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  Some people do not like anything to be out of place, they are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people's birthday and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive. Mr Dodds is such a person.

  Mr Dodds works in a bank, and lives alone. The only family he has were in the next town: his sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Mark. Mr Dodds does not see his sister, or his family, from one year to the next, but he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten one of Mark's seventeen birthdays. Last week Mr Dodds had quite a surprise. He drove home from the bank at the usual time and drove neither too slowly nor too fast; he parked his car where he always parked it, out of the way of other cars, and he went inside to make his evening meal. At once, there was a knock at the door. Mr Dodds opened the door to find a policeman standing at the door.

  

  “What have I done wrong?”Mr Dodds asked himself.“Have I driven on the wrong side of the road? Has there been some trouble at the bank? Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?”

  

  “Hello, Uncle”said the policeman,“My name's Mark.”

  

1.Mr Dodds sees his sister ________.

  

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A.very little

  

B.only at Christmas time

  

C.only at the end of the year

  

D.on Mark's birthday every year

  
        

2.Mr Dodds ________.

  

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A.has forgotten more than one Mark's birthday

  

B.has not sent Mark anything on his seventeenth birthday

  

C.always sends a Christmas card on Mark's birthday

  

D.always sends Mark something on his birthday

  

3.When he heard a knock at the door, he was ________.

  

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A.cooking a meal

  

B.parking his car

  

C.at the door

  

D.just beginning to cook a meal

  
        

4.Mr Dodds was surprised that ________.

  

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A.a policeman visited him

  

B.Mark came to see him

  

C.he had forgotten Mark's birthday

  

D.someone was knocking at the door

  

5.Which of the following best describes the writer's attitude towards Mr Dodds? ________.

  

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A.Mr Dodds always insists on his opinion

  

B.Mr Dodds is not strict in his work

  

C.Mr Dodds never makes a mistake

  

D.Mr Dodds does not care about others

  

  完形填空Tolstoy, the great Russian writer, liked to walk about in a railway station near his home. One day when he was walking up and down 1 usual, looking at people getting on and off the 2 , he heard a lady 3 after him:“Hey, you old fellow, go and fetch my handbag in the 4 room which I 5 there.”

  Tolstoy 6 there. He picked the bag 7 and walked quickly along the platform At 8 same time the lady was waiting beside the carriage, looking 9 . When at 10 the old man gave the bag back to her, she opened it to 11 sure nothing was 12 . “Good, old man,” said the woman. “You are just as quick as I can 13 . Here you are.” She gave a copper win to him. Tolstoy accepted the coin and put it into his pocket 14 a smile.

  But the woman was petrified(发呆) when she heard that the old man was Tolstoy, the 15 of the great novel WAR AND PEACE. She 16 to Tolstoy and stammered(口吃), “Oh, excuse me… Oh, how silly I was to 17 you for a porter. Please throw back that coin 18 you forgive me.”

  “Oh, madam. Why? You have done 19 wrong.” Tolstoy laughed, “My work deserved the tip, so I'll 20 it. Thank you, madam!”

1.

[  ]

A.like
B.as
C.than
D.about

2.

[  ]

A.trains
B.cars
C.planes
D.bikes

3.

[  ]

A.talking
B.speaking
C.telling
D.shouting

4.

[  ]

A.next
B.meeting
C.waiting
D.dining

5.

[  ]

A.went
B.forgot
C.left
D.bought

6.

[  ]

A.walked
B.jumped
C.hurried
D.entered

7.

[  ]

A.up
B.out
C.over
D.through

8.

[  ]

A.the
B.a
C.one.
D.不填

9.

[  ]

A.happy
B.back
C.well
D.worried

10.

[  ]

A.first
B.last
C.end
D.sight

11.

[  ]

A.make
B.do
C.take
D.get

12.

[  ]

A.losing
B.inside
C.robbed
D.missing

13.

[  ]

A.expect
B.run
C.do
D.walk

14.

[  ]

A.with
B.for
C.at
D.in

15.

[  ]

A.character
B.man
C.writer
D.people

16.

[  ]

A.returned
B.changed
C.said
D.turned

17.

[  ]

A.pay
B.take
C.have
D.search

18.

[  ]

A.unless
B.if
C.because
D.until

19.

[  ]

A.something
B.everything
C.anything
D.nothing

20.

[  ]

A.throw
B.remain
C.keep
D.stay

Are dreams of any use to the dreamer or to anybody else?  We  may  remember the traveler who __36__ the ship Waratah at Durban  because of his terrible _37__. The Waratah later disappeared entirely, with everyone on _38_. The traveler’s dreams  helped him  and  saved  him  from  39_, but they didn’t help the other people. Why was this man treated _40__ from everyone  else? Another man _41__ had a dream about the Black Forest in Germany.     In his dream  he  was  walking  in the  forest _42__ two men ran out  and  tried to  throw him to the _43___. He ran off as fast as he could, but they followed.  He reached a  place _44__he saw two _45__ roads in front of him,  one to the  right  and  the other to the left. Which road ought he to _46__ ? He heard the two men _47____ him, getting nearer and  at  the  same time  he  heard a voice in his ear.  It told him to go to the _48__ , and he did so.   He  ran on  and soon came to  a small hotel.   He was _49___ here   kindly  and  given  a  room, and so he was _50__ from the  two men.   
That was the dream. Twenty years later he was _51___  in the Black Forest and  as  it  _52___  in  the dream long before,  two men ran out and tried to throw him down. He ran off, and came to a  place  with two roads as in  the dream.He_53___ the dream  and  took  the  road to  the right. He soon _54___a small hotel, was taken in, and so  was  safe.   His  dream  of twenty years _55__ had  Saved his life.
【小题1】.  

