阅读理解。

　　Many American presidents in the 19th century were from poor families. They spent their childhood in little wooden rooms. They got little education. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs of a worker, shopkeeper and post-master in his early years.

　　A large number of American presidents had experiences in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwght D. Eisenhower. Grant was a general in the American Civil War and Eisehower was a hero in the Second World War. It happened they graduated from the same school-West Point Military Academy (西点军校). One may be surprised to learn that neither of them did well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was once fined because he broke the rules of the school.

　　The jobs of US presidents are tiring. He must keep an eye on anything important which happens both at home and abroad. Every day, a lot of work waits for him to do and he has to make many important decisions. When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was once brought to visit President Taft. The old president said to him, “When you grow up, you should not be president. It's a tiring job.”

1．How many American presidents are mentioned in this passage?

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2．The second paragraph mainly tells us ________.

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A．West Point Military Academy is a famous army school

B．many American presidents were not good at schooling

C．many of the US presidents had served in the army

D．how Dwight D. Eisehower became a hero in World War Two

3．From the President Taft said, we may conclude that Franklin Roosevelt was one of the American ________.

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4．Which of the following is true?

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A．Washington was born in a poor family.

B．Taft became famous during the Second World War.

C．Lincoln graduated from a famous military academy.

D．Many American presidents in the 20th century served in the army.

5．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．Lincoln is an example from the little cabin to the White House.

B．Franklin was one of the American presidents.

C．It is not easy to be an American president.

D．Taft gave up president after saying “when you grow up, you should not be president. It's a tiring job.”

阅读理解。

　　The history of slavery is a very sad story. Beginning in 1619, the first slaves came to America from Africa. In the South, there were big tobacco and cotton plantation (种植园). The plantation owners bought slaves like animals to work for them. Slaves picked cotton in the fields. They worked in the houses. They could not leave the plantations. They did not get paid for their work. Some slave owners were very cruel.

　　There were laws against slavery in the North. Many slaves ran away to the North. From 1861 to 1865 there was a Civil War between the North and the South. After the Civil War, all slaves became free. After the war there were still many problems for African-American people. They had no education. They could not vote. They earned very little money.

　　For many, many years, black people and white people were segregated (kept separate) by law. There were segregated school, segregated movie houses, and segregated train cars. Black people and white people could not go to the same restaurants, hotels, or swimming pools. They could not drink water from the same places or use the same bathrooms. Black people could not get good jobs. They could not find good places to live. They could not play in sports with white people.

　　When black people tried to change things, they were caught and putting to prison. They lost their jobs. They might be killed and their houses might be burned down who “stepped out of line.”

1．The slave owners bought black mainly because ________.

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2．Many slaves ran away to the North because ________.

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A．the Civil War took place between the North and the South

B．slaves were free in the North

C．they could get more pay in the North

D．they wanted to help the North to fight against the South

3．After the Civil War the blacks had ________.

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4．In the last sentence of the story, “stepped out of line” implied (暗示) ________.

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5．The best title of the passage might be ________.

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A．Fighting Between Slaves And Slave Owners

B．The Civil War Between The North And The South

C．Black History

D．Separation

阅读理解。

　　Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15,1929. He became a minister like his father, Martin Luther King, Sr.

　　Many laws in southern states were not fair to African-Americans. They could not vote, so they could not change the laws. It was not possible for one person alone to change this.

　　Martin Luther King, Jr. was a powerful speaker. People listened to him. “Many people working together can change things,” he said. “Use love, not violence,” he said. He made speeches. He wrote books. He helped black people to register to vote. He was arrested and put into prison. When he got out of prison, he continued to make speeches. It was dangerous work. His house was destroyed. Schools and churches were destroyed too.

　　In 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. received one of the world's greatest honours, the Nobel Peace Prize. He worked for all poor people, white and black. On April 4, 1968, King was in Atlanta, Georgia to lead a march for poor workers. He was shot and died. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a great American. His most famous speech was at the March in Washington, on August28, 1963. “… I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

　　Many laws have changed since 1963, but Martin Luther King's dream is still a dream.

1．Choose the right order of the following events.

a．King was killed in Atlanta on a march for black people.

b．He received the Nobel Peace Prize.

c．Martin Luther King became a minister after he left college.

d．Many laws have been changed after struggles by the blacks.

e．He was put into prison for his speeches for civil rights.

f．King made the famous speech “I have a dream” in 1963.

