Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea."
"OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn’t remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.
Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."
The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?" "Burnt yesterday evening."
【小題1】Mr. Brown told his son that _____.

Mr. Evens works in Sydney. Last week he had a two weeks’ holiday, but he didn’t know where to go. He said to his friend Robert, “I hate the hot weather here, but I can’t find a cool place in Australia. How will I take my holiday?”
“That’s easy,” said Robert. “You’d better go to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the ground now.”
Mr. Evens agreed with his friend. He bought an air ticket and soon arrived in Moscow. He made a happy journey（旅程） there. But one day He got into trouble. After lunch he went to a park outside the city. He saw a dog following him while he was walking past a house. It was hungry and wished him to give it some food to eat. Bad luck! He had no piece of bread or cake in his pockets. He tried to send it away, but it began to bark at him. He wanted to look for a stick but couldn’t find anything except snow and ice. Suddenly he saw a stone in the ground. He tried to pick it up but he failed.
“How strange Russians（俄國(guó)人） are!” Mr. Evens said to himself. “They do not tie their dogs, but firmly(牢牢地) tie the ground!”
【小題1】Mr. Evens is _______________.

Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from Africa. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw things to you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, the giraffes from Zambia are looking down on you.
Tickets                               Opening time
Grown-up(成人);$2.00            9:00 a. m ~ 4:00 p. m
Children: Over 12:$ 1.00        except(除……外)Friday
Under 12: Free                  10:00 a. m ~3:00 p. m
1. How many kinds of animals are talked about in this passage?
A. Four      B. Five     C. Six     D. Seven.
2. Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one is 14 and the other is 10, how much are the tickets in common?
A. $.4.00    B. $2.00     C. $ 3. 00     D. $ 100
3. Which of the following is the visiting time?
A. 8:30 a.m. Monday     B. 9:30 a. m. Friday
C. 3:00 p.m. Sunday      D. 5:00 p. m Tuesday
4.From the passage we can guess the animal “monkey’ must be very ______.
A. cute     B. bad     C. good      D. ugly
5.     Which of the following can we do in the zoo?
A.    To give some food to the fish.
B.    To go near the bears.
C.    To throw thing at monkeys
D.    To take a few nice photos.

Mr. Green worked in an office in London, but he lived in the country and came to work by train every day. The station was not very far from his office, and he always went on foot from the station to his office and back from his office to the station. Every evening he walked past a poor man near a bridge. The man sat at the road and sold matches, and there was a dog near him. There was a piece of wood round the dog’s neck, and the words “I AM BLIND” were on the piece of wood.
Mr.Green was a kind man. He always stopped and gave a penny to the man, but he did not take any of his matches. One day, Mr.Green had a lot of work in his office and left the office very late. He came to the man and his dog, but he did not stop. The poor man stood up quickly, ran after him and said, “You’re always very kind to me. Give me a penny today. I’m a poor man.” Mr.Green stopped and he was surprised. Then he said, “You’re a blind man. How did you see me?” The poor man said, “No, I’m not blind. My dog is.”
【小題1】Mr.Green lived in __________.

Mr. Black has two cats(貓). One is big(大的) and the other is small（小的）. He likes them very much. One day his friend Mr. Green comes to see him. He is surprised(驚奇). He find there are two holes(洞) in the door, a big and a small one. He says, “My dear friend, why are there two holes in your door?” “To let them in or out,” Mr. Black answers. “But why are there two holes?” asks his friend. “ How can the big cat go through（通過(guò)）the small hole?” he says.
【小題1】Mr. Black has ____________.
A. two small cats
B. two big cats
C. a big and a small cats
【小題2】Mr. Green comes to see___________.
A. Mr. Black               B. the cats            C. the holes
【小題3】Mr. Black wants _____________ to go through the two holes.
A. the big cat               B. the small cat       C. the two cats
【小題4】Mr. Black thinks the big hole is only for the____________.
A. the big cat               B. the small cat        C. Mr. Green
【小題5】____________ is not necessary（必要的）.
A. The big hole             B. The small hole      C. The door