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阅读理解。     A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspaper."Last week," he said,"my
umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but
didn"t get it back."
     "How did you write your advertisement?" asked one of the listeners, a merchant.
    "Here it is," said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it
and read,"Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella.. The gentleman who finds
it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No. 10 Broad Street."
     "Now," said the merchant,"I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an
advertisement is expressed of extreme importance. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it fails, I"ll buy
you a new one."
     The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: "If the man who was seen to take
an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn"t wish to get into trouble, he will return the
umbrella to No.10 Broad Street. He is well known."
     This appeared in the newspaper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened
the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors, and his own was among
them. Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the
loser not to say anything about the matter. 1. What is an advertisement? A. A news item.
B. public opinions.
C. One way to voice one"s view.
D. A public announcement on papers, TV, etc. 2. The result of the first advertisement was that __________. A. the man got his umbrella back
B. the man wasted some money advertising
C. nobody found the missing umbrella
D. the umbrella was found somewhere near the church 3. The merchant suggested that the man should ________. A. buy a new umbrella
B. go on looking for his umbrella
C. write another and better advertisement
D. report the police 4. "If it fails, I"ll buy you a new one," suggested that the merchant ________.A. was quite sure of success
B. wanted to buy him a new umbrella
C. didn"t know what to do
D. was rich enough to buy one5. The story is mainly about _________. A. a useless advertisement
B. how to make an effective advertisement
C. how the man lost and found his umbrella
D. what the merchant did for the umbrella owner

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完形填空。     Chen Guanming has been carrying his home with him for the past seven years. He has done everything a
man would to make it cozy.
     The 53-year-old farmer has spent the hottest summers and severest winters cooking, eating and   1 in his
mobile home: a shaky tricycle. Chen began his journey on the three-wheel rickshaw from his   2 Jiangsu
province in 2001 after hearing the news that Beijing had won the bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games. Of
course, he did not forget to take his ID card, important    3 and some clothes before setting off on his
mission (使命). Mission? What mission?"To promote awareness on health and the environment, just like what
the Games has been doing," he says. It may   4 funny, but make no mistake that Chen is dead   5 about it.
"I"m a poor farmer I can"t do much. But I have a healthy body. I want to use it to show the    6 of the
Chinese people and the spirit of the Olympics." He would have   7 all of China except Taiwan when he
reaches Beijing tonight. He speaks lively about his experiences in all the places on the mainland,   8 about an
incident in Chongqing in August 2003. "I was riding up a slope and my brakes failed my rickshaw and began
sliding down and overturned," he says. He had his legs broken but did not go to a hospital. Instead, he used
herbs to stop the bleeding. And he   9 quietly for some days for his legs to rejoin. Looking at the man, you
wouldn"t want to believe he has crossed so many mountains and  10   in his tricycle. But you look at the piles
of evidence and become a silent admirer of this determined soul.

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(     )1. A. working
(     )2. A. native
(     )3. A. equipment
(     )4. A. seem
(     )5. A. serious
(     )6. A. power
(     )7. A. covered
(     )8. A. extremely
(     )9. A. slept
(     )10. A. lakes

B. playing
B. familiar
B. supplies
B. sound
B. careful
B. energy
B. drove
B. especially
B. sat
B. rivers

C. sleeping
C. famous
C. furniture
C. look
C. practical
C. strength
C. run
C. actually
C. rested
C. valleys

D. living
D. noble
D. documents
D. listen
D. optimistic
D. authority
D. walked
D. exactly
D. lay
D. road

阅读理解。

     Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore
without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
     When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard,
who worked for a business company, was eager to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from
her demanding job.
     They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry."We knew it had to be a specialty
store because we couldn"t match the big chains dollar for dollar," says Mary. One figure caught her attention:
She"d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries (推理小说), and many buyers
spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
     On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three
children in college, the couple could not spend all the family"s money to start a shop. To cover the $100,000
cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from an bank.
     The store merely broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up
with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and
served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.
    Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the
six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.
     "The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income," says Richard."This has always
been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money."

1. When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ____.

A. they had to put their plan into practice
B. health was more important than wealth
C. heart trouble was a serious illness
D. they both needed to stop working

2. After Mary got well from her illness they began _____.

A. to study industrial management
B. to buy and read more mystery books
C. to do market research on book business
D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore

3. How did their bookstore do in the first year?

A. They had to borrow money to keep it going.
B. They made just enough to cover all the costs.
C. They succeeded in earning a lot of money.
D. They failed though they worked hard.

4. According to Richard, the main purpose of running the bookstore is _____.

A. to pay for their children"s education
B. to get to know more writers
C. to set up more bookstores
D. to do what they like to do

阅读理解。

     Talk about a real-life hero! Ten-year-old Larry Champagne from St. Louis,Missouri, hit the brake (刹车) on
a runaway school bus. He saved himself and 20 other kids on board from disaster. It all happened in one terrible accident. On the way to school, the bus driver, Ernestine Blackman, suddenly fell ill. Seeing the car was running away, the other kids started to scream, but Larry ran to the front and stopped the bus.
      "At first I thought, "We"re going to die,"" says Larry,"but after I pressed the brake, I felt safe."
     Larry"s speedy reaction made news all over the country. He appeared on TV shows as a hero. The bus
company gave Larry a big gift. His school hung a medal of honor around his neck.
     "My grandmother always tells me to do what"s right," says Larry. He thanked his brother, Jerrick, 9, who
"helped me get the bus driver up" during the emergency (紧急情况). How did he know how to stop the bus?
Larry is something of a mechanic (机械师). He helps his grandfather work on his old truck."He gets his hands
dirty," says his grandfather. One thing is for certain: Larry knows where to find the brakes.

