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　　I have tried many ways to be ill. I don't wear a sweater when I should, and two days ago I walked in the rain without my shoes. But so far nothing has happened. Debbie once told me about a boy in her class who milked being away from school. He would rub(摩擦) the end of the thermometer(温度计) until it went up to 39℃. Then he'd put it in his mouth and his mother would think he was really ill.

　　This morning I was trying doing that but it never went above 35℃ and I rubbed it for ten minutes. So I held the thermometer next to the light on my desk and it went up to 40℃. I thought I'd put it in my mouth and walked

downstairs like that. Then my mother would take it out and she would be worried when she saw that I was rather ill.

　　The only trouble was I didn't know the thermometer would be so hot. As soon as I put it into my mouth I burnt my tongue(舌头) ! I spat the thermometer out. It fell on the floor but it didn't break.

　　I will have to think up a better way to get my mother and father back together.

(1) Why did the writer walk in the rain without her shoes two days ago? Because

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A. she had no money to buy a pair of shoes

B. she thought it interesting to walk min the rain without her shoes

C. she forgot to put on her shoes when she left home

D. she hoped she could be ill in this way

(2) According to the passage, which of the following is true?

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A. The boy in Debbie's class helped the writer a lot.

B. The boy in Debbie's class knew everything.

C. The boy in Debbie's class didn't like going to school.

D. The boy in Debbie's class was not healthy.

(3) After the writer rubbed the thermometer, it went to

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(4) Why did the writer s1pit the thermometer out? Because_______________.

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(5) The writer tries to be ill because

A. she wants to stay at home

B. she wants her father and mother to come back together

C. she wants to ask her father for some money

D. she wants to be a beautiful nurse

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　　After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom.She was too excited to do any housework that morning,for in the evening she would be going to a costume ball with her husband,at which she would dress up as a ghost(鬼怪).She had made her costume the night before, but she had no time to try it on.Though the costume was made only of a sheet,it was effective (有效果的). After putting it on. Mrs Richards went downstairs, She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.

　　Just as Mrs Richards was coming into the dining-room,there was a knock on the front door.She knew that it must be the milkman.She had told him that he could come straight in even if the door was not open and leave the milk on the table. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs Richards quickly hid herself in the small store-room under the stairs. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and a man came in. Now Mrs Richards knew that it must be the man who had come to read the meter (电表). She tried to say something,but it was too late. The man gave a cry and jumped back several steps.When Mrs Richards Walked towards him,he ran away,closing the door behind him.

(1) There were at least _______ people in Mrs Richards' family.

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(2) The word“costume ball”in this passage means_______.

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(3) The costume that Mrs Richards would wear at the party _______.

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A. was very expensive

B. was made by a famous dress maker

C. was very beautiful

D. was made of a kind of paper

(4) Which of the following is true according to the passage?________.

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A. The milkman sent milk to her home every day

B. Mrs Richards went to the dress party every day

C. The man reading the meter came to her home every day

D. Mrs Richards would go to work every day

(5) Why did the man reading the meter run away? Because _______.

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A. someone asked him to go back quickly

B. he had to read meters in many other houses

C. he was terribly frightened by Mrs Richards

D. he was not a meter reader,but a thief

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　　Mabel is a cashier in a big shop in New York. People can buy medicine, watches, sweet and many other things. They pay Mabel for the things they buy. At the shop people can also buy lottery tickets. They pay one dollar for a lottery ticket. There are pictures on the ticket. Some pictures are the winning pictures, and some are losing pictures Most people win nothing. Some people win two dollars. A few lucky people win thousands of dollars.

　　One day Mabel was working at the shop. She sold three lottery tickets to a woman, The woman looked at the pictures on the tickets. Then she threw the tickets on the counter and walked away. “These are losing tickets,” she thought. Mabel picked up the pictures and looked at them. She Was surprised. Then she was excited. One ticket was a winning ticket! “Excuse me!” Mabel called to the woman. “You won $ 50, 000!”The woman walked away slowly. looking at the ticket again and again. Then she turned around. “Thank you Thank you very much!” She said to Mabel.　　　　　　  

　　Why did Mable give the Woman the ticket? Why didn't she keep the ticket? Didn't she want the $50 ,000?“Of course I want the money.” Mabel said, “But it was her ticket .It wasn't my ticket.” “Well ,I'm sorry that you aren't rich.” her mother said. “But I am happy that you are honest(诚实的).”

(1) Mabel________ at the big shop.　　　　   [　　]

A. receive and pays out money

B. puts things on the shelves

C. help people choose things

D. carries things for old people

(2) One lottery ticket costs_________.　　 [　　]

(3)The woman was lucky because_________.

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A. all her tickets were winning tickets

B. all her three tickets were losing tickets

C. Mabel found the winning ticket and gave it to her

D. she found the winning ticket herself

(4) Mabel didn't keep the winning ticket because _________.

