Jim came around the comer. And he saw a huge crowd of people got together in the middle of the usually quiet street. And two fire engines __ outside his flat building.

Immediately Jim __ that their ladders (梯子) were raised to the third floor of the building, just below his flat. While Jim was rushing towards the __, he saw the group of bystanders (旁观者) and some firefighters around the entrance of the building. As soon as he came __ to them, they recognized (认出) him. Being on the 8 o’clock News every night certainly made him familiar (熟悉的) to people. After they had __ him, Jim knew what was happening. They told him that the flat below his had caught __, but they had managed to put out the fire.

Before Jim was going into the building, a short thin man, carrying a large computer, stopped him. He said the computer was too __ for him and asked Jim to give him a hand to put the computer into his van. After they had done it, the man __ him and drove off.

Jim entered the building and went up to his flat. When he reached it, he saw the door was open. __ he entered. Then he saw that his computer was __. He’d just helped a burglar (窃贼) steal his own computer!

1.A. stopped B. remained C. ended

2.A. realized B. advised C. saw

3.A. street B. ladder C. building

4.A. faster B. closer C. farther

5.A. played with B. looked at C. talked with

6.A. rain B. fire C. wind

7.A. heavy B. small C. new

8.A. paid B. thanked C. replied

9.A. Quickly B. Slowly C. Luckily

10.A. missing B. possible C. heavy

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Rain(谷雨),at the last term in spring,generally starts on April 20 and ends on May 4.

Grain Rain comes from an old saying,“Rain brings up the growth of hundreds of grain”,which shows that this period of rainfall is very important for the growth of crops. Here's something that you may not know about the Grain Rain.

①_______________________

Grain Rain falls between the end of spring and the beginning of summer,and the temperature rises much higher than it does in March. With dry soil and heavy winds,sandstorms may happen more often.

②_______________

There is an old custom in southern China that people drink tea on the day of Grain Rain. Spring tea during Grain Rain is good for the eyes. It is also said that drinking tea on this day would prevent bad luck.

③___________________

People in northern China have the tradition to eat the vegetable toona sinensis during Grain Rain. An old Chinese saying goes“toona sinensis before the rain is just like silk”. The vegetable is good for the stomach and skin.

④______________________

The Grain Rain Festival is celebrated by fishing villages in northern China. Grain Rain marks the start of the fisherman's first voyage (航行) of the year. The custom dates back to more than 2000 years ago.

1.When Grain Rain ends, _______starts.

A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

2.The people in southern China _________ on the day of Grain Rain.

A. drink tea B. eat toona sinensis

C. start the first voyage D. plant tea trees

3.We can guess that“toona sinensis”must be a kind of vegetable which _________.

A. can bring good luck B. is delicious and healthy

C. grows at the seaside D. is terrible but healthy

4.The fight order of the titles from 1 to 4 should be _______.

①Traditions in northern China ②Seasonal characteristics

②Grain Rain Festival ④Customs in southern China

A. ②①④③ B. ④③①② C. ②④①③ D. ①③④②

Dogs are known for their sense of smell. They can find missing people and things. Now a study shows that the animal can even find bladder cancer (膀胱癌).

Cancer cells can produce chemicals with unusual smells. Scientists think dogs have the ability to smell these smells, even in very small amounts, in urine (尿).

For example, a dog showed great interest in the growth of its owner’s legs. The man was later found to have skin cancer. Carolyn Willis and some scientists trained different kinds of dogs for the experiment. The study used urine collected from bladder cancer patients (病人), from people with other diseases and from healthy people. Each dog was tested 8 times. In each test there were 7 examples for the dog to smell. The dog should show the one from a bladder cancer patient by lying down next to it.

Their results later appeared on the British Medical Journal. In all, 36 bladder cancer patients and 108 other people attended. During the training, all the dogs even found cancer in a person who had been tested healthy before the study. Carolyn Willis said dogs could help scientists find the chemicals produced by bladder cancer. The information could then be used to develop machines to test for the chemicals. The team also plans to use dogs to help find other kinds of cancer.

1.How many kinds of urine were collected in the experiment?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.

2.Why did the writer give the detailed experiment in the third paragraph?

A. To introduce the first paragraph.

B. To support the second paragraph.

C. To teach us to do some experiments.

D. To let us know the reason of the experiment.

3.What would the dog do when it found the right urine?

A. It would lie down next to its owner’s feet.

B. It would take the urine to the scientists.

C. It would lie down next to the urine.

D. It would make some noises.

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Dogs have a good sense of smell.

B. Dogs can help people become healthy.

C. Dogs can be used in experiments.

D. Dogs can smell cancer.

5.Who may be most interested in reading the passage?

A. Dog owners. B. Doctors.

C. Pet lovers. D. Singers.

Long long ago, when the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes that one book was saved. But it was not a ______ book. A poor man, who could______ a little, bought it for a few coins.

The book wasn’t very interesting, but between its________ there was something very interesting _____. It was about the ______ of the "Touchstone (试金石)"! The touchstone was a small pebble (鹅卵石) that could turn any common metal into pure gold. The writing explained that it was _______ among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, ________ ordinary pebbles were cold.

So the man ________ his few belongs, bought some simple supplies, camped on the_______and began ____ pebbles. He knew that if he picked up common pebbles and threw them down again, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this, but ________to find the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold-throw; it into the sea. Pick up another. Cold-throw it into the sea.

The days stretched into weeks and the weeks into months and the months into years. One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he ________ what he had done. He had_______ a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted ________, he still threw it away.

So it is with chance. _______we don't pay enough attention, it is easy to miss a chance when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away.

1.A. costly B. cheap C. modern D. important

2.A. record B. read C. speak D. hear

3.A. pages B. words C. backs D. covers

4.A. indeed B. perhaps C. however D. somehow

5.A. function B. secret C. role D. purpose

6.A. remaining B. laying C. fixing D. lying

7.A. and B. while C. or D. yet

8.A. sold B. rented C. lent D. threw

9.A. market B. field C. seashore D. hometown

10.A. dealing B. served C. testing D. collecting

11.A. managed B. stopped C. forgot D. failed

12.A. realized B. complained C. guessed D. discovered

13.A. built B. set C. created D. formed

14.A. passed away B. came along C. sent out D. took place

15.A. If B. Whether C. Although D. Unless

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