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阅读理解。　　Gladys Holm was a secretary(秘书). She worked in an office all his life.
Gladys made about $15,000 a year. She died when she was 86 years old. And
she left a big surprise-$18 million! She gave the money to a children"s hospital.
　　Gladys Holm never got married or had any children. But she always liked
children, and she wanted to help them. When her friend"s daughter was ill in
hospital. Gladys brought her a toy bear. After that, she visited the hospital many
times. Every time she visited, she brought toy bears

for those children. After that,
people started to call Gladys the "Toy bear Lady."
　　Gladys always gave toys and presents to her friends and family but no one
knew she had a lot of money. She lived in a small house outside Chicago.
Everyone was very surprised when they learned she was a millionaire. A family
friend said, "She always gave us nice presents and things, but we didn"t know she
was rich."
　　How did Gladys get so much money? She asked her boss how to make more
money, and she listened to what he said. She brought the stocks(股票) that he
told her to buy, and she got very rich. Before she died, she talked to her friends
about "giving something to the children"s hospital." No one knew that the "
something" was $18 million!1. Gladys Holm often visited the hospital and gave children toy bears because
_____.A. she had too much money
B. she had a lot of toy bears
C. she had never got married and had no children
D. she liked children very much2. People started to call Gladys the "Toy Bear Lady"_____.A. after she visited the children in hospital many times
B. after she died
C. before her friend"s daughter was ill
D. before she worked with his boss3. Everyone was surprised that_____.A. Gladys lived such a long life
B. Gladys lived in a small house outside Chicago
C. Gladys had so much money
D. Gladys always gave her friends nice presents4. _____, so she got rich.A. Gladys made $15,000 a year as a secretary
B. Gladys did what the boss told her to do
C. Gladys got the money from the boss
D. Gladys did another job in the hospital5. When Gladys Holm became a millionaire,_____.A. she spent most of the money on nice presents and things
B. she stopped working
C. she still lived in the same way
D. she could hardly wait to tell her friends and family

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阅读理解。　　In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books
to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University.
The gift was so important that the university was named for John Harvard.
　　Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up
more than 30 or these libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for
this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731, Benjamin
Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United
States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they
may borrow the books without paying again.
　　In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to
free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a
library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833.1. The main idea of paragraph 2 is _____.A. Franklin started the first subscription library
B. in a subscription library people pay money to become members
C. Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public libraries
D. Bray died in 1730 and Franklin died in 18332. The underlined word "borrow" means _____.A. read and write with no help from another person
B. use for a short time and then return
C. like very much
D. lend3. The reading does not say it, but we can guess that _____.A. there were free schools in the United States before there were free libraries
B. free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same
time
C. the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in it
D. there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools4. Havard University began _____.A. in 1731
B. in 1730
C. in 1833
D. in 16385. At the library that Franklin started, _____.A. children could use books for no money at all
B. people paid a little money in the beginning but none after that
C. people paid a lot of money in the beginning but none after that
D. both A and B

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完形填空。　　Daniel is an American young man. He lives on the    1    floor of a tall
building. His office is more than ten kilometers away. He must get up early
   2    a quarter past six, and    3    home at seven. The lift takes him down. Then
he    4    to the bus stop. The stop is only two    5   metres from the building.
There he   6   No. 11 Bus. He begins     7    at eight and finishes it at five. Then
he comes back. He takes the lift up to the   8    floor. Then he     9  up the three
floors on foot, just for exercise. He cooks and eats his supper, and watches TV
until   10  . After that Daniel usually falls into bed for night.(     )1. A. fifte en
(     )2. A. in
(     )3. A. leave
(     )4. A. walk
(     )5. A. hundred
(     )6. A. drives
(     )7. A. to work
(     )8. A. twelve
(     )9. A. climb
(     )10. A. nine twentiethB. fifteenth
B. on
B. left
B. run
B. hundreds
B. takes
B. works
B. fifteen
B. jumps
B. nine twentyC. fiveteen
C. about
C. le aves
C. went
C. hundreds of
C. by
C. work
C. twelfth
C. go
C. nine-twentiethD. fiveteenth
D. at
D. lives
D. walks
D. hundred of
D. catch
D. worked
D. fifteenth
D. climbs
D. ninth twenty

