When Millie got up this morning, it was a beautiful spring day. She saw  1  clouds far away, but she didn’t think about them. She got her dog, Eddie, and put him in the car. Then she drove out into the country  2 a picnic with her dog.

An hour later, the wind began to blow and it turned  3 . Millie and Eddie were warm from running, so they weren’t cold. Then when Eddie  4  with the ball, Millie saw snowflakes ( 雪花 ) in the sky. She called Eddie, picked up the picnic things and got back in the car. As she was driving home, the snow became  5 . Soon all Millie could see was white all round  6  . The road became slippery ( 滑的 ) and she had to drive very  7 . Then the car hit into a piece of ice and it went around in circles . It went down a hill and finally stopped.

Millie reached over for Eddie. He was shaking because he was cold,   8 he was OK. She got her mobile phone and asked for  9  . At last, the police  10  them. Next time Millie will listen to the weather report before going for a picnic.

1.                A.little           B.a little          C.a few D.much

 

2.                A.on            B.for            C.with D.in

 

3.                A.warm          B.hot            C.cold D.cool

 

4.                A.play           B.playing         C.is playing  D.was playing

 

5.A. larger and larger   B thinner and thinner   C. smaller and smaller   D. heavier and heavier

6.A him          B. us             C. her            D himself

7.A slowly        B. easily          C. carelessly       D. happily

8.                A.and            B.or             C.but  D.so

 

9.                A.helping         B.helped         C.help D.helps

 

10.               A.shouted        B.hit            C.ran   D.saved

 

 

On a cold morning at a bus station, a man played six famous pieces of music for about an hour. During that time, about two thousand people went through the station, most of them were on their way to work.

3 minutes later: a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed down, stopped for a few seconds and went away.

4 minutes later: the musician received his first dollar. A woman threw the money in the box and kept on walking without stopping.

6 minutes later: a young man stopped to listen to him. Then he looked at his watch and started to walk again.

10 minutes later: a 3-year-old boy stopped to look at the musician, but his mother took him away. Several other children did the same as the boy. And nearly all the parents took their children away.

45 minutes later: the musician kept on playing. Only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 persons gave him money but left quickly.

After 1 hour, the musician finished playing. In the end, he collected $ 32. No one noticed that he had finished playing.

No one knew this, but the musician was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. At that time, he played one of the most wonderful pieces ever written, with a very expensive violin.

If we do not have time to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing with the most beautiful violin, how many other things are we missing?

1.Joshua Bell played six famous pieces of music for ________ at a bus station.

A.half an hour       B.an hour           C.fifteen minutes     D.a day

2.__________ gave the first dollar to Joshua Bell for his performance.

A.A mid-aged man    B.A Young man       C.A woman          D.A 3-year-old boy

3.Nearly all the parents ________________ while they went past the musician.

A.took their children away                  B.threw the money into the box

C.stayed with their children listening          D.looked at their watch

4.Joshua Bell was in fact ________________.

A.a very famous pianist                     B.a very popular singer

C.a very poor violinist                      D.a very famous violinist

 

Here is a story told an American general (将军) who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the Untied States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes.

Soon after the war, the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist (牙医) and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in curiosity shops at $5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label (标签) with the name of the general and words, “Buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home.” The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth.

The officers went out and visited every curiosity shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth.

( ) 1. The general’s teeth were sold in ____.

A. the museum

B. the special shops selling some rare and interesting things

C. the department store

D. the hospital

( ) 2. In the evening, the officers went back with all the teeth which cost _____.

A. $785 B. $1, 050 C. $157 D. $875

( ) 3. The general felt ____ when he heard his teeth were sold.

A. happy B. excited C. sad D. angry

( ) 4. There was the general’s name on the label of each tooth. This shows that _____.

A. the general’s name was known by most of the people in Washington

B. the shop-keeper wanted to have more customers buy the teeth

C. the shop-keeper tried to make the general more popular

D. Both A and C

( ) 5. The general ordered his men to____.

A. look for his teeth and buy all of them

B. arrest the dentist at once

C. make all the shops stop selling teeth

D. buy all the teeth in all the shops

 

 

阅读下列短文,从所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案.

         A young man once asked Albert Einstein, the great scientist,  66  the secret of success(成功) is. The scientist told him that the secret of success is  67  work. A few days later the young man asked him the same question again. Einstein was very  68 . He did not say  69 , but wrote  70  words on a piece of paper and handed it  71  the young man. The young man looked at the piece of paper.  72  it was written: A=X+Y+Z.

         “What does this mean?” asked the young man.

         “A means success,” explained the old scientist. “X stands for(代表) hard work, Y stands for good methods(方法), and Z…, Z means stopping  73  and getting down to work.”

1.A. how                     B. what                       C. which                     D. why

2.A. hard                    B. easy                        C. good                       D. bad

3.A. pleased              B. happy                     C. angry                      D. sorry

4. A. anything           B. nothing                  C. something            D. everything

5. A. a little                B. little                 C. a few                        D. few

6.A. for                       B. to                               C. of                         D. with

7. A. Over                   B. On                           C. In                   D. At

8.A. talk                      B. to talk               C. talked               D. talking

 

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