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The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. “My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly,” said Mrs. Brown, a 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in a trailer park near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7-year-old cat, didn’t come home for dinner more than a month ago. The next morning he didn’t appear for breakfast either. After Clyde missed an extra-special lunch, she called the police.
When the policeman asked her to describe Clyde, she told him that Clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but was missing half of his left ear, and was seven years old and completely white. She then told the officer that Clyde was about a foot high.
A bell went off. “Is Clyde your child or your pet?” the officer suspiciously asked. “Well, he’s my cat, of course,” Mrs. Brown replied. “Lady, you’re supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS,” said the sppeadeotoned policeman. “Well, who can I report this to?” she asked. “You can’t. You have to ask around your neighborhood or put up flyers,” replied the officer.
Mrs. Brown figured that a billboard would work a lot better than an 8”x11” piece of paper on a telephone pole. There was an empty billboard at the end of her street just off the interstate（州际公路） highway. The billboard had a phone number on it. She called that number, and they told her they could blow up a picture of Clyde (from Mrs. Brown’s family album) and put it on the billboard for all to see.
“But how can people see it when they whiz（快速移动） by on the interstate?” she asked. “Oh, don’t worry, ma’am, they only whiz by between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. The rest of the day, the interstate is so full of commuters that no one moves.” They told her it would cost only $3,000 a month. So she took most of the money out of her savings account and rented the billboard for a month.
The month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared. Because she has almost no money in savings, Mrs. Brown called the local newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the billboard for just one more month. She is waiting but, so far, no one has stepped forward.
1.How long has the cat been missing?
A．More than a month B．More than two months
C．More than three months D．It’s been back.
2.Who did the old lady finally turn to for help?
A．A billboard company B．The police
C．The phone company D．The interstate telephone line
3.How is the old lady like?
A．Stupid B．Loving C．Smart D．Decisive(有决断力的)
4.The underlined word was mistyped（打错了）. But we can still guess it’s most probable meaning:____________.
A．angry B．surprised C．happy D．excited
5.What’s the best title for this passage?
A．An advertisement B．A missing cat
C．A pet’s story D．Life without cat
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playing college basketball the following year. As Ron was walking to the game, a car hit him so hard that he
was thrown three feet into the air.
Ron woke up in a hospital room. When he learned that both his legs were broken, he realized his college
basketball dreams were over. Ron did what the doctors told him, but his progress was slow. When he left the
hospital, Ron was sent to a health center for physical treatment.
A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny. Sunny was a coach．His legs were hurt paralysed (瘫痪的)
from a skiing accident. Even though he couldn't move his legs, Sunny coached of a basketball team called the
Suns. Everybody on the team played from a wheelchair. Sunny invited Ron to join the game. Ron played
badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself.
After becoming a part of the Suns, Ron improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. And
whenever Ron became depressed or angry, Sunny was there to encourage and help him. The day before Ron
left the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he managed to be generous and cheerful, even
with his paralysis.
Sunny smiled and said, "It's really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadows (阴影) fall
behind."
B. He met his coach.
C. His doctor called him.
D. He fell down and cut his foot.
B. 好奇的
C. 沮丧的
D. 激动的
B. Keep smiling when you face difficulties.
C. Life is more difficult for the paralysed.
D. Skiing is more dangerous than basketball.
There was a famous church in London．It was 110 meters high．The center of the church was like a bell．The ceiling of the church was painted by a famous artist. A platform（平台）was built so that the artist could put up a ladder（梯子）on it and paint the ceiling．The platform was about 70 meters over the ground．
One day the artist was working hard and had nearly finished one popular corner of the ceiling．Also on the platform was his assistant，who was mixing paints．The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was progressing．To have a better look at his painting，he stepped back again．Suddenly，his assistant shouted，picked up a small bowl of paint and started to paint the artist’s work on the top．The artist was very angry and rushed forwards to stop him．
“What do you think you are doing?” he shouted angrily．“Are you mad?” His assistant replied．“I saw you walking backwards to have a better look at your painting．But you didn’t notice that you had reached the very edge of the platform．You were in great danger．I wanted to make you move forwards．If I had not made you run forwards．you would have fallen backwards off the edge of the platform．”
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1．The story happened in _______．
A．America B．France C．Germany D．England
2．Why did the artist step back again?
A．To see how his work was progressing．
B．To have a better look at his painting．
C．To paint a bowl in his painting．
D．To pour some paint on his painting．
3．What did the assistant do to stop the artist falling off the platform?
A．He painted a famous painting himself．
B．He ran forwards to stop him．
C．He shouted to the artist and painted his painting．
D．He stopped mixing the paints．
4．Which picture shows the same situation as the underlined sentences in Paragraph 2?
Note：a：artist；b：assistant；c：painting；4．←：the direction of the movement
5．After reading the passage，what do you think the artist would probably do?
A．He would be angry with what the assistant had done
B．He would punish（惩罚）the assistant for having destroyed his painting．
C．He would be thankful to the assistant for having saved his life．
D．He wouldn’t allow the assistant to work with him any more．
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Cannon has shown a great interest in collecting flags．At the young age of four , Cannon began studying flags , d________(1)them in his coloring books and putting them up on his walls Throughout school , he studied flags and tried to find out all he could about them After university , Cannon s________(2)to be a lawyer．Throughout law school , he continued to collect flags His classmates, friends , and family started c________(3)him “the flagman”
Cannon now has more than 200 flags in his collection．He shows many of them in his downtown law office．Once he d________(4)country flags for an exhibition on the Olympics
In addition to collecting flags Cannon also w________(5)about them He has published three books about flags He loves to h________(6)from friends who see his b________(7)in stores all over the world A few years ago, Cannon's hobby r________(8)a new level He entered a flag design contest and won The country he lives in asked him to design its f________(9)．Cannon explains his hobby this way ,“Collecting flags is l________(10)collecting pieces of history”