New from old (P1)

Choose the best answer:

1. The first two paragraphs tell us that Dou Yi used to ____.

A. like watching TV B. love Peking Opera

C. dislike Peking Opera D. dislike pop music

2. In Dou Yi's music class, she ____.

A. listens to pop music

B. studies Peking Opera

C.dances with professional

D. sings unusual song

3. Dou Yi's school teaches students Peking Opera so that ____.

A. students can laugh and relax in cla

B. students won't change the TV channel when Peking Opera comes on

C. students know about the country's artistic tradition

D. students take their work seriously

4. According to Yang Ning, it would be a great pity if ____.

A. no one wanted to study Peking Opera

B. Peking Opera disappeared

C. people did not study Peking Opera

D. few people understood Peking Opera

Are names up to parents? (P2)

Choose the best answer:

5. The passage is mainly about _____.

A. unusual name

B. the new names policy

C. ways to name children

D. an old tradition

6. Some parents choose unusual names for their children because they _____.

A. want to make trouble for teacher

B. want their children to learn hard word

C. want their children to have special name

D. want to show they know these word

7. Which of the following is not a problem with the names?

A. That computers can't print them out.

B. The trouble they cause for teachers.

C. The longer time they take to write.

D. Their special sounds and meanings.

8. The government's new plan _____.

A. has made many people angry

B. is liked by most people

C. has not yet been settled

D. requires many people to change their name

She gave the gift of laughter (P5)

Cloze test:

A few years ago, I worked at a church. Since my son was home schooling, he went with me to the church every day. Most mornings, we'd stop at a local 1 , and get a chocolate drink for him and a cappuccino for me.

The clerk at the store we 2 to visit refreshed our lives each day, and so we 3 again and again. She had found her own way of enjoying life and her job. I'm not 4 sure that she was aware that her exuberance put a smile upon the face of each customer.

When a 5 brought cookies to the counter, the clerk could have asked: "Would you like some milk with those cookies?" 6 , she inquired: "Would you like a lottery ticket with those cookies?"

She might have asked me 7 I wanted a donut with my coffee. But instead, she asked: "Would you like some batteries with that coffee?"

Yes, life is what you make of it. This clerk's method of 8 what some think is a boring job, and with the customers she met daily, made the hours in her day more 9 . In doing that, she also refreshed the lives of others and made them laugh.

Sometimes, if my day at the church had been particularly tiring, we'd stop at that store before heading home. We'd giggle as we left the store, the clerk's 10 echoing behind us.

"Would you like some shampoo with that soda?"

9. A. restaurant B. store C. library D. cinema

10. A. hoped B. wished C. chose D. had

11. A. returned B. realizedC. remembered D. repeated

12. A. ever B. even C. also D. still

13. A. student B. reader C. worker D. customer

14. A. why B. how C. if D. what

15. A. Though B. Certainly C. Therefore D. Instead

16. A. getting along B. dealing withC. caring for D. looking after

17. A. tiring B. easygoingC. enjoyable D. forgettable

18. A. words B. service C. looks D. smile

UK kids get ready for a summer of sports (P8)

Choose the best answer:

19. In the UK, ____ play rounders.

A. boys B. girl

C. both of them D. teacher

20. Which of the following is true of rounders?

A. It is a game like basketball.

B. Only boys play it.

C. The team that gets the most "rounders" wins.

D. If a catcher catches the ball a player hits, then the catcher can hit the ball.

21. Tennis is not played as often because _____.

A. you get cold playing tenni

B. it's hard to become a tennis star

C. it costs more to play tenni

D. there are not many tennis court

Key:1—4 CBCB

5—8 BCDB

9—13 BCABD

14—18 CDBCA

19—21 BCD