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Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were a lot of people in it, so the old man couldn’t come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he said to the waiters, “Take some fish to my horse.” The waitor and the people were very surprised. The waiter said, “A horse doesn’t eat fish.” The old man told the waiter, “This horse is very interesting. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too.” So the waiter brought the horse some fish.

All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat fish except the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter came back and said, “Your horse didn’t eat any fish.” The old man said, “All right, take the fish back and put it on the table. I’ll eat it.”

1．The people in the restaurant all ran out because___________.

A．they wanted to see the old man             B．they wanted to see the horse eat fish

C．the waitor said there came the horse             D．there was no fire over the stove

2．All the people in the restaurant rushed out ________but _________ didn’t.

A．to see the horse sing… the old man

B．to watch the horse play games… the waitor

C．to look for the horse… the old man

D．to see the horse eat fish… the old man

3．Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse? Because ________.

A．his horse liked eating fish

B．he was cold

C．he wanted to sit by the fire, but wasn’t able to do so at first

D．he himself also liked to eat fish

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The bell rang loudly. Everybody packed their schoolbags and got ready to go home. When the

1 dismissed(解散) the children, 2 lined up in two rows and walked orderly to the school gate.

Usually David’s 3 would come and get him home from school but today she was not there. David waited for 15 minutes 4 he walked home.

When he reached home, he knocked on the 5 as he did not bring his keys. Surprisingly, no one answered the door. David 6 his mother was in the toilet so he waited patiently for his mother. After a few minutes there was 7 no response(回答). Just as he was about to go to the nearby coffee shop where his father worked to 8 the keys, he heard the 9 voice of his neighbour, John.

David told him that no one was at home and John’s mother suggested that David 10 in their house till his mother came back. David and John played 11 till evening when David’s mother came back.

David 12 John and his family before he went back into his house. David’s mother 13 David that she had a backache and she had to see a doctor. 14 this experience, David learnt an important 15 , “Neighbours are people who help each other.”

1．A．teacher B．nurse C．worker D．farmer

2．A．he B．they C．she D．we

3．A．father B．neighbour C．mother D．doctor

4．A．before B．after C．when D．while

5．A．window B．floor C．wall D．door

6．A．hoped B．thought C．said D．imagine

7．A．almost B．already C．still D．always

8．A．get B．make C．find D．buy

9．A．friendly B．angry C．lazy D．unhappy

10．A．sit B．stay C．come D．drop

11．A．carefully B．quickly C．easily D．happily

12．A．called B．loved C．thanked D．visited

13．A．told B．answered C．asked D．kissed

14．A．From B．About C．To D．Of

15．A．word B．lesson C．sentence D．saying

—You look sad, Kate.

—Yeah, I have made _________ mistakes in my report.

A．a little        B．little            C．a few         D．few

I want to write to Rose, but I don’t know __________.

A．where is his email address                    B．where his email address is

C．what place is his email address              D．what his email address is

— John, could you come and help me in the kitchen, please?

— Sorry, Mum. I_________ Tom search for information on the net.

A．help              B．helped                 C．have helped        D．am helping

— Do you know that 2004 China F1 Car race_________ in Shanghai.

— Yes. It was a success.

A．is held             B．was held             C．has held             D．will be held

— Have you heard the song “TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART”?

— Yes, it sounds _________.

A．terribly            B．wonderful               C．well              D．sadly

— The woman_________ we met yesterday is our new Chinese teacher.

— Really? She looks young and energetic

A．what            B．whose                 C．whom             D．which

— It’s too hot here. Would you mind my _________ the windows?

—________. Do it as you like, please.

A．to open; OK                       B．opening; Certainly not

C．Closing; Of course              D．open; Good idea

— Lu Huan, you look tired today, What’s wrong?

— I was ________ busy ________ I didn’t go to bed until midnight yesterday.

A．too, to             B．enough, to               C．so, that            D．such, that