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The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light£¬I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff they call ¡°books¡±£®
I was going to have my examination the next day. ¡°When can I go to bed£¿¡±I asked myself. I didn't answer, in fact I dared not.
The clock struck twelve. ¡°Oh, dear£¡¡±I cried. ¡°Ten more books to read before I can go to bed£¡¡±We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate (¾øÍûµÄ) now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, ¡°Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.¡± My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
1.When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were ________.
A£®asleep B£®working in bed
C£®outside D£®quietly laughing at him
2.Reviewing his lessons didn't help him because ________.
A£®it was too late at night
B£®he was very tired
C£®his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn't keep them open
D£®he hadn't studied hard before the examination
3.What do you suppose happened to the author?
A£®He went to a church to pray again.
B£®He passed the exam by sheer luck.
C£®He failed in the exam.
D£®He was punished by his teacher.
4.The best title for the passage would be ________.
A£®The Night Before the Examination
B£®Working Far into the Night
C£®A Slow Student
D£®Going Over My Lessons
1.A
2.D
3.C
4.A
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I have been consistently opposed to feeding a baby regularly. As a doctor, mother and scientist in child development I believe there is nothing to recommend it, from the baby¡¯s point of view.
Mothers, doctors and nurse alike have no idea of where a baby¡¯s blood sugar level lies. All we know is that a low level is harmful to brain development and makes a baby easily annoyed. In this state, the baby is difficult to calm down and sleep is impossible. The baby asks for attention by crying and searching for food with its mouth.
It is not just unkind but also dangerous to say a four-hourly feeding schedule will make a baby satisfied. The first of the experts to advocate a strict clock-watching schedule was Dr Frederic Truby King who was against feeding in the night. I¡¯ve never heard anything so ridiculous. Baby feeding shouldn¡¯t follow a timetable set by the mum. What is important is feeding a baby in the best way, though it may cause some inconvenience in the first few weeks.
Well, at last we have copper-bottomed research that supports demand feeding and points out the weaknesses of strictly timed feeding. The research finds out that babies who are fed on demand do better at school at age 5, 7, 11 and 14, than babies fed according to the clock. By the age of 8, their IQ £¨ÖÇÉÌ£©scores are four to five percent higher than babies fed by a rigid timetable. This research comes from Oxford and Essex University using a sample £¨Ñù±¾£©of 10,419 children born in the early 1990s,taking account of parental education, family income, a child¡¯s sex and age, the mother¡¯s health and feeling style. These results don¡¯t surprise me. Feeling according to schedule runs the risk of harming the rapidly growing brain by taking no account of sinking blood sugar levels.
I hope this research will put an end to advocating strictly timed baby feeling practices.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿According to Paragraph 2, one reason why a baby cries is that it feels______.
| A£®sick | B£®upset | C£®sleepy | D£®hungry |
| A£®He is strict |
| B£®He is unkind |
| C£®He has the wrong idea |
| D£®He sets a timetable for mothers |
| A£®basic | B£®reliable | C£®surprising | D£®interesting |
| A£®The baby will sleep well |
| B£®The baby will have its brain harmed |
| C£®The baby will have a low blood sugar level |
| D£®The baby will grow to be wiser by the age of 8 |
| A£®in the night |
| B£®every four hours |
| C£®whenever it wants food |
| D£®according to its blood sugar level |
A mouse looked through a crack(·ì϶) in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package; what food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!
Running to the farmyard, the mouse shouted, warning everyone, ¡°There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house.¡±
The chicken, with her head high, glared at the mouse and said, ¡°Shut up. Little Ugly. This is a great concern to you, but it has nothing to do with me; I can¡¯t be troubled by it.
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, ¡°There is a mouse trap in the house.¡± ¡°I am so sorry, Mr. Mouse,¡± said the pig sympathetically, ¡°but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; you are always in my prayers.¡±
The mouse turned to the cow, who relied, ¡° A mouse trap, am I in great danger, huh?¡±
Now the mouse had to face the farmer¡¯s mouse trap alone.
The very night a sound was heard through the house, like that of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer¡¯s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a big poisonous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer¡¯s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital. She returned home with a fever. It is said that drinking fresh chicken soup will help treat fever, so the farmer took his sharp knife to the farmyard for the soup¡¯s main ingredient. His wife¡¯s sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer killed the pig. The farmer¡¯s wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral. The farmer had the cow killed to provide for all of them to eat.
