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阅读短文，选择正确答案。    Just before giving a wasteful party at his yard, the rich businessman had his swimming pool filled with
poisonous snakes. He called the guests together and announced, "To anyone brave enough to swim across this
pool, I"ll give the choice of thousands of square meters of my oil fields, 10000 cows or my daughter"s hand in
marriage."
    As soon as his words were finished, a young man jumped in, swam across the pool and climbed out to safety
but breathlessly. "Congratulations!" the rich man said excitedly. "Do you want my oil fields?"
    "No!" said the guest.
    "The 10000 cows?"
    "No!" the young man shouted.
    "Well, how about my daughter?"
    "No!"
    "You must want something," said the businessman.
    "I just want to know the name of the fellow who pushed me in!" 1. The businessman was ______. [     ]
A. was fooled by the young man
B. cruel and hard-hearted
C. friendly only to the rich guests
D. always keeping his word 2. _____ pushed the young man into the pool. [     ]
A. No one
B. The businessman himself
C. One of the guests
D. A certain bad fellow unknown 3. The young man was ______. [     ]
A. brave
B. careless
C. honest
D. careful

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阅读理解。     Nick is twenty-three and works in a middle school. Two and a half years ago he was ill in hospital and
there he knew a beautiful nurse named Rita. The girl took good care of him and he made friends with her.
They loved each other. About six months later they married.
     Nick likes reading. When he comes home, he always reads some newspaper or books. Rita begins to
cook in the kitchen. And when the meat is roasted (烤), she always tells her husband to cut it in two. Then
they begin to have supper together. After supper they go out for a walk, or they go to the cinema. And they
enjoy themselves.
    One day Nick planted trees with his students. They climbed up a mountain and worked hard. When he
got home, he felt hungry. His wife roasted a piece of chicken that evening and told him to cut it. This time
he chose a bigger piece of chicken for himself and gave her the smaller one.
     "I remember, dear," Rita said with a smile. "When we married, you always gave me the bigger part. Why
do you give me the smaller one now?"
     Nick felt shy and didn"t know what to say. He thought for a while and said, "You cook better now than
before." 1. What does Nick do? He is ______. [     ]
A. a teacher
B. a nurse
C. a doctor
D. a player 2. Why did Nick make friends with Rita? Because she ______. [     ]
A. worked in a hospital
B. was good at roasting
C. worked hard
D. took good care of him 3. What did Nick choose for himself this? He chose ______. [     ]
A. the bigger part of the roast beef
B. the smaller part of the roast chicken
C. the bigger part of the roast chicken
D. the smaller part of the roast beef

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完形填空。    Jody was ten years old when he decided he needed a job. He thought it might be   1 to raise (养) worms. He
could sell them to farmers and people who fished. So in 2 , he bought many worms. But that winter the cold
weather killed all the worms because he had not 3 them in a warm place.
    The next spring Jody   4   again. He bought more worms, which he took good care of. When winter came,
he took them inside   5 they would stay warm. Many people bought his worms.
    One day when Jody was twelve, he got a letter. It was frome state (州) of New York. The letter said,
"Everyone who   6 things has to pay taxs (税)!" Jody made only one dollar selling worms. But he still   7 to
pay part of that money to the state. He told many people in his town what had 8 . Soon some people from a
television station   9 with Jody. Many people saw it and they began to write letters to the state. The letters now
said that the law was 10 . Finally the law was changed. Children like Jody can now sell things without paying
money to the state.

