3. What does one horsepower mean? It means ______.

A. one horse’s power                   B. what one strong horse can do in one minute

C. what one horse can do in a day       D. what work one horse can do as much as possible

4. Which is not true? ______.

A. Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute

B. Watt decided to make the world’s first widely used horse engine

C. He wanted to find a way to tell people exactly how powerful his engine was

D. He wanted to measure the work his engine could do

5. The best headline for the article is ______.

A. Horsepower                                       B. Watt’s steam engine

C. A ten-horsepower engine                             D. The beginning of horsepower

B

Mrs. Allen’s husband died ten years ago when her son and daughter were still in high school. Mr. Allen had left some money, and since Mrs. Allen had managed a bookstore before she was married, she took the money and bought a shop in town. Later she moved the shop out to the shopping center.

She was a pleasant woman; she worked hard and was well-informed about books, and so the bookstore prospered(生意兴隆) and she was able to hire a friend to help her.

Laura Barnes, Mrs. Allen’s friend and assistant, was also a widow. She had some free time and the need for a little extra-money, and so she took the job in the bookstore. She was too clever and friendly, and the two women were well-known in the neighbourhood as “Mrs. A” and “Mrs. B”

6. How many people in all were there in the two women’s families? ______.

A. At least 8                B. At least 7             C. At least 6             D. At least 4

7. The bookstore prospered ______.

A. after Mrs. Allen lost control of it

B. before Mrs. A got to know Mrs. B

C. because the two women had little housework to do

D. because Mrs. A became expert at management and threw herself into it

8. Why did Mrs. A hire Mrs. B? ______.

A. Mrs. B asked for very little pay

B. She believed that Mrs. B was the very person to help her to improve management

C. Mrs. B was a friend of hers

D. She was also that kind of woman like her

9. Which of the following is true? ______.

A. Mrs. A set up her bookshop in the shopping center

B. Mr. Allen was dead but Mr. Barnes alive

C. Mrs. A managed to set another bookstore with Mrs. B

D. The two children of Mrs. A were of the same age

C

Jee Hock and Meng Kim were very good friends. Jee Hock could not see. He was blind. Meng Kim could not walk. He was lame. They lived in a village near a forest. Everyone in the village was going to a rich man’s dinner on the other side of the forest. Jee Hock and Meng Kim were anxious to attend the dinner too.

Blind Jee Hock thought of a plan. He would carry Meng Kim. The lame man could tell him the way. Meng Kim said that the plan was a good one.

On the way through the forest, Meng Kim saw a tiger. He did not tell Jee Hock about it. Instead, he quietly asked Jee Hock to carry him to the nearest tree. Upon reaching an over banging branch, Meng kim quickly hauled himself up.

Then the tiger roared. Jee Hock at once knew a tiger was near. He lay down quietly. The tiger came to him and sniffed his body. The tiger’s whiskers touched Jee Hock’s nose. At once Jee Hock sneezed, “Ah choooooo!” The tiger was afraid and ran away.

Then Meng Kim came down from the tree. He asked Jee Hock about the tiger. Jee Hock said that the tiger had told him to choose his friends wisely.

10. Jee Hock and Meng Kim were good ______.

A. men                     B. tigers                 C. friends              D. brothers

11. They decided to go to ______.

A. a picnic                  B. a dinner               C. a party              D. the cinema

12. When Meng Kim saw the tiger, he ______.

A. shouted loudly                                    B. did not tell Jee Hock about it

C. quickly climbed up a tree                           D. lay down quietly

13. Jee Hock knew the tiger was near. He ______.

A. went to sleep                                             B. cried

C. sat down and waited                              D. lay down quietly

14. Jee Hock sneezed because the tiger’s whiskers ______.

A. hurt him                                         B. was very long

C. cut his nose                                     D. touched his nose

V)、学唱一首英文歌曲。利用暑假时间学会唱一首英文歌曲，并把英文歌词写下来与大家分享。

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(答案：

单词拼写

1. amusing       2. ahead        3. vary          4. stage               5. achievements

6. sections       7. cartoons       8. imagination      9. designer          10. handbag

用所给单词和短语的正确形式填空

1. taken place      2. In other words         3. stands for       4. torn down       5. in danger

6. is made from          7. made fun of     8. in fact            9. is famous for    10. cottages

单项选择

1-5 CABCC         6-10 CBDCA       11-15 BBBCB

阅读理解

1-5 CCBBD          6-9 DDBA          10-14 CBCDD)

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