| ( )1.A. stole ( )2.A. attention ( )3.A. terrible ( )4.A. fear ( )5.A. over ( )6.A. size ( )7.A. we ( )8.A. faster and faster ( )9.A. though ( )10.A. broke off | B. picked B. instruction B. big B. difficulty B. for B. price B. he B. better and better B. because B. cut up | C. drew C. decision C. old C. surprise C. about C. weight C. you C. slower and slower C. whether C. gave up | D. saw D. discussion D. dear D. excitement D. among D. position D. it D. harder and harder D. until D. sent off |
| 1-5 CADCB 6-10 BCDAC | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Once there was a baby eagle living in a nest (巢) on a cliff (山崖). The baby eagle loved his nest. It was warm,soft and comfortable. And even better, he had all the food and love that his mother could give. Whenever the baby eagle was hungry,his mother would always come just in time with the delicious food he liked. He was growing happily day after day. But suddenly his world changed. His mother stopped coming to the nest. He was full of sadness and fear. He thought he would die soon. He cried, but nobody heard him. Two days later his mother appeared with some nice food. The baby eagle was wild with joy. But his mother put the food at the top of the mountain and then looked down at her baby. The baby eagle cried out. "Mum, why did you do this to me? I"m hungry. Don"t you know I will die if I have nothing to eat?" "Here is the last meal I give you. Come and get it by yourself," his mother said. Then she flew down and pushed the baby eagle out of the nest. The baby eagle fell down, faster and faster. He looked up at his mum, "Why do you abandon me?" He looked down at the earth. The ground was much closer. Then something strange happened. The air caught behind his arms and he began to fly! He wasn"t moving to the ground any more. Instead, his eyes were pointed up at the sun. "You are flying! You can make it!" His mother smiled. | |||
| 1. Which of the following is TRUE about the baby eagle"s life before his mother stopped coming to the nest? | |||
| A. He lived in a nest in the tree. B. His mother offered him nice food. C. He was always cold and hungry. D. He lived very happily with friend. | |||
| 2. How old the baby eagle feel as soon as he saw his mother coming again? | |||
| A. Sad. B. Happy. C. Afraid. D. Angry. | |||
| 3. What did the baby eagle"s mother do when she came the last time? | |||
| A. She put some food in the nest. B. She just came to see him again. C. She shouted at her baby eagel and flew away. D. She pushed her baby eagle out of the nest. | |||
| 4. What does the word "abandon" mean? | |||
| A. 抛弃 B. 保护 C. 歧视 D. 拯救 | |||
| 5. We can infer (推断) from the story that _____. | |||
| A. The baby eagle lost his mother B. The baby eagle feel down and died C. The baby eagle could get food himself D. The baby eagle was still angry with his mother | |||
| Reading comprehension. | |||
| Peter and I live in the same building. His room is on the tenth floor, but mine is on the ninth floor. He is kind but careless, and sometimes gets into trouble. Last Friday afternoon, the young man went to a wild island to spend his holiday with his friends. They swam in the river, went fishing, played the guitar. They had a good time. Three days later, they decided to come back to the bank. Unfortunately, their boat hit a rock and soon went down. They were all in danger. With a villager"s help, all of them were out of danger. They didn"t come back until midnight. The young man was too hungry and quite tired. So he wished to get home as soon as possible. But the lift didn"t work. He had to walk upstairs. He stopped by my door and took out a key. Of course, he could not open the door. He tried it again and again, but failed. He became angry and shouted, "I"ll cut you down with a knife!" The noise woke me up and I opened the door. I understood at once what was happening and said, "You are trying to open a wrong door, Peter." "Sorry, I can"t agree with you, Mike!" he shouted, "It"s my room. You have entered it by mistake!" | |||
| Judge the following sentences true (T) or false (F). ( )1. Peter and his friends enjoyed themselves on the island. ( )2. The young men went back to the bank by themselves. ( )3. The lift took Peter to the tenth floor. ( )4. Mike opened the door to see what happened outside. ( )5. Peter was so careless that he opened the wrong door. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Three women escaped from prison (监狱). They ran for miles until they came upon an old barn (仓房). They decided to hide (隐藏) in the hayloft (干草棚) and rest. When they climbed up, they found three bags and decided to hide inside them. About an hour later the head of the town and his assistant came into the barn. The head told his assistant to go up and check out the hayloft. When he was up there, the head asked him what he saw. The assistant shouted back, "Just three large bags." The head told him to find out what was in them, so the assistant kicked the first bag, where one of the women was hiding. She went, "Wow -Wow", so the assistant told the head that there was a dog in the bag. Then he kicked the second bag that the second woman was hiding in. She went, "Meow," so the assistant told the head that there was a cat in the bag. Then he kicked the bag that the third woman was in, and there was no sound at all, so he kicked it again, and the woman cried, "Potatoes." | |||
