阅读理解。 An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after

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阅读理解。     An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after a day"s hard work. When he
was not far from his house, the light on the cart went out. He tried hard but it didn"t work.
     He was near his home, and so he went along the road without a light. When a policeman saw this, he
stopped the old carter.
     "Where"s your light?" asked the policeman. "No one may take a cart along a road at night without a light.
You know that. You"ve broken the law."
    "I had a light," said the old man, "but it has just gone out."
     "I don"t believe that story," said the policeman. He took out a notebook and got ready to write. "What"s
your name and where do you live?" he asked.
    "Please don"t take my name," said the old man. "My house is just there. You can see it from here. I had
a light nearly the whole way. I haven"t come far without a light."
     "You came all the way without a light. What"s your name?"
     The carter quickly took the policeman"s hand and put it down on the top of the light. The light was still
hot and burnt the policeman"s hand. The policeman jumped and he was very angry.
     "Now, what do you think?" said the carter. "Did I come all the way without a light?" 1. The story happened ______. A. in the morning
B. in the afternoon
C. at night
D. in the evening 2. Where did the light go out?A. Far from his house.
B. Half way from his house.
C. Near his house.
D. In his house. 3. What made the policeman believe the old man"s words? A. He asked the policeman to take away the light.
B. The light burnt the policeman"s hand.
C. The light burnt the policeman"s foot.
D. He jumped and shouted angrily.

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1-3 CCB

举一反三

阅读理解。     Life is not easy, so I"d like to say "When anything happens, believe in yourself." When I was a young
boy, I was so shy that I dare not talk to anyone. My classmates often laughed at me. I was sad but could
do nothing. Later, something happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest. My English
teacher asked me to take part in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak before all the teachers and
students of my school!
     "Come on, boy, believe in yourself. You are sure to win." Then my teacher and I talked about many
different topics. At last I chose the topic "Believe in yourself." I tried my best to remember all the speech
and practiced it over 100 times. With my teacher"s great love, I did well in the contest. I could hardly believe
my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students.
Those classmates who once looked down on me, now all said"Congratulations!" to me. My teacher hugged
(拥抱) me and cried excitedly.
     Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell myself to be sure and I will
find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country. 1. The classmates often laughed at the boy, because ______. A. he believed himself
B. he was too young
C. he was too shy
D. he was too sad 2. The boy did well in the contest, because ______. A. he did his best before the contest
B. he was very clever
C. his classmates helped him
D. the contest was easy 3. What changed the boy"s life? A. The topic he chose.
B. The students" congratulations.
C. The classmates" cheers.
D. The English speech contest. 4. The story tells us when we do anything, we must ______. A. believe in ourselves
B. choose a good topic
C. practice it over 100 times
D. look down on ourselves

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阅读理解。     Last year, we spent Christmas and New Year in Queensland, Australia. The beaches there were beautiful,
and we spent a lot of time playing by the sea, swimming and surfing. One day, we were on a beach just south
of a city called Cairns. My little sister was looking for shells in the sand down near the waves when she shouted
to me, "Hey, Lan! Look what I"ve found!" I ran down to have a look, and saw her pointing at a strange black
object that was half buried (掩埋) in the sand, "What is it?" she asked. I said I didn"t know.
    Just then, my father came over, "Are you enjoying yourselves, you two?" he asked. Then he saw the strange
black thing. "What"s that?" he said, bending down to take a closer look. Suddenly, he said, "Quick kids, get away
from here. Go and play somewhere else."
     We went and played further down the beach, while Dad ran up to the shop near the beach to make a phone
call. About 20 minutes later, we heard the noise of cars and trucks arriving, and a lot of soldiers ran onto the
beach. They told everyone to leave the beach and stay away from it.
     About half an hour later, we were sitting with Dad in a café a few hundred metres from the beach, when
we heard an enormous explosion (爆炸). "What was that?" we asked Dad. "That was the thing you found," he
said."One of the soldiers down there told me it was a Japanese bomb (炸弹) from World War II. Sometimes
they get washed up on the beaches here." 1. The object they found was _______. A. in the sand near the water
B. in the sea
C. lying on the beach
D. floating (漂) on the sea 2. When Dad saw the object, he _______. A. told the kids to play with it somewhere else
B. knew it was something dangerous
C. decided to move it quickly
D. picked it up to take a closer look 3. Dad went to a shop near the beach _______. A. to meet the soldiers
B. to buy some drinks for the kids
C. to call for help
D. in order to get away from the beach4. The bomb on the beach _______. A. was washed up by accident
B. killed many people
C. was put there by the Japanese
D. was carried away by the Australian soldiers

