Charlie Chaplin______ a great actor from a child, and at last his dream ______.

When Dean Arnold got his first job, he was miserable (痛苦的), Each time he went to work, he coughed and he couldn’t breathe. Working in a bakery(面包房) when you are allergic to (对…过敏) flour can be painful.

    But Arnold stayed with the National Biscuit Company for ten years. He was a businessman and he helped them improve production. At last his health problems became too serious. He left and formed his own company.

    With his wife and mother, he founded Arnold Bakery. They tried new recipes (配方), changing the kind and amount of flour used. This enabled Arnold to work there without too much pain. The bread, made with unbleached flour (标准粉), was baked in a brick oven (烘炉).

    They began by baking two dozen loaves. The bread was sold door to door for fifteen cents a loaf. Winning customers to his unusual, old-fashioned bread took time. But Arnold, struggling against his allergy, built his bakery into one of the largest in the United States.

1.A good title for this passage would be ______.

A. A Sick Baker                      B. A Brick-oven Bread Baker

C. An Old-fashioned Baker             D. How to Overcome Allergy

2. Dean left the National Biscuit Company because he ______.

A. suffered from allergy to flour         B. didn’t like the job

C. wanted to make more money         D. wanted to form his own company

3.During his stay in the National Biscuit Company, ______.

 A. he founded Arnold Bakery         

 B. he tried a new method of baking

 C. he helped the company improve their production

 D. he became successful in his business

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

   A. Arnold’s bread was baked in a brick oven.

   B. Arnold’s bread was made with unbleached flour.

   C. Arnold’s bread was sold at a low price.

   D. Arnold’s bread was of poor quality.

There was once a famous king whose name was Tamerlane. Like Alexander the Great, he  _36__ to become the master of the whole world. So he raised a great   _37__ and made war on other countries. He conquered(征服，打败） many kings and   __38__ many cities. But at last his army was beaten; and Tamerlane escaped alone from the field of __39__ .

For a long time he wandered in __40__ from place to place. His enemies were __41__ him. He was about to lose all hope.

One day he was __42__ under a tree, thinking of his failure. He had now been a wanderer for twenty days. He couldn’t __43___ any longer. Suddenly he saw a small object climbing up the trunk (树干) of the tree. He looked more __44__ and saw it was an ant, __45__ a grain of wheat（麦粒）as large as itself.

There was a __46__ in the tree only a little way above, and that was the home of the ant.

“You are __47__, Mr. Ant,” he said, “but you are carrying something that is too heavy for you.” Just as he __48__, the ant lost its footing and fell to the ground. But it __49__ held on to the grain of wheat. Tamerlane  _50__ the little insect. It tried the second time, the third time ... the twentieth time — but always with the same __51__. Then it tried the twenty-first time. __52__, one little step at a time, it climbed across the rough place where it had  __53__ so often. The next minute it climbed __54__ into its home, carrying the grain of wheat. “Well done!” said Tamerlane, “you’ve taught me a lesson. I, too, will try, try again, __55__ I succeed.”

And this he did.

1.                A．failed          B．learned         C．chose    D．wished

2.                A．party          B．family          C．army D．group

3.                A．burned         B．defended       C．rebuilt   D．developed

4.                A．business        B．battle          C．sports    D．wheat

5.                A．peace          B．relief           C．puzzlement    D．fear

6.                A．fighting against   B．looking for      C．caring about   D．calling on

7.                A．lying           B．singing         C．sleeping  D．practicing

8.                A．grow up        B．get around      C．carry on  D．stay up

9.                A．quickly         B．excitedly        C．seriously  D．closely

10.               A．eating          B．carrying        C．discovering D．picking

11.               A．hole           B．cave           C．leaf  D．flower

12.               A．hungry         B．small           C．brave D．smart

13.               A．discussed       B．explained       C．complained D．spoke

14.               A．only           B．still            C．also  D．even

15.               A．watched        B．touched        C．helped    D．guided

16.               A．goal           B．method        C．result D．reason

17.               A．Hurriedly       B．Gently          C．Slowly D．Sadly

18.               A．stopped        B．appeared       C．prepared  D．fallen

19.               A．worriedly       B．safely          C．freely D．calmly

20.               A．till            B．after           C．if D．because

When Dean Arnold got his first job, he was miserable Each time he went to work, he coughed and he couldn’t breathe. Working in a bakery when you are allergic（过敏的）to flour can be painful.

