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　Rose left school when she was seventeen years old, and went to a college for a year to learn to type（打字）. She passed her examinations quite well and then went to look for work. She was still living with her parents.

　A lot of people were looking for typists（打字员）at that time, so it was not difficult to find interesting work. Rose went to several offices, and then chose one of them. It was near her parents' house. She thought, “I'll walk there every morning. I won't need to go by bus.”

　She went to the office again and said to the manager（经理）“I want to work here, but what will you pay me?”

　“We'll pay you ￡27 now,”the manager answered, “and ￡30 after three months.”

　Rose thought for a few seconds before she answered. Then she said, “All right, then I'll start in three months' time.”

1．After Rose left school, she went to ________.

[　　]

A．help her parents　　　　　　 B．look for work

C．a college to learn to type　　　D．live with her parents

2．At that time many people ________ .

[　　]

A．wanted to learn to type　　 　B．needed typists

C．were looking for work　　 　D．were out of work

3．Rose wanted to work in an office near her parents' house because ________.

　　　[　　]

A．she did not want to leave her parents

B．she wanted to get more money

C．the manager in that office was kind to her

D．she thought she would walk there and wouldn't need to go by bus

4．Rose went to the office again because________.

[　　]

A．she wanted to visit the office

B．she wanted to know how much she would be paid

C．she decided to take the job

D．she wanted to work at once

5．Rose wanted to start working there in three months' time because ________.

[　　]

A．she was ill at that time

B．she thought she could get ￡30 if she started three months after

C．the manager asked her to come to work in three months' time

D．there was no work for her to do at that time.

　　A man was trying to find the village of Chirton. He could not find any sign for it so he decided to drive up to a farmhouse and ask a farmer for directions.

　　He soon came to the entrance to a farm. Above the gate there was a sign: Please close the gate.

　　The man knew this meant there were cows in the fields, so he was very careful to close the gate after him.

　　Before long he came to another gate. This, too, had a sign: Please close the gate. Once again he got out of his car, opened the gate, drove through, stopped his car, got out, closed the gate, got back into his car and drove on.

　　It wasn't long before he came to a third gate. This, too, had a sign: Please close the gate. Again the man got out of his car, opened the gate, drove through, stopped his car, got out, closed the gate, got back into his car and drove on.

　　He did this five times before he reached the farmhouse. Fortunately(幸运地)， the farmer was standing at the door.

　　 “What can I do for you?”he asked the man.

　　 “I'm looking for Chirton. Do you know where it is?”

　　“Sorry,”the farmer said. “I've only been here a few weeks. I don't know the area(地区).”

　　The man thanked him, and drove back to the road. On the way he had to open and close five gates.

　　When he reached the road he looked back at the farm. He could see the farmer waving(挥手) him. “Ah!”he thought, “He's remembered where Chirton is.”

　　He turned around, stopped his car, got out, opened the gate, drove through, stopped the car, got out, closed the gate, got back in the car and drove off. He had to do this four more times before he reached the farm.

　　 “Have you remembered where Chirton is?”he asked the farmer. “No,” the farmer replied(回答), “but I asked my wife. She doesn't know either. ”

1．Why did the man go to a farmhouse?

[　　]

2．Why did it take the man a long time to reach the farmhouse?

[　　]

A．It was a long way from the road.

B．There were no signs to it.

C．He had to open and close many gates.

D．He had to walk.

3．How long had the farmer lived there?

[　　]

4．Why did the farmer call the man back?

[　　]

A．Because he remembered where Chirton was.

B．Because his wife had remembered where Chirton was.

C．For no reason.

D．He wanted to tell him that his wife did not know whereChirton was.

