阅读理解

　　Everybody talks about weather. “Isn't it a nice day?” “Do you think it will rain?” “I think it's going to snow.” These are common ways of starting a conversation in England.

　　Many people think that they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they hardly ever agree with each other. One man may say, “Do you see it is cloudy in the east? It's going to rain tomorrow.” Another man will say, “Yes, it's cloudy in the east. We're going to have fine weather tomorrow.”

　　People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell himself that it's going to rain. When people play in a park on a rainy day, they are sure that the weather is going to be fine soon. They even sit eating their lunch while it rains.

　　Most people listen to what the weatherman says on the radio. But he doesn't always tell them what they want to hear. Sometimes he makes a mistake, but he is still right more often than anyone else.

1．English people ________ to start a conversation.

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A．They usually ask each other's name

B．They usually talk about their children

C．They usually talk about the weather

2．think they can tell what the weather is going to be like.

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A．Many people

B．A few people

C．Some people

3．People often look for the weather ________.

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A．they talk about

B．they don't want

C．they want

4．When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him that it is going to ________.

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A．be sunny　　　　B．be rainy　　　　C．be windy

5．________ is right more often about the weather?

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A．The farmer

B．The weatherman

C．A Englishman

阅读理解

　　A young driver in Tokyo went to an office to insure (保险) his life. The head of the office asked him how old his parents were when they died.

　　“My mother had a bad heart and died at the age of 30. My father had something wrong with his brain (脑) and died when he was 36.”

　　“I'm sorry,” said the head very politely. “We cannot insure your life as your parents were not healthy enough. ”

　　The driver was not pleased and decided to leave. At the gate a kind-hearted man in the office stopped him and told him not to tell the truth (说实话). “No office will insure you if you speak like that. Try to say in another way. ”

　　So the driver went into another office and spoke to the head. “Well, how old were your parents when they died?” “Mum was 93, and she fell off her bike and died. Dad died while he was playing football at the age of 95.”

　　“Very well, we can insure your life,” said the head at once with a smile.

1．The driver went to the office to ________.

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2．His mother died at the age of ________ , and his father died at the age of ________.

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3．The first office didn't insure him because ________.

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4．A kind-hearted man told him ________.

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5．Where did the story happen?

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阅读理解

I was downtown (进城) yesterday , and decided (决定) to stop at the bank (银行) to see Alice Green. I thought she might have time to go to lunch with me. When I got to the bank, they told me she was just out for a few minutes. I asked them if she would be back by 11:30 or 11:45 and they said yes. I had some time, so I decided to wait for her. Then I walked over to some chairs by the windows and sat down. I decided to watch the front door because I knew she would come back in that way. I waited and waited, but she didn't come through (穿过) the door. Finally, I decided not to wait any longer. It was 12:30, and I was sure that she wouldn't be back until after lunch. I got up, and as I started to walk to the door, somebody called my name. I turned around and was surprised (惊奇) to find out that it was Alice. When I said that someone told me she was out, she told me she hadn't left her office all morning.

1．The writer went to the bank to ________.

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A．see Alice Green

B．ask Alice to have lunch with him

C．get some money so that (以便) he could have lunch with Alice

D．have a talk with the people in the bank

2．When the writer got to the bank, ________.

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A．Alice went out

B．Alice was in the bank

C．Alice was waiting for him

D．Alice was on her way to the bank

3．The writer decided to wait because somebody told him that Alice would be back before ________.

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4．The writer was waiting for Alice ________.

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5．The writer waited for Alice ________.

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阅读理解

　　Tom was a nine-year-old schoolboy. He had to go to school, of course. But he did not study hard and tried to do as little work as possible.

　　Tom's parents were doctors. They hoped that Tom would become a doctor, too, when he grew up.

　　One day Tom said to his mother. “When I finish school, I want to become a dustman (清洁工).”

　　“A dustman?” his mother asked. “That's not a very pleasant job. Why do you want to become a dustman?”

　　“Because then I only work one day a week,” Tom said.

　　“Only one day a week?” his mother said. “What do you mean?”

　　“Well , ” Tom answered , “ I know that the dustman who comes to our house only works on Friday, because I see the man only that day. ”

1．Tom is a ________ boy.

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2．Tom's parents hoped that their son would be a ________.

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3．Tom wanted to become a dustman because he thought a dustman ________.

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A．did interesting work

B．did pleasant work

C．enjoyed his work very much

D．worked only one day a week

4．When Tom's parents heard his answer, they were ________.

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5. The best title (题目) of this story is ________.

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A．Tom Liked a Dustman

B．Tom and a Dustman

C．Tom and His Parents

D．Tom Wants to Work Only one Day a Week

阅读理解

　　John thought that he was very clever and that no one could play a trick on him. So he often talked about his cleverness. He once spoke very rudely (粗鲁) to Tom. “You will never play a trick on me, Tom. You are too stupid (愚蠢).”“Wait here by the gate,” replied Tom, “I'll find a way to trick (捉弄) you.” Then he went home.

　　Two hours later Lucy came along. “Why are you standing here?” she asked John. “I'm waiting for Tom,” replied John. “He is going to trick me. ”

　　“Tom has gone to his home. ” said Lucy, “You have already been tricked ! ”

　　After that John never spoke about his cleverness again.

根据短文内容，从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

1．John thought himself ________.

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2．Tom let John wait by the gate and left there to ________.

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A．find a good way to trick John.

B．escape (逃脱) from John

C．have a trick on John

D．have a rest

3．John stayed there

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A．to see if Tom dare come again

B．to wait for Lucy

C．to have a rest

D．to wait for Tom to come

4．In fact John ________.

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A．was tricked by Tom

B．tricked Tom

C．tricked Lucy

D．tricked himself

5．From the story we know that John ________.

