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完形填空。
One day Mark Twain was invited to __1__ a talk in a small town, He met a young man, one of his
friends. The young man said that he had an uncle, his uncle __2__ laughed or smiled. "you bring your
uncle to my talk tonight," said Mark Twain. "I'm sure I can make him laugh."That evening the young man
and his uncle sat __3__ the front. Mark Twain told several funny stories. __4__ made everyone in the
room laugh. But the old man never __5__ smiled. Mark Twain told __6__ funny stories, but the old man
still kept __7__. Finally, he stopped. He felt very tired and gave up.__8__ later, Mark Twain told a
friend of his about __9__ had happened, "Oh", said his friend, "I know that old man. He has been _10__
for years."

(     ) 1. A. give
(     ) 2. A. often
(     ) 3. A. in
(     ) 4. A. those
(     ) 5. A. even
(     ) 6. A. most
(     ) 7. A. quietly
(     ) 8. A. these days
(     ) 9. A. which
(     ) 10. A. foolish

B. send
B. sometimes
B. with
B. this
B. ever
B. more
B. quite
B. some days
B. how
B. deaf(聋)

C. make
C. never
C. on
C. these
C. still
C. much
C. quiet
C. other days
C. what
C. blind

D. work
D. always
D. at
D. that
D. yet
D. the most
D. laughing
D. those days
D. that
D. dead

阅读理解。
     Long ago, there was an interesting man called Effendi (阿凡提), He had a good sense of humour.
One day he had a joke with the Prime Minister (宰相). He said that the Minister would die the next day.
Really the next day, the Minister fell off the horse and died. When the king learned this, he got angry and
sent his men to catch Effendi at once.
     When Effendi was in front of the King, the king shouted angrily, "Effendi, since (既然) you know
when my Minister would die, you must know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you will die
today."Effendi looked at the king for a while, he answered, "But how can I know? I'll die two days earlier
than you."Because the king was afraid if he killed Effendi, he himself would die after that. He thought he
must keep Effendi alive as long as he could, so he let Effendi go.
1. The story tells us
A. how Effendi fooled the king _____
B. when the king would die
C. why the Minister died
D. Effendi knew the dates of everyone's death
2. The Prime Minister died because _____
A. Effendi killed him
B. Effendi said he would die
C. he was badly ill
D. he fell to the ground from the horse
3. Why did the king ask Effendi to tell him the date of his own death?
A. in this way the king would know when he would die
B. he wanted to find an excuse to kill Effendi
C. he himself had known the date of Effendi's death
D. he wanted to know when Effendi would die
4.The king let Effendi go because _____
A. he hoped to live a long life
B. he was afraid of Effendi
C. he didn't believe Effendi's words
D. he knew he would die two days later
5. Which of the following is not true?
A.The Minister died after the day when Effendi played a joke on him.
B. The king was afraid of death
C. Effendi didn't know when the king would die
D. If the king killed Effendi, he himself would die two days later.

阅读理解。

     Mr Wu was a happy man, "I am sure my family is one of the oldest in the country." He often told the
people, "It has a long history."One day he went to see a great woman of family history, Mrs Li. "I want
you to find out everything about my family," he said. "Where do we come from? Who was the first? Do
I have any rich relatives?"
     "OK" Mrs Li said, "but you will pay ＄2,000."Mr Wu thought ＄2,000 was a lot of money, But he
said, "All right, But I want all of my family."She agreed and said, "Come back in three months."Three
months later, Mr Wu visited Mrs Li again. "Well," he said. "did you find anything about my family?"
"Yes," she said. " It is really a very interesting family. But my price is now ＄5,000." "＄5,000!" Mr Wu
shouted. " But you told me the money was only ＄2,000." "I know. It was ＄2,000 to find out about
your family," She said. "It's another ＄3,000 to keep the secret about what I found out."
1. Mr Wu thought his family was _____.
A. an old family
B. one of the oldest in the country
C. a happy one
D. an unhappy one
2. One day he went to see a _____ of family history.
A. woman
B. man
C. great man
D. great woman
3. Why did he went to see Mrs Li?
A. He wanted to find out everything about his family.
B. He wanted to know where they came from.
C. He wanted to know who was the first Wu
D. He wanted to know if there were some famous people in the family.
4. _____ later, Mr Wu visited Mrs Li again.
A. two months
B. three weeks
C. three years
D. three months
5. At last, Mr Wu _____
A. didn't know about his family
B. knew his family
C. know all about his family
D. didn't know anything about his family

