look at these pictures and talk with your partners using thes keypoints:

keypoints:

watch TV, very late, sleep, classroom, exam, test, don't pass the exam...

四、阅读理解

    It was Jimmy’s birthday, and he was five years old. He got a lot of nice birthday presents from his family, and one of them was a beautiful drum(鼓). "Who gave him that thing?" Jimmy’s father said when he saw it. "His grandfather did, "answered Jimmy’s mother.
Jimmy liked his drum very much. He made a terrible(可怕的) noise with it , but his father didn’t mind . He was working during the day and Jimmy was already in bed when he got home in the evening, so he couldn’t hear the noise.
But one of the neighbors didn’t like the noise at all, so a few days later, she took a sharp knife and went to Jimmy’s house while he was hitting his drum.

She said to him, "Hello, Jimmy, there is something very nice inside your drum. Here is a knife. Open the drum and let’s find it."

1. Jimmy got a lot of nice presents from his ________.
A. classmates B. friends C. teachers D. family
2. Who gave Jimmy the drum?________.
A. His father B. His mother C. His neighbor D. His grandfather
3. Why didn’t Jimmy’s father stop him from making noise with the drum? Because________.
A. he liked Jimmy very much
B. he didn’t hear it
C. Jimmy was in bed
D. Jimmy only played in the evening
4. One of the neighbors________.
A. liked Jimmy very much
B. enjoyed listening to the sound of the drum
C. wanted to show Jimmy a sharp knife
D. didn’t like the noise at all
5. What did Jimmy’s neighbor really want him to do? To________.
A. stop him making noises
B. make a noise on his drum with a knife
C. show him how to hit the drum
D. find something nice in his drum

    Mr Evans works in Sydney. Last week he had a two-week holiday, but he didn't know where to go. He said to his friend Robert, "I hate the hot weather here, but I can't think of a cool place in Australia. Where shall I take my-holiday?""That's easy," said Robert, "You can go to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the ground there now. "
Mr Evans agreed with his friend. He bought a plane ticket and soon arrived in Moscow. He was having a good time there, but one day he got into trouble . After lunch, he went to a park outside the city. He noticed a dog following him when he was walking past a house. It was hungry and wanted some food to eat. But Mr Evans had no food in his pockets. He tried to shoo it away, but it began to bark at him. Just at that moment, he saw a stone on the ground. He tried to pick it up, but he couldn't.
" How strange these Russians are! " Mr Evans said to himself, "They do not tie up their dogs, but firmly（牢牢地）tie down the stones!"

根据短文内容选择正确答案。
6、Mr Evans is______
A. American B. Russian C. Australian D. Chinese
7、 Mr Evans didn't like the＿ in Australia.
A. hot weather B. cool weather C. rainy weather D. cold weather
8、 Mr Evans went to Moscow_______
A. by train B. by bus C. by air D.. on foot
9、The word "bark" means“_______
A．跳． B．叫 C．追 D．咬
10、 Mr Evans couldn't pick up the stone because______
A. it was too cold B. it was too heavy
C. the Russians tied their stones to the ground D. it was not a stone

listen and answer:

1.What do you know about the universe?

Scientists think that there has been life on Earth for millions of years. However, we haven't found life on other planets yet. Why not?

The Earth is a planet and it goes around the Sun. Seven other planets also go around the Sun. None of them has an environment with air, so people and things cannot grow. The Sun and its planets are called the solar system. The solar system is a small part of our galaxy. 
The stars we see at night are the suns in other solar systems. There are more than 200 billion stars in our galaxy, called the Milky Way, and our Sun is only one of them.

But scientists have discovered many other galaxies in the universe. They are a long way away and their light has travelled for many years to reach us. It is hard to understand how large the universe is.

Scientists have sent lots of spacecraft to look at other planets in our solar system , and some spacecraft have gone beyond the solar system. However, no one has discovered any life in space yet.

But why has no one from other planets sent us a message? Have they tried to send information to us? With so many stars in the universe, are we alone, or is there life out there in space? We don't know ... yet.