Agatha Christic would never forget the night when she met a robber（抢劫者）many years ago．

That evening，she went to a birthday party which（1）until two o’clock in the morning．Agatha walked in the（2）street alone．Suddenly from the back of a dark（3）a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand rail out at her．“Good（4）．lady,”the man said in a low voice，“I don’t think you wish to（5）here!”“What do you want?”“Your earrings．Take them off!”

Agatha suddenly had a（6）idea．She tried to cover her necklace with the collar（衣领）of her overcoat while she used（7）hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly（8）them on the ground．

“Take them and let me go，”she said．The robber thought that the girl didn’t like the earrings at all，only trying to（9）the necklace，It would cost（10），so he said，“Give me your necklace．”

“Oh，sir．It doesn’t（11）much．Please let me wear it．”

“I’m not that（12）．Quick!”

With shaking（13）Agatha took off her necklace．As soon as the robber left，she picked up her earrings and ran as（14）as she could to one of her friends．

The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost（15）six pounds．

（    ）1．A．ended    B．stayed                   C．stopped                  D．lasted

（    ）2．A．busy       B．quiet                    C．noisy                     D．wide

（    ）3．A．part         B．room                   C．building                  D．street

（    ）4．A．morning  B．afternoon               C．evening                  D．night

（    ）5．A．die           B．escape                 C．fight                      D．stay

（    ）6．A．funny       B．safe                     C．brave                     D．bright

（    ）7．A．other       B．others                  C．the other                D．another

（    ）8．A．handed   B．threw                    C．passed                   D．put

（    ）9．A．get          B．keep                    C．have                      D．prevent

（    ）10．A．cheap     B．expensive             C．more                     D．less

（    ）11．A．weigh     B．take                     C．spend                    D．cost

（    ）12．A．afraid     B．angry                   C．silly                     D．bad

（    ）13．A．hands     B．feet                     C．heed                      D．body

（    ）14．A．much                                       B．early                    C．carefully D．fast

（    ）15．A．really    B already                   C．only                       D．hardly

One spring day in 1937，Mr. Goldman put up a sign at the front of his grocery（杂货店）in Oklahoma City．He looked up just as one of his customers（顾客）walked by．“Good morning，Mrs. Hope，”he said．

Mrs. Hope just smiled．She was concentrating on the full shopping basket she was carrying．The basket was very heavy because she had put so much food in it．

That was when Goldman had a great idea：a shopping basket on wheels．Then his customers wouldn’t have to carry their groceries．Shopping would become easier, and more customers would prefer to shop at his store．

Before long Goldman had some shopping carts（手推车）made．However, on the first day none of his customers used the carts he had invented．Goldman came home looking disappointed．

Goldman didn’t give up，though．He knew he just needed a way to show his customers how easy it was to use the shopping carts，so the next day he asked a few people to come and wheel the carts around his shop and pretend to buy things．

“How did it go today?”Mrs. Goldman asked when her husband came home from work．

“Great!”he said．“When my customers saw people using the carts，they realized how much easier it would be to shop with them，so they all started using the carts．Not only that，but they filled the carts with more groceries than they ever did with their own baskets．I’m going to be a rich man soon，selling groceries and my new shopping carts，too!”

（    ）1．What did Mrs. Hope do when Mr. Goldman greeted her?

A．She smiled and said hello to him．             B．She didn’t say anything to him．

C．She shopped and talked with him．              D．She dropped her shopping basket．

（    ）2．What made Mr. Goldman want to invent the shopping cart?

A．He wanted to sell more groceries．

B．Mrs. Goldman told him to do that．

C．He wanted to save money on baskets．

D．He saw Mrs. Hope carrying a heavy basket．

（    ）3．The underlined phrase“concentrating on”has the similar meaning to“______”．

A．looking back on     B．picking up            C．paying attention to   D．looking after

（    ）4．Which word best describes Mr. Goldman?

A．Friendly．           B．Lazy．                C．Creative．              D．Serious．

（    ）5．The customers began to use the carts because______．

A．it was much easier to shop with them

B．they saw some people using them

C．they could fill the carts with more groceries

D．they got the carts for free

We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn’t even lift her eyes from the book．Mum pointed at a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to sit down．While I watched mouth open in surprise，Mum took off her hat and coat mad gave them to me to hold．She walked quietly to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop（墩布）．She pushed the mop past the desk and as the nurse looked up，Mum nodded and said，“very dirty floors．”

“Yes，I’m glad they’ve finally decided to clean them，”the nurse answered．She looked at Mum strangely and said，“But aren’t you working late?”

Mum just pushed harder，each swipe（拖一下）of the mop taking her farther and farther down the hall．I watched until she was out of sight and the nurse had turned back to writing in the big book．

After a long time Mum came back．Her eyes were shining She quickly put the mop back and took my hand．As we turned to go out of the door, Mum bowed politely to the nurse and said，“Thank you．”

Outside，Mum told me：“Dagmar is fine．No fever．”

“You saw her, Mum?”