完形填空。

     There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much. One day while she was walking in the
forests, she found two dying birds. She took them home and put them in a small ___1___. She was
happy to have two "friends". She __ 2 __ them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the girl
happened to leave the door of the cage open. The larger and the___ 3___ of the two flew out of the
cage. The girl was afraid that it would fly away. She caught it quickly, she felt glad that she caught the
bird before it could fly away. Suddenly she couldn't   _4 __ a sound from the bird. When she opened
her hand, the bird was already dead.   Her_  5___ killed the bird!   Then she noticed ___ 6 __bird
jumping up and down___ 7 __the cage. She could feel its great need for freedom(自由) . It wanted
to fly into the clear, blue __8___. So she lifted it from the cage and let it fly away highly. The bird
circled once, twice, and three times. The girl ___ 9 __as the bird flew. She didn't care about losing
the bird any more. She wanted it to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her
shoulder. It sang the ___10 __song she had ever heard.
     The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tightly, and the best way to keep love is to give it
wings.

(     ) 1. A. box
(     ) 2. A. looked for
(     ) 3. A. stronger
(     ) 4. A. listen
(     ) 5. A. love
(     ) 6. A. one
(     ) 7. A. outside
(     ) 8. A. sea
(     ) 9. A. watched
(     ) 10.A. worst

B. basket
B. looked at
B. lazier
B. make
B. joke
B, the other
B. inside
B. hill
B. saw
B. oldest

C. cage
C. looked after
C. weaker
C. describe
C. luck
C. another
C. beside
C. forest
C. guided
C. newest

D. bag
D. looked over
D. smaller
D. hear
D. wish
D. other
D. behind
D. sky
D. escaped
D. sweetest

阅读理解。

     Mr. Grey liked shooting very much, but he did not get much practice at shooting wild animals, and
he   was not very good at it.   One of his troubles was that his eyes were not very good and he had to
wear glasses. When it rained and his glasses got wet, he could not see very well.
     One day he was invited to go out shooting bears in the mountains. It was rather a rainy day and by
mistake Mr. Grey shot at one of the other hunters and hit him in the leg.
     There was a court case (官司) about this, and at it the lawyer(律师) for the other man said, " Why
did you shoot at Mr. Robinson?"
     Mr. Grey answered, "I thought that he was a bear."
     "When did you realize (意识到) that you were wrong?" the lawyer asked.
     "When the bear began to shoot back at me," Mr. Grey answered.

1. What did Mr. Grey do in the mountains one day?

A. He hit a bear in the leg.
B, He shot at a bear but missed it.
C. He was hit by another hunter.
D. He mistook a man for a bear.

2. When did Mr. Grey realize that he was wrong?

A.When the bear began to shoot at him.
B.When the bear got angry.
C.When he found the bear wasn't shot.
D.When he found 'the bear' was a human being.

