It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.
  Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it:“Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently:“Take this to the butcher(* person whose job is selling meat)and he's going to give you your lunch today.”
  Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.
  At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.
  The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers(*people who buy sth. from a shop).
  But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He  said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!
【小题1】Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite____.

A.cruellyB.fairlyC.kindlyD.friendly
【小题2】It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it ______ .
A.might do it much harmB.could do it much good
C.would help the butcherD.was worth many pounds
【小题3】The butcher did not give any meat to the dog __________ .
A.before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith
B.when he found that the words on the paper were not clear
C.because he had sold out all the meat in his shop
D.until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith
【小题4】From its experience, the dog found that ________.
A.only the paper with Mrs. Smith's words in it could bring it meat
B.the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it
C.Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher
D.a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat
【小题5】At the end of the story, you'll find that _______.
A.the dog was clever enough to write on the paper
B.the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more
C.the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog
D.the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal

A traveler hurried down to the hall of an American hotel and went to the cash-desk. He had just 15 minutes to pay his bill and get to the station. Suddenly he remembered that he had left something in his room.
"Look here, boy," he said to the bellboy, "run up to my room and see if I have left a parcel on the table there. Be quick about it."
The boy ran upstairs. Five minutes passed. The traveler was walking up and down the hall, looking very angry. At last the boy appeared.
"Yes, sir," he reported to the traveler," you have left the parcel there, it's right on the table in your room."
【小题1】 The traveler _______.

A.ran down the street
B.came downstairs hurriedly
C.ran so quickly that he fell down
D.came into the hotel hall very quickly
【小题2】Which statement is true?
A.He had to pay his bill and arrived at the station in 15 minutes .
B.It took him 15 minutes to go to the station from the hotel.
C.He could pay his bill in 15 minutes and then go to the station .
D.He had nothing but 15 minutes.
【小题3】 According to the passage, a bellboy is _____.
A.a boy whose work is to ring the bell
B.a boy who plays with a bell
C.a boy whose work in a hotel is to help guests with their bags
D.the hotel owner's boy
【小题4】 The traveler asked the boy _____ .
A.to go upstairs
B.to look for his parcel
C.to fetch the parcel he had left in his room
D.only to see if the parcel was on the table in his room
【小题5】Five minutes later, the boy ______ .
A.ran up to the room
B.came downstairs
C.reported to the traveler in the room
D.came down to the hall but brought nothing back

A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a £100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students, "Who would like to have this £100 bill?" The students began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said, "I am going to give this bill to one of you, but first, let me do this." He then made this bill into a ball. Then he said, "Who wants it?" Hands went into the air.
"Well," he said, "What if I do this?" and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty, crumpled bill and said, "Who still wants it?" Hands went back into the air.
"My friends," he said, "You've learned a valued lesson today. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it didn't go down in value. It was still worth £100.
Many times in our lives, we're dropped, crumpled, and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value. You are always valuable to those who love you. Your value doesn't come from what you drop or whom you know,but WHO YOU ARE .
You are special and valuable. Don't ever forget it!
【小题1】The story happened ______.

A.when the teacher gave the students some advice on how to learn English
B.when the students were having a meeting
C.when the teacher gave the students a speech
D.when the students were discussing something interesting with their teachers
【小题2】Even though the money was dirty, it _______.
A.went up in valueB.was worth much
C.didn't reduce in valueD.was still ours
【小题3】The underlined sentence “Hands went back into the air.” in the third paragraph
means_______.
A.the students put up their hands again
B.the students put down their hands
C.the students agreed to what the teacher said
D.the students put their hands in front of them
【小题4】Why did the famous teacher use a £100 at his lesson?
A.Because he wanted to give a lecture about money.
B.Because he was used to dropping a bill on the floor and stepping on it.
C.Because he was going to give the bill to one of the students.
D.Because he wanted to make the students know what the value was.
【小题5】What lesson can you learn from the passage?
A.£100 bill is worth the same no matter what you do with it.
B.All people love money most.
C.Your value doesn't change no matter what happens to you.
D.The value of money changes when it is made dirty.

I have only once been in trouble with the law.The whole process of being arrested and taken to court was a rather unpleasant experience at the time, but it makes a good story now. What makes it rather disturbing was the arbitrary (随意的) circumstances both of my arrest and my subsequent (随后的) fate in court.

It happened in February about twelve years ago.I had left school a couple of months before that and was not due to go to university until the following October.I was still living at home at the time.

One morning I was in Richmond, a suburb of London near where I lived.I was looking for a temporary job so that I could save up some money to go traveling.As it was a fine day and I was in no hurry, I was taking my time, looking in shop windows, strolling in the park, and sometimes just stopping and looking around me.It must have been this obvious ainilessness that led to my downfall.

