An expensive car speeding down the main street of a small town was soon caught up with by a young motorcycle policeman. As he started to make out the ticket, the woman behind the wheel said proudly, “Before you go any further, young man, I think you should know that the mayor of this city is a good friend of mine.”The officer did not say a word, but kept writing. “I am also a friend of chief of police Barens,”continued the woman, getting more angry each moment, Still he kept on writing. “Young man,”she persisted, “I know Judge Lawson and State Senator (参议员) Patton.” Handing the ticket to the woman, the officer asked pleasantly , “Tell me, do you know Bill Bronson.”

“Why, no,”she answered.

“Well, that is the man you should have known,”he said, heading back to his motorcycle, “I an Bill Bronson.”

1.The policeman stopped the car because_____

A. it was an expensive car

B. the driver was a proud lady

C. the driver was driving beyond the speed limit

D. the driver was going to make trouble for the police

2.The woman was getting more angry each moment because _____.

A. the policeman didn’t know her friends

B. the policeman didn’t accept her kindness

C. the policeman was going to punish her

D. she didn’t know the policeman’s name

3.The policeman was _______.

A. an honourable fellow B. a stupid fellow C. an impolite man D. a shy man

4.The woman was _______.

A. kind-hearted

B. a person who depended on someone else to finish her work

C. trying to frighten the policeman on the strength of her friends’ powerful positions

D. introducing her good friends’ names to the young officer

5.The policeman _______.

A. had no sense of humor B. had s sense of humor

C. had no sense of duty D. was senseless

 

One day an ant was drinking at a small stream and fell in. She made desperate efforts to reach the side, but made no progress at all. The poor ant almost exhausted was still bravely doing her best when a dove saw her. Moved with pity, the bird threw her a blade of grass, which supported her like a raft, and thus the ant reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in the grass, she heard a man come near. He was walking along barefooted with a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the dove, he wished to kill it. He would certainly have done so, but the ant bit him in the foot just as he raised his gun to fire. He stopped to see what had bit him, and the dove immediately flew away. It was an animal much weaker and smaller than herself that had saved her life.

1.The ant could not reach the side though _______.

A. she cried for help

B. she asked the dove to save her

C. she tried very hard

D. she could smell well

2.The dove saved the ant because _______.

A. she was the ant's friend

B. she took pity on the poor ant

C. the ant was almost exhausted

D. the ant had been struggled in the water for a long time

3.The ant succeeded in getting on the bank with the help of _______.

A. a leaf B. a piece of wood C. a blade of grass D. a raft

4.Just as the man shot at the dove, _______.

A. the dove immediately flew away

B. the dove hid himself in the grass

C. the ant told the dove to leave at once

D. he felt something biting him in the foot

5.In writing the story, the writer wants to show _______.

A. how clever the ant was

B. how kind the dove was

C. how the ant and the dove helped each other

D. we often need help from others, therefore we should help others as much as

 

In today’s world, almost everyone knows that air pollution and water pollution are harmful to people’s health. However, not all the persons know that noise is also a kind of pollution, and that is harmful to human health, too.

People who work and live under noisy conditions usually become deaf. Today, however, scientists believe that 10 percent of workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise where they work. Many of the workers who print newspapers and books, and who weave(织) cloth become deaf. Quite a few people living near airports also become deaf. Recently it was discovered that many teenagers in America could hear no better than 65-year-old persons, for these young people like to listen to pop music and most of pop music is a kind of noise. Besides, noise produced by jet planes or machines will make people’s life difficult and unpleasant, or even make people ill or even drive them mad.

It is said that a continuous noise of over 85 decibels(分贝) can cause deafness. Now the governments in many countries have made laws to control noise and make it less than 85 decibels.

In China, the government is trying to solve not only air and water pollution problems but also noise pollution problems.

1.The passage is mainly about ______ .

A. air pollution B. water pollution C. noise pollution D. world pollution

2.According to the passage, a continuous noise of _______decibels can make people deaf.

A. less than 85 B. less than 65 C. about 65 D. more than 85

3.10 percent of the workers in Britain are being deafened because _______ .

A. they are working in noisy places

B. they often listen to pop music

C. they live near airports

D. they are too busy to listen to others’talk

4.The government of China is trying to reduce ______.

A. only the air pollution

B. only the air and water pollution

C. only the water pollution

D. the air, water and noise pollution

5.According to the passage,which of the following statement is TRUE?

A. People working and living under noisy places usually have good hearing.

B. Many teenagers in the US was said to have bad hearing because they enjoy listening to pop music.

C. A few people living near airports become deaf.

D. Noise coming from jet planes or machines won’t do much harm to people.

 

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