1. What did Larry do to save the runaway bus?

A. He parked it for the sleeping bus driver.
B. He helped all the kids climb out through the windows.
C. He dialed 911.
D. he pressed the brake.

2. When did Larry finally feel safe?

A. When the kids finally stopped screaming.
B. When the police officers arrived.
C. Once he pressed the brake, and the bus stopped.
D. When the bus driver started driving again.

3. Larry got the following as praise for his hero action Except _____.

A. appearing on TV shows
B. a scholarship from his school
C. a big gift from the bus company
D. a medal of honor

4. Larry thanked his brother Jerrick for _____.

A. helping him get the bus driver up
B. helping him work on his old truck
C. teaching him how to find the brake
D. teaching him how to stop the bus

5. The underlined sentence "Larry is something of a mechanic" tells us that ____.

A. Larry"s job is a mechanic
B. Larry knows something about machines
C. Larry is a robot
D. Larry knows nothing about machines

完形填空。

     As a saying goes, every bean has its black.It is impossible to make no mistakes all one"s life. My grandpa
Nybakken, a carpenter, is no   1 . Several decades ago he made a mistake-a(n) perfect mistake,   2  .
     On a cold Saturday, Mother"s father was building some wooden cases for the clothes his   3   was sending
to an orphanage (孤儿院) in Africa. On his way home, he   4   into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they
were gone. He remembered putting them there that morning, so he drove back to the church. His   5   proved
fruitless.
     When he   6   replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened. The glasses had slipped out of his
pocket unnoticed and fallen into one of the cases, which he had nailed shut. His brand new glasses, having   7
him $20 that very morning, were heading for Africa! He had to drive home   8 .
     Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to give a report on Sunday night at my grandfather"s
church,   9   Grandpa and his family also attended.
     "But most of all," he said, "I must thank you for the  10  you sent last year. You see, the bandits (土匪) had
just  11  through the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses. I was desperate."
     " 12  I had the money, there was simply no way of  13  those glasses.  14  not being able to see well, I
experienced headaches every day. Then your cases arrived. When my staff  15  he covers, they found a pair of
glasses lying on top."
     Then, still gripped (吸引注意) with the  16  of it all, he continued, "When I tried  17  the glasses, it was as
though they had been made just for me! I want to thank you for being a part of that!"
     The people listened,  18  for the miraculous glasses. But the director surely must have  19  their church with
another, they thought. There were no glasses on their  20  of items to be sent overseas.
     But sitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face, an ordinary carpenter realized the Master
Carpenter had used him in an extraordinary way.

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(     )1. A. expectation
(     )2. A. though
(     )3. A. factory
(     )4. A. turned
(     )5. A. research
(     )6. A. mentally
(     )7. A. charged
(     )8. A. disappointed
(     )9. A. which
(     )10. A. cases
(     )11. A. cut
(     )12. A. Unless
(     )13. A. replacing
(     )14. A. Except for
(     )15. A. nailed
(     )16. A. preparation
(     )17. A. out
(     )18. A. pity
(     )19. A. confused
(     )20. A. cases

B. success
B. although
B. church
B. reached
B. look
B. physically
B. spent
B. pleased
B. what
B. clothes
B. swept
B. As long as
B. finding
B. Along with
B. burnt
B. pleasure
B. over
B. happy
B. associated
B. order

C. comment
C. as
C. family
C. filled
C. search
C. anxiously
C. paid
C. nonstop
C. where
C. glasses
C. pulled
C. Until
C. wearing
C. Rather than
C. removed
C. satisfaction
C. for
C. curious
C. combined
C. list

D. exception
D. so
D. country
D. put
D. clothes
D. directly
D. cost
D. quick
D. when
D. Wishes
D. broken
D. Even though
D. changing
D. As for
D. took
D. wonder
D. on
D. eager
D. compared
D. orphanage

完形填空。

     Hidden passengers traveling in ships, trains, or even cars can be a terrible trouble-especially when they
are insects. As for this, there is a great   1 between human beings and insects. The former   2 every
possible effort to avoid being discovered, while the latter quickly  3    attention to themselves.
     We can only show mercy to the   4 man who had to stop his car soon after   5 from a country village
to drive to London. Hearing a strange noise from the   6 of the car, he naturally got out to   7 the wheels
carefully, but he found nothing wrong, so he   8 his way. Again the noise began   9   and became even
louder. Quickly 10 his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great 11 cloud following the car. When
he stopped at a village further on, he was told that a queen been must be hidden in his car as there were
thousands of bees 12 .
     On learning this, the man drove away as quickly as possible. After an hour"s   13   driving, he arrived
safely in London, where he parked his car outside a 14 and went in. It was not long   15 a customer who
had seen him arrive   16 in to inform him that his car was   17 with bees. The poor driver was   18 that
the best way should be to call a 19 . In a short time the man arrived. He found the unwelcome passenger
hidden near the wheels at the back of the car. Very thankful to the driver for this   20  gift, the bee-keeper took
the queen and her thousands of followers home in a large box.

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