3. Who do you think shot back at Mr. Grey?

A. Some other hunters.
B. Mr. Robinson.
C. No one at all.
D. The bear.

主观性阅读。

                                                         Stories of animals
     ①Bill Bowell, was suffering from depression(抑郁症). The doctor gave him some medicine, but it
didn't help, and he was unable to work for twelve years.
    Then he decided to swim with dolphins..
    " My life has changed," says Bowell. " A dolphin named Simo looked into my eyes for a few minutes
and started to cry. All my strong feelings came out suddenly like a volcano(火山). As I cried, Simo put
his head on my chest(胸部) kept very quiet." After swimming with dolphins, Bowell says he has fully got
well.
     ② In France, a man had to move to a new job two hundred kilometers away. He had a dog and a
cat, and he loved them both. But he thought that the cat prefer to stay in the same house with the new
owners. So he moved and took only the dog..
     About three weeks later, the dog was suddenly lost.   For several days, the man looked for his dog,
but didn't find him. Then , seven weeks later the dog came back but he was not alone. By his side was
the cat. they were tired and hungry after their long trip,   and there was something wrong with the cat's
paws(爪子). But they got well quickly and were never separated(分离) again.
     ③ people say that fish are cold,   but this story shows that they have feelings, too. A friend was
moving to another country, so I took her pet goldfish and put it in a bowl with our goldfish. They lived
together for six months, and when the friend came back,   we separated them again, and she took her
goldfish home.
     I found that my goldfish was acting strangely, hitting against the side of the bowl. The next morning
he was dead.
     Later that day, my friend phoned to say that her goldfish was also dead.   I believe they died of a
broken heart.

	Story①	Story②	Story③
Animals	Dolphins	1._______________	Two goldfish
People	2.________________	A man in France	The writer and his friend
Causes	He was suffering from depression.	A man moved to 3._____________	A friend moved to another country
Results	The dolphins helped the man get well.	The dog came back with the cat.	4.___________________
From the stories we know that 5. _______________ just like humans.

根据短文内容回答问题。

                                                   No more chores, please!
     Sam hated doing chores. And he had many chores. For example, on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays he took out the trash. And on the weekend he always washed his father's car. He
also cleaned his own room once a week. What a chore that was ! Sometimes he even had to look
after his little sister and brother.
     Sam had a foreign friend at school. His name was Kumar. Doing chores in Kumar's family
was very different. In the house only the girls did chores. His sisters made all the beds and
cleaned all the rooms too, even his bedroom. His mother always cooked the meals, and his sisters
helped their mother. So when Kumar talked to his friend Sam about chores, he felt very lucky.
One day, Sam had an idea. He asked Kumar,"Could I borrow your sisters?" He wanted
them to help him clean his room, but they refused.  Instead, they asked Sam to teach their brother
how to do chores, so he could make his own bed.
     Sam and Kumar are very good at science. They are going to be scientists after university.
They want to make a robot do the chores. Then everyone-mothers and fathers, sons and daughters
will be happy !

1. When did Sam take out the trash?
    ____________________________________________
2. How often did he clean his room?
    ____________________________________________
3. What did Kumar's sisters do in the house?
    ____________________________________________
4. Why did Sam want to borrow Kumar's sisters?
    ____________________________________________
5. What did Sam and Kumar want to do to help with the chores?
   ____________________________________________

完形填空。

     A passenger (乘客) told an air hostess (空姐) that he needed a cup of water to take medicine when
the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the   1   soon.
     Twenty minutes   2 , when the passenger's ring for service sounded, the air hostess realized it at once.
She was kept so busy that she   3   to bring him the water. Therefore, the passenger was held up (延迟)
to take his medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he   4   it.
     In the following hours on the flight,   5   time the air hostess passed the passenger, she would ask him
with a smile   6   he needed help or not. But the passenger never   7   her words.
     When he was going to get off the     8   ,   the passenger asked the air hostess to hand   him the
passengers' booklet (意见簿). She was very   9   . She knew that he would write down sharp words,
which might make her   10   the job.   11   with a smile she handed it to him.
     Off the plane, she   12      the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, "On the flight,
you asked me if I needed help for twelve times   13 . How can I refuse   14   twelve sincere smiles?"
     That's right! It was the twelve smiles of the air hostess that touched (感动) the passenger  15   and
of course she wouldn't lose her job!

