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　　Last year, we spent Christmas and New Year in Queensland, Australia．The beaches there were beautiful, and we spent a lot of time playing by the sea, swimming and surfing．One day, we were on a beach just south of a city called Cairns．My little siste was looking for shells in the sand down near the waves when she shouted to me,“Hey, Lan!Look what I’ve found!”I ran down to have a look, and saw her pointing at a strange black object that was half buried(掩埋)in the sand,“What is it?”she asked．I said I didn’t know．

　　Just then, my father came over,“Are you enjoying yourselves, you two?”he asked．Then he saw the strange black thing．“What’s that?”he said, bending down to take a closer look．Suddenly, he said,“Quick kids, get away from here．Go and play somewhere else．”

　　We went and played further down the beach, while Dad ran up to the shop near the beach to make a phone call．About 20 minutes later, we heard the noise of cars and trucks arriving, and a lot of soldiers ran onto the beach．They told everyone to leave the beach and stay away from it．

　　About half an hour later, we were sitting with Dad in a café a few hundred metres from the beach, when we heard an enormous explosion(爆炸)．“What was that?”we asked Dad．“That was the thing you found,”he said．“One of the soldiers down there told me it was a Japanese bomb(炸弹)from World War II．Sometimes they get washed up on the beaches here．”

(1)

The object they found was ________．
[　　]
A．	in the sand near the water
B．	in the sea
C．	lying on the beach
D．	floating(漂)on the sea

(2)

When Dad saw the object, he ________．
[　　]
A．	told the kids to play with it somewhere else
B．	knew it was something dangerous
C．	decided to move it quickly
D．	picked it up to take a closer look

(3)

Dad went to a shop near the beach________．
[　　]
A．	to meet the soldiers
B．	to buy some drinks for the kids
C．	to call for help
D．	in order to get away from the beach

(4)

The bomb on the beach ________．
[　　]
A．	was washed up by accident
B．	killed many people
C．	was put there by the Japanese
D．	was carried away by the Australian soldiers

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Joe lost his arms in an accident that killed his father. Since then, he has had to depend on the 1 of his younger sister Ella. In order to take care of him, Ella became his shadow, never leaving him 2 for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do anything in his life.

As they grew up together, they had their share of 3 and they would often quarrel. Then one day, Ella wanted to separate from Joe, living 4 own life. So Joe was heart-broken and didn't know what to do.

A 5 misfortune (不幸) struck Rosa, too. One night her mother, who suffered(受苦) from mental illness, 6 . So her father went out looking for her mother. She tried to cook meals for her parents, only to overturn the kerosene light on the stove, resulting in a fire which took her hands away.

Though her elder sister Susan showed her willingness to take care of her, Rosa decided to be 7 independent. And most of all she learned to do things on her own. Once she wrote the following in her composition: “I’m lucky. Though I lost my arms, I still have legs. Though my wings are broken, my heart can still 8 .”

　　One day，Joe and Rosa were both invited to a television interview program. Joe told the TV host about his 9 future at being left on his own, while Rosa was full of hope for her life. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. Joe wrote：My younger sister's arms are my arms; 10 Rosa wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.

They had both stood the same sufferings, but their different 11 determined(决定) the nature of their lives. It is true that life is unpredictable. How you deal with misfortune is the true test of your character. If you choose only to complain and run away from the suffering，it will always 12 you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.

1. A．legs B．arms C．eyes D．hands

2. A．sad B．afraid C．worried D．alone

3. A．questions B．accidents C．problems D．business

4. A．his B．her C．my D．their

5. A．serious B．sudden C．terrible D．similar

6. A．returned B．disappeared C．seriously D．immediately

7. A．break B．beat C．fly D．jump

8. A．unfair B．uncertain C．unsafe D．undoubted

9. A．and B．so C．while D．or

10. A．opinions B．values C．senses D．attitudes

11. A．follow B．catch C．disturb D．hurt

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Sophie is a middle school student. Her mother is a dentist and her father is a writer. Sophie wants to be a cook. Sophie went to take part in（参加） a cake（蛋糕） making competition yesterday.
Everyone began to make a cake. But Sophie hadn’t decided what kind of cake to make.
There was only half an hour left. Sophie had not even begun. So she began to panic (恐慌). Then she got an idea. She ran out and came to a cake shop. She gave fifty dollars to the shop keeper and said, “Please give me a chocolate cake.”
Then Sophie came back and put the chocolate cake on the table. But a little boy saw her do that.
When the judges (裁判员) were just about to taste Sophie’s cake, the little boy said to the judges, “Please don’t taste her cake. She didn’t make it and she bought it from a cake shop.”
The judges were angry and said, “That was terrible, Sophie.”
From that day on, Sophie never cheated.
【小题1】 Sophie wants to be a 　　　.

【小题2】 Sophie began to panic because 　　　.

A．she was too tired	B．she didn’t begin to make her cake
C．she didn’t have money	D．her cake tasted bad

【小题3】Sophie spent 　　　 on the chocolate cake.

【小题4】The underlined word “cheat” means “　　　” in Chinese.

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限一词。

　　Nogoba was a cavegirl．She lived in a cave with about 40 other people．Cavepeople lived in big groups to help each other．Their l　　1　　 were very dangerous．There were many w　　2　　

　　animals near the caves－lions, tigers, bears and elephants．

　　The cavemen hunted．They k　　3　　 the animals for food．The children's jobs were dangerous, too．Nogoba and her friends went to the river every day to get w　　4　　．Sometimes, the river was very deep．S　　5　　, there were animals near the river．

　　For many months of the y　　6　　, Nogoba was cold．There was ice and snow everywhere．It was difficult to be w　　7　　．The children sometimes went to sleep by the fire．Sometimes they were too n　　8　　 the fire．

　　Sometimes Nogoba and her friends went to f　　9　　 fruit and nuts to eat．Sometimes the fruit and nuts were poisonous and everyone became i　　10　　．There weren't any cave doctors or cave hospitals!

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Mrs Brown's telephone number was 3464, and the number of the cinema in her town was 5463, so people often made a mistake and telephoned her when they wanted the cinema.

　　One evening the telephone bell rang and Mrs Brown answered it. A tired man said, "At what time does your last film begin?"

　　"I'm sorry," said Mrs Brown, "but you have wrong number. That is not the cinema. "

　　"Oh, it began twenty minutes ago?" said the man. "I'm sorry about that. Goodbye! "

　　Mrs Brown was very surprised. So she told her husband. He laughed and said, "The man's wife wanted to go to the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so he telephoned the cinema. His wife heard him, but she didn't hear you. Now they will stay at home this evening, and the husband will be happy! "

　　根据短文判断正误：（T or F）

( ) l. Mrs Brown knew a lot about The films, so people often telephoned her.

( ) 2. The man made a mistake and telephoned her.

( ) 3. The man didn't want to see a film because his wife was feeling tired.

( ) 4. The man and his wife didn't go to the cinema because the film had already

begun.

( ) 5. The man telephoned just to cheat (骗) his wife.

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