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Read “A Pool near Rajpur” and answer questions 1 to 7.
A Pool near RajpurRanji had been less than a month in Rajpur when he discovered the pool in the forest. It was the height of the summer, and his school had not yet opened; and, having as yet made no friends in this town, he wandered about a good deal by himself into the hills and forests that stretched away interminably on all sides. It was hot, very hot, at that time of the year, and Ranji walked about in his vest and shorts, his brown feet white with the chalky dust that flew up from the ground. The earth was parched, the grass brown, the trees listless, hardly stirring, waiting for a cool wind or a refreshing shower of rain.
It was on such a day－a hot, tired day -that Ranji found the pool in the forest. The water had a gentle translucency, and you could see the smooth round pebbles at the bottom of the pool. A small stream emerged from a cluster of rocks to feed the pool. During the monsoon, this stream would be a rushing torrent, cascading down from the hills, but during the summer it was barely a trickle. The rocks, however, held the water in the pool, and it did not dry up like the pools in the plains.
When Ranji saw the pool, he did not hesitate to get into it. He had often gone swimming, alone or with friends, when he had lived with his parents in a thirsty town in the middle of the Rajputana desert. There, he had known only sticky, muddy pools, where buffaloes wallowed and women washed clothes. He had never seen a pool like this－so clean and cold and inviting.
1．The first paragraph describes how Ranji went exploring in the forest ________.
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A．with his school friends
B．after school each day
C．without his parents' permission
D．despite the unpleasant weather
2．In the second paragraph, the writer wants the reader to feel that the pool was ________.
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A．well-known to local people
B．a delightful place to be on a hot day
C．popular with local children
D．a dangerous place for a boy on his own
3．The word “translucency” indicates that the water in the pool was ________.
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4．The trees are described as “listless”. This means that the trees were ________.
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5．Water remained in the pool during the summer because ________.
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A．the water was clean and cold
B．there were rocks to dam the water
C．trees hung over the pool to shade it
D．the pool was in a cool forest
6．The reader can assume that Ranji ________.
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A．owned very few good clothes
B．found new experiences difficult to cope with
C．felt homesick for the town where he once lived
D．felt safe wandering in the forests near Rajpur
7．What is Ranji likely to do next?
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A．chase some buffaloes away from the pool
B．enjoy swimming in the pool
C．tell his parents about the pool
D．wait for his family to arrive
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So he was an officer (军官) and had much money. He lived in a city. There he had his big house and
a beautiful garden in it. But there was no river near his house and he couldn't swim. So he built some
swimming pools (池子) near the garden.
It was a fine day and Mr. Hunt asked his friends to dinner. After that he asked them to visit his
three swimming pools. One of his friend asked, "What did you build these pools for?"
"That's easy," the man said with a smile. "I'll fill (使……充满) the first one with cold water, so
I can swim in summer. I'll fill the second one with warm water, so I can swim in winter."
"I see," said his friend. "But the third one is empty (空的). What did you build it for?"
"Some of my family can't swim, you know."
2. Mr. Hunt's parents had no m_____ ,so the boy couldn't go to school.
3. Mr. Hunt got much money a_____ he became an officer.
4. Mr. Hunt's favourite sport was swimming, so he built t_____ swimming pools.
5. According to Mr. Hunt, the third pool was useful (有用的) to his f_____.
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1. The Hermitage Museum is |
opposite the St Peter’s Church, the river.
swimming pool.You can in summer.In the morning, (2) t_______ a walk in Venda Park (3) b_______ FIRST STREET and THIRD
STREET. If you (4) e_______ reading, there is a bookshop in the park. For (5) l_______, have tasty
hamburgers in the Gole's.You can walk there from the park. It's just on the (6) c_______ of MENTION ROAD and THIRD STREET. When the (7) w_______ gets hotter in the afternoon, go to the swimming
pool on FOURTH STREET. It's next to a café. In the evening, film fans move to SECOND STREET.
David Stone Theatre has all (8) k_______ of films.
(9) W_______ to Flower Town in summer! We're sure you can enjoy your (10) v_______ here.
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