| ( )1. A. easy ( )2. A. what ( )3. A. today"s ( )4. A. waiting ( )5. A. into ( )6. A. the first ( )7. A. faster ( )8. A. don"t ( )9. A. liked ( )10. A. another | B. great B. why B. day"s B. talking B. out of B. the last B. slower B. won"t B. started B. the others | C. interesting C. when C. the day"s C. laughing C. at C. he other C. quicker C. won"t have to C. enjoyed C. others | D. hard D. who D. riding D. up D. up D. the next D. farther D. have to D. finished D. other |
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| Three men travelling on a train began a conversation about the world"s greatest wonders. "In my opinion," the first man said, "the Egyptian (埃及的) pyramids ( 金字塔) are the world"s greatest wonder. Although they were built thousands of years ago, they are still standing. And remember: the people who built them had only simple tools. They did not have the kind of machinery (机械) that builders and engineers have today. "I agree that the pyramids in Egypt are wonderful," the second man said, "but I do not think they are the greatest wonder. I believe computers are more wonderful than the pyramids. They have taken people to the moon and brought them back safely. In seconds, they carry out mathematical calculations (计算) that would take a person a hundred years to do. Then the second man turned to the third man and asked, "What do you think is the greatest wonder in the world? The third man thought for a long time, and then he said. "Well, I agree that the pyramids are wonderful, and I agree that computers are wonderful, too. However, in my opinion, the most wonderful thing in the world is this thermos." And he took a thermos out of his bag and held it up. The other two men were very surprised. "A thermos?" they exclaimed (惊叫). "But that"s a simple thing." "Oh, no, it"s not," the third man said. "In the winter you put in a hot drink and it stays hot. In the summer you put in a cold drink and it stays cold. How does the thermos know whether it"s winter or summer?" | |||
| 1. The underlined word "thermos" means _____. | |||
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| A. fridge B. air-conditioner C. electric fan D. bottle which can keep liquids hot or cold | |||
| 2. The three men could not agree on what the world"s greatest wonder was because _____. | |||
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| A. they couldn"t think of anything really wonderful B. they all had different criteria (标准) C. they could not prove that their opinions were right D. the journey ended too soon | |||
| 3. The first man thought the pyramids were the most wonderful-things in the world because _____. | |||
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| A. they were very beautiful B. they were in Egypt C. they had been built with every simple tools D. they could do mathematical calculations | |||
| 4. The third man thought a thermos was the most wonderful thing in the world because _____. | |||
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| A. it lasted longer than the pyramids B. it cost less than a computer C. he thought it knew whether it was winter or summer D. the other two men were surprised when he told them about it | |||
| 5. The third man was not very clever because _____. | |||
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| A. he could not think of anything to say B. he did not understand how a thermos works C. he did not think the pyramids were wonderful D. he did not know anything about computers | |||
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| One afternoon, Henry, an old man from America, telephoned from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. He was going to stay with me. I was still at the office at the time, but I had prepared for his coming. After explaining where my new house was, I told him where I had left the key. As I was likely to be home rather late, I asked him to go into the kitchen and help himself to food and drink. Two hours later my friend telephoned me from the flat. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after having just had a truly wonderful meal. He had cooked two eggs and had helped himself to some cold chicken from the refrigerator. Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of orange juice and he hoped I would join him. When I asked him if he had reached the flat without difficulty he answered that he had not been able to find the key, but luckily the living-room window just by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in. I listened to all this in surprise. There is no apple tree in front of my living-room, but there is one in front of my neighbour"s! | |||
| 1. I knew that Henry would _____. | |||
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| A. call at my office B. arrive C. telephone me from the airport D. meet my neighbour | |||
| 2. I asked him to go into the kitchen and help himself to food and drink because _____. | |||
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| A. he was very hungry B. he liked good food C. I would very probably be home late D. I disliked being bothered | |||
| 3. Henry said he was listening to some of the records _____. | |||
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| A. before he had a meal B. because he had nothing to do C. because he wasn" t hungry D. after he had had a wonderful meal | |||
