Clothes are not only necessary in our life, it is also important to the English language．As we all know, people wear pants to cover the lower part of their bodies．So we sometimes say that people who are restless or nervous“have ants in their pants”．Sometimes, people may get caught with their pants down．They are found doing something they should not be doing．And, in every family, one person takes control．Sometimes a wife tells her husband what to do．Then we say she wears the pants in the family．
Pants usually have pockets to hold things．Money that is likely to be spent quickly can burn a hole in your pocket．Sometimes you need a belt to hold up your pants．If you have less money than usual, you may have to tighten your belt．You may have to live on less money and spend your money carefully．But once you have succeeded in budgeting your money, you will have that skill under your belt．
My father is an important person He runs a big company．He wears suit and tie and a shirt with sleeves that cover his arms．Some people who do not know him well think he is too firm and severe．They think he is a real stuffed shirt．But I know that my father wears his heart on his sleeve, showing his feelings openly．And, he knows how to keep his shirt on, always staying calm and never getting angry or too excited
(1)
A man was found climbing over the fence and fined, we may say he ________．
[ ]
A．
had ants in his pants
B．
was caught with his pants down．
C．
burnt a hole in his pocket
D．
wore his heart on his sleeve
(2)
What does it mean by saying“Father wears the pants in my family”?
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A．
My family is too poor to have enough pants for everyone
B．
My father succeeds in budgeting our money as usual．
C．
My father often takes charge of our family affairs
D．
Tom's mother was out of work and his father was ill in bed．
(3)
Which of the following is an example of“tighten his belt”?
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A．
Tom was hungry at two o'clock in the afternoon without lunch
B．
Tome's father was too firm and severe with him in money
C．
Tom's wife made a pair of pants not to his measure by mistake
D．
Tom's mother was out of work and his father was ill in bed．
One Tuesday evening in the beginning of the fall 1996 semester at Shippensburg University, sirens(警笛)sounded．These sirens were not in celebration; they were a cry to the university that something was wrong．A house, only one block away, was on fire．Nine of the university's students lived there．
From the minute the word got out that help was needed, it seemed like everyone showed up．The victims of the fire were offered endless invitations for housing for the night．The very next day, everyone gotintogear to do their part in helping them．Flyers(小传单)were posted with items that were immediatelyneeded, just to get these students through this next couple of days．Boxes for donations and money jarswere placed in every residence hall(学生宿舍)．
As a residence director，I went before the students in my hall to ask them to do what they could．I knew that college students don't have much, but I asked them to clo their best：“Every little bit will help．" I really didn't think they could do much．l．was proved wrong．
At the hall council meeting the night after the fire, my residents decided to have a wing competition, where each wing of the building would team up to see who could bring in the most donations．l announced．that the wing who won would receive a free pizza party．
Thursday evening we announced over the PA system that we were beginning the wing competition．Within minutes, the place exploded．The single large box that I had placed in the lobby(太厅)was over-flowing．We quickly grabbed more boxes, and we watched in amazement as they, too, filled to the brim．Members of the resident assistant staff and I began t．o count the items．l was astonished by what I saw, andI was inspired by these kids．
When we came to the final tally(得分), the winners tumed to me and announced that they would like to donate their winnings as well．They wanted the victims of the fire to have their pizza party．
Tears welled up in my eyes．I had watched these students jump to action, work tirelessly and donateall that they could．And then, as if that were not enough, they handed over their reward．l was touchedand so very proud of them．
(1)
The writer mainly wanted to ________ by the story．
[ ]
A．
tell us the suffering of nine of the college students from a fire
B．
praise the college students helping the victims selflessly
C．
tell us how successful the wing competition was
D．
show he was deeply moved by the college students' action
(2)
The phrase "get into gear" in the second paragraph means ________．
[ ]
A．
be eager
B．
take action
C．
be prepared
D．
start working
(3)
At first, the residence director thought ________．
[ ]
A．
it was impossible to expect the college students to donate anything
B．
it was easy to collect a lot of donations from the college students
C．
the college students would donate not much
D．
the college students would donate all the items they had
(4)
The wing competition was held ________．
[ ]
A．
on Tuesday evening
B．
on Thursday
C．
on Wednesday evening
D．
the very next day
(5)
How did the resi ence director feel when he saw the brimful boxes?
