【正文】 the Speed of Thought is the name of a . A. song B. book C. school D. movie ( ) 4. Florence Nightingale died in . A. 1931 B. 1827 C. 1847 D. 1910 ( ) 5. Which of the following is true? A． Yao Ming is playing basketball in America. B. Beethoven made over 1000 inventions. C. Edison was born in 1820 . D. Bill Gates worked in Microsoft in 1955 PART 2 Dear Mrs Smith, I was a student of yours in Grade Six, and I hope you still remember me. I’m writing this letter because I want to let you know that the school year with you was important and special to me. It made a great contribution(貢獻(xiàn) ) to my life. I know I was very quiet in your class, and you never said much to me. But you did something that made a big difference in my life. You see, all through my first years in schools. I hated to read. Books were just words that had very little to do with me, and I was bored by them. I’ll never fet the first day of Grade Six when you took out a thick book and began to read the story to our class. Your voice seemed to change with the people in the story, and you drew pictures in my mind as you read aloud. Since that day, I couldn’t wait until after lunch when you would read to the class. You read us all kinds of wonderful books. During the summer after my year in your class, I missed hearing the stories you would read. So one day I picked up a book and read it all on my own. I found out that I could make the words interesting, too. Now, I love to read! Thank you for opening the world of books for me. Yours, Linda ( )6. This letter is about a girl saying “ ” to a teacher. A. Happy Teachers’ Day B. Thank you C. Goodbye D. Sorry ( )7. Linda was not sure if Mrs Smith could remember her because at school A． she wasn’t a good student B． she wasn’t good at all her lessons C． she had few words D． she liked reading ( )9. Mrs Smith got Linda . A. to enjoy reading B. to enjoy drawing pictures C. to write books D. to read aloud ( )9. Which is not true in the story? A. The teacher often said much to Linda. B. The teacher did something important in Linda’s life. C. The teacher opened the world of books for Linda. D. The teacher read them all kinds of wonderful books. ( )10. How did Mrs Smith teach reading? A. She changed her voice with the people in the story. B. She read aloud, so the students could remember the stories. C. She read all kinds of wonderful books to her students. D. A, B and C. PART 3 Mr Ellis is very old. He has seen many changes in his hometown. He knows that things are different now. But he never fets the old days. He often talks about his favorite birds, the robins(一 種 小 鳥 — 知更 鳥 ). “When I was a boy, these houses were not here. These were wild fields and tall trees. Every spring the robins would e. Thousands of them would fly up to the south. Th