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Tom walked into a shop . It had a sign outside : "Second-hand (旧的) clothes bought and sold . "He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop, "How much will you give me for these?" The man looked at them and then said: "Two dollars."
  "What !" said Tom. "I had guessed they were worth at least five dollars."
  "No," said the man, "they aren"t worth a cent more than two dollars."
  "Well," said Tom, taking two dollars out of his pocket. "Here"s your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price (标价)of them was six dollars and a half. But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth."
  Then he walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers and disappeared before the shop owner could think of anything to say .
小题1:At first the owner of the shop thought that Tom __________.
A.wanted to steal the trousers    B.wanted to sell the trousers
C.wanted to fool him      D.wanted to buy the trousers
小题2:The owner of the shop_______  for the old trousers.
A.would give Tom two dollars 
B.would pay three dollars
C.would pay five dollars      
D.would give Tom six dollars and a half
小题3:The shop owner insisted(坚持) that the trousers were worth only two dollars because ____.
A.he wanted to sell them cheaply  
B.he wanted to buy them cheaply
C.he didn"t like the trousers  
D.they were old and dirty
小题4:In fact, the trousers _________.
A.were hanging inside the shop   
B.were stolen by Tom from the shop
C.had been the shop owner"s    
D.had been Tom"s
小题5:From the story we know that _________ cheaper than the list price.
A.the owner sold the trousers two dollars
B.Tom sold the trousers one dollar and a half
C.the owner bought the trousers three dollars
D.Tom bought the trousers four dollars and a half

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:B
小题5:D
解析

试题分析:短文大意:这篇短文介绍了汤姆因为老板的误会,以低于标价4美元的价格买了一条旧裤子。
小题1:细节理解题。故短文汤姆和老板的对话,可知在一开始老板以为汤姆是来卖裤子的。故选B。
小题2:细节理解题。根据The man looked at them and then said: "Two dollars."描述,可知这个店老板想给汤姆两美元买这条裤子。故选A。
小题3:细节理解题。阅读短文可知,老板出价比较低是因为他以为这条裤子是汤姆的,想以低价买了这条裤子。故选B。
小题4:细节理解题。根据Here"s your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. 描述,可知这条裤子是店老板挂在商店外面的。故选B。
小题5:推理判断题。阅读短文可知,最后汤姆给了老板2美元,从价格表中可以看出这条裤子卖6美元,所以汤姆以比价格表便宜4美元的价格买了这条裤子。故选D。
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In a cold winter, a couple had to move out of their big house because of bankruptcy(***). The husband worked day and night to support the family but with no care of his wife. So she thought, "he doesn"t love me anymore, he just thinks about his work".
One day, she wanted to take a shower, but her husband stopped her at the door, "Let me take it first, OK?" "Why not let me first," she asked. "I was tired, you take it later, OK?" She was very sad.
On a rainy day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer. After a few minutes, her eyes were full of tears...it was his diary:
“Today, I was quite sad, she asked me why I was always taking the shower first, and I said I was tired. She was unhappy. I wasn"t as rich as before! We moved to the small house and it was very cold. But I found that if one person took the shower first, the room could get a little warmer. So every time I rushed to the bathroom first. When she took the shower, the room would get warmer, at least 1℃ or 2℃.Now I can"t give her comfortable life or buy expensive dresses for her,  but at least, I can give her 1℃love.”
小题1:The couple moved out of their house                          .
A.on a rainy day
B.in a cold winter
C.when the husband lost his work
D.when the wife saw her husband’s diary
小题2:The woman thought her husband didn’t love her because                          .
A.he didn’t buy her beautiful clothes
B.he didn’t have enough money
C.he always worked with no care of her
D.he didn’t look after her parents
小题3:The woman’s eyes were full of tears because                      .
A.She felt sad by her husband’s words
B.the rainy day made her sad.
C.her eyes were hurt by the computer
D.she was moved by her husband’s words
小题4:The man wanted to take the shower first because                         .
A.he was tired and wanted to sleep earlier
B.he wanted to make the bathroom warmer
C.he wasn’t as strong as before
D.he couldn’t stand the cold winter
小题5:From the reading, we know that                        .
A.the man loved his wife very much
B.the woman didn’t love her husband
C.the man was poor before
D.the woman had no job

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Sally came to China last year. She is now living in Beijing and works in a computer company. She has been in the company for six months. The company is in the north of the city, and her flat is in the south. But Sally has never been late for work.
Sally is very popular in the company. She is kind to everybody and gets on well with her workmates. They often visit each other after work and talk about almost everything.
However, Sally has made a decision to leave the company. She is going to find a job as a tour guide. “If I work as a tour guide, I’ll be able to meet more people and learn more about China,” she told her friends.
Last Friday Sally had a talk with the manager of a travel agency. He seemed pleased with her Chinese. At the end of the talk, the manager said, “I’ll call you up in a week and tell you the result.” Now Sally is waiting for the answer.
小题1:Sally has been in the company for _________.
A.half a yearB.a yearC.three monthsD.two years
小题2:Sally is ________ for work.
A.never on timeB.always lateC.always on timeD.sometimes late
小题3:Almost ________ in the company knows Sally.
A.nobodyB.somebodyC.anybodyD.everybody
小题4:Sally wants to work in a ________ because she wants to know more about China.
A.middle schoolB.travel agencyC.post office D.police station
小题5:Sally’s ________ is good, so the manager will probably give her a chance.
A.ChineseB.mathC.JapaneseD.Physics

