A crow （乌鸦）wants to drink, but he can’t find water. He looks here and there. At last （最后），he cries （大叫）, “I can see a jar （罐子）and there is some water in it.” He tries （试图） to get the water, but he can’t. “How can I get the water?” he cries, “I can put my break （鸟嘴）quite close （靠近）to it.” But still （仍然）he can not
drink. “What can I do? I want to drink.”
He looks here and there, then he picks up a small stone (石头) in his break and carries it to the jar of water and drops it into the jar. “Soon the water will be high in the jar, and I can drink,” says the crow.
So he begins (开始) to do that until （直到）the water is high enough to drink.
1. What is the crow looking for?
A. A jar B. Water C. Food D. Meat
2. Why doesn’t he drink right now（马上）？
A. He isn’t very thirsty. B. No water in the jar.
C. He doesn’t want to drink it. D. The water isn’t high.
3. What’s the English meaning （意思） for “drop”?
A. put… into… B. take…to… C. carry…to… D. put…on…
4. Why does he pick up the stone?
A. He is hungry. B. He wants to put them into the jar.
C. He wants to make his break strong. D. He is playing a game
5. Which title （题目）do you think is the best (最好)?
A. A Clever(聪明的) Crow B. A thirsty Crow
C. A Crow and A Jar of Water D. A Crow and Stones
（六）
One day the famous American scientist Albert Einstein(著名的美国科学家爱因斯坦) came across（碰到） an old friend of his in a street in New York.
“Mr Einstein” said the friend “ It seems that you need to have a new overcoat. Look how worn-out it is ?”
“It does not matter,” answered Albert Einstein, “Nobody knows me here in New York”
Several years later, they met in New York again. Einstein had became a world famous physicist（物理学家） then. But he still wore （wear过去式）the same old overcoat. Once more his friend tried to persuade（劝） him to buy a new one.
“There is no need now” said Einstein. “Everyone here knows me”
1. Where did Einstein meet his friend for the first time?
A.America B.China C. Japan D. New York
2. ---Why did his friend say “you need to have a new overcoat”?
---Because his overcoat was too( )
A.new B.long C.short D.old
3.----Why did Einstein say “ Nobody knows me here in New York”?
----Because at that time he was not ( )
A.happy B.boring C.satisfied D.famous
4.After ( ), Einstein and his friend met again.
A.three days B.some months C.several hours D.several years
5.From this article we can find Einstein is a ( )person.
A.rich B.poor C.famous D.simple
（七）
Tom likes fish very much. He often buys some fish in the shop and takes it home. But when his wife sees the fish, she says to herself, “Good ! I can ask my friends to have lunch, and we can eat the fish. They like fish very much.”
So when Tom comes home in the evening, the fish is not there and his wife always says, “Oh,your cat eats it ” And she gives Tom some bread for his supper.. Tom is very angry. He takes the cat and his wife to the shop near his house and weighs(称重) the cat. Then he turns to his wife and says, “My fish weigh one kilo（公斤）. This cat weighs one, too. My fish is here, you see, then where is my cat?”
1.( )eats the fish.
A.Mr Tom B.Mrs Tom C.The cat D.His fiends
2,What does Mrs Tom do with the fish?
A.She eats the fish before Tom comes back
B.She asks her friends to come to eat the fish with her
C.She puts the fish in the fridge（冰箱）and waits for her husband
D.She cooks the fish for Tom
3.Mr Tom weighs ( ) in the shop with his wife.
A.the fish B.the cat C.his wife D.his friend
4.How much fish does Tom often buy?
A.one kilo B.two kilo C.three kilo D.four kilo
5.Tom likes ( )very much.
A.cat B.his wife C.fish D.his friends
（八）
Tom is a lovely boy. He likes playing football very much. He often comes back between 4p.m and 5p.m.One day he comes back late. His mother says “ you come back home late today, Tom”.
“Yes, we have a new teacher,. He is a math teacher, ” Tom answers.
“How is he?” His mother asks
“I don’t know, I think I can’t believe him”
“How is that ”his mother says.
“One moment he says two and three is five and the next moment he says one and four is five” Tom answers
1.Tom comes home( ) today.
A.at 4p.m B.At 4:30 p.m C.At 5p.m D.after 5p.m
2.Tom comes home late because( )
A. he plays football B.he plays baskedball
C.he studies math D.we don’t know
3.The sentence “How is that ”means( )
A.How can you say that B.Your teacher is right
C.Tell me more about that D.How do you feel
4.Who is right?
A.Tom B.Teacher C.None Dmother
5.Which of the following sentence is right?
A.The teacher is wrong B.Tom is right
C.Tom is wrong D.Tom’t mother is wrong
