| ( )1. A. scarves ( )2. A. touch ( )3. A. Although ( )4. A. chance ( )5. A. lived ( )6. A. sometimes ( )7. A. Besides ( )8. A. father ( )9. A. something ( )10. A. eyes ( )11. A. wealthy ( )12. A. anger ( )13. A. need ( )14. A. drug ( )15. A. help ( )16. A. cried ( )17. A. board ( )18. A. satisfied ( )19. A. later ( )20. A. congratulated | B. shoes B. feel B. Because B. excuse B. worked B. always B. Instead B. mother B. nothing B. ears B. lovely B. sadness B. must B. flower B. join B. shouted B. sale B. surprised B. ago B. followed | C. trousers C. beat C. Whether C. idea C. studied C. ever C. However C. brother C. everything C. hands C. popular C. excitement C. should C. sweet C. leave C. begged C. line C. generous C. early C. thanked | D. gloves D. see D. Before D. plan D. stood D. never D. Once D. sister D. anything D. feet D. mean D. interest D. could D. book D. train D. smiled D. request D. worried D. before D. stopped |
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| There was once a captain who loved money so much that he cheated his sailors at the end of every voyage and took their wages. On the last day of one voyage, the ship was in a small port. It was winter time, and the sea was very cold, so the captain said to his sailors, "If one of you stays in the water during the whole night, I will give him my ship. But if he comes out before the sun appears, I shall get his wages." The sailors had heard about the captain"s cheating, so they didn"t trust him. But then one of them, who thought that he was cleverer than the captain, said that he would do it. He got into the water, and, though it was very cold, he stayed in it. When it was nearly morning, some fishermen lit a fire on the shore about half a mile away. "You are cheating," the captain said to the sailor. "The fire"s warming you." "But it"s half a mile away!" said the sailor. "A fire"s fire," answered the captain. "I have won." The sailor came out of the water, and said, "Perhaps you think that you are clever because you have won my wages, but you can"t cook a chicken." "I can," answered the captain. "If you cook this chicken," said the sailor, "I shall work for you without wages for seven years, but if you can"t, you will give me your ship." The captain agreed, took the chicken and said, "Where"s the fire?" "There it is," answered the sailor. "On the shore." "But it"s half a mile away," said the captain angrily. " "A fire"s fire," you said," answered the sailor. "If it is enough to warm me in the water, it is enough to cook your chicken." | |||
| 1. The captain got the sailors" wages _____. | |||
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| A. to buy a chicken for himself B. and kept the money for future use C. by cheating him D. and said he would return the money soon | |||
| 2. Which of the following statements is TRUE? | |||
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| A. All the sailors refused to get into the water because it was too cold. B. The captain knew that the fire the fishermen made was enough to warm the sailor in the water. C. The captain succeeded in cheating the sailor. D. It was the sailor who was cleverer. | |||
| 3. The captain insisted that the fire was warming the sailor because he _____. | |||
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| A. didn"t want to lose the bet B. didn"t believe the sailor"s success C. wanted to keep his promise D. wanted to show his cleverness | |||
| 4. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? | |||
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| A. The sailors didn"t trust the captain. B. In order to help the sailor in the water, the fishermen made a fire. C. The captain failed to cheat the sailor this time. D. The sailor didn"t get out of the water before the sun appeared. | |||
| 5. What is the title of the story? | |||
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| A. How a Captain Cheated His Sailor B. How a Sailor Got a Ship C. A Brave Sailor D. A Fire Is Fire | |||
| 阅读理解。 Last year when Tom graduated from school, he came to Taibei. He didn"t like to work on his father"s farm and hoped to find a job in a big city. He went from one company to another but no one wanted him. With little money left, he got to the station, sad and tired. All he wanted to do was go back to his small town. It was very late at night and the station was full of people. They were waiting to buy tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy. At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him and asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket because he thought they needed it more than he did. After the train left, he sat on the bench and didn"t know where to go. Suddenly, an old man came and said, "Young man, I have seen what you did to the woman. I am the owner of a big company. I need a good young man like you. Would you like to work for me?" | |||
| 1. Tom came to the station to _____. | |||
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| A. find a job B. take the train home C. sell the ticket D. take the train to Taibei | |||
| 2. The woman walked to Tom because _____. | |||
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| A. she was Tom"s old friend B. her child wanted to talk to Tom C. she needed to take the train D. she had no money to buy a ticket | |||
