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  You probably know that some English words came from French.

  One interesting thing is that when we talk 1 meat on our table we use English words. 2 example, a pig 3 pig when it is 4 , but when it is killed and its meat is brought to the table, it is called pork. Cattle are called cattle when they are raised 5 the field, but at the dinner table, we call the meat 6 .

  When the Normans ruled England, the English peasants 7 to raise animals for food, but they 8 could not buy the meat. The meat was sent to the Norman tables. The peasants could only eat rabbits, because rabbits ran all over their fields and rabbit meat was cheap. So the meat of rabbit was not changed 9 a French word. It was called rabbit by the English peasants of that time and is 10 called rabbit today.

1.

[  ]

A.about
B.to
C.with
D.of

2.

[  ]

A.From
B.For
C.As
D.To

3.

[  ]

A.is calling
B.calls
C.is called
D.call

4.

[  ]

A.dead
B.dying
C.living
D.hungry

5.

[  ]

A.to
B.in
C.on
D.at

6.

[  ]

A.beef
B.pork
C.rabbit
D.meat

7.

[  ]

A.were ordered
B.are ordered
C.ordered
D.was ordered

8.

[  ]

A.themself
B.themselves
C.theirselves
D.theirs

9.

[  ]

A.to
B.in
C.into
D.about

10.

[  ]

A.usually
B.still
C.yet
D.already
答案:A;B;C;C;B;A;A;B;C;B
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  Mark Twain, the famous American writer, liked to play jokes on others. But once a joke 1 on him. One day Mark Twain was invited 2 a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man, one of his friends.

  The young man said that he had an uncle 3 him. He told Mark Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled, and that nobody and nothing 4 make his uncle smile or laugh.

  “You bring your uncle to my talk tonight,”said Mark Twain.“I'm sure I can make him laugh.”

  That evening the young man and his uncle sat 5 the front. Mark Twain began to speak. He told 6 funny stories. This made everyone in the room laugh.

  But the old man never even smiled. Mark Twain 7 more funny stories, but the old man still kept 8 . Mark Twain told his funnest stories. Finally he stopped. He was tired and quite disappointed.

  Some days later, Mark Twain told another friend of his about what 9 .

  “Oh,”said this friend,“I know that old man. He's been deaf(聋的) 10 years.”

1.

[  ]

A.was playing
B.played
C.was played
D.has been played

2.

[  ]

A.give
B.to give
C.gave
D.giving

3.

[  ]

A.of
B.like
C.for
D.with

4.

[  ]

A.was able to
B.were able to
C.can
D.could not

5.

[  ]

A.at
B.in
C.onto
D.to

6.

[  ]

A.several
B.little
C.few
D.much

7.

[  ]

A.spoke
B.talked
C.said
D.told

8.

[  ]

A.quiet
B.silence
C.interested
D.sleeping

9.

[  ]

A.had happened
B.has happened
C.had been happened
D.have been happened

10.

[  ]

A.with
B.of
C.in
D.for

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There was once an officer who had a young clever but 1 servant(用人). Once it 2 a lot during the 3 and the roads were still muddy(泥泞的) in the morning. The servant was eating his 4 when the officer saw his boots 5 . So he called his 6 and said to him,“I am going for a ride this morning, but my 7 have not been cleaned yet.”

  “Sir,”replied(回答) the servant very 8 ,“It rained a lot last night, and there is much 9 on the road now.”

  “Yes,”answered the officer,“I agree, but what has that to do with my boots?”

  “Well, sir,”explained the servant,“if I clean them now, they will get dirty quickly again. So it is a waste(消费) of time to clean them.”

  “Then you don't have to have your breakfast,”said the officer.

  “Why?”asked the servant.

  “It is a waste of time to eat your breakfast because you will be 10 again in a few hours' time.”

1.

[  ]

A.lazy
B.handsome
C.interesting
D.hardworking

2.

[  ]

A.snowed
B.rained
C.was cold
D.was windy

3.

[  ]

A.day
B.morning
C.night
D.afternoon

4.

[  ]

A.lunch
B.supper
C.dinner
D.breakfast

5.

[  ]

A.uncleaned
B.clean
C.nice
D.wet

6.

[  ]

A.wife
B.servant
C.daughter
D.son

7.

[  ]

A.clothes
B.glasses
C.boots
D.horses

8.

[  ]

A.happily
B.angrily
C.excitedly
D.politely

9.

[  ]

A.mud
B.rain
C.water
D.snow

10.

[  ]

A.tired
B.hungry
C.busy
D.thirsty

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