阅读短文，选择最佳答案.

　　David Brenner came from a poor but close family. When he graduated from his school, how ever, he was given an unforgettable gift. "Some of my friends got new clothes and a few rich kids even got new cars," he remembers. "My father reached into his pants and took something out. I extended my hand, palm up, and he let my present drop into it--a nickel!"

　　"Dad said to me, 'Buy a newspaper with it. Read every word of it. Then get yourself a job. Get into the world. It's all yours now.'"

　　"I always thought that was a great joke my father played on me until a few years later when I was in the Army, sitting in a foxhole, and thinking about my family and my life. It was then I realized(意识到) that my friends had gotten only new cars, or only clothes. My father had given me the whole world. What a great gift!"

(1)The writer got __________ from his father when he graduated from his school.

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(2)What's the meaning of the underlined word it?

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(3)Which of the following is true according to the text?

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A. The writer was very angry with his father.

B. The writer thought his father played a joke on him.

C. The writer realized what his father meant when he was in the army.

D. The writer got a lot gifts from his father when he graduated from the school.

　阅读理解

　A student was going to spend his holiday in a cool mountain village. That evening he stayed at an inn(小旅馆)near the station. Before going to bed, he went to the boss of the inn and said, "Excuse me, sir. Will you please wake me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? I'll take the five o' clock train. " "Oh, sorry, sir," the boss said in a hurry. "I'm afraid I can' t. I won't be able to get up so early. " The student was disappointed(失望的)and had to return to his room. Suddenly he stopped and asked, "Have you got an alarm clock(闹钟) ? Maybe it can help me. " "Wait a minute, then," the boss said and brought out an alarm clock. "Here you are. " "Thank you very much," the student said happily. But he found it was rusty(锈的). And it sometimes walked and sometimes didn't. He asked, "Will it ring in time, sir? I don't know, either," said the boss. "I haven't used it for a long time. But it doesn't matter. You just give it a good shake(摇) at a quarter to five. And it will be in time. "

(1)It was __________ so the student was going to take his holiday in a cool mountain village.

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(2)The student stayed at the inn because ____________.

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A. it was in the cool mountain village he was going to

B. the boss of the inn was kind to him

C. it was near the station

D. the boss could wake him up at the right time

(3)The student asked the boss to wake him up the next morning because __________.

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A. he was afraid to miss the train

B. he thought the man would get up earlier than he would

C. he didn't think the man could sleep at night

D. it would take him a long time to walk to the station

(4)The student was disappointed because _____________.

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A. he had to buy an Mann clock himself

B. he would take another train

C. he had to go to the village on foot

D. the boss wouldn't help him

(5)From the story we know __________.

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A. the clock would wake the student up in time

B. the student certainly missed his train the next morning

C. the alarm clock was no use for the student

D. the student had to mend the clock himself

阅读短文，选择正确的答案.

　　A woman was collecting money for a church charity. The money she collected was going to be given to poor children who had no parents to take care of them.

　　She went from apartment to apartment and from house to house. She knocked on doors and asked for money. She always said the same thing. "Good morning, I'm collecting for a church charity. Please give generously. We need $ 5,000." Then she held out a collecting box. Most people put a few coins in the box.

　　An artist lived in one of the apartments. He opened the door to her. "Good morning," she said, "I'm collecting for a church charity. Please give generously. We need $ 5,000. " The artist thought for a moment, then he said, "I'm sorry, but I don't have any money. However, I'll give you a painting. It's worth $ 400. "The woman thanked the artist and took the painting away.

　　A week later she called on him again. "I'm sorry to trouble you again," she said, "but we still need more money. I need another $100. Can you help? Of course," the artist said. "I'll increase the value of my painting to $ 500."

(1)Who was the woman collecting money for?

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A. Poor children.

B. Herself.

C. Her friends.

D. A church.

(2)What did most people give her?

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A. A lot of money.

B. A few dollars.

C. Paintings.

D. Very little money.

(3)Why didn't the artist give money to her?

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A. He was not a generous man.

B. He did not have any money.

C. He had too many paintings.

D. His paintings were worth a lot of money.

(4)How did the artist help the woman to get another $100?

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A. He gave her some more money.

B. He gave her another painting.

C. He gave her a more valuable painting.

D. He told her to add $100 to the value of his painting.

阅读理解 

Mozart, the boy Composer

　　One day in 1761, a little boy sat at a harpsichord (an instrument like a piano) and played music. The people who were listening to him couldn't believe their ears! Even though he was only five years old, he could play better than most grown-ups. This boy was Wolfgang Mozart, and he grew up to be a great composer.