   But Arnold stayed with the National Biscuit Company for ten years. He was a businessman and he helped them improve production. At last his health problems became too serious. He left and formed his own company.

   With his wife and mother, he founded Arnold Bakery. They tried new recipes,（调制法）,changing the kind and amount of flour used. This enabled Arnold to work there without too much pain The bread, made with unbleached（未漂白的）flour, was baked in brick oven.（烤箱）

   They began by baking two dozen loaves. The bread was sold door to door for fifteen cents a loaf. Winning customers to his usual, old fashioned bread took time. But Arnold. Struggling against his allergy, built his bakery into one of the largest in the United States.

According to context, the underlined word “miserable” means     

A. quite pleased     B. rather unhealthy    C. too lucky    D. very unhappy

A good title for the passage would be       

A. A Sick Baker              B. A Brick Oven Bread Baker

C. An Old Fashioned Baker     D. How to Overcome Allergy

Dean left the National Biscuit Company because he      

A. suffered from allergy to flour       B. didn’t like the job

C. wanted to form his own company    D. wanted to make more money

Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

A. Arnold’s bread was baked in a brick oven

B. Arnold’s bread was made with unbleached flour

C. Arnold’s bread was sold at a low price

D. Arnold’s bread was of poor quality

From the passage we can conclude that Arnold was       

A. determined      B. brave      C. unusual     D. unhealthy

Mr. Jones had always wanted to make a trip into the middle of Africa to shoot wild animals. 36  first he had no enough money, and then he was married. His wife had not wanted him to37  her. At last his wife   38  to the trip if he allowed her to go, too.

 “But it will be very uncomfortable,” Mr. Jones   39 her, “ It will be very hot and we shall live in a tent, and it   40  be dangerous. ”“I don’t care,” said his wife, “I want to go with you.” So they bought a big tent, camp beds, a refrigerator which did not need   41  and many other things which would make the trip 42, and went off to the middle of Africa.

The first morning,  43  Mr. Jones took his gun and left the tent, he  44  his wife a bell and explained to her , “If you fall in  45  and you need me ,  46  this bell and I’ll come at once.”

After a few minutes, he heard the bell and returned  47   to the tent. “What’s the matter?” he asked.“   48   ” said his wife, “I was only   49  the bell.” Mr. Jones went off, but after a quarter of an hour, the bell rang again .

Mr. Jones hurried back to the tent, but his wife said, “I’m   50 . I was cleaning our tent, and I knocked the bell over by mistake.” Mr. Jones returned to his  51  , but soon he heard the   52  once more. This time, when he got back to his   53  , the tent was burning and Mrs. Jones was lying on the ground, with  54  running from a big cut on her shoulder. “That’s better!” said Mrs. Jones. “This time the bell had been used  55 !”

1.A. And             B. But            C. For              D.Although

2.A. leave            B. miss           C. marry            D. care

3.A. allowed          B. promised       C. satisfied          D. agreed

4.A. told             B. advised         C. persuaded        D. warned

5.A. may             B. must           C. can’t            D. shall

6.A. money           B. electricity       C. force            D. power

7.A. different         B.comfortable      C. perfect           D. interesting

8.A. while            B. until           C. before           D. after

9.A. gave             B. sent           C. lent             D. bought

10.A. hurry           B. surprise        C. safety           D. danger

11.A. hit             B. knock          C. beat             D. ring    

12.A. again           B. back           C. quickly          D.finally

13.A. Something       B. Nothing        C. No              D. None

14.A. ringing          B. trying         C. using             D. testing

15.A. happy           B. sorry          C. tired             D. all right

16.A. wife            B. tent           C. trip              D. hunting

17.A. cry             B. shot           C. bell             D. shout

18.A. garden          B. house          C. camp            D. office

19.A. water           B. tears           C. blood            D. sweat

20.A. correctly        B. wrongly        C. frequently         D. carefully