Jimmy lived in the country. He loved playing in the river near his house. The river is not at all deep. So there was no danger（危险）to the kids. But a few weeks ago, his father found a job in a big city, and he moved there with the other two family members: Jimmy and his mother.

　　Their new house had a garden（花园）, but the garden was very small. Jimmy wasn't happy.“Is there a river near here?”he asked his mother on the first morning. His mother smiled,“No, dear. There isn't. But I hear there is a nice park near here. And there is a swimming pool in it. The water in a swimming pool is always clean and you will meet some other children there. We are going there this afternoon.”Jimmy was happy.

　　After lunch, Jimmy and his mother went to the park. Jimmy was surprised to see that the water was very clean. He could see the bottom of the pool. Jimmy wanted to get into the water, but his mother stopped him. She told Jimmy that he should first know something about the swimming pool. She took her son to a sign. It said,“Warning: Children shouldn't swim in this pool. It is dangerous. 7 children have fallen in it.”Jimmy looks into the pool carefully. Then he asked,“Where are they? I can't see them.”

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A．his parents liked to live in big cities

B．there was a swimming pool in the park in the city

C．their new house had a nice garden

D．his father got a job there

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A．he thought he could play with water in the swimming pool

B．he wanted to play in a new place

C．he was going to see their nice garden

D．he was going to play with his mother

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A．to take care of the pool

B．not to run about near the pool

C．not to look at the pool

D．the pool is dangerous to children

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A．Jimmy likes playing in the river.

B．Jimmy's mother knew the swimming pool well.

C．7 people drowned（淹死）in the pool,

D．Surely the sign disappointed（使失望）Jimmy.

　　It was very late when I arrived in London. The railway station was big and dark. I didn't know the way to my hotel, so I asked a man. I spoke English very slowly, but the man still could not understand me. I said my questions again, and at last he understood. He answered me, but I couldn't understand him.“I'm not English,”I said. Then he spoke slowly. But I still couldn't understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The man and I looked at each other（彼此）and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it.“You'll soon learn English!”he said. I thought, in England, each man doesn't speak the same language. The English understand each other, but I don't understand them. Do they speak English?

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A．The English don't speak English.

B．The Englishman understands the writer easily.

C．The English understand each other.

D．The English speak many kinds of languages.

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A．The English the man learned in class was quite different from that in England.

B．The Englishman at the station couldn't speak good English.

C．People all over the world can speak the same English and understand each other.

D．The Englishman didn't want to tell him the way.

　　Mr. Brown is Mr. Green's another neighbour. Mr. Brown's garden is the smallest one of the three. He has the fewest flowers of them all, but the weeds（野草）in his garden are the tallest. There is always a lot of work to do in the garden, but Mr. Brown doesn't have enough time to work in his garden, so his garden is the worst.

A．Lots of flowers and a few trees

B．A few flowers and lots of trees

C．Lots of flowers and lots of trees

D．A few flowers and a few trees

A．the garden is too small

B．Mr. Brown doesn't like flowers

C．Mr. Brown is too busy to work in his garden

D．there is always a lot of work in it

　　It is Saturday today. The Browns are at home. Mrs. Brown is in the kitchen. She's making apple pies. The pies she makes are very delicious. Do you want to have a taste（品尝）? Mr. Brown isn't in the living room. He is outside. He is washing his car. The car is new and very beautiful. So he looks after it very well. Jim is in the garden. He is playing football with some other boys. Where is his sister, Sue? She's in her bedroom with her friend, Ann. They're watching the“Animal World”.

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　　My husband left us recently（最近）. I didn't want to celebrate my birthday. But my seven-year-old daughter, Sarah and her 17-year-old brother, Scott, gave me a new watch and bought a birthday cake. I had to enter into fun.

　　My daughter and I were sitting at the table eating the cake. Sarah said, “Mum, I have another present for you . Hold out（伸出）your hand and close your eyes.” As I did, she reached into her small purse（女式钱包）. Then I felt her hand touch me gently. “You can open your eyes now.” she said. When I looked at my hand, it was empty. Before I could say a word, she said, “It is happinese.”

　　I thought, then, the best presents are the ones wrapped（包含）in love.

A．she didn't get any presents

B．her children didn't love her

C．her husband left her

D．it was not good

A．loved her very much

B．gave her birthday presents

C．had a birthday party for her

D．all the above

A．a new watch

B．nothing

C．the best present

D．a small purse

A．felt better

B．felt quite sad

C．loved her daughter better

D．loved her son better

A．study English stories

B．help to do exercises

C．look up the meaning of new words

D．learn grammer

(2) How many kinds of dictionaries are mentioned（提到）in the passage?

A．it tells you how to look up the new words

B．it tells you how to teach yourself

C．it helps you to think in English

D．it shows you which is the best way to remember the new words

A．spell a word

B．pronounce a word

C．use a word in a sentence

D．A, B and C

A．Something about Dictionaries

B．The Easy Way to Learn English

C．An Important Dictionary

D．How to Use a Dictionary

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　　When Ben Franklin was only a boy, he always wanted to know about things. He was always asking his father and brothers“What?”and“How?”and“Why?”. They couldn't always tell him what he wanted to know. When they couldn't tell him, Ben tried to find out for himself. Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other boys would say,“That's Ben Franklin! He's always finding out something new !”

　　Ben lived close to the water. He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blew them across the water. One day Ben said to himself,“Why can't the wind help me float（漂浮）across the water? And I'm going to try.”Ben got his big kite. He took hold of the kite string（线）and ran with it. The wind took the kite up into the air. Then Ben jumped into the water. The wind blew the kite high into the air. Ben began to float across the water. Soon he was on the other side, and he had not worked at all. One boy shouted,“Look at Ben floating across the water! His kite takes him to the other side without any work!”“Yes,”said another.“He's always finding new ways to do things.”

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A．couldn't answer all his questions

B．could answer all his questions

C．tried hard to find out something new for him

D．were too busy to answer his questions

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(5)In the passage, the sentence“... and he had not worked at all.”means ________.

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A．he worked hard to cross the water

B．he didn't go to work that day

C．he didn't cross water at all

D．he crossed the water in an easy way

　　At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said,“No, I don't want money. But give me one of your pictures. What's money? In a week it will all be finished, but your picture will still be here.”

　　The artist was very happy and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered,“It's not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I'll show him-your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think.”

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A．went out to help the farmer to do some farming

B．went out to visit his friends

C．painted pictures

D．enjoyed the beautiful scenery（风景）

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A．wanted much more money

B．wanted nothing

C．didn't want any picture of the artist

D．wanted one of his pictures instead of（代替）money

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A．the farmer was an artist too

B．the farmer liked his pictures very much

C．the farmer wanted to give it to his son as a present

D．the farmer was rich

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　　Students in many countries are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers（少年）. Many are adults（成年人）. Some learn at school; others by themselves. A few learn by hearing the language over the radio, on TV, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language.

　　Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects required（要求）for study. They study their own language, maths, and English. Some people learn it because it is useful for their work. Many people learn English for their higher studies, because to college or university students some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines（杂志）in English.

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A．we can learn English easily

B．English is very difficult to learn

C．English is learned by many people in the work

D．English is a useful language but one must work hard to learn

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A．We don't need to learn any foreign languages.

B．We can do well in all our work without English.

C．English is the most important subject in school.

D．We should learn English because we need to face the world.