After a serious earthquake happened, a father left his wife safely at home and rushed to his son’s school, only to find that the building where his son studied had collapsed and looked like a pancake．
He was shocked．He didn’t know what he should do for a while, then he remembered the words he had said to his son, “No matter what happens, I’ll always be there for you! ”And tears began to fill his eyes．He started digging through the ruins(
废墟)．
As he was digging, other helpless parents and the firemen arrived and tried to pull him off the ruins, saying, “It’s too late! They’re all dead! There’s nothing you can do! ” To them he replied with one line, “Are you going to help me now?” And then he kept on digging．
No one helped, however．He went on alone because he needed to know for himself：“Is my boy alive or is he dead? ” He dug for eight hours…12 hours…24 hours…36 hours…then, in the 39th hour, he pulled back a rock and heard his son’s words．He shouted his son’s name, “ARMAND!” He heard back, “Dad!?! It’s me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry．I told them that if you were alive, you’d save me and when you saved me, they’d be saved．You promised, ‘No matter what happens, I’ll always be there for you!’ You did it, Dad! ”
“What’s going on in there? How is it? ” the father asked．
“There are 14 of us left out of 33, Dad．We’re frightened, hungry, thirsty and thankful you’re here．When the building fell down, it made a triangle(
三角), and it saved us．”
“Come out, boy!”
“No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, because I know you’ll get me! No matter what happens, I know you’ll always be there for me!”
(1)
The underlined word “collapsed” probably means “_______”．
[ ]
A．
break down
B．
shake away
C．
stand by
D．
fall into
(2)
Who came to help the father when he was digging?
[ ]
A．
His wife．
B．
Other parents．
C．
The firemen．
D．
No one．
(3)
Other parents and the firemen wanted to pull him off the ruins because they thought．
[ ]
A．
he was mad
B．
all the children had died in the earthquake
C．
he was too dangerous to others
D．
it was not his job to dig
(4)
How many students were already dead when the father found them in the ruins?
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A．
Fourteen．
B．
Thirty-three．
C．
Forty-seven．
D．
Nineteen．
(5)
We can learn from the passage that．
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A．
it took the father one day to find his son and other students
B．
his wife died in the earthquake
C．
his son was the last one to come out of the ruins
D．
the son didn’t believe his father would come to save him
Sack was seven years old，and his sister was five．One day their mother took them to their uncle's to play when she went to the big city to buy some new clothes．
The Children played for an hour，and then at half past four，their uncle took Jack to the kitchen(厨房)．He gave him a nice cake and a knife and said，"Now here is a knife，Jack．Cut(切) this cake in half and give one of the pieces to your sister，but remember to do this like a gentleman．""Like a gentleman?"Jack said．“How does a gentleman do it?""They always give bigger one to the other persons"，answered his uncle at once．Jack thought about this for a few seconds．Then he took the cake to his sister and said．"Cut this cake in half,Mary．"
(1)
Jack was __________ than his sister．
A．seven years older
B．two year elder
C．two years older
D．two years younger
[ ]
(2)
Their mother __________．
A．want to the big city to buy hew shoes
B．went to get some shoes
C．went to the big city to buy some new clothes
D．went to see their uncle and then went home
[ ]
(3)
Jack and his sister got to his uncle's at __________.
A．three B．half past three
C．four D．half past four
[ ]
(4)
What did Jack do after thinking abut his uncle's words?
A．Jack cut the cake into halves．
B．Jack cut the cake in half and gave the bigger one to his sister．
C．Jack didn't cut the cake and gave the knife to Mary．
D．Jack didn't cut the cake and gave the knife to his uncle.
Jack is a twenty-year-old young man．Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop．Usually he works until ten o’clock in the evening．He is very tired when he gets home．After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep．His grandma who lives downstairs is pleased with him．
One day, on his way home, he met his friend Mary．They were both happy．He asked the girl to his house, and she agreed happily．He bought some fruit and drinks for her．And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future．They talked for a long time．
“Have a look at your watch, please,”said the girl．“What time is it now?”
“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,”said Jack．“Where’s yours?”
“I left it at home．”
Jack thought for a moment and found a way．He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The sound woke his grandma up．The old woman shouted downstairs, “It’s twelve o’clock in the night, Jack．Why are you still jumping upstairs?”
(1)
Jack was ________ when he finished middle school．
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A．
sixteen
B．
eighteen
C．
twenty
D．
fifteen
(2)
The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________．
[ ]
A．
he’s her grandson
B．
he’s clever
C．
he can keep quiet
D．
he gets home on time
(3)
From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack’s ________．
[ ]
A．
classmate
B．
colleague (同事)
C．
aunt
D．
wife
(4)
The word “stamp” in the story means ________ in Chinese．
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A．
盖印
B．
跺
C．
贴邮票
D．
承认
(5)
Jack stamped his foot on the floor inorderto (为了)________．
