"That sounds like a pretty good idea," he answered, "Do you want to see the ads in the newspaper ?"
"Let"s go to the animal shelter. Many pets there need homes. Since tomorrow is Saturday, we can
both go , "she said.
Next morning the Browns met Mr. Snow at the animal shelter. "We want to be sure that the pets here
go to good homes, "Mr Snow said, " So I need to ask you some questions. "
After they talked for a while , the Browns decided to get a small dog. It wouldn"t need a big house
or a big yard. A small dog would bark(吠)and warn them if someone tried to break into their house.
After Mr. Snow gave the Browns a book on pet care, they chose one and wanted to take her home right
away. But the animal, doctor hadn"t checked her yet. So Mr. Snow told them to return on Sunday.
On Sunday afternoon the Browns went to the animal shelter. The animal doctor said, "Shadow has
hadall of her shots(预防针). She will be healthy. " The Browns thanked the doctor and took Shadow
home.
A. the Browns have never had a pet before
B. the Browns knew about Shadow from the newspaper
C. Shadow is a small and healthy dog
D. Mr. Brown didn"t quite agree with his wife
2. The word"shelter"in the passage means ___________.
A. a place to sell small dogs
B. a place to keep homeless animals
C. a place to study animals
D. a place to sell books on pet care
3. Mr Snow asked the Browns some questions to ___________ .
A. see if they had moved to a new house
B. find out how rich the Browns were
C. know where they"d keep their new pet
D. make sure they"d take care of pets
4. The Browns thinks that a small dog __________ .
A. doesn"t need any room to keep
B. can help them watch their house
C. eats less food than a bigger one
D. usually has a beautiful name
5. It"s clear that __________ .
A. Shadow will not be easy to get ill
B. the Browns were not satisfied with Shadow
C. Mr. Snow didn"t check Shadow at all
D. Shadow likes barking a lot
That evening, she went to a birthday party which 1 until two o"clock in the morning. Agatha
walked in the 2 street alone. Suddenly from the back of a dark 3 a tall man with a sharp knife in his
right hand ran out at her. "Good 4 , lady," the man said in a low voice. "I don"t think you wish to 5
here!" "What do you want?" "Your earrings. Take them off!"
Agatha suddenly had a 6 idea, She tried to cover her necklace with the collar (衣领) of her
overcoat while she used 7 hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly 8 them on the
ground.
"Take them and let me go," she said. The robber thought that the girl didn"t like the earrings at all,
only wanted to 9 the necklace. It would cost 10 , so he said, "Give me your necklace."
"Oh, sir. It doesn"t 11 much. Please let me wear it. "
"I"m not that 12 . Quick!"
With shaking 13 Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left, she picked up her
earrings and ran as 14 as she could to one of her friends.
The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost 15 six pounds.
( )2. A. busy
( )3. A. part
( )4. A. morning
( )5. A. die
( )6. A. funny
( )7. A. other
( )8. A. handed
( )9. A. own
( )10. A. cheap
( )11. A. weigh
( )12. A. afraid
( )13. A. hands
( )14. A. much
( )15. A. really
B. quiet
B. block
B. afternoon
B. escape
B. safe
B. others
B. threw
B. keep
B. expensive
B. take
B. angry
B. feet
B. early
B. already
C. noisy
C. building
C. evening
C. fight
C. brave
C. the other
C. passed
C. have
C. more
C. spend
C. silly
C. head
C. carefully
C. only
D. wide
D. street
D. night
D. stay
D. bright
D. another
D. put
D. protect
D. less
D. cost
D. bad
D. body
D. fast
D. hardly
to school like other kids. But there were two problems! The first was that he didn"t know if his parents
would let him ride a bike to school. The second and the bigger of the two problems was that he didn"t
have a bike, because he and his parents had just moved to the town this summer.
Mike started to get over his problems. First, he asked his parents if they would let him ride a bike
to school in the autumn. To his surprise, they said, "Sure, Mike, you are old enough, but you don"t have
a bike!" Mike began to think about how to solve the problem. Finally, he thought of an idea. He asked
the neighbors if he could mow (割) their lawns (草坪) to earn money to buy a bike. For all of them
needed to mow their lawns, they told Mike that would be fine, if his parents agreed. Mike"s parents
were pleased that he found a way to buy a bike himself. They agreed and taught Mike how to mow the
lawn properly. Finally, he had enough money to buy his bike. He bought a beautiful black and red
mountain bike.
