They decided to hide (隐藏) in the hayloft (干草棚) and rest. When they climbed up, they found three bags
and decided to hide inside them.
About an hour later the head of the town and his assistant came into the barn. The head told his assistant
to go up and check out the hayloft. When he was up there, the head asked him what he saw. The assistant
shouted back, "Just three large bags."
The head told him to find out what was in them, so the assistant kicked the first bag, where one of the
women was hiding. She went, "Wow -Wow", so the assistant told the head that there was a dog in the bag.
Then he kicked the second bag that the second woman was hiding in. She went, "Meow," so the assistant
told the head that there was a cat in the bag.
Then he kicked the bag that the third woman was in, and there was no sound at all, so he kicked it again,
and the woman cried, "Potatoes."
B. find the bags
C. run away
B. 叫
C. 走开
B. kick the woman
C. find out what was in it
B. The head climbed up and checked the hayloft.
C. The assistant thought that there was a cat in die second bag.
B. the prison was next to the barn
C. the head would find the women
One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is John Brown. Mr. Brown works in
an office in New York.
On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got in the elevator to go
home, it stopped between floors. Mr. Brown could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped (困住)! He
started to shout, but nobody heard him. Then Mr. Brown remembered that it was a holiday in America.
Nobody was going to come to work until Tuesday! There was nothing for Mr. Brown to do.
He had to wait until one of his coworkers (同事) came to work and found him. With nothing to eat
or-drink, Mr. Brown ended up sleeping for most of the time.
Early on Tuesday morning, the president of the company came into work and found the elevator was
not working. When the elevator was opened, Mr. Brown came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in
the elevator for sixty-two hours!
Now Mr. Brown says, "I only use elevators if they have telephones in them."
B. He doesn"t mind.
C. It can be dangerous.
D. He refuses to do it.
B. From Tuesday to Saturday.
C. More than three days.
D. More than two days.
B. He had no food or drink.
C. The elevator stopped between two floors.
D. There was no telephone in the elevator.
B. The elevator started to work soon again.
C. His coworker who worked on the weekend helped him out.
D. His coworkers found him when they came back to work on Monday.
B. An Interesting Elevator
C. Trapped in an Elevator
D. Elevator Safety
be nice and useful but not expensive.
She went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. After she looked for half an hour, she found a shop that
was selling cheap umbrellas, and she decided to take a black one.
She thought, "Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of any color." So she bought a lovely black
umbrella and took it to school with her until her class finished.
On her way home on the train she felt hungry because she had so little for lunch. So she went to the buffet
car (餐车). She left the umbrella on her seat. But when she got back, it had gone!
Sally began to cry. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told
them the black umbrella she bought for her mother had gone, and she had to get off at the next station. After
the three passengers heard this, they asked her for her mother"s address so that they could send the umbrella
to her if someone took it by mistake and brought it back.
And now a week passed. Sally got a letter from her mother. It said "Thank you very much for your lovely
gifts, but why do you send me three black umbrellas?"
B. Mom is beautiful in any clothes.
C. The color of the umbrella is OK for Mom"s clothes of any color.
D. Mom can buy any clothes that she likes to wear.
B. At her school.
C. At the train station.
D. In the shop.
B. one of the umbrellas must be sent by Sally
C. the three umbrellas were sent by the three passengers
D. nobody on the train took away the umbrella
B. The story of an umbrella
C. On the train
D. A happy mother
B. if we show our love to others, we can get love from others
C. we should often send our parents gifts
D. it"s no use crying when we are in trouble
But neither of them is dreaming of money. They 1_____ (dream) of the Gold Medals they want to win
at the Olympics in Beijing in 2008. Both of these wonderful athletes have been dreaming of gold for a long
time. Their dreams began when they were children. They loved sport and they had a child" s dream of
2_____ (become) Olympic athletes. As they got older and had training harder, the dream came within their
reach (能及的范围). In 2004, both Liu Xiang and Guo Jingjing 3_____ (win) Olympic gold medals and their
dream came true. Now, Beijing gold is in their dreams. Every success 4_____ (begin) with a dream.
Every successful person is a dreamer. They dream of what they want 5_____ (achieve) and then begin
working towards achieving that dream. On the way, troubles 6_____ (meet) by them. Sometimes, their dream
doesn"t come true. But working towards that dream has taught them about themselves and about life and, as
a result, they 7_____ (succeed) in becoming strong, independent (独立的) people. People often say, "If you
dream it and believe it, it 8_____ (come) true. "
she said she would go. This 2 be the first time that his classmates and teacher 3 his mother and he felt
ashamed of her 4 . Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a scar (疤痕) that 5 nearly the right
side of her face. The boy never wanted to 6 why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were 7 by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar,
but the little boy was still 8 and hid himself from everyone, 9 a conversation between his mother and 10 .
The teacher asked 11 , "How did you get the scar on your face?"
The mother answered, " 12 my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was 13
afraid to go in because the fire was 14 , so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a piece of wood
coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked senseless but 15 , a fireman
came in and saved both of us." She touched (摸着) the 16 side of her face. "This scar will be 17 , but to this
day, I have never 18 what I did."
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her mother in
his arms and 19 a great sense of the sacrifice (牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly
for the 20 of the day.
( )1. A. enjoyment ( )2. A. would ( )3. A. noticed ( )4. A. look ( )5. A. included ( )6. A. talk about ( )7. A. impressed ( )8. A. surprised ( )9. A. listening to ( )10. A. understanding ( )11. A. carefully ( )12. A. As ( )13. A. so ( )14. A. out of control ( )15. A. surely ( )16. A. left ( )17. A. ugly ( )18. A. forgot ( )19. A. felt ( )20. A. others | B. disappointment B. could B. greeted B. appearance B. passed B. think about B. surprised B. sad B. looking at B. the parents B. seriously B. When B. much B. under control B. hopefully B. crying B. lasting (持久的) B. recognized B. realized B. other | C. surprise C. should C. accepted C. clothes C. covered C. care about C. excited C. happy C. hearing C. the teacher C. nervously C. Since C. quite C. in control C. luckily C. wiped C. serious C. considered C. enjoyed C. rest | D. excitement D. must D. met D. smile D. decorated D. hear about D. comforted D. embarrassed (尴尬) D. watching D. his classmates D. anxiously (焦急的) D. While D. too D. over control D. unluckily D. burned D. frightening D. regretted D. told D. following |
阅读理解。 | |||
It was at least two months before Christmas when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that | |||
1. Choose the right time order of the following events. a. The girl asked for a new bike. b. The girl opened the little gift box. c. The parents bought the girl a modern and popular doll. d. The father made the girl a bike with clay. e. The girl would rather keep the clay bike than get a real one. | |||
A. a, b, c, e, d B. a, c, d, b, e C. a, c, b, d, e D. a, b, d, c, e | |||
2. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? | |||
A. The parents wanted the girl to have the clay bike for ever. B. Tears were in the girl"s eyes because she didn"t like the present at all. C. The girl never lost her desire for a bike. D. The parents paid little attention to the daughter"s desire for a bike. | |||
3. Why did Dad make the clay bicycle? | |||
A. He wanted his daughter to buy a real one. B. He didn"t want to disappoint his daughter. B. He thought his daughter would like it. D. He wanted to give his daughter a surprise. | |||
4. What can we know from the last sentence? | |||
A. The parents were sad and encouraged. B. The parents felt nervous and shy. C. The parents were moved and felt proud of the girl. D. The parents felt unhappy for the girl. | |||
5. Which do you think is the best title (标题) for the story? | |||
A. A lovely little girl B. A great and serious father C. A clay bike D. Christmas shopping |