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阅读理解。     Jack worked in an office. He had neither a wife nor children. And he lived in an old house alone. He
liked nothing but drinking. He almost spent all of his money on drinks. Sometimes when he was hungry,
he had to borrow some money from his workmates to buy a little food.
     One evening he met a friend of his in the street. The man asked him to have dinner in a restaurant. He
was so happy that he drank a lot. When they left there at midnight, he could hardly stand. The man had to
stop a taxi and asked the driver to take him home. Soon they arrived at the door of his house. With the help
of the driver, he got out.
     "Thank you, sir." said Jack, "Now I can open the door myself."
     The taxi went away, but he couldn"t put the key into the keyhole. He was trying to do it while a
policeman came.
     "Can I help you put the key into the keyhole, sir?" asked the policeman.
     "Thank you, sir," said Jack. "The house is circling now. If you can stop it moving, I can open the door
myself." 1. Jack ______. [     ]
A. was married
B. had two children
C. was single
D. had a taxi 2. He spent all his money ______. [     ]

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阅读理解。      Mr. Ross finished speaking on the phone, and then looked carefully at my mother and me. For a few
seconds he didn"t speak, and just watched us. Then he said, "I"m pleased to meet you, Mrs. Sanders. I need
some help with my work. My secretary is in hospital, and there"s a lot of work to do. Sometimes you"ll have
to work late at night, because of time difference in New York and Tokyo. Is that right?
     "Yes, that"s all right," said my mother.
     "Can you use a computer?"
     "Yes."
     "Good." He looked at me. "Is that your daughter?"
     "Yes, this is Carol," said my mother.
     "Hello." I said.
     "Greta says you like gardening. There"s a big garden here, so you can help Mr. Duncan. And there"s a
farm. Dan and Stella Parks live in the farmhouse and work on the farm. You can help them, too. We have
some animals, some sheep, a few cows and chickens. And there"s a horse called Smoke. He"s gray, like his
name. Can you ride?"
     "Yes," I said, "I can ride a horse."
    "You can ride Smoke around the island, if you like."
     "I"d like that," I said, "Thank you."
     "And we grow vegetables and fruit." he said, "I work on the farm sometimes. I enjoy it."
     I smiled at him but he didn"t smile back.
     "Carol will enjoy working on the farm," said my mother, "Won"t you, Carol?"
     "Yes." I said.
     "Mr. Ross looks sad," I thought, "But how did he get all his money? And why does he hide away on a
British island?" 1. Mr. Ross got a lot of work to do because ______. [     ]
A. there was a farm on the island
B. his secretary was in hospital
C. there was a big garden behind his house
D. he had some animals on the farm 2. Mrs. Sanders ______ working late at night. [     ]

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完形填空。     Mr and Mrs Smith arrived at Toronto Airport (机场) at the end of a three-week holiday in America. It
was very hot there. Mr Smith    1    the beard (胡子) though he had always worn it. But his passport (护照)
photo showed him    2   his beard.
     An officer looked at the photo for a moment, and said, "Will you excuse me? Please    3 , I won"t keep
you long." With this, he walked    4   He showed the photo to the second officer, and said, "I    5   that face."
The second officer looked at the passport and asked    6    Mr smith had just come from. When he heard that
the Smiths had just come from Washington, the second officer"s    7    lit up (一亮) and said, "A man with a
beard stole a painting in Washington. And that man    8   just a kind of man..."
    Suddenly, the first officer recognized (认出) Mr Smith; He returned to him, and asked, "    9   you teach at
Feltham High School? Yes, I did." Mr Smith answered in some surprise. The first officer smiled and said,
"I   10  so. I"m Man Simpson. You taught me history. You haven"t changed a bit."

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阅读理解。                                                            Dividing Up the Work
      Mr Evans and I work in the same office. He"s the oldest of all. So he"s told to manage (管理) us. He"s
strict with us all and makes us listen to him. We know he"s kind and often ready to help everybody, and we
all like him.
      Mr Evans began to work in our factory when he was twenty-three. He"s worked her for twenty-five
years. Once he pulled our boss"s (老板) son out of the river when the water washed the boy away. The
boss thanked him very much and has paid him more since then. He has his house, car and his servant (佣人)
does all housework for his family. Of course he lives a light life. But sometimes he looks unhappy. We asked
him what happened to him, he never told us why. One day I met him at a party. We began to drink together.
He was sad that night and drank much. And when the party was over, he couldn"t go home by himself. I had
to take him home. In his house I asked, "Can you tell me how do you and your wife divide up work (分工)
at home?"
    "I manage our children and secant", answered the man.
    "What about your wife?"
    "She manages our money and me!" our head said angrily. 1. Mr Evans is ______ now. [     ]
A. twenty-three
B. twenty-five
C. forty-eight
D. forty-nine 2. We like Mr Evans because ______. [     ]

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阅读理解。                                                           I"m Watching TV Now
     Jim found work in a shop two years ago. Mrs White, the shopkeeper, trusts (信任) the able young man
and pays him more. He"s happy and work harder.
     Once Jim knew a beautiful girl called Mable at a friend"s party. They danced for several times and fell
deeply in love. But Mable"s parents didn"t agree to marry (嫁) their daughter to a poor young man. So they
took the girl to America and travelled there. And they didn"t let her come back to London. She wrote a letter
to Jim and told him about it. Of course the young man didn"t have enough money to go to see her. He was
so sad that he began to drink.
     It was Saturday one day, Jim didn"t go to work. He came to a bar (酒馆) and sat down to drink. Just
then, Mike, one of his old friends, came in. He asked Mike to drink with him. Crying, he told him all and the
young man felt sorry for him. After a while they were both drunk and left.
     Mike wanted to take his friend home. When they passed a zoo, they went in and walked to a cage in
which there were two tigers. Having seen them a tiger roared (咆哮). Mike was afraid and said, "Let"s go.
It"s dangerous to stand here."
    "I don"t think so." said Jim. "I"m watching TV now." 1. Jim was ______. [     ]
A. American
B. French
C. Australian
D. English 2. Mrs White trusts Jim because ______. [     ]

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阅读理解。                                             A Man with Two Badly Burned Ears
     Mr Smith was in trouble those days. He drove a car for Mr Black, a rich business man. He worked hard
and the shopkeeper liked him. But he couldn"t work when he drank too much. And once he almost fell into
the river when he drove"along the bridge. Mr Black became angry and was going to send him away. he had
a big family and was afraid of it and promised (许诺) he would stop drinking at once. The man told him to
wait to be dealt with (处置).
    One Monday morning Mr Smith came into the office, with two badly burned ears.
    "What happened to your ears?" asked Mr Black.
    "Well," said the man. "I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing (熨) clothes.
She had put the iron (熨斗) near the telephone before she went to cook supper. Our team lost the game and
I felt sorry for it. As soon as I went in the sittingroom, the phone rang and I answered the iron!"
    "And what happened to the other ear?"
    "When I put the iron down on the table, the telephone rang again!" 1. ______, so he almost drove the car into the river. [     ]
A. Mr Smith was no careful
B. Mr Smith drank too much
C. Mr Smith forgot they were on the bridge
D. Mr Smith couldn"t work in the evening 2. Mr Smith was afraid to ______. [     ]

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