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阅读下面的短文,并根据短文内容判断文后句子的正误。正确的用(T),错误的用(F)。(共5小题,计10分)
He was a single father of a 5-year-old boy.He was often worried about his son growing up without a mother.
One day he went away on business and left the child alone.He was worried about the child all the way.He went home quickly after finishing his work.
When he got home,the child was asleep.He was very tired.Before going to bed,he was surprised to find an overturned(翻倒的)bowl of noodles under the quilt(床罩).
He beat his sleeping son angrily, “Why are you so naughty(淘气的),making the quilt dirty?Who will wash it?”It was the first time that he had hit his son after his wife’s death.
“I haven’t,”the child explained with tears in his eyes.  “This is your supper,Daddy.”In order to let his father eat dinner as soon as he got home,the child cooked two bowls of noodles:one for himself,the other for his father.He put his father’s noodles under the quilt to keep them hot.
Hearing this,the father hugged(拥抱)his boy tightly without saying a word.
小题1:The father worried about his son when he was on business.
小题2:The child was sleeping when his father got home.
小题3:The father often hit his son after his wife’s death.
小题4:The child cooked noodles for himself and his father.
小题5:The child put the noodles on the table.
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阅读下面的短文,从A,B,C,中选出能回答问题或完成句子的最佳选项。(共5小题,计10分)
Mr and Mrs Jackson bought a big farm and they were always busy working on it .They had a good harvest every year.One of their sons Victor studied at a high school.The boy studied hard and did well in his lessons.It made them happy.
Last month Victor finished high school and passed the university entrance examination.Mrs Jackson was very happy and told almost all her friends about it .
Yesterday morning she went to the town to buy something for her son.On the bus she met one of her friends and they hadn’t seen each other for fifteen years.She told her friend how clever her son was.She spoke very loudly.All the people on the bus could hear her.
“Which university will your son study in?”a man next to her asked.
“Oxford University,”said Mrs Jackson happily.
Most of the people on the bus looked at her.Some of them said to her, “Congratulations!”
A woman sitting opposite her said, “I’m sure he’ll meet Jim White.”
“Who’s Jim White?”
“He’s my son,”said the woman with smile.
“Does he study in the same university?”
“No.He is one of the professors(教授).”
小题1:The underlined word “harvest”probably means “_______”in Chinese.
A. 庄稼              B. 收成            C. 成就      
小题2:Mr and Mrs Jackson were happy because________.
A.their son did well in his lessons
B.they bought a big farm
C.they had a good time on the farm
小题3:Mrs Jackson wanted everyone to know_________.
A.her som finished high school
B.her son was brave
C.her son was going to study in a famous university
小题4:Mrs Jackson spoke so loudly on the bus that________.
A.her friend could hear her
B.all the people could hear her
C.all the people looked at her
小题5:Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Mrs Jackson met some of her friends on the bus.
B.The woman was Mrs Jackson’s friend.
C.The woman wanted to stop Mrs Jackson from talking about her son.
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"We"re going to move," Jimmy said to Mr. James,her teacher, with tears(眼泪) in her eyes. "Dad lost his job and now we don"t have enough money to live in our house." Pam was walking by and just heard Jimmy"s talk with Mr.James.
  In the lunchroom Pam met Carol and said, "I"ve got something to tell you about Jimmy." As she started to tell Carol about Jimmy"s dad, several other classmates stopped to listen. Pam felt bad telling what she had heard but she went on anyway.
  After school, Pam saw some of her classmates talking to Jimmy. "Where does your dad work?" one of the boys asked. Jimmy"s face turned red. She left without answering. Pam felt terrible, because she didn"t mean to hurt Jimmy. And she hadn"t thought that some of the classmates would make jokes and laugh at Jimmy about her father"s losing the job. Pam didn"t know what she could do to help Jimmy.
小题1:The story wants to tell us ____.
A.It"s difficult to move away
B.girls don"t like to talk to boys
C.student"s report to the teacher  
D.secrets are hard to keep
小题2:Jimmy’s family had to move because ____.
A.her father lost his job       
B.they had a better place to live in
C.her classmates were not kind enough 
D.her father changed his job
小题3:Jimmy"s face turning red show that she didn"t ____.
A.feel well enoughB.know the answer 
C.want to talk about her fatherD.want to leave others
小题4:Pam felt very sorry ____.
A.and wanted to do something for Jimmy  
B.but went to laugh at Jimmy
C.so she stopped to listen to others  
D.and left without answering
小题5:The whole story happened ____.
A.in classB.during and after schoolC.at Mr.James"s officeD.in the lunchroom

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