George had stolen some money, and had been caught by the police. Now his ___1___ was about to begin. He felt ___2___ that he would be sent to prison for a long time. Then he ___3___ that his friend Jim was one of the members of the jury(陪审团). He succeeded in seeing him ___4___. He said to him, “Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I can’t hope to be found ___5___ of taking it. But I should be grateful ___6___ you if you could ___7___ the other members of the jury to ___8___ some strong ___9___ for me to their statement that they consider me seriously guilty.”

“Well, George,” answered Jim, “I shall ___10___ try to do what I can for you as an old friend, ___11___ I cannot promise you will be highly ___12___ with the result. The other eleven members of the jury are not ___13___ good terms with me.” Of course, George was very ___14___, but he did not have a ___15___ to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, ___16___, Jim visited him in prison. George ___17___ him very much for what he had done.

“Well, George,” Jim told him, “___18___ I thought, those eleven men were very ___19___ to persuade, but I managed it in the end ___20___ tiring them out. You know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!”

1. A. punishment    B. trial    C. sentence     D. arrest

2. A. doubtful B. firm    C. sure    D. uncertain

3. A. wondered      B. imagined    C. explained   D. discovered

4. A. secretly  B. rarely  C. often   D. openly

5. A. guilty     B. moral  C. not moral   D. not guilty

6. A. for  B. with    C. to       D. of

7. A. please     B. try      C. persuade     D. advise

8. A. add B. add up       C. increase      D. increase up

9. A. feeling   B. mercy C. care    D. excuse

10. A. difficulty     B. easily  C. certainly     D. uncertainly

11. A. so  B. but     C. thus    D. then

12. A. surprised      B. supposed    C. satisfied     D. separated

13. A. in  B. by      C. on      D. of

14. A. lucky    B. unlucky      C. pleased       D. disappointed

15. A. time     B. hope   C. chance       D. reason

16. A. moreover     B. however     C. therefore    D. thus

17. A. complained  B. criticized    C. thanked      D. envy

18. A. as  B. like     C. if D. though

19. A. foolish  B. easy    C. clever D. difficult

20. A. in  B. by      C. with    D. after

It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.

Then one day. Some visitors from the city arrived. The told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other place.

This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a batter future. But the dream didn’t last long.     

The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.

The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.

Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job---eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.

Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.

From paragraph I we learn that the villagers __________.

A. were poor but somewhat content      B. dreamed of having a better life 

C. worked very hard for centuries        D. lived a different life from their forefathers 

Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?

A. They needs money to buy medicine      B. The frogs were easy money .

C. They wanted to please the visitors    D. The frogs made too much noise

What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?

A. there were too many insects           B. the crops didn’t do well

C. the visits brought in disease         D. the pesticides were overused

What can we infer from the last sentence of the text?

A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country                   

B. Health is more important than money

C. Good old day will never be forgotten                     

D. The harmony between man and nature is important.

.—Would you please telll us your private life and your the date of the marriage？

  —_________!

A. No way  B. No doubt   C. No comment   D. No matter

A woman whose sports car was stolen with her dog in it put up notices all over the area that made it clear getting back her pet was more important than her car．

“Whoever did this can keep my car．Please let Benjerman come home,” the notice said．

It is not known whether the thief showed any pity, but almost 30 hours after the 1 pm theft Friday, Kimberly Atkins of Dover and Benjerman，a 12-year-old black retriever（猎犬），were reunited after police located them in Barrington．

“He’s hungry, he’s dirty, but he’s very happy to be home，”Atkins said．

The car was found at about 5 pm Saturday off Route 125 in a swampy area frequented by off-the-road cars and dirt bikes．However, the police couldn’t control Benjerman，and they had to call Atkins to come and get him．

Atkins said the thief cared for Benjerman a little by providing him with some dry cat food．She believed Benjerman ended up drinking some muddy water in the area．

She said they have been together for nearly 11 years after she took him back from a society shelter in Dallas, Texas．

 Before Benjerman was found，Atkins and several friends put up notices all over the city and in Somersworth．They also contacted animal shelters，throughout southern New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

The notice stated there was a reward，and also that the dog needed medication．Any caller could remain anonymous（匿名的）．

Atkins had parked the car outside a hardware store with the keys inside and gone in to rent a carpet cleaner.

¨It was l0 minutes and I came out and my car was gone along with Benjerman in broad daylight，” Atkins said．The car thief threw Atkins’ wallet and other personal items out of the car before escaping from the scene．

What would be the best title for the passage?

A．A car with a dog was stolen

B．Lucky dog was returned to his owner

C．Stealing cars：a most important social problem

D．Woman wants dog back more than stolen car

Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened?

a．Notices were put up saying there was a reward．

b．Atkins saw Benjerman again．

c．Police found Atkins’car．

d．Atkins took Benjerman back from a society shelter． 

e．Atkins hired a carpet cleaner in a hardware store．

A．d,e,a, b,c             B．d,e,a,c,b              C．e,a,d,b,c                 D．e,a,c,d,b

We can infer from the passage          ．

A．the dog was treated extremely badly by the thief

B．car stolen accidents happen frequently nowadays

C．the dog was found because of the reward

D．the thief stole the car easily

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Benjerman was sent back immediately after Atkins put up the notices．

B．Atkins and her friends made a great effort to look for Benierman．

C．The thief gave the dog back but kept the sports car．  

D．The dog was back at 1 pm on a Friday．

—May I have another chocolate?

—Yes, of course.___________.

A. Take it yourself             B. Eat it, please

C. Help yourself                D. Have it yourself