I am sitting on a beach on this hot summer day and watching two children，a boy and a girl，playing in the sand．They are working hard at building a sandcastle(沙堡)．Just when they are successful, a big wave(波浪)comes along and puts it down．
I think the children may cry because all their hard work turns to nothing, but they surprise me. They run up away from the water, hand in hand, and sit down to build another one．
They really teach me a lesson. We can't always be successful．Being sad is doing no good．What we need to do is to start again, hand in hand with our friends．
1.What's the weather like?
A. It's sunny but cold. B. It's windy and cool.
C. It's sunny and hot. D. It's windy but warm.
2.Who is playing in the sand?
A. Two children.
B. Four children.
C. Two children and the writer.
D. It's not mentioned(提到）.
3.What do the children do after a big wave puts down the sandcastle?
A. They cry sadly．
B. They just sit on the beach．
C. They start to build another one．
D. They start to sing.
4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The writer is a teacher．
B. The wave destroys(毁坏)the sandcastle．
C. The write knows the children .
D. The children are sad because they're not successful
5.What's the main idea of the passage?
A. Friends are always there with you
B.Children know more about life．
C. All of us want to be successful．
D. Starting again is the best way．
Frank was clever, but he never liked to work hard. He often said to his friends, "If you work hard, you will make a lot of money, but it is not so good. I want easy work and a lot of money. That's the most interesting thing in the world."So he could only be a thief. But he still thought it was too much work, so he only told his friends what to do and got money from them.
One day, Frank sent one of his friends to a very large and beautiful house. He told him to get money from that rich family. It was evening, and a man and a girl were in the room. They were playing a duet（二重奏）on a piano. Then the thief came into the house.
When he returned, Frank asked him what he had got. But he said, "I didn't take anything. That family can't have much money. You know, two people were playing on the same piano there. They did not have money to buy another piano."
1.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Frank and His Work . B. One Piano Only.
C. The Man and the Girl. D. Easy Work and More Money.
2.From the story we know that Frank________________ .
A. had many clever friends.
B. was more clever than most of the people
C. didn't want to do any work
D. knew many interesting things in the world
3.Frank's friends __________________ .
A. were all thieves
B. were clever enough to do easiest work
C. usually worked as hard as Frank
D. knew who were rich and who were poor
4.The thief didn't go into the beautiful house because _______
A.that family was not rich
B.he knew nothing about music
C.the piano was too big for him
D.the man and the girl had already seen him
5. The story tells us if we want to become rich, we must _____
A. find an easy job
B. work hard
C. have a lot of friends
D. learn something about money
Mary Walker works at a bank. She begins working at eight in the morning. She has a break at noon for one hour. She stops working at five in the afternoon. At five the bank closes. Everybody goes home. Some people drive home. Some ride bikes. Some take the bus or the train. But Mary walks home. She likes to walk. She walks, and walks, and walks and walks. Mary lives eight miles(英里) from the bank. She walks for three hours. At eight in the evening, Mary is at home. She eats dinner. At ten she goes to bed. Mary is tired(疲劳的). She is 82 years old.
1.What does Mary do?
A. She is a nurse B. She is a factory worker.
C. She is a worker at a bank. D. She is a doctor.
2.How many hours does Mary work in one day?
A. About 9 hours. B. About 8 hours
C. About 10 hours. D. About 7 hours
3.Which sentence is right?
A. Mary rides home. B. Mary takes a bus home.
C. Mary walks home. D. Mary drives home.
4.How far is it from Mary’s house to the bank?
A. Five miles. B. Six miles.
C. Seven miles. D. Eight miles.
5.Where does Mary eat dinner?
A. At home. B. At the bank.
C. In a shop. D. In a restaurant.
This is ______ book. They like it very much.
A. Tom and Tony’s B. Tom’s and Tony’s
C. Tom’s and Tony D. Tom and Tony
______ his shoes under the bed？
A. Are B. Is
C. Has D. She’
There is a big supermarket near my house. It’s very easy _________ it.
A.finding B.to find
C.to look for D.finds
