Crocodiles (鳄鱼) 1       their eggs and leave them under leaves or sand. Baby crocodiles use their teeth 2        their way out of the shells (壳) .

Crocodiles only live 3        it is hot. They are found in Australia 4        America. They spend most of 5       time lying around in the rivers. The crocodile's long tail 6        when the animal is swimming. It is an excellent weapon (武器) .It 7       be used to strike (打击) the 8       . One blow will knock 9       a man or even a big animal at 10       . The crocodile has a hard neck. It cannot turn its 11        from side to side and so it can 12        see in front of itself. The crocodile has its teeth 13        by the crocodile bird. For its food this bird takes the bits in the crocodile's mouth. This helps the crocodile a lot 14        it cannot move its tongue up and down. 15       its terrible teeth it catches its food. The food may be a fish,an animal,or even a careless man.

(   ) 1. A. lay   B. lie   C. lain   D. lying

(   ) 2. A. to feel   B. to turn   C. to break   D. to rush

(   ) 3. A. when   B. while   C. where   D. if

(   ) 4. A. as   B. and   C. but   D. so

(   ) 5. A. its   B. hot   C. their   D. cold

(   ) 6. A. is used   B. for help   C. very useful   D. be helpful

(   ) 7. A. should   B. can   C. need   D. must

(   ) 8. A. friend   B. enemy   C. student   D. family

(   ) 9. A. soon   B. far   C. up   D. down

(   ) 10. A. most   B. best   C. once   D. worst

(   ) 11. A. tail   B. head   C. eyes   D. body

(   ) 12. A. not only   B. still   C. even   D. only

(   ) 13. A. pulled   B. cleaned   C. taken   D. brushed

(   ) 14. A. because   B. so   C. if   D. whether

(   ) 15. A. Under   B. Between   C. For   D. With

Many people sleep late on Sunday morning,but others don't. However (然而) ，almost everyone r 1       the Sunday paper. The Sunday paper is usually very t 2       . It has many advertisements (广告) and many different p 3      . The parents in the family like the f 4       page,and the world news page. Many men a 5       read the sports page. Most men don't read the women's p 6p      ,but the mother of the family usually d 7       The women's pages have the news about parties,food,h 8      and clothes. Most Sunday papers have i 9       stories. Children enjoy them. Old people read the death notices (外告) .They tell about people who have died d 10       the week.

1. r       2. t       3. 2       4. f        5. a         

6.p       7. d       8. h        9. i       10. d         

 There was a woman in Detroit,who had two sons. She was worried about them,especially the younger one,Ben,1       he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so 2       .

The mother 3        that she herself would have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a 4       a week and do a report about it for her.

One day,in Ben's 5      ,the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him 6       . Why did Ben raise his hand? They wondered. He 7       said anything,what could he possibly want to say?

Well,Ben not only 8        the rock; he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew 9        the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were 10       ,Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book 11        Ben later went to the 12        of his class. When he finished high school,he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.

After Ben grew up,he 13       something about his mother that he did not know as a 14       .

She,herself,had never learned how to 15       .

(   ) 1. A. because   B. so   C. but   D. though

(   ) 2. A. clever   B. had   C. slow   D. quick

(   ) 3. A. asked   B. decided   C. forgot   D. heard

(   ) 4. A. notice   B. message   C. book   D. question

(   ) 5. A. class   B. room   C. office   D. lab

(   ) 6. A. think   B. leave   C. stand   D. speak

(   ) 7. A. always   B. even   C. quickly   D. never

(   ) 8. A. found   B. played   C. knew   D. threw

(   ) 9. A. whether   B. when   C. where   D. why

(   ) 10. A. afraid   B. surprised   C. worried   D. unhappy

(   ) 11. A. pictures   B. exercises   C. shops   D. reports

(   ) 12. A. top   B. end   C. back   D. side

(   ) 13. A. learned   B. remembered   C. understood   D. guessed

(   ) 14. A. doctor   B. child   C. student   D. teacher

(   ) 15. A. read   B. work   C. teach   D. show

It was too late at night when an old man came to a small town. He found an inn (小旅馆) and wanted to stay there for the night. After he 1        his room,the owner said to his wife, "Look at his bag. There 2       much money in it. Let's 3       when he's asleep,4       ？"

"No,no," said the woman. "He must look 5        his bag tomorrow morning. If he can't find it,he'll telephone the police."

They thought for 6       minutes. Then the woman had an idea. "We have forgetful grass. Why 7      . some forgetful grass into his food? If he 8        the food,he will forget 9        his bag away."