| 1. Three women went into an old barn to ________. | |||
| A. hide B. find the bags C. run away | |||
| 2. In the third paragraph the underlined word "went" means ________. | |||
| A. 去 B. 叫 C. 走开 | |||
| 3. The assistant kicked the third bag again because he wanted to _________. | |||
| A. find some potatoes B. kick the woman C. find out what was in it | |||
| 4. Which of the following is TRUE? | |||
| A. The head and his assistant reached the bam before the three women. B. The head climbed up and checked the hayloft. C. The assistant thought that there was a cat in die second bag. | |||
| 5. From the passage we know that ________. | |||
| A. the third woman was clever B. the prison was next to the barn C. the head would find the women | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Many people have, to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Other people think it is terrible. One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is John Brown. Mr. Brown works in an office in New York. On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got in the elevator to go home, it stopped between floors. Mr. Brown could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped (困住)! He started to shout, but nobody heard him. Then Mr. Brown remembered that it was a holiday in America. Nobody was going to come to work until Tuesday! There was nothing for Mr. Brown to do. He had to wait until one of his coworkers (同事) came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or-drink, Mr. Brown ended up sleeping for most of the time. Early on Tuesday morning, the president of the company came into work and found the elevator was not working. When the elevator was opened, Mr. Brown came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours! Now Mr. Brown says, "I only use elevators if they have telephones in them." | |||
| 1. What does Mr. Brown think of working on the weekend? | |||
| A. It is happy. B. He doesn"t mind. C. It can be dangerous. D. He refuses to do it. | |||
| 2. How long was he in the elevator? | |||
| A. From Saturday to Monday. B. From Tuesday to Saturday. C. More than three days. D. More than two days. | |||
| 3. Why did Mr. Brown spend so long in the elevator? Which of the following is NOT a reason? | |||
| A. It was a three-day holiday. B. He had no food or drink. C. The elevator stopped between two floors. D. There was no telephone in the elevator. | |||
| 4. How was Mr. Brown able to get out of the elevator? | |||
| A. The president discovered the elevator wasn"t working. B. The elevator started to work soon again. C. His coworker who worked on the weekend helped him out. D. His coworkers found him when they came back to work on Monday. | |||
| 5. What is the best title (题目) for this story? | |||
| A. A Busy Weekend B. An Interesting Elevator C. Trapped in an Elevator D. Elevator Safety | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother"s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive. She went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. After she looked for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas, and she decided to take a black one. She thought, "Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of any color." So she bought a lovely black umbrella and took it to school with her until her class finished. On her way home on the train she felt hungry because she had so little for lunch. So she went to the buffet car (餐车). She left the umbrella on her seat. But when she got back, it had gone! Sally began to cry. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them the black umbrella she bought for her mother had gone, and she had to get off at the next station. After the three passengers heard this, they asked her for her mother"s address so that they could send the umbrella to her if someone took it by mistake and brought it back. And now a week passed. Sally got a letter from her mother. It said "Thank you very much for your lovely gifts, but why do you send me three black umbrellas?" | |||
| 1. Which sentence has the same meaning as "Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of any color"? | |||
| A. Mom must carry it when she is wearing any clothes. B. Mom is beautiful in any clothes. C. The color of the umbrella is OK for Mom"s clothes of any color. D. Mom can buy any clothes that she likes to wear. | |||
| 2. Where did Sally find the umbrella missing? | |||
| A. On the train. B. At her school. C. At the train station. D. In the shop. | |||
| 3. From the passage, we can know that _____. | |||
| A. Sally"s mother would write to her if she didn"t receive the gift B. one of the umbrellas must be sent by Sally C. the three umbrellas were sent by the three passengers D. nobody on the train took away the umbrella | |||
| 4. The best title for the story is "_____". | |||
| A. A lucky girl B. The story of an umbrella C. On the train D. A happy mother | |||
| 5. The writer wants to tell us _____. | |||
| A. we should look after our things when we are traveling B. if we show our love to others, we can get love from others C. we should often send our parents gifts D. it"s no use crying when we are in trouble |