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　　The owner of the restaurant left his place at 2: 00 a. m. and went home to sleep. He had been in bed only a few minutes when the phone rang. “What time do you open up in the morning? ”He heard a drunken man asked. The owner was so angry that he didn’t like to answer it. A few minutes later there was another call and he heard the voice asking the same questions.

　　“Listen, ”the owner shouted, “you needn't ask me what time I'm opening the door because I wouldn't let a person like you in.. .. ”“I don’t want to do what you said just now. ”the caller broke in. “I only want to be set free from your restaurant. ”

1．It's clear that caller ________ .

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A．enjoyed himself very much

B．wanted to drink more

C．ate a lot

D．drank a lot

2．At first the owner thought ________ .

[　　]

A．the caller wanted to drink in his restaurant

B．it too late to get into his restaurant

C．it wrong to phone him at that time

D．it easy to ask him such a question

3．“What time do you open up in the morning? ” shows that the caller ________ .

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A．didn’t know the time when the restaurant opened.

B．wanted to go to the restaurant to drink

C．left something in the restaurant and wanted to find it

D．wanted to get out of the restaurant

4．The drunken man made two phone calls to the owner ________

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A．in the post office

B．inside the restaurant

C．at home

D．in bed

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　　A 17-year-old Jordanian girl has three kidneys(肾脏)which work regularly and properly, the newspaper, AL -Dustour said on Thursday. The girl, Fatin Mohamed, was found to have three kidneys one week ago when she went to a hospital for the treatment of a terrible stomachache. An X-ray examination showed that two of the kidneys were on the right hand side and one on the left-hand side, the paper said. Dr. Ahmed Korkosh at the hospital said the phenomenon(现象)would affect neither her way of making living nor married life if her kidneys remain quite all right.

1．It is very ________ for a person to have three kidneys.

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2．Fatin Moharmed went to the hospital because ________.

[　　]

A．she knew she had three kidneys

B．she had some trouble with her kidneys

C．she wanted to have an X-ray examination

D．she had a very bad stomachache

3．________ found the girl having three kidneys.

[　　]

A．Her parents

B．The girl herself

C．A doctor at the hospital

D．The newspaper Al-Dustour

4．According to Dr. Ahmed Korkosh, the girl with three kidneys ________ if her kidneys are healthy.

[　　]

A．will have no trouble in her life

B．will have a little trouble in her life

C．will leave the hospital very soon

D．will have to stay away from any work

5．Which of the following is the best title for this news?

[　　]

A．Doctor Ahmed Finds Three Kidneys .

B．Kidneys are Very Important.

C．A Three-kidney-Girl.

D．Fatin Mohamed is a Good Girl.

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　　A good friend of mine has the name of “Tree” . Having a name like that can be a very big problem. When she was a child, she was called “Woody” by her friends. But that is nothing compared to the problem her brother has. His parents decided to call him “Christmas”—Christmas Tree. Some parents are really horrible! Here's a list of silly names that parents have given to their children;

　　John Will Fail, Be Careful, May, January February March, Football Match.

1．“Tree” is the girl's ________.

[　　]

A．first name

B．last name

C．middle name

D．nickname

2．“ But that is nothing compared to the problem her brother has. ” means ________.

[　　]

A．that has nothing to do with her brother

B．her brother's name can cause no problem

C．her brother's name may cause a more serious problem than hers

D．her brother doesn't mind what his name may suggest

3．A good friend of January February March's usually calls her ________.

[　　]

A．January

B．February

C．March

D．Months

4．The name of John Will Fail may suggest that the person will ________.

[　　]

A．never fail

B．never succeed

C．succeed for ever

D．become a great men

5．The best title for this passage should be ________.

[　　]

A．How To Name A Girl

B．Silly Names

C．The Problem of A Name

D．Tree

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　　You know how pleased you are to receive a letter from a friend, and how eagerly you open and read it. Reading friendly letters is always an enjoyable thing. In fact, it is a way of visiting those friends and family members we cannot see and talk to every day.

　　When you write a letter, think about the person to whom you are writing. What will he want to know? Try to put yourself in his place. In answering a letter, first answer the questions your friends may have asked, say something about what he has told you. Also write about the things you would tell your friends as if he were sitting beside youabout an exciting game, a party you have enjoyed. Tell him whom you met, what they said, and how things are going. You may ask questions in your letter. A person likes to know you are interested in what he may say in reply.

1．The writer of this text is ________.

