The worker is made ______ six and a half days a week.

       A. work          B. working          C. to work

Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant, She is17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent (才能) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. She rubbed (擦掉) out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby painted pictures.

Newspaper reporters wrote Ruby, then people asked about buying her pictures. And in this way, she made a lot of money for the zoo. This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colors in her trunk and Ruby begins painting.

1.We can most probably read this story_______.

A. in a dictionary about read animals

B. in a newspaper

C. in a book on art

D. in history textbooks

2.People asked about buying Ruby's pictures because_______.

A. newspaper reporters bought her picture

B. her pictures were better than those of real artists

C. they just wanted to have fun

D. zoo workers would let them have a free visit to the park

3.Ruby rubbed out the marks she had drawn in order to(为了)_______.

A. make other ones

B. clear her trunk

C. dig a hole in the sand

D. ask for brushes and paints

4.From the story, we can know that_______.

A. Ruby can paint a picture all by herself

B. Ruby can draw better pictures than the other animals in the zoo

C. Ruby has to finish a painting with the help of zoo workers

D. Ruby will ask for money if she finishes a picture

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Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier（国境） to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming   1  the hill towards the frontier, pushing a bike with a pile of goods(货物) of old straw on it. When the bike   2  the frontier, Peter would stop the man and   3  him take the straw off and untie（解开） it. Then he would examine the straw very   4  to see   5   he could find anything, then he would look in all the man’s pockets   6  he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always   7  to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found anything. He was sure the man was   8  something, but he was not  9  to think out what it could be.

Then one evening, after he had looked through the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets   10  usual, he   11  to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things  12  this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today is my   13 day on the job. Tomorrow I’m going to retire(退休). I promise I shall not tell  14  if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for   15 . Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”

1.                A．towards        B．down          C．to   D．up

2.                A．arrived         B．appeared       C．came D．reached

3.                A．ask            B．order          C．make D．call

4.                A．carefully        B．quickly         C．silently   D．horribly

5.                A．that           B．where          C．how D．if

6.                A．before         B．after           C．first  D．so

7.                A．lucky          B．hoping         C．thinking  D．wondering

8.                A．taking          B．smuggling       C．stealing   D．pushing

9.                A．possible        B．strong          C．able D．clever

10.               A．like            B．more          C．then  D．as

11.               A．told           B．cried          C．ordered   D．said

12.               A．cross          B．past           C．across D．into

13.               A．last            B．first           C．newest    D．second

14.               A．everyone       B．anyone         C．no one    D．someone

15.               A．moment        B．long time       C．sometime  D．some time

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Two men are working in the park. One is Mr. Brown, a worker, and the other is Mr. Black. Mr. Brown is going to a chair. It is next to the road. Mr. Black is after him. Mr. Brown finds Mr. Black. Now Mr. Black begins to walk faster. Because he wants to get to the chair before Mr. Brown. Now Mr. Brown begins to walk faster because he also wants to get to the chair first. Then they both run. Mr. Black runs faster than Mr. Brown. So he gets to the chair first and sits down on it. Mr. Brown runs after Mr. Black. When he gets to the chair. He sees Mr. Black sitting on it. He is sorry  to show a notice(通知) with the words. “Wet Paint”(油漆未干) to Mr. Black. Now Mr. Black knows Why Mr. Brown is going to the chair.

1.Where are Mr. Brown and Mr. Black?

A. In the garden      B. On the chair

C. In the park        D. Next to the road.

2.What are they doing? --- They are ___.

A. talking           B. walking to the chair

C. holding a notice    D. sitting on a chair

3.___ is after ___ at first.

A. Mr. Black , Mr. Brown   B. The worker, Mr. Brown

C. Mr. Brown, Mr. Black    D. Mr. Brown, the worker

4.___ gets to the chair first.

A. The worker    B. Mr. Brown

C. Mr. Black      D. A student

5. Mr. Brown gets to the chair because ___.

A. he wants to sit there.   B. He wants to tell people “wet paint”

C. it is his chair         D. He wants to talk to Mr. Black on the chair