It was about half past eleven when it happened.I was just walking out of the local library, having unsuccessfully sought employment there, when I saw a man walking across the road with the obvious intention of talking to me.I thought he was going to ask me the time.Instead, he said he was a police officer and he was arresting me.At first I thought it was some kind of joke.

But then another policeman appeared, this time in uniform, and I was left in no doubt.

'But what for? " I asked.

‘Wandering with intent to commit an arrestable offence,' he said.

‘What offence?' I asked.

'Theft,' he said.

'Theft of what?' I asked.

'Milk bottles,' he said, and with a perfectly straight face too!

'Oh,' I said.

It turned out there had been a lot of petty thefts in the area, particularly that of stealing milk bottles from doorsteps.

Then I made my big mistake.At the time I was nineteen, had long untidy hair, and regarded myself as pan of the sixties' 'youth counterculture'.As a result, I wanted to appear cool and unconcerned with the incident, so I said, 'How long have you been following me?  in the most casual and conversational tone I could manage.I thus appeared to them to be quite familiar with this sort of situation, and it confirmed them in their belief that I was a thoroughly disreputable (品行不端的) character.

         A few minutes later a police car arrived.

         'Get in the back,' they said.'Put your hands on the back of the front seat and don't move them.'

         They got in on either side of me.It wasn't funny any more.

         At the police station they questioned me for several hours.I continued to try to look worldly and familiar with the situation.When they asked me what I had been doing, I told them I'd been looking for a job.'Aha,' I could see them thinking, 'unemployed'.

Eventually, I was officially charged and told to report to Richmond Magistrates' Court the following Monday.Then they let me go.

I wanted to conduct my own defense in court, but as soon as my father found out what had happened, he hired a very good solicitor (律师) .We went along that Monday armed with all kinds of witnesses, including my English teacher from school as a character witness.But he was never called on to give evidence.My 'trial' didn't get that far.The magistrate (法官) dismissed the case after fifteen minutes.1 was free.The poor police had never stood a chance.The solicitor even succeeded in getting costs awarded against the police.

And so I do not have a criminal record.But what was most shocking at the time was the things my release from the charge so clearly depended on.I had the 'right' accent, respectable middle-class parents in court, reliable witnesses, and I could obviously afford a very good solicitor.Given the obscure nature of the charge.I feel sure that if I had come from a different background, and had really been unemployed, there is every chance that I would have been found guilty.While asking for costs to be awarded, my solicitor's case quite obviously revolved (回转) around the fact that I had a 'brilliant academic record'.

Meanwhile, just outside the courtroom, one of the policemen who had arrested me was gloomily complaining to my mother that another youngster had been turned against the police. 'You could have been a bit more helpful when we arrested you,' he said to me reproachfully (责备地) .

What did he mean? Probably that I should have looked outraged (暴怒)and said something like, 'Look here, do you know who you're talking to? I am a highly successful student with a brilliant academic record.How dare you arrest me!' Then they, probably, would have apologized perhaps even taken off their caps, and let me on my way.

1.Judging from the first paragraph, the writer's attitude towards his story is _______.

A.angry                                          B.sad      

C.amused                                      D.more than just one of the above

2.The first man who came up to him was ______.

A.a uniformed policeman                 B.a policeman in plainclothes

C.not a policeman                          D.a good joker

3.The court never asked the author's English teacher to give evidence because _______.

A.the time for the trial was limited to fifteen minutes only

B. the author wanted to conduct his own defense in court

C.the case was dismissed before the trial reached that stage

D.he was found to be unqualified as a character witness

4.The author believes that he would most probably have been declared guilty if _______.

A.the magistrate had been less gentle

B.he had really been out of work

C.he had been born in a lower—class family

D.both B and C

5.In the opinion of one of the policeman who had arrested the author, the whole thing might not have occurred if ______.

A.he had protested strongly at the time

B.he had begged to be allowed to go home

C.he hadn't wandered aimlessly

D.he had tried to look cool

6.We can see from the passage that the author ______.

A.has broken the law only once

B.has never broken the law

C.has broken the law on more than one occasion

D.once broke the law without knowing it

 

It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.

  Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it:“Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently:“Take this to the butcher(* person whose job is selling meat)and he's going to give you your lunch today.”

  Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.

  At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.

  The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.

  But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”

Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!

1. Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite______.

A.cruelly           B.fairly             C.kindly            D.friendly

2. It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it ______ .

A.might do it much harm

B.could do it much good

C.would help the butcher

D.was worth many pounds

3. The butcher did not give any meat to the dog __________ .

A.before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith

B.when he found that the words on the paper were not clear

C.because he had sold out all the meat in his shop

D.until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith

4.  From its experience, the dog found that ________.

A.only the paper with Mrs. Smith's words in it could bring it meat

B.the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it

C.Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher

D.a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat

 

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