Michael and Derek are good friends, but they like to pull each other’s leg sometimes. One day during the holidays they decided to go to London together. They went to the station and bought their tickets. When the train came in, Michael broaden in first and without knowing it, dropped his ticket in the platform as he got into the carriage(车厢). Derek, who was close behind saw the ticket fall and quickly picked it up. Without a word to his friend, he put it in his pocket.

After they had been in the train a little while, they heard the ticket inspector coming down the corridor, shouting, “tickets, please!” Michael looked for his and of course couldn’t find it.

“Oh, dear, I can’t find my ticket, Derek,” he said.

“Have another look, Michael, it must be somewhere,” said Derek.

“No, I can’t find it anywhere. What shall I do?”

“Perhaps you had better hide under the seat, then the inspector won’t know you are here.” So Michael crawled under the seat as fast as he could and lay perfectly still. Presently the door opened and in came the inspector, “Tickers please!” he said.

Derek handed him two tickets and said, “This is mine. The other belongs to my friend, who prefers to travel under the seat.”

1.Michael lost in his ticket________.

A.when he boarded the train

B.while he was getting into the carriage

C.as they went to the station

D.after they had been in the train for a little while

2.Which is True according to the passage?

A.Derek helped Michael look for the ticket.

B.Michael and Derek are good friends, but they sometimes fight each other.

C.Derek took Michael’s ticket and hid it.

D.Michael didn’t know who had picked up his ticket.

3.When the inspector came, Michael ______.

A.hid himself as quickly as he could           B.remained perfectly still

C.was looking for his ticket                  D.turned to Derek for help

4.In the passage “they like to pull each other’s leg” means_______.

A.they like to make fun of each other in a playful way

B.they like to help each other in time of need

C.they like to pull each other by the leg

D.they like to kick each other

 

During his college years, Sherman Rogers spent a summer in logging(伐木) camp. When the boss had to leave for   41  days, he put Rogers in charge(掌管).

“What shall I do if the men   42  to follow my orders?” Rogers asked. He thought of Tony, a worker who complained all day, gave the other men a   43  time.

“Fire(解雇) them,” the boss said. Then, as if reading Rogers’ mind, he added, “I suppose you are going to fire Tony if you get the   44 . I’d feel badly about that. I have been logging for 40 years. Tony is one of the best workers I’ve ever had. I know he hates everybody and   45 . But he comes in first and leaves last. There has not been an   46  for eight years on the hill where he works.”

The next day, Rogers went to Tony, “Tony, do you know I’m in charge here today?” Tony said yes. “I was going to fire you the first time we quarreled,   47  I want you to know I’m not,” he told Tony, adding   48  the boss had said.

When he finished, Tony dropped the things in his hand and tears went down his   49 .

“Why didn’t he tell me that eight years   50  ?”

That day Tony worked   51  than ever before – and he smiled!

Rogers went back to   52  after that summer. Twelve years later he met Tony again who was now boss for one of the largest logging companies in the West. Rogers asked him how he came to California and happened to be so   53 .

Tony replied, “Were it not for the one minute you talk to me back that day, I would kill somebody some day. One minute   54  my whole life.”

Have you got one minute to thank someone? One minute to appreciate(欣赏) her or him? One minute. It can make a   55  for a lifetime.

1.

A.few

B.a few

C.little

D.a little

 

2.

A.decide

B.refuse

C.want

D.ask

 

3.

A.good

B.relaxing

C.pleasant

D.hard

 

4.

A.way

B.suggestion

C.chance

D.problem

 

5.

A.something

B.nothing

C.everything

D.nobody

 

6.

A.advertisement

B.action

C.idea

D.accident

 

7.

A.and

B.but

C.so

D.because

 

8.

A.what

B.why

C.how

D.when

 

9.

A.head

B.hair

C.face

D.hands

 

10.

A.before

B.later

C.old

D.ago

 

11.

A.harder

B.less

C.lazier

D.slower

 

12.

A.school

B.bank

C.hospital

D.hotel

 

13.

A.healthy

B.friendly

C.successful

D.careful

 

14.

A.waited

B.changed

C.left

D.sent

 

15.

A.speech

B.mistake

C.decision

D.difference

 

I will never forget the year when I was 12.My mother told us that we would not get Christmas gifts because there was not enough money .I felt sad and thought, ”What shall I say when the other kids ask me about my gifts?” I started to hope the Christmas wouldn’t come that year. Just then three women came to our house with gifts for all of us. For me,they brought a doll .I felt so happy.

Years later, my life changed a lot. So one Christmas, I wanted to do something special. I asked forty friends to help me. We visited 125 orphans(孤儿)to come to our Christmas party. For every child, we prepared a beautiful gift.

Finally the moment came. I called out,” One, two, three. Open your gifts!” As the children opened their boxes, the whole room was full of their bright smiles. The feeling I got from that Christmas so long ago came again.

1.___gave the writer a Christmas gift when she was 12.

A.Nobody

B.Her mother

C.Three women

D.An old man

2.From the sentence “Years later, my life changed a lot.” we can guess that _____.

A.the writer didn’t get Christmas gifts any more.

B.the writer became rich.

C.the writer didn’t like Christmas gifts at all.

D.the writer hoped to help more orphans.

3.The writer was so _____when she got a Christmas gift.

A.sad

B.bored

C.tired

D.happy

4.Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?

A.The writer’s family was very poor when she was a child.

B.The writer wanted to do something special for the old people at Christmas.

C.The three women taught the writer how to help others.

D.The writer and her friends invited 125 orphans to come to the Christmas party.

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A.A special Christmas

B.How to choose Christmas gifts.

C.Three kind women.

D.My first Christmas.

 

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