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  A farmer who lived in a small village suffered from a terrible pain in the chest. This never seemed to get any better. The doctor in the village had treated him many times but had not been able to cure ( 医好) him. The farmer finally decided to see a doctor in the nearest town. But as he was a very careful person, he wanted to find out first how much he would have to pay this doctor. He was told that a patient had to pay three dollars for the first visit and one dollar for the second visit. The farmer thought about this for a long time, and then he went to the doctor in town.

  As he came into the doctor's office, he said casually(随便地),“Good morning , doctor. Here I am again .”The doctor was a little surprised. He asked the farmer a few questions, examined his chest and then took the dollar which the farmer gave him. Then with a smile the doctor said, “Well, sir. There is nothing new. Please continue to take the same medicine I gave you the first time you came to see me.”

1.The farmer decided to see the doctor in town because

A.the doctor did not ask for a lot of money.

B.the doctor's office was not too far from his village.

C.the village doctor sent him there.

D.the village doctor wasn't able to cure him.

2.The farmer was told that

A.the first patient would pay three dollars.

B.a patient would pay three dollars for each visit.

C.a patient would pay four dollars.

D.a patient would pay one dollar except when he visited the doctor for the first time.

3.The doctor was a little surprised because

A.the farmer spoke to him casually.

B.the farmer said "Good morning" to him.

C.the farmer said he was there again.

D.the farmer was not polite to him.

4.From the story we can see that

A.the farmer was not seriously ill.

B.the doctor was asking for too much.

C.the farmer was a poor man.

D.the doctor was very clever.

答案:D;D;C;D
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A wolf naturally lives on animals in the  7   family. People there also hunt deer for   8  . Many of the animals have been  9  by the very cold winters recently and by changes in the  10 life there. When the deer can’t find   11  food, they die.

If the wolves   12  to kill large numbers of deer. The deer will  13  some day. And the wolves, too. So we must  14  the cycle(循环)of life there. If we killed more wolves, we would 15  them from starving. We also save deer and some   16  animals. 

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1. A. But                   B. Although

C. However                  D. So

2. A. farmers                B. sportsmen

C. soldiers                  D. officers

3. A. skin                    B. wool

C. meat                    D. fur

4. A. increased                   B. reduced

C. improved                 D. changed

5. A. killing            B. using

C. eating             D. destroying

6. A. supply            B. animal

Cstore             D. factory

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Cfarmer             Dwolf

8. Ajoy            Bskin

Cfood             Dsafety

9. Akilled          Bharmed

Chunted           Dprotected

10. Aarea          Bwolf

Canimal           Dplant

11. Amuch           Bgood

Cenough           Dfresh

12. Astop            Bcontinue

Cremain             Dallow

13Adisappear         Bdie

Creduce           Dcome

14Afind out          Buse

Cchange            Dcare for

15Asave          Bhave

Chelp             Dmake

16. Awild          Bfamily

Chome            Dfarm

17. Adeer            Btigers

Ceggs             Dcows

18. Aforce            Bplan

Cwant             Dorder

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C. hunters            D. doctors

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C. wrong             D. natural

 

Here in Alaska, the wolf almost disappeared a few years ago, because hunters were killing hundreds of them for sport.  1   , laws were passed to protect the wolves from  2  and people who catch the animals for their  3  . So the wolf population has greatly  4  . Now there are so many wolves that they are  5  their own food  6   .

A wolf naturally lives on animals in the  7   family. People there also hunt deer for   8  . Many of the animals have been  9  by the very cold winters recently and by changes in the  10 life there. When the deer can’t find   11  food, they die.

If the wolves   12  to kill large numbers of deer. The deer will  13  some day. And the wolves, too. So we must  14  the cycle(循环)of life there. If we killed more wolves, we would 15  them from starving. We also save deer and some   16  animals. 

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1. A. But                   B. Although

C. However                  D. So

2. A. farmers                B. sportsmen

C. soldiers                  D. officers

3. A. skin                    B. wool

C. meat                    D. fur

4. A. increased                   B. reduced

C. improved                 D. changed

5. A. killing            B. using

C. eating             D. destroying

6. A. supply            B. animal

Cstore             D. factory

7. Ahunter            Bdeer

Cfarmer             Dwolf

8. Ajoy            Bskin

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9. Akilled          Bharmed

Chunted           Dprotected

10. Aarea          Bwolf

Canimal           Dplant

11. Amuch           Bgood

Cenough           Dfresh

12. Astop            Bcontinue

Cremain             Dallow

13Adisappear         Bdie

Creduce           Dcome

14Afind out          Buse

Cchange            Dcare for

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Chelp             Dmake

16. Awild          Bfamily

Chome            Dfarm

17. Adeer            Btigers

Ceggs             Dcows

18. Aforce            Bplan

Cwant             Dorder

19. A. scientists         B. soldiers

C. hunters            D. doctors

20. A. true            B. necessary

C. wrong             D. natural

 

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6.A.on         B.off           C.for           D.to

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