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                                                            Diving or Drowning
    A rich young man decided that he would like to do some diving in the sea, so he bought a rubber suit
and all the other things that he needed, and took some lessons at a diving school. Then one day he walked
into the water by himself and began to explore the bottom of the sea.
    He saw a lot of beautiful fish and other things, and then, after half an hour, he suddenly saw a man
waving his arms and legs around wildly near the bottom of the sea. He was wearing only a bathing suit.
    The rich young man was very surprised to see him, so he took out a plastic notebook and a special pencil,
which could write under water, and wrote, "What are you doing here?" 
    He showed the notebook to the other man, who then took the pencil and wrote, "Drowning!"
1. What did the rich young man want to do?
[     ]
a. driving
b. diving
c. walking
d. swimming
2. How did he prepare himself for this?
[     ]
a. He bought all the things needed for diving.
b. He took a diving lesson.
c. He bought a rubber suit and a bathing suit.
d. both a and b.
3. What did he first see at the bottom of the ocean?
[     ]
a. some fish
b. some plants
c. a man with a bathing suit
d. a man with a diving suit
4. What did he see later?
[     ]
a. some sea animals
b. some rocks
c. a man with a bathing suit
d. other things
5. What was the man doing?
[     ]
a. swimming
b. diving
c. searching for fish
d. drowning
6. What was he wearing?
[     ]
a. a rubber suit
b. a swimming suit
c. a diving suit
d. a bathing suit
7. What did the rich young man do?
[     ]
a. He talked with him.
b. He pulled the man out of water.
c. He communicated with the man by writing.
d. He gave his suit to the man.
8. What did the other man write in the notebook?
[     ]
a. It's none of your business.
b. Who are you?
c. What are you doing here?
d. Drowning!
阅读理解。

    Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother's birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that
would be nice and useful but not expensive. A week before her mother's birthday, she went shopping
after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that was
selling cheap umbrellas (伞), and decided to take a black one, since her mother had lost hers the month
before.
    She thought, "You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color." So she decided to
buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to school with her until her classes had finished.
    On her way back home in the train that evening, she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch
that she went along to the buffet car (餐车) for another sandwich and cup of coffee. She had left the
black umbrella above her seat in the compartment (车厢), but when she got back, it had gone! When
she had left the compartment, there had been no other passengers (乘客) in it, but now there were three.
    Sally began to cry when she saw that the umbrella was no longer there. The other passengers felt very
sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them that the black umbrella she had bought for
her mother was gone, and that she had to get out at the next station. After the three other passengers
heard it, they asked her for her mother's address so that they could sent the umbrella to her if someone
had taken it by mistake and brought it back after Sally had got out of the train.
    The next week, Sally heard from her mother. It said, "Thank you very much for your lovely presents,
but why did you send me three black umbrellas?"

阅读理解。
    Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine (酒)
and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and
eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught
his servant doing that.
    One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, "Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and
some nice food in the house. You must take care of them." With these words, he went out.
    But the servant knew what the rich man had said was untrue (假的), after the rich man was away
from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground.
When the rich man came back, he couldn't find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke
(叫醒) the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He
was afraid to be punished (被惩罚), so he drank the poison to kill himself.
1. In the story, _____ liked wine and good food very much.
[     ]
A. the rich man
B. the servant
C. both A and B
D. neither A and B
2. The rich man knew that it was _____ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.
[     ]
A. the cat
B. himself
C. nobody
D. the servant
3. The rich man told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because _____.
[     ]
A. there was in fact poison in the bottles
B. he did not want the servant to drink his wine
C. he wanted to kill the cat
D. he wanted to kill the servant
4. In fact _____ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.
[     ]
A. the servant
B. cat
C. the rich man
D. nobody
5. From the story, we know that the servant is very _____.
[     ]
A. lazy
B. bad
C. clever
D. kind
完型填空。
    Mary was born in a worker's family. But she always    1   her friends that her father is very rich. They
know her very well, but   2   says anything about it.
    Last month Miss Brown,   3   friends, asked Mary to her birthday party. The girl went there with some
   4  . She got on a bus but there were a lot of people in it. She couldn't find any seat. A young man saw this,
he   5   and said, "Take my seat, please."
    Mary   6   him and sat down. To her surprise, she saw him again at the party. She was very   7   and went
to say hello to him. They began to dance. The young man heard a piece of   8   and liked it very much. He told
the girl he taught piano at school.
    "I bought a piano ten years    9  ," said Mary.
    "You must play it well, I think."
    "  10 , I can't. I don't know how to get the lid (盖子) open," answered the girl.

