When Abraham Lincoln was young, he worked in a store. One day a woman came into the store and bought some things. They added up to two dollars and six and a quarter cents.

The bill was paid, and the woman was satisfied. But the young storekeeper, not feeling quite sure about his calculations(计算), added up the things again. To his surprise, he found that it should have been but two dollars.

“I’ve made her pay six and a quarter cents more,” said young Abe, upset.

It was an unimportant thing, and many salespersons would forget it, but Abe was too careful for that.

The money must be paid back, he decided.

At night, he closed the store and walked to the home of his customer. He explained the matter, paid over the six and a quarter cents, and returned satisfied.

Here is another story of young Lincoln's strict honesty. A woman entered the store and asked for half a pound of tea. The young man weighed it out. This was the last sale of the day.

The next morning, when beginning his duties, Abe discovered a four-ounce weight on the scales(磅砰). It flashed upon him at once that he had used this in the sale last night, and so, of course, given his customer short weight. Many people would not have been much worried by this discovery. But Abe weighed out four ounces of the tea, shut up the store, and carried it to the customer. I think that the name, so often given in late times to President Lincoln, of “Honest Old Abe", was well deserved(应得的).

1.What did Abraham Lincoln use to he when he was young according to the passage?

A. A teacher. B. A farmer. C. A storekeeper. D. A president.

2.When young Abe found he made a wrong calculation, he ________.

A. tried to forget it B. paid over the money

C. felt it was unimportant D. gave hack the short weight

3.When did he find his mistake in the second story?

A. At the end of that day. B. In the middle of that day.

C. At the end of the next day. D. At the beginning of the next day.

4.What can we know from the second story?

A. Abe wasn't worried by this discovery.

B. Abe didn’t notice he put a four-ounce weight on the scales.

C. Abe gave the customer enough weight at last.

D. Abe gave his customer short weight on purpose.

5.We can know that Abe was ________ from the passage.

A. easy to get worried B. confident but careless

C. honest and responsible D. funny but well behaved

China’s manned space docking (对接) between Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and Tiangong-1 lab has achieved a complete success!

On June 29, 2012, China’s Shenzhou-9 spacecraft landed__________at the main landing area in northern China’s Inner Mongolia. Three astronauts who finished China’s first manned space docking mission returned to the__________on Friday morning.

The return capsule (舱) of Shenzhou-9 spacecraft touched down successfully as planned.

The astronauts were in good condition.__________the astronauts were in the capsule, they reported to the command centre, “We have returned, and we feel______________.” Jing Haipeng was the first to come out of the return capsule,__________by Liu Wang and Liu Yang who is the country’s first woman astronaut. The three flew to Beijing after__________physical examinations at the landing site.

On June 24, the three Chinese astronauts successfully completed a manual (手动) docking

___________the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and Tiangong-1 lab. The success is very__________for the

country’s plans to build a space station around 2020.

The spacecraft and space lab were joined in an automated (自动的) docking on June 18, after the three astronauts were__________space by Shenzhou-9 on June 16, from a launch centre in northwest China’s Gobi desert.

The three astronauts__________had a lot of scientific tests during their space flight.

1.A. happily B. safely C. quickly D. badly

2.A. Sun B. Moon C. Earth D. sea

3.A. While B. Since C. Though D. Because

4.A. glad B. tired C. awful D. good

5.A. studied B. followed C. pushed D. stopped

6.A. taking B. checking C. passing D. failing

7.A. beside B. before C. behind D. between

8.A. difficult B. dramatic C. important D. serious

9.A. sent into B. cared for C. chosen as D. found out

10.A. even B. still C. also D. only

Hello, everyone. My name is Judy. I live with my mother and father in a flat. The flat is

on the twelfth floor in a tall building. It has twenty-four floors in all. Our flat is not in the centre of the city. It’s about five miles away from the centre. My father works in the city, so he goes to work by underground every day. He doesn’t drive his car. He uses his car only at weekends. He takes us to the country or the beach by car.

There is a bedroom for my mother and father, and another for me. We also have two more

bedrooms for guests. There is a study, a living room, a kitchen and two bathrooms in our flat.

We don’t have a garden, but we have a small and lovely balcony. There are some plants there. In summer we often sit out on the balcony because it’s very hot inside the flat. Our flat is not very big, but we are very happy in it.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Judy likes living in the centre of the city.

B. Judy lives happily in a flat with her family.

C. Judy’s father works in the city.

D. Judy has her own bedroom.

2.Where is Judy’s flat?

A. It’s fifteen miles from her school.

B. It’s in the centre of the city.

C. It’s in the countryside near the beach.

D. It’s five miles from the city centre.

3.Where do Judy’s family keep some plants?

A. In the living room. B. In the garden.

C. On the balcony. D. In the kitchen.

4.How does Judy’s father go to work every day?

A. By bus. B. By car. C. By underground. D. By bike.

5.Why do Judy and her parents often sit on the balcony in summer?

A. Because the flat is too small. B. Because they can play chess there.

C. Because there are plants there. D. Because the flat gets very hot.

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