----Is Jim still living (['livi] adj. 活着的)?

根据短文内容判断（T）误(F)。

Once there was a king(国王) of England who had a large army（军队）. He couldn’t get as many soldiers（士兵） as he wanted in England, so many of them came from abroad（国外）.And some of them were unable(不能的)to speak English. Whenever the king came to inspect（视察）his army and talked to the soldiers, he always asked the same three questions, “How old are you? How long have you been in my army? Are your parents still alive（活着）?” The officers always made sure that all the soldiers knew the right answers to these questions.

One day the king was inspecting some of his soldiers. He walked down the lines, stopping here and there to speak to one of the men. He stopped in front of the foreign soldiers. This man couldn’t speak English, but he knew by heart(记在心中) the answers to the king’s three questions.

“ How long have been in my army?”

“ Twenty-three years,” said the soldier.

The king seemed surprised，（惊讶的）“And how old are you?”

“ Six months, sir,” was the reply.

The king began to get angry, “ One of us must be mad（疯的）,” he said. “Is it you or me?”

“ Both（两个都）, sir,” said the soldier.

1.The king of England had a lot of soldiers.

2.Some of the soldiers were not English men.

3.All the soldiers could speak English very well.

4.Whenever the king came to inspect his army, he always asked the soldiers the same three questions.

5.This foreign soldier answered the king’s questions quite right.

阅读理解．

　　Easter(复活节) is one of the two major(主要的) Christian(基督教的) festivals(节日). Easter celebrates(庆祝) the death(死亡) and resurrection(复活) of Jesus Christ(耶稣基督) and Christmas celebrates his birth(出生). It's not as big a festival as Christmas. It starts usually in late March or early April and the Easter holiday is Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. It's quite a long holiday for everybody.

　　The main(主要的) symbol(象征物) of Easter is the Easter eggs. Children like Easter eggs because they are made of chocolate. Eggs are a symbol of new life. Easter is also a time for families to get together like Christmas. Many people see Easter as a nice long holiday and they have a good time with their families and friends.

1．People love Easter because ________.

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A．it's a long holiday

B．it's the birthday of Jesus Christ

C．they can have real eggs on that day

D．everybody believes in Jesus Christ

2．From the passage above, which sentence is wrong?

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A．Easter is one of the most important festivals in western countries.

B．Easter is a day that everybody gets his resurrection.

C．Easter is a religious(宗教) festival.

D．Most people love Easter.

3．People begin to celebrate Easter in ________.

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A．mid-April or late April

B．mid-March or late March

C．late March or early April

D．early March or mid-March

4．Easter eggs are ________.

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A．covered by chocolate(用巧克力包着的)

B．chocolate eggs

C．a symbol of death

D．not food

5．From the passage above, we can know that ________.

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A．Jesus Christ died on Christmas Day

B．Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day

C．Jesus Christ was born on Easter

D．Jesus Christ died and got his resurrection on Christmas Day

阅读理解

阅读下面短文，然后按要求做题．

　　take phrasal verbs

　　take after sb, phr. v [T not in progressive form]to look or behave like (an older relative): Mary really takes after her mother; she has the same eyes, nose and hair.

　　take off phr. v

　　1．[T](take sth, off) to remove (esp. clothes): Take your coat of f. opposite put on.

　　2．[I](of a plane, spacecraft, etc.) to rise into the air at the beginning of a flight.

　　3．[T](take sb. off) informal to copy the speech or manners of (someone), esp. for amusement; mimic: The actor made everyone laugh by taking off the members of the royal family.

　　4．[T](take sth, off) to have a holiday from work on (the stated day) or for (the stated period): I'm taking Thursday off because 1'm moving house./Take a few days off, Michael.

　　5．[I]to begin to become successful, popular, or well-known: It was at this point that her acting career really took off.

　　6．[I]informal to go away, esp. on a journey or to leave in a hurry: She just took off without saying goodbye to anyone.

　　take (sth.) over phr. v

　　[I; T]to gain control over and be responsible for (something): Who do you think will take over now that the governor has Left./I'm feeling too tired to drive any more; will you take over?

　　take to sb./sth. phr. v

　　[T]to feel a liking for, esp. at once: I took to Paul as soon as we met./I'm not sure if he'll take to the idea.

　　take sb./sth, up phr. v [T]

　　1．to begin to spend time doing; interest oneself in：John took up acting while he was at college. [+-ving]Alfred's just taken up playing the guitar.

　　2．(of things or events) to fill or use (space or time) esp. in a way that is unpleasant：The job took up most of Sunday./These boxes of yours are taking up too much space.

　　3．to continue：I'll take up the story where I finished yesterday.

　　注释：amusement n．娱乐活动　　gain vt．获得

　　mimic adj．模拟的　　responsible adj．有责任的

根据短文内容选择最佳

1．Which “take off” in the following sentences has a different meaning?

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A．I took a week off in October and I'm taking off Thanksgiving, too.

B．Everyone takes Christmas off.

C．She used to take off her teacher to make her friends laugh.

D．You need a break. Why not take a fortnight off from work?

2．Melissa ________ her father in being generous.

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3．“Today, we are to ________ Unit 11, Planting trees.” Our teacher said to us at the very beginning of the class.

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4．He will ________ my job while I ________ a week ________ for New York.

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A．take after, take…to

B．take up, take…after

C．take to, take…over

D．take over, take…off

5．I ________ her the moment I met her.

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About ten men in every hundred have the trouble of colorblindness in some way. Women are luckier, only about five in every hundred are affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman.

There are different shapes of color blindness. For example, a man may be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades of green. Sometimes a person can not tell the difference between blue and green. Only a few unlucky men may see everything in shades of green-a strange world indeed.

Colour blindness in human beings is a strange thing to say clearly. In only one eye there are millions of very small things called “cones^①”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colours. There are also millions of “rods^②”，but these are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us shapes but no colours. Some insects have favourite colours. Mosquitoes^③ like blue but do not like yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue light will. Human beings also have favourite colours. Yet we are lucky. With the help of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colours by day, and with the help of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible^④ colours around us.

生词注释：①cone n.锥形物　②rods n.棒　③mosquitoe n.蚊子　

　　　　　④invisible adj.看不见的

1.“colour blindness”means       in Chinese.

       A.色盲                        B.颜料                    C.盲目                   D.瞎

2.Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?

       A.Women are better at driving than men.

       B.Women are more careful.

       C.There are fewer colour blind women.

       D.Women are friendly to people.

3.With the help of the “cones”, we can      .

       A.tell different shapes   B.kill insects

       C.see in a weak light     D.tell orange from yellow

4.We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a       light.

       A.red                          B.yellow                 C.blue                    D.green

5.Which of the following sentences about the colour blindness is TRUE?

       A.None of them can see deep red.

       B.Not all of them have the same problem in recognizing(识别)colour.

       C.None of them can tell the difference between blue and green.

       D.All of them see everything in shades of green.