“Of course，I told her about the hospital rules，and she will not expect us until tomorrow．Dad will stop worrying as well．It’s a fine hospital but such floors! A mop is no good．You need a brush．”

（    ）1．When she took a mop from the small room what Mum really wanted to do was______．

A．to clean the floor                                     B．to please the nurse

C．to see a patient                                           D．to surprise the story-teller

（    ）2．When the nurse talked to Mum she thought Mum was a______．

A．nurse                   B．visitor                  C．patient                   D．cleaner

（    ）3．After reading the story what can we infer about the hospital?

A．It is a children’s hospital．

B．It has strict rules about visiting hours．

C．The conditions there aren’t very good．

D．The nurses and doctors there don’t work hard．

（    ）4．From the text we know that Dagmar is most likely______．

A．the story-teller’s sister                              B．the story-teller’s classmate

C．Mum’s friend                                            D．Dad’s boss

（    ）5．Which of the following words best describes Mum?

A．Strange．         B．Warm-hearted．        C．Clever．            D．Hard-working．

There was a story many years ago of a school teacher-Mrs. Thompson．She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same．But that was a lie There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard．He didn’t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath．She did not like him．

Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was in fact a very good boy before the death of his mother．Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of（感到惭愧）herself．She felt even worse when，like all her other students，Teddy brought her a Christmas present too．It was his mother’s perfume（香水）．

Teddy said，“Mrs. Thompson，today you smell just like my Mom used to．”After the children left she cried for at least an hour．On that very day, she stopped teaching reading，writing and math．Instead，she began to teach children．

Mrs. Thompson paid more attention to Teddy．The boy’s mind seemed to come alive．The more she encouraged him，the faster he improved．By the end of the sixth grade，Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class．

Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy．He wrote that he had finished high school，third in his class，and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life．He went to college．Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed，Theodore F．Stoddard，M．D．（医学博士）．

The story doesn’t end there．On his wedding day, Dr．Stoddard whispered（低声说）in Mrs. Thompson’s ear,“Thank you，Mrs. Thompson，for believing in me．You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference．”

Mrs. Thompson，with tears in her eyes，whispered back，“Teddy, you have it all wrong．You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference．I didn’t know how to teach until I met you．”

（    ）1．What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?

A．She made Teddy feel ashamed．

B．She asked the children to play with Teddy．

C．She changed Teddy’s seat to the front now．

D．She told the class something untrue about herself．

（    ）2．What did Mrs. Thompson find out about Teddy?

A．He often told lies．                                  B．He was good at math．

C．He needed motherly care．                          D．He enjoyed playing with others．

（    ）3．In what way did Mrs. Thompson change?

A．she taught fewer school subjects．

B．She became stricter with her students．

C．She no longer liked her job as a teacher．

D．She cared more about educating students．

（    ）4．Why did Teddy thank Mrs. Thompson at his wedding?

A．She had kept in touch with him．

B．She had given him encouragement．

C．She had sent him Christmas presents．

D．She bad taught him how to judge people．

（    ）5．The underlined word smartest in the passage probably means“______”．

A．cleverest              B．cleanest                  D．hardest                  D．fastest

阅读短文，然后从方框中选出可以填入文中空白处的单词。

Smiles and tears are part of life．But do you find enough time for（1）______?I’m not asking if you experience lots of good times．Of course，we should laugh during the happy times．But do you（2） ______laugh during the difficult times?

Erma Bombeck is known （3） ______her funny books．But she wrote one about a more serious subject-cancer（癌症）in children．The book is titled，I Want To Grow Hair, I Want To Grow Up．Erma talks with many children who have cancer and learns important（4） ______from them．She learns，for example，that cancer Survivors（幸存者）know how they should smile at life，（5） ______they are receiving chemotherapy（化疗）．

She tells about the（6） ______of 15-year-old Jessica．Jessica’s leg was cut off at the knee because of cancer．She was learning to wear a prosthesis（假肢）．Jessica told about playing football．She hit the ball hard with her foot．The ball flew off in one direction（7） ______her man-made leg flew（8） ______way．Then the brave girl lay on the floor, laughing（9） ______．

As the saying goes．“There’s a time to cry and a time to laugh”Do you find plenty of time to laugh? You can if you find reasons to laugh during the（10） ______times．Survivors know how to laugh．If you can laugh even when you’re in trouble，you will make it．Remember, laugh and the whole world laugh with you．Cry and you cry alone!

在对话的空白处填入一个适当的单词，使其内容完整与正确．

Jack：Hello，Lucy!

Lucy：Hello，Jack!

Jack：How are you these days?

Lucy：Fine，thanks! And you?

Jack：I’m fine，too．Lucy，would you like to go out to dinner on Saturday night? There’s a new（1） ______near the station．

Lucy：Yes，I’d love to．But I’m（2） ______I can’t．I have to visit my grandparents．

Jack：Oh，that’s too bad．Well，what about Sunday?