So next time when someone is facing a problem, don¡¯t say that it has nothing to do with you. Remember: when the least of us is threatened, we all might be at risk.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿We could see from the passage that the mouse was _____.
| A£®good at cheating others | B£®honest |
| C£®kind and warm-hearted | D£®foolish |
| A£®The others help the farmer kill the cow. |
| B£®The mouse trap was very practical |
| C£®The pig is more friendly than the other animals. |
| D£®The farmer¡¯s family was very poor and they had no friends |
| A£®Better safe than sorry |
| B£®Traps can always cause chain reactions |
| C£®To keep the balance of nature is the duty of us all |
| D£®What you think impossible to happen to you might come at you unexpectedly |
A rat looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? But he discovered that it was a rattrap (²¶Êó¼Ð£©.
Going back to the farmyard, the rat started to give a warning.
The rat turned to the pig and told him:¡°There is a rattrap in the house, a rattrap in the house!¡±
¡°I¡¯m sorry, Mr. Rat,¡± said the pig, ¡°I can only say this is something terrible to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered with it.¡±
The rat turned to the cow. But the cow said, ¡°Like wow, Mr. Rat? A rattrap? I am in danger, Huh?¡±
The rat returned to the house, head down and dejected. So the rat had to face the farmer's rattrap alone.
That very night, a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a rattrap catching its prey (ÁÔÎï). The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught.In the darkness, she did not notice that it was a poisonous snake whose tail had been caught by the trap. The snake bit her.The farmer rushed her to hospital. She returned home with a fever. Everyone knows that a fever could be treated with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his knife to the farmyard for the soup. However, his wife's sickness continued.
The farmer's friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer killed the pig. But she didn't get well. Finally, she died, and so many people came for the last sight that the farmer had the cow killed to provide meat for all of them.
So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that the whole farmyard is at risk when there is a rattrap in the house.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿From the passage we know that ______.
| A£®the pig helped the rat get rid of the trap |
| B£®the cow strongly believed in what the rat said |
| C£®no animals showed concern over the rat's warning |
| D£®the snake was killed immediately after being caught |
| A£®disappointed | B£®surprised | C£®irritated | D£®excited |
| A£®the farmer had planned to kill the rat |
| B£®the rat was very clever in avoiding the trap |
| C£®the farmer's wife got good treatment in hospital |
| D£®the rat had expected what would happen to the pig and cow |
| A£®We should mind our own business. |
| B£®Everything is related to something else. |
| C£®We'd better treat animals in a friendly way. |
| D£®The farmer couple and their friends are all foolish. |
Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for the London bus. The bus for London would not eave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in lines, others were walking about. There was a group of school-girls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in order. Tom looked around but there was nowhere for him to sit.
He walked into the station cafe. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down, facing a large mirror(¾µ×Ó) on the wall. Just then, John, one of Tom's friends, came in and sat with Tom.
"What time is your bus?" asked John.
"Oh, there is plenty of time yet, "answered Tom.
"Oh, I'll get you some more tea then," said John.
They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again.
"Good heavens! It's going back-ward!" he cried. "A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it's half past eleven."
"You are looking at the clock in the mirror," said John.
Tom wanted to kick(Ìß) himself for being so foolish. The next bus was not to leave for another hour. He has never liked mirror since then.
1.The London bus left ______________.
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A£®at 11:55 |
B£®at 5:12 |
C£®before 11:55 |
D£®after 11:55 |
2.Tom went into the station cafe because ____________.
|
A£®John asked him to have a cup of tea |
|
B£®he wanted a drink there |
|
C£®he would meet a friend of his |
|
D£®it was early yet and he wanted to find a place to sit |
3.What time was it in fact when he looked at the clock in the mirror?
|
A£®Half past twelve. |
|
B£®Half past eleven. |
|
C£®Twenty to twelve. |
|
D£®Half past one. |
4.When Tom sat in the station caf¨¦, who came in?
|
A£®his friend |
B£®his father |
C£®his uncle |
D£®his girlfriend |
5.Which of the following is true?
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A£®Tom missed his bus. |
|
B£®He has liked mirror since then. |
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C£®The next bus would leave soon. |
|
D£®Tom arrived London on time. |