Once there was a boy in Toronto. His name was Jimmy. He started drawing when he was three years old, and when he was five he was already very 1 at it. He drew many beautiful interesting pictures, and many people 2 his pictures. They thought this boy was going to be 3 when he was a little older, and then they were going to 4 these pictures for a lot of money. Jimmy"s pictures were quite different from other 5 because he never drew on all of the paper. He drew on 6 0f it, and the other half was always 7 . "That s very clever," everybody said.“ 8 other people have ever done that before. " One day somebody asked him,"Please tell me, Jimmy. Why do you draw on the bottom half of your pictures, 9 not on the top half?" "Because I"m small," Jimmy said, "and my brushes can"t 10 very high. " |
( )1.A. poor ( )2.A. bought ( )3.A. different ( )4.A. buy ( )5.A. men"s ( )6.A. half ( )7.A. full ( )8.A. No ( )9.A. then ( )10.A. change | B. sad B. brought B. clever B. show B. people"s B. part B. empty B. Some B. and B. turn | C. glad C. sold C. famous C. leave C. boy"s C. side C. wrong C. Any C. but C. pull | D. good D. took D. rich D. sell D. child"s D. end D. ready D. Many D. or D. reach | 阅读下面的短文,把短文中5个画线部分的句子翻译成中文 。 | 1. Over l60 years ago, there were no stamps in the world. People had to pay a lot of money for receiving a letter. One winter day the north wind was blowing hard. 2. A postman came to a small village in England. "Here"s a letter for Alice," he shouted. "I"m Alice,"a girl said, The postman gave her the letter. Alice looked at the envelope (信圭寸) for a minute and gave it back to the postman. 3. "I"m sorry. I don"t have enough money for it. " Then a man came up and said to the postman. "I"ll pay for Alice"s letter. " "No, thank you. "said the girl. 14. There"s nothing inside. " "Really?"asked the man,"How do you know that?" "This letter is from Tom. Look, sir. This cross in the corner means he is well, and this circle means he has found work. " The man was Sir Rowland Hili. He could not forget Alice and the letter. He decided to do some thing about it. He knew it wouldn"t be easy. 5. About twenty years later the first stamp in the world began to be used in 1840. This stamp was the "Penny B1ack". 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. | 完形填空。 | Yesterday was my friend Kyra"s birthday. He invited me to his birthday party. Another friend, Guy, had offered to take me to the party by car. Well, I was getting dressed 1 Guy rang me and said he was ill, so I decided to go by train. Unluckily, while I was talking 2 the phone, the cat walked over my clean shirt, so I had to spend a few minutes finding another one and I was 3 leaving. As I was walking to the station it started snowing and I got very cold. I just 4 a train and I had to wait at the station for half an hour. When the train finally arrived I was frozen. I was so cold and tired that during the journey I 5 and I missed my station. Well, I got off at the next stop and decided to walk 6 to Kyra"s house. I walked for half an hour and then I realized I was 7 . Luckily I found a 8 and telephoned for a taxi. When I finally arrived at Kyra"s house it was 9 midnight and people were going home. What a 10 evening! | 完形填空。 | Mr. Green had a new telephone number. 1 he got it, it was the number of a shop. The shop now had a new number, but a lot of women did not know 2 , so they 3 telephoned the old one. At first, Mr. and Mrs. Green always said, "We are 4 .You have called 5 number. The shop has a new one now."But women still continued to call them to 6 things. So after 7 , Mr. and Mrs. Green began to answer them like this" Good morning, madam. What do you want us to send you today?"They thought, " Perhaps they will 8 to us when they don"t 9 their things. "But this didn"t help them because now women began to telephone them more and more, and to say 10 ," Where are my things? They haven"t come yet! Why haven"t you sent them yet?" | 阅读理解 | I had a summer camp with my classmates last year. Early in the morning, we gathered at the bus station. After saying goodbye to our parents, .we got on the buses. It took us more than two hours to arrive at the camp ground. We got off the buses cheerfully. Laughing and shouting, we jumped and ran all over the place. It was the first time for us to be away from the parents. Some of us started to feel homesick. However, when the night party and dances began, the homesickness was gone. The next day, everybody rushed to the boating class, hoping to be at the head of the others. At first, my friends and I worked hard, but the boat wouldn"t listen to us and kept going round and round. Then the teacher taught us how to work together. After many tries, we did much better. Swimming class was my favourite. It was about the hottest time of a day and the best time to stay in the cool water. The swimming teacher was a funny man, and during the class he often made us laugh happily. During the week I learned a lot of new things and made many new friends. I also learned how to take care of myself. | 1. They got to the camp ground _____. | A. on foot B. by bike C. by bus D. by plane | 2. The camp ground was _____ from their homes. | A. quite near B. not far C. very long D. quite far | 3. Why swimming class was the writer"s favorite? | A. Because it was good to stay in the cool water when the weather was hot. B. Because the writer felt quite relaxed during the class. C. Because the swimming teacher was interesting. D. Because of all the above. | 4. Which statement is NOT true? | A. The children were happy to be away from Dad and Mum. B. Their homesickness lasted for long. C. It was teamwork to boat. D. They camped for a week. | 5. Which is the best title for the passage? | A. I Learnt a Lot. B. Boating and Swimming. C. On the Camp ground. D. My First Summer Camp. |
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