Randy was born in a rich family．His father owned a big company and he had four brothers．He was the strongest of them five but he didn't like to use his head．Of course, he couldn't pass the examinations．
Suddenly the war broke out．Young men were called on to join the army．His father thought for a long time and at last he decided to send him to the military camp．Soon after that he was sent to France where they fought with Germans．The young man hated the life in the camp．They could not be supplied enough food and had to live in the cold and wet houses．Sometimes they had to sleep on the hard ground and he was often afraid to be shot．He usually remembered the life in his country and tried to leave the camp．
Once he made an excuse in order not to go to the front．Another soldier whose name was Bob reported to the captain about it．Randy was punished for it．He hated Bob and the captain very much．In a fight he hurt the captain and he was sent to court at once．
“
Have you hurt the captain?”asked a judge．
“
Yes, I have, sir,”answered the young man．“But it was a fortuitous(偶然的) accident．”
“
Oh？”the judge said in surprise．“Why?”
“
The captain was standing just in front of Bob while I was shooting at the young soldier．So I hurt him by mistake．”
(1)
Why couldn't Randy pass the examinations?
[ ]
A．
Because he was lazy and strong．
B．
Because he didn't want to go to college．
C．
Because he spent too much time on sports．
D．
Because he wouldn't use his head．
(2)
Randy was sent to the military camp probably because ________．
New York Time－A gunman killed eight people at a mall in Omaha this afternoon and then killed himself, setting off panic among holiday shoppers, the police said．
“The person who we believe to be the shooter has died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds,”Sgt．Teresa Negron of the Omaha Police Department said at televised news．“We have been able to clear the mall,”she said．“We don't believe we have any other shooters．”The police said that at least five other people had been injured in the shootings．
She did not give the shooter's identity．“We are still conducting the investigation,”Sergeant Negron said, adding that the city's mayor, who was out of town, was on his way back to Omaha．
She said the police received a 911 call from someone inside the Westroads Mall on the west side of Omaha, and shots could be heard in the background．The first police officers arrived at the mall six minutes after the first call, she said, but by then the shootings were over．
It is reported that the gunman left a suicide note that was found at his home by relatives．A law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity(匿名)said the note indicated that the gunman wanted to“go out in style．”
The shootings broke the usually banal routine of holiday shopping．The gunman was said by some witnesses to have fired about 20 shots into a crowd．Some customers and workers ran screaming from the mall, while others dived into dressing rooms to hide from the shooter．
Shoppers and store workers were trapped inside the mall, which has roughly 135 stores．Others streamed out of mall exits with their hands raised．President Bush was in Omaha this morning to deliver a speech, but he had left the city by the time the shootings took place．
(1)
Where did the shooting first come out?
[ ]
A．
On a newspaper
B．
In the Internet
C．
In TV news
D．
In a police poster
(2)
What do the underlined words“go out in style”probably mean?
[ ]
A．
go out of the mall in particular clothes
B．
walk in the mall with everybody focused on
C．
go to a socially event by fashionable means
D．
stop his life in a impressive way
(3)
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
[ ]
A．
Nobody knows why the shooter did so and nothing was found at his home．
B．
The city's mayor happened not to be in the city when the shooting took place．
C．
Police arrived at the mall before the shootings were over and rescued customers．
D．
The official who showed what the note mean have no request of his own identity．
(4)
We can infer from the passage that ________．
[ ]
A．
There is only one shooter in this event．
B．
The shooting created fears among the customers．
C．
An important holiday is coming soon．
D．
President Bush came here for the shooting．
(5)
Which of the following can be the best title of the news?
[ ]
A．
Gunman Kills 8 People, Then Himself at a Mall in Omaha
B．
Shoppers in Great Panic before the Holiday
C．
Bush Happened to Escape a Shot
D．
Shooter Found Dead in a Mall on the west of Omaha
阅读理解
Lisa was running late．Lisa, 25, had a lot to do at work, plus visitors on the way：her parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown．But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel uncomfortably warln．By the time she got to the platform, Lisa felt weak and tired--maybe it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood the night before, she thought．She rested herself against a post close to the tracks．
Several yards away, Frank, 43, and his girlfriend, Jennifer, found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop．They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying．
But when he heard the scream, followed by someone yelling, “Oh, my God, she fell in!”Frank didn’t hesitate．He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails．“No!Not you!”his girlfriend screamed after him．
She was right to be alarmed．By the time Frank reached Lisa, he could feel the tracks shaking and see the light coming．The train was about 20 seconds from the station．
It was hard to lift her．She was just out．But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the grins and drag her away from the edge．That was where Lisa briefly regained consciousness, felt herself being pulled along the ground, and saw someone else holding her purse．
Lisa thought she’d been robbed．A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her head．And she tried to talk but she couldn’t, and that was when she realized how much pain she was in．
Police and fire officials soon arrived, and Frank told the story to an officer．Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40－minute train ride downtown-just as he had been seconds after the rescue, which made her think about her reaction at the time．“I saw the train coming and 1 was thinking he was going to die,”she explained．
(1)
What was the most probable cause for Lisa's weakness?
