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　　Dick was born in a farmer's family. He had to study in the town when he was small. He liked playing and was not good at his lessons. So he could do nothing when he grew up. But he didn't want to be a farmer or worker. He left the poor village and came to the city. On the train he met a young man named Jim. They became good friends soon, but they couldn't find any work. They had to beg (乞讨) from door in the daytime arid sleep on the chairs in the garden at night. The weather was warm and they always thought they had a good time.

　　But one evening a shop near the garden was robbed. The policeman went there at once. They found the two young men in the garden and brought them to the police station.

　　“Where do you live, young man?”asked a policeman.

　　“I live everywhere, sir,”said Dick,“the fields, the parks, the hills, the gardens……”

　　The policeman stopped him and turned to Jim.“And where do you live?”

　　“I'm his neighbour,”said the young man.“I live next door to him.”

1．Dick wasn't good at his lessons because ________.

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A．he was born in a farmer's family

B．he didn't study hard

C．he was often hungry

2．Dick went to the city because ________.

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A．he didn't want to live in the poor village

B．he couldn't find any work in the village

C．he could get much money there

3．Dick knew Jim ________.

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A．When they slept in the garden

B．when they began to find work in the city

C．when he was on the train to the city

4．Dick didn't find work in the city because ________.

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A．he liked begging

B．he had no friends there

C．he couldn't do anything

5．The policemen thought ________ , so they brought them to the police station.

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A．Dick and Jim robbed the shop

B．the two young men slept in the garden at night

C．Dick and Jim begged in the street

阅读理解

　　What is a library for? Most libraries have books and other things to read. Many of them have things to listen to. Some libraries even have computers. Very few people would think of a library as a placc to live in.

　　One library in New York City turned into a home for 245 people for several days. These were all people near the library. They slept on the floor. Why did people move into the library?

　　The people moved into the library because the city wanted to close it to save (节省) money. These 245 New Yorkers loved their library. They didn't want to lose it. So they moved in. They knew that the library couldn't be closed if they were living inside it. At last the city agreed to keep the library open, and the people all went home.

1．The story happened ________

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2．The library nearly closed because ________

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3．The library had hundreds of ________

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4．The people in the story ________

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5．A closed library would ________

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　　Once there lived an old man in town. He always forgot a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him ,“Don't forget this.”

　　One day he went on a long way alone. Before he left home, his wife said,“Now you have all these things. You need them on your way. Take care of your things on your way.”He went to the station. He bought a ticket and got on the train with it.

　　About an hour later, the conductor began to see the ticket. He came to the old man and said, “Will you please show me your ticket?”The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets but he couldn't find it. He was very worried.“I can't find my ticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train.”said the old man.

　　“I think you are right. I believe you bought a ticket. All right, you don't have to buy another ticket,”said the conductor kindly. But the old man still (仍) looked worried and said sadly, “You don't know why I am worried. If I don't find my ticket, I can't remember my station. Where am I going?”

1．The old man bought a ticket ________.

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A．after he got on the train

B．before he got on the train

C．when the conductor told him to buy

D．when he found he had no ticket with him

2．About an hour later, the conductor began ________.

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A．to buy the tickets

B．to look for the tickets

C．to check the tickets

D．to show the tickets

3．The conductor told the old man that he didn't need to buy another ticket because ________.

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A．the man was very old

B．he thought the old man had no money with him

C．the old man showed him the ticket

D．he believed the old man

4．The old man still looked worried because ________.

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A．he couldn't get on the train

B．he lost his ticket and a lot of money

C．he thought his wife would get angry with him

D．he forgot where he was going

5．Which of the following is right?

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A．The old man went on the trip with his wife

B．the old man didn't find his ticket

C．The conductor was also an old man

D．The old man had to buy another ticket

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　　It was snowing very hard for days. Jigs and Reels had nothing to eat for a day. They knew that things weren't right at home , so yesterday morning they wanted to go out. Bob put them out through a window. Because the snow was so thick outside that he couldn't open the door.

