阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案.

　Tom had retired (退休) and lived by himself a long way from the town．He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into the town to buy some things in the market, and after he had bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat at a table ．When he looked around, he saw several people all put glasses on before reading their newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses, too．He walked along the road, and soon he found a shop．

　The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said,“No, I can't read with these．”

　The man became more and more puzzled (迷惑不解) until finally he said,“Excuse me, but can you read at all?”

　“No, of course I can't !”Tom said angrily．“I wish I could read! so I have come here to buy glasses．”

(1)  One day Tom went into the town to ________．

[　　]

A．read newspapers

B．visit his friends

C．buy glasses

D．buy something he needed

(2)  He went into a restaurant to ________．　　　

[　　]

A．buy glasses

B．have lunch

C．take a rest

D．read newspapers

(3)  In fact, he ________．　　　

[　　]

A．could read without glasses

B．couldn't read without glasses

C．could read if he put glasses on

D．couldn't read at all

(4)  The shopkeeper(售货员)_________ at last．

[　　]

A．understood Tom

B．did not understand Tom

C．was puzzled

D．was glad to help Tom

(5)  In the end Tom ________ ．　　　

[　　]

A．could read with glasses　　　

B．was disappointed (沮丧)

C．bought a pair of glasses　　　

D．argued (争论) with the man in the shop

阅读理解

　　Mr. Smith worked in an office, and he did a lot of important and difficult work. But when he was fifty he started to forget things, and this made his work difficult. One day he said to himself,“I'm going to see Dr. Black about this.”

　　He waited in the doctor's waiting-room with other patients, and then a nurse said to him, “You can go in and see Dr. Black now.”

　　Mr. Smith went in quickly, and the doctor said, “Please sit down, Mr. Smith. What can I do for you?”“Oh, doctor,” said Mr. Smith. “I can't remember anything longer than half a minute, and this made my work very hard. What can I do?” The doctor said,“When did this start, Mr. Smith?”

　　“When did what start?” Mr. Smith asked.

(1)Mr. Smith found it hard to remember things ________.

[　　]

A．fifty years ago

B．when he worked in an office

C．when he was fifty years old

D．when he was young

(2)Mr. Smith decided to see a doctor because ________.

[　　]

A．his work was difficult

B．he began to forget things

C．the doctor was his son

D．his right leg hurt

(3)Who told Mr. Smith to go in and see Dr. Black?

[　　]

(4)The doctor asked Mr. Smith ________.

[　　]

A．how old he was

B．what he was

C．where he lived

D．what was wrong with him

(5)Mr. Smith ________.

[　　]

A．didn't see a doctor

B．was hard to visit

C．could remember things for more than one minute

D．forgot what he had told Dr. Black

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案.

　Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant (白玫瑰花饭馆), and its owner did not know what to do. The food in his restaurant was cheap and good, but nobody seemed to eat there.

　Then he did something that changed all that, and in a few weeks his restaurant was always full of men with their lady friends. Whenever a gentleman came in with a lady, a smiling waiter gave each of them a beautiful menu (菜单). The menus looked exactly the same on the outside, but there was an important difference inside. The menu that the waiter gave to the man gave the correct (正确的) price for each dish and each bottle of wine, while the menu that he gave to the lady gave a much higher price. So when the men calmly ordered dish after dish and wine (酒) after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous (大方的) than he really was.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案.

(1) How was the food in the White Rose Restaurant?

[　　]

A．It's quality (质量) had always been good and its prices (价格) always low.

B．It was poor and expensive at first and became good and less expensive　　　　　　　　 later

C．It was cheap and good at the beginning but became more expensive (贵)　　　　　　　　later

D．It looked beautiful on the outside but was very different inside

(2) How did the restaurant manage to attract so many people?

[　　]

A．By lowering (降低) the price of its food

B．By improving (改进) the quality of its food

C．With waiters smiling at the guests when they came into the restaurant

D．By giving the man and the lady menus with different prices

(3) According to this passage, when a man and a woman ate at the restaurant,　　　　　　 the food was ______.

[　　]

A．usually paid by the man and sometimes by the woman

B．always paid by the man only

C．sometimes paid by the man and somtimes by both of the man and the　　　　　　　　　　　　woman

D．usually paid by the woman

(4) The White Rose succeeded (成功) because ______.

[　　]

A．men like their women friends to be generous

B．women like their men friends to be generous

C．men are more generous then women

D．women are more generous than men

(5) People who came to eat at this restaurant were often ______.

