Mr．Williams lives in a nice house in the country with his wife．From Monday to Friday each week he works in a factory in a big town but he is free on Saturdays and Sundays．He has got a nice garden round his house, and he often works in it on Saturdays and Sundays, because he likes flowers and en-joys working with his hands．A lot of Englishmen work in their gardens on Saturdays and Sundays, and during their holidays．
Last Saturday, Mr．Williams put some old clothes on after his breakfast and began digging in his garden．He dug for half an hour, and then he found something on the ground neat his feet．He looked at it．It was five pence(便士)．He put it in one of his pocket and began digging again．
Then he found another five pence on the ground and put that in his pocket too．He was very happy now．He stopped digging for a minute and shouted to his wife,“Elizabeth, come quickly．Someone's hidden a lot of money in our garden, and I'm finding it．”
His wife stopped cooking the lunch and ran out into the garden．She was very happy and said,“A thief(贼)stole a lot of money from one of the banks near here a few weeks ago．The police caught him, but they did not find any of the money．Did the thief bring it here and hide it in our garden?”
Mr．Williams began looking for more money in the ground, but then he felt something cold in his trousers．It ran down one of his legs and it was like cold water．Mr．Williams put his hand down quickly and five pence fell into it．He had a hole in his pocket．
(1)
What does Mr．Williams do?He is a ________．
[ ]
A．
worker
B．
farmer
C．
doctor
D．
teacher
(2)
What do many Englishmen usually do on Saturdays, Sundays or their holidays?
[ ]
A．
Travel in the park．
B．
Work in their offices．
C．
Borrow books in the library．
D．
Work in their gardens．
(3)
When did he find some money on the ground?
[ ]
A．
Before he dug in the garden．
B．
After he dug in the ground for half an hour．
C．
Just before he had lunch．
D．
After he had lunch．
(4)
Which of the following sentences is wrong?
[ ]
A．
Mr．Williams's garden is round his house．
B．
Mr．Williams called his wife after he found ten pence．
C．
Maybe a thief stole the money from the bank and hid it in the garden．
D．
Williams's wife stopped cooking when she heard her husband's shout．
(5)
Why did Mr．Williams feel cold when he began looking for more money?
[ ]
A．
There is some cold water in his trousers．
B．
There is a hole in his trousers．
C．
Five pence fell down from his pocket with a hole．
D．
A cold hand was put on his leg．
阅读理解
A Xia Chimei, 51, has become both classmate and granny of kids at Xiping Primary School in Xuan'en county, Hubei Province．By far the oldest student at the school enrolled(入学)in first grade earlier this year．She is now learning pinyin with children just six and seven years of age．Her husband and children encouraged her to go to school when the new term began early this year．She had never been to school in her life．
B A dog owner in Dalian, Liaoning Province, was very surprised when his 4-year-old dog picked up a 5-yuan note and gave it to him on Monday on their way to a market．
Days earlier, Mr Ye had dropped a 10-yuan note on his sofa and let the dog pick it up for him．He then showed the pet other notes and told it how to use money．He did that just for fun．But he never thought the animal would take to(喜欢)dealing with money so naturally．
C Wang Xiaoyan, a farmer in Duanjiawan village, Shanxi Province, has carried his daughter, who suffers from polio(小儿麻痹症)? to school every day over the past 10 years．
Wang's daughter, Wang Dan, lost the use of her legs after catching polio in 1995, at the age of three．Three years later when it was time for Wang Dan to go to school, Wang Xiaoyan decided he would carry her．the girl has repaid him by her excellent studies．
(1)
How old did Xia Chimei begin her study in Passage A?
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A．
6．
B．
7．
C．
15．
D．
51．
(2)
What's the best title for Passage A?
[ ]
A．
Practice makes perfect．
B．
It' s never too old to learn．
C．
Clothes don't make the man．
D．
The early bird catches the worm．
(3)
In which province did the story happen in Passage B?
[ ]
A．
Liaoning．
B．
Hubei．
C．
Fujian．
D．
Shanxi．
(4)
What does the underlined word “repaid”mean in Passage C?
[ ]
A．
付款
B．
赔偿
C．
报答
D．
贷款
(5)
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passages above?
[ ]
A．
Xia Chimei came to school with her husband and son．
B．
The dog was so clever that it taught itself to borrow money．
C．
Wang Dan lost the use of her legs because of polio when she was three．
D．
Mr Ye picked up a 5-yuan note and gave it to the dog on the way home．
Mr．West was born in a small English town．His father had a 1 there．The shop keeper didn’t think it was 2 for his son to go to school．So he taught him how to get 3 money．They got much money there and then 4 to the city．Now Old West can’t manage his shop and his son, Mr．West has to do it 5 him．As he has little knowledge, Mr．West is often 6 in public and sometimes he gets into trouble．So he 7 a lot of books and shelves and put them in his sitting room so that the visitors can see them 8 they go in．He often goes to the parties and carefully 9 what the learned(学问的)en say．He hopes to make friends with them．
Once Mr．West was told that it was a 10 writer’s birthday that day．He hurried there with his wife．He gave the writer some 11 presents and the old man thanked him．After 12 they began to talk about the literary works．
He could hardly answer any questions．The writer had to ask him 13 one, “What was Shakespeare?”
“It was a kind of drink, ” answered Mr．West．“But people do not like it now．”
The writer had a smile and soon he stopped 14 ．On their way home, his wife said, “You made a mistake just now．Shakespeare is a 15 cake, like the Chinese moon cake!”
