Mr．a(chǎn)nd Mrs．Brown have two children, Mike and Liz．The whole family are all busy, so they often leave notes（便條） for each other．Read these four notes of today and answer the following questions.

(　 )61. When will Liz be back home?

A. At 3:30 p.m.　　 B. At 4:00 p.m. 　C. At 5:00 p.m.　　 D. At 9:00 p.m

(　 )62. Who should walk the dog today?

A. Liz.　　　　　 B. Mrs. Brown.　 C. Mike.　　　　　 D. Mr. Brown.

(　 )63. What is Mike doing at 6:50 pm?

A. Practicing football.　　　　　　　　 B. Going to Donna's house.

C. playing tennis.　　　　　　　　 　　　　 D. Doing his homework.

(　 )64. Where can Mike find his tennis shoes?

A. In his bedroom.　　　　　　　　　　 B. Outside the back door.

C. In the living room.　　　　　　　　　 D. At Donna' s house.

(　 )65. According to the notes, Teddy may be ___________.

A. Mike' s mother　　　　　　　　　　 B. Mike' s brother

C. Mike' s football coach　　　　　　　 D. the dog in the family

We got up late as usual．My husband decided to water the flowers in the garden    41    

leaving, and when he discovered that he couldn’t manage（處理）by   42   , he asked me for help at the last moment．   43   now we had an hour to get to the airport．   44   , there were not many cars or buses on the road and we were able to get there just in time．We checked in and went to a big hall to   45   our flight to be called．We waited and waited but no announcement was made．In the end there was an announcement   46   us that passengers could get a free meal．The plane hadn’t left Spain for technical problems．We waited again for a long time until late evening   47   we were asked to spend the night in a nearby hotel．

The next morning after a   48   night because of all the planes taking off and landing, we returned to the   49  ．Guess what had happened while we were asleep! Our plane had arrived and taken off again．All the other passengers had been   50   in the night to catch the plane, but for some reason or other we had been forgotten． You can imagine how we felt．

1．A． after                       B． until               C． before                  D． since  

2．A． herself                    B． himself           C． itself                    D． themselves

3．A． So                          B． Unless            C． Although              D． Because 

4．A． Friendly                  B． Luckily           C． Terribly                D． Possibly

5．A． look after                B． wait in            C． look at                 D． wait for

6．A． agreeing                  B． telling             C． asking                  D． shocking

7．A． where                     B． which             C． when                   D． what

8．A． bad                         B． good              C． dangerous            D． interesting

9．A． home                      B． hotel               C． station                 D． airport

10．A． woken up              B． paid for          C． given up               D． agreed with

　　Our world is getting smaller and smaller. We can fly around the world in less than 50 hours. The newest planes go 600 miles an hour. You can have breakfast in Beijing and supper in Paris. But before people had to take a lot longer. Magellan's（麥哲倫）men were the first to make that trip. It took them more than two years by ship. On September 20,1519,he left Spain with five ships and 240 men. He was killed on the Philippine Islands. More than two years later, on December 21,1521, one of the five ships with only 31 men returned to Spain.

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A．He told people that the earth was round after he came back to Spain.

B．He died during his trip.

C．The king of Spain made him a high officer when he was back.

D．He returned to Spain after two years.

　　But before people had to take a lot longer. Magellan's（麥哲倫）men were the first to make that trip. It took them more than two years by ship. On September 20, 1519, he left Spain with five ships and 240 men. He was killed on the Philippine Islands. More than two years later, on December 21, 1521, one of the five ships with only 31 men returned to Spain.

A．He told people that the earth was round after he came back to Spain.

B．He died during his trip.

C．The king of Spain made him a high officer when he was back.

D．He returned to Spain after two years.

In 1961 Obama was born in Hawaii, US. His father is an African and his mother is a white American. He grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii.
When Obama was 10 years old, he was one of only three black students at his school in Hawaii. He felt very different from most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair. A white boy even asked him what his father was.
“I lied to them that my father was a Kenyan prince（王子）. But I kept asking myself who I am,” said Obama.
However, 37 years later, the boy made history. Obama became the first black president（總統(tǒng)） in US history.
This unusual background（背景） made him wonder who he was. He once turned to alcohol (酒) to help forget this question.
With the help of his friends, Obama finally turned his life around at college. His hard work made him a star at Harvard. Later, he became only the third black senator (參議員) in US history.
“Obama’s success has made Martin Luther King’s dream come true. That is: A man should not be judged （判斷）by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character,” wrote ABC news.
(   ) 6 Obama was born in _______________.
A Britain      B America      C Kenya        D Indonesia
(   ) 7 There was/were _______black students besides Obama at the school where he studied when he was ten.
A no           B one              C two          D three
(   ) 8 Obama became the first black president in US history when he was ______.
A 37            B 40                C 47           D 50
(   ) 9 Which of the following is true?
A Obama’s father was a Kenyan prince.
B Obama once forgot who his father was with the help of alcohol.
C Obama was so dishonest when he was young that nobody believed him.
D Obama changed his college life because of his friends’ help and his hard work
(   ) 10 From the passage we can see that____________.