A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.

Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…”He hesitated.

Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.

“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”

“Oh yes, I’d love that.”

After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”

Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.

He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.

“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it …then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”

Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.

注：urchin顽童    hesitate犹豫    neighbour邻居

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1.The street urchin was very surprised when _______________

2.From the story we can see the urchin _______________

3.The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ___________

4.We can infer（推断） from the story that___________

5.The best name of the story is____________

阅读对话，然后根据对话的内容选出问题的最佳答案。（4分）

A: Hello!

B: Hi, is that Paul? This is Nick, your new classmate.

A: Hi, Nick! Where are you?

B: At home. There’s a new movie at the Capital Cinema（首都电影院）. Do you Know?

A: Yes, I do. Do you like going to movies?

B: Yes, very much. I usually go to movies with my parents on Sunday.

A: What kind of movies do you like?

B: Action movies. How about you?

A: I don’t often go to movies. I like watching TV or VCD at home.

B: That’s different from （不同）seeing the movie at the cinema（电影院）. Let’s go to the movie this evening, OK?

A: Sorry, I’m going to a concert（音乐会） with my mother this evening. What about tomorrow afternoon?

B: OK. See you after lunch tomorrow.

A: Bye-bye.

1. Who is B?

A. Nick, Paul’s new classmate.  B. Paul, Nick’s new classmate.

2. What does Paul like?

A. Going to movies.   B. Watching TV or VCD at home

3. Paul and Nick are going to ________.

A. the new movie this evening  B. a concert this evening

C. the new movie tomorrow    D. have lunch at the cinema

4.Where do they talk about the movies?

A. At Nick’s home.  B. At Paul’s home. C. At the cinema.    D. On the phone.

An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. “What’s that strange building?” asked the visitor. “That’s the Tower of London.” “I see. How long did it take to build it?” “About 500 years.” “In my country we can build it in five months,” Shortly after that they came to St. Paul’s Cathedral(大教堂). “Very interesting!” said the visitor. “How long did it take to build it ?” “Near forty years.” said the Englishman. “In my country we can finish it in forty days at most,” said the visitor. This went on all day.

They visited most of the best known buildings in the city. Every time they saw a new one, the visitor asked what it was and how long it took to build it. Then he said that they could do the same thing much faster in his country.

At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it. Several days later they came to the House of Parliament(议会)and the visitor asked his usual question, “What is that?” The Englishman answered, “ I have no idea. It wasn’t there last night.”

1.The Englishman showed the foreign visitor around _______ one day.

A．The Tower of London                    B．St. Paul’s Cathedral

C．Some famous buildings in the city           D．The whole city of London

2.The visitor said that in his country it would take them ______ to build the Tower of London.

A．less than half a year  B．forty days         C．five hundred years  D．fifty days

3.It took them a few days to see ______.

A．some of the best known buildings in England.  B．several best known places in England

C．many famous houses in the city of London    D．most of the best known buildings in London

4.The Englishman was angry by the end of the day, but he ______.

A．didn’t want to say anything               B．tried to show it to the visitor

C．had no time to tell the visitor               D．tried not to show it to the visitor

5.The Englishman’s answer to the question of the last place showed_____.

A．he was sorry that he hadn’t seen the building before

B．he could say nothing because he didn’t know anything about it

C．he was angry and didn’t want to tell the visitor its name

D．he didn’t know how to tell the visitor the name of the building