(     )1. A. milk
(     )2. A. late
(     )3. A. remembered
(     )4. A. accepted
(     )5. A. some
(     )6. A. why
(     )7. A. paid attention to
(     )8. A. coach
(     )9. A. happy
(     )10.A. lose
(     )11.A. And
(     )12.A. opened
(     )13.A. at all
(     )14.A. her
(     )15.A. peacefully

B. juice
B. later
B. forgot
B. took
B. either
B. when
B. thought of
B. bus
B. cheerful
B. loses
B. So
B. closed
B. in all
B. your
B. comfortably

C. coffee
C. ago
C. wanted
C. refused
C. another
C. whether
C. heard of
C. train
C. sad
C. losing
C. Then
C. destroyed
C. of all
C. their
C. deeply

D. wate r
D. after
D. learned
D. received
D. each
D. how
D. worried about
D. plane
D. excited
D. lost
D. But
D. hid
D. all over
D. our
D. slowly

阅读理解。

      An old woman has three sons. They live in different cities and have a lot of money. One day they
talked about the gifts for their old mother.
      The first son said, "I'll buy a big house for our mother. "
      The second son said, "I'll give her a sports car with a driver. "
      The third son said, "I'll get her something special (特别的). "You know Mom enjoys reading books.  But you know, she can't see very well. So I'll get her a parrot. It can recite books.  The seller spends
12 years teaching it. "
       Later, Mom wrote her letters of thanks to them one by one,"Milton,"she wrote to one son , "The
house is so big, I live in only one room, but I have to clean all the house. "
       "Gerald," she wrote to the second one,"I am old now, so I don't want to travel. I stay at home most
of the time, so I use the sports car very little!"
        "Dear Donald,"  she wrote to her third son, "You are so good to know what I like. The meat is so
delicious. "

1. The old woman has _______ sons.

A. 2
B. 3
C. 6
D. 12

2. What does Gerald give his mother?

A. A letter.
B. A house.
C. A car.
D. A bird.

3. How did the third son feel after he read his mother's thank-you letter?

A. Surprised.
B. Warm.
C. Hungry.
D. Happy.

4. What did the mother do with (处理) the parrot?

A. Give it to others.
B. Eat it.
C. Sell it.
D. Clean it every day.

5. Why did the old woman like Donald's gift?

A. Because it's very expensive.
B. Because it's delicious.
C. Because it can help clean all the house.
D. Because it can recite the books.

     Sidney didn't have a girl friend and no one wanted to go out with him. He wasn't very tall and he didn't have a car,
either. All the girls that he knew liked tall men with cars. So Sidney sent two dollars and a self-addressed envelope
(写上自己地址的信封) to Computer-date (计算机红娘). After a few days he received a letter: "Find love at last..."
They also sent him the names and addresses of six girls. "Six girls who are waiting to meet you!"
     Sidney rushed to the phone. He phoned Amanda Shelling. She was at the top of his list.
     "How lovely! " she said, "Will you come for me in your car?"
     Sidney put the phone down quietly.
     Then he rang Deborah Basil.
     "How lovely!" she said, "I'll meet you at the bus stop outside my house."
     "How nice!" Sidney thought.
     At half past seven Sidney put on his best clothes. He didn't brush his hair because he liked it " natural (自然的)",
then he walked to the bus stop. A girl was standing by the stop looking at her watch.
     "Excuse me," said Sidney. "Are you Deborah Basil?"
     "Are you Sidney Shooter?" she asked after a minute.
     "Yes, that's right," said Sidney with a smile.
     "There's some mistake," she answered. "I'm not Deborah Basil."

1. Why didn't Sidney have a girl friend?

A. Because he was poor.
B. Because he never went out with girls.
C. Because he wasn't very tall and he didn't have a car.
D. Because he never wanted to have one.

2. When Sidney received the letter, he felt __________.

A. happy
B. interested
C. lonely
D. sad

3. Why did Sidney stop talking with Amanda Shelling?

A. Because he didn't think she was beautiful.
B. Because the telephone line was busy.
C. Because he didn't want to see her.
D. Because he had no car.

4. The girl standing by the bus stop was __________.

A. Amanda Shelling
B. Deborah Basil
C. Sidney's girl friend
D. Miss Shooter

5. Why did the girl say "I'm not Deborah Basil"?

A. Because she was really not Deborah Basil.
B. Because she did not want to become Sidney's friend.
C. Because Sidney was not polite.
D. Because there was some mistake.

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