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One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr Coates works in an office in Brighton, England.
On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got on the lift(电梯), it stopped between floors. Mr Coates could not get out of the lift. He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coats remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday.
There was nothing for him to do. He had to wait until one of his workmates came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr Coats ended up sleeping for most of the day.
Now Mr. Coates says, "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."
小题1:Mr. Coates thinks working on the weekend is_____.
| A．interesting | B．terrible | C．happy | D．unhappy |
| A．about twenty hours | B．nearly two days |
| C．one week | D．more than sixty hours |
| A．was cold, weak, hungry and tired |
| B．wouldn"t work there any more |
| C．said "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them." |
| D．went home at once |
| A．it was broken | B．it was the weekend |
| C．it was in an office | D．it was a holiday |
| A．water | B．beer | C．telephone | D．nothing |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:D
解析
试题分析：这篇短文描述了发生在英国的一个故事。格雷厄姆科茨在一个假日期间被困在了电梯里面，不吃不喝，度过了两天，直到同事们上班来才出来。
小题1:根据第二段One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates.描述,可知选B.
小题2:根据第三段 On Saturday, May 24, 1986,……No one was going to come to work until Tuesday.及下文描述，可知他一直从周六呆到下周二，故选D。
小题3:根据短文描述，一个不吃不喝两天的人，只能是又冷又弱，饥饿又困乏。故选A。
小题4:根据Then Mr. Coats remembered that it was a holiday in England.描述，可知选D。
小题5:根据短文第四段描述，电梯里面什么也没有。故选D。
点评：本文浅显易懂，层次分明，学生很容易把握文章中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。
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Now throwing shoes at somebody is a favorite game on the Internet. Sometimes you should throw your shoes. Here is an example.
After leaving his office at the center of city, a young man bought a new car and drove it from the city to his home.
He was very happy and the car ran very fast. Suddenly, a shoe hit the car in the door. The man got very angry. He jumped out of car and caught a boy who still had a shoe in his hand.
“Who are you? Why do you that?” the angry man shouted at the boy.
“I’m sorry… But I don’t know what else to do. My sister has been hurt. I cry for help but nobody stops,” the boy says.
The man looked around and saw a girl by the road. ___22____.
“She is my sister. She wants to cross the road but falls out of her wheelchair. She is too heavy for me. I can’t get her back into the wheelchair.” The man was moved. He helped the bleeding girl back into her wheelchair. “Thank you. You are so kind.” says the little boy.
Life speaks to our heart. Sometimes we don’t have time to listen and he will throw a shoe at us.
小题1:The young man drove his new car _______.
| A．to the center of city | B．to his office |
| C．to his home | D．to the supermarket |
| A．She was dancing. | B．Her leg was bleeding . |
| C．She was running. | D．Her hands were dirty. |
| A．Because he wanted to help the young man | B．Because he needed help. |
| C．Because he was hurt | D．Because the car ran fast. |
| A．the young boy wanted to cross the road |
| B．the young man was moved |
| C．the young man saw a girl’s leg was bleeding into the wheel chair |
| D．the young man helped his sister back into the wheelchair |
| A．We should be kind and helpful. |
| B．We should drive slowly. |
| C．We shouldn’t get angry when someone throws shoes at our cars. |
| D．We shouldn’t throw shoes at the cars. |
How did a poor 86-year-old woman have so much money？ Oseola McCarty was born in 1908 in Hattiesburg，Mississippi. She had to leave school when she was eight years old to help her family. She took a job washing clothes. She earned only a few dollars a day. Oseola washed the clothes by hand. Then she hung the clothes to dry. She did this for nearly 80 years. In the 1960s，she bought an automatic washer and dryer. But she gave them away. She did not think they got the clothes clean enough！At that time，many people started to buy their own washers and dryers. McCarty did not have much work， so she started to iron clothes instead.
McCarty never married or had children. Her life was very simple. She went to work and to church. She read her Bible （圣经）。She had a black-and-white television. But she did not watch it very much. It had only one channel.
McCarty saved money all her life and eventually had about $250 000. When she was 86，a lawyer helped her make a will. She left money to the church，her relatives，and the university. McCarty just wanted to help others. She did not think she was a special person. But then people found out about her present to the university. She received many honors （荣誉）。She even flew in an airplane for the first time！Oseola McCarty died in 1999. She was a shy and ordinary woman who became famous.
