8．Passage B Long long ago.a very foolish thief wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbor's door.s——青夏教育精英家教网—

8．Passage B
   Long long ago，a very foolish thief wanted to steal（偷） the bell on his neighbor's door，so he walked up to the door，held the bell and pulled hard．The bell made a very loud noise．The thief was afraid and went home．
"I must do something about the noise，"he thought．At last he had an idea．"Ah，I'll put some cotton in my ears．Then I won't be able to hear the noise．"The next day he went to the door of his neighbor's and held the bell again．This time he pulled even harder．The bell rang loudly，but the thief did not hear anything．With another hard pull he got the bell out．Just then the neighbor ran out．"Steal my bell？I'll teach you a lesson（教训），"the angry man shouted．And he hit the thief on the nose．
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell．"Why did he come out just then？"he wondered．

36．The thief was trying to getB．
A．his neighbor                    B．his neighbor's doorbell
C．some cotton                     D．a door with a bell on it
37．The thief put some cotton in his ears．He thought it would beA for him to steal the doorbell．
A．safe         B．difficult         C．dangerous         D．interesting
38．The neighbor hit the thief toB．
A．keep the noise down               B．punish（惩罚）him for stealing
C．help him with the bell            D．be his teacher
39．Which of the following is TRUE？C
A．The thief understood why he was hit on the nose．
B．The thief knew why the neighbor came out．
C．The thief thought the neighbor couldn't hear the noise the bell made．
D．The thief didn't want to know why the neighbor ran out．
40．The best title of the passage in Chinese is"D"．
A．亡羊补牢    B．智子疑邻       C．锲而不舍        D．掩耳盗铃．

7．用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯，每个单词限用一次．

One day，all feelings were on vacation on an island，and each was having   1a good time．Suddenly，there's a warning of a strong storm，so all rushed to their boats．Yet，Love didn't wish to run away quickly．But as the clouds darkened，Love realized it was time   2to leave But there were no boats to use．Love looked around with hope．
Just then Richness was passing by．Love asked，"Richness，can you take me with you？"Richness answered，"No，I can't．There's a lot of gold in my boat．There's no place here 3for you．
   Sorrow passed by after a while．Again，Love asked for help．But it was   4useless．"No，I can't take you with me．I am so sad．I want to be by   5myself．"
When Happiness passed by a few   6minutes   later，Love again asked for help．But Happiness was so happy that it couldn't care about anyone else．
Love was growing hopeless．Just then somebody   7shouted，"Come，Love，I will take you with me．"Love didn't know who was so kind，but jumped onto the boat   8happily．
After getting off the boat，Love met Knowledge．Love asked，"Knowledge，do you know who was so kind to give me a lift   9when   no one else wished to help？"
Knowledge smiled，"That was Time．"
"Time？"asked Love．"But why did Time help me？"Knowledge smiled and answered，"Because only Time is able to understand   10how   valuable Love is．"

6．An American architect （建筑师） was visiting London．He wanted to see all the famous buildings there so he stopped a taxi and asked the driver to take him to all the old and famous buildings in London．
The driver drove him to the Tower of London．
"This is the Tower of London．It was a prison （监狱） in the old days，"he said．
"It is so small．In America we could build this in a day．"said the American．
The taxi driver took the American to Westminster Abbey．He said，"This is a famous church．Kings and queens（国王与王后） get married here．
The American looked at the old building and said，"Huh…we could build this in two days．"
The driver decided to take the American to a bigger church so he drove him to St Paul's Cathedral．He stopped outside the church and said，"This is the most famous church in England．The great architect Christopher Wren built this church．"
The American got out of the taxi and looked at the church．"Huh．We could build this church in three days，"he said．
Next the driver took the American to the House of Parliament．"This is where British politicians （政治家） meet．"
"Huh．"The American said，"We could build this in four days．"
The driver said nothing and drove past Buckingham Palace，the home of Queen Elizabeth．As the taxi passed the palace，the American said，"Hey!What is this building？I have never seen such a beautiful one．"
The taxi driver looked at the palace and said，"I don't know．It wasn't there this morning．"

36．How many old and famous buildings in London are mentioned （提及） in the passage？D
A．Two           B．Three          C．Four          D．Five
37．Where do the British kings and queens get married？D
A．In the Tower of London．      B．In St Paul's Cathedral．
C．In the House of Parliament． D．In Westminster Abbey．
38．According to the American architect，they could build St Paul's Cathedral inC．
A．one day        B．two days        C．three days      D．four days
39．When the American saw Buckingham Palace，heA．
A．got a great surprise
B．felt very disappointed
C．said nothing and went away
D．said they could build this in five days in America．
40．From the story we can see the American architect wasB．
A．honest         B．proud           C．modest        D．hard-working．

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