| 4. When Henry telephoned me from the flat he was _____. | |||
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| A. listening to some records B. drinking a glass of orange juice C. doing nothing D. both A and B | |||
| 5. Henry entered the house _____. | |||
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| A. without difficulty B. as he had been told to C. through the open window D. by opening the door with the key | |||
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| Last year, I was invited to attend a party for "Tuesday"s Child", an organization that helps children with the AIDS virus. I was asked to attend because I am on a TV show. I went there because I care. At the party, they had all kinds of small rooms. I got into a special one. In this room, anyone could paint a square. They gave everyone paints in bright, beautiful colours and asked the kids to paint something beautiful. As I looked around at all the squares, I saw the pictures were all bright, except one. The boy sitting next to me was painting a heart, but it was dark, empty, and lifeless. It lacked the bright colours that other children used. At first I thought maybe he took the only paint that was left and it just happened to be dark. But when I asked him about it, he said his heart was that colour because his own heart felt dark. I asked him why and he told me that he was very sick and his mother was very sick, too. He said that his sickness was not ever going to get better and neither was his mother"s. He looked straight into my eyes and said, "There is nothing anyone can do to help." I told him I was sorry that he was sick and I could certainly understand why he was so sad. I could even understand why he had made his heart a dark colour. But I told him that it isn"t true that there is nothing anyone can do to help. Other people may not make him or his mother better but we can do things like giving him or her hugs. Then I hugged him for a long time. I thought my own heart would burst with the love I felt for this sweet little boy. After that, I asked him if he felt any better. He said he did, but he was still sick and nothing would change that. I walked away feeling sad. As I was getting ready to head home, I felt a tug on my jacket. I turned around and the little boy was standing there with a smile on his face. He told me, "My heart is changing colours. It is getting brighter. I think those hugs really work." On my way home, I felt my own heart had changed to a brighter colour. | |||
| 1. "Tuesday"s Child" was _____. | |||
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| A. the name of a TV show B. the name of an organization C. a child with the AIDS virus D. the name of a party | |||
| 2. The writer _____ so she wanted to attend the party. | |||
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| A. was invited B. worked for a TV show C. cared for the sick children D. was very careful | |||
| 3. The sick boy painted a dark heart because _____. | |||
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| A. he is not good at painting B. he took the only paint that was left C. his mother was dying D. he as well as his mother was seriously ill | |||
| 4. After a long hug, _____. | |||
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| A. the boy felt better B. the writer felt her heart had changed brighter C. nothing happened D. the boy wasn"t sick any more | |||
| 5. The underlined word "burst" in paragraph 5 means _____. | |||
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| A. break suddenly B. come into C. be filled D. feel | |||
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| One day in the morning. Many people go to school or go to work. A dog walks on the street. It is hungry and wants to look for something to eat. It stops in front of a food shop because it sees a big steak (牛排). But there is a man in the shop. The dog waits out of the shop. About ten minutes later, the man goes out of the shop. The dog takes the steak and runs away. When it runs along the bank of a river (河岸), it wants to have some water first in the river. When it looks at itself in the river, it finds there is another dog with a big steak in the river. Soit wants get the other dog"s steak. At this time it starts to rain. The dog in the river is not there and there is no steak in the river, too. But its steak drops (掉) into the river. | |||
| 1. When does the story happen? | |||
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| A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening. D. At night. | |||
| 2. What does the dog look for? | |||
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| A. A shop. B. A dog. C. A place. D. Some food. | |||
| 3. The Chinese meaning of the underlined word "wait" is _____. | |||
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| A. 期望 B. 追随 C. 等候 D. 叫喊 | |||
| 4. What does the dog get from the shop? | |||
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| A. Nothing. B. Some meat. C. Some bread. D. A steak. | |||
| 5. Why does the dog drop the steak? | |||
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| A. It wants to swim in the river. B. It wants to have one steak more. C. It gives the steak to another dog. D. It doesn"t like eating steaks. |