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6．Coffee is a little black-and-brown Australian dog．He's not a particularly bright dog．While Dad can make my sister and me afraid just by the tone of his voice，I have never heard him raise his voice at Coffee．In fact，one look from Coffee at the biscuit tin is enough to send my dad flying to get him a snack．Whenever we protest about the unfair treatment，Dad has a guilty smirk on his face．It has become a long-standing family joke that Coffee is the closest thing to a son Dad will ever have．
Then，five years ago，our lives were turned upside down when Dad suffered two major strokes within a month．For four months，mentally he was nonresponsive．We had to take turns standing by his bedside to protect him．We were exhausted but grateful that he was still alive．As the months went by，I couldn't help but talk about Coffee constantly，often hoping that Dad could show some awareness of what I said．
Then one day，without even realizing it，I blurted out，"Is Coffee a tiger？"Dad began to smile．It was the first sign in four months that Dad had showed awareness of what I said．Seeing this，the whole family felt a huge weight lift from our shoulders．
Over the next nine months，Dad had to relearn all the basic things we take for granted．Dad，who was a fiercely independent man with a successful career before，found it increasingly frustrating．The only thing that ever brought a smile to his face was talk of Coffee．
When we massaged Dad's arm and legs to prevent his muscles from weakening，I would say，"Now all you need is Coffee to give you a‘lick-lick'foot massage!"No matter how many times I repeated this comment，the whole family would laugh．

26．It can be inferred from the first paragraph that DadB．
A．liked sons more than daughters B．had a preference for Coffee
C．was strict with his daughters D．felt guilty about raising Coffee
27．Why did the author begin to talk about Coffee in the first four months？B
A．To kill the boredom．
B．To regain her dad's consciousness．
C．To laugh at the foolishness of Coffee．
D．To keep up her family's spirits．
28．How did the author feel after seeing Dad's response to her talking？C
A．Surprised． B．Doubtful． C．Relieved． D．Regretful．
29．During the next nine months，DadA．
A．felt discouraged while learning the basic things．
B．enjoyed being massaged by three women
C．often required the stories of Coffee．
D．would like Coffee to accompany him
30．What would be the best title for the passage？D
A．A dog rescues its owner from a danger．
B．A dog helps a family get together．
C．A dog becomes a topic of the family's talks．
D．A dog makes his seriously ill owner smile．

5．The writers of murder stories go to a great deal of trouble to keep us guessing right up to the end．In actual fact，people often behave more strangely in real life than they do in stories．
The following advertisement once appeared in a local newspaper："An opportunity to earn $250in a few minutes．A man willing to take chances is wanted for an out-of-the-ordinary job which can be performed only once．"A reader found this offer very generous and applied to the advertiser，but being a bit suspicious，he gave a false name．Soon afterwards，he received a reply．Enclosed in the envelope was a typed note instructing him to ring a certain number if he was still interested．He did so and learned on the telephone that the advertiser wanted him"to get rid of somebody"and would discuss it more fully with him the next day．But the man told the police and from then on acted under their instructions．
The police saw the two men met and watched them as they drove away together．In the car the advertiser came to the point at once：he told the man he wanted him to shoot his wife．The reason he gave was that he was suffering from an incurable disease and wanted to live in a warmer country，but his wife objected to this．Giving the man some money，the advertiser told him to buy a gun and warned him to be careful of the dog which，though it would not bite，might attract attention．He also gave him a photograph of his wife so that he would be able to recognize her，After that，the advertiser suggested that the man should"do the job"next morning．Meanwhile，he would prepare his wife by telling her that a young man was going to call．After the murder，they would meet again outside a railway station and the money would be paid as arranged．The second meeting never took place，for the advertiser was arrested shortly afterwards and charged with attempting to persuade someone to murder his wife．

26．What can we infer from paragraph one？B
A．While reading murder stories，we have to guess at the end of the stories．
B．While reading murder stories，we have to guess from the beginning to the end．
C．People usually behave more strangely in murder stories than in real life．
D．It is very easy for writers of murder stories to have readers guessing．
27．The underlined word"suspicious"in paragraph two meansA？
A．doubtful B．sure C．persuaded D．unexpected
28．Why did the man put an advertisement in a local newspaper？D
A．To hire someone to kill himself because he was seriously ill．
B．To ask someone to buy a gun for him and then he would kill his wife．
C．To hire someone to kill his wife because he didn't love her any more．
D．To have his wife killed because he doubt whether she still loved him．
29．According to the passage，what is NOT true about the advertiser？D
A．He was suffering from a deadly disease．
B．He raised a dog in his house．
C．He would help the person hired to finish the task．
D．He paid the man he hired beforehand．
30．From the passage，we can learn thatC．
A．The advertiser wrote a letter to the reader to ask him to call a number．
B．The reader was in great need of money，so he wanted to get the job．
C．The advertiser was caught by the police right after he met the reader．
D．The dog in the advertiser's house was very fierce．

4．Some hard-working students always keep a torch in their dormitories _____ there is a power failure．（　　）

3．_____ in charge of two classes made Mrs．Li，head of Senior Grade 3，extremely tired．（　　）

2．Little did the teacher imagine that a student good at maths _____ have failed in the exam．（　　）

1．If you have your kid _____ so badly，he may not get along well with others．（　　）

20．Many climate experts warn that，like a sleep-walker，we seem unable to _____the potential disasters that the global warming might bring about．（　　）

19．-I would be greatly thankful to Jason Coates who rescued my life after I fell through the ice．
-That's it．You _______ Christina，your wife but that Jason pulled you from the canal．（　　）

	A．	will never meet		B．	would never meet
	C．	would never have met		D．	will never have met

18．The man's innocence was disbelieved until evidence came to light ______he was trapped by a group who had committed the murder．（　　）

17．You mean I was absent？No!I_{___}at noon and I have been in the office since．（　　）

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