Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破坏) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether (总共) over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.

“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”

Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.

“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”

Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter.

1.How many homes altogether were damaged in the storm?

A. Fourteen.        B. Twenty-one. C. Twenty-nine.        D. Thirty-six.

2.Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?

A. He was in bed.                                    

B. He was inside the house.

C. He was outside the house.                   

D. He was on the roof.

3.Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because ________.

A. her husband knew there would be a storm

B. they were all outside the house when the storm became worse

C. she felt the house moving and they ran out immediately

D. the welfare department helped her

4.The underlined word “shelter” in the last paragraph means ________.

A. something to eat                 B. something to wear

C. somewhere to study               D. somewhere to stay

5.Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A. A Terrible Storm             B. A Lucky Woman

C. Good Soldiers                   D. Clever People

I was so excited after I had found the holiday in the guidebook. It said, “Enjoy a week of sightseeing in one of Europe’s most beautiful cities    41    staying at one of its best hotels. ” Now I wasn’t so sure. I had waited fifteen minutes at reception  (前台) when I   42  and now the shower in my room wasn’t working. I  43  hotel reception.
“Hello. This is Room 308. There isn’t any    44   in my bathroom. ”
“Are you sure?”
“Of course I’m sure!”
“I’ll    45   our hotel engineer at once. ”
An hour later, the engineer came to look at the    46  . He hit the pipes (水管) a few times and looked   47  . “Sorry, but I cannot fix it today. Maybe, tomorrow.” Then he   48  his hand. I couldn’t believe it! He wanted a tip (小费) for doing   49 ! I was very angry. But suddenly, I had a better idea.    50 , I gave the engineer a few coins. He hadn’t fixed my shower but he had taught me something  51  staying in his country. Two minutes later I was at the reception desk. I explained the  52  to the receptionist (接待员) and he replied, “Sorry. This is a  53  situation, but what can we do?” I knew exactly  54  to do. I gave the hotel manager a very large tip. Fifteen minutes later I  55  into Room 405. It was twice the size of Room 308, it had a wonderful view (景色) of the city, a comfortable bed and, most importantly, there was water in the bathroom.

根据表格信息，选择正确答案。

1.The word “price” means (意思是) “______” in Chinese.

      A. 每份         B. 收据  

      C. 食谱         D. 价格

2.Jack eats two hot dogs and drinks a cup of coffee. He should pay (应该支付) _____ yuan.

      A. twenty       B. nineteen  

      C. eighteen           D. seventeen

3.The hamburger and the ______ are the same (相同的) price.

      A. coffee             B. ice cream     

      C. hot dog      D. orange juice

4.Two glasses of orange juice and a hamburger cost (花费) ______ yuan.

       A. thirteen          B. fourteen     

      C. fifteen        D. sixteen

5.The ______ is the most expensive (最贵的) food in the restaurant.

      A. coffee       B. ice cream 

      C. hot dog            D. chicken

One day Mrs Jones goes shopping alone(独自地). When Mr Jones comes home in the evening, she begins to tell him about a beautiful dress. “I see it in a shop this morning,” she says, “and…” “And you want to buy it,” says Mr Jones, “how much is it?” “Fifteen pounds.” Every evening, when Mr Jones comes back from work, his wife goes on talking only about the dress. And at last, after a week, he says, “Oh, buy the dress! Here’s the money!” She is very happy. But the next evening, when Mr Jones comes home and asks, “Have you got the famous(著名的) dress?” She says, “No.” Why not?” he says. “Well, it is still in the window of the shop after a week. I think nobody else wants this dress. So I think it is not a good one!”

1.Mrs Jones goes shopping_________ one day.

A．with Mr Jones

B．with her friend

C．by herself

D．with the other woman

2.Mrs Jones tells Mr Jones about the dress every day because________.

A．it is really beautiful

B．she wants the shop

C．she wants Mr Jones to buy it for her

D．she likes it very much

3.Mrs Jones is very happy after________.

A．Mr Jones agree(同意) to buy it for her

B．Mr Jones gives her the money for the pants

C．she gets the beautiful dress

D．she sees the dress is still in the shop window

4.Mr Jones thinks it’s the famous dress because________.

A．it is a beautiful dress

B．it is in the shop window for a week

C．his wife has it

D．his wife talks about it again and again

5.From the story we can know__________.

A．Mrs Jones is a housewife, she doesn’t have much money

B．Mr Jones doesn’t like his wife

C．Mr Jones comes home for lunch every day

D．Mrs Jones doesn’t like the things if others like them