阅读下面短文。根据短文内容，从短文后面每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳的一项

　　Once there was an old man. He liked very much to hear lies. “If anyone could tell me the most wonderful lie in the world, he could marry (娶) my only daughter,”the old man said.

　　So many people from different places came to the old man and told him a lot of lies. But every time the old man would try his best to show that the lie might have been true in some ways. He always said,“It's not a good lie. I would not give my daughter to you. ”

　　One day a young man came to the old man . The young man took out an old piece of paper from his handbag and said,“Your father borrowed one million dollars from my grandpa before he died. He wrote this for my grandpa and told us to take back the money from you. ”

　　The old man looked at the piece of paper and on it he could see some words : “Dear Mr. Blien, I have borrowed one million dollars from you but I'm not able to pay it back. Ask my son or my grandson to pay you the money some day after my death. ”

　　Now the old man didn't know what to do. “If I say it's a lie, I must give him my daughter ,”he thought to himself. “But if say it's not a lie ,I must pay him the money. ”

　　In the end he said, “It's a lie, a well-made lie. ”So the young man married the old man's daughter.

1．The old man had ________ .

[　　]

A．many children

B．one daughter

C．many daughters

D．one daughter and one son

2．The old man thought a good lie ________ .

[　　]

A．could make him very excited

B．couldn't be proved true in some ways

C．would bring his daughter money some day after his death

D．wouldn't take him one million dollars

3．The young man wanted to ________ .

[　　]

A．take one million dollars from the old man

B．make the old man glad

C．marry the old man's daughter

D．show that the old man was clever

4．The old man gave his daughter to the young man because ________ .

[　　]

A．he enjoyed the young man's lie very much

B．the young man had given him one million dollars

C．he was the young man's good friend

D．he didn't want to pay one million dollars to the young man

阅读下面短文。根据短文内容，从短文后面每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳的一项

　　Shy-Anne is a cat. She lives in New York City with her owners, Florence and Sam Reiff for fourteen years. Shy-Anne was a happy, lively pet. She was always running around and getting into everything. Then one day she got very sick. Something went wrong with her heart. It began to beat too fast, then too slow.

　　Florence and Sam took Shy-Anne to the animal doctor. The doctor had a surprising answer to Shy-Anne's problem. He put a tiny machine in her heart. The machine was called a pacemaker(心脏起搏器). It kept her heart beating evenly.

　　Many people have been given pacemakers, but Shy-Anne was the first cat to get one. It added years to her life and gave Florence and Sam back their healthy pet.

1．Shy-Anne is a ________ .

[　　]

2．One day she didn't run around because ________ .

[　　]

A．she was very hungry

B．she got very sick

C．she was very poor

D．she was very sad.

3．Shy-Anne got all right after the doctor ________ .

[　　]

A．gave her some medicine

B．gave her an injection (打针)

C．put a pacemaker in her heart

D．gave her a heart operation

4．Florence and Sam were happy because ________ .

[　　]

A．their cat was healthy

B．they had a new cat

C．they had a pacemaker

D．their cat died

阅读理解

Three people were walking along a street, first a big man, then a beautiful woman, and then an old man. The first two went round a corner. Suddenly the old man saw a piece of paper on the ground. He picked it up. It was five pounds. A few seconds later, the young woman came back. She was crying, “I have dropped five pounds.” she said. “Don't cry,” said the old man, “Here it is.” The young woman thanked him and went away. After a few seconds, the big man came back. He was looking for something. Suddenly a window opened and a small man looked out. “I saw five pounds fall from your pocket,” he said, “but that man give it to a young woman. ”The big man was very angry. The old mall was very much afraid and gave him another five pounds. When he had gone, the young woman came back to get her one pound thirteen shillings and four pence, and the small man came out to get his. (one pound ＝ twenty shillings; one shilling ＝ twelve pence)

1. Why did the old man pick up the paper? Because he ______.

[　　]

A. wanted to keep it for herself

B. needed money very much

C. knew it was money

D. wanted to know what it was

2. The old man was ______another five pounds to the big man.

[　　]

A. too afraid to give

B. enough afraid to give

C. so afraid that he had to give

D. such a kind man that he gave

3. Who knew each other?

[　　]

A. The young woman and the old man.

B. The young woman and the big man.

C. The old man and the small man.

D. The old man and the big man.

4. Which following is true?

[　　]

A. The young woman lost the money.

B. The big man lost the money.

C. The old man threw the money.

D. Either the young woman or the big man threw the money.

5.How much did the small man get? He got ______.

