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　Old Mr. Black loved shooting bears (熊), but his eyes were not good any more. Several (几个) times he nearly shot people instead of bears, so his friends were always very careful when they went out shooting with him.

　One day a friend of his wanted to have a joke (玩笑), so he got a big piece of white paper and wrote on in very big letters “I AM NOT A BEAR.”Then he tied (用线或绳系/扎) it to his back and went off. His friends saw it and laughed a lot.

　But it did not save him. After a few minutes Mr. Black shot at him and knocked (击，打) his hat off.

　Th e young man was frightened (受惊吓的) and angry (气愤的).“Didn't you see this piece of paper ?”he shouted to Mr. Black. “Yes, I did,”said Mr. Black. Then he went nearer, looked carefully at the paper and said, “Oh, I'm very sorry. I did not see the word NOT.”

1．Old Mr. Black liked _______ very much.

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A．shooting at people

B．shooting bears

C．to go shooting with young people

D．playing jokes with his friends

2．Mr. Black's eyes were not good and more, so sometimes he _______.

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A．nearly shot people

B．stopped shooting

C．shot no bears

D．shot few bears

3．The young friend tied the paper to his back to ________.

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A．tell Mr. Black he was not a bear

B．make others laugh

C．help Mr. Black shoot at bears

D．have a joke

4．The word “save” in the third paragraph means ________.　

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A．take care of

B．give some help

C．make safe from danger

D．make happy

5．Mr. Black shot at the young man because he _________.

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A．didn't like the young man

B．was angry with the young man

C．thought the young man was a real bear

D．wanted to have a joke with the young man

I usually get up ______ 7:30 a.m.______ Sundays. I’m very happy.

A. at; in   B. in; on   C. at; on

White bridge was a small village and old people came and lived there. Some of them had lots of old furniture, some of which they didn't want to   41   .This was   42   there was no enough place to put it. Every Saturday morning they    43    what they didn't need and other people came and took it away if they wanted to have it.

    Mr. and Mrs. Morton's children had grown up. The old couple moved to this small village     44   the other old people did. The   45   were busy forever. All the old in this small village were   46    to meet their children.

    Every Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Morton put out a very ugly old bear's head at the side of their gate, but   47   wanted it. Last Saturday they wrote "I'm very   48  here." on a piece of paper and put it near the bear's head.

    After a while, they found there was another bear's head put beside  49  ,with another piece of paper. It   50  , “I am lonely, too."

1.A. sell         B. buy       C. lend         D. keep

2.A. if          B. because    C. though       D. that

3.A. put out      B. put away   C. put up       D. put off

4.A. like        B. and        C. as           D. or

5. A. men       B. women      C. young       D. old

6.A. hard       B. easy        C. glad         D. excited

7.A. somebody   B. anybody    C. everybody    D. nobody

8.A. happy      B. sad         C. lonely       D. disappointed

9.A. the door    B. the window   C. theirs       D. others

10.A. wrote      B. said        C. told         D. spoke

“Get up, get up, Jim. It’s time to get up!” mother said while she was   1  me. I opened my eyes and looked at the clock. “Oh, dear! It’s a quarter to eight already. I’ll be late for school again,” I thought. I  2    out of the bed, washed my face, and then hurried to the bus stop without breakfast. As soon as I   3 the bus, it started running. “I’m sure I can get to school in time,” I said to myself. Suddenly the bus stopped. The bus driver got off the bus, then got on the bus again and said, “I’m sorry, ladies and gentlemen. There’s   4 wrong with the bus. Please get off the bus and wait for another one. ” “I couldn’t wait. The school is not   5 . I’d better run to school,” I thought, and then I began to run. But before I got to school, it began to   6    heavily.

When I  7    the classroom, I was wet shivering (发抖) with cold. The physics teacher had already begun his lesson. It was Mr Smith. He was about fifty years old. All the students were a little afraid of him and—so was I. I liked neither him nor his physics lessons. I hesitated (犹豫) for a moment, and then I opened the door. “I’m very sorry, Mr Smith. I'm late again,” I said with a red face.

“It’s you again, Jim,” Mr Smith said  8  , “I’ve told you not to be late, but you... ” He suddenly stopped and looked at my wet clothes. He turned to   9  and said, “I’m very sorry, my boys and girls,”  With these words he quickly took off his own jacket and handed it to me. “Now, take off your wet coat and put this one on, or you'll catch cold. ” he said kindly.

I went to my seat with Mr Smith’s jacket on. It was a bit larger for me but I felt very  10   in it. I found, for the first time, physics was so interesting and how well I could understand it!

1.                A．catching        B．touching        C．pushing   D．helping

2.                A．jumped         B．moved         C．got  D．ran

3.                A．got off         B．got on          C．got to    D．got in

4.                A．everything      B．nothing         C．anything  D．something

5.                A．far            B．near           C．big  D．small

6.                A．shine          B．snow           C．rain  D．blow

7.                A．entered        B．reached        C．saw  D．left

8.                A．slowly          B．quietly         C．happily   D．angrily

9.                A．me            B．the class        C．the boys  D．the girls

10.               A．cold           B．excited         C．warm D．nervous

Mark Twain was a great American    1  . He was also a famous speaker. Many people liked to listen to his   2  .
One day Mark Twain was going to a small town  3  his writing.  4  he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes (蚊子) in the town. Mark Twain said, “  5  I don’t think the mosquitoes will come to visit me.
After he   6   the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiter felt very sorry about that.  “ I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are    7   mosquitoes in our town,” he said.
Mark Twain ,  however,   8  a joke, saying to the waiter, “ the mosquitoes are very   9  . They know my    10   number. They didn’t come to the wrong room.”