6.(　　 ) What happens to the children in Iraq because of the war?

　　　 A. The children will get better than before.

　　　 B. The children beg for food and water from American and British soldiers.

　　　 C. The children in Iraq go away from their homes in Baghdad.

　　　 D. The children live a most terrible life.

5.(　　 ) From the story we have learnt that _______.

　　 A. if your business is not good, you’d better change the name or the picture

　　 B. if you are in trouble, you should take others’ ideas

　　 C. when you have difficulty, don’t give up

　　 D. when a good name is given, it can cause success

　 ( B )

　　 A four-year-old girl is lying in the arms of a doctor. She has just lost her mother. Her pink clothes are full of blood and her eyes look at something only she can see.

　　 Every day we see pictures like this on our televisions. We see Iraqi (伊拉克的)children begging for food and water from American and British soldiers as they move through towns and cities towards the capital, Baghdad(巴格达). We see these children following parents, carrying bags of almost the same size as their small bodies as they escape from their homes in Baghdad.

　　 They show just some of the young lives that have been turned upside down by ongoing war and the terrible price paid by Iraqi children.

　　 “Dad, why are the Americans fighting against us? Are we going to be killed? ”asks the son of Abu Singar, an Iraqi engineer. Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his eight-year-old son.

　　 He tries to make him feel safe by saying, “The bombs(炸弹)are far away from us. The Americans are fighting the soldiers. We’re going to be all right. ”Even though Abu knows it isn’t always true, little else can be done. In Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to try and let them escape from the sound of bombs. And all the schools are closed.

　　 Not things are worse, and the ongoing war makes it impossible to count the number who are hungry, sick, hurt or even dead.

4.(　　 ) The stranger _______.

　　 A. was cleverer than Mr. Webster

　　 B. didn’t like the white horse at the beginning

　　 C. knew Mr. Webster and the artist

　　 D. got much money by teaching Mr. Webster

3. More and more people came to the bar because _______.

　　 A. it had changed its name

　　 B. the black horse was better than the white one

　　 C. the bar had a black horse

　　 D. they wanted to show the mistake

2. Mr. Webster agreed with the stranger _______.

　　 A. though he wasn’t ready to do it like that at first

　　 B. though he didn’t like the black horse

　　 C. because he knew he was an artist

　　 D. because he also wanted to change the picture

1.(　　 ) The stranger told Mr. Webster to take down the picture of the white horse because he knew ______.

　　 A. a picture of a black horse showed good luck

　　 B. the picture of the white horse wasn’t good for the bar

　　 C. people would understand the picture different from the name

　　 D. people would come in and tell the picture was different from the name

15. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

　　　 A. Road Safety Week　　 B. A Talk on Safety

　　　 C. Safety First　　　　　　 D. Safety and Accidents

第四组(共3篇)：

( A )

　　 There is a bar (酒吧)in our town with the name “The White Horse”. It is Mr. Webster’s. Few people went to the bar last year, but things are quite different now.

　　 There was a picture of a white horse on the door of the bar. Then a stranger came in one day, drank something, looked around the bar, and then said to Mr. Webster, “Few people come here. Take down the picture of the white horse and put a picture of a black horse instead. ”

　　 “But the name of the bar is ‘The White Horse’. ”Mr. Webster said.

　　 “Yes, but do it. ”the man said. Then he went out of the bar

　　 Mr. Webster went to an artist and said, “I want a picture of a black horse. ”

　　 The next day a picture of a black horse was on the door of the bar instead of that of the white horse. Soon after the door opened, a man came in and said, “There’s a mistake on the door of your bar, and the picture is different from the name. ”The man looked, sat down and drank something.

　　 Then another man came in and said the same, and then another and another. A lot of people came in and said, “The picture on your door is wrong. ”and they all stopped and drank in Mr. Webster’s bar.

14. The word “frequent”in the passage means ________ in Chinese.

　　　 A. 频繁的　 　　B. 偶尔的　　 C. 所有的　　　 D. 罕见的

13. How can bicycle riders cause accidents?

　　　 A. By crossing the road without warning other road users.

　　　 B. By turning suddenly or without warning other road users.

　　　 C. By making sure there aren’t any cars coming.

　　　 D. By showing suddenly or without warning other road users.

12. Why do most traffic accidents happen?

　　 A. Because people stop their cars suddenly.

　　 B. Because people don’t know the rules.

　　 C. Because people don’t care if they have an accident.

　　 D. Because people are careless.