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2．Which of the following is right?

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A．Neither Martin Luther King, Jr. nor Martin Luther King, Sr. was a minister.

B．Martin Luther King was a minister, but his father wasn't.

C．Martin Luther King, Jr. his father and Martin Luther King, Sr. were all ministers.

D．Not only Martin Luther King, but also his father was a minister.

3．King was a powerful speaker. The sentence means ________.

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4．King was killed because ________.

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5．From the passage, we may infer (推断) ________.

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A．King liked to dream

B．the blacks have already had equal rights

C．there is still a lot of work for the blacks to do

D．nothing is better for the blacks than before

阅读理解：

Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe published her book Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852. It reminded people that Negroes were human beings and that slavery could and often did lead to inhuman treatment, including the breaking up of families whose members might be sold to different owners. The book was strongly emotional (情感的), and few books ever published have had so great an exercise of such power. Anger in the north against southern slavery became stronger and stronger, though the south continued to refuse to consider bringing it to an end. Soon it became clear that the north could not allow the continuation of slavery within the United sates. The Civil War was fought over the claim by the southern states to the right to withdraw from the Union and form a separate nation where slavery would continue; for the north the war was a just one in support not only of the maintenance (维持) of national unity, but also of the unity of a nation from which the shame of legal slavery should be done away with.

1．Mrs. Stowe wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin in order to ________.

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A．treat black people a slaves

B．buy and sell slaves as animals

C．call on the people to fight against slavery

D．break up a great number of families

2．In the sentence, “… consider bringing it to end”, “it” refers to ________.

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3．The southern states fought the war because ________.

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4．Which of the following is NOT the reason why the north was at war?

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A．They wanted to build a free state for all the people.

B．They did not want the nation to be divided.

C．They wanted to do away with slavery.

D．They wanted to break away from the Union.

5．Mrs. Stowe seemed to think that ________.

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A．black people should get human treatment

B．black people could be sold to different owners

C．it was right for the south to continue slavery

D．it was not right for the north to be against slavery

阅读理解。

　　It was during a weekend. Mum gave me two tickets for a film and told me she was too busy with the endless housework to go with me. She told me to keep the money if I could sell the extra ticket. I was very happy, of course. At that time, a ticket only cost 20 fen. But to me, a little girl of 12,20 fen seemed quite a lot.

　　I reached the cinema in a great hurry. Holding the ticket in my hand, I began to look for a buyer. A handsome young man noticed me and the ticket in my hand. He came towards me with a big smile, “You've got an extra ticket?”

　　“Yes,” I nodded.

　　“That's great. Say, how much?”

　　“Twenty fen.”

　　“Oh”, he thought for a while and then, took out a ten-yuan note from his wallet. “I'm sorry, but I have only got this note,” Seeing I was confused, he added. “Then, how about waiting for a while and I'll give you the money after I have changed it in the cinema's store?”

　　Without much thinking, I agreed. Then we went to the cinema together. He walked fast. I could hardly keep up with him. By and by, he left me farther and farther behind. Soon he disappeared in the gents (男厕所). I stood there without knowing what to do. Suddenly I seemed to realize the handsome fellow had cheated me. He had saved twenty fen, but lost his honour.

　　It seemed to be a funny or even ridiculous (可笑的) experience. But it did cast a dark shadow on my young mind.

1．When do you think the story probably happened at the time?

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2．The sentence “20 fen seemed quite a lot to me” suggests that ________.

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A．the writer did not have much pocket money

B．the writer cared much for the money

C．20 fen could buy a lot of things

D．the writer had had as much money as that

3．The man took out a ten-yuan note from his wallet, for ________.

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A．he thought the writer would be happy at the sight of the note

B．he really had nothing but the ten-yuan note

C．he was not sure if the writer would sell him the ticket

D．he knew the writer was not able to give him back the change

4．How did the writer realize that she was cheated? ________.

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A．The man walked too fast for her to keep up with

B．The man went to the gents and was not seen again

C．The man asked her to wait for a while

D．The man said that he only had a ten-yuan note

5．Which is the best title for this passage? ________.

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阅读理解。

　　Now, we're always bearing about accidents, and when we're in a car we try to drive carefully, but how many of us take the same degree of care in our homes? Any large hospital will tell you the number of accidents that happen in the home is almost the same as those on the road. I don't pretend to be an expert, but I've thought a lot about how and why these accidents happen and what we can do to prevent them.

