题目内容
Two old men lived in a room on the third floor of an old people’s home. 1 of the men were badly ill, and they spent 24 hours a 2 in bed in the room.
One of the old men had his bed by the window, and every day, he 3 hours telling his friend what he could see through the window. He told him about the traffic going by, the children playing in the park and the birds flying around．The old man far from the window got a lot of 4 from hearing about the world outside, but after a time, he began to get rather unhappy. 5 nice it would be, he thought, if he had the bed by the window and could see 6 himself.
One night, the man by the window called his friend, “Quick! Pull the alarm by your bed—I don’t think I can go through the night!” 7 his friend, expecting an empty bed by the window, did nothing—he just closed his 8 and went back to sleep.
The next morning, the nurse found the man dead in his bed by the window.
The old man was very 9 as they moved him into the empty bed by the window. He sat up, pulled back the curtain（窗帘）, looked out—but 10 , he saw only a wall.
（ ）1. A．One B．Both C．All D．Neither
（ ）2. A．day B．week C．month D．year
（ ）3. A．paid B．took C．spent D．cost
（ ）4. A．sadness B．knowledge C．news D．pleasure
（ ）5. A．What B．What a C．How D．How a
（ ）6. A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．somebody
（ ）7. A．Because B．So C．But D．Though
（ ）8. A．hands B．arms C．eyes D．ears
（ ）9. A．sad B．angry C．disappointed D．excited
（ ）10. A．to his surprise B．by accident C．to be honest D．at last
1—5 BACDC 6—10 ACCDA
Pearl and June were good friends and spent most of their time together.
They were both very old and they worried about their health. Most of the time they talked about nothing else.
They worried about their food. Was it clean? Would it give them pains in the stomach?
They worried about the weather. Was it too cold and wet? Would it give them pains in their bones?
They worried about pollution in the air. would it give them pains in their chests(胸部)and throats(喉咙)?
They worried about being hurt in a car accident, killed in a plane crash, getting sick, and so on.
All they could think about was being ill or hurt.
One day they went on a train journey together.
“We’ll need some food,”Pearl said.
“We’ll buy some ban
anas,”June said.“They are good to eat and always clean.”
And so they bought two bananas to eat on the train.
It was not long before they were hungry.
Pearl took out the bananas and gave one to June. Then she peeled(剥)the skin of her banana and took a large bite of it.
At that moment the train went into a tunnel. Everything went black.“Don’t eat your banana,”Pearl shouted at June.“Mine has made me go blind!”
【小题1】What did the two old ladies talk about most of the time? _________
| A．Themselves. | B．Other people. | C．Healthy food. | D．Dangerous drivers. |
| A．eat any bananas | B．travel by train |
| C．be young again | D．get sick |
| A．after they came out of the tunnel | B．at the station |
| C．before June ate hers | D．before she was hungry |
| A．stopped her from seeing | B．would make her hungry |
| C．would make her ill | D．would be good for June |
A. What Good Friends B
. What a Bad Train JourneyC. Bananas Are Good for You D. Bananas Are Bad for You
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A. Tim gave her a cup of tea B. He thought for a while and smiled C. It was a worried young lady D. She found the money in her handbag E. I could go to get it after her death |
Tim was reading a book at office. Someone knocked on the door. He opened the door. 1 .
"My name is Rebecca," said the lady. "You've got to help me!"
"Take it easy." 2 "What happened?"
"My grandma died last month. She left all her money, about $1,000,000 to me. She told me she had saved the money in a bank. 3 . "
"But yesterday when I went to the bank, I only got an envelope with nothing in it. he money is gone!"
Rebecca took the envelope out of her handbag and gave it to Tim.
Tim looked at it carefully under the light. It was just an envelope with two old stamps on it. 4
“Don’t worry, Rebecca," he said. "Your money is still here.”