Peter Judd wanted very much to be a soldier when he was a child. So he joined the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught how to be a good soldier. He did quite well in everything except shooting. One day he and his friends were practicing their shooting, and all of them were doing quite well except Peter. After he had shot at the target(靶子) nine times and hadn't hit it once, the officer who was trying to teach the young soldiers to shoot said, “You are quite hopeless, Peter! Don't waste your last bullet(子弹)! Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!”

　　Peter felt ashamed(羞愧的). He went behind the wall and a few seconds later, the officer and the other young soldiers heard the sound of a shot.

　　“Oh, dear!” the officer said. “Has that silly man really shot himself?”

　　He ran behind the wall as quickly as he could, but Peter was all right. “I'm sorry, sir,” he said, “but I missed again.”

1．Peter Judd joined the army in order to ________.

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2．The officer thought Peter was hopeless because ________.

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A．he didn't know how to use a gun

B．he didn't get along well with other soldiers

C．he was poor at shooting

D．he couldn't do anything well

3．What the officer said at the end of the first paragraph shows that ________.

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A．the officer really wanted Peter to die

B．the officer was very angry with Peter

C．the officer was not a kind-hearted man

D．the officer was afraid that Peter would shoot himself

4．The officer felt ________ when he heard the sound of a shot.

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5．What happened at the end of the story?

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A．Peter became a good soldier.

B．Peter killed himself behind the wall.

C．The officer was pleased with Peter in the end.

D．Peter missed the target for the tenth time.

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　　Peter Judd wanted very much to be a soldier when he was a child. So he joined the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught how to be a good soldier. He did quite well in everything except shooting. One day he and his friends were practicing their shooting, and all of them were doing quite well except Peter. After he had shot at the target(靶子) nine times and hadn't hit it once, the officer who was trying to teach the young soldiers to shoot said, “You are quite hopeless, Peter! Don't waste your last bullet(子弹)! Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!”

　　Peter felt ashamed(羞愧的). He went behind the wall and a few seconds later, the officer and the other young soldiers heard the sound of a shot.

　　“Oh, dear!” the officer said. “Has that silly man really shot himself?”

　　He ran behind the wall as quickly as he could, but Peter was all right. “I'm sorry, sir,” he said, “but I missed again.”

1．Peter Judd joined the army in order to ________.

[　　]

2．The officer thought Peter was hopeless because ________.

[　　]

A．he didn't know how to use a gun

B．he didn't get along well with other soldiers

C．he was poor at shooting

D．he couldn't do anything well

3．What the officer said at the end of the first paragraph shows that ________.

[　　]

A．the officer really wanted Peter to die

B．the officer was very angry with Peter

C．the officer was not a kind-hearted man

D．the officer was afraid that Peter would shoot himself

4．The officer felt ________ when he heard the sound of a shot.

[　　]

5．What happened at the end of the story?

[　　]

A．Peter became a good soldier.

B．Peter killed himself behind the wall.

C．The officer was pleased with Peter in the end.

D．Peter missed the target for the tenth time.

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　　　After my husband and I spent a morning at the zoo with Joel, our four-year-old grandson, we stopped at a restaurant (饭馆) for lunch. When the waiter handed us some menus (菜单) my husband reached into his pocket for his glasses. He was disappointed to find that they were lost.“I know where your glasses are, Grandpa,” said our grandson.

　　　“Where?” asked my husband hopefully.

　“They are at the zoo,” Joel replied.“ When you took me off the train by the elephants, they fell out of your pocket.”

　　　My husband tried to control (控制) himself and he asked “Joel, if you saw my glasses fall out of my shirt, why don't you tell me?”

　“Well, Grandpa,” said Joel, “after you put foot on them, I didn't think you wanted them any more.”

1． We went to the zoo .

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A． last Saturday afternoon

B． before we came to a restaurant

C． too look after the elephant

D． to look for the lost glasses.

2． "My husband reached into his pocket..." means .　　　

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A． my husband arrived at his pocket

B． my husband put his hand into his pocket

C． my husband put his hand into his bag

D． my husband put his hand into his bag

3． The glasses fell out of the pocket .　　　　　　　　　

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A． when my husband was getting off the train

B． when my husband hurried into the restaurant

C． when Joel was taken off the train by my husband

D． when they were getting on the train

4． My husband was to hear what Joel said.　　　　　　　　　

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A． glad　　　　　　 　B． pleased

C． sorry　　　　　　　D． angry

5． Joel didn't tell my husband because .　　　　　　　　　

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A． he didn't know where they were at all

B． he didn't think my husband would want them any more

C． he wanted to play a trick on my husband

D． he didn't like the glasses at all

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　　I was very disappointed (失望) not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The notice in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box office in Richland Hills any day between 10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p. m. Since I work from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p. m, the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unluckily, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service (服务) between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes.

　　Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for the bus. By the time I saw one come around the comer, there was not enough time left to make the trip. So I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got on a bus right away. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man said he had been waiting in line for over an hour. I knew I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and went hack across the town. By Friday I decided to make the trip by taxi, it was expensive, but I felt the concert would be worth hearing. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly found, was that they had already sold all the tickets.

(1) The writer learned ________ that there would be a concert last Friday.

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(2) The writer tried to go to the theatre every day but successfully got there only ________.

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(3) If lucky, the writer could spend about ________ on the trip to the theatre from his office by bus.

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(4) Maybe the word “________” can be used instead of the underlined (划线的) word “relieved”.

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(5) The writer mainly tells us he ________.

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A. enjoyed himself in the theatre

B. was angry at buying the ticket

C. had some trouble with the bus service

D. was sad at missing the concert