[ ]
A．
She had run a long way．
B．
She felt hot in the subway．
C．
She had done a 10t ofwork．
D．
She had donated blood the night before．
(2)
Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend?
[ ]
A．
Because they would miss their train．
B．
Because he didn’t see the train coming．
C．
Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lifl．
D．
Because she was afraid the train would kill him．
(3)
How did Frank save Lisa?
[ ]
A．
By lifting her to the platform．
B．
By helping her rise to her feet．
C．
By pulling her along the ground．
D．
By dragging her away from the edge．
(4)
When did Lisa become conscious again?
[ ]
A．
When the train was leaving．
B．
After she was back on the platform．
C．
After the police and fire officials came．
D．
When a man was cleaning the blood from her head．
(5)
The passage is intended to ________
[ ]
A．
warn us of the danger in the subway
B．
show US how to save people in the subway
C．
tell US about a subway rescue
D．
report a traffic accident
阅读理解
A few years ago I was on a bicycle trip when I got off my bike for a rest．
I sat down on the grass．A few seconds latter, I was covered in ants．They were swarming all over me so I got up and brushed them off．It was a strange experience but I soon forgot about it．
A couple of years later, I was living in Jordan．I had just moved into a modern flat and was unpacking plates when I saw something move out of the corner of my eye．I looked over at the kitchen drawer and there was a cockroach crawling out of it．I screamed．Then I grabbed a can of insecticide and sprayed it on the cockroach．He ran under the nearby bathroom door．It took me three days before I found the courage to open the bathroom door to see if he was still alive．He wasn’t．
Why did I react so violently to one lone insect when a closer encounter with hundreds of ants hardly affected me?The answer is easy：because cockroaches are creepy crawlies and ants aren’t．Creepy crawlies are those little bugs which cause feelings such as anxiety－they make your skin crawl．
Did you know that some people feel such a fear of bugs that it becomes a phobia?Psychologists have offered many explanations．Some say we associate them with dirt and disease．Or that these are life forms that are so alien to us, that we find them disgusting for their dissimilarity．
Insects, however, don’t follow our rules they just do what they want and invade our space．Unfortunately, although insects and bugs have been a successful animal species up to now, many of them, like many other species nowadays, are under threat of dying out, Entomologists warn that this could upset entire ecosystems and lead to all kinds of disastrous consequences．
So my advice to you is： the next time you feel the urge to stamp on, splatter or spray a creepy crawly, give a thought to the planet and stop．
(1)
Why did the author mention the ants in the beginning?
[ ]
A．
Because the experience with the ants presents a sharp contrast to that with the cockroach later
B．
Because the author wants to show her preference to the ants and her dislike for the cockroaches
C．
Because both ants and cockroaches are creepy crawlies that the author dislikes
D．
Because meeting the ants is an unusual experience that the author can hardly forget
(2)
What does“insecticide”in the second paragraph probably mean?
[ ]
A．
a kind of fruit juice
B．
a kitchen knife
C．
liquid for killing insects
D．
cleanser for the bathroom
(3)
How does the author feel about bugs like cockroaches?
[ ]
A．
The author doesn’t mind the contact with those harmless small creatures
B．
The author prefers cockroaches to ants and feels guilty for killing one
C．
They invade our space and become a threat to humans
D．
They still deserve a place for keeping the balance of the nature
(4)
Which of the following is NOT a reason why cockroaches make people’s skin crawl?
