Helen and Sally are cousins.Helen is a writer.She lives 1 to Sally.She is 2 writing every day.She doesn't want to talk to others when she is 3 .Her friends know her well.If they want to see her, they often 4 her first.If Helen tells them she has 5 ,they will come to her house.
Sally works in a 6 .She is a bank clerk.She has lots of friends and they often come to see her and talk with her. 7 Helen can't write well when they are talking.She doesn't Know what to 8 to Sally.Now Helen is talking about it with her best friend Ruth.Ruth is 9 to help Helen.She says,“You can put a note on 10 door(门).It would say,‘Nobody is at home.Please come another day.' ”
One weekend all of the hotels in Green City were full because there was a large meeting.Mr.Black was the manager(经理)of a 1 in the city.On Friday night, three men came into the hotel and asked for 2 Mr.Black said there were 3 rooms ready because of the meeting.The men were unhappy.
Mr.Black wanted to help them.He remembered that Room 418, a small room, was 4 He asked them if they would share(共享)a room.The three men said they would.Mr.Black said the room would be thirty dollars, 5 for each one.Each man gave him the money and then went up to the room.
Mr.Black soon began to feel sorry, so he called his assistant over, gave him five dollars and said," 6 the money to those three men in Room 418.I asked too much for their room."
The assistant took the money.While he was 7 the way there, he started to think, "How can three men divide(分配)five dollars?I will give them each only one dollar and keep two dollars for 8 The men will be 9 to get something back.And Mr.Black will never know."So the assistant returned one dollar to each man.
The next morning, the three men went to thank the manager before they left.They said, "Thank you for 10 us 3 dollars back."Mr.Black was surprised but he didn't say anything.After the three men left, Mr.Black called the assistant to his office and said, "I'm sorry, but I don't think you can stay here anymore."
(1)
[ ]
A.
library
B.
shop
C.
factory
D.
hotel
(2)
[ ]
A.
drink
B.
rooms
C.
money
D.
food
(3)
[ ]
A.
no
B.
some
C.
many
D.
several
(4)
[ ]
A.
dirty
B.
empty
C.
dark
D.
full
(5)
[ ]
A.
thirty
B.
three
C.
ten
D.
two
(6)
[ ]
A.
Bring
B.
Carry
C.
Take
D.
Lend
(7)
[ ]
A.
on
B.
by
C.
in
D.
off
(8)
[ ]
A.
themselves
B.
himself
C.
yourself
D.
myself
(9)
[ ]
A.
happy
B.
angry
C.
sorry
D.
worried
(10)
[ ]
A.
lending
B.
giving
C.
returning
D.
taking
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When Mary Smith was a 1 , she wanted to be a teacher, 2 she liked children.When she was twenty, she began teaching in a small school.She was a good teacher, and she 3 a lot with the children in her class.They 4 her teaching.
One day 5 of the girls in her class said to her,“Miss Smith, 6 does a man's hair become grey before his beard(胡子)does?”
Mary laughed and answered,“I don't know, Helen, do you know?”“I don't know 7 , Miss Smith.”said Helen,“but it happened to my father.”The 8 children in the class laughed when they heard this.
Then a boy said,“I 9 , Miss Smith!A man's hair becomes grey 10 because it's sixteen years older than his beard.”
(1)
[ ]
A.
woman
B.
student
C.
teacher
D.
wife
(2)
[ ]
A.
so
B.
but
C.
that
D.
because
(3)
[ ]
A.
cried
B.
shouted
C.
learned
D.
laughed
(4)
[ ]
A.
refused
B.
enjoyed
C.
thought
D.
wanted
(5)
[ ]
A.
one
B.
a
C.
an
D.
two
(6)
[ ]
A.
when
B.
how
C.
why
D.
whether
(7)
[ ]
A.
too
B.
either
C.
also
D.
neither
(8)
[ ]
A.
some
B.
few
C.
other
D.
another
(9)
[ ]
A.
think
B.
know
C.
guess
D.
sure
(10)
[ ]
A.
fast
B.
slowly
C.
first
D.
quickly
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Mr Smith lives next to me and I know him well.He has 1 farms and can get a lot of corn every year.Everyone knows that he is one of 2 men in our village here.But he tries to 3 everything and he hopes to get more money.He always 4 the old clothes and goes to town by bike though the 5 can take them there.
