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     Three people were walking along a street, first a big man, then a beautiful woman, and then an old
man. The first two went round a corner. Suddenly the old man saw a piece of paper on the ground. He
picked it up. The old man found it was five pounds. A few seconds (秒) later, the young woman came
back. She was crying. "I have dropped five pounds," she said. "Don"t cry," said the old man, "Here it is."
The young woman thanked him and went away. After a few seconds, the big man came back. He was
looking for something. Suddenly a window opened and a small man looked out. "I saw five Pounds fall
 from your pocket," he said, "but that man gave it to a young woman." The big man was very angry.
The old man was very afraid and gave him another five pounds. When the old man had gone, the young
woman came back to get her one pound thirteen shillings (先令) and four pence (便士), and the small
man came out to get the same money.
     (one Pound = twenty shillings; one shilling = twelve pence)

1. Why did the old man pick up the paper? Because he _____. [     ]

A. wanted to keep it for himself
B. needed money very much
C. knew it was not money
D. wanted to know what it was

2. The old man was _____ another five pounds to the big man. [     ]
A. too afraid to give
B. good enough to give
C. so afraid that he had to give
D. such a kind man that he gave 3. Who knew each other? [     ]

A. The young woman and the old man.
B. The old man and the small man.
C. The young woman and the big man.
D. The old man and the big man.

4. Which following is true? [     ]
A. The small man lost the money.
B. The big man lost the money.
C. The old man threw the money.
D. Either the young woman or the big man threw the money. 5. How much did the small man get? He got ____. [     ]
A. as much as the young woman
B. nothing at all
C. more than the young woman
D. less than the big man
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阅读理解。     Joan worked in a hospital as a nurse. One evening there was a big dance at the hospital. Most of the
doctors and nurses would be there, but it was Joan"s turn to look after the sick children. She liked dancing
very much, so she felt very sorry for herself.
     She went to each sick child one after another and said good-night, until she came to one little boy,
Dickey. He was eleven years old, but he was already able to talk like an adult ( 成人). Poor Dickey had
a very serious illness, and now he was hardly able to move any part of his body except his hands. Joan
knew he would never get any better, but he was always happy and always thinking about other people
instead of about himself.
      Dickey knew that Joan loved dancing, so now when she came to say good-night to him, he greeted
her with the words, "I" m very sorry that you have to miss the dance because of us. But we are going to
have a party for you. If you look in my drawer (抽屉), you " Il find a piece of cake. I saved it from my
supper today, so it" s quite fresh. And there is also a dollar there, You can buy something to drink with
that. And I" d get up and dance with you myself if I was able to," he added.
      Suddenly the hospital dance seemed very far away and not at all important to Joan. 1. Joan felt unlucky that evening mainly because _____. [     ]

A. there wasn"t a dance ball at the hospital
B. of her unpleasant job
C. she couldn"t look after the sick children
D. she would miss the big dance

2. Poor Dickey _____. [     ]
A. was a boy of eleven
B. had a serious illness
C. was clever at talking though he was very young
D. all the above (以上全部) 3. Dickey was lovely because _____. [     ]

A. he was a sick boy
B. he could dance with Joan
C. he often thought about other people instead of about himself
D. he could foresee (预知) that he would never get any better

