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A young man is sitting by the road eating something. A policeman is coming over. At once £¨Á¢¿Ì£©, the man gets up quickly and runs down the road. The policeman runs after him. The man runs very fast (¿ì). But the policeman runs faster(¸ü¿ì). After a few minutes, the policeman catches him.¡°Where are you going?¡±says the policeman.¡°You must be criminal(×ï·¸) if you run like that when you see a policeman.¡±¡°No, no.¡±says the man.¡°I'm not criminal. I'm just too fat, you see. The doctor says to me I must always run fast after eating. ¡±¡°I see.¡±says the policeman.¡°You are running to help to lose some weight.£¨¼õ·Ê£©¡±
(1) A young man is sitting by the road and ________ something.
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(2) ________ is coming.
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(3) What does the young man do when he sees him?
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(4) Why does the policeman runs after the young man?
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A£®Because he knows him.
B£®Because he thinks he is a bad man.
C£®Because he's catching a bus.
D£®Becaues the young man drops £¨µôÏ£©his pen.
(5) Why does the young man run?
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A£®Because the doctor tells him to run after eating.
B£®He wants to catch a bus.
C£®He sees a friend.
D£®He remembers something.
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A man fell out of his plane and fell back into it again. Two people rowed(»®) a small boat from New York to England in 56 days. One person was so big that he wouldn¡¯t fit in any hospital room. Would you believe these stories? Well, they may sound strange, but they did happen. James Cornell has more strange but true stories like these in a book called Very Strange People.
Here is part of the contents(Ŀ¼) of Very Strange People. The contents lists the names of the chapters(ÕÂ) or parts of the book. It also tells on what page each chapter begins.
Chapter Page
One A Dog¡¯s Life ..........................................3
Two A Lucky Pilot(·É»úʦ) ................... ..............14
Three High Wire Act(×߸ÖË¿) .................... .............33
Four Fat Men ............................................... 41
Five Over the Falls .........................................43
Six A House without an end ................... .............53
Seven Row, Row, Row Your Boat ................. ..............60
Eight The Tower Builder ....................... ..............85
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿ In 1918, Captain Hedley fell off his plane in the sky, but soon he fell back into it again! You may read about this story in Chapter _____.
A£®2 | B£®3 | C£®4 | D£®6 |
A£®1 | B£®3 | C£®5 | D£®6 |
A£®3 | B£®33 | C£®1 | D£®53 |
A£®3 | B£®43 | C£®53 | D£®85 |
A£®his illness | B£®his height | C£®his friend | D£®his size |
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If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others? Nowadays, more and more young people in America volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. Here are some of their plans.
Jim, 16 I¡¯m going to help the Forest Centre build new road in the mountains. I¡¯ll spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I¡¯m going to sleep under the stars. It will be a nice sport, and I¡¯ll be able to do something good at the same time. |
Susan, 15 This summer, I¡¯m going to work for Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They¡¯ll teach me what to do, so I¡¯ll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses. |
Michael, 17 I¡¯m going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I¡¯ll work for a program called Reading for Life. Every day, I¡¯m going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love children, so this is going to be a great experience for me. |
1.Young people in the USA volunteer to spend ____ helping others.
A£®weekdays |
B£®holidays |
C£®Sundays |
D£®pocket money |
2. What does Jim plan to do in summer?
A£®To sleep under the stars. |
B£®To spend the whole summer living in the tent. |
C£®To help build new roads in the mountains. |
D£®To breathe fresh air. |
3. From the passage, we know that Susan ____.
A£®likes reading |
B£®likes children |
C£®is good at sports |
D£®is 15 years old |
4.____ wants to be a teacher.
A£®Michael |
B£®Susan |
C£®Jim |
D£®Nobody |
5.Which is the most possible title for this passage?
A£®Great Experience in the Forest Centre. |
B£®Young American Volunteers. |
C£®A Special House Program. |
D£®Reading for Life. |
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A farmer who lived in a small village had a bad pain in the chest. This never seemed to get any better. The farmer decided that he would go to see a doctor in the nearest town. But as he was a miserly£¨Ð¡Æø£© person, he thought he would find out how much he would have to pay the doctor. He was told that a sick person had to pay three pounds for the first visit and one pound for the second visit. The farmer thought about this for a long time, and then he decided to go to the doctor in the town.
As he came into the doctor¡¯s room, he said, ¡°Good morning, doctor. Here I am again.¡± The doctor was a little surprised. He asked him a few questions, checked his chest and then took the pound which the farmer insisted on giving him. Then the doctor said with a smile, ¡°Well, sir, there¡¯s nothing new. Please go on taking the same medicine I gave you the first time you came to see me.¡±
1.Why did the farmer decide to go to see a doctor in the town?
A£®Because the doctor in the village had been unable to save him. |
B£®Because he had a fever. |
C£®Because he suffered from a pain in the head. |
D£®Because the pain didn¡¯t seem to get better. |
2.How many pounds did a sick person have to pay the doctor in the town for two visits?
A£®Four. |
B£®Three. |
C£®One. |
D£®Two. |
3.Where did the doctor check the farmer?
A£®In the village. |
B£®On the farm. |
C£®At the doctor¡¯s. |
D£®In the city. |
4.What did the farmer give the doctor?
A£®Some medicine. |
B£®Nothing. |
C£®Smile. |
D£®A pound. |
5.The doctor asked the farmer _______.
A£®something new about his illness |
B£®to go on taking the same medicine |
C£®to come again |
D£®to give him some more pounds |