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  Helen Keller lived in U．S．A．She was a great woman．

  When Hellen was a baby, she got very sick．After many weeks, the doctor said, “She is better, but now she can' t see and can' t hear．”Her mother and father were very sad．

  After a few years, things got worse, there was no way for Helen to speak to other people．She heard nothing．She saw nothing．She didn' t understand anything．

  Then one day a teacher came to live with Helen and her family．The teacher helped Helen learn about words．Helen was a very bright child and soon she learned to spell (拼写)her first word．When she was older, she went to college．

  Helen was very famous．She helped many blind and deaf (盲、聋) people．She travelled around the world and helped many people．

  Helen was a very old woman when she died．The world remembers her today as a brave (勇敢的) and wonderful person．She was blind and deaf, but she found a way to see and hear．

1．Helen Keller got very sick when______．　　　

[　　]

A．she was a baby

B．she went to college

C．her teacher came to her home

D．she was very old

2．______ taught Helen Keller her first word．　　　

[　　]

A．Her mother　　　B．Her teacher

C．Her father　　 　D．The doctor

3．Helen Keller was famous because______．　　　

[　　]

A．she was an American

B．she traveled around the world

C．her teacher taught her many things

D．she learned to read and write and helped many people in the world

4．The world remembers Helen Keller today because______．　　　

[　　]

A．she was very bright

B．she was blind and deaf

C．she was a brave and wonderful person

D．she went to college

5．Helen Keller was blind and deaf, but______．　　　

[　　]

A．she found a way to understand the world

B．her mother and father didn' t feel sad

C．she found a way to travel around the world

D．she found out how people became blind and deaf

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　　“Have you washed your hands and face？”Billy's mother asked him.

　　“Yes,” he said.

　　“Show me.”

　　He showed his mother his hands.

　　“They are filthy(肮脏的)，” she said. “And your face is covered in dirt.”

　　She pulled him into the bathroom. “Now wash your face and hands,” she said.

　　He did as she told him, but he hated doing it.

　　“Are you afraid of soap(肥皂) and water?” his mother asked him.

　　“No, I'm not afraid of them,” he said. “I just don't like them. I hate washing.”

　　When he left the house he was clean. By the time he got to school he was dirty again.

　　“Look at you!” his teacher shouted. “Your face is filthy. If your hands are dirty, too, you'll be in trouble. Hold out your hands.”

　　Billy knew his hands were dirty. He quickly spit(吐口水) on one and rubbed(擦) it on his pants(裤子). Then he showed it to the teacher.

　　“That is not a clean hand, Billy,”she said. “It's the dirtiest hand in the class. I'm going to punish(惩罚) you.”

　　Billy looked around the class. “It's not the dirtiest hand in the class,”he said.

　　“All right, Billy,”the teacher said. “If you can show me a dirtier hand, I won't punish you.”

　　With a smile, Billy quickly showed her his other hand.

1．How did Billy feel about washing his hands and face?

[　　]

A．He didn't mind.

B．He liked it.

C．He hated it.

D．He was afraid of soap and water.

2．Why was his teacher angry with him?

[　　]

A．He was late for school.

B．He hadn't done his homework.

C．His hands and face were very dirty.

D．He had been fighting in the playground.

3．What did the teacher think about the hand Billy showed her?

[　　]

A．It was clean.

B．It was dirty.

C．It was the cleanest hand in the class.

D．It was the dirtiest hand in the class.

4．How did Billy know his hand was not the dirtiest in the class

[　　]

A．The other children had filthy hands.

B．The teacher had very dirty hands.

C．The dirtiest hand was his other one.

D．He did not know.

　Once there lived a man in a small town. He often said, “If I have a lot of gold (金子), I shall be the happiest man in the world.”

　One day he was travelling in North Africa. He lost his way and he was so hungry and thirsty (渴) that he couldn't walk any more. There were only stones and sand around. Just then he saw a bag on the sand. He took it up. But when he opened it, he saw that it was full of gold.

　He left the bag on the sand and cried, “What's the use of gold to a hungry man?”

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1．What did the man love best?

[　　]

A．Food　　　　　　　    B．Drinks

C．Stones　　　　  　　　　  　D．Gold

2．When he lost way in the desert of North Africa, _________.

