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Robert and Peter study in the same university. They do everything together and help each other. But they often play jokes on each other. The school year was over last month and they decided to travel through the country in America. They drove a car and could stop wherever they were interested in and started whenever they wanted. Of course they enjoyed themselves. It was very hot one day and they were both hungry and thirsty. They stopped in front of a restaurant by the road. They came in, sat down at a table and ordered some dishes. Robert looked around and found there was a small bowl on the table. He thought there was some ice cream in it and took a spoonful of it and put it into his mouth. Immediately he knew it was mustard(芥末),but it was too late. Tears ran down his face, but he pretended nothing had happened. The other young man, seeing his friend crying, asked, “What are you crying about, Robert?” “I’m thinking of my father who was hanged twenty years ago,” was his reply.

After a while, Peter made the same mistake. Tears ran down his cheeks, too. And his friend asked him why.

“I wonder why your father hadn’t been hanged before he got married!”

1.Robert didn’t tell Peter it was some mustard in the bowl because .

A. he wanted his friend to repeat the mistake.

B. he didn’t know his friend hated it.

C. he thought his friend knew what it was.

D. he thought his friend was interested in it.

2.What do Peter’s last words mean?

A. Robert’s father would be hanged earlier.

B. It was wrong to play a joke on a friend.

C. He must give his friend a lesson.

D. His friend wouldn’t be born.

3.The writer mainly wants to tell us________ in this passage.

A. not to trust your friend.

B. a joke

C. not to mistake mustard for Ice cream.

D. it’s wrong to lie to friends

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Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The next building was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman living there, and I had never met her, yet I could see she sat by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.

After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself. “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window. It really looks terrible.”

One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.

Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible (看见). Her window was clean!

Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.

That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?

Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

1.The writer couldn’t see everything clearly through the window because _______.

A. the writer’s window was dirty

B. the woman’s window was dirty

C. the woman lived nearby

D. the writer was near-sighted

2. “It dawned on me” in paragraph5 probably means “_______”.

A. it began to get dark

B. it cheered me up

C. I began to understand it

D. I knew it grew light

3. It’s clear that ________.

A. they lived in a small town

B. the writer often washed the window

C. they both worked as cleaners

D. the writer had never met the woman before

4.From the passage, we can learn _______.

A. one shouldn’t criticize others very often

B. one should often make his windows clean

C. one must judge himself before he judges others

D. one must look at others through his dirty windows

Mary finally ________ Bruce as her life-long companion.

A. received B. accepted

C. made D. honoured

It was with great joy ________ he went to Shanghai to work as a volunteer there.

A. because B. before C. since D. that

—— Do you know our town at all?

—— No, this is the first time that I ____ here.

A. have come B. was

C. came D. am coming

Hundreds of years ago, Native-American tribes lived in Mexico. The Aztecs built beautiful cities. They had a calendar (历法) and a written language. However, the Spanish destroyed the Aztecs in l521. For the next 300 years, Spain ruled over Mexico. That’s why Mexicans speak Spanish.

Every September l6 the Mexican people hold a celebration in Mexico City, their country’s capital. It is their Independence Day. On that date in 1821 they told Spain they would no longer be ruled. Breaking free from Spain caused a war. When it was over, the Mexicans had their own government. They made their own laws.

Today America and Mexico are friends, but it wasn’t always that way. President James Polk wanted America to reach from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. He tried to buy what is now the American southwest from Mexico. Mexico would not sell. So from l846 to 1848 Mexico and America fought a war to ascertain where their borders would be. When the war ended, Mexico had lost a lot of land. Now the Rio Grande River forms the border between the two nations. America is on the north side of the river. Mexico is on the south side.

Mexico has mountains and a hot, dry climate. Crops can grow on only a small part of the land. Still, Mexicans grow much of the coffee, oranges, and sugar used in the US. Mexicans have influenced building styles in southwestern US and added words such as patio and canton to American English. Americans also enjoy eating many Mexican foods like burritos, tacos, tortillas, and tamales.

1.According to the passage, what happened second on historical timeline?

A. Mexicans declared their independence from Spain.

B. The Spanish ruled Mexico.

C. The Aztecs lived in Mexico.

D. Americans fought a war with Mexico.

2.The passage says that President Polk wanted ______.

A. the US to expand its borders to the Pacific Ocean

B. Mexico to change its Independence Day to July 4th

C. Mexico to become one of the states of the Union

D. Americans to adopt the Mexican language

3. Another word for the underlined word “ascertain” is ______.

A. inspect B. cover

C. change D. determine

4.Mexicans have the following influences on America EXCEPT ______.