[ ]
A．
It looks so strange and different that you can’t accept its appearance
B．
You may relate it to something dirty or disease at the sight of it
C．
It can make you feel sick and cause a strong dislike
D．
They invade our space out of their own will
阅读理解
Robby was 11 when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson．I prefer students to begin at an earlier age．Robby said that it had always been his mother's dream to hear him play the piano, so I took him on as a student．
Robby tried and tried while I listened and encouraged him and gave him more instructions．But he just did not have any inborn ability．
I only saw his mother from a distance．She always waved and smiled but never came in．Then one day Robby stopped coming to our lessons．I thought about calling him but I guessed he had decided to try something else．
I was also glad that he stopped coming for the sake of my career．However, several weeks before the recital (演奏会) of my students, Robby came, telling me that he never stopped practicing and begged me to allow him to take part in it．I agreed, but I made him perform last in the program, so I could save his poor performance through my “curtain closer”．
I was surprised when he announced that he had chosen one piece of Mozart's．Never had I heard a piece of Mozart's played so well by someone at his age．When he finished, everyone was cheering．
I ran up and put my arms around Robby in joy．“I've never heard you play like that, Robby!How could you do it?”
“Well, Miss Hondorf．Do you remember I told you my mom was sick?Actually she died this morning．She was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she could hear me play．I wanted to make it special．I knew I could．”
That night, Robby was the teacher and I was the student．He taught me so many important things about life．
(1)
Why might Robby have stopped coming to piano lessons suddenly?
[ ]
A．
He lost heart and believed that he would never make it．
B．
His mother might have been seriously ill．
C．
He thought that his teacher disliked him．
D．
His mother died and he didn't need to play any longer．
(2)
We can know from the passage that ________．
[ ]
A．
the writer thought students shouldn't begin playing the piano too early
B．
the writer thought that Robby had given up his piano lessons
C．
only by practicing at home did Robby learn to play well
D．
no one else could play the piece of Mozart's as well as Robby
(3)
From the underlined sentence, we can infer that ________．
[ ]
A．
the writer looked down upon Robby and disliked him
B．
the writer thought Robby was a bad advertisement for her teaching
C．
with Robby in the recital, the other children couldn't play well
D．
the writer couldn't teach so many students at a time
(4)
The writer made Robby perform last because ________．
[ ]
A．
the one who performs last always performs very well
B．
Robby asked the writer to do so
C．
she wanted to do something to save a poor performance
D．
Robby thought his mother would come at last
阅读理解
New York Time－A gunman killed eight people at a mall in Omaha this afternoon and then killed himself, setting off panic among holiday shoppers, the police said．
“The person who we believe to be the shooter has died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds,”Sgt．Teresa Negron of the Omaha Police Department said at televised news．“We have been able to clear the mall,”she said．“We don't believe we have any other shooters．”The police said that at least five other people had been injured in the shootings．
She did not give the shooter's identity．“We are still doing the investigation,”Sergeant Negron said, adding that the city's mayor, who was out of town, was on his way back to Omaha．
She said the police received a 911 call from someone inside the Westroads Mall on the west side of Omaha, and shots could be heard in the background．The first police officers arrived at the mall six minutes after the first call, she said, but by then the shootings were over．
It is reported that the gunman left a suicide note that was found at his home by relatives．A law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity(匿名)said the note indicated that the gunman wanted to“go out in style”．
The shootings broke the usually banal routine of holiday shopping．The gunman was said by some witnesses to have fired about 20 shots into a crowd．Some customers and workers ran screaming from the mall, while others dived into dressing rooms to hide from the shooter．
Shoppers and store workers were trapped inside the mall, which has roughly 135 stores．Others streamed out of mall exits with their hands raised．President Bush was in Omaha this morning to deliver a speech, but he had left the city by the time the shootings took place．
(1)
Where did the shootings first come out?
[ ]
A．
On a newspaper．
B．
In the Internet．
C．
In TV news．
D．
In a police poster．
(2)
What do the underlined words“go out in style”probably mean?
[ ]
A．
Go out of the mall in particular clothes．
B．
Walk in the mall with everybody focused on．
C．
Go to a socially event by fashionable means．
D．
Stop his life in an impressive way．
(3)
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
[ ]
A．
Nobody knows why the shooter did so and nothing was found at his home．
B．
The city's mayor happened not to be in the city when the shootings took place．
C．
Police arrived at the mall before the shootings were over and rescued customers．
D．
The official who showed what the note meant had no request of his own identity．
(4)
Which of the following can be the best title of the news?
[ ]
A．
Gunman Kills 8 People, Then Himself at a Mall in Omaha
