He was well-known for his works and humour．Everybody knows Mark Twain was a famous American writer．But before he was famous, even his neighbours didn’t know him well．
One day Mark Twain went to borrow a certain book from a neighbour in Tarry town．
“May I borrow a book from you?” he asked politely．“Yes, ” the neighbour told him, “but I must ask you to read it here．You know I never let anybody take my book out of my study．”
Some days later the neighbour wished to borrow Mark Twain’s machine for cutting grass in the garden．
“May I borrow your machine to cut the grass in my garden?” the neighbour asked with a smile on his face．“Certainly．” Mark Twain told him, “but I must ask you to use it here．You know that I never let anybody take my machine out of my garden．”
(1)
Mark Twain comes from ________．
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A．
England
B．
America
C．
Japan
D．
France
(2)
Why didn’t Mark Twain’s neighbour lend the book to him? Because ________．
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A．
his neighbour made it a rule not to let any book go out of his study
B．
his neighbour didn’t like him
C．
he never met Mark Twain
D．
Mark Twain didn’t pay money for the book
(3)
Who wanted to borrow the book?
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A．
The book．
B．
The machine．
C．
Mark Twain．
D．
Neighbour．
(4)
What did Mark Twain’s neighbour borrow his machine for?
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A．
To play games．
B．
To cut the grass．
C．
To cut trees．
D．
To cut his hair．
(5)
Why didn’t Mark Twain lend his machine to his neighbour? Because ________．
Last Thursday，I traveled on the 8：00 a．m．train from Glasgow to London
King’s Cross and I was quite angry with the service of your company．
The train didn’t come on time and it was forty minutes late when it left Glasgow．
A man at the station said sorry to us，but he didn’t give us any reasons for the delay(误点)．We then had further delays on the way and had to wait another thirty minutes．As a result，I missed my plane from London to Frankfurt and had to wait for several hours.
What’s more，the service on the train was also very poor．The trip took more than five hours．Unluckily，we could buy nothing but some soft drinks on the train．Worst of all，something was wrong with the air conditioning(空调系统) and it got hotter and hotter in the train．Before we reached King’s Cross，the temperature was over 40℃．
Because of your poor service，I feel you should pay me compensation(赔偿)．
I am looking forward to hearing from you．
Yours faithfully，
David Robertson
(1)
When did the train leave Glasgow?
A．At 8：00 a．m．
B．At 8：40 a．m．
C．At 9：00 a．m．
D．At 9：20 a．m．
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(2)
How did David go to Frankfurt from London?
A．By plane．
B．By bus．
C．By car．
D．By train．
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(3)
How long did David stay on the train?
A．40 minutes．
B．30 minutes．
C．70 minutes．
D．Over 5 hours．
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(4)
What could David buy on the train?
A．Hot dogs．
B．Sandwiches．
C．Soft drinks．
D．Hamburgers．
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(5)
Which of the following is NOT true?
A．This is a complaint letter．
B．David was very pleased with the trip．
C．The service of the company was very poor．
D．There was something wrong with the air conditioning on the train．
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阅读理解
You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year．You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly．
Perhaps you have been told about some habits (习惯) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have．
Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions．
(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?
(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4)Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer“yes”to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit．If you move your tips，hold your fingers over them，or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading．Then if your lips move，your will know it and can stop them．
If you point to words，hold the two sides of your book，one side with your left hand，the other side with your right hand．Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading．If you move your head，place your chin (下巴) in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的)．
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time，you need to work very hard in learning to take in (吸收) more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words．
Even if you do rather fast now，you can learn to read even faster．As you probably have been told，the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance．Read in through groups and force (迫使) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go．Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster．
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ______．
A．to tell others to be silent
B．to feel whether your lips move or not
C．to hold a piece of paper between them
D．to keep yourself from talking to others
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(2)
When you read，______．
A．don't keep your head still
B．don't hold your books with your hands
C．don't stand up near a desk
D．don't use your finger to point to words
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(3)
If you learn to read fast，______．
A．you can read more in less time
B．you can write faster
C．you can understand better
D．you can read less in more time
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(4)
You must _______ those habits that we are talking about in this reading．
