阅读理解。
        Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Minister (宰相), He said that the Minister Would die the next day,
The next day, the Minister fell to the ground from the horse and really died, when the king learned this, he got
angry and sent his men to catch Effendi at once.
        When Effendi was brought to him, the king shouted angrily, "Effendi, since (既然死) you knew When
my Minister would die, you must know the date of your own death (死), say it out, or you'll die today."
        Effendi looked at the king for a while, Then he answered, "But how can I know? I'll die two days earlier
than you. The king was afraid that if he killed Effendi, he himself would die after that. He thought he must keep
Effendi alive (活着) as long as possible, so he let Effendi go.
1. This story tells us__________.
[     ]
A.how Effendi fool (愚弄) 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 of the horse
3. Why did the king ask Effendi to tell him the date of Effendi's own death? __________.
[     ]
A.Because the king wanted to know when he himself would die
B.Because the wanted to find an excuse to kill Effendi
C.Because he himself had known the date of Effendi's death
D.Because 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 (相信) Effendi's words
D.he knew he would die two days later
5. Which of the following is not true__________.
[     ]
A.Effendi played a joke on the Minister
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。
     A new supermarket put on a notice inside the entrance. It said, "Remember, once a week, one of
our customers (顾客) gets free goods (things that cost nothing). This may be your lucky day!" All the
housewives who went to the supermarket had one great hope: to be the lucky customer who didn't have
to pay for her shopping.
     For several weeks Mrs Blake hoped to be the lucky customer. Unlike many other customers, she
never gave up hope. Her kitchen was full of things she did not need. She dreamed of the day, when the
manager of the supermarket would come and say to her, "Madam, this is your lucky day and everything
in your basket is free."
    One Friday morning, after she finished her shopping and had taken all the things to her car, she found
that she had forgotten to buy tea. She went to the supermarket, got the tea and went towards the
check-out. As she did so, she saw the manager of the supermarket come to her. "Madam," he said,
"congratulations! You are our lucky customer and everything in your basket is free!"
1. From the notice in the new supermarket, we know that ______.
[     ]
A. customers could buy things at lower prices once a week
B. the customer who bought the least goods didn't have to pay
C. just one customer could get free goods once a week
D. the first customer who bought goods in the supermarket was the lucky one
2. What was Mrs Blake's hope?
[     ]
A. To buy something cheaper in the supermarket.
B. To see the manager of the supermarket.
C. To buy everything she needed in the supermarket.
D. To be the lucky customer.
3. Why did Mrs. Blake go back to the market after her shopping?
[     ]
A. Because she wanted to see who would be the lucky customer.
B. Because she forgot to buy one more thing.
C. Because she had to pay for her shopping.
D. Because she wanted to get another chance to be the lucky customer.
4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
[     ]
A. The manager of the market was a clever businessman.
B. In fact the notice for free goods was a trick (诡计).
C. Mrs. Blake's dream came true at last.
D. Mrs. Blake did shopping every week in the past several weeks.
5. What would Mrs. Blake probably say when she heard the manager's words?
[     ]
A. "Oh, my God!"
B. "How lucky I am!"
C. "Everyone has a lucky day."
D. "It's very kind of you!"
完形填空。
      A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman struggle (奋力) with a large box. It was
half in and half    1    of her car. He was a helpful kind of man, so he went up to the woman and said,
"Let me give you a hand with that box. It looks very    2   ." "That's very kind of you," the woman said.
"I'm having a lot of    3    with it. I think it's stuck (卡住)." "Together we'll soon move it," the man said.
He    4    into the back seat of the car and took hold of the other end of the box. He said, "I'm ready." And
he began to    5    hard. For several minutes the man and the woman struggled with the box. Soon they
were    6    in the face. "Let's rest for a minute," the man said. "I'm sorry, but it    7    stuck." A few minutes
later, the man said, "Let's try again. Are you ready?"    8    of them took hold of the box again. "One, two,
three!" the man said, and they went on with their struggle.
      At last, when they were very tired, the man said, "You are     9   . It really is stuck. I don't think
there's  10   we can get it out of the car." "Get it out of the car!" The woman cried. "I'm trying to get it in!"
(     )1. A. in      
(     )2. A. heavy   
(     )3. A. trouble 
(     )4. A. got     
(     )5. A. pull    
(     )6. A. white   
(     )7. A. goes    
(     )8. A. Every   
(     )9. A. ready   
(     )10. A. anything         
B. out       
B. strong      
B. questions
B. stepped   
B. carry     
B. tired     
B. falls     
B. All       
B. right                 
B. anywhere
C. on         
C. dear       
C. matter    
C. came       
C. push       
C. red        
C. grows      
C. Either     
C. clever               
C. any one 
D. off       
D. new       
D. accidents 
D. walked    
D. lift        
D. hurt       
D. seems                             
D. Both       
D. sure       
D. any way  
A. make a journey
B. visit some places of interest
C. meet their friends
D. make a profit
3. The tow farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ______.
[     ]
A. theirs weren't as good as the others'
B. theirs were much less than the others'
C. a lot of apples had been already carried to the city
D. they forgot to carry them on a truck
4. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because ______.
[     ]
A. they had sustained losses in business
B. they had lost some money in the city
C. something was wrong with the tractor
D. other people profited in the city
5. Which of the following is true?
[     ]
A. The two farmers found out why they were poor.
B. The two farmers will soon get rich.
C. Neither of the farmers is clever.
D. The two farmers decided to buy a truck.
阅读理解。
    The Wilsons decided to go overseas for vacation. They had a family meeting to plan the vacation.
    "First," Mr Wilson said, "we should decide where we are going."
    "I don't agree," Mrs Wilson said, "I think we should decide when we are going first. We don't want
to go to places when they are cold."
     Mr Wilson agreed, so the family's first decision was when to go on vacation. They decided to go in
July.
    "Now we can decide where to go," said Mr Wilson.
    "But, Dad," Ben said, "don't you think that where we go depends on (依赖,取决于) how we go? If
we plan to fly, we can go a long way. If we plan to drive, we can't go far."
     Again, Mr Wilson agreed, and they discussed this. At last they agreed to travel by plane.
     And so the planning meeting went on. The next day, one of Mr Wilson's friends at work asked, "Where
are you going for vacation?"
     "Well," Mr Wilson told him, "we are going in summer by plane, but I don't know where we are going!"
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
1. Why did the Wilsons have a family meeting?
                                                                                                                   
