Once an Arab was traveling in the desert . When the sun went down in the west , he stopped and put up his tent , made a fire and had a   36  meal . When night fell , he  37  down to sleep .
He had  38  fallen  asleep  when he felt a soft  39  on his elbow(肘) . He woke up to find that his camel had put his head inside the tent . The camel said , “Would you please let me keep my head in the tent to get warm ? It’s so cold outside . I won’t take up much room . ”
The Arab was a  40  man . “All right ,do as you please , ”he said . Then he turned on his side and went back to sleep .
It wasn’t long  41  he felt a push on his shoulder . It was the camel again . “Dear master ,”the camel said , “my head is quite warm now , but my neck is still cold . Do you mind 42  I keep it inside the tent ,too ? ”
“No , not at all , ”the man said . But this time he felt a bit 43 , as the camel had such a long neck .
Hardly had he shut his eyes when he got a harder push in his side . This time the camel said , “Will you please  44  me to bring my front legs inside and warm them up a little ?”
The Arab moved over to one side of the tent .He made  45  as small as he could . It wasn’t a bit comfortable , and sleep was now  46  .
After a while, the camel gave him a rough push and said , “The tent is too small for the two of us .Besides , my two hind legs are still left in the cold.  47  is only reasonable that you should leave the whole tent to me .”

【小题1】
A.simpleB.richC.excellentD.ordinary
【小题2】
A.laidB.layC.liedD.went
【小题3】
A.seldomB.notC.almostD.hardly
【小题4】
A.touchB.beatC.kickD.bite
【小题5】
A.hard-heartedB.kind-heartedC.cruelD.careless
【小题6】
A.afterB.beforeC.sinceD.then
【小题7】
A.whetherB.asC.thatD.if
【小题8】
A.crowdedB.comfortableC.warmerD.narrower
【小题9】
A.letB.allowC.makeD.have
【小题10】
A.the tentB.himselfC.roomD.ground
【小题11】
A.impossiblyB.impossibleC.quite possibleD.possibility
【小题12】
A.ItB.ThatC.WhatD.This


C
A white-haired old gentleman steps out of his car, bag in hand and coat over his arm, he has called from the office to say that he is on the way. His wife is preparing supper. He can see the light shining inside his own front door. He looks forward to a fire and hot milk. It is a cold night. A few seconds later he is lying on the icy ground in a pool of his own blood.
  It doesn't happen very often, but it does happen in the capital city of the United States. It is more likely to happen in the near-deserted city center at night. What happened to him could happen to any of us.
  Senator Stennis, who is 71 , got out of his white Buick at 7:40 p.m. outside his home at 3609 Cumberland Street. Two youths said, "Get out! Money, please." He followed the order. He handed over his wallet containing several cards, a gold watch and the only money he had in his pockets—twenty-five cents. The youths also said, "Now we're going to shoot you anyway." Anyway they did. One bullet(子弹) hit him in the leg and struck the bone. The other entered his chest just below the upper pocket of his suit. It narrowly missed his heart.
  Strangely he made it across a ten-meter distance, up eight steps and along twenty more feet of stone path. His wife met him at the door, and saw two men running. The senator told her to call the police and the doctor.
  The senator is a powerful political figure, but it is unlikely that the two young men knew who he was. More likely the reason for the killing was that he had only no more than a quarter of dollar - not enough for two cups of coffee.
49 According to the passage,_______.
  A. such a mugging(行凶抢劫) might have happened to anyone
  B. the mugging happened on a cold evening in a senator's home
  C. the senator was killed because he was an important politician
  D. the mugging might not have happened if the senator was young and strong
50. Having robbed the senator, the two young men _______.
  A. pulled him into a pool    B. shot two bullets into his body
  C. hit out at him hard     D. carried him away
51. The two young men were angry by the fact that _______.
  A. the senator attempted to cheat them
  B. they failed to get the senator's expensive car
  C. the senator didn't die in their hands
  D. the mugging didn't bring them what they had expected
52 Which of the following statements is not true?
  A. A near-deserted city center at night is a dangerous place.
  B. People should always carry some money with them.
  C. Though seriously wounded, the senator managed to get home on his own.
  D. The senator's wife met the two men and recognized them.

