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　　One morning Mrs Perry said to her husband, "Jack, I'm going to Mrs Young's house for lunch today, and I'll leave you some food for your lunch. Is that all right?"

　　"Oh, yes," Her husband answered, "that's quite all right . What are you going to leave for my lunch?"

　　"This tin of fish," Mrs Perry said, "and there are some cold, boiled（煮熟的）potatoes and some beans（豆）here, too."

　　"Good," Mr Perry answered. "I'll have a good lunch."

　　So Mrs Perry went to her friend's house. At three o'clock Mrs　Perry came home.

　　"Was your fish nice, Jack?" she asked.

　　"Yes, but my feet are hurting（受伤）," he answered.

　　"Why are they hurting?" Mrs Perry asked.

　　"Well, the words on the tin（罐头）were, "Open tin and stand in hot water for five minutes.'"

　　判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。　　

　　1. Mrs Perry wanted to visit her friend Mrs Young.

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　　2. Mrs Perry didn't cook her husband's lunch that day.

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　　3. She left（留下）some meat for her husband's lunch.

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　　4. Mr Perry put the tin of fish in hot water.

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　　5. Mr Perry put his feet in hot water.

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　　Visitors to the United States are often surprised to learn thedistance from the east coast（海岸）to the west coast. It is more than 3,500 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast tothe Pacific Ocean on the west. A jet plane crosses the United Sta-tes in about five hours, but a traveler in a fast train needs morethan 48 hours to cross the country.

　　The new state of Hawaii is very far from the states on the eastcoast of the continent（大陆）. Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean. It ismore than 3,000 kilometres from Hawaii to the mainland of the UnitedStates.

　　根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。　　

　　1. The main（主要）idea of the passage is ______.

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　　 A. the United States is smaller than most people think it is

　　 B. the United States is a big country

　　 C. the United States is a very famous country

　　 D. The new state of Hawaii has greatly increased（增加）the size of the United States

　　2. This passage tells us a distance ______.

　　[    ]

　　 A. from New York to Chicago

　　 B. from the east coast to the west coast

　　 C. from Hawaii to the east coast

　　 D. from the Canadian border to the Mexican border（边界）

　　3.People who visit the United States are often surprised when they ______ .

　　[    ]

　　 A. come to the east coast of the United States

　　 B. know how far it is from the east coast to the west coast

　　 C. are in a jet plane

　　 D. travel in a fast train

　　4. A fast train crosses the continental United States in about______ .

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　　 A. five hours　　B. five days　　C. two days　　D. six days

　　5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

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　　 A. It takes a traveler more than 448 hours to cross the country by fast car.

　　 B. There are no mountains in the continental United States.

　　 C. Hawaii is far away from the mainland of the United States.

　　 D. America is in the Atlantic Ocean.

　　Napoleon liked to read newspapers. "I must read the news, " hesaid. "I have to know more about the world. "

　　Napoleon read both English and German newspapers. He readthese papers when he was having breakfast. But he didn't read French newspapers very often.

　　One day an editor（编辑）of a French newspaper came to thepalace. He gave a well-printed newspaper to Napoleon and said, "Please have a look at our paper and see if there is anything wrong."

　　Napoleon was not interested. He put the beautiful newspaper on the table and said, "No, I do not read French newspapers. Take it away."

　　The editor was surprised.

　　"But, but why?" he asked in surprise.

　　"Because everything in French newspapers is written according to what I said!"

　　判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。

　　1. Napoleon liked to read newspapers in three languages.

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　　2. He read newspapers after breakfast.

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　　3. He never read French newspapers.

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　　4. He asked the editor to take away the well-printed Frenchnewspaper because it wasn't interesting.

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　　5. In a French newspaper, all the articles （文章) were aboutNapoleon.

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通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　　　There should be no weekend homework for us. Five days given to　　 school are enough for the modern students,who have many other interests　　 （兴趣）. With homework for Sunday, when can we find time to　　 help around the house, join in a football or basketball game or a good　　 film, or just rest? Because of all these other activities（活动）,　　 weekend homework is usually not done until Sunday night. It is often　　 done so poorly that on Monday teachers scold（责骂）the whole class　　 of students who have no idea of what the learned lessons are about.　　 Without homework for the weekends, students could go to school on　　 Monday well rested and willing to study. Teachers, don't you agree　　 with us?

