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　　The thin monk stood there in his purple robes, grinning at me. Then I recognized him. I couldn't believe my eyes! “Ben!” I said. “What are you…I mean…why…?”

　　Ben said nothing, but quickly put his finger to his lips to tell me be quiet. Then he led me to a car that was waiting outside the airport. We got in, spoke to the driver in Nepali, and we drove off.

　　“Would you mind telling me what's going on?” I asked. At the same time, I noticed that we were driving out of the city towards the mountains. “And where are we going?” I said.

　　“I'm sorry, Ed,” said Ben. “I know this must seem very strange. Let me explain. For the past few months I have been traveling around Nepali disguised as a monk. I speak Nepali fluently, and when I'm dressed like this no one can tell that I'm a foreigner.”

　　“Yes,” I said. “But why do you need to travel in disguise. Who are you chasing or hiding from?” “Art thieves.” said Ben. “International criminals who steal ancient works of art from poor countries like Nepali, and then sell them to rich collectors.” He pulled something out of his monk's robs. “Look at this: a gold statue of the Buddha. It's almost one thousand and five hundred years old. Foreign collectors would pay one million dollars for a piece like this. It was in a Buddhist monastery in a place called Mastong. Then two months ago, it disappeared. I found it last week in a box that fell out of the back of a lorry. The lorry was full of stolen objects that were about to be smuggled out of the country.”

　　“Why don't you tell the police,” I asked.

　　“You'll meet the boss in a minute,” said Ben. “She'll explain the rest.”

　　We were driving through the back streets of the old city, passed buildings with beautifully carved wooden windows. But the streets were dirty, and the air was heavy with smog. I had heard about Kathmandu's pollution problem, but this was worse than I had expected. “Ugh!” I exclaimed. “This is awful! I can hardly breathe!”

1．When “I” recognized the thin monk, “I” was ________.

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2．When he met “I”, Ben was ________.

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A．amazed to see “me”

B．talking to the driver of his car

C．worried that people might hear their conversation

D．waiting outside the airport

3．Ben was wearing monk's clothes ________.

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A．because they were more comfortable for traveling

B．so that people could not tell that he was a foreigner

C．to help him hide from the police

D．because he thought they seemed strange to others.

4．Ben is chasing ________.

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A．people who steal old works of art

B．foreigner art collectors

C．a gold statue of the Buddha

D．Buddhist monks

5．The word “This” in the passage refers to ________.

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阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

I was waiting for the bus when I met the woman. “You look    1    . Come and sit here,” she said. “    2     are you going?”

“I don’t know. I just want to catch a    3   and see what it will be like at the end.”

“I’m afraid you’ll see     4     there. Why don’t you enjoy the sights on the way?”

“How can I do that while my heart’s    5   ?” I asked sadly. My best friend had left me.

The woman seemed to understand my feeling. “Don’t cry, little girl. I’ve had a similar experience to you. Thirty-five    6     ago, my husband had a car accident. He left our three children and me. I was deadly sad and so hopeless at that time. I decided to kill myself and the children, so I took    7    to the sea.   8  , they seemed to know what would happen, they all     9   loudly. Their cry suddenly woke me    10    . How could I   11    my hope to live just because of one of the life problems? After that, I worked hard to raise the children. Now they all live    12    and one of them has his own family.” said the woman slowly.

Then the woman gave me a    13  , “Little girl, remember, you should never wait for the door to    14    before us. We should find the key    15    the door or try to find another way.”

The bus came and I got on it with a smile.

1 A. tired               B. excited              C. happy               D. well

2 A. What                     B. How                 C. Where               D. When

3 A. train               B. bus                   C. boat                  D. plane

4 A. nothing                  B. everything         C. something         D. anything

5A. smiling                   B. breaking            C. singing              D. dancing

6 A. days               B. weeks               C. months             D. years

7A. her                         B. them                 C. him                   D. it

8 A. So                         B. Or                    C. Besides             D. However

9A. laughed                  B. talked                C. spoke                D. cried

10 A. in                        B. out                    C. up                    D. down

11 A. give away             B. give up              C. get up               D. stand up

12 A. happily                 B. sadly                 C. badly                D. quickly

13A. cry                       B. shout                C. hit                    D. smile

14A. open                     B. close                 C. lock                  D. mean

15 A. for                      B. of                     C. to                            D. by

One day a man saw an old lady standing by her expensive car, clearly in need of help. So he stopped his old truck and got out. Although he was smiling, the old lady was worried. Was he gong to hurt her? He didn’t look safe.

The man could see that she was frightened, so in his friendliest voice he said, “I’m here to help you, madam. Why don’t you wait in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson.” Bryan quickly fixed the car and the lady thanked him. Then she asked how much she should pay him.

But Bryan wanted no money. He was just giving a hand to someone in trouble. This was normal for him. He said, “If you really want to repay me, next time you see someone in need, help them and think of me.”

After saying goodbye, the lady continued down the road until she reached a small café where she decided to stop for something to eat. As the pretty waitress took her order, the lady noticed she was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕). Although the waitress looked tired she was very kind. As the lady was going to pay the $10 bill she remembered Bryan’s words.

She paid with a hundred-dollar bill. But when the waitress returned with the change the lady was gone. On the table she saw a small note. There ware tears in her eyes when she read it: “Somebody once helped me the way I’m helping you. If you want to pay me back, continue being kind to others.” Under the note were nine more $100 bills.

Was the old lady an angel? The waitress was so excited that she called her husband to tell him the news. “Bryan Anderson my dear…you’re not going to believe what just happened…”

1.When the lady saw Bryan, she was worried because she thought_____ .

A. he may hurt her            B. he wasn’t going to stop

C. he couldn’t help her         D. she didn’t have enough money

答案: A

【解析】

2.What can we learn about the old lady from the story?

A. She was never kind to others.

B. She was usually quite careless.

C. She was probably very rich.

D. She was not a very good driver.

答案: C

【解析】

3.The underlined expression “giving a hand to(Paragraph 3)is closest in meaning to “____”.

A. questioning       B. helping         C. hurting         D. calling

答案: B

【解析】

4.The underlined word “it” (Paragraph 5) refers to “____”.

A. the change        B. the bill         C. the note          D. the order

答案: C

【解析】

5.Which of the following shows the relationship between the man, the lady and the waitress?

答案:D

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