阅读理解。 One day three Frenchmen who did not know English very well were talkin

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阅读理解。     One day three Frenchmen who did not know English very well were talking about the English language.
     The first Frenchman said, "I heard someone shout "look out", I put my head out of a window and a basin of water fell on me. It seems that "look out" may mean "don"t look out!""
     The second one followed, "I was once on a ship and heard the captain shout, "All hands on the deck" I put my hands on the deck and someone trod (踩) on them."
     The third one told his friends his experience too, "One early morning I called on my English friend and the maid (女佣) said, "He is not up yet, come back in half an hour." When I went again for him, she said, "He"s not down yet." I said, "If he"s not up and he is not down, where is he then? What a strange language it is!"" 1. What is the possible meaning of "look out"? [     ]
A. Put your head out and look outside
B. Be careful
C. Come out and have a look
D. Both A and B 2. When the captain shouted. "All hands on deck", he really meant to tell _____. [     ]
A. Everyone on the ship to put his hands on the deck
B. All the sailors (水手) to put their hands on the deck
C. All the sailors to come up to deal with (处理) some trouble
D. Everyone on ship to gather (集合) on the deck 3. What did the maid mean when she said, "He"s not up yet"? [     ]
A. He has not risen to his feet yet.
B. He"s not back yet.
C. He has not got up yet.
D. He was ill in bed. 4. Where was the third Frenchman"s English friend then?[     ]
A. He was at a party.
B. He was at work.
C. He was in his bedroom.
D. He was in the bathroom. 5. What do you think was the three Frenchmen"s real trouble? [     ]
A. English is too difficult to understand.
B. They didn"t use the language so often.
C. They knew nothing about the English idioms. (成语习惯用语)
D. They were not sure about the English grammar.

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根据上文，判断正(T)误(F)。     Ted arrives at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris will not leave until five to
twelve. He sees a lot of people waiting in the station. Some are standing in line, others are walking around.
There is a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher is trying to keep them in line. Ted looks around but there is
no place for him to sit.
     He walks into the station cafe (咖啡馆). He looks up at the clock there. It is only twenty to twelve. He
finds a seat and sits down before a large mirror on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Ted"s workmates
comes in and sits with Ted. "What time is your bus?" asks Mike. "There"s plenty of time yet." answers
Ted. "Well, I"ll get you some more tea then," says Mike.
     They talk while drinking. Then Ted looks at the clock again. "Oh! It"s going backward (倒行)!" he
cries. "A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it"s half past eleven." "You"re looking at the
clock in the mirror," says Mike. Ted is So sad. The next bus is not to leave for another hour. Since then
Ted has never liked mirrors.
(     )1. The bus for Paris will leave at eleven fifty-five.
(     )2. Ted goes into the station cafe because Mike asks him to have a cup of tea.
(     )3. In fact, when Ted looks at the clock in the mirror, it"s half past twelve.
(     )4. Ted looks at the clock in the mirror only once.
(     )5. Ted will arrive in Paris on time.

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阅读理解。     An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. "What"s that strange building?" asked the
visitor. "That"s the Tower of London." "I see. How long did it take to build it?" "About 500 years." "In my
country we can build it in five months," Shortly after that they came to St. Paul"s Cathedral(大教堂). "Very
interesting!" said the visitor. "How long did it take to build it?" "Near forty years." said the Englishman. "In
my country we can finish it in forty days at most," aid the visitor. This went on all day.
     They visited most of the best known buildings in the city. Every time they saw a new one, the visitor
asked what it was and how long it took to build it. Then he said that they could do the same thing much
faster in his country.
     At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it. Several days later they
came to the House of Parliament (议会 )and the visitor asked his usual question, "What is that?" The
Englishman answered," I have no idea. It wasn"t there last night."1. The Englishman showed the foreign visitor around ______ one day.[     ]
A. The Tower of London
B. St. Paul"s Cathedral
C. Some famous buildings in the city
D. The whole city of London 2. The visitor said that in his country it would take them ______ to build the Tower of London. [     ]
A. less than half a year
B. forty days
C. five hundred years
D. fifty days 3. It took them a few days to see ______. [     ]
A. some of the best known buildings in England.
B. several best known places in England
C. many famous houses in the city of London
D. most of the best known buildings in London 4. The Englishman was angry by the end of the day, but he ______. [     ]
A. didn"t want to say anything
B. tried to show it to the visitor
C. had no time to tell the visitor
D. tried not to show it to the visitor 5. The Englishman"s answer to the question of the last place showed ______. [     ]
A. he was sorry that he hadn"t seen the building before
B. he could say nothing because he didn"t know anything about it
C. he was angry and didn"t want to tell the visitor its name
D. he didn"t know how to tell the visitor the name of the building

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短文填空。      There was an old man who loved money very much. He n   1   gave anything to anyone. After some
years, he became r   2   . One day, he was walking near the river with friends when he f   3   into the river.
His friends ran to help him. One of them held out his hand and cried, "Give me your hand, and I"ll p   4
you out". The rich man"s head went down the w   5   and then came up again, but he didn"t g   6   his hand
to his friend. Another of his friends tried, but again the s   7   thing happened. Then another friend, Nasreddin,
said, "T   8   my hand and I"ll pull you out!" The rich man took his hand and Nasreddin pulled him out of the
water. "You don"t know your friend very w   9   ," Nasreddin said to the others."When you say "Give" to him,
he does n   10   , but when you say "Take", he always takes."
1._______ 2._______ 3._______ 4._______ 5._______
6._______ 7._______ 8._______ 9._______ 10._______

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完形填空。     Peter and Mike were in   1   class. Peter was born in a    2   family. But Mike"s father was businessman
and got    3    money. When Peter got into trouble, he always helped him.
     Peter liked to have sports. He was good at    4   . He ran    5   in their class. It was Sunday. Mike and
Peter went to a forest to have a picnic. Mike took a lot of food there. It was a    6   day. The birds were
singing and there were all kinds of flowers. They ate and drank then went    7   in the river. They had a
good time. Suddenly they heard a great noise. They found it was a tiger behind a big tree. They were both
very    8   . Peter put on his shoes quickly and was going to run away. Mike stopped him and said: "It"s no
use for us. The tiger runs   9   faster than us. Let"s find a way." "It doesn"t matter." said Peter. "I"m sure
I"ll run    10   than you."

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( ) 1. A. same ( ) 2. A. rich ( ) 3. A. many ( ) 4. A. ran ( ) 5. A. fast ( ) 6. A. sun ( ) 7. A. fish ( ) 8. A. frighten ( ) 9. A. more ( ) 10. A. fastest	B. different B. happy B. lot B. running B. faster B. rain B. to fishing B. frightening B. much B. as fast as	C. difference C. poor C. any C. run C. fastest C. rained C. fishing C. frightened C. many C. faster	D. the same D. bad D. much D. runs D. best D. sunny D. fished D. frighting D. little D. the faster
根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格处填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。
When Mr. David retired (退休), he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a q 1 life in it. But to his great s 2 , many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night there were tourists o 3 the house. They kept 1 4 into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David" s garden. This was too much for Mr. David. He decided to d 5 the visitors away. So he put a notice o 6 the window. The notice said: "If you want to satisfy your curiosity (好奇心), came in and look r 7 . Price: twenty dollars." Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, b 8 he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day s 9 them around his house. "I came here to retire, not to work as a g 10 ." he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away. 1.______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______ 6.______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______