　　Last night they didn't come back , “Dead (死的) ,”Bob said to himself.“They are only five months old. This weather will kill (杀死) them.”Just then Bob heard them calling him. He looked out and could not believe (相信) they were drawing (拖) a big hare (野兔) through the snow. They threw it through the window into Bob's hands. Hare for dinner.

1．Who were Jigs and Reels in this story?

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2．“They knew that things weren't right at home.”It means ________.

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3．The story says that ________.

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A．Jips and Reels went out to play with snow

B．Jips and Reels liked to look for food outside

C．Jips and Reels ate much more than Bob did

D．Jips and Reels were a great help to Bob

4．Jips and Reels didn't return last night. Bob thought that ________.

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5．What did Jips and Reels catch a hare for?

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　　One evening, three men came to a station and asked a porter (搬运工人) ,“What time is the next train for London?”

　　The porter said,“You have just missed one. They go every hour, and the next one is at ten o'clock.”

　　“That's all right,”they said.“We'll go and have a drink.” So they went to a refreshment room (茶点室) . A minute or two after ten o'clock they came and said to the porter,“Has the train gone?”

　　“Yes ,”he said ,“it went at ten o'colck.”

　　“That's all right.”they said.“We'll go and have another drink.”So they went back again.

　　They missed the eleven o'clock train in the same way , and the porter said ,“Now the next train is the last one. If you miss that, you won't get to London tonight.”

　　Twelve o'clock came , and the three men ran quickly out of the refreshment room. Two of them got into the train just as the train was leaving, but the third one didn't run fast enough, and the train went out.

　　The porter went up to the third man and said ,“I told you this was the last train. Why didn't you come earlier?”

　　The man stood there and laughed for a long time. Then he said ,“I was going to London and they only came here to see me off.”

1．The three men came to the station because ________.

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A．they were going to London

B．they wanted to have a drink

C．they wanted to find out when the next train left for London

D．one of them was going to London and the other two came to see him off

2．Why did they go to the refreshment room?

　　Because ________.

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A．they were asked to stay there waiting for the train

B．they had to stay there waiting for the train

C．they could stay there drinking while waiting for the train

D．they were hungry and thirsty

3．They missed the ten o'clock train ________.

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A．because they wanted to stay a little longer

B．because they wanted to have another drink

C．but they felt happy about it

D．but they didn't seem to worry about it

4．How did they miss the eleven o'clock train?

　　________.

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A．They came out of the refreshment room after the train had gone

B．They talked with the porter

C．They drank too much

D．They didn't know what time the train would leave

5．The third man didn't get into the train because ________.

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A．he wanted to stay there by himself

B．he didn't run fast enough

C．he only came to see them off

D．he wanted to have a word with the porter

阅读理解

　　Can you remember the day when you spoke your first word? If you can, you are unusual. Try to imagine what first few months of your life were like. I am sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grow older, you were awake more of the time. It took your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You watched and listened. You began to know that people made certain sounds to go with certain things.

　　Then you began to try making the sounds you heard. And step by step you were able to make the right sound for one thing.

　　On that day you came to understand the secret of language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. One sound might be as good as another. But it is no good as a word unless everybody agrees on its meaning. When a group of people use the same set of sounds of things , they can understand each other. Then , and only then do these people have a LANGUAGE.

　　After you found the secret of language, you learned words. Some of the words meant things, such as BOOKS, CHAIRS and SHOES. Some words meant doing things, such as GO AND SWIM. And other words describe things, such as GOOD and DIRTY. Soon you learned to put words together to express one's idea, such as“I want to go out and play with my friends.”This is language. By means of language people can communicate(交流；交际) . So we say languages are means of communication.

1．________can remember the day when ________.

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A．One, he spoke his first word

B．No one , he spoke his first word

C．Most people, they spoke their first words

D．None, they spoke their first words

2．When you were a little baby, you ________.

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A．made sounds to let people know that you wanted to eat

B．spent most of your time playing with your parents

C．could not hear any sound around you

D．spent most of your time eating, playing and crying

3．The secret of language is that ________.

