’t eat because ______

A. she wanted nice cakes B. the food was ducks

C. the food was too hot D. the plate was empty

五、用所给词的适当形式填空 (10分)

1. You should clean your room ________ (one) a day.

2. There _______ (be ) two films tomorrow.

3. Her mother is busy _______ (look) after the rabbit.

4. He is looking _______ (happy) at that photo now.

5. Alice is the _______ (pretty) of all the girls.

6. More and more _______(visit) are coming to visit China.

7. Kate is _______ (clever) of the two girls.

8. He is a _______ (think) man.He plans everything carefully.

9. Dad told us _______ (not watch) TV too much.