I ______what he said and I _______him.

A. believe; believe in       B .believe in ;  believe

C. believe; believe         D. believe in ; believe in

I ______what he said and I _______him.

A. believe; believe in       B .believe in ;  believe

C. believe; believe         D. believe in ; believe in

I’m a pig, and my son is a rabbit. I have snakes for daughters, and my wife, believe it or not, is a dragon! Do I live in a zoo? No, of course not! I am talking about Chinese zodiac signs（十二生肖）. Depending on the year of your birth, each person has an animal for a sign. That’s why I am a pig and my wife is a dragon. If you, like me, were born in the year of the pig, then you are brave, thoughtful and loyal. The year of the pig is filled with good fortune.

　　 Now let’s take a closer look at this interesting animal.

　　 Pigs were first raised by man about 9,000 years ago, and are still a very common farm animal in many parts of the world. We don’t just use pigs for their meat — almost every part of the animal is used. The hair is used for artists’ brushes. The fat is used to make floor wax, rubber and plastics.

　   Pigs have also been important in the world of entertainment. In 1995 the film ‘Babe’ starred a loveable talking pig as its main character. The film won an Oscar and was nominated （提名）for 6 more. In England you can even go to watch pig racing. A farmer, Rob Shepherd, has been raising money for charity by holding pig races on his farm. The events have been very successful. People don’t just want to eat pigs, it seems!

　   Pigs also play an important role in the English language. For example, if someone says that he will travel to the sun one day, you can say “pigs might fly!” to him. Hungry? Well then, you can “pig out” and eat lots of food. And what if someone rescues you? Well, you can say that they “saved your bacon”.

1. The writer wrote the first paragraph in a ______ tone.

　　A. sad　　　　　　B. confused       　C. serious　　　　 D. humorous

2. We may know from the passage that ______.

　　A. people in England like pigs more than other animals

　　B. pigs are more useful than ordinary people imagine

　　C. pigs are the first animals raised by man

　　D. more people don’t want to eat pigs now

3.The underlined sentence “pigs might fly!” in the fifth paragraph means “______”.

　　A. What you have just said is impossible

　　B. Pigs are great animals

　　C. I don’t understand your words

　　D. I can’t agree with you more

4.Which diagram shows the structure（结构） of the passage?

　　　　　A 　　　　　　　　B 　　　　　　　C　　　　　　　　　 D

“I don’t believe in Santa Claus!” Trogmire announced.
Tremor looked shocked. “Why not?” he asked.
“Because he never leaves me any gifts at all,” Trogmire growled.
Tremor thought about the evidence for a few seconds. “Maybe,” he suggested, “it’s because when Santa checked his list, your name wasn’t in the ‘nice’ column.”
“So, he could at least bring me a lump of coal!” Trogmire replied. “And,” he went on, “Troubled doesn’t believe in Santa, either.”
“Right,” Tremor said, “because he saw his parents putting the ‘From Santa’ presents under the tree. But I know the truth about that. My mother found out from Troubled’s mother. When Troubled’s parents got an e-mail from Santa, saying that he would never bring Troubled another gift, they didn’t want to tell him the truth. So now they buy presents and pretend they’re from Santa.”
“What did Troubled do to get Santa so mad?” Trogmire questioned.
“I think it had something to do with the time he put glue paper all over the living room floor on Christmas Eve, and left a sign that said, ‘Trapped like a rat!’ hanging over the fireplace.” said Tremor.
“I guess Santa doesn’t have a sense of humour,” sighed Trogmire. “Well, at least I’m not the only one who Santa scratched off his name list.”
【小题1】Why doesn’t Santa leave presents for Trogmire or Troubled?

I still don’t believe in ghosts even after my experience at the Rose Inn．1 I have never seen one．But stories have made me feel 2  since then．I arrived at the inn late at night and asked the landlord for a room．

       “There is nothing left,” he said, “ 3 you’d like to sleep in Number 7．”

       “Why not?” I said．“What’s 4 it? I am  5 that I would sleep 6 ．”

       “Nothing,” he said slowly, “but something happened there a few months ago．”

       Every old inn has its own strange stories, so I thought that 7 he told me about it, the better．I was willing to listen to anything for a room to 8 ．

       “A man came here late at night 9 you．” the landlord said, “I thought there was something strange about him because he kept 10 while he was signing his name in the book．He asked me 11 room he could have and I offered him No．7 ．‘ 12   a man who has said he’ll 13 me,’ he said suddenly, ‘with a knife．’ He looked so frightened that I thought I had better 14 him to his room．I closed the door and left him 15．The next day we found him dead, with a knife beside him．He had cut his throat．” The landlord said, “Or 16 had done it．Do you 17 sleeping there now you know the story?”

       “Well,” I said, “no one is 18 me．But I wish you had told me the story 19 ．As it is, I’ll sleep here on the floor in the bar if you have a couple of  20 ．”

1．A．Because               B．Of course            C．At all                   D．Though

2．A．natural                 B．unsafe                 C．brave                  D．uncomfortable

3．A．unless                 B．if                       C．since                  D．whether

4．A．the price               B．wrong with         C．the matter            D．strange for

5．A．so tired                B．so hurt                C．very weak          D．too worried

6．A．somewhere           B．anywhere            C．nowhere              D．everywhere

7．A．the later             B．the quicker         C．the sooner          D．the slower

8．A．rest                      B．live in                C．lie down            D．go to

9．A．like                     B．with                  C．behind                 D．because of

10．A．looking after       B．looking into         C．looking over        D．looking back

11．A．what                  B．which                C．whose               D．whether

12．A．There’s              B．He’s                  C．It’s                   D．That’s

13．A．harm                 B．punish               C．frighten             D．kill

14．A．invite              B．take                   C．bring                   D．allow

15．A．by himself        B．for himself         C．at himself           D．to himself

16．A．whoever         B．nobody              C．anybody            D．someone else

17．A．like                    B．mind                 C．permit               D．promise

18．A．tricking           B．following           C．killing                D．frightening

19．A．at night           B．at once              C．in time               D．in the morning

20．A．chairs           B．blankets          C．books           D．swords