A.leftB.gotC.droveD.enter
【小题2】.  
A.ideasB.suggestionsC.dreamsD.words
【小题3】.  
A.boardB.ship C.seaD.deck
【小题4】.  
A.lifeB.death C.illnessD.disease
【小题5】.  
A.similarlyB.differentlyC.strangelyD.unfortunately
【小题6】.  
A.aloneB.onceC.stillD.even
【小题7】.  
A.whileB.asC.beforeD.when
【小题8】.  
A.floorB.earthC.soilD.ground
【小题9】.  
A.whichB.that C.whereD.who
【小题10】 
A.sameB.separateC.divided D.crossed
【小题11】.  
A.takeB.bring C.carryD.go
【小题12】.  
A.next toB.in front ofC.besideD.behind
【小题13】.  
A.houseB.hotelC.leftD.right
【小题14】.  
A.accepted B.receivedC.refusedD.closed
【小题15】.  
A.killedB.murdered C.savedD.robbed
【小题16】.  
A.exactlyB.really C.sincerelyD.actually
【小题17】.  
A.happened B.performedC.actedD.chose
【小题18】.  
A. forgot B.remembered C.missedD.noticed
【小题19】.  
A.arrivedB.left C.reached D.got
【小题20】.  
A.frontB.before C.laterD.after


  The easy way out isn't always easiest. I learned that lesson when I decided to treat Doug, my husband of one month, to a special meal. I glanced through my cookbook and chose a menu which included homemade bread. Knowing the bread would take time, I started on it as soon as Doug left for work. As I was not experienced in cooking, I thought if a dozen was good, two dozen would be better, so I doubled everything. As Dong loved oranges, I also opened a can of orange and poured it all into the bowl. Soon there was a sticky dough(面团)covered with ugly yellowish marks. realizing I had been defeated, I put the dough in the rubbish bin outside so I wouldn't have to face Doug laughing at my work, I went on preparing the rest of the meal, and, when Doug got home, we sat down to Cornish chicken with rice. He tried to enjoy the meal but seemed disturbed. Twice he got up and went outside, saying he thought he heard a noise. The third time he left, I went to the windows to see what he was doing. Looking out, I saw Doug standing about three feet from the rubbish bin, holding the lid up with a stick and looking into the container. When I came out of the house, he dropped the stick and explained that there was something alive in out rubbish bin. Picking up the stick again, he held the lid up enough for me to see. I felt cold. But I stepped closer and looked harder. Without doubt it was my work. The hot sun had caused the dough to double in size and the fermenting yeast (酵母)made the surface shake and sigh as though it were breathing. I had to admit what the 'living thing 'was and why it was there. I don't know who was more embarrassed(尴尬)by the whole thing ,Doug or me?
44.The writer's purpose in writing this story is ___________
  A.to tell an interesting experience
  B.to show the easiest way out of a difficulty
  C.to describe the trouble facing a newly married woman
  D.to explain the difficulty of learning to cook from books
45.Why did the woman's attempt at making the bread turn out to be unsuccessful?
  A.The canned orange had gone bad.
  B.She didn't use the right kind of flour.
  C.The cookbook was hard to understand.
  D.She did not follow the directions closely.
46.Why did the woman put the dough in the rubbish bin?
  A.She didn't see the use of keeping it
  B.She meant to joke with her husband.
  C.She didn't want her husband to see it .
  D.She hoped it would soon dry in the sun.
47.What made the dough in the rubbish bin make the noise?
  A.The rising and falling movement.
  B.The strange-looking marks.
C.Its shape.                 
D.Its size.
48.When Doug went out the third time, the woman looked out of the window because she was ______________.
  A.surprised at his being interested in the bin
  B.afraid that he would discover her secret
  C.unhappy that he didn't enjoy the meal
  D.curious to know what disturbed him

As one comes to some crossroads, he or she sees a sign which says that drivers have to stop when they come to the main road ahead. At other crossroads, drivers have to go slow, but they do not actually have to stop unless, of course, there is something coming along the main road; and at still others, they do not have either to stop or to go slow, because they are themselves on the main road.

Mr. Williams, who was always a very careful driver, was driving home from work one evening when he came to a crossroad. It had a “SLOW” sign. He slowed down when he came to the main road, looked both ways to see that nothing was coming, and then drove across without stopping completely.

At once he heard a police whistle, so he pulled into the side of the road and stopped. A policeman walked over to him with a notebook and a pen in his hand and said, “You didn’t stop at that crossing.”

“But the sign there doesn't say ‘STOP’.” answered Mr. Williams, “It just says ‘SLOW’, and I did go slow.”

The policeman looked around him, and a look of surprise came over his face. Then he put his notebook and pen away, scratched his head and said, “Well, I’m in the wrong street!”

1.When he was stopped by a policeman, he ____.

A. was driving at a high speed               B. was driving onto the main road

C. was going to stop his car                 D. was pulled into the crossroad

2.Though slowly, Mr. Williams continued driving at the crossing because________ .

A. he saw a “STOP” sign in the opposite street     

B. he paid no attention to the traffic rules

C. he didn't have to stop                  

D. he was eager to get home

3.Looking round Mr. Williams, the policeman was surprised because__________ .

A. he met a mad man

B. he realized that he himself was mistaken

C. Mr. Williams dared to speak to him like that

D. Mr. Williams would not apologize to him

4.What does “scratch” in the last paragraph mean?

A. to rub the skin of (the head) for uncertainty

B. to strike (the head ) for regret

C. to nodded for sure

D. to look back to search for something

 

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