Pearl and June were good friends and spent most of their time together.
They were both very old and they worried about their health. Most of the time they talked about nothing else.
They worried about their food. Was it clean? Would it give them pains in the stomach?
They worried about the weather. Was it too cold and wet? Would it give them pains in their bones?
They worried about pollution in the air. would it give them pains in their chests(胸部)and throats(喉咙)?
They worried about being hurt in a car accident, killed in a plane crash, getting sick, and so on.
All they could think about was being ill or hurt.
One day they went on a train journey together.
“We’ll need some food,”Pearl said.
“We’ll buy some bananas,”June said.“They are good to eat and always clean.”
And so they bought two bananas to eat on the train.
It was not long before they were hungry.
Pearl took out the bananas and gave one to June. Then she peeled(剥)the skin of her banana and took a large bite of it.
At that moment the train went into a tunnel. Everything went black.“Don’t eat your banana,”Pearl shouted at June.“Mine has made me go blind!”
【小题1】What did the two old ladies talk about most of the time? _________

Here are reports of three attacks (攻击). Three swimmers were attacked by sharks (鲨鱼) because they didn't obey (遵守) the safety rules for swimmers.

Report 1_: Colin was swimming with two friends very late at night. He was attacked by a shark and died.

Report 2_: Ann was a very good swimmer. She bought a new bright red swimming suit. She was swimming with some friends when a shark attacked her.

Report 3_: Jack was on holiday in Australia. He cut his foot on the beach. He went swimming the same day and got at­tacked.

阅读上面的材料，完成下列句子。(每空一词)

1.Colin was attacked by a shark and died because he was swimming with two friends very late at ________.

2.It’s not a good idea to wear a ________ red swimming suit like Ann, because sharks can see colours.

3.You mustn’t go swimming with an open _________.

4.If you see a shark, try to swim ________, with even strokes.

5.You can be _________ only if（只要） you obey the safety rules for swimmers.

Mr. Smith argued with his wife. He was very   1  her, and she was   2 very angry with her husband. For   3  days they didn’t   4  each other at all.
One evening Mr. Smith was very tired when he came back from his office.   5  he said nothing to his wife. After supper, Mr. Smith went upstairs and Mrs. Smith washed the dishes and   6  some sewing. When she went up to bed, she found her husband had fallen   7 . On her bed, she saw a piece of paper, on it   8  the words, “Mother,   9  at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning. Father.”
When Mr. Smith woke up the next morning, it was nearly 8 o’clock. On the small table near his bed he saw   10  piece of paper. He took it and read these words. “Father, wake up. It’s 7 o’clock now. Mother.”

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根据短文内容，在短文后面的四个选项中选择一个可以填入相应空格内的正确答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的正确答案标号涂黑。

Once there was a rich man in a village. He never gave anything to help   42  . The villagers didn’t like him. One day he said to them, “I know you don’t like me. I will give everything I have     43   you when I die. Then everyone will be happy.”

But nobody   44   him. The rich man couldn’t understand why they didn’t believe him. One day he went for a walk by a lake. Under a big tree he happened to hear a pig and a cow   45.    The pig   46   to the cow, “Why everyone likes you and nobody likes me? After I die. I provide people with pork, ham, etc. I give three or four things to them. But you give    47   one thing—milk. Why do people like you all the time and not me?”

The cow said, “Look, I give them milk while I’m   48  . They see that I’m generous(慷慨的) with what I have. But you don’t give them anything before you die. You give them ham, pork and so on only after you’re dead. People don’t believe in the   49  ; they believe in the present. If you give something   50  you are living, people will like you. It is quite simple.”

From that moment on, the rich man did his  51   to help the poor.

1.A. other             B. others         C. the other       D. another

2.A. for               B. with           C. to              D. after

3.A. believes          B. believe        C. believes in     D. believed

4.A. fighting          B. talking        C. shouting        D. joking

5.A. sang              B. told           C. asked           D. said

6.A. more than         B. only           C. less than       D. but

7. lives               B. live           C. lived           D. alive

8.A. future            B. past           C. present         D. now

9.A. while             B. where          C. what            D. how

10.A. good      B. better  C. best D. well