______ anyone should want to kill her was unbelievable.

A．Whether          B．That              C．What             D．If

The reason for his success is ______ he worked very hard.

A．why              B．that              C．whether          D．how

Would any one of you please tell me ______ to the railway station?

A．how far is it        B．how far it is        C．how far is         D．how far

It was rude ______ you to stare at the foreigner when he passed by just now.

A．of               B．for               C．with              D．to

Now he has _________money, and can do anything he wants to.

A．a great number of                       B．a great many of

C．a large amount of                       D．a good plenty of

Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a  16  in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often  17  to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t  18  to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went  19 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was  20  what to do when Mr Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own 21 .

　　It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a  22 in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and  23  plenty of money.

　　Jack  24  working hard. After one year he succeeded in  25  the ￡100.

　　By the time Jack was 30 years old he had  26  his first million, and he wanted to  27  this achievement by doing something “ 28 ”. With all his money it was  29  to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the  30  of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.

　  Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million,  31  Jack still can’t get used to  32  the good life. He can  33  be found drinking with the locals at the local pub（酒吧）.

“I remember being very  34  as a child, but never  35  as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”

1.                A．job            B．work           C．company D．house

2.                A．able           B．glad            C．unable   D．eager

3.                A．offer           B．like            C．expect   D．afford

4.                A．wrong          B．hungry         C．ill   D．bad

5.                A．seeing         B．wondering      C．doubting  D．preparing

6.                A．school          B．farm           C．business  D．store

7.                A．problem        B．purpose        C．future    D．principle

8.                A．spent          B．borrowed       C．wasted   D．earned

9.                A．enjoyed        B．preferred       C．promised D．hated

10.               A．developing      B．saving          C．repaying   D．paying

11.               A．given          B．made          C．taken D．lost

12.               A．remember      B．honor          C．celebrate  D．recognize

13.               A．common        B．simple         C．interesting     D．grand

14.               A．impossible      B．possible        C．obvious   D．basic

15.               A．ground         B．front           C．spot  D．heart

16.               A．so             B．and            C．or    D．but

17.               A．using          B．sparing         C．living D．keeping

18.               A．often          B．never          C．sometimes D．seldom

19.               A．rich           B．poor           C．healthy    D．well

20.               A．proud          B．satisfied        C．unhappy   D．happy

Air is an odorless (无气味的), invisible (看不见的) gas that surrounds the earth. It is everywhere on the planet. An “empty” drinking glass and an “empty” room, to give two examples, are not really empty. Each is filled with air. When the glass is filled with water, the water pushes the air out of the glass.

Air, as a gas, has no definite (明确的) shape, but, because it is matter, it takes up space. It is easy to prove that air is something that takes up space. Stuff a dry handkerchief into the bottom（底部） of a glass so that it will not fall out when the glass is turned upside-down. Push the upside-down glass; hold it straight into a jar of water till the glass is completely covered. When the glass is taken out of water, the handkerchief will be dry. The air inside the glass takes up space and keeps the water from coming in.

1.What does the underlined word “Stuff” (in Paragraph 2) mean?

A．Press tightly.                           B．Take out.

C．Put down.                             D．Turn fully.

2.The writer tells us that _______.

A．the experiment is done in the laboratory

B．the experiment is done outside the room

C．the experiment is easily done

D．the experiment is carried out indoors

3.Which of the following pictures gives us the correct result?

( W—water;  A—air;  H—handkerchief )

Hobbs was an orphan（孤儿）. He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work made him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.

One day a lawyer said to him, “One thousand dollars, and here is the money.” As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded. He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, “I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days; or I give up my work in the factory and do what I’d like to do: painting pictures. I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place in the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures. But it’s too much for one and too little for the other.”

“Here is the reading of your uncle’s will（遗嘱）,” said the lawyer, “telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.”

“Yes, I see. I’ll do that,” said the young man.

1.Hobbs wanted to borrow money to _______.

A．study abroad                           B．work abroad

C．pay off the debts                        D．learn to paint pictures

2.What does the underlined word “dumbfounded” （in Paragraph 2） probably mean?

A．Surprised.                             B．Frightened.

C．Satisfied.                              D．Excited.

3.With the money he got, at first Hobbs _______.

A．planned to have a happy life for a few days

B．decided to give up his work in the factory

C．was to give a dinner to his friends

D．had no idea what to do

4.Hobbs was asked to _______.

A．tell the lawyer what he did with the money after spending it

B．read his uncle’s will

C．tell the lawyer what was to be done with the money

D．buy some pictures

Mark Twain left school when he was twelve. He had little school education. In spite of this, he became the most famous writer of his time. He made millions of dollars by writing. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but he is better known all over the world as Mark Twain, his penname.

Mark Twain was born in 1835 and he was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not ex­pected to live through the first winter. But with his mother’s care, he managed to survive. As a boy, he caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play jokes on all his friends and neighbors. He didn’t like to go to school, and he often ran away from home. He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi(密西西比河). He was nearly drowned nine times.

After his father’s death, Mark Twain began to work for a printer, who only provided him with food and clothing. Then, he worked as a printer, a river-boat pilot and later joined the army. But shortly after that he became a miner. During this period, he started to write short stories. Afterwards he became a full time writer.

In 1870, Mark Twain got married. In the years that followed he wrote many books including Tom Sawyer in 1876, and Huckleberry Finn in 1884, which made him famous, and brought him great fortune.

Unfortunately, Mark Twain got into debts in bad investments(投资) and he had to write large numbers of stories to pay these debts. In 1904, his wife died, and then three of his children passed away.

At the age of 70, his hair was completely white. He bought many white suits and neckties. He wore nothing but white from head to foot until his death on April 21, 1910.

1.In his childhood, Mark Twain, ________.

A．learned a lot at school

B．he often went swimming with other boys

C．his mother often worried about his safety

D．he often played games with other boys

2.Which of the following shows the right order about Mark Twain?

a. He became a miner.           b. He worked as a printer.

c. He got into debts.             d. His father died.

e. He became a full-time writer.    f. He joined the army.

A．a—d—b—c—e—f                      B．d—b—f—a—e—c

C．d—a—f—e—b—c                      D．c—b—d—f—e—a

3.In order to make a living, Mark Twain _______.

A．first worked as a printer

B．did many kinds of work

C．wrote stories in the beginning

D．joined the army after he worked in a mine

4.Before his death, Mark Twain _______.

A．became a white man                     B．was in low spirits

C．liked to buy all kinds of clothes             D．had nothing on