It was three o'clock. A man was walking down a high street in the north of England. He was wearing a dark suit and carrying a suitcase. His name was Terry and he and he had lived away from home for twenty years. In fact he was in prison(监狱),
Terry was feeling totally depressed because everything in his hometown had changed. The park where he used to play was now a car park. The house where he was born had dis appeared and in its place,  ironically(具有讽刺意味地), was a bank. Terry wanted to have a cup of coffee in the old small restaurant where he used to go with his friend after school,   but it had become a fast food restaurant. He entered it,   sat down,   and asked for a cup of coffee. Then he felt sadder when he thought of what he had seen.
While paying for the coffee he found an old ticket in his wallet. It was for a pair of shoes he had taken to be repaired the day before the bank robbery 20 years ago. The shoe repairer was an old man then, so Terry was sure that he must be dead. But when he turned the cor ner of the steet, he couldn't believe his eyes. The shop was still there! And it was the same shoe repairer! He looked about a hundred years old. Terry was so happy! Terry told him that he had lived in Australia for the past twenty years and that he forgot to pick up the shoes before he left England. The shoe repairer disappeared into the back of the shop. After ten minutes he came back.
"Were they dark brown,   Italian shoes,   size 42?"he asked slowly.
"Yes!nsaid Terry,   excitedly.
"I haven't repaired them,”the shoe repairer said slowly. “You can take them tomorrow afternoon. ”
【小题1】How long had Terry been away from home?

A.Ten years.B.Five years.C.Twenty years.D.Fifteen years.
【小题2】Where was Terry before he went back home?   A prison in________.
A.AustraliaB.EnglandC.AmericaD.London
【小题3】Why was Terry sent to prison?   Because he________.
A.killed a manB.hit a woman
C.cheated(欺骗) others-D.robbed a bank
【小题4】The words "totally depressed" in the second paragraph(段落) means "________".
A.very happyB.very unhappyC.very excitedD.very nervous
【小题5】What's the best title(标题) for the passage?
A,Some things never change 
B.Everything have changed
C,A kind shoe repairer        
D,A longly man


A Trip to the Forest
One day Bob took two of his friends into the mountains. They put up their tents and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.
In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp(营地), it started to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?
Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather!
It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? 
None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!
【小题1】John and his two friends went to the forest to ________.

A.build their campB.find their way home
C.enjoy the mountains in the snowD.watch the trees in the forest
【小题2】They could not find their way back because ________.
A.there was only one road to their camp
B.they couldn’t decide which of the two roads led to their tents
C.there were no roads in the mountains at all
D.everything was covered by the white snow
【小题3】It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to _______.
A.John’s houseB.the campC.the forestD.the mountains
【小题4】The horses stopped because _______.
A.it was getting lateB.they were tired after running for a long way
C.they knew that they had got to the campD.they had seen John’s house
【小题5】The story happened _______.
A.on a cold winter dayB.on a dark snowy evening
C.in a cold camp far from villagesD.at night when nothing could be seen

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