　　One of the commonest and most dangerous causes of home accidents is wrong and careless use of electrical equipment (设备). People will continue to use a loose plug (插头) or pull out a plug without first turning off the power. In spite of warnings, one will carry an electric heater (电炉) into the bathroom when he is going to have a bath. Sometimes one forgets to cut off the power before mending a lamp or something else. All this will cause accidents. So the rule about anything that works by electricity is: Switch off before you touch anything and don't pretend you know when you actually don't.

　　If you've got children in the house, it's always best to keep medicines of any kind out of their reach. Otherwise, they may be taken for candies or a new kind of drink. When there are older people living with you, you have to take particular care in a number of ways in order to make them safe and happy.

　　Fire, of course, is always a risk. So, remember not to dry clothes in front of fires; or leave stoves in the middle of rooms where they can easily be knocked over. And don't forget to keep the children away from fire. Smoking, too, may cause fire. So you'd better give it up.

　　Safety first may mean a little more time and care, but it may save you a lot of trouble.

1．The writer thinks the reason why there are so many accidents in our homes is that we are ________.

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A．less careful in our homes than in a car

B．more careful in our homes than in a car

C．as careful in our homes as in a car

D．not so careful in a car as in our homes

2．One of the most dangerous and most common cause of home accidents is ________.

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A．continuing to use loose plugs

B．taking a bath with an electric heater in the room

C．mending a lamp without cutting of the power

D．using electrical equipment in an improper way

3．The writer advises you ________ about the use of electrical equipment.

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A．to appear as if you know everything 

B．to pretend that you don't know anything

C．to pretended that you know everything

D．not to think you know everything

4．It's best to keep medicines in places that children can't ________.

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5．One way to prevent fires at home is to ________.

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A．leave stoves in the middle of the rooms

B．dry clothes near stoves

C．tell children to stay away from fire

D．smoke away from fires

阅读理解。

　　One day Burton took his children to the zoo. He told them to be ready at two o'clock, but they weren't all ready then: little Tommy couldn't find his shoes. He could find his brown shoes, but he couldn't find his black shoes, and wanted to wear his black shoes to the zoo. At a quarter past two his brothers and sisters told him to wear his brown shoes. Their mother waved goodbye and told them to enjoy their trip to the zoo. Then she sat down to read a book in the empty, quiet house.

　　When they got to the zoo, Burton told the children to stay with; he didn't want them to get lost in the zoo. Little Tommy asked his father to buy some food for the bears; but his father answered:“Look at that notice, Tommy. It tells us not to feed the animals.”

　　“Why does it tell us not to feed the animals?”asked Tommy.

　　“Because they get a lot of food already.”said Burton.“And people often try to give them the wrong food; that's bad for the animals.”

　　At three o'clock the dolphin (海豚) show began. All the Burtons wanted to see it, so Mr. Burton bought seven tickets and took the children down to the dolphinarium(海豚馆). The dolphins did a lot of tricks: they jumped up into the air and flew through hoops (大铁圈) over the water; they caught rubber rings with their noses; and they played‘basketball’with red and yellow balls. The trainer blew his whistle when he wanted the dolphins to do something, and when they did it he gave them some fish.

　　“How can the dolphins do all those tricks?”asked the little Tommy.

　　“Because they are very intelligent (聪明的),”said his big brother.“They can understand when their trainer tells them to do something; and they like to do tricks (耍把戏). because he always gives them some fish when they do them.”

　　“That's good,”said Tommy.“I like to do tricks too; why doesn't Father give me some candies (糖果) when I do them?”

1．Burton ________ the house at two o'clock.

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2．Tommy was looking for ________.

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3．Burton told his children ________.

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4．________ the animals the wrong food.

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5．The dolphins played basketball ________.

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阅读理解。

　　I was in a strange city I didn't know at all, and what's more, I could not speak a word of the language. On my second day I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough. Then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in newspaper seller. He handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.

　　About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for me to do was to find the nearest railway station.

1．The writer preferred to walk back to his hotel because ________.

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A．he had no money to buy a ticket

B．he wanted to lose himself in the city

C．he tried to know the city in this way

D．it was late and there were no buses passing by

2．The newspaper-seller ________.