[ ]
A．
Terrible．
B．
Funny．
C．
Surprised．
D．
Serious
阅读理解
We have met the enemy and he i s our s．We bought him at a pet shop．When monkey-pox, a di sea se u sually found in the African rain fore st suddenly turn s up in children in the American Midwe st, it' s hard not to wonder of the di sea se that come s from foreign animal s i s homing in on human being s．“Mo st of the infection s we think of a s human infection s started in other animal s, ” say s Stephen Mor se, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedne s s at Columbia Univer sity．
It' s not ju st that we're going to where the animal s are; we're al so bringing them clo ser to u s．Popular foreign pet s have brought a whole new di sea se to thi s country．A strange illne s s killed I sak sen' s pet s and she now think s that keeping foreign pet s i s a bad idea, “I don't think it' s fair to have them a s pet s when we have such alimited knowledge of them．” say s I sak sen．
“Law s allowing the se animal s to be brought in from deep fore st area s without stricter control need changing．” say s Peter Schantz．Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call．Re searcher s believe infected animal s may infect their owner s．We know very little about the se new di sea se s．A new bug(病毒)may be kind at fir st．But it may develop into something harmful．Monkey-pox doe sn't look a major infectiou s di sea se．But it i s not impo s sible to pa s s the di sea se from per son to per son．
(1)
We learn from Paragraph 1 that the pet sold at the shop may ________．
[ ]
A．
come from Columbia
B．
prevent u s from being infected
C．
enjoy being with children
D．
suffer from monkey-pox
(2)
Why did I sak sen advi se people not to have foreign pet s?
[ ]
A．
Becau se they attack human being s．
B．
Becau se we need to study native animal s．
C．
Becau se they can't live out of the rain fore st．
D．
Becau se we do not know much about them yet．
(3)
What doe s the phra se “the wake－up call” in Paragraph 3 mo st probably mean?
[ ]
A．
A new di sea se．
B．
A clear warning．
C．
A dangerou s animal．
D．
A morning call．
阅读理解
My father made a deal with me that he would match whatever I could come up with to buy my fir st car．From the time I wa s a saver．My allowance, back in tho se day s, wa s twenty five cent s a week．I grew up on a farm near a small town called Ventura．In tho se day s the area wa s mo stly agricultural．The climate wa s and still i s a s clo se to perfect a s you could get．I earned some of my money picking one crop or another．When I wa s about ten, a school friend' s family owned walnut orchard s(果园)and it wa s harve st time．She told me we could earn five dollar s for every bag of walnut s we picked．I certainly learned about picking walnut s that day．Not surprisingly, that wa s my fir st and la st time a s a walnut picker．
In 1960 my grandmother pa s sed away．She left me 100 share s of AT＆T．One hundred share s of stock don't seem like much today but back then tho se share s paid me＄240 per year in dividend s(利息)．That wa s huge for a kid my age．
By the time I wa s seventeen．I had saved up ＄ 1, 300 and I knew exactly that I wanted．Ithink my father wa s somewhat suri sed when I announced I had saved up ＄ 1, 300 and wa s ready to buy my new car．I'll never forget the evening my father said, “Let' s go see about that car”．I wa s so excited．
My father could have ea sily ju st given me the car but he alway s in si sted that hi s children work for what they got．Thi s wa s not a bad thing．I learned self-reliance．Self-reliance i s equal to freedom．Now that I think about it I need to be thanking my father．
(1)
Which one of the following s didn't belong to the saving of ＄1, 300?
[ ]
A．
Weekly allowance．
B．
Her earning s by picking crop s．
C．
Share s left by grandma．
D．
Money earned from selling share s．
(2)
The underlined part in the second paragraph probably meant ________．
[ ]
A．
she didn't have the chance of picking walnut s
B．
enough money had been earned for her car
C．
the work wa s too hard for children like her
D．
she had no time to do that again for some rea son
(3)
We can know from the pa s sage the author got her car at the age of ________．
[ ]
A．
16
B．
17
C．
18
D．
19
(4)
The purpo se of the author' s father doing like that wa s to ________．