　　1. "Five days given to school" here means ______ .

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　　 A. five days spent on studies

　　 B. five days living in school

　　 C. five days given to us by the school

　　 D. the modern students only need five days a week for study

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　　2. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

　　 A. If there is no homework on Sunday, we can play or stay athome resting.

　　 B. If there is no homework on Sundays, we can go to thecinema.

　　 C. Without homework on Sunday, we can help to do somehousework.

　　 D. Without homework on Sunday, we can go over last week'slessons.

　　3. We know from the passage that weekend homework is usuallydone ______ .

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　　 A. on Monday morning　　B. on Sunday morning

　　 C. on Saturday night　　D. on Sunday night

　　4. Why are the students often scolded by the teachers on Mondaymorning?

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　　 A. Because their lessons aren't gone over and their weekendhomework is badly done.

　　 B. Because they don't do their weekend homework.

　　 C. Because they don't hand in their homework in time.

　　 D. Because they forget last week's lessons.

　　5. The students think that ______ .

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　　 A. there should be little homework on each day

　　 B. teachers never agree with them

　　 C. they're glad to study on Monday after a weekend's goodrest without any homework

　　 D. they are interested in doing homework on Monday

　　 　　There were forty students in our class. Last Friday we helped our teacher count all the books. He looked at the dirty books, and then 　　 he looked at clean ones. There were many clean books, but Peter's book was very dirty. Our teacher looked at Peter. He said Peter 　　 must get a new book. Peter said," Yes ,sir."

　　　　We listened and we laughed at Peter. Then Peter laughed too.Then our teacher looked at Peter's hands. Peter showed his hands,and his hands were very dirty. Then we laughed at him again.

　　　　His book was very dirty last Friday. Are your books dirty now?

　　　　My book gets dirty when my hands are dirty. I wash my hands every day. Do you ever wash your hands? Peter washes his hands 　　sometimes, but his hands are always dirty; they are never（从不）clean.

　　1. Last Friday the students helped their teacher to count all the book. 

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　　2. The teacher didn't look at the clean books.

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　　3. There were more dirty books than clean ones.

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　　4. Peter's book was very dirty because his hands were dirty.

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　　5. Peter never washes his hands, so they are always dirty.

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　　　　Yesterday Tom was ill. When his mother called him, Tom said,"Mother, I can not go to school today. I am ill." When Mr Clark went 　　to work, Mrs Clark took Tom to the hospital. Dr Hill came and looked at him. When he saw Tom, he said."Tom has a little fever（发热）. I 　　want him to stay in bed for two or three days. He can go to bed here in the hospital. We don't want his sister to catch his fever."

　　　　Mrs Clark agreed. Then she helped the nurse to put Tom to bed.This morning Mrs Clark went to see Tom. Tom was better. He was 　　sitting up in bed. The nurse said, "Tom isn't very ill. He's a good boy. He does everything I tell him to do. He is getting better…"

　　Tom said, "Mother, everyone is very kind here. Dr Hill says he has a little boy like me. But I don't want to sleep in the hospital tonight（今晚）. I want to go home."

　　1. Yesterday _______ took Tom to the hospital.

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　　 A. his father　　B. his mother

　　 C. the nurse　　 D. the doctor

　　2. Tom's father is ________. 

　　　　　　　　 ［　　　　 ］

　　 A. a teacher　　 B. a worker

　　 C. Mr Clark　　 D. Dr Hill

　　3. The doctor wanted Tom to stay in bed _______ for two or three days. 

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ［　　　 ］

　　 A. at home　　　　　　 B. at the school clinic

　　 C. in his own clinic　　 D. in the hospital

　　4. This morning Tom was better because he ________.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ［   ］

　　 A. did everything the nurse told him to do

　　 B. ate a little food

　　 C. was a good boy

　　 D. sat up in bed

　　5. Everyone in the hospital is very kind, but Tom doesn't ______.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ［   ］

　　 A. like the nurse　　　　B. like the doctor

　　 C. want to sleep there D. want to drink medicine　　

　　　　One day a man went to the house of a friend. He took some bread for his lunch because his friend lived far away. As he went along,he thought to himself that his friend would give him something nice 　　to eat. So he threw（扔）the bread away. He went on and at last he came to a river. It was very wide, and there was no boat. The man 　　couldn't get across（渡过）the river. He waited and waited but no one came. The sun began to set. The man had to come back home. On 　　his way home he felt hungry and wanted very much to have something to eat. But he didn't have anything. Suddenly he saw some dry dusty（满是灰尘的）bread on the side of the road. He was very happy. He 　　picked the bread up and ate it.