[　　]

A．a professor

B．a student

C．telling a story

D．giving advice on letter - writing

2．We often write to people whom ________.

[　　]

3．In answering a letter, you ________ answer the questions your friends may have asked.

[　　]

4．The person who hears from you likes to know ________.

[　　]

A．you don't like answering his letters

B．you can't write the letters yourself

C．you can write the letters yourself

D．you wait for his advice

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　　Mr Harris had never married, and he lived in a small house by himself. He was always very careful about what he acted and drank, and he never went out when the weather was cold. He was always afraid that he was getting some terrible trouble, so he often went to see his doctor.

　　Then one day Mr Harris hurried into his doctor's office and told him he was sure he had a certain terrible trouble because he had read something in the newspaper. He showed the doctor the news. The doctor read it carefully and then said“But Mr Harris, people don't know when they have this trouble, and they feel quite well!”

　　“Oh, my dear!”said Mr Harris,“I thought so. That's why I came to see you!”

1．What kind of person was Mr Harris?

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2．Mr Harris often went to see his doctor so that he could see if he himself was getting ________.

[　　]

3．After he read the news in the newspaper, Mr Harris felt that ________.

[　　]

A．he was going to die at once

B．he was seriously ill

C．he had something to do with it

D．he must go to hotel at once

4．What did the doctor think of Mr Harris?

[　　]

A．Mr Harris had no trouble at all.

B．Mr Harris had got the same trouble.

C．Mr Harris had got a terrible trouble.

D．Mr Harris was really ill.

5．The doctor's answer made Mr Harris feel even more ________.

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　　An old man called his doctor, lawyer and minister to his deathbed.“They say you can't take it with you”, the dying man said.“I've got three envelopes with $30000 in each one. I want each of you to take an envelope, and just when they put down my casket(棺材), you throw in the envelopes.”

　　When the old man was buried, each man threw in his envelope. On the way home, the minister confessed(忏悔), “I needed money for the church, so I took out $ 10 000 and threw in only $ 20 000 into the grave.”

　　The doctor said, “I, too, must confess. I'm building a new house. I took $ 20 000 and threw in only $ 10 000.”The lawyer said,“Gentlemen, I'm ashamed of you. I threw in a check (支票) for the full amount.”

1．We can infer that the old man ________.

[　　]

A．didn't like money at all

B．cared much for money

C．was careless

D．wanted to leave all his money to his children

2．How much money was thrown into the grave altogether?

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3．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

[　　]

A．The three men didn't do what they had been told to.

B．The doctor and the minister threw less money into the grave than they should have.

C．The old man died and was buried in the end.

D．The lawyer did not take any money.

4．The underlined word“ashamed”in this passage most probably means “________”.

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　　TERNANG, MonMore than 10 000 people were made homeless in Ternang when the Sungai Mas overflowed its banks yesterday after six days of continuous heavy rain.

　　Flooding first appeared at mid-afternoon yesterday along the river banks. People straggling higher ground were just in time to get away from the destroy of the flood. Most of the flood victims had to leave their possessions behind.

　　The flood victims are now housed in various make-shift relief centers in the nearby town of Tulang.

　　“Everything possible is being done to help the unfortunate people.”A government spokesman said,“In fact, money, food and clothing have begun to come in from public-spirited organizations and generous persons.”

　　According to latest reports it is still raining heavily at Ternang. The whole town is expected to be totally covered by water. So far no casualty has been reported.

1．According to the latest report ________.

[　　]

A．it had been raining for six days

B．more than 10 000 people had no place to live

C．the town had already been totally flooded

D．the government tried its best to help the homeless people

2．With the help of the government, the flood victims ________.

[　　]

A．were safe at higher place

B．got everything they needed

C．lived comfortably in the relief centers

D．were brought to Tulang within three hours

3．The word“casualty”in the last sentence means ________.

[　　]

A．the house that is being built

B．the money that is given to the victims

C．the person killed or injured in an accident

D．the things in the flood

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　　In 1944 a 22-year-old Army medic was answering a battle-field cry for help when fragments of an exploding German shell tore into him. “Geedoc, I feel like both my arms were blown off,“George Lott told his battalion's surgeon as he staggered into a first-aid station near the front in northeastern France. It was the beginning of a painful 5 000 mile journey through three hospitals as the doctor tried to save the medic's life.

　　After five operations and two and a half years in Army hospitals, Lott, a righty, regained use of his left arm, but his right was painfully paralyzed.“I begged the doctors to cut off my arm,” he recalls. They did.