(     )1. A. tells        
(     )2. A. everyone     
(     )3. A. her one      
(     )4. A. piano        
(     )5. A. put on       
(     )6. A. thanked      
(     )7. A. tired        
(     )8. A. seat         
(     )9. A. after        
(     )10. A. Excuse me    

B. says          
B. anyone         
B. one of her     
B. seat           
B. looked at         
B. listened       
B. sad           
B. bread          
B. ago           
B. Of course    
C. speaks     
C. nobody        
C. one her   
C. man          
C. stood up        
C. laughed    
C. careful     
C. piano       
C. behind      
C. Sorry    
D. talks         
D. someone           
D. some of her   
D. presents          
D. got up        
D. wanted                                  
D. happy         
D. music          
D. soon            
D. Thank you   
阅读理解。
    Once Effendi (阿凡提) had a joke with the prime minister (宰相). He said the minister would die the
next day. The next day it really happened that the Minister fell from his horse and died. When the king
heard this, he got angry and sent his men to catch Effendi at once.
    After Effendi had been brought to him, the king shouted angrily, "Effendi, since you knew my Minister
would die you must also know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you'll die today."
    Looking at the king, Effendi answered, "I'll die two days earlier than you."
    Fearing that his own death would follow if Effendi was killed, the king thought he must keep Effendi
alive as long as possible so he let him go.
1. This story tell us ____.
[     ]
A. when the king would die
B. Effendi knew the dates of their death
C. how Effendi fooled the king
D. why the prime minister died
2. The prime minister died because ____.
[     ]
A. Effendi talked about his death the day before
B. he was ill
C. he fell to the ground from the horse
D. the king asked him to die
3. Why did the king ask Effendi to tell the date of his own death? He wanted to ____.
[     ]
A. know the exact time of his own death
B. find an excuse to kill Effendi
C. know if Effendi would tell him a lie
D. know the date of Effendi's death
4. The king let Effendi go because ____.
[     ]
A. Effendi was very clever
B. he hoped that he could live a long life
C. he had punished (惩罚) Effendi already
D. he wanted Effendi to become his prime minister
5. From this story we can see that Effendi was ____.
[     ]
A. foolish
B. careful
C. killed
D. bright
阅读理解。
    Henry finds a job on a farm. He is the strongest and youngest. He eats more, sleeps more, but works
less. He doesn't like to use his head, so he knows little. He has to do some unskilled (无需特殊技能的)
work. He always says he's tired and hopes to have a good rest. So he gets less money than others.
    Winter is coming. The workers are getting ready for the next year. Only Henry does nothing. The
farmer tells him to cut down some trees in the forest. The young man has to go there with a chair. He
feels lonely (寂寞的) in the forest and is afraid of the animals. So he looks around and sings loudly.
Nobody knows what he's singing. After three days, Henry doesn't cut down any trees. The farmer feels
strange. He wants to find out how the young man is working there. To his anger (生气), Henry is sitting
on the chair, cutting the tree. "Why are you sitting here to cut the trees?" asks the farmer. "Because I
can't work if lying (躺着), sir."
1. Henry doesn't like to use his head, so ______.
[     ]
A. he knows little knowledge (知识)
B. he is young and strong
C. he tries to be a farmer
D. he finds a job on a farm
2. Henry gets less money because ______.
[     ]
A. he sleeps more
B. he does some unskilled work
C. he isn't polite to the farmer
D. he eats more
3. Henry has to cut down the trees because ______.
[     ]
A. he can do nothing except (除了) it
B. he likes to stay in the quiet forest
C. he can't get on well with others
D. he is very strong
4. Henry is ______ to stay in the forest.
[     ]
A. glad
B. angry
C. safe
D. afraid
5. Henry hopes to ______.
[     ]
A. make the farmer happy
B. get help
C. lie down in the forest
D. cut down more trees
阅读理解。
    When Mencius (孟子) was a small boy, his father died. So Mencius and his mother were quite poor.
One day, Mencius returned home from school and found his mother making some cloth. It was very
beautiful and expensive.
    "How much of your book have you read today?" Mencius' mother asked him. Mencius threw down
his book. "I haven't read any of it." He replied, "I played with some friends of mine in the fields."
    When his mother heard this, she picked up a pair of scissors (剪刀) and cut the cloth. "Why have
you cut your cloth?" Mencius asked, "It was so beautiful and now you've wasted it." "You have wasted
your time," she said, "Now I have wasted mine. Look at the terrible (可怕的) thing we have done!"
    Mencius learned a lot from this lesson. After this, he always studied hard.
1. When did the story happen?
[     ]
A. When Mencius was 30 years old.
B. When Mencius' family was very rich.
C. When Mencius' father lived with them.
D. When Mencius was a small boy.
2. The phrase "make some cloth" means "______".
[     ]
A. 做衣服
B. 织布
C. 纺棉花
D. 缝衣服
3. Why did Mencius' mother cut the cloth? Because ______.
[     ]
A. She wanted to make some more beautiful cloth
B. She thought it was wasting time to make cloth
C. She wanted to let her son get angry
D. She wanted to give her son a lesson
4. Why did Mencius always study hard after this? Because ______.
[     ]
A. he wanted to be a teacher
B. he learned a lot from the lesson
C. he wanted to make his mother happy
D. he didn't play with any other friends
5. This passage mainly tells ______.
[     ]
A. A story of Mencius and his friends
B. a story of Mencius' mother
C. a story about Mencius' wasting time
D. Mencius' mother cut the cloth
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