Henry was a carpenter（木匠）of our village. Once I asked him to make a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I arrived home that evening, Henry was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for his work.. My wife said to me, quietly，“That’s his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said loudly, "It's a beautiful table，dear，isn't it?" "I won't decide about that until I see that bill.” I said.

Henry laughed and gave me his bill for the work. It said：

BILL

One dining table June 10，1995

Cost of wood 17.00

Paint（油漆） 1.50

Work，8 hours（1 an hour) 8.00

Total（总计） 36.50

When I was looking at the bill，Henry said，"It’s been a fine day，hasn’t it?” “ Quite sunny.” "Yes，”I said. "I’m glad it is only the 10th of June.” "Me too，” said Henry, "You wait--it'll be a bit hotter by the end of the month.” "Yes. Hotter--and more expensive. Dining tables will be 20 more expensive on June 30th，won't they，Henry?”

Henry looked hard at me for half a minute. There was a little smile in his two blue eyes. I gave his bill back to him. "If it isn't too much trouble，Henry，”I said，"Please add it up again. You can forget the date.”

I paid him 26. 50 and he was happy to get it.

1.Why did Henry talk about weather when the writer was looking at the bill?

2.Why did the writer say that dining tables would be 20 more expensive

by the end of June?                                      

3.The writer thought Henry would ask for______if he made a dining table on the last day of June.

Linda and Betty were both twenty years old. They studied in the same medical college. In June, after a school year was over, they decided to take a vacation in the country. They went to several towns and villages, and visited some places of interest, saw and heard a lot of interesting things. They enjoyed themselves very much.

One afternoon, they were going to stay overnight in a small town. It was too hot to go further and they wished they could find a river and swim in the cool water. They were driving the car slowly while they were looking around. Suddenly Linda saw a lake not far away. They drove there fast and stopped the car by the lake. They looked around and found a man was sitting on a stone and fishing there. When they took their clothes and were going to jump into the water, the man came up to them and shouted," Sorry, Madams' swimming is not allowed (允许)in the lake!"

"Why didn't you tell us about it before we took off our clothes?" Betty said angrily. "But it isn’t forbidden to take off clothes by the lake," said the man.

1.Linda and Betty were       .

A．classmates         B．sisters            C．doctors           D．nurses

2.The man didn’t want them      .

A．to fish in the lake                       B．to swim in the lake

C．to take off their clothed                  D．to get angry

3.The word "forbidden" means_____.

A．支持             B．禁止             C．同意             D．干扰

Martin is an American boy. He is eight years old. His parents       five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in New York.

  One morning, Jimmy, one of his classmates, came to his home with an exercises book in his hand. Jimmy lives in a house not far from Martin's. They often go to school together. 

"Would you help me with this maths problem?" Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. "It's too hard for me and I can't work it out."

"Let me try, " Martin said. "I          it isn't too hard for me. " Martin tried his best but he couldn’t work it out,         . 

"If we had a small computer,  all the problems would be         for us to do. " Jimmy said.

"A small computer. . . , " Martin thought for a minute,  then he said, "I've got an idea. We can         one in a shop. "

"A computer is very          , and we don’t have enough money. "

"That's OK," said Martin. "We can ask the new president         some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I' m sure he will help us. He is very rich, you know."

So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post office. In front of the post office stood a small box. They         the letter into the box carefully and went home happily. 

The next morning ,they         he post office on their way to school. They found,__­­­­­______,  the box was not a post box but trash-box(果皮箱).

1.A. have died           B. had died           C. died               D. have been death

2.A. sure                B. think              C. hope               D. wish

3.A. neither               B. either              C. too                 D. also

4.A. easy enough                        B. enough easy

C. difficult enough                    D. enough difficult

5.A. borrow              B. lend               C. bring               D. buy 

6.A. expensive         B. cheap                 C. important          D. useful

7.A. to                    B. for                C. about               D. on

8.A. place                B. take                C. dropped             D. bring

9.A. passed             B. past                 C. pasted              D. passing

10.A. with their surprise                  B. in their surprise 

C. to their surprise                      D. of their surprise

根据中文意思补全单词。(10分)

Joe and Tony were___1.___（都）twenty years old. They studied in a medical college. In June, after a school year was over, they decided to travel in the country. They went to some_2.___（城镇）and  villages, and visited some places of interest, saw and heard a lot of ____3._____（有趣的）things. They enjoyed  ____4.___ （他们）there.

One afternoon they felt too hot to go ____5._____（任何地方）. How they wished they could find a river and jump in the___6.___（凉爽的）  water. They were driving the car__7._  (慢地)when they were looking around. Suddenly Joe saw a lake not far away. They____8._   （停）the car beside  the lake, looked around, and found a man who was sitting on a stone  fishing there. They took off  their clothes and _9.____(跳)into the water. Just  at that time, the man came up to them and shouted, "Sorry, swimming is not allowed  in the lake!"

   "Why didn’t you tell us about it __10.____(在...之前)we took off our clothes?" Tony said angrily.

   "But it isn’t forbidden(禁止) to take off clothes  beside  the lake," said the man. 

根据短文内容，选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文意思完整，每个选项至多使用一次，有两项多余。

Linda and Betty were both nineteen years old. In June, after a school year was over, they decided to take a vacation_____1.___. They went to several towns and villages, visited some places of interest, saw and heard a lot of interesting things. They____2.___very much.

One afternoon, they were going to stay overnight in a small town. It was too____3.__to walk further and they wished they could find a river and swim in the cool water. They were driving their car___4._____while they were looking around. Suddenly Linda saw a lake not far away. They drove there fast and ___5.____by the lake. They looked around and found a woman sitting on the stone and fishing there. After they____6.__and were going to jump into the water, the woman came up to them and shouted, "Sorry, Madams. Swimming ____7.____in the lake!"

    "Why didn't you tell us about it____8.____we took off our clothes?" Betty said angrily. "But it isn't forbidden to take off clothes by the lake," said the woman.