　　1. A man went to visit a friend one day. 

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　　2. He threw away the bread because it was not nice.

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　　3. He didn't eat anything for his lunch. 

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　　4. His friend lived on the other side of the river.

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　　5. He didn't meet his friend because his friend wasn't at home.

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　　The Shute family lived in the southern part of the U.S.A..Mr Shute was a farm worker, and he didn't have much money. Mr and Mrs Shute had a daughter called Jane.

　　　　Then they had a second child-a son. How happy they were ! They called him James. James was quite a small baby, but he was a fine 　　boy. His parents loved him very much.

　　　　But there was something wrong with the child. He did everything very slowly. His parents did not know what was wrong. So one day 　　they took him to a doctor. The doctor found that there was something wrong with James' eyes. He could not see anything. The doctor could 　　not help him.

　　　　James' parents were very sad. James grew bigger but he could not look after himself. His sister or his parents had to help him.

　　　　One day a good doctor in a town not far away helped James. He did one small operation.（手术） At last James could see. How happy 　　everyone was!

　　1. The Shuter lived _______. 

　　　　　　　　 ［　　　　 ］

　　 A. in the south

　　 B. in the southern part of the U.S.A.

　　 C. in the northern part of the U.S.A.

　　 D. Britain

　　2. James did everything slowly because ______. 

［　　　　 ］

　　 A. he didn't know how to do if

　　 B. he didn't like doing anything

　　 C. there was something wrong with his eyes

　　 D. there was something wrong with his hands　

　　3.James' parents had to take him _________. 

［　　　　 ］

　　 A. to see a doctor　　　B. to see a teacher

　　 C. to a school　　　　　D. to a town

　　4. James could not see anything and he _______. 

［　　　　 ］

　　 A. could look after himself

　　 B. could do everything himself

　　 C. couldn't look after himself

　　 D. couldn't do anything

　　5. At last a good doctor did ________. 

　　　　［　　　　 ］

　　 A. one small operation on him

　　 B. some small operations on him

　　 C. one large operation on him

　　 D. a lot of work for him

　　There was a big football match in our town last Saturday. First it was very cold and cloudy, but then the sun shone, and it was very hot.

　　There were a lot of people on benches round Bill at the match.Bill was on one bench, and there was a fat man on a bench behind him. First the fat man was cold, but then he was very hot. He took his coat off and put it in front of him, but it fell on Bill's head. Bill was not angry. He took the coat off his head, looked at it and then smiled and said, "Thank you-but where are the trousers?"

True or False判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。

　　1. Bill likes playing football.　　　　　　

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　　2. His friends sit in the expensive seats.　　

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　　3. The seats round the fat man were almost empty.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 (　　)

　　4. The match was so exciting that the fat man dropped his coat.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 (　　)

　　5. The football match is on Sunday.　　　　

(　　)

　　　　A university professor recently（不久）made several tests with different animals to find out which was the cleverest. He found out 　　that the monkey was cleverer than the other animals.

　　In one test he put a hungry monkey and several boxes in a room.Some boxes were inside other boxes. There was some food in the smallest one. He wanted to watch and to find out how long it would take the monkey to find the food. He left the room and waited outside. After a while he got down on his knees and put his eye to the keyhole. What did he see? To his surprise he found himself looking into the eye of the monkey.

1. The professor wondered ______.　　　　　　

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　　 A. How clever a monkey was　　　B. which animal was the cleverest

　　 C. how clever a deer was　　　　D. how to find the food

2. The professor wanted to watch the monkey ______.

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　　 A. lift the boxes　　B. look for the food

　　 C. move the boxes　　D. eat the food

3. After he left the room the monkey began to ______.

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　　 A. play inside the room　 　B. get down on its knees

　　 C. look for the food　　　　D. put its eye to the keyhole

4. What's surprised the professor? The monkey ______.

[　　]

　　 A. found the keyhole

　　 B. was on the other side of the door

　　 C. waited quietly inside the room

　　 D. was watching him through the keyhole

5. When did the professor make several tests? He made the tests

______.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

[　　]

　　 A. long before　 　B. before long

　　 C. not long ago　　D. just now