[　　]

A．men and their old friends

B．husbands and wives

C．women and their best friends

D．men and their women friends

　Peter's uncle lived in the country．Once Peter went to stay with him for a few weeks．One afternoon they went out for a walk．They saw a lot of people and his uncle waved(招手 )to them all．Peter asked his uncle,“Do you know everyone here?”“No, I don't．”answered his uncle．“Why do you wave to them all then?”was the next question．

　“Well, Peter,”answered his uncle,“when I wave to someone and he knows me, he will be pleased．If he doesn't know me, he will say to himself, ‘who is that man? why did he wave to me ?’So he has something to think about on his way, and he will not feel tried．So I make everybody happy．”

根据短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个符合短文内容的正确答案

(1)  One day Peter and his uncle went ________．

[　　]

A．to stay together

B．to see many people

C．for a walk

D．to live in a country

(2)  His uncle _________ to all the people they saw．

[　　]

A．shouted

B．spoke

C．cried

D．waved

(3)  Peter's uncle knew ________ there．

[　　]

A．everybody

B．some people

C．nobody

D．anybody

(4)  Peter's uncle is a very ________ man．

[　　]

A．kind

B．foolish

C．strong

D．bad

(5)  Peter's uncle wanted to make the people he met ________．

[　　]

A．tired

B．sorry

C．surprise

D．happy

先阅读下列短文，然后根据文章内容判断正(T)，误(F)．

　Once a rich man and a tailor （裁缝）lived in the same house． The rich man lived upstairs and the poor tailor lived downstairs．

　The tailor liked to sing when he made clothes． He sang one song after another． But the rich man liked to sleep very much, and he didn't like the tailor's singing．

　One day the rich man said,“Tailor, I will give you a bag of money every day if you stop singing．”

　“Fine,” said the tailor． And so the tailor stopped singing and became richer and richer． He got much money from the rich man, but didn't feel happy because he wanted to sing．

　Finally, he brought all his money back to the rich man． “Here is your money,” he said．“Take it back． I can't be happy if I can't sing．”

(1)   The rich man liked to listen to the tailor's singing．　　　

(　　)

(2)   The rich man gave the tailor a lot of money to stop his singing．　　　

(　　)

(3)   The tailor could be happy without singing．　　　

(　　)

(4)   The tailor liked singing so much that he gave the money back to the rich man． 　　　

(　　)

(5)   From the story we learn that singing can make people happy．　　　

(　　)

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

    One day a rich man met a clever boy．The rich man asked“I hear you are very clever and nothing is difficult to you．Can you tell me why you are so clever?”

    The boy answered with a smile,“I am not clever at all．Instead, you are too foolish．”The rich man became very angry when he heard what the boy said．

    The boy said to him,“Don' t be angry, but answer one of my questions．If you have a flock of sheep (一群羊), I send you another flock．Then how many flocks of sheep do you have?”

   “Why! That' s the easiest question in the world．One and one is two．Anybody knows that I have two flocks of sheep．”

  “You are wrong”said the boy．“Two flocks of sheep put together is still one flock．That' s really the easiest question in the world．”

(1) The rich man wanted to know ________．　　　

[　　]

A．who was clever

B．how to become clever

C．why the boy was so clever

D．what was the boy so clever

(2) The rich man was ________ when he heard the boy' s words．　　　

[　　]

A．angry

B．angrily

C．pleased

D．please

(3) The boy is ________ while the rich man is ________．

[　　]

A．foolish … clever

 B．clever … foolish

C．a foolish … a clever

D．a clever … a foolish

(4) One and one is always ________ in maths, but sometimes one and one is still ________ in life．　　　

[　　]

A．two … two

B．two … one

C．four … one

D．one … two

(5) The boy ______ at the rich man because he was not able to answer the question correctly．　　　

[　　]

A．laughing

B．laugh

C．to laugh

D．laughed

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

Mark Twain (马克·吐温) was an American writer．One day he went to a city by train．He wanted to see one of his friends there．He was a very busy man．He usually forgot something．

When he was in the train, the conductor (列车员) asked him for his ticket．Mark Twain looked for the ticket here and there, but he could not find it．The conductor knew Mark Twain．She said,“Show me your ticket on your way back．And if you can' t find it, it doesn' t matter．”

“Oh, but it does．”said Mark Twain．“I must find the ticket．If I can' t find it, how can I know where I' m going?”