Lucy：Sunday? Let me see．Yes，I think I’m（3） ______

Jack：Great．When are we going to meet?

Lucy：At six o’clock?

Jack：（4） ______good．Let’s meet at the station at six o’clock．

Lucy：All right．See you on Sunday at six o’clock．

Jack：Right．I’m looking（5） ______to it．

Lucy：Me，too，Bye，Jack!

Jack：Bye，Lucy!

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1．Where was Queen Victoria born?

2．Whose dresses are on shown in Kensington Palace?

3．How can you get more information about Kensington Palace?

4．How much will Mr. Smith pay if he goes to visit the Palace with his two children?

5．Is the Palace open every day?

My grandparents can be good fun．They are retired，so they don’t work anymore．My grandfather is 68 and my grandmother is 67，but they are not too old to be active．They exercise by playing golf and they go out for meals and to the theater．Sometimes they take me out too．We have a good time．They also go on great holidays．Last year, they went to China and walked along the Great Wall!

Sometimes, my grandparents like to criticize（批评）me．They think that children today have an easy life．Life was very different when they were young and there are many things about my life that they do not understand．They tell me，over and over, how they had to start work at 16．They know that I will go on to university and won’t be getting a job until I am about 22! They also think that I have too many possessions（财产），such as mobile phones and computers．When they were young, they did not have anything like that．What they do not realize is that they cannot compare them with children today．They had the same kinds of things as the rest of people of their age-so do I．It would be very strange if I only had the possessions that they had when they were my age

1．Why do the writer’s grandparents not work anymore?

2．Why do the grandparents think the writer has an easy life?

3．What does the sentence“so do I”in the second paragraph mean?

4．The grandparents are still very active though they are very old，aren’t they’?

5．Do you agree with the grandparents’ idea that children today have an easy life? And Why?

Imagine this：A television screen has the size and thickness of a piece of paper．You carry it around in your pocket and take it out when you want to watch a show．Imagine a guitar so tiny that you can’t see it with the human eye，but you can hear sound when its strings（弦）are pulled．

Nanotechnology is the science that deals with doing things in a very small way, and it is being studied and developed all over the world．Many scientists say nanotechnology will produce the next industrial revolution（工业革命）．

Perhaps nanotechnology will have the biggest influence on medical science．Imagine nanobots（纳米机器人）in medicine．Thousands or even millions of tiny machines can he sent into the human body with different tasks．For example，they can be designed（设计）to find and kill cancer cells or viruses（病毒）．Other machines may stay in the human body for ever to help organs（器官）that are not working properly．

When could all of these happen? Scientists believe that most of these are possible in the next 30 years. Thousands of scientists around the world are working on these micro-machines．Nanotechnology is just around the corner．

1．How did the writer introduce the topic（引出话题）of the passage?

2．What is nanotechnology?

3．What does the underlined word they refer to in the third paragraph?

4．What do many scientists think of nanotechnology?

5．Will all the micro-machines be possible in the next 30 years according to scientists?

Gloria is a famous hostess（女主持人）of a TV station．When she was 15，she happened to walk into a bookstore in her hometown and began looking at the books on the shelves．（A）The man behind the counter, John Smith, asked,“"Would you like a job in the bookstore?”She needed to start saving for（B）_______，so she said yes．

Gloria worked after school and during summer vacations，and the job helped pay for her first year of college．During college she would do many other jobs; she served coffee in the student union，was a hotel cleaner and even made maps for the Forest Service．But selling books was one of the most satisfying jobs．

One day a woman came into the bookstore and asked Gloria for books on cancer．The woman seemed（C）anxious．Gloria showed her everything they had and found other books they could order．The woman left the store less worried，and Gloria has always remembered the pride（D）she felt in having helped her customer（顾客）．

Years later，as a television hostess，Gloria heard about a child who was born with problems with his fingers and hand．His family was so（E）______that they could not afford（花费得起）an operation，and the boy lived in shame，hiding his hand in his pocket all the time．

Gloria persuaded（说服）her boss to agree to let her do the story．After the story was broadcast, some doctors called，offering to（F）carry out the operation for free．

Gloria visited the boy in the hospital after the operation．The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand end say,“Thank you．”What a sweet sense of satisfaction Gloria felt!

At Smith’s bookstore，Gloria always realized she was working for the customers, not the store．Today it’s the same．The TV station pays her, but she feels that she should work for the people who watch the programmes，and that（G）她应该帮助他们更好地理解这个世界．

1．将画线部分（A）改写为：

The man behind the counter, John Smith, asked ______ ______ like a job in the bookstore．

2．在（B）和（E）的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：______;______

3．写出画线部分（C）和（F）的同义或近义词语：______; ______

4．句中画线部分（D）在文中所指代的是：______

5．将画线部分（G）译成英语：____________________________________