题目内容
On his way home, Harry forgot about the whistle (口哨) 1 pocket. He stopped for a coffee in a noisy shopping center. As he searched his pocket for money, he 2 the whistle in his pocket. When he had sat at his table he took it out to look at it. It was still dirty. He gently cleaned away the dirt. There was something 3 on the whistle. The marks looked like writing. He looked more closely and 4 some old Chinese writing. There was very little of it. All it said was: BE STILL.
Be still? How extraordinary! 5 did it mean? He looked at the whistle again. It was the kind that one blew from the top, like a football whistle. He wondered if it would still work. The thought came into his mind that he wanted to 6__ The whistle had not been blown 7 it had been placed in the pot all those years before. He would blow it. It was small—it would not make much noise. Nobody would _8_. So he put it into his mouth and blew.
To his surprise, the whistle gave a thin, clear note (音调) that was 9 than he had expected.
Then there was silence. Complete silence.
Harry noticed something else, too. Everything was __10__. Nothing was moving. There was no noise, and no movement, anywhere.
Nothing.
1. A. in B. outside C. on D. at
2. A. heard B. met C. left D. felt
3. A. spoken B. written C. saying D. says
4. A. found B. recognized C. read D. decided
5. A. When B. Which C. What D. How
6. A. speak B. blow C. destroy D. keep
7. A. but B. when C. while D. since
8. A. notice B. see C. look D. listen
9. A. smaller B. louder C. prettier D. faster
10. A. still B. stop C. moving D. dead
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One a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was very worried. Her 1 had broken down. Just then a poor man named Robert came. He was on his way back home from work as usual.
The lady thought, “Is the man going to help me? He looks very cold and hungry. ”But to her 2 , he stopped and said with a smile, “What’s wrong, madam?” The lady told him what was happening.
After forty minutes, the car was at last fixed by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him.
“No, that’s 3 , madam.” he said, “I was just helping someone in need. If you really want to pay me back, I hope you 4 see someone in trouble, please give him a hand.” A few minutes later, the lady saw a shabby house by the road. She 5 Robert’s words, so she stopped. The hostess warmly asked her in. The lady could see that was a 6 family and they needed help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady 7 500 dollars on the table and went away quietly. Robert came home later than before, thinking how hard their life was. Their 8 was to be born the next month but there wasn’t 9 money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and said softly, “Don’t worry, dear! Everything’s going to be all right. A stranger has helped us out. ”
Let’s always be ready to help others because helping others is helping 10 .