[　　]

A. as much as the young woman

B. nothing at all

C. more than the young woman

D. less than the big man

阅读理解

　　The train would start off on time. Just then an old man rushed on to it. He began to look for a seat, but could not find one. After some time, he saw an empty seat near a young man. He found that there was a bag beside him on the seat. He asked the young man if the seat had been taken. “Yes,” the young man said. “My friend had just gone out. He'll be back,” in a minute.” “I’ll leave as soon as your friend comes back,” the old man said. Then he sat down by the young man.

　　A few minutes later, the train started. The old man said to the young man, “Your friend has not come back. He has missed the train, but would not miss his bag.” With these words, he threw the bag out of the window. The young man jumped up in surprise and had nothing to do but looked at the tag lying on the platform(月台).

1. There were ______ People on the train.

[　　]

A. few　　　B. a few　　　C. a lot of　　　D. two'

2. The young man told him that his friend ______.

[　　]

A. had got off the train

B. had got on another train

C. had gone out and would come back soon

D. had got another seat

3. When the train started, the old man knew ______.

[　　]

A. the seat had been taken

B. the bag had been missed

C. the young man missed his friend

D. the seat had not been taken

4. In fact, the owner of the bag was ______.

[　　]

A. the old man　　　B. the young man

C. the friend　　　 D. nobody

阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出正确答案，完成所给句子。

　　Mr. White was living in the country, and he wanted to go to an office in the city one day. He found the address(地址)on a letter, got into his car and drove to the city. He drove straight to the office without any trouble and stopped in front of the door. He locked his car and started to go into the office, but then he turned around and went back to his car. “I've locked my keys in it.” he said to himself. He telephoned his wife and said, “Excuse me, but I've left my keys in my car. Please bring me your keys.”

　　Mrs. White got into their second car and drove twenty miles to help her husband. But while he was waiting for her, he walked around his car and tried the other door. It was not locked! He locked it quickly before his wife arrived.

1. Mr. White and Mrs. White didn't live ______.

[　　]

A. in the city　　　　　 B. in the country

C. in the village　　　　D. in the other countries

2. It was ______ for Mr. White to get to the office.

[　　]

A. difficult　　　　　　B. Very hard

C. not difficult　　　　D. not easy

3. Mr. White thought ______. 

[　　]

A. he put the keys in the door

B. he didn't lock the other door

C. he locked his key in it

D. he left his keys in the car

4. Mrs. White ______.　　 

[　　]

A. was helped by her husband

B. went to help him

C. wanted to search the keys

D. waited for him

5. From the story we know that at last ______. 

[　　]

A. Mrs. White opened the door and got the keys

B. Mr. White got the keys himself

C. Mrs. White was very angry

D. Mr. White helped to try the other door

阅读短文，完成该篇后面各题，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

In the United States, most families own(拥有)a car. Many families have a car for every adult(成年人) in the family. Driving a car in the United States is necessary(必要的)because it’s often very far from home to work, to school and to shopping centers. Americans usually learn to drive a car at about the age of sixteen. In most States, a sixteen-year-old boy or girl can apply(申请)for a driver’s license. Most American young people begin driving with a driving permit (许可证,执照).Which allows them to drive if there is a licensed driver in the front seat next to them. As soon as they can pass the driving test, they can get a license.

1. Most families own ______.

[　　]

A. a car　　　B. a house 　　　C. a dog　　　D. a shop

2. Americans usually learn to drive a car at about the age of ______.

[　　]

A. sixteen　　　B. seventeen 　　　C. eighteen　　　D. nineteen

3. Most American young people begin driving with ______

[　　]

A. a beautiful hat　　　B. a new car

C. an old driver　　　　D. a driving permit

4. Driving a car in the United States is necessary because ______

[　　]

A. it’s often very far from home to work

B. Americans wants to work in the city

C. Americans live in the centre of the city

D. Americans like driving

5. As soon as the young people can pass the driving test, they can get a ______.

[　　]

A. bike　　　B. license　　　C. map　　　D. picture

阅读理解

　　One day Nasreddin's donkey（驴）was ill, so he borrowed a horse from an officer. It was a big , strong animal, and usually nobody rode it except the officer. It tried to throw Nasreddin off, but he stayed on it .Then it suddenly began to run away with him. He tried to turn it towards his house, and he tried to stop it, but it went on running the opposite(相反的)way.

