Harry is from London. But he is in China with his parents now. He is 13 years old. He is a student of Grade 7.

   Harry is a clever student. He works very hard. He is good at all his lessons. He says he likes Chinese best. He can speak some Chinese now. His teachers and classmates are all nice to him.

   Harry gets up at 6.20 on weekdays. He has his breakfast at home. Then he walks to school. His lessons begin at 7.50 every day. In the morning, they have four classes. Harry has lunch at school with his classmates. They have three classes in the afternoon. And school is over at 4.40.

   After school, Harry plays ball games in the playground. He goes home at about 5.30. He has supper with his parents every day. In the evening, he does his homework and watches TV. And then he goes to bed at 9.30.

   “I like living in China very much. The people here are friendly and the food is very nice. I like all the things here,” He says to his parents.

1.Which is Harry’s favourite subject?

A. English.         B. Chinese.       C. Maths.           D. Ball games.

2.When does Harry get up in the morning?

A. At 6.10.      　 B. At 7.15.       C. At 6.00.      　　 D. At 6.20.   

3. What does he like in China?

A. The people.      B. The food.     C. All the things.       D. We don’t know.

Harry is from London. But he is in China with his parents now. He is 13 years old. He is a student of Grade 7.
Harry is a clever student. He works very hard. He is good at all his lessons. He says he likes Chinese best. He can speak some Chinese now. His teachers and classmates are all nice to him.
Harry gets up at 6.20 on weekdays. He has his breakfast at home. Then he walks to school. His lessons begin at 7.50 every day. In the morning, they have four classes. Harry has lunch at school with his classmates. They have three classes in the afternoon. And school is over at 4.40.
After school, Harry plays ball games in the playground. He goes home at about 5.30. He has supper with his parents every day. In the evening, he does his homework and watches TV. And then he goes to bed at 9.30.
“I like living in China very much. The people here are friendly and the food is very nice. I like all the things here,” He says to his parents.

1. 1.

   Which is Harry’s favourite subject?

   1. A.
      English.
   2. B.
      Chinese.
   3. C.
      Maths.
   4. D.
      Ball games.
2. 2.

   When does Harry get up in the morning?

   1. A.
      At 6.10.
   2. B.
      At 7.15.
   3. C.
      At 6.00.
   4. D.
      At 6.20.
3. 3.

   What does he like in China?

   1. A.
      The people.
   2. B.
      The food.
   3. C.
      All the things.
   4. D.
      We don’t know.

What time is it? There are many ways you can find out   46  . You may have a watch on your wrist(手腕). You can look at the clock on the wall. You can listen to   47  or call a number on the telephone to get the time.

It has not always been easy to know the time. A long time ago people looked at the

  48   to tell the time. They could tell the time by looking at it in the sky:morning,noon or afternoon.

Around the year 1400, people began to use the hourglass(沙漏). It was made   49   glass with sand in it. It was wide at both ends, but  50   in the middle. The sand ran from one end to     51  in one hour. At the end of every hour people turned the glass over and  52  began to run again.

Hundreds of years later a machine called   53   was invented. After that people made small clocks so that they could bring them in their  54  . These pocket clocks were called watches. Then, during the First World War men   55  wearing their watches on their wrist. It was easier and faster to tell the time.

46. A. the people       B. the time         C. the man 

47. A. teacher          B. music            C. radio

48. A. sun              B. moon             C. earth 

49. A. of               B. in               C. by    

50. A. wide             B. short            C. narrow

51. A. other            B. the other        C. another

52. A. the time         B. the glass        C. the sand

53. A. radio            B. clock            C. watch 

54. A. pockets          B. bags             C. hands 

55. A. hated            B. stopped          C. started