Long long ago, there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal( 偷 ) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of ( 抓住 )the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, “ I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “ Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out.
“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson. ( 教训 )” The angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief didn’t know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered.
1.The thief was trying to get__________.
A. his neighbour
B. his neighbour’s doorbell
C. some cotton
D. a door with a bell on it
2.The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be__________for him to steal the doorbell.
A. safe B. difficult C. dangerous D. easy
3.The neighbour ran out probably(可能地) because__________.
A. he knew his doorbell was being stolen
B. he thought someone came to visit him
C. he realized ( 意识到 ) something strange happened.
D. Both B and C
4.The neighbour hit the thief to__________.
A. give him a lesson
B. punish( 惩罚 ) him for stealing
C. help him with the bell
D. be his teacher
5.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.
B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.
C. The thief thought the neighbour could not hear the bell.
D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell
I think lots of students like the pop singer named Jay. I also like him very much.
Do you know as a boy, Jay was called Dull Stupid. But his mother noticed that the quiet, shy boy seemed to dance practically when he heard the Western pop music. His mother sent him to a piano school when he was four. When he grows up, he has an ability for playing the piano beyond(超过) his years. I learned to play the piano from 7 years old to 13 years old. I often feel bored when I practice playing the piano. But Jay was always crazy about playing the piano. I think he really likes music. So I admire him very much, and I call him “hero”.
I admire Jay. The real reason is when the others all denied（否定） him, he never gave up. He tried his best to change his life. I think it is good for everybody. I hope that everyone can learn from him—try our best to do everything. Then I think we will be the winners.
1.What’s Jay?
A. A singer. B. A football star.C. A film star. D. My brother.
2.How long did the writer learn to play the piano?
A. For 4 yearsB. For 7 years C. For 6 years.D. For 13 years.
3.What’s the meaning of Dull Stupid here?
A. Generous B. Polite C. Clever D. Foolish
4. Why does the writer admire Jay very much?
A. Because Jay is very cool.
B. Because Jay really likes music.
C. Because when the others all denied him, he never gave up.
D. B&C
5.From this article, we know that___________.
A. The pop singers were all foolish when they were young.
B. Everyone should try his best to do everything
C. Jay is able to play the piano and football.
D. It’s easy to become a pop singer.
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John is a famous writer now. But he said he was not a student when he was young. He was often late for and didn’t like doing his homework. Sometimes , he slept in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn’t understand much, he always thought he understand everything. One day the teacher the student a question, “When Jack was ten years old, brother Bob was twenty. Jack is fifteen now, is his brother Bob?”
John said , “That’s easy, Bob is twice as old as Jack, so he is now thirty.”
Another time, the in a science class asked, “During thunder storms(雷雨), do we always see the light before we44the sound?”
“But, miss,” said John quickly, “ don’t you45our eyes are in front of our ears?”
1.A. good B. tall C. rich D.fat
2.A. sleep B. lunch C.class D.play
3.A. so B. and C. or D.but
4.A.sentB.asked C.told D.found
5.A.youB.my C.his D.her
6.A.how many B.how old C.what D.who
7.A.teacher B.farmC.nurse D.policeman
8.A.whatB.when C.where D.why
9.A.break B.makeC.hear D.smell
10.A.readB.hopeC.study D.know
I can’t see any orange in the glass. Please give me __________.
A.a few B.few C.a little D.little
.I enjoy playing computer games, but I can’t __________ too much time ________ that.
A.take, doing B.spend, doing C.spend, for doingD.take, to do
______ number of the books in our school _______ larger than that in their school.
A.The, is B.The, are C.A, is D.A, are
