One afternoon Mrs.Green’s husband wanted to catch the 3:30 flight to London to have an important meeting. She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o’clock and said that he was still at the airport.

     “What happened to you?”asked Mrs Green.

     “Well,” said Mr. Green, “Everything was going fine. I got my ticket, checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate. I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer. I shouted to him and a policeman caught me.”

      “Why did he catch you?”

      “I don’t know,”said Mr.Green, “As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me.”

      “What did you shout to your friend?”

      “All I said was ‘Hi, Jack’. You know that’s the usual way we say hello to our friends.”

      “But you don’t know the sentence ‘Hi,Jack’ also means to take control of a plane by force.”

1.How did Mr.Green want to go to London?

A. By train        B. By bus         C. By airplane     D. By ship

2.Why was Mrs. Green surprised? Because her husband_______

A. didn’t arrive the airport in time

B. was still at the airport at 5 o’clock

C. didn’t want to go to London

D. was in London at 5 o’clock

3.When did Mr.Green get to the airport that afternoon?_______

A. Before 3:30     B. After 3:30     C. At 3:30         D. At about 5:00

4.What was Jack Scott in the passage? He was _________

A. a pilot      B. a policeman at the airport     C. an engineer     D. an actor

 

Mrs Black is sixty-nine years old. She has only a daughter named Sandra. Mr Black died twelve years ago. She was very sad and lived in her house alone. Two years later her daughter had a baby. The woman was busy all the time and no time to look after her son James. She asked her mother to live with with them.

The old woman had to sell her house and moved there. She was strong and could do all the housework. And the family liked her.

Last autumn Mrs Black went to do some shopping. A car hit her and her leg was hurt. She had to be in hospital for three months. She couldn’t do anything after she came back. At first her daughter was kind to her, but soon she began to tired (讨厌)of her. The old woman wanted to leave, but she had no money to buy a house and nobody could take care of her. She didn’t know what to do.

One morning Mrs Black broke a plate. It made her daughter angry. She told James to buy a wooden(木制的)for her grandma. That afternoon James came back with two wooden plates. She was surprised(惊讶的) and asked “Why did you buy two plates, son”

“One is for my grandma,” answered the boy. “The other is for you.” She cried for long. She’s kind to her mother as she did before.

1. Sandra asked her mother to live with them because________

 A. the old woman lived alone

B. she needed her help

C. the old woman couldn’t look after herself

D. the old woman could give her much money.

2.The family liked Mrs Black because_________

A. she was rich

B. she could watched their door

C. she could do the housework for them

D. she was friendly to them all

3.Mrs Black was afraid ________,so she couldn’t leave her daughter’s house.

A. she had no house to live in

B. she couldn’t look after herself

C. Sandra couldn’t go to see her any more

D. she couldn’t buy a house and none takes care of her[来源:学#科#网Z#X#X#K]

4.Sandra was afraid ________,so she told her son to buy a wooden plate for her.

A. her mother could broke another plate

B. her mother didn’t want to live

C. her husband could be tired of her mother

D. her mother couldn’t do anything at home

5.Sandra is friendly to her mother again because________

A. she knows she did wrong

B. she was afraid of her son

C. the old is poor

D. it’s her duty

 

A woman saw three old men sitting outside the door. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something ___66_____.”

“We don’t go into a house ___67_____ ”they replied.

“Why is that?” she asked.

One of the old men answered, “His name is Wealth(财富), this is Success, and I am Love.” Then he said, “Now go in and ___68_____ with your family which one of us you want in your house.”

The woman went in and told her family what had happened, she said, “Let’s invite Wealth. We have been so ____69____.” Her husband disagreed, “My dear, why don’t we invite Success? Don’t you want me to be a successful man? Then her daughter asked, “Would it be ___70_____ to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with love!”

In the end the family decided to take the ___71_____ advice. The woman went out and asked, “____72____ one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.” Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and ____73____ him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “ I ___74_____ invite Love. Why are you coming along? The two old men answered, “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have to stay out, but since you have invited Love. ____75____ he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is Wealth and Success.”

1.A. to say       B. to eat      C. to use         D. to drink

2. A. together     B. alone       C. crowdedly    D. lonely

3. A. play        B. exercise     C. agree        D. discuss

4. A. poor        B. rich        C. lucky        D. happy

5.A. worse       B. better       C. less         D. more

6.A. father’s      B. mother’s    C. daughter’s    D. parents’

7.A. which       B. who        C. what         D. whom

8. A. left         B. followed    C. stopped       D. pulled

9.A. only        B. hardly       C. never       D. almost

10. A. whenever    B. whatever    C. however     D. wherever

 

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