23、Long long ago，a young man became a great archer（射手）．He asked the king to declare him as the greatest archer of the country．The king was going to do so when an old servant of the king said，“Wait，sir．I know an old man who lives in the forest．He is a much greater archer．Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three years．”

The man could not believe that there could be a greater archer than him，but he went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him．Then one day，when he thought he had learned everything，the thought came to him：“If I kill this old man，then I will be the greatest archer．”

The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood on his shoulder．The young man hid behind a tree，waiting to kill him．He shot an arrow．The old man took a small piece of wood and threw it．It struck（击中）the arrow and the arrow turned back and hurt the young man very deeply．The old man came，took out the arrow and said，“I knew that some day you were going to do this．That’s why I have not taught you this secret．There is no need to kill me．My teacher is still alive，and I'm nothing before him．You must be with him for at least thirty years．And he is very old，so go fast! Find the old man!”

1．The underlined word “declare” in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to “              ”．

A．serve                   B．tell                       C．announce                      D．choose

2．The young archer wanted to kill the old man in the forest because                    ．

A．he had nothing more to learn from him

B．he could then become the greatest archer

C．the old man refused to teach him everything

D．the king's old servant ordered him to do so

3．The following pictures show what happened between the young archer and his teacher．Which is the right order of the story?

A．1→2→3→4          B．4→3→2→1            C．4→2→3→1            D．4→2→1→3

4．What do you think would most probably happen next?

A．The young archer died soon after he got hurt．

B．The king declared the young man the greatest archer．

C．The young archer found the old man's teacher and killed him．

D．The young archer set off（动身）to look for the old man's teacher．

5．What can you learn from the story?

A．There's always someone better than you in this World．

B．You must never try to become better than your teacher．

C．The older a mall is，the better archer he usually becomes．

D．Always use a piece of wood to protect yourself from an arrow．

22、

1．You can buy          in this shop．

A．shoes                         B．socks                         C．trousers                 D．sweaters

2．Size L black cotton trousers are from         ．

A．Italy                    B．France                 C．England                 D．Germany

3．You will pay       if you want to buy a pair of silk trousers and a pair of checked Trousers．

A．less than $140         B．more than $195              C．about $160             D．over $200

4．Yon can't buy the trousers         ．

A．by telephone         B．by letter               C．by credit                D．by e-mail

5．These trousers are from          countries．

A．four                    B．three                    C．two                       D．one

21、

1．In passage 1，the underlined word “diploma” means          in Chinese．

A．毕业证                B．执照                    C．公交                   D．奖状

2．Bajrangi is a         ．

A．truck driver                                                B．Japanese scientist

C．mother cat                                                        D．monkey working as a policeman

3．         can imitate people's facial expressions according to the passages above．

A．Cathy                  B．Kate                    C．Monkeys                D．Dogs

4．Kate is great because         ．

A．she is a robot which can smile or look angry

B．she helps policemen a lot at a railway station

C．she seems to be a very kind-hearted cat

D．she has finished her high school

5．You can probably read the above 4 passages in a                ．

A．story book                  B．newspaper                  C．notebook                D．dictionary

20、Bicycles are very popular around the world today．People ride their bicycles for exercise and enjoyment．In some places，people use a bicycle to get to work．In other places，bicycle riding is a very popular exercise to people who live in cities．But who invented the first bicycle? In 1791，a Frenchman named Comte de Sivrac invented and owned the first bicycle．Mrs. Sivrac rode（骑）the bicycle in Paris．The handles（把手）and the seat were wooden．This bicycle was very difficult to move．A rider even had to pick up the front wheel to change direction．Finally，the bicycle had no brakes for stopping or pedals for the feet! Riding a bicycle was a great risk．

In 1817，a German named Baron von Drais de Sauerbrun made the first bicycle better．The seat became more comfortable．The wheel could now change direction．His ride in the forest took only one hour instead of three hours on foot，which surprised people at that time．

Sauerbrun brought this kind of bicycle from Germany to France．Then Denis Johnson，an Englishman，made a bicycle for women．It had space for their dresses to hang down．But these bicycles still had no brakes or pedals，and riders often got hurt．These bicycles and the people who rode them were not very popular．

It took another forty-five years for the bicycle to become popular．More than 100 years later，bicycle riding is more popular than ever．In fact，in India and China，there are still many more bicycles than ears．

1．Which of the following best describes the first bicycle?

A．Very popular．                                    B．Easy to carry．      

C．Ugly-looking．                                    D．Difficult to ride．

2．Why was it a risk to ride the first bicycle?

A．Because it had no pedals for the feet．

B．Because it was difficult to control（控制）．

C．Because people would laugh at you．

D．Because handles and the seat were wooden．

3．Which of the following was not improved by Sauerbrun to the first bicycle?

A．Brakes were added to it．

B．It was made to go faster．

C．The wheel could now change direction．

D．The seat was made more comfortable．

4．What’s the major difference between Denis Johnson’s bicycle and the earlier ones 7

A．It was more comfortable．                          B．It was faster and safer．

C．It had space for the rider's dress．               D．It had metal handles and seat．

5．The best title（题目）for the passage would be                 ．

A．Bicycles Around the World                          B．How to Ride a Bicycle

C．The Greatest Invention                                D．The First Bicycle

18、My father often works very hard．And he doesn't often go to the   1  ．Here l will tell you a   2    story about him．

One afternoon，he   3   a ticket for the 7 o'clock film under the glass on his desk．He thought he happened to（碰巧）  4   work to do that evening and it was quite wonderful to pass the evening at the cinema．

He came back home at 6:30 and   5  finished his supper．Then he said good．bye and left．

But to our surprise，he came back about half an hour later．I asked what was the matter．He smiled and told us about what had happened．

__6   my father was sitting in his seat，a woman came and said that the seat was hers．My father was surprised．He   7   the ticket and looked at it carefully．It was Row 17，Seat 3．And then he looked at the seat．It was the same．   8    he asked the woman to have a careful look at her ticket again and to their surprise the seat shown on it was Row 17，Seat 3，too．

Why? What’s the matter? While they were wondering，suddenly the woman said，“The colors of the tickets are   9  ．” They looked at the tickets more carefully．After a while my father said，“Oh，I'm   10  ．My ticket is for the film a month ago!”

1．A．office                    B．cinema                 C．centre                    D．club

2．A．funny                    B．sad                      C．bad                        D．lucky

3．A．bought                  B．put                      C．found                    D．left

4．A．much                    B．some                   C．a little                    D．little

5．A．quietly                   B．quickly                C．suddenly                D．finally

6．A．Before                   B．When                  C．Because                 D．Unless

7．A．handed out             B．put out                 C．found out               D．took out

8．A．But                       B．Or                       C．So                         D．And

9．A．different                B．the same              C．red                        D．pink

10．A．sorry                   B．happy                  C．busy                      D．excited

17、根据下面所提供的对话情景，在每个空白处填入一个适当的句子，使其意思连贯、完整。

Jim and Bob are good friends．They are going home after school．

J：Jim           B：Bob

J：Hi，Bob．Let's go home．

B：OK．

J：Summer holiday is coming．1．                                              

B：I'm going to Beijing with my parents．

J：Why! You went there with your father last winter holiday．

B：2．                                            

J：Really? How exciting! I wish I could go to see the Olympic Games，too．

B：Yeah．I feel I'm very lucky．

J：By the way，3．                                              

B：By train．

J：4．                                      

B：About two weeks．

J：5．                                      

B：Thank you．

16、--What's your father doing，Brad?

--He is talking with a friend of          in the sitting mom．

A．him                     B．his                       C．hers                       D．himself