[　　]

A．he had nothing to eat or to drink

B．he saw a bag full of stones

C．he saw a bag full of drinks

D．he was happy to find a bag of gold

3．“He lost his way”means “________”.

[　　]

A．He didn't know where he came from

B．He didn't know where he was and where to go

C．He didn't know how to return home

D．He lost what he had on the way

4．When he found a bag full of gold, he felt _________.

[　　]

A．happy　　　　　B．hungry

C．thirsty　　　　　D．sad

5．What's the most useful to a hungry man?

[ 　　]

A．Food　　　　　　B．Gold

C．Treasures　　　　 D．Bread

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　Old Mr. Black loved shooting bears (熊), but his eyes were not good any more. Several (几个) times he nearly shot people instead of bears, so his friends were always very careful when they went out shooting with him.

　One day a friend of his wanted to have a joke (玩笑), so he got a big piece of white paper and wrote on in very big letters “I AM NOT A BEAR.”Then he tied (用线或绳系/扎) it to his back and went off. His friends saw it and laughed a lot.

　But it did not save him. After a few minutes Mr. Black shot at him and knocked (击，打) his hat off.

　Th e young man was frightened (受惊吓的) and angry (气愤的).“Didn't you see this piece of paper ?”he shouted to Mr. Black. “Yes, I did,”said Mr. Black. Then he went nearer, looked carefully at the paper and said, “Oh, I'm very sorry. I did not see the word NOT.”

1．Old Mr. Black liked _______ very much.

[　　]

A．shooting at people

B．shooting bears

C．to go shooting with young people

D．playing jokes with his friends

2．Mr. Black's eyes were not good and more, so sometimes he _______.

[　　]

A．nearly shot people

B．stopped shooting

C．shot no bears

D．shot few bears

3．The young friend tied the paper to his back to ________.

[ 　　]

A．tell Mr. Black he was not a bear

B．make others laugh

C．help Mr. Black shoot at bears

D．have a joke

4．The word “save” in the third paragraph means ________.　

[　　]

A．take care of

B．give some help

C．make safe from danger

D．make happy

5．Mr. Black shot at the young man because he _________.

[　　]

A．didn't like the young man

B．was angry with the young man

C．thought the young man was a real bear

D．wanted to have a joke with the young man

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　An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with paints (颜料) and his brushes and painted till evening, and then when it got dark he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.

　At the end of the holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said,“No, I don't want money. But give me one of your pictures. What's money? In a week, it will all be finished, but your picture will still be here.”

　The painter was very pleased, “Thank you for your enjoying my pictures.”But the farmer said, “It's not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes here next month, I'll show him your picture, and then he will not want to be an artist any more, I think.”

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1．The artist went to ________ for a holiday.

[　　]

A．a part of the city

B．a park of the city

C．a part of the country

D．a park of the country

2．Every day he went out to ________.

[　　]

A．play

B．draw pictures

C．pay

D．have a good dinner

3．The farmer wanted ________ money ________ one of his pictures.

[　　　　　　]

A．not…but

B．not only…but also…

C．neither…nor

D．either…or

4．The farmer thought that the artist's pictures were ________.

[　　]

A．very good

B．too bad

C．very kind

D．too badly

5．The farmer said, “If I show your picture to my son, he ________ to be an artist any more.”

[　　]

A．doesn't want

B．don't want

C．won't want

D．didn't want

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　A man went to buy a piece of meat. As he didn't know how to cook meat, he asked the butcher (屠夫) to tell him the way of cooking it. The butcher told him how to cook it. “But I can't remember your words,”the man said, “Will you please write them down for me?”The butcher was kind enough to write them down for him. The man went home happily with the meat in his hand and the note in his pocket. A dog followed him on the way. It jumped at him , took the meat away and ran off, The man stood there, not knowing what to do. Then he laughed and said, “Never mind. You don't know how to eat it. The note is still in my pocket.”

1．The man went to buy a piece of meat in a ______.

[　　]

A．restaurant

B．shop

C．butcher's

D．chemist's

2．Why did the man ask the butcher to tell him the way to cook meat?

