题目内容
Reading Comprehension
Read the following passages, and choose the best answer that can answer the question.
One morning in April, Jim Reed checked his e－mail. He found a strange message on the e－mail. It was from a woman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He had talked to her on c mail many times in the last ten days. All the other messages were fun and interesting to read. This message was different.
The message said, “Good－bye loved kowihn yu I amj leavig.”
Mr Reed was frightened by the message. He tried to understand the words that were not spelled right. He quickly wrote a message to his new friend.
“What do you mean by the message you just sent me?”
He waited but did not get an answer. He wrote back, “Please talk to me.”
Finally, she wrote, “I m falllljg aseep wat ti sat gildgye tin y frnds.” Mr Reed thought hard about this message. “Is she going to kill herself?” he thought.
“What is your phone number?” he typed. The woman sent a phone number. Mr Reed called. At first the phone was busy. Then it just rang and rang. He called help in Pittsburgh. They connected him with the police. Reed told his story. Then he told them what his friend wrote.
The police and paramedics quickly went to the woman's house. When she didn't answer the doorbell, they broke in. they found her on the floor near the computer. She told them, “I took 60 pills.” The paramedics rushed her to the hospital.
“Mr Reed did a great job of saving this woman,” the police captain said. “If he hadn't guessed at the e－message, she would be dead now.” the woman is fine now, and she thanks Mr Reed for saving her life.
1．How did Mr Reed meet his new friends?
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A．By writing letters.
B．By sending e－mail.
C．By meeting them.
D．By talking over the phone.
2．How long did they write e－mail to each other?
A．Less than ten days.
B．More than ten days.
C．Ten days exactly.
D．Ten days or so.
3．What was different about the e－mail message this time?
A．The words were not spelled right.
B．His friend suddenly said goodbye to him.
C．His friend said she wanted to go home.
D．She said she wanted to go to bed.
4．How did the woman try to kill herself?
A．She had too much wine.
B．She slept too much.
C．She had too much pills.
D．She hadn't eaten anything for days.
5．Which of the following is closest to “I m falllljg aseep wat ti sat gildgye tin y frnds”?
A．I am falling asleep want to say goodbye to my friends.
B．I am feeling a sheep what till sat guilty to my friends.
C．I am falling a sheep want till say good day to your friends.
D．I am falling my sleep what to say to get a tin for my friends.
请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。
W: Hi, Fred．Where have you been?
M: I’ve been to the l____76____ and borrowed some English books． 76．
What’s wrong?
W: I t___77 ___ you’d been to the post office． 77．
Did you notice the money I left on the desk?
M: Yes, $10 altogether．But I didn’t know what it was f___78____． 78．
W: Didn’t you see the note I left you with the money?
M: Note? What note? I didn’t see any note．
W: R___79___? That’s very strange．I left the money with a note 79．
saying I wanted you to go to the post office and get some
e___80___ and stamps for me．I also put the ink bottle on 80．
them in case they might not draw your a___81____． 81．
M: I see now．Why can’t you go and get them y__82___? 82．
The post office is only about 30 minutes’ walk from here．
We often walk there after supper．
W: Of course I know how far it is from school．I can’t go there myself because
I’m very busy doing some chemistry e___83___ in the lab． 83．
And what’s more, I have to p___84___ for my English exam． 84．
You know I f__85__ the last one．If I can’t pass this time, 85．
a hard time will be waiting for me．
One day,Raul was miles away from the small ranch（牧场） house in a large valley. 36 seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy.The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds 37 across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 38 ,the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly 39 Raul. The thunder（雷声） was so loud that he buried his 40 in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoofbeats（蹄声）.He 41 .There before him stood a tall, white 42 . An old man stared down at him from its back.
“Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “My name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered 43 . “Come with me.”
Raul followed on his horse. A 44 feeling came over him. All 45 them the rain was pouring down, 46 not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be 47 back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found 48 at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, 49 his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were 50 .
Raul’s father ran out across the yard to 51 him. “we have been 52 sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the 53 .”
“Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”
“Can’t say I … wait. I 54 my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was 55 by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”
36. A.Something B.Everything C.Anything D.Nothing
37.A.dropped B.fell C.rolled D.covered
38.A.Suddenly B.Strongly C.Quickly D.Hardly
39.A.beating B.blinding C.burning D.touching
40.A.nose B.hair C.neck D.head
41.A.looked up B.woke up C.lay down D.sat down
42.A.tiger B.horse C.lion D.elephant
43.A.lazily B.angrily C.coldly D.slowly
44.A.natural B.common C.strange D.bad
45.A.around B.beside C.through D.above
46.A.yet B.for C.so D.or
47.A.walking B.leading C.heading D.returning
48.A.them B.themselves C.him D.himself
49.A.shook B.waved C.held D.took
50.A.gone B.left C.followed D.lost
51.A.see B.meet C.beat D.ask
52.A.waited B.thought C.worried D.excited
53.A.yard B.wind C.grass D.rain
54.A.believe B.consider C.doubt D.forget
55.A.defeated B.caught C.damaged D.struck
对话填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
W： Hi, Fred．Where have you been?
M： I’ve been to the l_____76_____ and borrowed some English books．What’s wrong?
W： I t____77______ you’d been to the post office．Did you notice the money I left on the desk?
M： Yes, $10 altogether．But I didn’t know what it was f____78___．
W： Didn’t you see the note I left you with the money?
M： Note? What note? I didn’t see any note．
W： R____79______? That’s very strange．I left the money with a note saying I wanted you to go to the post office and get some e____80_______ and stamps for me．I also put the ink bottle on them in case they might not draw your a_____81________．
M： I see now．Why can’t you go and get them y_____82______? The post office is only about 30 minutes’ walk from here．We often walk there after supper．
W： Of course I know how far it is from school．I can’t go there myself because I’m very busy doing some chemistry e______83_________ in the lab．And what’s more, I have to p_____84______ for my English exam．You know I f___85______ the last one．If I can’t pass this time, a hard time will be waiting for me．
Having a husband means an extra seven hours of housework each week for women, according to a new study. For men, getting married saves an hour of housework a week. “It’s a well-known pattern,” said lead researcher Frank Stafford at University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. “Men usually work more outside the home, while women take on more of the housework.”
He points out that differences among households（家庭）exist. But in general, marriage means more housework for women and less for men. “And the situation gets worse for women when they have children,” Stafford said.
Overall, times are changing in the American home. In 1976, women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of sweeping-and-dusting work, compared with 17 hours in 2005. Men are taking on more housework, more than doubling their housework hours from six in 1976 to 13 in 2005.
Single women in their 20s and 30s did the least housework, about 12 weekly hours, while married women in their 60s and 70s did the most-about 21 hours a week.
Men showed a somewhat different pattern, with older men picking up the broom more often than younger men. Single men worked the hardest around the house, more than that of all other age groups of married men.
Having children increases housework even further. With more than three children, for example, wives took on more of the extra work, clocking about 28 hours a week compared with husbands’10 hours.
1.According to the “well-known pattern” in Paragraph 1, a married man___________.
A. takes on heavier work B. does more housework
C. is the main breadwinner D. is the master of the house
2.How many hours of housework did men do every week in the 1970s?
A. About 23. B. About 26.
C. About 13. D. About y.
3.What kind of man is doing most housework according to the text?
A. An unmarried man. B. An older married man.
C. A younger married man. D. A married man with children.
4.What can we conclude from Stafford’s research?
A. Marriage gives men more freedom.
B. Marriage has effects on job choices.
C. Housework sharing changes over time.
D. Having children means doubled housework.
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