4.Which of the following is not true? [     ]
A. Dickey couldn"t walk.
B. Dickey knew nothing about the dance.
C. Dickey could only move his hands.
D. Dickey greeted Joan when she came.5. At that party arranged (安排) for Joan, probably_____. [     ]
A. Dickey got up and danced with her
B. Dickey brought her something to drink
C. Joan was moved (感动) by Dickey
D. Dickey lost the dollar which he saved
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阅读理解。     Mr. Robinson worked in Africa. His son was born there. His name was John. One winter Mr. and Mrs.
Robinson went to England, and they took John there. John was seven years old then. One day it snowed.
The boy went into the garden, and he played in the snow. He said, "Snow is very beautiful, but it is very
cold, too." But it was not glass. It was ice. It was on the a bucket (桶) of water. John said, "Who put the
glass here? I am going to put it into the house." He took the ice to his father and said, "This is a beautiful
piece of glass, but it is very cold and wet. It was on a bucket of water in the garden." Mr. Robinson smiled
and said, "Take it to the kitchen, put it in front of the stove there, and dry it." The boy took the ice to the
kitchen and put it in front of the stoves. He dried his hands, because they were very cold and wet, and then
he went to the ice again. He looked at it, and then he took it to his father again. He said, "I put the glass in
front of the stove, but it does not get drier. It becomes wetter and smaller." 1. John didn"t know what the ice was because _____.[     ]
A. he was very foolish
B. he was young
C. he was born in Africa
D. he didn"t go to school 2. One winter Mr. and Mrs. Robinson went to England with _____.[     ]
A. their son
B. a boy of their friends
C. their daughter
D. one of their friend"s son 3. One day John found _____ on a bucket of water. [     ]
A. a piece of glass
B. a piece of ice
C. some snow
D. some water 4. What did Mr. Robinson ask John to do? [     ]
A. He asked John to take the ice out.
B. He asked John to put the ice in front of the stove.
C. He asked John not to play with ice.
D. He asked John to dry his hands at once. 5. After John put the ice in front of the stove, he found that it became _____. [     ]
A. dry
B. wetter
C. bigger
D. colder
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阅读理解。     When Ben Franklin was only a boy, he always wanted to know about things. He was always asking
his father and brothers "What?" and " How?" and "Why?".
     They couldn"t always tell him what he wanted to know.
     When they couldn"t tell him, Ben try to find the answer by himself.
     Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other would say,
     "That Ben Franklin! He is always finding out something new!"
     Ben lived close to the water. He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blow them
across the river.
     One day Ben said to himself, "Why can"t the wind help me float (漂浮) across the water? And I"m
going to try." Ben got his big kite. He took hold of the kite"s sting and ran with it. The wind took the
kite up into the air. Then Ben jumped into the water.
      The wind blew the kite high into the sky. Ben began to float across the water. Soon he was on the
other side, and he did not work at all.
     One boy shouted, "Look at Ben floating across the water! His kite takes him to the other side without
any work!" 1. When he was a child, Ben _____. [     ]
A. liked to fly a kite by himself
B. always asked easy questions
C. always liked to play with water
D. always liked to find out how things worked  2. His father and brothers ____.  [     ]
A. couldn"t answer all his questions
B. could answer all his questions
C. tried hard to find out something new for him
D. were too busy to answer his questions3. How did Ben Franklin float across the water? [     ]
A. The other boy took him across it.
B. The water carried him across it.
C. The flying kite took him across it.
D. A boat took him across it.4. He found out many things that _____. [     ]
A. children didn"t know
B. his father and brothers knew
C. people didn"t know
D. most people knew 5.In the passage,"and he did not work at all" means _____. [     ]
A. he worked hard to cross the water
B. he didn"t go to work that day
C. he didn"t cross the water at all
D. he crossed the water in an easy way
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阅读理解。     Mr King lived with six hundred wild animals on the Greek Island of Kyklos. Ever since he left school,
he had travelled all over the world collecting animals for his own zoo. He hoped to collect two examples
of every kind of animal on his island. But he was afraid that people would find him someday.
     He wrote books about his travels, and about his animals that he collected. The money from the books
helped to pay for all the food that these animals eat.
     One day, when Mr King was out looking for drinking water, he found oil (石油). He needed money
for his travels and for his zoo, and a little oil would buy enough water for what he needed all his life, but
he know that if he told anybody else about it, it would be the end of his zoo and his life"s work.
      So he decided not to tell anyone about what he had found, because oil and water couldn"t mix (混合). 1. Mr King travelled all over the world for _____. [     ]
A. oil
B. water
C. animals
D. money 2. Mr King was afraid that people would find him someday because ______. [     ]
A. he hadn"t got enough money for them
B. that would be the end of his zoo
C. he hadn"t got enough water and oil
D. they would buy his animals 3. Mr King used the money from his books to _____. [     ]
A. get something for himself
B. keep his wild animals
C. tell people he had got many wild animals
D. let people know he lived on an island 4. Mr King had to find water maybe because _____. [     ]
A. water was expensive at that time
B. he wanted to find oil
C. the water around the island could not be drunk
D. he needed money for his travel5. In the passage "oil and water couldn"t mix" means _____. [     ]
A. Mr King needed not only water but also oil
B. oil and water were rather difficult to be mixed together.
C. Mr King"s animals only need water, not oil
D. if he told others he had found oil, his life"s work would be stopped
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阅读理解。     One day a dentist (牙科医生) was starting his morning work. Suddenly a man in. His face was red and he could
only say, "Quick! Quick!" The dentist thought he must be very ill. His assistant helped to make the poor man sit in
a chair. The dentist gave the man some medicine to make him sleep. Then he looked into the man"s mouth and pulled
out all the bad teeth. After the man woke up, he said in a low voice, "Quick, doctor, Quick!"
      "It"s all right now," the dentist told him. "It"s over."
     "You don"t understand," said the man. "I came to tell you your house is on fire." 1. When the man ran in, the dentist thought he must be _____. [     ]
A. over
B. ill
C. all right
D. rich 2. The man _____ after he took some medicine. [     ]
A. started to work
B. started to cry
C. went home
D. went to sleep 3. The dentist pulled _____ out of the man"s mouth. [     ]
A. a tooth
B. a bad tooth
C. all the bad teeth
D. all the teeth 4. The man ran in _____. [    ]
A. because he was ill
B. because he wanted to sleep
C. to tell the dentist that he was all right
D. to tell the dentist that his house was on fire
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