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阅读理解。     At the Beijing time 14:28 May 12, 2008, a strong earthquake suddenly happened in Sichuan Province.
     As they saw a young woman in broken houses, the rescue (营救) workers were sad to find that she
had already been dead, yet surprised to notice her kneeling down with her hands touching the ground to
support her weight - and right under her shelter of flesh and blood (血肉), her several - month - old baby
was sleeping, safe and sound.
     The baby was put around carefully in a little quilt (被子), with a mobile phone inside. An unsent text
message was found that read:
     "Dear Baby, if you Could Be Alive, Please Remember That Mum Always Love You!"
     As it was too young to know what was really going on, the baby"s dream must have been free from
nightmare (恶梦), though a nightmare was taking place. However, it was the mother"s love that prevented
the nightmare from falling upon the young dreamer.
     Mother"s love at her last breath!!! 1. It was _______ when the baby was found. A. crying
B. dying
C. sitting
D. sleeping 2. The mother knelt down with her hands touching the ground in order to _______. A. have a rest
B. save her baby
C. protect herself
D. prevent the nightmare 3. Which of the following is true about the text message? A. It was a message to the baby"s father.
B. It had already been sent out when found.
C. The mother hoped that her baby could live.
D. The mother wouldn"t like the message to be found. 4. The passage is mainly about _______. A. mother"s love
B. Sichuan earthquake
C. a lucky baby
D. the last breath

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完形填空。     I have only seen my father cry once. It was at the Alton train station, back when the trains still ran. I was
on my way to Philadelphia to   1   the train that would take me to Boston and college. I was eager (热切的) to
go. College, with its   2   and the promise of the better future had become more interesting. It   3   me to see
tears in my father"s eyes as he shook my hand and said goodbye.
     For eighteen years, we had never had a(n)   4   to say goodbye like this. He was taller than me,   5 I was
not short. I was going somewhere, and he was seeing me off. He   6   me, but he had not needed to say before,
and now his tears were   7   it.
     The tears in my father"s eyes told me that we would have less and less to do with each other. I had taken
my   8   from his, and now I was learning it. The train   9   and I boarded (登上) it. My father looked smaller
from the train. We  10  goodbye to each other through the window. I was wearing the heavy winter coat that
my father had bought for me to keep me from catching a cold in New England.

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(     )1. A. return
(     )2. A. habits
(     )3. A. shocked
(     )4. A. time
(     )5. A. because
(     )6. A. taught
(     )7. A. saying
(     )8. A. money
(     )9. A. continued
(     )10. A. reached

B. catch
B. license
B. supposed
B. luck
B. though
B. beat
B. knowing
B. time
B. broke
B. waved

C. design
C. courses
C. helped
C. chance
C. so
C. forgot
C. creating
C. present
C. arrived
C. talked

D. watch
D. advertisements
D. encouraged
D. interest
D. and
D. loved
D. describing
D. life
D. left
D. cheered

完型填空。

     When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn"t look like any   1   I   2 . He never
invited us to play in his yard,but he was a very   3   person.
     When Dr. Gibbs wasn"t saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make
it a forest.
     The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once
I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you   4   them, each baby tree would grow
weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and   5   the weaker trees early.
     He talked about how watered trees grew shallow (浅的) roots, and how trees that weren"t watered had
to grow deep roots in search of water   6   the earth by themselves.   7   roots were very important.
     So he never watered his trees. He"d planted an oak and,   8   watering it every morning, he"d beat it with
a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree"s attention.
     Dr. Gibbs died several years   9   I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at
the trees  10  I watched him  11  about twenty-five years ago. They"re very big and strong now. I planted
some trees a few years later and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of  12  too much,
whenever a cold wind blows in, they  13  a lot.
     Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷) that their lives will be easy.
But lately I"ve been thinking that it"s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties.
There"s always a cold wind  14  somewhere, so  15  we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the
brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we can face it strongly and won"t be beaten down.

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