【正文】 ?”“Will pay for(付款) 27 pounds now.” the manager answered, “and 30 pounds after three months.”Kate thought for a few seconds before she answered. The she said, “All right, then I’ll start in three months.”When did Kate begin to look for work?A. When she was at school B. When she was seventeen.C. When she left her parents’ house. D. When she was eighteen.It was _____for Kate to find a job.A. easy B. not easy C. late D. laterHow much did the manager want to pay her in the second month?A. 27 pounds. B. 30 pounds. C. 54 pounds. D. 60 poundsWhy did Kate want to start working three months later? Because ____.A. Kate didn’t leave schoolB. Kate had to look after her mother.C. Kate wanted to get 30 pounds.D. Kate went to school.he factory was not _____from her home.A. far B. near C. far to D. near to 13One day Arha’s wife 0 some 1 . The little child in the next house was crying. He cried and 2 . The mother of the child said, “Stop crying.” But the child 3 stop crying. He went on crying. The mother said, “If you don’t stop crying, I 4 you into the river.”The mother wanted 5 and buy some bread, so she said to Arha’s wife. “Will you 6 my child for a little time? I must go and buy some bread.” Arha’s wife said to Arha, “I am working. You must look after him.”After some time the mother came back, and said to Arha’s wife, “Thank you 7 after the child. And where is he now?” “He’s playing in the garden.”They looked in the garden. But they could not 8 the child. Then they called Arha, “Arha! Arha! Where is the child?” Arha 9 , “His mother said, ‘If you don’t stop crying I shall put you into the river.’ The child didn’t stop crying, 10 I put him into the river. He is over there in the river.”0. A. was doing B. an doing C. were doing D. doing1. A. wash B. washes C. washs D. washing2. A. said B. tallked C. cried D. crying3. A. didn’t B. don’t C. doesn’t D. not4. A. put B. shall put C. puted D. are putting5. A. a go B. going C. to go D. goes6. A. look at B. look for C. look like D. look after7. A. looking B. to look C. for looking D. for look8. A. look B. look at C. see D. find9. A. answered B. said C. told D. spoke10. A. and B. so C. but D. /14Every day some people are killed while they are crossing the roads. Most of these people are old and children. Old people are often killed because they can’t see or hear very sell. Children are killed because they are not careful. They forget to look and listen before they cross the roads.A car or a bus can’t stop quickly. If a car is going very fast, it will travel many meters before it stops. Some people don’t always understand this. They think a car can stop in a few meters. It is difficult to know how fast a car is moving. The only way to cross the roads safely is to look both ways, right and left. Then if the roads are empty, you can cross them.1. Why are old people often killed while they are crossing the roads? _______they can’t see _______hear very well.2. Do people think a car can stop in a few meters? _______, they _______.3. Children are often not careless while crossing the roads, are they? _______, they _______.4. What should one do before crossing the roads? To look _______ _______.5. When can you cross the roads?The _______are _______.15Three things are necessaries(必要的) for us to keep alive(活著). What are they? They are air, water and food. We eat food twice or three times a day. We drink water several times a day. We breathe(呼吸) day and night. If a man does not eat any food and does not drink anything, he can live for about three days. But if he does not breathe, he can keep alive for only about three minutes. So we see that breathing is even important than drinking, and drinking more important than eating.We can’t live ⑹_______there is no air or water or food. For us, food is very important, water is ⑺_______important, and air is the most important. Why? Because we can ⑻_______live for about three minutes without air. Three minutes——⑼_______a short time it is! Food and water are less important than air, ⑽_______we can’t be short of them, either.16Mary has four cousins(表兄妹). They are Betty, Peter, Bill and Aun. Mary is the oldest of the five. Betty is thirteen years old. She is two years younger than Mary and one year older than Peter. Bill is nine, and Aun, the youngest, is seven.Betty and Peter are good runners. But Peter runs faster. Mary and Aun like to play basketball. Mary plays better than Aun. Bill is the best singer of the five. Mary and Betty study in a middle school. Peter, Bill and Aun study in a primary school(小學). The five children all work hard at school. But Betty works hardest.There are _____years between Mary and Peter.A. eight B. six C. three D. twoPeter is _____years old.A. twelve B. thirteen C. fifteen D. nineWho runs fastest of the five?A. Betty. B. Peter. C. Betty and Peter. D. All the fiveWho are students?A. None(無人) of them. B. All of them. C. Mary and Betty. D. Peter Bill and Aun.17Basketball is still a young game. It is not yet a hundred years old, in the winter of 1891, a certain college(學院) was having trouble with its boy students the weather was so terrible that the students had to stay indoors(在室內). Wince they could not enjoy their sports outside as usual, they were unhappy, and some of them even got into fights from time to time.Finally, one of the teache