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1、Name _ Score_/40Part one:Passage one: Words: 169 Readability: 4.7Saving Stamps for Fun Do you ever send letters to your friends? Before you mail a letter, you must put a stamp on the envelope. But some people save stamps instead of putting them on letters. These people are called stamp collectors. S
2、tamp collectors save stamps for many reasons. Many people collect stamps just because stamps are pretty. Some stamps have pictures of birds and animals on them. Other stamps have pictures of great people. Stamps can be many shapes, too. Some stamps look like triangles or stars. One country even make
3、s a stamp shaped like a banana. Other people save old stamps. Old stamps sometimes are worth a lot of money. Stamps with mistakes on them are worth a lot of money, too. People who save these kinds of stamps may spend a thousand dollars to buy just one stamp! But collecting stamps doesnt have to cost
4、 you too much money. When you get a letter, you can save the stamp on the envelope. Then you will be a stamp collector, too.A. Another good title for this passage is _ (1)a) Stamps Are Fun to Saveb) Stars and Trianglesc) Many LettersB. Underline the right answers.(1)Stamp collectors save (letters, s
5、tamps). Some stamps with (milkshakes, mistakes) on them are worth a lot of money.C. Answer questions with complete sentences. (3)1. What are on some stamps to make them pretty?_2. Who are stamp collectors?_3. How do we collect stamps without spending a lot of money?_Passage two: Words: 225 Readabili
6、ty: 3.8The Wise Monkey and the Ogre Once in India, there was a magic forest. In the middle of the lake in this forest lived a terrible ogre. Whenever any animal tried to drink from the lake, the ogre would jump out and gobble the animal up.One day a band of monkeys came to the forest. Their leader w
7、as a wise old monkey who knew about the ogre. So he warned the others, “If he catches you, he will eat you. Dont drink any water from the lake until I tell you it is safe.” The monkeys listened to their leader. They grew very thirsty, but they stood back from the lake. Then the wise old monkey went
8、near the lake and waited to see if the ogre would appear. When the ogre saw the old monkey, he stuck his head out of the water and said, “Come down to the water and drink.”“No,” said the monkey. “If I come to the water, you will eat me.” “Yes,” said the ogre. “But there is no other water in the fore
9、st. Soon you and your friends will have to come here to drink. Then I will eat you all.” The old monkey thought and thought. Then he saw some long hollow reeds growing near the lake. He picked the reeds and gave them to the other monkeys. Each monkey put one end of the reed in its mouth and the othe
10、r end in the water. Then the monkeys sucked the water through the reeds and gave them to the other monkeys. So they stayed away from the lake and still drank their fill. The ogre was so furious when he saw this; he disappeared into the lake with a roar. And none of the monkeys ever saw him again.A.
11、Number the events below in the order that they happened. (0.5*4)_ The wise monkey waited for the ogre._ The ogre disappeared with a roar._ The monkeys drank through hollow reeds._ The ogre said he would eat all the monkeys.B. Fill in the blanks with the correct words or phrases. (0.5*4)Once in _ (wh
12、ere), there was a magic forest. In the middle of the forest was a lake that was the home of a terrible ogre. _ (when) a band of monkeys came to the forest. The wise old monkey went to the lake and waited _ (why).When the monkeys drank through the hollow reeds, _ (who) disappeared with a roar.C. Answ
13、er the question in complete sentence. (1)1) What would the ogre do if an animal wanted to drink from the lake?_% Correct _ =Mastery of Level_(Yes/No)Part two: Passage one: Words: 292 Readability: 3.9When the Sun Went AwayLong ago, people believed the sun goddess and the god of night were sister and
14、brother. The sun goddess made everything grow, so the people loved her. But the god of night brought wicked spirits to harm the land, and the people feared him.Soon the god of night grew jealous of his sister. He wanted her to go away so that he could keep the earth dark forever. Then, he thought of a plan. One day, he crept into the sun goddess room with a big bag. When he opened the bag, a huge snake crawled out and wound itself around the sun goddess chair. She was so frightened that she ran into a cave and would not come out
