An English traveler found himself in a northern European country with a little money to buy the ticket for the travel back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he thought that he would be all right without food. So he bought a ticket and went on board. He closed his ears to the lunch bell. When dinner time came, he refused to go to the dining hall, saying that he was not feeling well. The next morning, he didn’t go to breakfast and at lunch time he again stayed in his room. At dinner time he was so hungry that he could not stand it any longer. “I’m going to eat, ” he said, “even if they throw me into the sea. ” At dinner he ate everything in front of him at the table, then he worried about the coming trouble. “Bring me the bill,” he said. “there isn’t any bill. ” Was the answer. “On the ship the money for the ticket includes meals. ” The traveler regretted when he heard this.

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1.The English traveler knew he would ________ in two days.

A. be back home?????????????????? B. buy some food to eat???

C. travel everywhere in Europe????? D. enjoy himself in the ship

2.The first day he _________ to have lunch and dinner.

A. stole????? B. sold???? C. refused??????? D. missed

3.He didn’t go to the dining hall because __________.

A. he was ill??????????? B. he was not feeling well???

C. he was not hungry??? D. he had no money

4.The next day he decided to ________ at last.

A. stay in his room????? B. be thrown into the sea

C. have dinner????????? D. run away

5.The English traveler _________ that he had no meal on the first day.

A. was excited??? B. was sad????? C. was glad??? D. was told

A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
“Daddy, how much money do you make each hour?”
“If you must know, I make＄20 each hour.”
“Oh,” the little boy answered, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me ＄10?”
The father was furious, “If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, the go straight to your room and think about why are you so selfish (自私)！”
The little boy went to his room no words and shut the door. After a short while, the father calmed (平静) down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t really ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.
“Sorry！Maybe I was too hard on your just now.” said the man, “Here’s ＄10.”
“Oh, thank you Daddy！” he said happily. Then the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.
“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily.
“Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.” The little boy replied, “Daddy, I have ＄20 now. Can I buy one hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you. ”
【小题1】How much does the boy’s father make one hour?

A．he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself.

B．he did not have enough money at that moment

C．the thought the boy would buy something of no use

D．the boy always borrowed the money from him

Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers. But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son. Suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. “The door to his room is always shut.” Joanna said.

??? Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. “She used to cuddle up(依偎) with me on the sofa and talk,” said Mark. “Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated like a young lady. The problem is finding out which time is which.”

Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what’s on their minds. “In fact, parents are first on the list,” said Michael Riera, a writer.

“This completely changes during the teen years,” Riera explained. “They talk to their friends first, then maybe their teachers, and their parents last.”

?? Parents who know what’s going on in their teenagers’ lives are the best to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create chances to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental(脑力的) break, for children also need freedom, though young. Another thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager, with their children is a better way to know them.

1.The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means that __________.

A. the son is always busy with his studies?????????

B. the son doesn’t want to see anymore

C. the son keeps himself away from his parents?????

D. the son wants to live with his friends

2.What troubles Tina and Mark the most is that __________.

A. their daughter isn’t as happy as before???????

B. they can’t understand what their daughter thinks

C. they don’t know what to say to their daughter?

D. their daughter talks far more to her friends than to them

3.“The wall of silence” in the first paragraph means that __________.

A. teenagers talk a lot with their friends????????

B. teenagers do not talk with their teachers

C. teenagers do not talk much with their parents??

D. teenagers talk little about their studies

4.The better way for parents to know their children is to be a ________.

A. teacher???? B. friend???? C. manager???? D. student

5.What do we learn from the passage?

A. Parents are all happy with their growing children.

B. Parents are teenagers’ best friends.

C. Parents should keep silence before teenagers.?

D. Parents should try to understand teenagers.

Paul and I live in the same building. His room is on the sixth floor but mine is on the fifth. He’s very careless and sometimes he gets into trouble.

 Last Friday afternoon the young man and his friends went to spend the weekend on a wild island. They could swim, fish, play the guitar and sleep in the quiet place at night. They enjoyed themselves there. On the third morning they decided to get back to the land. But their boat hit a rock and soon went down. With the villager’s help, they swam to the bank. Luckily none of them was hurt. They took a taxi and half an hour later they arrived at our town, but it was two in the night. The young man was hungry and thirsty. He wished to get home as soon as possible. Something was wrong with the lift, so he had to go up the stairs. He stopped by my door and brought out a key. Of course he could not open the door. Half an hour passed but he failed. He became angry and shouted, “I’ll cut you down with a knife!”

The noise woke me up and I opened the door. I understood at once what was happening and said, “You’re trying to open a wrong door, Paul!”

“Sorry, I can’t agree with you, Charlie!” said the young man, “It’s my room. You’ve entered it by mistake!”

1.Paul and his friends enjoyed themselves on the island because ______.

A. It was very quiet there

B. there were many fish there

C. they could forget all the trouble?????????????

D. they could do what they wanted

2.Paul couldn’t open the door because ______.

A. it wasn’t his room????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ??? B. he couldn’t find the right key

C. he didn’t find the keyhole????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. he was too hungry to do it

3.Charlie opened the doorto ______.

A. help Paul ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ?????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. stop Paul making the noise

C. see what happened outside????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. call the police station

4.Which of the following is WRONG?

A. Paul thought he did right.

B. Paul didn’t know where he lived.

C. Paul stopped by a door on the fifth floor.

D. Paul thought he had reached the sixth

Lord Ye’s Love of Dragons

Long ago, there was a person. People c___1___ him Lord Ye（叶公）. It was said that Lord Ye liked dragons very much. E___2__ in his room was about dragons. The walls of his house had dragon p___3__. The doors and windows were carved（雕刻）with them.

‘I love dragons best,’ Lord Ye always said to o__4___ people.

When the real dragon in heaven（天堂）heard this, he f__5___ very happy.

‘Lord Ye loves dragons so much. I should v___6___ him and thank him,’ said the real dragon. So he f__7_ to Lord Ye’s house. He put his head into Lord Ye’s window and shouted, ‘Lord Ye, are you in?’

You might think Lord Ye was very h__8__ to see a real dragon. But, in fact, when he saw the real dragon, he was very frightened and ran a__9___ as fast as he could.

From then on, people knew that Lord Ye o___10___ loved pictures of dragons, but not real dragons.