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A. she won $50,000

B. her mother told her not to

C. her mother was not to

D. she didn't want to have anything that was not hers

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　　One day James came up to Dick and said, “Look what I've found in Mr. Trotter's rubbish bin!” It was a piece of paper. On it were some test questions for history.“That's our history paper. I'm sure of it,” said James. “It's in Mr. trotter's handwriting.”“Yes , I think so.” said Dick. “I'll sell the paper for $1 to our classmates.” said James. So in the next three days he next three days he went round the class and sold the “test paper” to his classmates. James felt happy because he got $ 40. All the students were sure that these questions would be in the test paper. The questions were quite difficult so they had to work hard at preparing (准备) them.

　　The day for the exam came. Mr. Trotter walked into the classroom, “History test ,”be said then gave out the test paper. Oh dear ! It was different from the paper that James had found. None of the questions were the same. None of the students did well. James had to give all their money had to his classmates. Ever since he has never looked in teachers' rubbish bins again.

(1) In Mr Trotter's rubbish bin James found the paper with________ on it .

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A. a telephone number

B. some exercises

C. some answers to the questions

D. some test questions for history

(2) Who wrote the test questions on the paper?

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(3) In the end ,James got _______ from his classmates.

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(4) Which of the following was true?

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A. The questions in the paper were quite easy.

B. James never sold the test paper to his classmates.

C. The test paper Mr. Trotter gave out was different from the one James had found

D. Some students did very well in the history exam.

(5) The best title for this passage is ________ .

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A. History Test

B. A lucky boy

C. A good way to make money

D. The best way to pass an exam

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　　To: jenny compmail .cn

　　From :Li Ming yahoo.com

　　Subject: Autumn

　　Date: 29/09 8: 02 PM

　　Hello, Jenny! I love autumn .Mid-autumn Festival this week! We will watch the moon tonight ,and look for Chang'e and Wu Gang . My mother bought mooncakes , and I have eaten many of them ! National Day is also in autumn ,on October 1.My mother and father will not have to work for three days! We will do many things together. I like going to the National Day Celebration .But the best thing in autumn is my birthday ,it is in October .I will be fifteen years old .Goodbye for now .

Li Ming

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　　We are going to play against a team from a country school .They didn't come until the last minute .They looked worse than we had though .They were wearing dirty blue trousers and looked like farm boys .We sat down for a rest .We felt that we didn't need any practice against a team like that.

　　The game began .One of us got the ball and he shot a long pass to our forward (前峰).From out of nowhere a boy in an old T-shirt stopped the ball and with beautiful style (姿势)he shot and got two points .Then another two points in a minute .Soon the game was all over .We were beaten by the country team.

　　After that ,we thought a lot .We certainly learned that even though a team is very good ,there is usually another team better than yours .You can not be always the best .Ant the most important lesson we learned was :One another team better than yours .You can not be always the best .And the most important lesson we learned was : One can't judge (判断) a person ,or a team only by their clothes.

(1) The team from the country were in old clothes ,so the writer's team ________.

[　　]

A. looked down upon them

B. could win

C. didn't like the city boys

D. were afraid of them

(2) The country team arrived so late that _________.

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A. nobody saw them

B. the writer's team were angry

C. they had no time to warm up

D. they won the game

(3) The team from the country won because _________.

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A. they were in old boys

B. they were farm boys

C. they didn't practice before the game

D. the team was better than the writer's

(4) From the passage , we can guess the writer's team is __________.

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A. a basketball team from a country school

B. a football team from a school in the city

C. a basketball team from a school in the city

D. a football team from the country

(5) The writer's team learned a lot from the game .They got to know how to ______.

[　　]

A. learn from others

B. fight against the country boys

C. play against a weak team

D. judge a man or a team by clothes

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　　Many teenagers (青少年) feel that most important people in their lives lives are their friends .They believe that their family members don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and they can only go to their friends for some ideas. It is very important for teenagers to have one friend or a group or friends . Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication is very important in children's growing up, because friend can discuss something. These things are difficult to say to their family members.

　　However, parents often try to choose their children's friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. Have you ever thought of the following questions?

　　Who chooses your friends?

　　Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?

　　Have you got a good friend your parents don't like? Your answers are welcome.

(1) Many teenagers think that ________ can understand them better.

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(2) ________ is very important to teenagers.

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(3) When teenagers have something difficult to say to their parents ,they usually _______.

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A. stay alone at home

B. fight with their friends

C. discuss it with their friends

D. go to their brothers and sisters for help

(4) The sentence“Your ,answers are welcome ”means_________.

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A. You are welcome to discuss these questions with us

B. We've got no idea ,so your answers are welcome

C. You answers are always right

D. You can give us all the right answers

(5) Which of the following is the writer's attention(态度)？

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A. Parents should choose everything for their children.

B. Children should choose anything they like.

C. Parents should understand their children better

D. Teenagers should only go to their friends for help.

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　　Americans with small family own a small car or a large one .If both parents are working, they usually have two cars .When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van (住房汽车).A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded. A van can hold seven people easily, so a family with three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel . They could all travel together.

　　Mr. Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and buy a van .Their children are usually asked to sit in the back seats behind them .This sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases (衣箱)when they travel.When they arrive at their grandparents' home, the suitcases are brought into their home and the two seats can then carry the grandparents.