［　　］

A．He wasn't good at cooking meat.

B．He can't cook meat very well.

C．He didn't know how to cook meat.

D．He didn't know how to eat meat.

3．In order to remember what the butcher said, he asked the butcher ______.

［　　］

A．to say it once again

B．to teach him again

C．to show him how to cook it

D．to write it down for him

4．What happened in the end?

［　　］

A．He forgot to cook the meat.

B．The dog took the meat away.

C．He taught the dog how to eat the meat.

D．The note is still in his pocket

5．What do you think of the man?

［　　］

A．He was much afraid of dogs.

B．He loved dogs very much.

C．He was a very foolish man.

D．He didn't know how to do things.

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　It was Jimmy’s birthday, and he was five years old. He got quite a lot of nice birthday presents from his family, and one of them was a beautiful drum.

　“Who gave him that thing?” Jimmy' s father said when he saw it.“His grandfather did ,”answered Jimmy's mother.

　“Oh,” said his father. Of course Jimmy liked his drum very much. He made a terrible noise (可怕的噪音) with it ,but his father didn't mind. His father was working during the day and Jimmy was in bed when he got home in the evening, so he didn't hear the noise.

　But one of the neighbours didn' t like the noise at all, so one morning a few days later, she took a sharp knife and went to Jimmy' s house while he was hitting his drum. She said to him, “Hello, Jimmy, do you know, there is something very nice inside your drum? Here is a knife. Open the drum and let' s find it . ”

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1．Jimmy got quite a lot of nice presents________．

［　　］

A．on his birthday

B．during the holiday

C．on his fifth birthday

D．when he five years old

2．—Who gave Jimmy the drum?

—______．

［　　］

A．His father

B．His mother

C．His neighbour

D．is grandfather

3．Why did Jimmy' s father not stop him making a noise with the drum?

Because________．

［　　］

A．he wasn' t at home then

B．he didn't mind

C．Jimmy was in bed

D．Jimmy only played in the evening

4．One of the neighbours______．

[　　]

A．liked Jimmy very much

B．enjoed listening to the sound of the drum

C．wanted to show Jimmy a sharp knife

D．didn' t like the noise at all

5．What did Jimmy' s neighbour really want him to do ?To ______．

［　　］

A．find something nice in his drum

B．make a noise on his drum with a knife

C．show him how to hit the drum

D．cut the drum open with her knife

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　The Browns have a very nice garden round their house． It has some tall tree and many flowers． Mr．and Mrs．Brown work hard in their garden． Now Mrs．Brown is in the garden getting some flowers． She will put the flowers in the dining room and in the sitting room．

　Susan is sitting in a chair in the garden． She is reading a book． Susan did not go to work today, so she is at home． David is saying good-bye to his mother． He is running through the gate． He is going to school． He will go to school by bus． At school he will work with his friends． He will have lunch at home． Mr．Brown went to London this morning; he is in London now and will have his lunch there． This afternoon he will come to the station by train, and then he will drive from the station to his house by car． Mrs．Brown will be at home． Susan will be with her friend Tom Smith in his car． They will go down town this afternoon and have tea there．

1．There is a ______．

[　　]

A．beautiful house near the garden without （无，没有）trees and flowers

B．nice garden near the Browns'house

C．big park round the house

D．nice garden with some tall trees round the Browns'house

2．Mrs． Brown is getting some flowers to ______．

[　　]

A．give them to Susan

B．put them in the sitting room and dining room

C．take them to school

D．send them to her friends

3．Susan is ______．

[　　]

A．looking at a picture book

B．sitting in a chair and reading a book

C．reading a newspaper

D．putting the flowers in her bedroom

4．David is ______．

[　　]

A．having his lunch

B．going to school by bike

C．reading a book

D．going to have lunch in school

5．Mr．Brown will have ______ this afternoon．

[　　]

A．his breakfast in London

B．his lunch in London

C．his supper in David's school

D．tea in his office