　　One of Nasreddin's friends were working in his field and saw him riding very fast towards this friend's house. He thought, “Why is Nasreddin riding so fast? Perhaps he has some bad news. Perhaps he is riding to my house to give me some bad news!”

　　He was frightened and shouted to Nasreddin,” Nasreddin! What is the matter? Where are you going?”

　　“I don't know!” Nasreddin shouted back. “This foolish animal hasn't told me!”

1.______ was able to ride the big and strong horse.

[　　]

A. Nobody

B. Only the officer

C. The officer and Nasreddin

D. Nasreddin

2. After he got on the horse, Nasreddin wanted to go ______.

[　　]

A. to shop

B. to his friend's house

C. to the field

D. home

3. Nasreddins friend saw him riding very fast towards his house, so he ______ that maybe he had some bad news.

[　　]

A. thought　　　　 B. guessed

C. was sure　　　　D. Both A and B

4. Had Nasreddin borrowed a horse from the officer before?

A. yes.　　　　B. No.

C. Often.　　　D. A few times.

[　　]

5. What did Nasreddin borrow the horse to do?

[　　]

A. To go shopping.

B. To visit his friend.

C. To carry heavy things.

D. The story didn't tell us.

阅读理解

　　Last Saturday, Peter and his friends went on a picnic in the country park. When they started their journey, it was very sunny. After about an hour, the sky suddenly turned cloudy and it became windy, too. The children were afraid that it would rain. They wanted to find some place to stay. Not far away, there was a hut. The children ran quickly to it. It was an empty hut and no one was living there. As soon as the children reached the hut, it began to rain heavily. There was thunder(雷)and lightning(电) too. The storm(暴风雨)did not stop, so the children took out their food and had lunch in the hut. Then the rain became lighter and after about half an hour, it stopped. The sun came out again. The children were very happy and continued their journey.

1．Where did the children go for a picnic?

[　　]

2．How was the weather when they started their journey?

[　　]

3．How was the weather after about an hour?

[　　]

4．Where did the children stay?

[　　]

5．How was the rain?

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阅读理解

12th October

　　Dear Kitty,

　　Thank you for the stamps that you gave me. They are very beautiful. I have put them in my stamp album.(小册子)

　　It will be Halloween on 31st October in Canada. That night, we will dress up as witches(巫婆), ghosts(鬼)and wild animals. We will play a game called“Trick or Treat”. Treat' means giving us sweets or presents. We will go from house to house and say,“Trick or Treat”. If someone does not give us sweets or presents, we will play a trick on him later.

　　That night, many people will put pumpkin(南瓜)lamps in front of their houses. They will make the pumpkins look like ugly faces and put candles in them. We always have fun on Halloween. Last year, I collected plenty of sweets!

　　Do you have Halloween in Hong Kong? Write to me soon.

Love,

Mary

1．When did Mary Brown write the letter?

[　　]

2．What did Kitty give Mary?

[　　]

3．In Canada, what is the festival on 31st October?

[　　]

4．How will the children there dress up that night?

[　　]

A．They will dress up as cowboys.

B．They will dress up as black cats.

C．They will dress up as big dogs.

D．They will dress up as witches, ghosts and wild animals.

5．They will play a game that night. What is it called?

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阅读理解

　　Mark Twain 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.

　　When1 he was on the train, the conductor asked him for his ticket. Mark Twain looked for it here and there, but could not find it. The conductor knew Mark Twain, so 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. One day Mark Twain went to ______.

[　　]

A. visit（访问）his friend by train

B. visit his friend by plane

C. visit his parents by plane

D. work by train

2. Because Mark Twain was very busy, he usually _____.

[　　]

A. came home late

B. visited his friends

C. forgot something

D. forgot his work

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A. The conductor asked Mark Twain for his ticket.

B. He couldn't find the ticket.

C. The conductor knew Mark Twain.

D. He didn't buy a ticket.

4. The conductor asked Mark Twain ______.

[　　]

A. to buy another ticket

B. to show the ticket on his way back

C. not to say anything about it

D. not to leave the train

5. If Mark Twain could not find his ticket, he ______.

[　　]

A. could not know where he was going

B. had to buy another ticket

C. had to telephone his wife

D. had to get off the train