　　An orphan since he was two, with a third grade education, Lott has pension and Social Security for the past 40 years. In 1962 he bought a house in Albany, NY, not far from the Adirondack Mountains where he hunts and fishes. He still has the Purple Heart awarded him after he was wounded, although he has had a difficult time keeping it. His girlfriends, explains the bachelor, have wanted to wear it.“Sometimes I still dream about the guys I held in my arms that were dying,”says Lott, “I'm proud that I fought for my country, but I'm still here, drinking beer. The guys who didn't come back are the real heroes.”

1．George Lott got wounded when he was ________.

[　　]

A．fighting shoulder-to-shoulder with soldiers of his battalion

B．fighting with French soldiers

C．in a battlefield crying for help

D．running toward a wounded soldier who was crying for help

2．The word “righty” in the second paragraph most probably means ________.

[　　]

A．a person who has always been correct in conduct

B．a person who has done the right thing

C．a person who has used his right hand more readily than his left hand

D．a person who has courage

3．From this passage we can infer that ________.

[　　]

A．Lott's recovery was long and painful

B．he lost both his arms

C．he never got a job after he was wounded

D．both A and C

4．Which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．Lott didn't think much of his wartime service.

B．Lott and his girlfriend are proud that he fought for his country.

C．Lott feels ashamed that he is still drinking beer.

D．Lott lost his Purple Heart.

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　　Of all the things we eat and drink, water is the most important. Not all people realize this, but it is quite true. The human body can live without food for a long time, but two or three days without water usually result in death.

　　Many people do not understand how much water the human body needs, but many people do not drink enough, especially in the hot weather. Most people drink when they are thirsty but often need more water after exercise.

　　65 to 75 percent of the human body is water. Water is important in several different ways. Most people need about five to seven litres(升) of water every day, but we need not drink this amount because a lot comes from the food we have. If we don't have enough water, however, we will feel tired and may become ill. Do you know what the best drink is? Yes, you rue right: Cold boiled water!

1．From the first paragraph, we can draw a conclusion(结论) that ________.

[　　]

A．water is more important than food

B．water is as important as food

C．water is less important than food

D．both water and food are very important

2．Do most people drink five litres of water every day?

[　　]

A．Yes, because water is the most important.

B．No, because what we eat contains water.

C．Yes, because we can't live without water.

D．No, because we are not thirsty.

3．How much water is there in the human body?

[　　]

A．About three-fourths of the human body is water.

B．Nearly a half of the human body is water.

C．Less than a half of the human body is water.

D．Almost one fourth of the human body is water.

4．When do we need more water?

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A．In cold weather or after exercise.

B．In hot weather or after exercise.

C．Before breakfast, lunch and supper.

D．When we feel tired or become ill.

5．Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．Cold boiled water is the best drink.

B．Few people understand how much water the human body needs.

C．All the people realize water is the most important.

D．When we feel tired or become ill, we never need any water.

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　　On television all over the world there are programs about the work of the police. They are popular because they are usually very exciting. In London there is a television program called“Police Five” because it is on for five minutes once a week. A television reporter, Shaw Taylor, talks about crimes in the London area. He asks for public help. The police station needs the help of ordinary people because sometimes you or I have information that can be useful to the police.

　　Shaw Taylor shows pictures of paintings, jewelry and other things which thieves stole during the week. Sometimes he shows the car that the thieves escaped in. When people see men or things on the television program, which they may remember, they can tell the police where they saw them. With their help the police may catch more criminals.

　　Sometimes the police find a car or some money. Shaw Taylor shows them on television. The owners sometimes see them. Then they can telephone the police and say, “Thank you very muchthat's mine!”

1．The television program is called“Police Five”, because it is about the work of the police and ________.

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A．it is on for five times every weekday

B．it lasts five minutes a week

C．it begins at five in the afternoon

D．it is a program about five policemen

2．From the passage we know Shaw Taylor is ________.

[　　]

A．a popular TV reporter

B．a TV reporter few people know

C．a TV reporter ordinary people don't like

D．an unknown TV reporter

3．The police station asks for public help because ________.

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A．ordinary people like television program

B．ordinary people are interested in picture of paintings, jewelry, etc.

C．the policemen can not catch the thieves themselves

D．ordinary people may help the policemen get useful information about the criminals

4．The program helps a lot in ________.

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A．helping the police find the criminals and giving the things back to the owners

B．exciting ordinary people

C．making the police popular

D．frightening the thieves