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
小题1:Oseola McCarty gave $150 000 to the University of Southern Mississippi _______.
| A．to help the poor students | B．to surprise her friends and neighbors |
| C．to show her generosity | D．to be a good and rich woman |
| A．McCarty was born in a poor family near the University of Southern Mississippi |
| B．everyone was surprised because they thought McCarty had no education |
| C．washers and dryers brought a change in McCarty‘s life |
| D．McCarty gave half of her money to the church and her relatives |
| A．McCarty had to work to help her family after school every day. |
| B．McCarty learned to read the Bible by herself in the school. |
| C．McCarty made one third of her money by washing and ironing clothes. |
| D．McCarty did not have her own family because she had no husband or children. |
| A．She worked hard all her life. | B．She didn‘t think she was special. |
| C．She didn‘t have many interests. | D．She had a TV set with many channels. |
| A．McCarty died at the age of eighty-six. |
| B．McCarty did the job of washing for more than eighty years. |
| C．McCarty gave her presents to both universities and churches. |
| D．McCarty was given many honors because of her good deeds. |
One day the artist was working hard and had nearly finished one popular corner of the ceiling. Also on the platform was his assistant, who was mixing paints. The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was progressing. To have a better look at his painting, he stepped back again. Suddenly, his assistant shouted, picked up a small bowl of paint and started to paint the artist’s work on the top. The artist was very angry and rushed forwards to stop him.
“What do you think you are doing?” he shouted angrily. “Are you mad?” His assistant replied, “I saw you walking backwards to have a better look at your painting. But you didn’t notice that you had reached the very edge of the platform. You were in great danger. I wanted to make you move forwards. If I had not made you run forwards, you would have fallen backwards off the edge of the platform.
小题1:The story happened in ______.
| A．America | B．France | C．German | D．England |
| A．To see how his work was progressing. | B．To have a better look at his painting. |
| C．To paint a bow in his painting. | D．To pour some paint on his painting. |
| A．He painted a famous painting himself. | B．He ran forwards to stop him. |
| C．He shouted to the artist and painted his painting. | D．He stopped mixing the paints. |
Note: a: artist b: assistant c: painting ←: the direction of the movement.
小题5:After reading the passage, what do you think the artist would probably do?
| A．He would be angry with what the assistant had done. |
| B．He would punish the assistant for having destroyed his painting. |
| C．He would be thankful to be the assistant for having saved his life. |
| D．He wouldn’t allow the assistant to work with him any more. |
Curly is my black dog. He is big and strong. He is strong enough to carry me on his
1 . He likes running and playing with me. He likes to 2 .my father around in the fields, too.
One day my father took off his coat, put it on the ground 3 a big tree and said to Curly, “ 4 my coat.”
Curly sat down on the coat. Then my father remembered he had to 5 dinner for the family. 6 he went home and forgot all about his coat and dog
Late in the evening I 7 my dog and looked for him everywhere in the yard. I called, "Curly, Curly!" But Curly did not answer.
Soon my father wanted something in his coat pocket(口袋). Suddenly he remembered
8 he had done. Quickly he went back to the big tree. What do you think he saw? Curly was 9 sitting on the coat! He was afraid someone would take it 10 .
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Last Friday, Jamie finished his homework after the second class in the morning. He hurried to play basketball. The playground was wet. After some time his basketball was dirty and his hands were dirty, too. 1t was 9:45 and the third class began. Jamie had no time to wash his hands and ran into his classroom. Mr. Black, his English teacher, told Jamie to write some new words on the blackboard. Jamie stood in front of the blackboard and started to write. Mr. Black saw his right hand was dirty.
“Oh, dear!” said the teacher. “Your right hand is dirty. I’m sure it’s the dirtiest in our class.”
“You are wrong, Mr. Black,” said Jamie. Then he showed his left hand and it was dirtier.
小题1:From the first paragraph(段) we know Jamie _________.
| A．was born in 2003 | B．likes playing football |
| C．doesn"t like flowers | D．lives in the south of England |
| A．After the first class. |
| B．After the third class. |
| C．Between the first class and the second class |
| D．Between the second class and the third class |
| A．the playground was wet |
| B．he picked flowers in the morning |
| C．he has no habit of washing his hands |
| D．there was no water to wash his hands |
| A．wash his hands | B．write some words |
| C．show his right hand | D．show his left hand |
| A．Where are you from? | B．Can you play basketball? |
| C．You are wrong. | D．I’m sorry |
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