Lord and Lady Duncan Live in Buckingham House. They have told the police that a valuable statue has been stolen. The police have not been able to solve the crime, so they have asked Holmes and Watson to help.

Holmes: Lord Duncan, can you tell me what happened?

Lord Duncan: We returned from the party at midnight and as we drove up to the house, the alarm started ringing. I jumped out of the car and went to investigate(调查). A person, just a little shorter than me, ran past carrying a large bag.

Holmes: How tall are you?

Lord Duncan: I am 1.8 metres tall.

Holmes: What happened next?

Lord Duncan: As the person ran past me, I hit out with my umbrella. The person fell to the ground but got up and ran away into the night. It happened so quickly.

Holmes: Lady Duncan, you must have hurt the thief. Dr. Watson, please test the blood that I found on these broken glasses which were left behind.

Watson: Holmes, I have made a drawing of footprints found outside the broken window. It looks as if our thief was wearing high heels(鞋跟). By the way, the blood sample belongs to Blood Type O.

Holmes: We have five suspects. Which one do you think is the thief?

Profiles of the suspects:

Suspect 1: the gardener, male, 47 years old, 1.8m, black hair, with a beard, Blood Type A

Suspect 2: the butler(管家), male, 30 years old, 1.68m, brown hair, with a scar, Blood Type O

Suspect 3: the cook, female, 32years old, 1.75m, red hair, with glasses, Blood Type O

Suspect 4: the cleaner, female, 86 years old, 1.75m, blond hair, with glasses, Blood Type O

Suspect 5: the driver, male, 38 years old, 1.75m, brown hair, with a beard, Blood Type O

Can you use the clues to decide who stole the statue?(《选自初中英语读本》)

1.Who has asked Holmes to help solve the crime?

A. Lord Duncan. B. The police. C. Lady Duncan. D. Dr. Watson.

2.Lord and Lady Duncan went to the party .

A. by car B. by bicycle C. on foot D. by bus

3.Which of the following was helpful for solving the case?

A. The alarm started ringing.

B. The thief jumped out of the car.

C. The thief left footprints and blood behind.

D. The thief was knocked over by the umbrella.

4.Which is NOT true according to the article?

A. Lord and Lady Duncan returned from the party very late.

B. The thief probably got his or her glasses broken.

C. Lady Duncan probably hurt the thief with her umbrella.

D. The thief was just a little shorter than Lady Duncan.

5.Who do you think the most probably stole the statue?

A. The butler. B. The cook C. The cleaner. D. The driver.

Once upon a time, there was a very old man _______ Yu Gong. He lived with his family in a village and there were two big and high mountains near his house. They _______ a long time getting to the other side.

One day, Yu Gong told his family that they must move the mountains to the other places. _______this, everyone in his family was laughing at him. One of his sons said: “ Are you kidding? ” “ No, I’m serious and all of you must do it with me.” Everyone was _______ at that time. They really didn’t want to do it, but they had to do because the oldest man in his family was _______ important person at that time.

The next day everyone in Yu Gong’s family started to dig the mountains. They put the stones and the earth _______ the sea. One day a man saw Yu Gong and his children _______ the mountains. He told Yu Gong he would never do it. But Yu Gong said though he was _______ and would die, his family could continue to move the mountains. Then they kept on digging day after day and year after year. Finally a god was _______ moved by Yu Gong that he sent two gods to help Yu Gong move the mountains away.

The story reminds us that you can never know what’s possible ________ you try to make it happen.

1.A. names B. is C. called D. has

2.A. took B. spent C. cost D. paid

3.A. Hearing B. Doing C. Seeing D. Watching

4.A. tired B. thirsty C. excited D. silent

5.A. most B. more C. much more D. the most

6.A. to B. on C. up D. into

7.A. climbing B. visiting C. digging D. watering

8.A. well B. healthy C. weak D. strong

9.A. such B. so C. very D. quite

10.A. unless B. if C. even D. or

People use their mouths for many things. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice.

Sometimes, people say something to a friend or a family member. Later they regret because it hurts that person’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they didn’t mean to tell. The speaker might say: “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.”

Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend is going to say. When this happens, the friend might say: “You took the words right out of my mouth!” Sometimes a person has a bad or sad experience with another person. He might say that experience “left a bad taste in my mouth.” Or the person possibly has a very frightening(可怕的)experience, like having an angry dog running after him. He might say: “I had my heart in my mouth.”

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. You might say the person “was born with a silver spoon (银勺) in his mouth”. He is the opposite of a person living from “hand to mouth”. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.

1.The underlined word “regret” may mean _____________.

A. feel sorry B. feel excited C. feel proud D. feel surprised

2.When a man says “I had my heart in my mouth”, usually he means he was _____________.

A. excited B. afraid C. surprised D. happy

3.Tom says that he is living from hand to mouth. He means he is living a(n) _____________life.

A. busy B. hard C. easy D. rich

4.Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?

A. Different Uses of Mouth B. People and Their Mouths

C. Expressions about Mouth D. The Importance of Mouth

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