　　Wolfgang was born in Austria and grew up in a house where he heard music all the time. His father was a musician, and he gave Wolfgang music lessons almost as soon as the little boy could talk. Wolfgang learned to play the harpsichord when he was just three years old. Then, one day, when he was six, he picked up a violin. Even though he had never had a lesson, he began to play the violin perfectly. Wolfgang's father saw how talented his son was. So he decided to take Wolfgang on a long trip where many people could hear his boy play.

　　The Mozart traveled over all the countries of Europe. Wolfgang played for kings, queens, and other important people. Other musicians couldn't believe a six-year-old boy could play the harpsichord so well. So they gave Wolfgang very hard music to play. He had never seen the music before, but he played it just right.

　　Wolfgang also became a composer when he was a child. He wrote his first music when he was just five years old. By the time he was ten, he had written five long pieces of music called sym phonies. When Wolfgang grew up, he spent most of his time composing music. Today, people everywhere still love the music made by the amazing boy who grew up to be a great musician.

单词注释：

(1)grown-up n．成年人

(2)composer n．作曲家

(3)symphony n．交响乐

根据文章内容选择正确的答案.

(1)Wolfgang was born in ________.

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(2)Who was his first music teacher?

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A. the king

B. a teacher

C. his father

D. we are not told

(3)How many pieces of music had he written by the time he was ten years old?

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(4)Wolfgang's father took him on a long trip because ________.

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A. he wanted more people to hear his boy play

B. he liked traveling

C. he didn't want people to know his boy

D. he wanted his boy to learn more

(5)What is the right order of the events?

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a. Wolfgang played for kings and queens.

b. Wolfgang learned to play the harpsichord.

c. Wolfgang began to play the violin.

d. He wrote 36 symphonies.

　　阅读理解

When it is almost the time for supper, the wife thinks of something suddenly, and says to the husband," Next month is our wedding(婚礼) commemoration(纪念) of thirty years, I think we should kill a cattle at the least to celebrate(庆祝)."

　　The husband answers," Why? It is not the wrong of the cattle."

根据短文内容，选择最能表现丈夫对其婚姻状况的态度的图示.

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阅读理解.

　　Why do you think people who live in some hot countries eat very spicy food? Is it because the spices make the food taste better? Is it just because their parents and grandparents and great grandparents liked hot food, or is there some connection between spices and healthy food?

　　Researchers from Comell University think that it is because spice plants contain some important chemicals. These chemicals can kill bacteria which spoil food. "Most common spices like garlic, onion, and hot peppers can kill 75 to 100 percent of the bacteria in food." Explains one of the biologists. The bacteria grow more easily and spoil food more quickly at higher temperatures. For this reason, it is more difficult to keep food from spoiling in hot climates.

　　Do you like your food spicy or mild? Your answer probably tells something about the country you come from. If you like spicy food, it is possible that hundreds of years ago, when there were no refrigerators, people in your country started using spices to keep the food from spoiling. The traditional spicy dishes helped those people to live longer, healthier lives. Today, in a time of refrigerators and freezers, the spices just make the food taste good.

(1)The chemicals in spices keep food from spoiling by

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A. making food taste better

B. making food hotter

C. killing bacteria in food

D. preventing bacteria getting into food

(2)The word "hot" in the expression "hot food" means ________.

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A. the same as in "some hot countries"

B. the same as in "hot pepper"

C. the food has been heated

D. the food has been cooked

(3)Food goes bad more quickly in hot climates because ________.

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A. high temperature makes more bacteria

B. high temperature helps bacteria grow faster

C. bacteria get used to hot food

D. bacteria spoil food only at high temperature

(4)People seldom enjoy hot peppers in ________.

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(5)Spices are useful in all the following things except ________.

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A. taking the place of refrigerators

B. helping you to live longer

C. helping to keep you healthier

D. making your food taste better

阅读理解.

　　Can you make a telephone call? Of course you can make it in Chinese but I don' t know whether you can in English. The call in English is quite different from what it is in Chinese.

　　If you want to ask someone to answer the telephone, you can not say, "Please ask Mr....to answer the telephone." Instead, you must say, "May I speak to Mr....?" If you want to ask who is answering the telephone, you should say, "Who is that? Is that Mr....(speaking)?" instead of "Who are you?" If you want to tell the other one who you are, you must say, "This is...(speaking)." Instead of "I'm..."

(1)A Chinese telephone call is _______ an English one.

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A. as good as

B. the same as

C. better than

D. different from

(2)If you want to know who is answering the call, you should say, "_____"?

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A. What's your telephone number

B. Who is speaking over there

C. Who are you speaking

D. Who is that

(3)When you want to tell who you are on the telephone, you must say, "______"?

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(4)If you want to ask Mr. Smith to answer the call, you should say, "______"?