The old man had the food 10        the forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning when the owner got up,he found the door 11        and the old man had left with the bag. He woke his wife up and said to her 12       , " What a fool (傻瓜) ！

You forgetful grass isn't 13        at all."

"No,I don't think so. He must forget 14       ," his wife said.

"Oh!I remember now!" cried out the man suddenly. "He forgot to 15        for the night."

(   ) 1. A. went   B. has gone to   C. had been to   D. had gone to

(   ) 2. A. must have   B. must be   C. may have   D. can be

(   ) 3. A. take it away   B. to take it away

   C. take away it   D. to take away it

(   ) 4. A. don't you   B. won't you   C. will you   D. shall we

(   ) 5. A. at   B. like   C. for   D. after

(   ) 6. A. few   B. a few   C. little   D. a little

(   ) 7. A. not put   B. not to put   C. not putting   D. don't put

(   ) 8. A. has   B. will have   C. is having   D. is going to have

(   ) 9. A. taking   B. to take   C. bringing   D. to bring

(   ) 10. A. in   B. of   C. with   D. from

(   ) 11. A. open   B. opens   C. opening   D. to open

(   ) 12. A. quickly   B. happily   C. angrily   D. politely

(   ) 13. A. strong   B. important   C. delicious   D. useful

(   ) 14. A. nothing   B. something   C. anything   D. everything

(   ) 15. A. cost   B. stay   C. pay   D. spend

The students were having their chemistry (化学) class. Miss Li was telling the c 1       what water was like. After that,she asked her students, "What's water?" No one s 2       for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again," Why don't you a 3       my question? Didn't I tell you w 4       water is like?"

Just then a boy put up his h 5       and said , " Miss Li,you told us that water has no c 6       and no smell. But where to find such kind of water? The water in the river behind my house i 7       always black and it has a bad smell. "Most of the children a 8       with him.

"I'm s 9      ,children, "said the teacher,"Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That's a p 10      .”

1. c       2. s       3. a       4. w       5. h         

6. c       7. l       8. a       9. s       10. g         

It was about two in the morning when I returned home. I tried to 1        up my wife by 2        the doorbell,but she was fast 3       ,so I got a ladder and put it 4        the wall and began 5        towards the bedroom window. I was almost there when a man's 6        below said, "I don't think the windows need cleaning at this 7        of the night."I looked down and 8        fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman. I at once 9        answering in the way I 10       ,but I said. "I enjoy 11        windows at night." " 12        do 1," answered the policeman in the same tone. "Excuse my interrupting you,but would you mind 13        with me to the station?" "Sorry," I said. "You see,I've 14       my key. " "Your 15      ?" called. "My key!" I shouted. Luckily my wife got up and opened the window just as the policeman started to climb towards me.

(   ) 1. A. wake   B. get   C. ask   D. hitting

(   ) 2. A. knocking   B. pushing   C. ringing   D. hitting

(   ) 3. A. out   B. asleep   C. answering   D. away

(   ) 4. A. to   B. in   C. by   D. against

(   ) 5. A. jumping   B. climbing   C. walking   D. running

(   ) 6. A. voice   B. speech   C. sound   D. noise

(   ) 7. A. day   B. o'clock   C. time   D. place

(   ) 8. A. already   B. just   C. quickly   D. nearly

(   ) 9. A. regretted   B. couldn't help   C. finished   D. gave up

(   ) 10. A. climbed   B. did   C. went   D. returned

(   ) 11. A. sweeping   B. cleaning   C. breaking   D. looking up

(   ) 12. A. Like   B. As   C. Too   D. So

(   ) 13. A. coming   B. come   C. to come   D. came

(   ) 14. A. missed   B. brought   C. forgotten   D. found

(   ) 15. A. Whose   B. Which   C. Why   D. What

 Policemen were called by a shop in Southland early on Christmas morning. When they 1        they found two burglars (偷盗者) were kept in a lift with a heavy box of money. The two men were in their twenties. They 2       an office in the 3        and took the money box and ran 4        the lift. They did not see the sign on the door saying that it 5        no more than two people.

"They were kept between the 6        because they 7       a heavy box ," the police officer said, "they 8       there for six hours,9       on what they hoped to be their Christmas 10       . They were doing this at a time when people were at 11        for the Christmas with their families. It was a very special 12        when the policemen 13        the door and they walked 14       ,holding out arms. They said they had never been 15        pleased to see policemen. The policemen said they were pleased to see them too."

