One day an old man was selling a big elephant．A young man came to the elephant and began to look at it slowly and carefully．The old man went to him and said，“Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it，and then I’ll give you some meat．”“All right，”said the young man．After the old man sold the elephant，he gave the young man some meat and said，“Now，can you tell me how you see the bad ears of the elephant?？”“I didn’t find the bad ears，”said the young man．“Then why did you look at the elephant slowly and carefully?”asked the old man．The young man answered，“Because I’ve never seen an elephant before，and I want to know what it looks like．”
根据短文内容，回答问题。
1.What did the old man sell?
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2.Did the elephant have good ears?
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3.Why did the young man look at the elephant slowly and carefully?
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4.What did the old man give to the young man?
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5.What did the old man ask the young man not to do?
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There are three photos of my good friends on my desk.
In the first photo you can see Jerry. He is a tall and cool boy with short and straight hair. He is the captain of our basketball team. He is very popular. All my classmates like him very much.
In the second photo, you can see the boy with glasses. His name is Jack. He is short and a little bit heavy. But he is very smart and funny. He often tells us funny stories and makes us happy.
In the third photo, you can see two girls. They are drinking water. The girl on the left is Lucy. She is a beautiful girl from London. She has long blonde hair and big eyes. She can sing very well, and she can also speak a little Chinese. The girl on the right is Li Yun. She is a Chinese girl with beautiful black hair. She studies very hard. She says she wants to be a scientist when she grows up.
1.The writer has _______ good friends.
A. two B. three C. four D. five
2._______ has short and straight hair.
A. Jerry B. Jack C. Lucy D. Li Yun
3.Which is true?
A. Jack is tall and cool.
B. Li Yun has long blond hair and big eyes.
C. Lucy wants to be a scientist.
D. Jack is smart and funny.
4.Which is wrong?
A. Lucy is an English girl.
B. Jerry plays basketball very well.
C. The girl on the left of the third photo is Lucy.
D. Li Yun can sing very well.
5. _______ wears the glasses.
A. Jerry B. Jack C. Li Yun D. Lucy
Peter’s uncle lives in the country. He is a man full of humor (幽默). One day， Peter went to see his uncle. His uncle drove his car to the station to meet him. On their way home， they saw many people. His uncle waved (挥手) to everybody. Peter was surprised (惊奇) and said，“Uncle，you wave to everybody. Do you know all of them?”
“No，Peter，” answered his uncle. “When I wave to someone who knows me， he’ll feel happy. When I wave to someone and he doesn’t know me， he will feel surprised and then he will have something to think about，he will make his road seem shorter (更短). So I can make everybody happy.”
1. Peter’s uncle lives________.
A. in the city B. at the statio
C. in a town D. in the country
2.Peter’s uncle is________.
A. a strange man B. a kind man
C. a humor man D. a happy man
3.Peter and his uncle went home________.
A. by car B. on foot C. by hike D. by train
4. Peter’s uncle ________there.
A. doesn’t know anybody B. knows some of those people
C. knows everybody D. doesn’t know those people
5.Peter’s uncle wanted to________.
A. make everybody happy B. make everybody unhappy
C. make someone happy D. make someone unhappy
There are four people in my family. They’re my grandfather, my parents and me. My grandfather exercises every day. He never uses the Internet. He eats vegetables three times a day, but he hardly ever drinks milk. And he watches TV every night. My father is a taxi driver. He’s very busy. He never exercises, but he sometimes use the Internet. He watches TV on Saturday and Sunday evening. He often eats vegetables and drinks milk. My mother is a housewife（家庭主妇）. She watches TV every day. She never use the Internet. She sometimes eats vegetables, but she drinks milk three times a week. Exercise? Of course she does. She exercises every day by doing housework. I’m a middle school student. I go to school from Monday to Friday. I often exercise. But on Saturday and Sunday, I don’t exercise because I have too much homework to do. I watch TV only on Sunday evening. But I use the Internet twice a week. I drink milk every day, but I don’t like vegetables. My mother often says to me, “Why do you eat so much meat, Mike? It’s not good for your health.” But I like it very much.
1. _____ sometimes use the Internet in his family.
A. Mike and his father B. Mike and his mother
C. Mike’s parents D. Mike’s father and grandfather
2._____ watch TV every day in his family.
A. Mike and his grandfather B. Mike’s mother and grandfather
C. Mike’s parents D. Mike’s father and grandfather
3.What does Mike’s father do?
A. He often eats vegetable. B. He sometimes use the Internet.
C. He is very busy. D. He is a taxi driver.
4.Why don’t Mike exercise on Saturday and Sunday?
A. Because he wants to surf the Internet.
B. Because he wants to watch TV.
C. Because he has too much homework to do.
D. Because he has to go to school.
5.Mike likes eating _____ very much.
A. meat B. vegetables C. fruit D. milk
That book isn’t so _______ as this one.
A. interesting B. more interesting
C. most interesting D. the most interesting
The underlined part in the word “ least” is pronounced as _______.
A. /e / B. /i / C. /i: / D./a: /
