A. liked better; than　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. preferred better; to

C. preferred; to　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. preferred; than

　　There was a very foolish thief. He went to steal the bell on his neighbour's door.He walked up to the door,took hold of the

bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief frightened and ran home.

　　Then he sat down to think, "I must do something about the noise," he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. "Ah, I'll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won't be able to hear the noise." The next day he went to the door of his neighbour's

house and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly but the thief heard nothing. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out.

　　"Steal my bell?" The angry man shouted and he hit（打）the thief on the nose. But the foolish thief wondered, "Why did he come out just then?"

根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，

　　1. The thief was trying to steal ______.

　　[　　]

　　 A. a door with a bell on it　　 B. the noise of a bell

　　 C. his neighbour's door bell　　D. his neighbour's door

　　2. The thief ran home because ______.

　　　　 [　　　　]

　　 A. he was frightened by the noise of the bell

　　 B. he wanted to ask for help

　　 C. he was hit by his neighbour

　　 D. he saw his neighbour coming

　　3. The thief said, "I must do something about the noise." This means he ______.

　　　　 [　　　　]

　　 A. liked loud noise　　

　　 B. hated all noises

　　 C. wanted to learn about noise

　　 D. didn't want the bell to make any noise

　　4. The neighbour came running out because ______.

　　　　 [　　　　]

　　 A. he knew a thief was coming towards his house

　　 B. he was just going out

　　 C. he knew his bell had been stolen

　　 D. he heard the bell ringing loudly

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。（共20分，每小题1分）
Passage 1
Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out（退学）. But he was full of new ideas.
　　After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in his life.
　　Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.
　　In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage. He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.
His Apple Computer was so successful that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world .
He often said, “I live in order to change the world, there aren’t any other reasons. The only way to have a great achievement is to love your own career. If you can’t find your  favorite career ,go on looking for it and never give up.”
This is Steven Jobs, though he is dead, his spirit and achievements still influence our lives.
【小题1】Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he ________.

Mr. Black was working in a factory in a big town. He liked 　1　 very much, and was very good　2　 it. When he was free, he　3　 down to a small river behind the factory and tried 　4　 some fish, but there were very few there, 　5　 the water wasn’t clean. One summer he went to the seaside during his holiday and stayed at a small cheap hotel.

“I have never fished in the 　6　 before.” He thought. “It will be more interesting than fishing in our river.”

　7　 first he caught a lot of fish and was very 　8　 . He gave them to the hotel and they cooked them for guests, and he enjoyed himself very much. After　9　, he did this every day. But 　10　 he got his bill(账单) at the end of the week, he saw it, “For oil（油） to cook fish(7 days), 70 dollars（美元）.”