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A．one sound might be as good as another

B．people can understand each other

C．a certain sound is for a certain thing

D．there is a special sound for each person

4．You could learn words ________.

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A．before you knew what the language was

B．after you knew what the language was

C．if you knew the secret of the language

D．when you were a baby

5．The aim (目的) in using language is ________.

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A．to get everything one wants from others

B．to say what one wants to know

C．to share (分享) ideas , opinions , news , etc. with one another

D．to make oneself understood by others

阅读理解

　　Two hundred years ago, people in the west didn't know coffee or tea. They were afraid to drink them because they thought coffee or tea could kill (杀死) a person. Once the king of England decided to find out if it was true or not.

　　At that time there were two brothers in prison (监狱) . They would be killed in a few days because they did wrong. The king said ,“I shall let them live but they must drink coffee or tea to the end of their lives. One brother must drink coffee and the other must drink tea every day.”And they followed the king's words.

　　They both lived many years. At last, the elder brother died when he was eighty-three years old. The younger one died a few years later. After that, people knew that coffee and tea were not bad to man.

1．Why were people in the west afraid to drink coffee and tea?

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A．Because they didn't see them at all.

B．Because of their colours.

C．Because they didn't know them very well.

D．Because people didn't like to drink them.

2．Who decided to find out if they were harmful (有害的)?

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A．The two brothers.

B．The king of England.

C．People in the west.

D．A scientist.

3．Why were the two brothers in prison?

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A．Because they didn't work.

B．Because they stole (偷) something from others.

C．Because they hurt other people.

D．We don't know.

4．Did the two brothers follow the king's words?

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5．How old was the younger brother when he died?

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It is not very difficult to find your way from the station to the school. When you come out of the station , turn left and walk until you reach the traffic lights. Turn left again. You will be on St. Johns Street. Keep walking until you come to the cinema. Just after the cinema, there is very narrow (窄的) street on the left. This is Stamp Street. The school is about two hundred yards(码)down this street on the right. There is post office opposite.

根据短文内容，选择正确选项。

1．“You” in the passage(短文) wants to go ________.

2．“You” will first turn ________, then turn ________.

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3．On your way to the school , you will see ________ first and then ________.

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A．the cinema, the post office/the traffic lights

B．the post office , the traffic lights/the cinema

C．the traffic lights, the cinema/the post office

D．the traffic lights , the post office/the cinema

4．The school is ________.

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A．on the other side of the post office

B．on the right of the St. Johns Street

C．on the left of the Stamp Street

D．at the end of the St. Johns Street

5．The word difficult in the first line means ________.

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Tom's father was ill in hospital. On Saturday Tom went to see him. The hospital was very far, so he had to go by bus. When he got to the bus stop, there were already many people there. They were standing in line and waiting for a bus. The bus was very late. Tom went to the front and stood there. One of the people said,“Little boy, you can't jump the queue (插队).”Tom said sorry with a red face and went to the end of the line. Soon the bus came. All the people got on the bus.

1．Tom went to the hospital to see ________.

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2．He must go there ________.

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3．Many people were also ________.

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4．One of the people told Tom ________.

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5．Tom was ________ person (人) to get on the bus.

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　　A little dog stands near an old well (井) . He stands there all morning .

　　“Bow - wow - wow ! ” barks the little dog . All morning he barks . All morning Mike hears him . At last Mike goes over to the well.

　　“Why do you stay here, little dog?” he asks. “And why are you barking?”

　　The little dog looks at him . “Bow - wow - wow!” he says.

　　Mike calls his friend Jack. “Come here, Jack.” he says. “This dog wants to tell us something.”

　　The men look down into the well . They see only a bone.

　　“This is what the dog wants to tell us !” says Mike . Then he gives the dog another bone . The dog runs away with it happily.

1．The little dog ________ near the old well.

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2．The dog barks ________.

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A．from morning to night

B．only in the morning

C．the whole morning

D．when the men look down into the well

3．Who look down into the well and see a bone?

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4．The dog barks for ________.

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5．From the story, we know that ________.

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