After supper Mrs. Bell felt hot and came out of the hotel. She got to   1  a week ago. She liked the city and went traveling there for   2  first time. Now she was walking along a quiet street when she saw a man working in a garden. She   3   to watch him carefully. The old man worked   4   and she was sure he was an able gardener. She liked to see him.

“I have a garden, too.” The woman said to herself. “ I   5  such a gardener. Why don’t you bring one to America?”

So she went into the garden and said she would pay him much if he    6   to go to America with her.

“ I’ll pay for your fare(费用), too.” said the woman. “ You’ll be able to get   7   soon in my country, I think.”

“ Thanks a lot,” said the old man, “but it’s    8   that I already have another position(职位). I can’t give it up. I’ll have to work for you   9   they elect(选举) me next time.”

“Oh?” the woman said in surprise. “    10  are you, then?”

“The president of France.”

1.A. Toronto             B. Paris                C. Moscow

2.A. a                       B. /                    C. the

3.A. ended                   B. went on              C. stopped

4.A. slowly                  B. hard                 C. badly

5.A. need                    B. hope                 C. hate

6.A. disliked                B. agreed               C. believed

7.A. lonely                 B. happy                C. rich

8.A. glad                    B. unlucky              C. lucky

9.A. until                  B. unless               C. if

10.A. Whose                  B. How                  C. What

 

Peter wanted to know why he didn’t have many friends. The reason was he was always taking, never     1   .

One day Peter told Bill, “I’d like to give a party on Saturday. I’d like you to come and bring Martha,     2  ” “Thanks, Peter. We’d be   3   to come.” Bill answered. Peter then asked Bill to bring his violin. He said Bill and Martha sang well together. He said he was sure everyone    4  want Bill and Martha to sing for them. That was how Peter began to plan his party. Next he asked another friend, Betty, to bring a cake. “You make the  5   cake in the world. I like to eat your cake better than have one from the bakery.” Peter invited a few other friends to come to his party. He didn’t forget     6  something from each one of them. He even asked Jim and Mary Jackson to let him give the party at their house!  agreed.

The party was a big    8  . However, as the guests were leaving, they said “Thank you” to Bill and Martha   9    the music, Betty for the cake, the Jacksons for the use of the house and to others for their hard work. To Peter they just said, “Thanks for the   10  .”

1.A. give                B. giving               C. making

2.A. too                B. either              C. yet

3.A. unhappy             B. sorry               C. glad

4.A. would               B. will                C. is

5.A. good               B. best                C. better

6.A. asking              B. asked                C. to ask

7.A. They               B. He                  C. Them

8.A. successful          B. success             C. succeed

9.A. as                  B. in                  C. for

10.A. invitation        B. invite              C. ask

 

Renting a color television makes more sense than buying. Here’s why:

1. The longer you rent (租), the less you pay. Each year the monthly rate is reduced. You can reach a low rate of not much more than $12 a week.

2. Service is fast and free(免费). We can have your set installed (安装) in two days. If anything goes wrong, we’ll have it fixed the same day or lend you another set while we’re mending it. And don’t forget: service and spare parts are free!

3. If you don’t have an aerial (天线), we’ll install one for you, and that will be free, too. All you have to pay is the installation charge (安装费)!

4. You can choose from all kinds of models, and what’s more, if after a certain period of time, and you would like a new model, you can change. How’s that for service?

5. No deposit (押金) is needed. You pay only the monthly rental fee. But if you pay in advance, you can save money. Pay twelve months’ fees when you begin to hire, and we’ll give you a month’s hire(雇用) without charge.

6. If you decide that you want to stop renting and buy the set you have on hire, this can be arranged—with a generous allowance (折扣) for the fees already paid.

1.From the passage we know _______________________.

A. the more you rent, the less you pay

B. the longer you rent, the less you pay

C. if you rent a TV set for a long time, service and spare parts will be free

2.What is the good of paying twelve months’ fees when you begin to hire?

A. One and a half months’ hire free of charge.

B. One month’s hire free of charge.

C. Half a month’s hire free of charge.

3.What does “pay in advance” mean?

A. You pay the rent for a period of time before you actually get the television.

B. You pay the rent in front of anyone.

C. You will be the first to pay the rent.

4.If you want to rent a color television, ____________________.

A. leasing company (租赁公司) can have your set installed the same day

B. you can have a choice of sets to rent

C. leasing company will install an aerial for you free of charge

5.This passage is a (an) _______________________.

A. book                B. report                 C. advertisement

 

On the terrible day, father took me to school. When he stopped in front of the school, I didn’t want to get out of the car. I looked at the students outside the building and suddenly felt sick. I slowly opened the car door and slowly got out. The body brace(支架) I wore made it hard for me to move and made me feel ugly. How I wished I were still in my school with all my friends. I didn’t know anyone here. I could feel that everyone was looking at me. I was sure that I would be the ugliest and strangest person they had ever seen. Tears fell on my new dress.

I struggled(奋力) to get through that day, and all the day for the following three days. I feel ugly for most of the time. I could hardly wait to take off the brace.

That day finally arrived on a rainy Thursday in Spring. I was so surprised and excited when the doctor said that I could take off the brace. From that day on, I began to love rain. I was free at last.

I danced up the stairs to the school building the next morning. I wanted everyone to see me, but to my surprise, no one said a word about my brace for the whole day, even Danielle, my best friend. I couldn’t wait to ask her, “Danielle, don’t you notice anything different about me? It’s the brace. The brace is gone.”

Danielle just looked at me and said, “ I know the brace is gone, but I don’t think it’ll make much difference. With or without it, you are still my friend.”

1.How did the girl feel when she first went to the school?

A. She was surprised

B. She was upset.

C. She was angry.

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The girl’s classmates didn’t like her because she was strange.

B. The girl was always unhappy while she was wearing the brace.

C. The girl’s classmates changed their ideas after she took off the brace.

3.The girl took off her brace ___________.

A. The following three days

B. the next day

C. on a rainy Thursday

4.The girl _____________ in that school before she wore the body brace.

A. had never studied

B. had already studied

C. had known some friends

5.What do we learn from the passage?

A. Danielle was quite different from the others in the class.

B. It was not ugly to wear a brace.

C. Few of the girl’s classmates thought that she was ugly.

 

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