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阅读理解。　　I"m Mary. I have a piece of good news to tell you. My parents bought a new
flat in the centre of the city. The rooms are not big, but they are all comfortable.
There are more rooms than our old flat. I am excited because I have my own
bedroom. In the old flat, I share the bedroom with my brother.
　　My favourite room in the new flat is my bedroom. I can be alone in it. It is
my own small world. I can listen to music, read comics and chat with my friends
on the phone. I can also look for things on the Internet and send e-mails to my
e-friends.
　　Kitchen is my favourite room, too. I like helping my mother with the
cooking. She is not only a good teacher but also a good cook. She often teaches
me how to make some different kinds of dishes. She lived in Sichuan when she
was young. So she likes hot food and she can cook very delicious hot food.1. What"s Mary"s new flat like?A. Big and comfortable.
B. Small and not comfortable
C. Big but not comfortable
D. Small but comfortable2. Mary can do the following things in the bedroom except _____.A. play the piano
B. chat with friends
C. send e-mails
D. listen to music3. Which room does Mary like best?A. The kitchen
B. Her bedroom
C. The sitting room
D. Both A and B4. What does Mary"s mother do?A. a teacher
B. a cook
C. a housewife(家庭主妇)
D. a worker5. Where did Mary"s mother live when she was a child?A. The old flat
B. The centre of the city
C. Sichuan
D. The new flat

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阅读理解。　　One night a thief(小偷)broke into an old man"s house. He made some noise
and woke up the old man and his wife. The The husband told his wife to be
quiet
　　while he said quietly, "My dear, these days thieves axe clever, If they take
off their clothes and put them on the table,  the people in the room will fall
asleep and can"t wake up."
　　When the thief heard this, he took off his clothes at once and was ready to
steal (偷). At this moment, the husband suddenly shouted in a loud voice, "Stop
the thief! Stop the thief!" The thief was very frightened. He ran away as fast as he
could and left his clothes on the table.根据短文内容，判断下面句子的正误（T/F）。
(     )1. One night, a thief broke into an old man"s house.
(     )2. The old man didn"t wake up when the thief came into his room quietly.
(     )3. The thief took off his clothes on the table and the old man couldn"t wake
up.
(     )4. At last, the thief stole some clothes and ran away.
(     )5. The old man was very clever and brave (勇敢的).

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阅读短文，并根据其内容选择正确答案。　　Mr and Mrs Smith have just opened a small restaurant. In order to attract
customers (吸引顾客),, they put a notice(布告)  in front of the restaurant, which
said "Meals on the House for Three Days."
　　A foreign student who didn"t know much English happened to pass by the
restaurant on the second day.  It was lunchtime and he felt very hungry. "Well,
here is a restaurant.  I am going to have something to eat."   He, walked to the
restaurant when he  saw the  notice. "American people are really s tr4nge. They
even eat meals on the house!  But how can I get up to the top of the house?"  he
said to himself.
　　He looked around and found a ladder against a tree nearby.  He was very
glad. But as he reached the top,   he heard someone shouting at him, "Hey, what
are you doing up there?"   Mr Smith was looking at him angrily, and beside him
was a policeman. "Doesn"t your notice say "Meals on the House for Three Days"?
Is it just a joke?" the foreign student answered.
　　On hearing this,  both Mr Smith and the policeman laughed.   Do you know
what"s the meaning of MEALS ON THE HOUSE? Look it up in the dictionary.1. Mr and Mrs Smith were the _____ of the small restaurant.A. waiters
B. owners
C. cooks.
D. neighbours2. The student was _____.A. an American
B. a Chinese
C. a Japanese
D. a foreigner3. The student passed by the restaurant which was opened the day before _____.A. when he went to school
B. when he arrived in America
C. when he learned some English
D. when he felt very hungry.4. The story happened in _____.A. England
B. Australia
C. the USA
D. Canada5. "Meals in the house" here means _____.A. "eating in the house"
B. "serving meals at the house"
C. "you can eat meals in the house"
D. "you can eat without paying"

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阅读理解。 Gladys Holm was a secretary(秘书). She worked in an office all his life. Gl