The New Year’s Eve party was going on when the bell rang. A tall man opened the door and came in. Nobody knew him, but the host went over and took him in. The man sat there happily for an hour and drunk. Then he said, “invited me to this party。I don’t know you, or anyone else here. My wife and I wanted to go out in our car, but one of your friend’s cars was in front of our gate, so I came here to find him, and my wife is still waiting in our car!”



1.       When did the story happen?



A At 7:00   B In December   C On New Year’s Eve   D When the bell rang



2.       The “bell” here means the _____.



A time bell   B doorbell   C church bell   D bell for class



3.       The host went to meet and took him in because he took the tall man for ____.






A one of his friends      B his brother



C his classmate          D his teacher



4.       The tall man’s wife waited in the car for _____.



A a long time   B two hours   C a half hour   D an hour



5.       At last, the host might be a little_____.



A happy   B surprised   C worried    D afraid






The population count in China has ended. Population counters now will spend the next few weeks examining the count to make sure it is correct. The final count is expected to be announced by the end of August. 5000,000 census takes have spent the past ten days talking to members of every family in China. They have collected information on age, employment, educational level of every person in China. China’s population is believed to be 1000,000,000 people. This is about 20% of all the people in the world.



1.       This passage is ___.



A a letter   B a piece of news   C a story   D a diary
2.       By the end of August, the population counters_____.



A are talking to members of every family



B will begin the census   C only have finished the count



D will be able to have the final conut

3.       It will take them____ to examine the count.



A about three weeks     B about ten days



C about a year          D about several months



4.       1000,000,000 means_____.
A one thousand million     B one million



C one billion            D ten billion



5.       The population count in China is ______.
A busy and dangerous     B difficult and slow



C pleased and interesting    D important and careful

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