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A．didn't know where the hotel was

B．didn't understand what the writer said

C．could understand what the writer said

D．didn't want to take the money from the writer

3．From the story we know that the policeman ________.

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A．was kind but didn't know the way

B．told the writer where to take a train

C．knew what the writer really meant

D．was cold-hearted and didn't help the writer

4．What do you think would happen towards the end of the story?

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A．The writer got closer to the hotel where he stayed.

B．The writer got to the hotel with the policeman's help.

C．The writer found he was much farther away from the hotel.

D．The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed.

5．In your opinion, what was the writer's real trouble?

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A．He didn't know the city at all.

B．He couldn't speak the language.

C．He went too far in the wrong bus.

D．He followed the policeman's direction.

阅读理解。

John made sure that he had locked up the house, got into his car, and drove along the street he lived at until he came to the main road. He turned left onto it and got into the fast lane(车道). Soon he was heading for the airport where he was to catch the 4:30 flight to Stockholm. There wasn't much traffic on the road, just a few large trucks, one or two buses to spare. But he did not want to stop on the way, so he kept a fixed speed. After three quarters of an hour the familiar airport building were just ahead of him and he drove into the car park and found somewhere to park his car. Then, having checked that all the doors were locked, he got out. He looked up as a huge airplane passed directly overhead. Half an hour later as his own plane took off, the horrible thought came to him that he had turned off the freezer in which there was about a hundred pounds worth of food.

1．John wanted to go ________.

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A．shopping

B．to a European city

C．to the airport to see somebody off

D．to the airport to take a plane to Australia

2．Most probably John left his house ________.

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3．It took John about 45 minutes to get to the airport because ________.

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A．he drove his car at a high speed-he was in a hurry

B．he lived too far away from the airport----he had to drive very fast

C．he didn't want to get to the airport too early----he left his house a bit too early

D．he could not drive fast----there was too much traffic on the road

4．When the plane took off, John ________.

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A．should be very pleased; he would get to Stockholm soon

B．must be very sad; he was too late to catch it

C．might be a bit sleepy; he had not slept well during the night

D．became worried; he had forgot to do something that he should have done before he left his house

5．What kind of man do you think John was?

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A．He was absent-minded; he always forgot things.

B．He was kind; he left a lot of food at home for his neighbours when he was away.

C．He tried to be careful; but he was not careful enough.

D．He was very greedy.

阅读理解。

　　I felt encouraged by his words and began to swim more calmly. But my clothes stuck to me like a heavy weight. I could hardly stay above the surface.

　　Counsel saw this.“Shall I cut them?”he asked.

　　With a knife he cut my clothes from top to bottom and took off quickly while I swam for both of us.

　　Then I did the same for Counsel, and we continued to swim near each other.

　　But we were in serious trouble. The crew might not have noticed our disappearance. And if they had, they could not return because the rudder(舵) had broken. Counsel thought of all this, and calmly made his plans. We decided to wait for the ship as long as possible, because we had no other hope of safety. I suggested that we save our strength so that both of us would not be tired out at the same time. This was how we did it: While one of us lay on his back, quite still, with arms crossed and legs stretched out(伸直), the other would swim and push him along. We changed every ten minutes or so. In this way we could swim for hours, perhaps till daylight. The crash(破裂声) of the ship and the whale (鲸) had appeared at about eleven o'clock. We had about eight hours to swim before daylight. This seemed possible, if the sea remained calm.

1．What happened to the man who told the story?

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A．He and his companion got into the water to test their strength.

B．He jumped into the water to save the broken rudder.

C．He was knocked into the water by his enemy.

D．He was throw into the sea when the ship struck a whale.

2．Why did the two men cut their clothes?

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A．Because no people helped them to take off their clothes.

B．Because they couldn't take off their clothes on the sea.

C．Because they wanted to get rid of their clothes quickly.

D．Because they wanted to make lifebuoys (救生圈) with their clothes.

3．What does the word“still”in the last paragraph mean? It means ________.

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4．In order to save their strength, ________.

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A．one of them pushed the other while swimming and then they changed

B．they both swam calmly

C．they crossed their arms and stretched their legs on the water

D．they lay on their backs instead of swimming

5．Which one of the following is true?

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A．Neither of the two men was good swimmers.

B．The sea was calm before eleven o'clock that night.

C．The story took place at night.

D．The two men had to swim eight hours to catch up with the ship.