parents say to him, “ Tom, be modest（谦虚的）at your new school. Don‟t say we are rich,” And he answers, “OK, Dad, Mum.” So he goes to school and sees the new teacher. The teacher says, “Hello, children. The first exercise today is a composition（作文）. The subject of the composition is …My family‟.” And all the children write a composition. This is Tom‟s composition: “My name is Tom. My family is very poor（穷的）. Both my father and my mother are very poor. Our driver is very poor and all the servants are poor…”

( ) 1. What are Tom‟s parents like? They are very .

A.rich

B. poor

C. modest

D. both A and C

( ) 2. What does Tom‟s family have? A lot of .

A.houses

B. drivers

C. servants

D. children

( ) 3. What‟s the title of the composition?

A. Your Family

B. Our Families

C. My Family

D. Poor and Rich

( ) 4. What do the parents ask Tom to do? To .

A.say “ we are poor”

B. say “we are rich”

C. b e modest

D. tell a lie ( ) 5. The word “ ” happens many times in Tom‟s composition.

A.Family

B. rich

C. father

D. poor

（B）Four girls go to school by taxi e very day. One day one of the girls says, “There is a test in the morning. Let‟s get to the school late. Then we will not have to take the test.” “What can we tell the teacher?” One of the girls asks. “She will be angry. We need a good excuse.” The girls think for a few minutes, and then one of them says, “Let‟s tell her that our taxi has a flat tyre(车胎).” “ That‟s a good idea,” the other girls say. “We will tell her that.” They arrive at school an hour later(一小时后). The test is finished(结束). “Why are you late?” the teacher asks, “You miss the test.” “Our taxi has a flat tyre.” one of the girls says. The teacher thinks for a moment, then she says, “Sit down.” The girls do this. Then the teacher says, “Write on a piece of paper the answer to this question: Which tyre is flat?” What a difficult question! The girls look at each other sadly. At last they give differ ent answers.

( ) 1. How many girls are there in the story?

A. Two

B. Three

C. Four

D. Five

( ) 2. How do the girls go to school every day? By .

A. bus

B. taxi

C. train

D. plane

( ) 3. Why do the girls want to be late for school? Because .

A.they don‟t like school

B. they don‟t want to do their homework

C. they want to go shopping

D. they don‟t want to take a test

( ) 4. Why do the girls give different answers? Because .

A.they can‟t remember which tyre is flat

B. there isn‟t a flat tyre

C. they each give a different answer

D. all four tyres are flat

( ) 5. Does the teacher believe(相信) the girls‟ excuse?

A.Yes, she does.

B. No, she doesn‟t.

C. Not mentioned.

D. We don‟t know.

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