(改为同义句) The football match was too late．They were all tired this morning．

　　The football match was __________ late __________ they were all tired this morning.

　　Many and many years ago an enemy army came north from England to make war on Scotland. The Scots（苏格兰人）, a brave people, loved their country very much. They fought hard to drive the enemy out of Scotland. But the enemy was very strong. It seemed that the enemy would win.

　　One night, the leader of Scots led his men to the top of a hill. "We will rest here tonight," he said. "Tomorrow we will fight again. We must win or we will die."

　　They were all tired so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep. There were four guards（卫兵）on duty（值勤）, but they too,were very tired, and one by one they also fell asleep.

　　The enemies were not asleep. Quickly they gathered（聚集）at the foot of the hill, Slowly they were up the hill, taking care not to make a sound. Closer they came to the sleeping Scots. They were almost at the top. Suddenly, one of them put his foot on a thistle

（蓟）. He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots. In a moment they were on their feet and ready for fighting. The fighting was hard, but it didn't last（持续）long. The Scots beat the enemy and saved their country.

　　The thistle is not a beautiful plant. It has sharp needles（尖刺）all over it. Few people like it. But the people of Scotland like it so much that they made it their national flower.

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1. When the story took place, it seemed ______. 

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A. the Scots would win the war

B. the enemy would be defeated（被击败）

C. the Scots would be defeated

D. the enemy won the war.

2. The Scots were so tired that ______.　　　　 

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A. they could hardly eat their supper

B. they were defeated by the enemy

C. all of them soon fell asleep

D. most of them soon fell asleep

3. That night, the enemy soldiers ______.　　   

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A. enjoyed a wonderful sleep at the foot of the hill

B. went up the hillside quickly

C. climbed up the hill quickly

D. didn't climb up the hill

4. Who put his foot on a thistle and cried out? ______.

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A. One of the enemy soldiers　　 B. One of the Scots

C. One of the sleeping guards　　D. the leader of the Scots

5. The people of Scotland looked on the thistle as their national flower because ______.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

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A. the thistle was very beautiful

B. the thistle was once a great help to the Scots

C. the thistle had sharp needles all over it

D. the thistle was not beautiful but useful

　　Big Ben's story starts in 1834. In that year the old Parliament building burned down. Its clock tower (塔) crashed (倒下) to the ground. There had to be a new building－and a new clock.

　　Plans were made. They called for a “king of clocks, the biggest and best in the world. ” So the clock had to be big. And it had to keep very good time.

　　Some people said, “No one can make such a clock. ”They were wrong. The big clock was made in two years. But it couldn't be put in the tower. The tower wasn't even built!

　　Five more years went by before the clock tower was finished. Then the four bells for the chimes (钟声) were brought into the tower. And at last the giant (巨大) hour bell (铃) was put in place. It rang out for the first time on July 11, 1859.

　　This great bell had to have a name. A meeting of Parliament was called to pick one. “The clock is the king of clocks. ” one man said, “Let's call the bell the queen of Bells. ”

　　“Then why not Victoria?” said another. (Victoria was the British queen at that time. )

　　The talk about names went on and on. Then Benjamin Hall got up to speak. He was a big man that the others liked. By this time they were all tired. Someone shouted, “Why not call it Big Ben and be done with it?”

　　Everybody laughed, and the meeting broke up. But Big Ben it was from then on. Not just the bell, but the whole clock.

1．The old clock tower crashed to the ground because of ________ in 1834.

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2．The new clock should be ________ .

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3．It took ________ years to make the big clock.

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4．On ________ Big Ben rang out for the first time.

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5．The name of Big Ben comes from ________ .

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　　Bill and his friends went hiking this weekend. He was afraid he would be hungry and bought a lot of food. So his bag was big and heavy. They started at nine in the morning and five hours later they got to the city. They were all tired and his friends got on a bus, only Bill couldn't. His bag stuck in the door and he had to get off. The bus left and he didn't know where he was going to meet them. He walked in the evening, he went into a restaurant. He asked for some drinks and soon began to sleep.

　　When he woke up in the middle of the night, he couldn't find any people in the restaurant. The door was closed and he found a telephone number on the paper and began to call Mr Jackson, the owner of the restaurant.

　　“Hello,” said the boy. “When do you open your restaurant, Mr Jackson?”

　　The telephone woke the man up and he wasn't happy. So he said, “Don't ask me about that. I can't let you in.”

　　“Oh, no! I want to go out!”

(1) Bill's bag was big because ________.

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A．there were lots of clothes in it

B．he put much food in it

C．he likes a big bag

D．he took many books

(2) ________, so he was still at the stop.

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A．Bill couldn't carry his bag on to the bus

B．Bill didn't see his friends

C．Bill didn't know which bus to get on

D．Bill wanted to take another bus

(3) Bill went to sleep soon because ________.

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A．he was very hungry

B．he ate too much in the restaurant

C．he didn't know where to go

D．he was very tired

(4) All the people left the restaurant, so ________.

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(5) The owner thought ________.

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A．Bill wanted to sleep in the restaurant

B．Bill wanted to go into the restaurant

C．Bill left his bag in the restaurant

D．Bill wanted to pay for his supper