A. building styles B. vocabulary

C. clothes D. food

5.Before the Aztecs were conquered(征服), these Native Americans probably ______.

A. didn’t speak Spanish

B. couldn’t read or write any language

C. didn’t have tools

D. didn’t understand the concept of time

—Lucy doesn’t mind lending you her dictionary.

—She ________ . I’ve already borrowed one.

A. can’t B. mustn’t

C. needn’t D. shouldn’t

One evening in November, Berlin received a telephone call from Mrs. Green. “Please,

Dr Berlin, come to my house. I had 50,000 dollars on my desk and now it is gone.”

Dr Berlin arrived at Mrs. Green’s house at eight o’clock. First he asked Mrs. Green, “When did you see the money last?”

“At seven o’clock. I put it on my desk in my living room. Then I went to wash my hair. I came back at seven thirty and the money was gone.”

“I see.” Dr Berlin said. “Were you alone in the house?”

“No. My sister’s son Jack is here, too.” Then Dr Berlin and Mrs. Green went to Jack’s room.

“Please, sit down,” Jack said. Dr Berlin sat on the only chair in the room, and the chair was cold. He also saw some books on the ground near his feet.

“What have you been doing this evening?” Dr Berlin asked.

“I came home at six-thirty, and went right to my room. I’ve been sitting in that chair and reading all the evening. I never got up and I never left the room. Maybe somebody came into the house and took my aunt’s money.”

After hearing that, Dr Berlin was clear about who had taken the money.

1.When did Dr Berlin answer the phone from Mrs. Green?

A. At 6:30 B. At 7:00

C. After 7:30 D. At 8:00

2.Where did Mrs. Green put her money?

A. In her living room. B. In her washing room.

C. In Jack’s room. D. In her office.

3.When did the thief take Mrs. Green’s money?

A. Before Mrs. Green came back home.

B. When Jack was reading.

C. After Mrs. Green went to wash her hair.

D. When Dr Berlin was answering the phone.

4.Who was Jack?

A. Mrs. Green’s son. B. Mrs. Green’s nephew.

C. Mrs. Green’s husband. D. Mrs. Green’s friend.

5.Which of the following is WRONG?

A. Mrs. Green didn’t live alone.

B. Jack had given a careless reply.

C. Dr Berlin found out who had taken the money.

D. Jack had been really reading books all that evening.

Both of Jessica’s parents were lawyers and expected her to follow suit. So she went to law school, got a job at a great firm in Washington, DC, and worked as a lawyer for a decade. But her heart was never in it. “I had a big salary but no personal satisfaction,” she says.

Jessica found pleasure in the same thing that had brought her joy since joining the church choir at the age of 12. “Singing always felt like communicating something real at a spiritual and emotional level,” says Jessica. Yet she never considered it a career option. “That seemed like something people did in fairy tales, and I would never let my parents down,” she says.

It was her mom’s diagnosis of brain cancer in 2009 that made Jessica realize she had to write her own happy-ever-after. “Work was busy and my mother was ailing. So I was flying back and forth from Washington, DC to Houston to see her,” Jessica says. “I finally said, ‘Enough!’ and quit.” While caring for her mom, Jessica made a plan. She would spend her savings and study music for a year, and then open a part-time law practice so she could pursue her passion. Before her mother passed away two years later, she encouraged Jessica to follow her dream. Her song Live This Life was inspired by her mom, and her dad came to watch her perform at clubs.

In 2012, Jessica moved to Nashville to try singing and songwriting. A decade of presenting cases in court gave her the confidence to sing for a crowd. “At 20, I would have been too shy to perform,” says Jessica.

“Doing music is so free,” Jessica says. “There’s no pressure to be a star. Success, to me, isn’t a dollar amount or a record deal; it’s doing what I love.”

1.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Jessica wasn’t satisfied with the pay she got as a lawyer.

B. Jessica didn’t know what she truly loved for ten years.

C. Jessica didn’t really like working as a lawyer.

D. Jessica was grateful for her parents’ arrangement for her.

2.What does the underlined word “ailing” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. Crazy.B. Sick.

C. Worried.D. Unhappy.

3.What was Jessica’s mother’s attitude toward her singing?

A. Supportive.B. Doubtful.

C. Negative.D. Unknown.

4.By telling Jessica’s story, the writer most probably wants to _______.

A. show that family members’ support is important

B. show that singing can be a practical career

C. tell us the importance of choosing a right job

D. encourage us to pursue our dreams

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