(   ) 1. A. reached   B. got   C. arrived   D. were

(   ) 2. A. broke up   B. broke out   C. broke   D. broke into

(   ) 3. A. street   B. station   C. shop   D. box

(   ) 4. A. out   B. into   C. inside   D. off

(   ) 5. A. runs   B. drives   C. makes   D. carries

(   ) 6. A. earth   B. ground   C. floors   D. floor

(   ) 7. A. lifted   B. took   C. brought   D. made

(   ) 8. A. were kept   B. kept   C. were taken   D. were hit

(   ) 9. A. sits   B. sit   C. sat   D. sitting

(   ) 10. A. box   B. tree   C. present   D. money

(   ) 11. A. work   B. home   C. ease   D. place

(   ) 12. A. happy   B. hurry   C. moment   D. worry

(   ) 13. A. opened   B. closed   C. turned   D. shut

(   ) 14. A. away   B. off   C. in   D. out

(   ) 15. A. much   B. very   C. too   D. so

A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After 1       weeks the editor 2        the story to her. The lady was 3       . She wrote back to the editor: "Dear Sir,Yesterday you sent back a story of mine. 4       do you know that the story is not good?

You did not read it. 5       I sent you the story,I pasted together pages 18 ,19 and 20. This was a 6       to see whether you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday,the pages were 7        pasted together. Is this the 8        you read all the stories that are sent to you?"

The editor wrote back： "Dear Madam,

9       breakfast when I have an egg,I  10       eat the whole egg in order to discover that it is bad."

(   ) 1. A. few   B. a few   C. little   D. a little

(   ) 2. A. gave   B. came back   C. handed   D. returned

(   ) 3. A. angry   B. happy   C. satisfied   D. glad

(   ) 4. A. How   B. Why   C. What   D. Where

(   ) 5. A. After   B. Until   C. Before   D. Since

(   ) 6. A. lesson   B. test   C. question   D. thing

(   ) 7. A. already   B. still   C. even   D. yet

(   ) 8. A. work   B. check   C. road   D. way

(   ) 9. A. On   B. On the   C. At   D. At the

(   ) 10. A. must not   B. have not to

   C. need not to   D. don't have to

There was once a millionaire who loved money than anything else in the world. He didn't know exactly how much he had,so he took on a little girl to 1        all his money for him.

It 2       the little girl six days to count all the money. When she told the millionaire that he had fortytwo 3        dollars,he was 4        with joy and asked , " How much 5        do you want?" He thought that 6        she was only a child,he could 7        her into taking a very small amount of money.

The girl said, "well,I worked for six days,so I think you 8        pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that,just give me the amount you give me the day before,multiplied by itself."

The 9       thought that in this 10        he would only have to give her a 11       dollars. What a 12       little girl!So immediately,he 13       his lawyer sign up the contract,fearing that she would change her 14       .

On the first day the millionaire paid her two pennies,and on the second day,two pennies times two pennies,or four pennies.

Each day after that,he gave her 15        number of pennies he had given her the day before,multiplied by itself. And by the sixth day,the foolish millionaire had to give the clever little girl all his money.

(   ) 1. A. bring   B. count   C. send   D. hide

(   ) 2. A. had   B. needed   C. got   D. took

(   ) 3. A. million   B. dozen   C. thousand   D. hundred

(   ) 4. A. pride   B. wild   C. surprised   D. moved

(   ) 5. A. dollars   B. number   C. time   D. pay

(   ) 6. A. as if   B. though   C. if   D. because

(   ) 7. A. warn   B. advise   C. cheat   D. set

(   ) 8. A. could     ^   B. would   C. should   D. might

(   ) 9. A. girl   B. millionaire   C. two   D. people

(   ) 10. A. measure   B. way   C. point   D. means

(   ) 11. A. few   B. little   C. less   D. much

(   ) 12. A. nice   B. clever   C. fine   D. foolish

(   ) 13. A. ordered   B. asked   C. had   D. persuaded

(   ) 14. A. mind   B. heart   C. word   D. plan

(   ) 15. A. good   B. great   C. a   D. the

In England nobody under eighteen years old is allowed (九许) to drink in a bar (酒吧) . Mr. Thompson often w 1       to a bar near his house. But he never took his son,Tom,because he was too y 2       Then when Tom had his e 3       birthday,Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for the f 4       time. They d 5       for an hour. Tom drank a bit. Then Mr. Thompson said to his son, "Now,Tom,I want to t 6       you a useful lesson. How do you know when you've had e 7       ? Well,I'll tell you. Do you see those two 1 8       at the end of the bar? When they seem to b 9       four,you've had .enough and should go home."

"But,Dad," said Tom,"I can only see one light at the e 10       of the bar."

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6. t       7. e       8. 1       9. b       10. e