| 3. Tom didn"t take the train because _____. | |||
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| A. he didn"t take a train ticket B. he missed the train C. he wanted to talk to the old man D. he gave his ticket to the woman | |||
| 4. The old man wanted to _____. | |||
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| A. lend Tom some money B. give Tom a job C. say "Thank you" to Tom D. sit on the bench with Tom | |||
| 5. What can we learn from this story? | |||
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A. Many people find job in a train station. | |||
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| Mr. and Mrs. Jones"s flat was full of suitcases, trunks (大衣箱) and packed-up furniture (家具). The two of them were busy with pencils and paper, checking their lists of luggage (行李), when there was a ring at the door. Mrs. Jones went to open it, and saw a well-dressed middle-aged lady outside. The lady came to welcome them to their new home. The Joneses invited her in, after apologizing for the state of the flat. "Oh, please don"t stand on ceremony (典礼)with me," she answered. "Do you know, in some parts of this town neighbors are not at all friendly. There are some streets, and even some blocks of flats, where people don"t know their neighbors, not even their next-door ones. But in this block of flats, everybody is friends with everybody else. We are one big, happy family. I am sure that you will be very happy here." The well-dressed lady got a shock when she came to visit the flat the next time, because she found a quite different man and woman in it. Mr. and Mrs. Jones had not had the courage to tell her that they were not the new owners of the flat, who were going to move in the next day, but the old owners who had lived beside her for two years without her ever having visited them or even noticed their existence. | |||
| 1. Mr. and Mrs. Jones"s flat was full of suitcases and other packed-up things _____. | |||
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| A. because they received a lot of things B. because they were going to post them C. because they bought a lot of things D. because they were going to move out | |||
| 2. When there was a ring at the door, the Joneses _____. | |||
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| A. were talking to a well-dressed lady B. were checking their list of luggage C. were writing a letter D. were packing up their furniture | |||
| 3. The well-dressed lady thought that Mr. and Mrs. Jones were _____. | |||
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| A. her old neighbors B. her friends C. the new owners of the flat D. members of her family | |||
| 4. What did the lady think of the people in that block of flats? | |||
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| A. She thought that everybody was friends with everybody else. B. She thought that people didn"t know their neighbors. C. She thought that neighbors didn"t know their neighbors. D. She thought that people only knew their next-door ones. | |||
| 5. Why did the lady get a shock when she came to visit the flat the next time? | |||
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| A. Because she found that Mr. and Mrs. Jones were her new neighbors. B. Because the Joneses still stayed there. C. Because the Joneses told her that they were going to leave from there. D. Because she found a quite different man and woman in the flat. | |||
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| Alice always wanted to be a singer. Music was the most important thing in her life. To tell you the truth, she took lessons for years, and practiced every day, but her voice didn"t improve. In fact, it didn"t get better; it just got louder. Her teacher gave up in the end and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused to give in. One day she decided to give a concert and invited her teacher to attend. The teacher was very worried about what to say after the concert. She knew it would be terrible and it was. She didn"t want to tell a lie, but she didn"t want to hurt Alice"s feelings, either. At last, she got an idea and went backstage to greet her student. "Well," said Alice, "what did you think of my singing?" "My dear," said the teacher, "you"ll never be better than you were tonight." | |||
| 1. Alice wanted to be a singer because she _____. | |||
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| A. was good at singing B. could do nothing but sing C. had a good teacher D. was most interested in music | |||
| 2. Alice"s teacher stopped the lessons because _____. | |||
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| A. Alice didn"t make any improvement in singing B. Alice had taken lessons for years C. Alice didn"t work hard enough D. Alice was so proud and wouldn"t listen to her | |||
| 3. What did the teacher really mean by saying "You"ll never be better than you were tonight."? | |||
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| A. You gave a wonderful concert tonight. B. You won"t make any improvement in future. C. You have never sung so well before. D. You did much better before than tonight. |