One morning Mrs Smith was driving home after she had done shopping. When she drove near a rubbish dump, she noticed a microwave oven(微波炉) not far from the side of the road.“John is a good electrician!”she said to herself.“Perhaps he can repair this. I'll take it home and let him try.”She picked up the oven and put it in the boot of her car. Then she drove on happily. A few kilometers later, she heard the siren (警报器)of a police car behind her. She looked in the driving mirror and saw a policeman waving to her to tell her to pull over and stop.
 Mrs Smith was very puzzled. She slowed down at the side of the road. A traffic policeman got out of the police car and walked up to her. 
“Can I see your driving license and insurance certificate(保险证),please? ”he asked her. He copied down details of her name, address and the number of the car.“What's wrong, officer?” Mrs Smith asked. The policeman did not reply. He looked in the car and then at the back.      “Open the boot, please.”he said to Mrs Smith.
 Mrs Smith was still puzzled. She opened the boot and pointed to the microwave oven. "I found this old microwave oven a few minutes ago," she said. "I'm just taking it home to see if my husband can repair it." The policeman stared at her for a moment to see if she was telling the truth. "That's not a microwave oven." he said at last. "That's our radar set(雷达装置). It was the start of a speed trap. Do you mind if we have it back?"   Mrs Smith's face turned red. "Oh", she said," I'm very sorry. I wouldn't have touched it if I'd known what it was."
【小题1】Why did Mrs Smith pick up the police's radar set and want to take it home?

A.She had no microwave oven and wanted one.
B.She took it for a waste microwave oven.
C.She saw nobody was looking.
D.She just wanted to steal it.
【小题2】The underlined word "boot" in the third paragraph means_____ .
A.the outer covering for the foot
B.the outer covering for the car
C.the place for luggage at the back of a car
D.the place for metal equipment for protection
【小题3】Choose the right order of the events(事件) given in the passage.
a. The policeman wrote down Mrs Smith's name, address and the car number.
b. Mrs Smith picked up a radar set and put it in the boot of her car.
c. The policeman took back the radar set.
d. Mrs Smith went shopping.
e. A policeman signed Mrs Smith to stop her car.
f. The policeman found the radar set in the boot of Mrs Smith's car.
A.b,d,e,f,c,aB.d,b,e,f,c,aC.b,d,e,a,f,cD.d,b,e,a,f,c

JAMES Brown, the legendary US singer known as the “Godfather of Soul”, died Christmas morning, 2006. he was 73.

Brown was one of the major musical influences of the last

50 years. He provided the basis for much of black music and

most of pop music with his early hits like. “Please, Please,

Please”. He essentially created funk(“疯客”音乐)with

mid-1960s songs such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag".

It won him a Grammy Award as best rhythm-and-blues song,

and it was only the beginning of Mr. Brown's rhythmic

breakthroughs. His rapid-footed dancing inspired Michael Jackson and Prince. Rap stars of recent years, such as Fat Boys and Public Enemy, have all borrowed his lyrics and rhythms.

Brown's songs in the late 1960s and early 1970s, such as "Hot Pants" and "Make It Funky", mixed the sophistication(复杂) of jazz-style arrangements with raw funk. With these songs, Brown established himself as the godfather not just of soul, but of all subsequent styles of dance music: funk, disco, hip hop.

"He made soul music a world music," said Al Sharpton, who toured with Brown in the 1970s and imitates his hairstyle to this day. "What Brown was to music in terms of soul and hip hop, rap, all of that, is what Bach(巴赫, 德国作曲家) was to classical music. He put everybody on a different beat, a different style of music."

Amid the civil rights movement of the 1960s Mr. Brown used his fame and music for social messages. He released "Don't Be a Dropout" in 1966 and met with Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey to promote a stay-in-school initiative. Two years later "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" insisted, "We won't quit movin' until we get what we deserve."

1.The passage is mainly about _______.

         A.black music in the US

B.James Brown's unique music styles

C.James Brown's contribution to American music

D.great musicians in the US in the last 50 years

2.The author intends to tell us by the last paragraph that ______.

A.James Brown was proud of being a black

B.James Brown was also active in political movements

C.the then Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey was one of Brown's fans

D.no children dropped out of school because of James Brown's social influence

3. Which of the following indicates that Brown's career began to take off?

A.His rapid-footed dancing.

B.His three years in prison.

C.His tour around the country with Al Sharpton.

D.His mid-1960s songs such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag".

4.James Brown has influenced all American music types EXCEPT ______.

         A.classical music                                                B.rhythm-and-blues    

         C.Rap                                                                    D.hip hop

 

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