阅读下列短文,并做每篇后面的题目,从四个选项中,选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

June came and the hay was almost ready for cutting, On Midsummer's Eve, which was a Saturday, Mr. Jones went into Willington and got so drunk at the Red Lion that he did not come back till midday on Sunday. The men had milked the cows in the early morning and then had gone out rabbit, without bothering(操心)to feed the animals. When Mr. Jones got back he immediately went to sleep on the living room sofa with the“News of the World”over his face, so that when evening came, the animals were still not fed. At last, they could stand no longer. One of the cows broke in the door of the storehouse with her horns(角)and all the animals began to help themselves to the grains. It was just then that Mr. Jones woke up. The next moment he and his four men were in the storehouse with whips in their hands, whipping in all directions. This was more than the hungry animals could bear. Together, though nothing of the kind had been planned beforehand, they jumped upon their masters. Jones and his men suddenly found themselves being butted(顶撞)and kicked form all sides. The situation was quite out of their control. They had never seen animals act like this before, and this sudden uprising of creatures whom they were used to beating and whipping just as they chose, fright-end them. After only a moment or two they gave up trying to defend themselves. A minute later all five of them were in full fright down the road, with the animals running after them joyfully.

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?

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A.Willington was a name of a hotel.

B.Red Lion was a name of a restaurant.

C.News of the World was a TV programm.  

D.Store-house is a place to feed the cows.

2.The four men didn't feed the cows because ________.

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A.the cows fed themselves

B.Mr Jones wasn't at home

C.they went hunting for rabbits

D.they had nothing for the cows

3.The cows broke into the store-house to feed themselves because ________.

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A.they were so angry at their masters

B.they wanted to fight with the men

C.they wanted to go on strike

D.they were too hungry

4.The cows jumped upon their masters because ________.

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A.they were not fed

B.they were so hungry

C.they were whipped so hard by them

D.they were so happy

5.What is the best title for the story?

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A.Midsummer's Eve

B.A Bad Sunday

C.Cows and their Masters

D.The Rebellion of the Cows

The Japanese economy is at a standstill,Japan ’ s government has said, as concerns about the

strong yen(曰元)continue to grow. The recovery in the economy was “pausing",the Cabinet Office said in a monthly statement.

It is the most negative that the government has been about the economy in nearly two years. The rising yen and a slowdown in global demand for Japanese exports were blamed for the setback.

In recent months, the government has insisted that the economy is “picking up". But it said it now expected the economy to Femain weak for some time, with “weakening" exports a chief concern. It said shipments to Asia in particular were becoming weaker, further hitting exporters that are already suffering from the strong yen.

The yen remains near a 15 - year high against the US dollar, despite the financial interfer-ence ( 干预)in the currency markets last month for the first time in six years.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan(菅直人)has also passed a $ 63 billion stimulus(剌激)package in an effort to protect exporters who have seen the poor exchange rate eat into their prof-its. At the close of markets in Tokyo,the yen was trading at 81.44 yen to the dollar, just off the high of 81.27 yen.

"If the economy turns out as expected, we may end up describing the current situation as a soft patch,” one of die government officials said ’ “ But if it comes under further downward pressure, it could end up slipping into recession (衰退).”

The Japanese government think the current bad economy situation is partly due to   .

A. the decline of the strong yen    B. the unsatisfactory exports

 C. the government' s mistaken policy   D. the decline in the quality of goods

In recent months, the government has a(n) attitude towards the economy situation.

A. shocking B. negative C. optimistic   D. aggressive

From the passage we know the government has taken measures mainly to   .

A. protect the foreign markets  B. protect profits of its hitting exporters

C. monitor the yen exchange rate    D. stimulate domestic demands

The passage could probably be found in .

A. government white paper   B. a science fiction

C. a travel journal D. a newspaper report

When nature is left alone, a balance is reached among the animals and plants living in one area. But when man starts his work in nature, the balance is likely to be destroyed. He grows a crop and takes it away to eat; then there are no dead leaves to fall on the ground, holding water while it sinks into the surface, or decaying (腐烂) and adding humus (腐殖质) to the soil. Unless a farmer acts with knowledge and skill, he is therefore most likely to make the land poorer. To take the place of the useful matter in the crops that he removes, he uses some kind of fertilizer. Chemical fertilizers are of great help, but the waste products of animals and decaying remains of plants should also be put on the land. In some places, it is a habit to burn waste material lying about, but such burning destroys the useful matter in the dead plants. Although the ashes that are left are valuable when put on the land, a better practice is to bury the waste so that it decays and increases the humus in the soil.

