Long ago, near the village of Hedley, there lived a strange and playful trickster(骗子), known as the Hedley Kow.  Sometimes it looked like an ordinary object.  Sometimes it looked like a donkey or a goat.

One evening, as an old woman went along the path, she saw an old iron pot lying in the ditch. “Fancy that,” she said.  “Nobody seems to want this old pot. I will take it home and plant pretty flowers in it.”

When she tried to lift it, she saw that it was full of gold pieces. “Well, now, if that doesn’t beat all,” she said. “I’m rich! I can buy a fine house and fancy clothes.”

The pot was heavy, so she tied her shawl around it and began to drag it home.  After a while, she stopped to rest. When she looked in the pot, she was amazed to see that it was full of silver pieces!

“Oh, my god!” she said.  “Aren’t I the lucky one ! If it were gold, thieves would have been after me.  My friends might have been jealous.  But I can hide these silver pieces, take out a few at a time, and live like a queen.”

On she went, pulling the pot after her. She was nearing home now. At her gate, she looked into the pot. What a surprise! The silver had changed into a lump(块) of iron. “Iron,” she said.  “Well, now! No one will be jealous or want to steal this from me.  I can use this iron to prop my door open and let in fresh air and sunlight. Lucky  me!”

As soon as she said that, the pot began to grow and later it became a goat. Then it jumped up and ran off down the road laughing.

“Fancy that!” said the old woman.  “I believe I have seen the Hedley Kow! Not many folks can say that, and that’s a fact. I’ll just sit up by my fire tonight thinking about how lucky I was to see it for myself. I truly must be the luckiest person in the world!”

Which of the following sayings can best describe this story?

A. All good things come to an end.                    B. The early bird catches the worm.

C. Content is better than riches.                       D. All bad luck goes away.

What does “the Hedley Kow” stand for in the eyes of the old woman?

A. Glory         B. Honor           C. Misfortune     D. Luck

From this passage we can know the old woman is _________.

A. optimistic     B. pessimistic        C. strange       D. mindless

Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. The woman   B. The Hedley Kow    C. The pot       D. The Effort


第二卷   附加题
完形填空一。(共12小题;每小题1.5分,满分18分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从第66至第77小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。.
It seems like everywhere a person goes there is at least one person with a cell phone to his ear. Even in places where cell phone usage is banned such as concert halls or movie theatres there is the   66    offender, or at least a few people using the text messaging feature on their phones.
Cell phone usage has exploded over the past decade and continues to rise. Nearly 200 million people in the United States have cell phones and there are   67   over one billion users worldwide. That means there are a lot of phones   68   their frequencies over the airwaves at any given time.
Concern has arisen over whether or not cell phone usage can harm a person’s health. Brain cancer rates in the United States have risen since cell phones were   69  , leading some people to wonder if cell phone usage is the reason for the   70  .
Some people say the biggest danger with cell phones isn’t from the either real or perceived potential to develop cancer, but from   71   while using the cell phone. How many of us have seen vehicles driving quite erratically(不稳定地)down the road. And we often see when we get near the vehicle the driver on a cell phone is   72   on a cell phone. It is a proven fact that a driver on a cell phone is   73   attentive and more likely to get in an accident. And, hands-free sets aren’t the answer that some people may believe. Yes, they   74   both hands for driving and prevent a person from getting a sore arm,  75   the driver’s mind is still   76   the conversation and therefore less attentive to what is   77   around him or her on the road.
66. A. busy                   B. always                     C. occasional         D. occasionally
67. A. well                   B. good                 C. better                D. best
68. A. delivering           B. carrying            C. taking               D. sending
69. A. allowed                     B. invented            C. introduced         D. bought
70. A. increase                     B. decline              C. improvement     D. rose
71. A. attention             B. attractive           C. careless             D. inattentiveness
72. A. using                 B. talking                     C. moving             D. handing
73. A. more                  B. less                   C. least                  D. fewer
74. A. hold up                     B. pick up             C. put up               D. free up
75. A. therefore             B. as                     C. but                   D. though
76. A. taken up             B. filled by            C. occupied with    D. picked up
77. A. happening to             B. going on           C. talking about     D. moving about

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