B. ride a bike to school
C. mow the lawn for his family
B. He was not old enough to ride a bike.
C. His parents didn"t want him to ride a bike.
① Mike had two problems.
② like bought a bike.
③ Mike thought he was never too young to ride a bike.
④ Mike mowed the lawns for his neighbors.
B. ②①④③
C. ③①④②
B. Mike was a gardening worker.
C. Mike bought a black and red bike.
B. Mike"s New Bike
C. How to Earn Money
Miss White was going to give a lecture on Friday afternoon, but on
Thursday night she was told that she had to go to an important meeting the
next day at the same time. " No one can be in two places at the same time.
What shall I do?" She thought. But soon , she had an idea.
At five to three on Friday afternoon Miss White went to the lecture
room. There were twenty students waiting there for her. "I’m sorry. "" She
told them, "I won’t be able to give my lecture today. " The students looked
surprised. Miss White explained that she had an important meeting."
However, "she went on. "though I can"t be with you myself, my voice can. "
Then she put a small tape recorder on the desk, "you see,I"ve recorded my
lecture and you can listen to it without me."
Miss White turned on the recorder and left. The meeting ended a little
earlier. Miss White decided to go back to her students. She stood for a
moment outside the lecture room, listening to her own voice. Then quickly,
she opened the door. To her surprise, the room was empty. As she looked
around,she saw a number of small recorders-all " listen " to her lecture!
" Well," she thought, " if I can be in two places at the same time, why
can"t they?"
A. give a lecture
B. attend a meeting
C. both A and B
D. think of an idea
2. The students ____ to know Miss White
wouldn"t give the lecture.
A. were so excited
B. were surprised
C. left the lecture room quickly
D. were disappointed
3. Miss White recorded her lecture so that ____
while she was away.
A. the students could do the same
B. the students could teach themselves
C. her voice could be with her
D. the students could listen to it
4. When she returned from the meeting, Miss White
found ____ her lecture.
A. no one in the lecture room listening to
B. every student recording
C. only few students listening to
D. all her students listening to
5. Miss White thought it was _____ .
A. all right for her students to do the same as she did
B. wrong for her students to be absent(缺席) from the lecture.
C. clever of her students to record her lecture
D. kind of her students to leave so many recorders
at the front row of shoes, and he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have a new pair for his
birthday.
He sadly walked away and thought of what to tell his mother. He knew she would give him anything
if she could. But he also knew she had little money. He decided not to go home at once, because he
looked worried and he didn"t want his mother to worry about him. So he went to the park and he sat
on the grass. Then he saw a girl in a wheel chair. He found that the girl moved the wheels with her
hands. Bill looked at her carefully and was surprised to see that the girl had no feet. He looked down
at his own feet. "It was much better to be without shoes than without feet," he thought. It was not right
for him to feel so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was luckier in life.
B. he couldn"t get a new pair of shoes
C. the shoes in the shop were too large
D. he had to work every day
B. Bill"s mother didn"t love him.
C. Bill"s mother had much money.
D. Bill"s mother often bought presents for him.
B. Because he was tired and wanted to have a rest.
C. Because he didn"t want to give his mother any trouble.
D. Because his mother was at work.
B. without feet
C. walking sadly
D. sitting on the grass
B. left the park sadly
C. didn"t know what to do with his old shoes
D. thought he was luckier than the girl
Then two days before the concert, Helen had a cold. She stayed in bed and took medicine, but it got worse and worse. On the evening before the concert, she had a fever. Helen’s mother called Jenny. " Helen is too s 4 to go to the concert, " she said. " You can find someone else to go with. "
The next day, Helen was feeling unhappy at home. Then she heard someone knocking at the door. A v 5 came. It was her friend Jenny! She came with a big bag of fruit and lots of their favorite CDs.
"I gave the tickets to Nancy and Tina in the end, and they went to the concert i 6 of us,"she said. "We" ll go to a 7 concert when you’re well. It wouldn"t be much fun without you. ”
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