Q: Todd lived in a town outside the city . Unlike the city the town was peaceful and quiet and full of trees, flowers and animals. One day his dad came in from work and said "Come on, son, I'm going to take you to the city." Todd was very exited so he put on his shoes and ran to the car. When they got to the city Todd was very surprised there were so many cars and people, everyone seemed to be in a hurry. There were no trees, no flowers, and no animals. Todd was so happy to get back home. When his mom asked him about his trip to the city Todd said,"There's no place like home."

Answer the following questions:
1. What type of place did Todd live in?
2. Located where?
3. How did he get to the automobile?
4. Why did he run?
5. What did he have do to get ready?
6. What is the biggest difference between where lived and where he would be visiting?
7. Why was it peaceful?
8. What else?
9. What about the city?
10. What was there instead?
11. How did he feel about that?
12. How else?
13. What was his impression of the people there?
14. How did he feel about leaving the city?
15. Why?
A: 1. a town
2. outside the city
3. he ran
4. Todd was very exited
5. he put on his shoes
6. the town was peaceful
7. it was quiet
8. full of trees
9. There were no trees
10. many cars and people
11. Unhappy
12. surprised
13. everyone seemed to be in a hurry
14. happy
15. There's no place like home
Q: How do you usually celebrate your birthday? Playing a soccer game may not be your first choice. But Lu Han, the former EXO singer, did just that and showed has an unusual side of him. Lu Han celebrated his 25th birthday by playing a soccer game with players from Beijing No.47 High School on April 19th in Beijing, a day before his birthday. He scored three goals in the game. Lu Han has often shown on Weibo that he is a big soccer fan and his favorite soccer team is Manchester United. He said more than once that he used to dream of becoming a professional soccer player. So what was Lu Han's performance like on the pitch ?Fan Zhiyi, the former captain of the Chinese national soccer team, played with Lu Han in a friendly match in 2013. He thought that Lu Han is a top amateur player. ,A, B, C, D.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was a singer?
2. With what band?
3. Did he play basketball with someone?
4. What game did he play?
5. Was it an ordinary day?
6. What day was it?
7. Is the team from Bejing his favorite?
8. What team is?
9. How many goals did he score?
10. Who is Fan Zhiyi?
11. What did Lu used to want to be?
A: 1. Lu Han
2. EXO
3. No.
4. a soccer game.
5. No.
6. his 25th birthday.
7. No.
8. Manchester United.
9. three goals.
10. The former captain of the Chinese national soccer team
11. a professional soccer player.
Q: Johnson went to Penquay for the weekend. He arrived there late on Friday evening. The landlady of the guest house, Mrs. Smith, answered the door and showed him to his room. Johnson was very tired and went straight to bed. He slept well and didn't wake up until nine o'clock the next morning.

Johnson went downstairs for breakfast. Because there were no other guests, Mrs. Smith invited him to have breakfast with her family. Her only daughter, Catherine, about 13, was already sitting in the dining-room. Mrs. Smith went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Johnson noticed there were four places at the table and asked Catherine if there was another guest. Catherine told him that it was an empty place. And it used to be her father's place. Her father had been a fisherman. Three years before he had gone out in his boat, and had never returned. Her mother always kept that place for him and made his breakfast every morning. Catherine showed him his photo on the wall. Johnson said nothing, but looked very puzzled . At that moment Mrs. Smith returned. She served four cups of tea, and put one in the empty place. Looking at the empty chair, Johnson was more puzzled.

Suddenly, Johnson heard footsteps outside the door and a tall man with a black beard walked into the room. Johnson looked scared. It was the man in the photo. He jumped up and ran out of the room. The man asked, "What's the matter?" Catherine said, "I don't know. He's a guest from London. He's here because a tall man with a black beard tried to kill him." "Catherine," the man said, "have you been telling stories again?" "Stories, father? Me?" the girl laughed.

Answer the following questions:
1. What color was the tall man's beard?
2. Did he skip into the room?
3. Was Johnson fearful of him?
4. Where had Johnson seen the man before?
5. Where had Johnson traveled from?
6. What was the man's daughter's name?
7. How old is she?
8. What's her last name?
9. Does she enjoy telling stories?
10. How many empty places were at the table?
11. What's Catherine's father do for a living?
12. Has he ever skinned the whole crew of a boat and wore their skins as clothing?
13. How many years ago had he go out in his boat and not returned since?
14. What did Cath's mother keep for him?
15. What drink did they all have for breakfast?
16. When did Johnson arrive in Penquay?
17. Who was the person to open the door?
18. Was Johnson in the mood to party?
19. What did he do instead?
20. When did he wake up the next morning?
A:
1. black
2. walked
3. Yes.
4. In the photo.
5. London
6. Catherine
7. About 13
8. Smith
9. Yes
10. One
11. Fisherman
12. unknown
13. Three
14. The place at the table
15. tea
16. Friday
17. Mrs. Smith
18. No
19. Went to bed.
20. 9 o'clock