Passage 7 John is a paper boy. He deliversnewspapers to different houses in his street every day. He has about 80 customers. Half of his customers only take the newspapers on weekdays, and about half take the newspapers on weekdays and on Sundays. John has to get up at 4:30 every morning to deliver his newspapers. It takes longer to deliver the newspaper on Sundays. The Sunday newspapers are twice as heavy as those on weekdays. John is saving his money to buy a new bicycle. He is also saving money for college. He has already saved 500 dollars. (107w) 1. John ________ every day. A. reads books B. sells newspapers C. borrows books D. delivers newspapers 2. How many customers does he have? A. About 40. B. About 120. C. About 80. D. About 20. 3. ______of his customers only take newspapers on weekdays. A. Two B. Eighty C. Forty D. Twenty 4. What time does he have to get up every morning? A. 3:30 B. 4:30 C. 5:30 D. 6:30 5. John is saving his money to buy ______ A. a newspaper B. a new bag C. a house D. a new bicycle 词汇扩展 1 deliver vt. 投递 2 customer n. 客户 3 college n. 大学 Passage 8 Sam lives in New York. His father has a shop and his mother is a doctor. He's seven years old now and has begun to go to school this autumn. It's a little far from their shop and his father drives a car to take him to school every day. So he's never late for class and his teachers like him. It's Monday today. Miss Hunt is teaching them to count the numbers from one to ten. Sam is studying hard. Soon he can count them. Miss Hunt is happy and asks, "How many people are there in your family, Sam?" Sam stood up and said, "Two, Miss Hunt." "Who are they?" "My father and mother." "Oh? "Miss Hunt is surprised. She said, "There're three people in your family." "But now I'm not at home. I'm at school, you know!" ( 140w) 1. Sam is ________. A. an English boy B. an American boy C. an English girl D. an American girl 2. Sam is in Grade _______ now. A. One B. Two C. three D. four 3. Sam usually goes to school ________. A. on foot B. by bike C. by car D. by bus 4. ______, so Miss Hunt is happy today. A. Sam is late for class B. Sam studies Chinese C. The children are good at English D. Sam can count from one to ten 5. Which of the following is wrong? A. Sam is at school now. B. There 're two people in Sam's family. C. There 're three people in Sam's family. D. Miss Hunt doesn't know how many people there are in Sam's family. Passage 9 There was once a captain who loved money so much that he cheated his sailors at the end of every voyage and took their wages. On the last day of one voyage, the ship was in a small port. It was winter time, and the sea was very cold, so the captain said to his sailors, "If one of you stays in the water during the whole night, I will give him my ship. But if he comes out before the sun appears, I shall get his wages." The sailors had heard about the captain's cheating, so they didn't trust him. But then one of them, who thought that he was cleverer than the captain, said that he would do it. He got into the water, and, though it was very cold, he stayed in it. When it was nearly morning, some fishermen lit a fire on the shore about half a mile away. "You are cheating," the captain said to the sailor. "The fire's warming you." "But it's half a mile away!" said the sailor. "A fire's fire," answered the captain. "I have won." The sailor came out of the water, and said, "Perhaps you think that you are clever because you have won my wages, but you can't cook a chicken." "I can," answered the captain. "If you cook this chicken," said the sailor, "I shall work for you without wages for seven years, but if you can't, you will give me your ship." The captain agreed, took the chicken and said, "Where's the fire?" "There it is," answered the sailor. "On the shore." "But it's half a mile away," said the captain angrily. " 'A fire's fire,' you said," answered the sailor. "If it is enough to warm me in the water, it is enough to cook your chicken." (301w) 1. The captain got the sailors' wages ________. A. to buy a chicken for himself B. and kept the money for future use C. by cheating him D. and said he would return the money soon 2. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. All the sailors refused to get into the water because it was too cold. B. The captain knew that the fire the fishermen made was enough to warm the sailor in the water. C. The captain succeeded in cheating the sailor. D. It was the sailor who was cleverer. 3. The captain insisted that the fire was warming the sailor because he ________. A. didn't want to lose the bet B. didn't believe the sailor's success C. wanted to keep his promise D. wanted to show his cleverness 4. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? A. The sailors didn't trust the captain. B. In order to help the sailor in the water, the fishermen made a fire. C. The captain failed to cheat the sailor this time. D. The sailor didn't get out of the water before the sun appeared. 5. What is the title of the story? A. How a Captain Cheated His Sailor B. How a Sailor Got a Ship C. A Brave Sailor D. A Fire Is Fire