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A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man 1 , "Let me clean 2 shoes."
The young man said, "No, thank you." "You may 3 me only a pound, sir." said the boy. But the
young man refused 4 .
Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for 5 . The young man agreed to this, and
soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man put 6 shoe on the boy, but the boy refused to
clean it 7 he was paid two pounds for his work. The young man refused to pay anything and went 8 .
But the dirty one looked so 9 that he couldn"t walk away. He had to 10 back and gave the
boy two pounds. In a very short time his shoes shone brightly.
| ( )1. A. passing by ( )2. A. his ( )3. A. cost ( )4. A. again ( )5. A. something ( )6. A. other ( )7. A. unless ( )8. A. out ( )9. A. good ( )10. A. turn | B. passed by B．your B. pay B. too B. anything B. another B. if B. away B. bad B. open | C. pass to C．my C. take C. also C. nothing C. the other C. after C. off C. well C. close | ||||
| 根据短文内容，判断句子的正（T）误（F）。 James wrote a play for television about a family who came to England from India, and the play was very interesting. It was bought by an American TV company. James was then invited to go to New York to help them. He lived in Washington, which is an hour away from New York by air. The plane was going to take off at 8:30 in the morning. So he had to be at the airport at about 7:30. He ordered a taxi for 6 :30 and went to sleep. He forgot to wind (土条) the clock, and it stopped after midnight. Also the driver of the taxi had to work very late that night and he got up very late the next morning. James woke with the feeling that something was wrong. He looked at his clock. It stood there silently with the hands pointing to ten past twelve. He turned on the radio and knew it was ten. He was late for the plane. He was just preparing his coffee when the radio sent out another news, ""Reports are coming in of a plane crash (飞机坠落) near Washington airport. A Boeing 707 fly to New York crashed shortly after taking off this morning. Plane number 2234…" James suddenly turned pale (苍白). "My plane," he said aloud. "If I haven"t been late, I"d have been on the plane!" ( )1. James was a writer from England. ( )2. He had to reach the airport at half past eight. ( )3. James would like to take a taxi at six thirty. ( )4. When he turned on the radio he heard the speaker saying that he missed the plane. ( )5. James was lucky because he was not able to get on the plane. | ||||||
| 根据短文内容，完成下列短文。每空一词。 Once Einstein gave a lecture in many places in America. His driver always listened to him and knew the lecture so well that he was sure he could give it himself. So Einstein agreed that the driver gave the lecture himself. As nobody knew Einstein there, the driver gave the lecture for Einstein that evening. At first he was a bit afraid, but Einstein"s smile made him feel better. He gave a good lecture and the people were quite pleased. Then the driver started to leave and Einstein followed him without a word. When they got to the door, a man asked the driver a difficult question. The driver said that the question was very easy, and told the man to ask his driver behind to answer it. Einstein gave the __1_ lecture again and again. His driver listened to his lecture so many times that he wanted to give it __2_ . When Einstein knew it, he let the driver 3 the lecture for him that night. The driver gave a good lecture and the great scientist was quite pleased. When they were __4_ the lecture room, a man asked the driver a question. To show how easy the question was, the driver asked Einstein who followed him to answer it 5 him. | ||||||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||||
| Once upon a time there was a monster. He was very ugly, and had no friends. No one wanted to talk to him. Even other monsters thought he was ugly. He lived alone and was very unhappy because he was so lonely. "I wish I had a friend." he said to himself every day. "One friend would be enough. Someone to talk to." "Dear Editor." he wrote. " I am an ugly monster. How can I find a friend?" "Dear Monster." the Editor replied. " Advertise for a friend in this magazine." The monster wrote an advertisement. "Monster wants a friend, male or female. I have two heads, four arms, six legs and here tails. I have one blue eye, one green eye and one brown eye. Smoke comes out of my noses. But I am really a kind monster and will be a good friend to someone. If you would like to meet me, please stand outside Blake"s Store at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 22nd. Write to me at Box 45. Everybody"s Magazine." A few days later he went to the magazine. "Do you have any letters for Box 45?" he asked. The Editor looked in Box 45. "Yes, there is one." she said, and gave it to him. The monster opened the letter, and read, "Dear Monster, I think a person"s character is more important than his appearance. I will wait outside Blake"s Store on Friday. Please carry a flower so that I will recognize you. Yours sincerely, Miss Alice Thwaite." | ||||||
| 1. Why was the monster unhappy? | ||||||
| A. He had no friends. B. He was ugly. C. He had two heads. D. He had three tails. | ||||||
| 2. What did the monster advertise for? | ||||||
| A. A magazine B. A friend C. An editor D. A male monster | ||||||
| 3. How did the monster describe himself in the advertisement? | ||||||
| A. Bad B. Lonely C. Kind D. Different | ||||||
| 4. What was strange about Miss Thwaite"s letter? | ||||||
| A. She was not interested in people"s appearances. B. She wanted to meet the monster. C. She needed a flower to recognize him by D. It was the only reply | ||||||
| 完型填空 。 | ||||||
| Do you like bubble gum (泡泡糖)? Do you know when it was 1 ? In the 1870s, an American discovered bubble gum. 2 name was Thomas Adams. He wanted to find the use of a chicle（一种树胶). Chicle is a Spanish 3 for sticky water that comes from one kind of Mexican tree. Mr Adams wanted to make rubber 4 chicle. He worked in his home while he tried to find a way to make the chicle become stronger. He had a son 5 name was Horatio. He also helped his father now and then. One day, young Horatio began to chew (咀爵) the chicle while he watched his father work. It did not 6 very good, but Horatio enjoyed chewing it. Then the young boy began to blow bubbles with the new chicle-which his father had made. Mr Adams had discovered bubble gum 7 . Mr Adams gave up trying to find a way to make rubber. 8 , he wanted to try to sell the new gum that he had made. He thought 9 people might like the taste, too.He was 10 . Soon, the new gum became more and more popular. | ||||||
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use he had not been at home, so Tim answered, "No, sir, he was very busy last night,