　　Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays When a family are travelling to the mountains or to the seaside ,they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks.All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are travelling together.That is why motor homes have become very popular.In America there are many parks for motor homes.

(1) From this passage, a van is also called ________.

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(2) Before Mr Hagen and his wife bought a van, they _________.

[　　]

A. sold their old house

B. moved to their grandparents' house

C. built a new place for the van

D. sold their second car

(3) A motor home is usually owned by a family with _________.

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(4) American usually use motor homes ___________.

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A. to travel with all the family members on holiday

B. to do some shopping with all the family members

C. to visit their grandparents on weekends

D. to drive their children to school every day

(5) Motor homes have become popular because ________.

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A. they can take people to another city when people are free

B. they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays

C. some people think that motor homes are cheap

D. big families can put more things in motor homes

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　　Though chopsticks are used in many Asian countries. they have their beginnings in China. Chinese history says that the Chinese had chopsticks as far as the Xia Dynasty (朝代) (about 4, 000 years ago) In the Spring and Autumn period (时期)copper and iron chopsticks appeared . With the Han Dynasty lacquered (上漆)chopsticks came ,followed by gold and silver chopsticks still later .Today we have chopsticks made of plastics .The most expensive are made of part of tusks of elephants and hard green stone.

　　Chopsticks tell Chinese tradition in their way .In ancient (古代的)times the rich used hard green stone or gold chopsticks to show their wealth (富有).In history many kings used silver chopsticks to take their food to see if it was poisonous (有毒的).It was said that if it was ,the silver chopsticks would turn colour .Chopsticks are traditionally given to a daughter when she marries to show that they should have a son very soon ,for “Chopsticks”in Chinese is pronounced like “quick a son”!

　　Though chopsticks from Hangzhou, wooden chopsticks from Shanyang of Shanxi Province, and Beijing's chopsticks are well-known.

　　Many westerners , businessmen ,tourists put aside (一边)their knives and forks in favour (喜爱) of chopsticks in China

　　Chopsticks appeared in the old Chinese story: an old man teaches his sons a lesson by showing how he could easily break a single chopstick but not a number of them .In China chopsticks are connected with good luck .So on the country's New Year's Eve many families will lay out new chopsticks at dinners as a way of making requests for luck.

(1) Chopsticks have their beginnings in________ .

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(2) Chopsticks and iron chopsticks appeared in________ .

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(3) The history of chopsticks can tell us ________.

[　　]

A. something about Chinese food

B. nothing but how many kinds of chopsticks are used in China

C. about the lives of Chinese kings

D. much about Chinese way of life in the past

(4) Many Westerners in China like to use ________.

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A．chopsticks

B. their knives

C. their forks

D. chopsticks and knives and forks at the same time

(5)Chinese use chopsticks _________.

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A. to lift food to the mouth only

B. to teach others a lesson only

C. in many other ways besides taking food

D. in many other ways except except taking food

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　　Kate was born in a small village. When she finished middle school in a town ,she wouldn't return to the poor place and found work in a shop there. She wanted to marry a rich man. As she wasn't friendly to others, nobody would marry her .Five years passed and she became a twenty-five –year girl. She had to marry My King who taught maths in a school.

　　Mr. King liked his work and was kind to his students and they all liked him .But his wife hates him .She thought he's poor and was bad to him. One day the woman wanted to buy a beautiful hat for herself ,but her husband hadn't enough money. She scolded (骂) him for a long time and didn't let him go home .He had to stay in his friend's house.

　　A few days later he went home with his friend .As soon as she saw him ,she decided to leave .She began to put her clothes into a trunk (箱子).Mr. King and his friend couldn't stop her. Before she left .she said to her husband ,“Only a dog likes a man like you !”

　　At that moment his friend was reading the newspapers carefully .Suddenly he jumped up and shouted ,“Good news for you , my friend! you've won the first prize in the lottery(彩票)！”

　　“Really?”the woman stopped to ask .

　　“He'll get five hundred thousand dollars!”Mr King's friend said to the woman.“Why not leave him now ? Haven't you said only a dog likes him?”“Bowwow-wow(汪汪)，”the woman said with a smile “It was only a joke!”

(1) When Kate was _______ ,she finished middle school.

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(2) Nobody would marry Kate because _________.

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A. she came from a village

B. she was very rude

C. she wasn't beautiful

D. she hadn't enough money

(3) At last Kate had to marry a ________.

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(4) Kate didn't like her husband because ________.

[　　]

A. he couldn't give her enough money

B. he wasn't friendly to her

C. he didn't take good care of her

D. he didn't take good care of her

(5) Kate thought __________.

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A. her husband was a dog

B. her husband was bad to her

C. only a dog liked her husband

D. she could remarry a rich man

(6) When she heard that her husband won the first prize in the lottery ,Kate became _________.

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(7)Kate decided to _______.

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A. stay with her husband

B. say sorry to her husband

C. live alone

D. get all the money