One day Mr Smith and his son 6 some rice to the market 7 .Suddenly it began to rain and they had to wait for its 8 .The rain lasted two hours and both he and his son were very 9 .The young man asked his father to 10 something in a restaurant.Mr Smith had to agree with him.The man in the restaurant 11 the menu to them.Mr Smith studied it for a long time and at last he 12 the cheapest soup and it made the man unhappy.But he said 13 and left.After a while, the soup 14 to them.But Mr Smith found there was a fly in it. 15 it, he shouted at the man angrily,“Please tell me why it is in my soup!”
“Because it's only qualified(有资格的)to drink the soup, sir.”answered the man in the restaurant.
(1)
[ ]
A.
few
B.
a few
C.
much
D.
a number
(2)
[ ]
A.
fatter
B.
healthier
C.
richer
D.
the richest
(3)
[ ]
A.
use
B.
spend
C.
save
D.
find
(4)
[ ]
A.
wears
B.
washes
C.
makes
D.
takes off
(5)
[ ]
A.
ships
B.
planes
C.
buses
D.
motorbikes
(6)
[ ]
A.
cut
B.
gave
C.
sent
D.
carried
(7)
[ ]
A.
to sell
B.
to develop
C.
to pay
D.
to produce
(8)
[ ]
A.
beginning
B.
stopping
C.
lasting
D.
breaking
(9)
[ ]
A.
tired
B.
asleep
C.
hungry
D.
well
(10)
[ ]
A.
leave
B.
watch
C.
borrow
D.
eat
(11)
[ ]
A.
showed
B.
lent
C.
threw
D.
pushed
(12)
[ ]
A.
cooked
B.
chose
C.
brought
D.
changed
(13)
[ ]
A.
something
B.
anything
C.
everything
D.
nothing
(14)
[ ]
A.
was come
B.
was brought
C.
was carried
D.
was returned
(15)
[ ]
A.
Seeing
B.
Hearing
C.
Pointing to
D.
Drinking
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Mrs Hill, who was a woman of thirty, was born in a 1 family.Her father 2 her a lot of money when she married.She thought she was very 3 and often bought all kinds of expensive clothes.The woman did 4 at home but dress herself.
It was eleven o'clock in the 5 , 6 the woman Mrs Hill was still in bed.Suddenly the telephone rang.And she 7 it.Her friend told her the latest style of trousers was sold in the shop in the center of the city.Having heard this, she 8 at once and told the 9 to bring her breakfast to her bedroom.And she dressed herself 10 and went there by car.
A kind young man received her and showed the 11 to her.She loved them very much and 12 two pairs.She heard a kind of new shoes was on show downstairs and 13 .
When she got home, she found she didn't 14 the trousers with her.She had to go to the shop again.The young man brought out two boxes and gave them to her.She found there was something 15 on them.It was the description of the woman buyer:about forty, short and fat, with a red nose and two thick lips.
(1)
[ ]
A.
poor
B.
rich
C.
happy
D.
common
(2)
[ ]
A.
lent
B.
sold
C.
gave
D.
showed
(3)
[ ]
A.
good
B.
bad
C.
terrible
D.
beautiful
(4)
[ ]
A.
anything
B.
something
C.
everything
D.
nothing
(5)
[ ]
A.
morning
B.
afternoon
C.
evening
D.
night
(6)
[ ]
A.
but
B.
so
C.
that
D.
and
(7)
[ ]
A.
held
B.
asked
C.
answered
D.
called
(8)
[ ]
A.
got up
B.
stood up
C.
got to
D.
got on
(9)
[ ]
A.
doctor
B.
driver
C.
cook
D.
policeman
(10)
[ ]
A.
quietly
B.
angrily
C.
carefully
D.
carelessly
(11)
[ ]
A.
trousers
B.
coats
C.
shoes
D.
caps
(12)
[ ]
A.
watched
B.
made
C.
produced
D.
chose
(13)
[ ]
A.
sent away
B.
hurried off
C.
started
D.
finished
(14)
[ ]
A.
bring
B.
pay
C.
try on
D.
look for
(15)
[ ]
A.
drawn
B.
cut
C.
taken
D.
written
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Mary always wanted to be a singer. 1 was the most important part in her life.Unluckily, she had a 2 voice.Although she took lessons 3 many years, her voice didn’t get better.It just got louder.Her teacher finally 4 teaching her, but she kept on practicing herself.One day, she decided 5 a concert and invited her teacher to it.The teacher was very 6 about what to say after the concert.He knew it would be a 7 one.At last he got an idea.When the concert 8 , he went to see Mary.“Well, ”said Mary.“What do you 9 my concert?”
“My dear, ” said the teacher.“You’ll never be 10 than you are tonight.”