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Yesterday the police were joined by more Yesterday the police were joined by more than 20 volunteers in the continuing search for the two missing teenagers, Vicky Gray and Tom Hunter, and their guide, Gavin Jones. The police said that they had disappeared during an adventure (冒险) tour of Cape York Peninsula. This was the second day of the search and the police were now very worried about the safety of the three missing people. The police said that the search had covered a wide area, but the rainforest was thick and their work was made harder by the recent rain. Later on Chief Inspector (警官) Roger Fleet said, "The travellers had a ridio with them. If they had been in trouble, they would have called us." The three travellers left Cooktown very early on Saturday morning in a Toyota car. They took a small dirt road that runs down to the Daintree River, a dangerous river full of crocodiles (鳄鱼). Chief Inspector Roger Fleet said the tourists wouldn"t have got into trouble if they had stayed on the main road. A photo of Vicky and Tom was found by a policeman under the "Be Careful about crocodiles" sign near the river. Why was the photo left behind? This is just one of the unanswered questions. Other questions are: Why was the photo left behind? Why was the Toyota parked and locked at the edge of the rainforest? The police said that the travellers had left a map of the area behind. Why? Why had someone drawn a cross on the point (地点) where the car is? Is this a sign? What does it mean? If anyone can give information or has seen these three young people, contact the local police in Cooktown.
1. This article is probably taken from ________.
[ ]
A. a newspaper B. a magazine C. a storybook D. a guidebook
2. Which word best describes the search of the three missing people?
[ ]
A. Helpless B. Hard C. Delightful D. Successful
3. Which of the following things wasn"t found by the police?
[ ]
A. A touring map. B. A photo of the travellers. C. The travellers" radio. D. The travellers" car
4. All the following are unanswered questions except ________.
[ ]
A. why they left a photo behind B. why they came to this area C. why their Toyota was parked in the place D. why a cross was drawn on the map
5. The article asks people to ________.
[ ]
A. join the police in searching for the missing people B. tell the police about the travellers" ages and their appearance C. learn the lesson and stop taking adventure tours D. provide information about the missing people
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Mr and Mrs Smith had always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey (新泽西) in the past, staying in a small inn (旅店) at the foot of a hill. 　　 One year, however, Mr Smith made a lot of money in his business, so they decided to go to London and stay at a really good hotel while they went touring around that famous city. 　　 They flew to London and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They had expected that they would have to go to bed hungry, because in that small inn in New Jersey, no meals were served after seven. They were surprised when the waiter asked whether they would take dinner there that night. "Are you still serving dinner?" asked Mr Smith. "Yes, certainly, sir," answered the waiter. "We serve it until half past nine." 　　 "What are the times of meals then?" asked Mr Smith. "Well, sir," answered the waiter. "We serve breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning, lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to half past nine." 　　 "But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London." said Mr Smith.
1. Mr and Mrs Smith had always spent their holidays in ______.
[ ]
A. New York　　 B. London　　　　 C. New Jersey　　 D. Washington
2. When Mr and Mrs Smith had a lot of money, they decided to go to ______.
[ ]
A. their hometown　　　　　　　　 B. the capital of England 　　 C. New Jersey　　　　　　　　　　 D. a small city in England
3. They went to London by ______.
[ ]
A. sea　　　　　 B. plane　　　　 C. train　　　　　 D. bus
4. From the story we know that this was the ______ time for Mr and Mrs Smith to go to London.
[ ]
A. first　　　　　 B. second　　　　 C. third　　　　　 D. fourth
5. What does the sentence "But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London" mean?
[ ]
A. We can go to see the sights of London at any time. 　　 B. We have enough time to see the sights of London. 　　 C. We can see more sights of London. 　　 D. We have little time to see the sights of London.
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The mobile phone is a useful thing, but maybe I don"t know h 1 to use it. Sometimes it makes things difficult for me. One day I wanted to see my friend nearby. I could a 2 at his house in five minutes, but I looked at my mobile phone and thought i 3 would be better to ring him up. I r 4 him for the first time, but the line was busy. Five minutes later, there was an answer, but it was the wrong number. Then I tried a 5 and this time I got an answer from him. I asked him if he was at home in the afternoon. And he said-at 1 6 I thought he said-he would be at home all afternoon. So I went to his house, but then I found n 7 in. I called him for the fourth time. This time I got so angry that I s 8 , "You are not at home? But you just told me over the telephone that you would be at home all afternoon!" Here w 9 his answer, "No, I said: "I will NOT be at home all afternoon."" I went back to my room, sat down in front of the mobile phone and looked at it. What e 10 could I do? Nothing! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.