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A. May I speak to Mr. Smith

B. Are you Mr. Smith, please

C. Is Mr. Smith answering the call

D. Could I ask Mr. Smith to answer the call

(5)The passage is about how to ______________.

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A. talk with an English

B. tell something to somebody

C. make a telephone call

D. speak well in English

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　　This afternoon Daddy and I went for a walk. On the way we saw a lot of people. We went up and had a look. Oh, dear! What did we see? There was a donkey (驴) in the middle of the road. It didn't want to move. The ears and buses could not get past.

　　Then a policeman came. "whose donkey is this?" he asked. "It's mine," said a farmer. "but I can' t move it." Both the policeman and the farmer did their best to move the donkey, but it would not (不肯) move. We watched and laughed. But the drivers of the cars and buses were worried. "We can't move the donkey," the policeman and the farmer said. "What shall we do?"

　　"Give him a carrot!" said my father.

　　"That's a good idea!" said the farmer. "I forgot that."

　　Soon someone gave him a carrot and he showed it to the donkey. What do you think? When the donkey saw the carrot, he jumped up and walked after the farmer. All the ears and buses could get past at last.

(1)The writer and his father ________ that afternoon.

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A. went shopping in the street

B. went to a farm

C. took a walk on the road

D. waited for a bus at the bus stop

(2)They saw ________.

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A. a lot of people

B. a donkey

C. many drivers

D. all the above

(3)The donkey was ________.

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A. in the middle of the road

B. on the comer of the street

C. on a big truck

D. on the farm

(4)Who helped the farmer to move the donkey at first? ________ did.

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A. A lot of people

B. The writer

C. His father

D. The policeman

(5)The donkey liked to ________.

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A. stop the traffic

B. stay on the road

C. eat carrots

D. make people laugh

阅读理解.

　　Mrs Harris wanted to hold a big party. She was beginning to write the invitations when her husband saw that she was writing, "Party:6:30 to 8:30 p. m. "

　　"That isn't very nice, is it?"he said．"You are telling our guests that they must go home at 8:30. "So Mrs Harris just wrote,"Party:6:30 p. m. "

　　A lot of guests came, and they all had a good time, so they didn' t go home at8:30. In fact, they were still there at midnight when the door bell rang and a policeman arrived．He said," You must stop making noise, because someone has complained．"

　　Mr Harris said he didn't want to quarrel(吵架) with the policeman, so everybody went home. They were sorry to have to go.

　　When Mr and Mrs Harris were alone again, she said to him, "That was a surprise, wasn't it? Who complained about the noise?"

　　"I did," Mr Harris answered in a tired voice.

根据短文内容回答下列问题.

(1)What did Mr Harris not want Mrs Harris to do?

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A．To write the invitations.

B．To write "6:30" on the invitations.

C．To write "8:30" on the invitations.

D．To write "6:30 to 8:30" on the invitations.

(2)Mrs Harris didn't change the invitations, did she?

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(3)Did they go home at 8:30?

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(4)Why did they go home?

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A．Because a policeman came to stop them.

B．Because Mr Harris quarreled with a policeman.

C．Because somebody came to complain.

D．Because Mr Harris asked them to go home.

(5)Who had complained to the police?

A．A policeman had.

B．Someone had.

C．Nobody had.

D．Mr Harris had.

阅读理解.

　　Steve Parkinson from Australia is coming to study in Britain. Mr and Mrs Field have come to meet him at the airport.

Mrs F: Oh dear, this airport is so puzzling. All these signs and notices----International Departures, Transfers, Domestic Arrivals...

Mr F: Oh, look at all these people. Where's Steve? He's late. The screen says his flight landed 30 minutes ago.

Mr F: He's possibly been held up in the customs (海关) or has to wait a long time for his luggage (行李).

Mrs F: There he is, with all those bags. Steve！ Oh, he can't see us. There're so many people. Steve! We are over here.

Steve: Hello. Hello. There you are. What a crowd! Good day, Mrs Field, Mr Field.

Mrs F: Hello, Did you have a good journey? Was it a comfortable flight? Did everything go all right?

Mr F: You must be very tired．Anyway we don't have to go far. We've booked you in a hotel in the city center for tonight.

Steve: Oh, fine. Thank you.

Mr F: Well, we'd better go and find taxi. How do we get out of this airport?

Mrs F: Let's take the underground．There'll be a long queue for taxis and the bus will take a long time at this time of day. There's a station here at the airport. Eh, see the signs?

Steve: OK. That's fine for me, but I must change some money. Is there a bank or something here.

(1)The story happened in ________.

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(2)Which sign are Mr and Mrs Field looking for?

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(3)Steve had to ________ before he came to the International Arrivals.

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(4)Who are Mr and Mrs Field going to meet?

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(5)According to the dialogue, how are they going to travel next?

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