(1) Mark Twain was a ______．

A．teacher　　　　　　B．student

C．doctor　　　　　　D．writer　　　

[　　]

(2) Mark Twain went to the city ______．

A．by plane　　　　　B．by car

C．by train　　　　　D．by ship　　　

[　　]

(3) When he was in the train, the conductor asked him for ______．

A．some books　　　B．the ticket

C．a pen　　　　　 D．some food　　　

[　　]

(4) Mark Twain didn' t show his ticket because he couldn' t ______ it．

A．buy　　　　　　B．find

C．look　　　　　 D．know　　　

[　　]

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案

　Mr．Black was always busy． He often worked hard and forgot his wife's birthday．

　Yesterday afternoon he remembered it was his wife's birthday． He wanted to give her a gift． On his way home from work, he went into a gift shop and bought some beautiful flowers for his wife． When he got home, he gave the flowers to his wife and said, “Happy birthday, Mary! Today is May 28．It's your birthday．I remembered it this year．”

　Mrs． Black laughed and said, “But yesterday was my birthday．Today is May 29．Anyway, thank you all the same．Better late than never!”

(1) Mr．Black was always busy so he often ________．

[　　]

A．remembered his own（自己的）birthday

B．remembered his wife's birthday

C．forgot his wife's birthday

D．forgot to buy a present for his wife

(2) Why did Mr．Black buy some flowers yesterday?　　　

[　　]

A．Yesterday was his wife's birthday．

B．His wife loved flowers very much．

C．He himself loved flowers．

D．He bought them for his wife's birthday．

(3) Which of the following is right?　　　

[　　]

A．Mr．Black remembered his wife's birthday this year．

B．He forgot his wife's birthday this year again．

C．He never forgot his wife's birthday．

D．He always remembered his wife's birthday．

(4) When was Mrs．Black's birthday?　　　

[　　]

A．May 28．

B．May 29．

C．Either May 28 or 29．（either…or要么…要么）

D．Neither May 28 nor 29．（neither…nor既不…又不）

(5) The word “gift”in the second paragraph has the same meaning as “________”．

[　　]

A．flowers

B．things

C．birthdays

D．present

Reading comprehension (阅读理解).

　　The students were having their chemistry (化学) class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “What's water?” No one spoke for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again, “Why don't you answer my question? Didn't I tell you what water is like?”

　　Just then a boy put up his hand and said, “Miss Li , you told us that water has no colour and no smell. But where can we find such kind of water? The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell. ” Most of the children agreed with him.

　　“I'm sorry, children,” said the teacher. “Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That's a problem. ”

(1) The students were having their ________ class.

[　　]

(2) Miss Li was telling the children what ________ was like.

[　　]

(3) A boy said , “The water in the river behind my house is always ________ ”.

[　　]

(4) Most of the children ________ the boy.

[　　]

(5) The water in the river has colour and smell because it is getting ________

[　　]

　　阅读理解

　　Tom walked into a shop. It had a sign (招牌) outside:“Second-hand (旧的) clothes bought and sold.” He was carring an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop. “How much will you give me for these?” The man looked at them and then said, “Two dollars (美元).”

　　“What!” said Tom. “I had guessed they were worth at least (至少) five.”

　　“No,” said the man, “they aren't worth a cent (美分) more than two dollars.”

　　“Well,” said Tom, taking two dollars out of this pocket, “here's your money, These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price (定价) of them was six dollars and a half. But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth.”

　　Then he walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers and disappeared before the shop owner could think of anything to say.

根据短文内容选择正确答案。

(1) At first the owner of the shop thought that Tom ________.

[　　]

A．was trying to fool him

B．was trying to steal the trousers

C．wanted to sell the trousers

D．wanted to buy the trousers

(2) The owner of the shop ________ for the old trousers.

[　　]

A．would give Tom two dollars

B．would pay three dollars

C．would pay five dollars

D．would give Tom six dollars and a half

(3) The shop owner insisted that the trousers were worth only two dollars because ________.

[　　]

A．he wanted to sell them cheaply (廉价)

B．he wanted to buy them cheaply

C．he didn't like the trousers

D．they were old and dirty

(4) In fact, the trousers ________.

[　　]

A．were hanging inside the shop

B．were stolen by Tom from the shop

C．had been the shop owner's

D．had been Tom's

(5) From the story we know that ________ cheaper than the list price.

[　　]

A．the owner sold the trousers two dollars.

B．Tom sold the trousers one dollar and a half

C．the owner bought the trousers three dollars

D．Tom bought the trousers four dollars and a half