In the past, when the world population was much lower than it is now, a man had little difficulty in ordinary times in growing the food that was needed. When a field had been used some years and had become tired, the farmer could move to another place. The tired land then slowly recovered. Gradually grasses and other plants would appear on it and its productive power would slowly return to normal through their decay. But nature, left alone, would take a long time to bring back the land to its former state; the length of time required would depend on local conditions, but it might well be ten years.

It is a bad practice to grow the same crop in a field year after year. If the crop is changed, the land will suffer less because it is treated and used in a different way. Different plants have different effects on the soil. Therefore, a change of crop will do less harm than the growing of the same crop year after year and a regular change to grass will do good to the soil. Much will therefore be gained if different crops are grown one after another, a method known as the rotation (轮作) of crops.

According to the passage, the land will become poorer________.

A. if all the dead leaves are cleared away        

B. if the humus is increased after the harvest

C. if dead leaves decay in the soil by themselves 

D. if waste plant material lying about is buried

We can learn from the passage that the tired land has gradually recovered_______.

A. when grasses and other plants appear again

B. when the treatment is given by nature alone

C. after new grasses and other plants have decayed again

D. after nature has been left alone for several months

A modern farmer can hardly move to another place as he did before because_______.

A. the productive power of a new field isn't higher than that of an old one

B. there are few free fields left for him to do farming

C. it takes a farmer more than ten years to start farming in a new field

D. there will be too many grasses in a new field to grow crops

It is most likely that the author will go on to ______ in the paragraph following the passage above.

A. introduce other methods of planting crops     

B. deal with how to prevent land getting tired

C. start another topic of how to make use of land

D. explain what the rotation of crops is      

My First Job

Jay Leno is a very famous TV host in NBC.He started his talk show titled The Jay Lena Show in September 2009.It was a very popular TV programm in America.Here is the story of his first job.

I gained a very strong work concept from my parents, both of whom lived through a hard period of time-the Great Depression           (大萧条).They couldn't ___36___ people who didn't work regularly.I once told my mom that Sylvester Stallone was getting $12 million for ten weeks of work."What's he going to do the rest of the _37__?" she asked.

I took my first job at Wilmington Ford near my homerown of Andover, Massachusetts, when I was 16.I worked until five or six o'clock on school days and __38____ 12-hour days during the summer as a prepper(擦洗汽车的小工).This meant washing and polishing the new cars, and making sure the paper floor mats were in __39__.Another responsibility was taking off the hubcaps (车轮毂盖) at night, so they wouldn't get stolen, and    40   them the next day.This was    41    work because we had about seven acres of   42 One day, carrying an armful of hubcaps    43   a corner, I almost __44__ our new general manager.Scared, I dropped them all.He __45 me on the spot.

I was too ashamed to tell my parents.Every day for about two weeks, I stayed __46  until evening.Then I would go home and say I had a .__47___ day at work.

Trying to make a last    48   ,  I wrote a letter to Henry Ford II and told him what happened.I said that we were a reliable Ford family and that when I was old enough, I was going to buy a Mustang. __49__ the owner of the dealership(经营店) called."I don't know who you know in Detroit." he said."but if you want your job back, you've  50 it.”

Later, during college, I wanted to work at a Roils-Royce dealership, but the owner said there were no openings.So 1 started washing cars there anyway.When the ___51__ noticed me, I said I was working until he _52__ me.He did.And the second day, I started to work there as a sales clerk.

It   53   persistence (坚持) to succeed.Attitude    54_ matters.I have never thought I was better than anyone else, but I have always believed I couldn't be _ 55  .

1.                A.see            B.know           C.understand    D.love

 

2.                A.day            B.month          C.week D.year

 

3.                A.put in          B.took up         C.gave out  D.stuck to

 

4.                A.place          B.need           C.shape    D.fashion

 

5.                A.changing        B.selling          C.replacing D.cleaning

 

6.                A.hard           B.normal         C.regular   D.plain

 

7.                A.mats           B.cars            C.areas D.floors

 

8.                A.at             B.in             C.beyond   D.around

 

9.                A.broke into      B.looked across    C.crashed into   D.came across

 

10.               A.fired           B.left            C.punished  D.forgot

 

11.               A.calm           B.busy           C.still   D.alone

 

12.               A.stressful        B.relaxing        C.bad  D.great

 

13.               A.effort          B.change         C.dialogue   D.decision

 

14.               A.Gradually       B.Eventually       C.Temporarily    D.Hopefully

 

15.               A.reached        B.passed         C.got   D.caught

 

16.               A.prepper        B.owner         C.clerk D.customer

 

17.               A.helped         B.tired           C.hired D.called

 

18.               A.makes         B.shows          C.carries    D.takes

 

19.               A.also           B.even           C.never D.ever

 

20.               A.followed        B.scolded        C.defeated  D.interrupted

 

 

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