2. What did they decide first?
                                                                                                                   
3. When did they decide to go? 
                                                                                                                   
4. How did the Wilsons decide to travel? 
                                                                                                                   
5. What they didn't decide? 
                                                                                                                   
阅读理解。
     It was Jimmy's birthday, and he was five years old. He got a lot of nice birthday presents from his
family, and one of them was a beautiful drum (鼓).
     "Who gave him that thing?" Jimmy's father said when he saw it. "His grandfather did," answered
Jimmy's mother.
     Jimmy liked his drum very much. He made a terrible (可怕的) noise with it, but his father didn't mind
(介意). He was working during the day and Jimmy was already in bed when he got home in the evening,
so he couldn't hear the noise.
     But one of the neighbors (邻居) didn't like the noise at all, so a few days later, she took a sharp
(锋利的) knife and went to Jimmy's house while he was hitting his drum. She said to him, "Hello, Jimmy,
there is something very nice inside your drum. Here is a knife. Open the drum and let's find it."
1. Jimmy got a lot of nice presents from his ______.

[     ]

A. classmates
B. friends
C. teachers
D. family
2. Who gave Jimmy the drum?______.

[     ]

A. His father
B. His mother
C. His neighbor
D. His grandfather
3. Why didn't Jimmy's father stop him from making noise with the drum? Because ______.

[     ]

A. he liked Jimmy very much
B. he didn't hear it
C. Jimmy was in bed
D. Jimmy only played in the evening
4. One of the neighbors ______.

[     ]

A. liked Jimmy very much
B. enjoyed listening to the sound of the drum
C. wanted to show Jimmy a sharp knife
D. didn't like the noise at all
5. What did Jimmy's neighbor really want him to do? To ______.

[     ]

A. stop him making noises
B. make a noise on his drum with a knife
C. show him how to hit the drum
D. find something nice in his drum
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