I have been keeping 41 pets at home: mice, turtles and rabbits. But golden hanmsters are my favorite. I am always surprised by 42 cute they can be.
It was summer when I first 43 two golden hamsters. They 44 brown, about the size of my hand. When I 45 by, they were cracking melon seeds (嗑瓜子). They did that as 46 as any human! I was so amused (逗乐) that I bought them at once.
The only one who was not happy to see the newcomers was my 47 . She thought 48 would make our home dirty all the time. So I made a 49 for them on the balcony (阳台).
Hamsters always want people to look at them. They try to get noticed by raising the front part of their body, 50 they watch you come and go until you stop and talk to them. Watch out when they start to roller-turn in their cage (笼子). They won’t stop 51 you have tears of laugher!
Hamsters are 52 than you think. One morning several months ago, I found one missing. The side of the cage was much 53 than the hamster and the cage had a lid. How did the little one climb up, open the lid and 54 ? I thought hard. But I’ve 55 found an answer.

【小题1】
A.oneB.differentC.threeD.same
【小题2】
A.howB.how aC.whatD.what a
【小题3】
A.carryB.sawC.gaveD.left
【小题4】
A.areB.wasC.wereD.is
【小题5】
A.passB.pastC.passingD.passed
【小题6】
A.soonB.wellC.possibleD.better
【小题7】.
A.fatherB.brotherC.motherD.teacher
【小题8】
A.theyB.themC.theirD.theirs
【小题9】
A.schoolB.factoryC.shopD.home
【小题10】
A.soB.thenC.justD.next
【小题11】
A.ifB.asC.untilD.whether
【小题12】
A.smartB.smartsC.smarterD.smartest
【小题13】
A.tallB.tallerC.tallestD.most tallest
【小题14】.
A.run atB.run awayC.run toD.run out of
【小题15】.
A.everB.alreadyC.sometimesD.never

When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What’s the best way to know it?
You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is ? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?
First, all the English words are arranged(安排) in the letter order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with letter A, then B, C, D…. That means, if there are two words “desert” and “pull”, “desert” will be certainly before “pull”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth… For example, “pardon” is before “plough”, “judge” before “just”, etc. Do you understand how to look up in the dictionary? The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English study.
【小题1】This passage is about______.

A.new words in writingB.different dictionaries
C.the best way of readingD.using an English-Chinese dictionary
【小题2】In the dictionary you may not find_______.
A.how to pronounce the wordB.the spelling of the word
C.who used the word firstD.how to use the word
【小题3】In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word______.
A.begins with ZB.begins with AC.is a short oneD.is not often used
【小题4】Which group of words is in the right order in an English-Chinese dictionary?
A.perhaps, produce, plentyB.straight, subject, surprise
C.century, center, businessD.foreign, entrance, headache
【小题5】In the passage the writer tries to tell us _______.
A.we have to use a dictionary when we read something in English
B.an English-Chinese dictionary can tell us everything about a word
C.how to look up a word in a dictionary.
D.all English-Chinese dictionaries are the same

Everyone would like to be remembered. A few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do. These people sometimes have their names recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled(用浆划)a bathtub(浴缸)145 kilometers for 24 hours. This group had 13 members. They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford, Great Britain on May 28 and 29, 1983. A month later, a racing team of hospital bed pushers in Avon ,Great Britain, pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes! However, the distance record for hospital bed pushing is still held by the men of Brunt field Bedding Center. This team from Edinburgh pushed a hospital bed 5,203 kilometers in 1979. It took the team 35 days to cover the distance.
Another group of record makers held the highest dinner party in the world. Nine people from Sydney, Australia, climbed Mountain Huascaran on June 28 1989.The climbers carried a dinner table, chairs, and a meal up the mountain .When they reached the top, they all put on warm suits for dinner.
People all over the world are trying hard to do something unusual to make a record. It should be understood; however, that now not all the records will be kept in the Guinness Book of Records.
【小题1】According to the passage, what record was made near Ashford in May, 1983?

A.A record for paddling a bathtub.
B.A record for climbing a mountain.
C.A record for pushing a hospital bed.
D.A record for swimming across a river.
【小题2】What was unusual about the highest dinner party held by the nine people in the passage?
A.The people who held the dinner party all came from Sydney.
B.Only nine people held the highest dinner party.
C.They had a meal on the mountain.
D.They carried a dinner table and chairs up the mountain to hold the dinner party.
【小题3】Which of the following show the right order(顺序)of what happened in the passage?
a. A group of 13 members paddled a bathtub on a river near Ashford.
b. A team from Edinburgh made a distance record for hospital bed pushing.
c. A group of nine people from Sydney had a dinner party on the top of Mountain Huascaran.
d. A racing team pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes in Avon.
A.a-b-c-dB.d-b-c-aC.a-d-b-cD.b-a-d-c
【小题4】Which of the following is mentioned(提及)in the passage?
A.Hospital bed pushing was a popular sport in Edinburgh.
B.People living in Ashford usually used a bathtub to carry things.
C.Two different records for hospital bed pushing were given.
D.Hospital bed pushing was held twice a year in Avon, Great Britain.

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