I went home one Saturday afternoon in the autumn of 1993 to get some work done in the garden．While sweeping leaves on the ground, my five-year-old son Nick came over and asked me to write something on a piece of paper to make a sign for him．
“What for? ” I asked．
“I'm going to sell some of my stones, ” he answered．
Nick was fascinated with stones and had collected many stones from all over．“I'm busy to do
that for you．Go and ask your mum for help．” I said．
A short time later, Nick returned with a sign, reading, “Stones．One Dollar Each”．He took the sign, a small chair and four of his best stones and walked to the road in front of our garden．There he put the stones in a line and sat down on the chair．
After half an hour, nobody passed by．I walked to him and asked him to go back, but he didn't．
Another half hour later, a small car came down the road．I watched as Nick stood up, holding his sign up．A woman rolled down a window and read the sign．I couldn't hear their talk, but I saw the woman turn to the driver and the man reach for his pocket．
I sat in the yard, as Nick ran to me．Waving the dollar, he shouted, “I told you I could sell one stone for a dollar-if you believe in yourself, you can do anything．”
When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭), It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw, He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school．For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages．When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic．If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata．Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you．Then he loads (装载)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload, No other type of public transport offers this kind of service．
From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain．Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break．In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(发动机) is useless, But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them．
But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing．The local government want to ban rickshaws．They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city．However, there is a problem with this plan．Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside．The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw, If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job．So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw．
(1)
What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?
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A．
The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata．
B．
Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata．
C．
Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata．
D．
Rickshaws are very useful for the people's daily life in Kolkata．
(2)
Which type of transport may you take when the roads flood in Kolkata?
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A．
A bus．
B．
A taxi．
C．
A car．
D．
A rickshaw．
(3)
What does the underlined word "ban" mean?
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A．
make
B．
increase
C．
forbid
D．
collect
(4)
What can we learn from the passage?
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A．
The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns．
B．
The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata．
C．
The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw driven．
D．
The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars．
阅读理解，阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
At two o'clock a bank robber stole in．"This is a hold-up, " the man said loudly．He took a gun from under his jacket, pointing to George．"Hand it over! " George reached into his money-box and took all the bills from the top part-close to six thousand dollars．The robber took them and turned to leave．Then, while everyone watched the robber, George calmly lifted the top part of the money-box, took bills from the bottom part and put them into his own pocket secretly．The door was shut and the bank robber was gone．George fainted(晕倒)．As soon as he was safe behind his bedroom door, George counted the money．He had eight thousand dollars．He was very happy．
The next morning, while the others were checking the bank's records, George was asked to go to Mr．Burrow's office and was introduced to Mr．Carruthers, who used to be president of the bank．
"Good morning, George, I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our small bank can be robbed, too．I have retired(退休), but l am always thinking of our bank．That's why I played my little game yesterday, just to keep everyone on his toes．Now, I have put the money back in your money-box all six thousand．"
(1)
Which of the following do you think is TRUE?
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A．
George wanted to protect the money for the bank．
B．
George had been thinking of taking money away．
C．
This bank had been robbed several times．
D．
Nobody knew the bank would be robbed that day．
(2)
Why was George asked to go to Mr．Burrow's office?
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A．
His stealing money was known to all．
B．
Mr．Burrow wanted to-say sorry to him．
C．
Mr．Carruthers wanted to explain the whole thing to him．
D．
Mr．Burrow wanted to tell him the money had been put back．
(3)
In this article "to keep everyone on his toes" means ________．
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A．
to make everyone work hard
B．
to keep everyone standing straight
C．
to make everyone do a kind of exercise
D．
to keep everyone preparing for the coming danger
(4)
Which sentence can be used to end this story?
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A．
George turned cold with fear．
B．
George turned red with anger．
C．
George was pleased with the end．
D．
George was excited with the end．
阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
The Teens newspaper has a little test for young students each week．Here below is Frank's completed test this week．
(1)
How many points did Frank get in the week's test?
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A．
8
B．
9
C．
10
D．
11
(2)
From Frank's result, we may know that ________．
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A．
he has many close friends and enjoys having fun with them
B．
his family comes first although he loves being with friends
C．
both his family and his friends are of great importance to him
D．
he is a confident young student with only a few close friends
(3)
By taking this test a student is supposed to find out ________．
