One day, Tomas Jefferson, the president of the USA, was crossing a river with a group of travelers. The river was overflowing its banks. So it was very dangerous to cross it on a horse. Each man was fighting for his life! Then another traveler came and he wanted to cross it, too. But he didn’t have a horse. He watched the group and then asked Jefferson to take him. Jefferson agreed immediately. The man climbed on. After they were both safe to the other side of the river, someone asked the man, “Why did you ask present for help? Did you know him?” The man was shocked because he didn’t know Jefferson was the president. “All I know,” he said, “on some of your faces were written the answer NO, but there was the answer YES on his face.”
【小题1】Who was Tomas Jefferson?
A. He was a businessman.        B. He was a teacher.
C. He was a captain.            D. He was the president of the USA.
【小题2】How did they cross the river?
A.In a boat.B.On their horses.
C.By swimming.D.By building a bridge.
【小题3】When the group were crossing the river, ________.
A.water was flowing out of the river
B.it was windy and very cold
C.there were many empty boats in the river
D.everyone wrote a word on the face
【小题4】At last, __________.
A.both Jefferson and the man were safe to cross the river
B.only Jefferson crossed the river
C.only the man crossed the river
D.Jefferson’s horse died
【小题5】From the passage, we know that _________.
A.all the travelers were kindB.Jefferson was helpful
C.nobody knew the presidentD.the man gave Jefferson some money

It is not easy for people to sail (航海) around the world in quite small boats. Sometimes the weather gets bad. Accidents can happen easily and quickly.
One family once had an accident. A big fish swam under their boat and bit holes in it. Sea water came in and the boat soon went down. Luckily these people had another small boat——a lifeboat, so they all got into the lifeboat. They lived in the boat for many days. They ate and slept, and always hoped. At last people in a ship saved them.
How do people live in a very small lifeboat for a long time? They must be strong in every way, they must have a hope, and they must have a strong desire(愿望)to live. People cannot drink seawater. If they drink a lot of sea water, they will quickly die. They must catch rainwater and drink it. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Lifeboats do not often carry cookers. So people can not cook their food in the lifeboats. Raw (生的) fish and birds are not very nice but they are their only food. They must eat raw food, or they will die.
【小题1】When the boat sank (下沉), the lifeboat gave the people _______.

A.foodB.bedsC.rainwaterD.hope
【小题2】One family once had an accident at sea, because _______.
A.their boat met bad weatherB.their boat hit a big rock and it was broken
C.nobody knew how to sailD.a fish bit holes in their boat
【小题3】 People can catch _______ for food and drink at sea in a lifeboat.
A. fish and birds                    B rainwater
C. both sea water and rainwater        D. both A and B
【小题4】From the article (文章) we can know that ______.
A.It’s not interesting to sail around the world.
B.Fish in the sea are so dangerous.
C.we must have a strong desire(愿望)to live when we are in danger.
D.Nobody knows when we will die.


At two o’clock a bank robber stole in. “This is a hold-up,” the man said loudly. He took a gun from under his jacket, pointing to George. “Hand it over!” George reached into his money-box and took all the bills from the top part --- close to six thousand dollars. The robber took them and turned to leave. Then, while everyone watched the robber, George calmly lifted the top part of the money-box, took bills from the bottom part and put them into his own pocket secretly. The door was shut and the bank robber was gone. George fainted(晕倒). As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door, George counted the money. He had eight thousand dollars. He was very happy.
The next morning, while the others were checking the bank’s records, George was asked to go to Mr. Burrow’s office and was introduced to Mr. Carruthers, who used to be president of the bank.
  “Good morning, George, I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our small bank can be robbed, too. I have retired (退休), but I am always thinking of our bank. That’s why I played my little game yesterday, just to keep everyone on his toes(趾). Now, I have put the money back in your money-box all six thousand.”
【小题1】 Which of the following do you think is TRUE?

A.George wanted to protect the money for the bank.
B.George had been thinking of taking money away.
C.This bank had been robbed several times.
D.Nobody knew the bank would be robbed that day.
【小题2】Why was George asked to go to Mr. Burrow’s office?
A.His stealing money was known to all.
B.Mr. Burrow wanted to say sorry to him.
C.Mr. Carruthers wanted to explain the whole thing to him.
D.Mr. Burrow wanted to tell him the money had been put back.
【小题3】 In this article “to keep everyone on his toes” means _________.
A.to make everyone work hard
B.to keep everyone standing straight
C.to make everyone do a kind of exercise
D.to keep everyone preparing for the coming danger
【小题4】 Which sentence can be used to end this story?
A.George turned cold with fear.
B.George turned red with anger(愤怒).
C.George was pleased with the end.
D.George was excited with the end.

One day, Tomas Jefferson, the president of the USA, was crossing a river with a group of travelers. The river was overflowing its banks. So it was very dangerous to cross it on a horse. Each man was fighting for his life! Then another traveler came and he wanted to cross it, too. But he didn’t have a horse. He watched the group and then asked Jefferson to take him. Jefferson agreed immediately. The man climbed on. After they were both safe to the other side of the river, someone asked the man, “Why did you ask present for help? Did you know him?” The man was shocked because he didn’t know Jefferson was the president. “All I know,” he said, “on some of your faces were written the answer NO, but there was the answer YES on his face.”

  1. 1.

    Who was Tomas Jefferson?

    1. A.
      He was a businessman.       
    2. B.
      He was a teacher.
    3. C.
      He was a captain.           
    4. D.
      He was the president of the US
  2. 2.

    How did they cross the river?

    1. A.
      In a boat.
    2. B.
      On their horses.
    3. C.
      By swimming.
    4. D.
      By building a bridge.
  3. 3.

    When the group were crossing the river, ________.

    1. A.
      water was flowing out of the river
    2. B.
      it was windy and very cold
    3. C.
      there were many empty boats in the river
    4. D.
      everyone wrote a word on the face
  4. 4.

    At last, __________.

    1. A.
      both Jefferson and the man were safe to cross the river
    2. B.
      only Jefferson crossed the river
    3. C.
      only the man crossed the river
    4. D.
      Jefferson’s horse died
  5. 5.

    From the passage, we know that _________.

    1. A.
      all the travelers were kind
    2. B.
      Jefferson was helpful
    3. C.
      nobody knew the president
    4. D.
      the man gave Jefferson some money

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