The old worker was (one) in the doctor’s waiting room, he sat to the doctor’s door.——青夏教育精英家教网—

摘要： The old worker was (one) in the doctor’s waiting room, he sat to the doctor’s door.

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阅读理解

　　A rich man was riding along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden．There was a young tree lying on the ground．The rich man asked the old man,“What kind of tree are you planting there,my good man?”

　　“This is a fig(无花果) tree,sir,”he said．

　　“A fig tree?”the rich man was very surprised．“Why,how old are you?”

　　“I am ninety years old．”

　　“What!”shouted the rich man．“You're ninety years old．You are planting a very young tree now and it'll take years to give fruit．You certainly don't hope to live long enough to get any fruit from this tree．”The old man smiled and said,“Tell me,sir．Did you eat figs when you were a boy?”“Sure．”The man did not know why he asked this question．The old man asked,“Who planted the fig trees?”

　　“Why?I don't know．”

　　“You see,sir,”the old man said slowly,“our forefathers(祖先)planted trees for us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me．”

　　The rich man was quiet,and then said,“You are right,my good man．We should do some things for the people after us．Thank you very much．”Then he rode away．

(1)

The old man was planting ________ when the rich man saw him．
[　　]
A．	an apple tree
B．	a fig tree
C．	a pear tree
D．	a banana tree

(2)

The old man was ________．
[　　]
A．	80 years old
B．	60 years old
C．	90 years old
D．	70 years old

(3)

The old man was planting the tree ________．
[　　]
A．	to get himself some fruit to eat
B．	for the people after him
C．	to make his garden more beautiful
D．	just for fun

(4)

The sentence“The rich man was quiet”in the last paragraph means ________．
[　　]
A．	he was thinking about who were his forefathers
B．	he didn't want to disturb the old man
C．	he couldn't communicate with the old man
D．	he understood why the old man planted the young tree

(5)

We can express the main idea of this passage by“________”in Chinese．
[　　]
A．	前人栽树，后人乘凉
B．	光阴似箭，一去不返
C．	君子爱财，取之有道
D．	财多惹祸，树大招风

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Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied with (满意) him.

One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future . They talked for a long time.

“Have a look at your watch, please,” said the girl. “What time is it now?”

　　“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,” said Jack. “Where's yours?”

　　“I left it at home.”

　　Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”

　　The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?”

1.Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.

　　A. sixteen　 B. eighteen　 C. twenty　 D. fifteen

2.The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________.

　　A. he's her grandson　　 B. he's clever

　　C. he can keep quiet　　 D. he gets home on time

3.From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack's ________.

　　A. classmate　　 B. colleague (同事)　　 C. aunt 　　 D. wife

4.The word “stamp” in the story means ______ in Chinese.

　　A. 盖印　　 B. 跺　　 C. 贴邮票　　 D. 承认

5.Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order (为了) ________.

　　A. to wake his grandma up

　　B. to make his grandma angry

　　C. that his grandma was going to tell him the time

D. that his grandma was going to buy him a watch

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阅读理解

　　Mr Smith was old,so it was often difficult for him to remember things．However(可是),he still liked traveling very much,so he and his wife went to Spain(西班牙) every year．One summer when they were there,they went to visit their friends,the Turners．They had two young daughters．

　　One afternoon,Mr Smith was talking to one of the girls in the garden after lunch．“You and your sister were ill when my wife and I were here last year,weren't you?”he said to her．

　　“Yes,we were,”answered the girl．“We were very ill．”

　　The old man said nothing for a moment,because he was thinking．Then at last he said,“Oh,yes,I remember now!One of you died(死)．Which one of you was it,you or your sister?”

　　The girl answered,“It was me．”

　　“Oh?I'm very sorry to hear it,”said the old man．

根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F)

(　　)1．The old man had a good memory．

(　　)2．What the old man said was true．

(　　)3．The girl was very ill and died．

(　　)4．The girl didn't die last year．

(　　)5．The girl and her sister were both very ill．

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　　Though chopsticks are used in many Asian countries. they have their beginnings in China. Chinese history says that the Chinese had chopsticks as far as the Xia Dynasty (朝代) (about 4, 000 years ago) In the Spring and Autumn period (时期)copper and iron chopsticks appeared . With the Han Dynasty lacquered (上漆)chopsticks came ,followed by gold and silver chopsticks still later .Today we have chopsticks made of plastics .The most expensive are made of part of tusks of elephants and hard green stone.

　　Chopsticks tell Chinese tradition in their way .In ancient (古代的)times the rich used hard green stone or gold chopsticks to show their wealth (富有).In history many kings used silver chopsticks to take their food to see if it was poisonous (有毒的).It was said that if it was ,the silver chopsticks would turn colour .Chopsticks are traditionally given to a daughter when she marries to show that they should have a son very soon ,for “Chopsticks”in Chinese is pronounced like “quick a son”!

　　Though chopsticks from Hangzhou, wooden chopsticks from Shanyang of Shanxi Province, and Beijing's chopsticks are well-known.

　　Many westerners , businessmen ,tourists put aside (一边)their knives and forks in favour (喜爱) of chopsticks in China

　　Chopsticks appeared in the old Chinese story: an old man teaches his sons a lesson by showing how he could easily break a single chopstick but not a number of them .In China chopsticks are connected with good luck .So on the country's New Year's Eve many families will lay out new chopsticks at dinners as a way of making requests for luck.

(1) Chopsticks have their beginnings in________ .

[　　]

A．China

B. many Asian countries

C. African countries

D. all over the world

(2) Chopsticks and iron chopsticks appeared in________ .

[　　]

A．the Xia Dynasty

B. the Spring at Autumn period

C. the Han Dynasty

D. the Tang Dynasty