Kate was born in a small village. When she finished middle school in a town, she wouldn't return to the poor place and found work in a shop there. She wanted to marry (嫁) a rich man. As she wasn't friendly to others, nobody would marry her. Five years passed and she became a twenty-seven-year-old girl. She had to marry Mr. King who taught maths in a school.

　　Mr. King likes his work and is kind to his students and they all like him. But his wife hates him. She thinks him poor and is bad to him. One day the woman wanted to buy a beautiful hat for herself, but her husband hadn't enough money. She scolded (骂) him for a long time and didn't let him go home. He had to stay in his friend's house. A few days later he went home with his friend. As soon as she saw him, she decided to leave. She began to put her clothes into a trunk(箱子). Mr. King and his friend couldn't stop her. Before she left, she said to her husband, “Only a dog likes a man like you!” At that moment his friend was reading the newspaper carefully. Suddenly he jumped up and shouted, “Good news for you, my friend! You've won the first prize in the lottery (头彩)!” “Really?” the woman stopped to ask. “He'll get five hundred thousand dollars!” Mr King's friend said to the woman. “Why not leave him now? Haven't you said only a dog likes him?” “Bowwow-wow(汪汪),” the woman said with a smile. “It was only a joke!”

1．When Kate was ________, she finished middle school.

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2．Nobody would many Kate because ________.

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A．she came from a village

B．she was very rude(粗野的)

C．she wasn't beautiful

D．she hadn't enough money

3．At last Kate had to marry a ________.

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4．Kate didn't like her husband because ________.

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A．he couldn't give her enough money

B．he wasn't friendly to her

C．he liked only his work

D．he didn't take good care of her

5．Kate thought ________.

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A．her husband was a dog

B．her husband was bad to her

C．only a dog liked her husband

D．she could remarry(改嫁) a rich man

6．When she heard her husband won the first prize in the lottery, Kate became ________.

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7．Kate decided to ________.

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A．stay with her husband

B．say sorry to her husband

C．live alone

D．get all the money

1. The volunteer work　　   you two hours a week. (takes，spend)

2. Mr. White went to hospital to　　   sick kids. (visit，cheer)

3. Joy likes clothes that are　　   . So do I. (unusual，usually)

4. These old things didn't　　   me as much. (interest, interested)

5. Our parents should allow us　　   (study，to study)with our friends.

6. History is as　　   as other subjects. (important，more important)

7. The teacher said　　   more than one language is a good way to get a job. (spoke, speaking)

8. It's easier to get around the city　　   subway. (by，on)

9. When was the oven　　   (invent，invented)?

10. Please speak loudly，it's so　　   in the room. (noise，noisy)

11. According　　   the text, we know the boy is the man’s son.

    A. of    B. to    C. at    D. in

12. The children like eating chocolate. Because it tastes very　　    .

    A. sour    B. sweet    C. salty    D. chip

13. If I 　　　　you，I would not tell him the truth.  

    A. am    B. will be    C. were　　 D.  are

14. Their parents are very　　    with them. They don’t allow the children to drive.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

    A. pleased　　 B. polite    C. friendly    D. strict

15. The red hair and isn't Linda's. I think it　　    Luna's. Because Luna has a red one.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  (   )

    A. may　　　　  B. must　　  C. must be    D. can’t be

16. Sam looks very sad. Let's cheer him　　    .   

    A. out　　　　  B. up　　    C. off　　    D. down

17. I'm　　    in swimming than Paula.   

    A. much interesting   B. interested    C. more interested   D.  more interesting

18. The children learn a lot from　　    on vacation.

    A. their vacation    B. the presents    C. uniforms    D. each other

19. There's a good TV program tonight. I want to　　    to wait for the program.   

    A. stay up    B. invite    C. show up    D.  exchange

20. 　　    people lost their lives. Only a few hundred people were saved.　　

    A. Thousand    B. Thousands of    C. Thousand of    D. Thousands

阅读理解(Reading comprehension)

Industrial　　　▲City

Commerical　　●Town

Tourist centre　■Village

　　Find the names of these places on the map of England. Write them on your answer sheet.

1．It is a large, commercial and industrial city with a population of about three hundred thousand. It is in the northeast of England, on the River Tyne._________

2．It is a tourist centre on the south coast, about eighty-five kilometres from London. It is a medium-sized town with a population of around one hundred and fifty thousand.________

3．It is an industrial and commercial city in central England. It is a very large city with a population of more than one million.________

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～10各小题四个选项中选出最佳答案。

　　Ten thousand years ago, the world's population was very small. For several thousand years, it grew quite 　1　. But during the last three or four hundred years it 　2　very quickly. Today it is still growing faster than 　3　. About 174 babies are born in the world 　4　just one minute. That means people have to find food for 　5　mouths more in one day.

　　The population problem may be the 　6　one of the world today. People say that by the year 2010, the world's population may be seven billion. This means we must 　7　more food, and have smaller families with fewer 　8　healthier children. If we don't do these, the results will be very 　9　. There will be standing room only on the earth. There won't be enough 　10　for anybody else.

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