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A．is clever indeed

B．isn't clever at all

C．is warm hearted (热心的)

D．likes have tricks on himself

阅读下面短文，选择最佳答案。

　　A young man once went to town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs (楼上) to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches too long.

　　He went downstairs, where his mother and two sisters were washing up the teathings (茶具) in the kitchen. “These new trousers are too long. ” he said, “They need shortening (弄短) by two inches. Would one of you mind doing this for me?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything.

　　But as soon as his mother had finished washing up, she went quickly upstairs to her son's bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without (没有) saying anything to her daughters.

　　Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother's trousers. She is a kind girl, so she went upstairs quietly without saying anything to anyone, and shortened the trousers by two inches.

　　The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came in, she remembered what her brother had said. So she ran upstairs with her scissors (剪刀) , needle (针) and thread (线), and took two inches off the legs of the new trousers.

　　You can imagine (想象) the look on the young man's face when he put the trousers on the next morning.

1．A young man once bought a pair of trousers ________.

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2．The trousers that he bought ________.

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3．His trousers were shortened first by ________.

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4．His trousers were shortened by ________.

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5．The next morning he found his trousers were ________ inches too short.

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　　阅读理解。

　　根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

　　Jim's family live on the twenty-second floor of a building. He uses a lift to go up and down the building every day. And there are many tall buildings around his building.

　　Tom lives in a house about thirty kilometres away from Jim's house. Around his house there are many trees, fields (田地) , a river and some hills.

　　One day the two boys are talking to each other. Jim says, “I see the sun coming up from the top of that tall building and goes down behind another tall building in the evening.” But Tom says, “Oh, no, you're wrong. The sun comes up from the hills far away every morning. And then goes down behind those tall trees.”

　　Do you think the two boys are talking about the same sun?

1．Jim lives in ________.

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2．Tom lives ________.

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3．The two boys are talking about ________.

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4．The two boys see ________.

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5．Who is right?

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阅读下列短文，然后从短文后各题所给答案中选择正确答案。

　　The great ship, “Titanic” sailed (航行) for New York on April 10th, 1912. She was carrying more than 2000 people.

　　At that time, she was not only the biggest of all the ships that had ever been built but also was thought to be unsinkable (不沉的), for she had sixteen compartments (防水船舱) with her. Even if four of those were broken, she would still be able to stay on the sea.

　　Four days after setting out, while the “Titanic” was sailing across the ocean (海洋), a very large iceberg (冰山) was suddenly seen. The great ship turned quickly on time, but before long there was a sudden sound from below. And the captain (船长) went down to see what was the matter. The noise was so low that no one thought that the ship had been broken. To the captain's great surprise, the “Titanic” was sinking fast as five of her sixteen compartments had already broken! Hundreds of people jumped out into the water. As there was not enough lifeboats, 1500 lives were lost.

1．Titanic is ________.

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2．Titanic was on her way to ________.

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3．How many people were there on board Titanic?

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4．Why was Titanic thought to be unsinkable?

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A．Because she had enough lifeboats.

B．Because she had many compartments with her.

C．Because she could run fast.

5．Titanic was broken by ________.

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6．How many people died?

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7．How many of Titanic's compartments were broken?

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8．Titanic sank ________.

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阅读理解

　　The first Engilsh window was just a slit (裂缝) in the wall. It was cut long. So that it would let wind in as much as possible, and narrow(狭的) to keep out the bad weather. However, the slit let in more wind than light. This is why it was called “the wind's eye”. The word window itself comes from two Old Norse words for wind and eye.

　　Before windows were used, the ancient (古代的) halls and castles (城堡)of northern Europe and Britain were dark and smoky. Their great rooms were high, with only a hole in the roof(屋顶) to let out the smoke from torches(火炬)and cooking fires .

1．The first window was a ________ .

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A．large hole in the wall

B．hole covered with canvas (帆)

C．slit in the wall

D．slit with a piece of paper over it

2．The word window means________ .

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A．opening to look through

B．light given

C．wind

D．wind's eye

3．The window got its name because it________ .

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A．kept out the wind

B．blew out the smoke

C．let in more wind than light

D．let in mostly light

4．1n the ancient castles smoke went out through________ .

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A．the windows

B．the doors

C．the chimney(烟囱)

D．a hole in the roof

5．The title(题目) of the article(文章)is________ .

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A．The Larger, Canvas-Covered Windows

B．The First English Window

C．The Wind's Eye

D．What does the Word “Window”Mean

阅读理解，然后选出正确答案

　　Jacks is the name of a game that is a quite popular(流行) with children. To play jacks, you will need a small rubber ball and ten small metal objects (金属物) called jacks.

　　The rulers for this game are very simple (简单). When the game begins, you put the jacks on the floor or ground in front of you. Toss the ball up (but not too high), pick up one jack, and then catch the ball. Keep the jack in your hand and then go on picking up the other jacks one at a time. You lose your turn if you do not catch the ball, if you do not pick up a jack, or if you drop any jacks from your hand.

　　When you finish all ten jacks, you now try to do the same thing again but with two jacks at one time. This is more difficult of course. You lose your turn if you make any of the other three mistakes or if you do not pick up two jacks each time!

1．A good title (标题) for this text is________.

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A．A simple game　　　 B．Tossing a ball

C．Just two jacks　　　D．The name of a Game

2．The word “toss”in line 5 means ________ .

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A．let something fall　　　B．catch

C．throw　　　　　　　　　 D．put

3．A player picks up all ten jacks one at a time. Then he follows (按照) the rulers and finishes the second part. The whole number of times that he picks up jacks is________ .

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4．The jacks are made of________ .

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5．After you pick up the first ten jacks, the game becomes more difficult because you might make one of ________.

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