Joanne had planned to leave work early this afternoon, at three o'clock. But when she finally came out of her office, all the other conductors had already left. Now she was caught in a heavy traffic in central Birmingham at 5:30, and at 6:30 she was expected to be at a meeting．

　　At last, she arrived at her home．As she opened the door, she noticed something unusual about Sheba, a large dog．She could see easily Sheba was feeling bad and could hardly breathe（呼吸）. Joanne knew she would have to take her dog to the vet immediately.

　　“It looks like there's something in her throat（喉咙）,”said Dr. Stem, “It shouldn't take me too long to get it out.”

　　Being in a hurry, Joanne left the doctor with the dog and rushed back home．As she once more entered the house, the phone rang．Dr. Stern's loud and worried voice was heard, “I want you to get right out of that house immediately. The police will be there any time now. Wait outside for us. ”Joanne was surprised and afraid．She quickly ran in to the street.

　　At that moment, a police car stopped outside the house．Two policemen got out and ran into the house through the still open door. Then the doctor arrived．Just then the two policemen reappeared from the house, half-carrying a white-faced man, who, it seemed, could hardly walk. There was blood（血）all over him.

　　“I think he must be a thief, ” said the doctor. “I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was in Sheba's throat, and found it was three human fingers.”

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A．the door was open

B．something was wrong with the dog

C．the dog couldn't walk

D．there was something in the dog's throat

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A．He wanted to meet her outside.

B．A thief would break into her house.

C．The police were coming to her house.

D．He thought there was at thief in her house.

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A．the dog had hurt him badly

B．he was caught by the police

C．he caught a disease from the dog

D．he didn't find anything worthy to steal

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A．The police arrived soon after the vet called them.

B．Joanne didn't known there was a thief in her house.

C．It took Joanne over three hours to drive home from work.

D．The doctor was not only a good vet but also a clever man.

　　A married couple were very worried about their son. Though normal（正常）in other way, he seemed to be dumb（哑的）. Not once had he spoken and now he was six years old. They had tried everything to get him to speak, but with no success.

　　The finest doctors in the country had examined him, but could find nothing wrong with his throat（喉）, and he seemed to be a very clever child. It was just that he never spoke.

　　“It's possible,” one of the doctors said. “There is something wrong with his mind, and he does not understand that he is capable of speech.”

　　“But he can read and write,” the boy's father said. “Perhaps he will grow out of his silence one day.”

　　The years passed. The boy left primary school and went to secondary school. He left secondary school and went to university. But he did not speak a single word.

　　Then one day, during a summer vacation, he was sitting at the dining table having a meal with his parents. Without any warning, he looked up from his meal and said, “Pass me the salt, please.” His parents were overjoyed.

　　“You spoke! You spoke!” they cried. “Why have you waited so long to speak?”

　　The young man looked at them and said, “I didn't have anything to say, until now everything has been perfect. But you obviously（明显地）forgot to put salt in these potatoes.”

(1) The couple was worried because their son ________.

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(2) They had great ________.

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A．success in getting him to speak

B．trouble in getting him to speak

C．fun listening to their son

D．problems listening to their son

(3) The doctors decided that ________.

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A．there was something wrong with the boy

B．they could help the boy

C．the boy was unable to say anything

D．the parents should write to their son

(4) Although the boy didn't speak ________.

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(5) The boy spoke because ________.

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A．he had a complaint about his food

B．everything was perfect

C．his parents were surprised

D．he wanted to eat

　　Do you know how to make a fruit salad? If you are not Sure, it doesn't matter. Let's make it together.

(1) Wash two apples, three pears, some grapes and so on.

(2) Peel some oranges, bananas, etc.

(3) Cut them into small pieces and put them into a bowl.

(4) Add some salad cream and a teaspoon sugar and a teaspoon salt.

(5) Mix and stir them up.

Do you think it's easy? Now can you make a vegetable salad?

(1) The passage tell us how to make ________.

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(2) The Chinese meaning of the word “mix” is ________.

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(3) Which kind of fruit is not mentioned in the passage?

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(4) In the passage it tells us we need ________ apples to make a fruit salad.

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(5) We need ________ salt to make the fruit salad.

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　　Different people have different colour skin. Some have black skin, some have yellow skin, and some have white skin. Once there was a woman in Alaska（阿拉斯斯加）. Her skin was an orange colour. It was almost the colour of orange juice.

　　How did this woman become orange? She ate a lot of tomatoes, carrots and squash（南瓜）. She ate too many orange things. That's why she turned orange.

　　Why did she eat so many orange things? She thought she needed more sun. She ate many sunny things. She didn't want to be orange. She went to the doctor. The doctor said, “Stop eating orange things. Try some green things.” The woman did so, and so she isn't orange any more.

(1) The woman in the story had ________.

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(2) The woman was orange because ________.

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(3) This story is about ________.

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(4) The woman went to see the doctor because ________.

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(5) Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．Many people have orange skin.

B．In fact the woman's skin didn't become orange.

C．The doctor gave the woman some good advice.

D．The doctor asked woman to take some medicine.

　　Our eating habits are very important to good health and strong body. There are times when most of us like eating sweets and ice cream better than meat and rice. Sweets and ice cream are not bad for us if we eat them at the end of a meal. If we eat them before a meal, they may take away our appetite（食欲）. It's important for us to eat our meals at regular（有规律的）time each day. When we feel worried or excited, we may not want to eat. A long time ago, in England, some judges（法官）often decided whether a man was telling the truth（真相）by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not swallow（吞咽）the bread, it meant that he wasn't telling the truth. Though this seemed strange and foolish, they thought it was an wonderful way of finding out the truth. A man who is worrying about something has difficulty in swallowing anything dry, because he loses his appetite.

(1) Good eating habits make us ________

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(2) It is good to eat sweets and ice cream ________ .

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(3) It is good for us to have our meals ________ every day.

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(4) The judges in old England thought if a man didn't tell the truth, he could ________.

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(5) A person who feels _______ may not want to eat.

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　　All of us eat every day, but most of us don't understand nutrition. We often make mistakes in talking about good diet.

　　For example, many people think that foods, such as rice, bread and potatoes, will make one grow fat. In fact, those foods are very good to one's health. They are good sources of many vitamins. And in comparison with steak（肉排）and beef, they contain less amount of calories.

　　Some people don't like canned or frozen vegetables, because they think fresh vegetables cooked at home are always better. This is again wrong. In fact, whether the vegetables are good or not depends more on how they are prepared. Overcooking, for example, destroys many good qualities. Vegetables cooked in too much water can lose a large amount of vitamins.

　　It is widely believed that extra vitamins provide more energy. But taking more than the body needs doesn't make it function, better.

　　It is also wrong to say that vegetables grown in poor, worn-out soil are lower in vitamins than vegetables grown in rich soil. The vitamins in our foods are in the plants themselves. However the minerals in a plant depend on the minerals in the soil.

　　In short, there are many false ideas about nutrition. We need to correct them.

(1) This passage is mainly about ________.

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(2) Rice, bread and potatoes do good to people's health because ________.

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A．they make people fat

B．there are a lot of vitamins in them

C．they contain less amount of calories compared with steak and beef

D．both B and C

(3) Why don't some people like canned or frozen vegetables? Because ________.

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A．they think fresh vegetables contain less vitamins

B．they think fresh vegetables contain more vitamins than the canned or frozen ones

C．they don't think the canned or frozen vegetables are fresh

D．they don't think the canned or frozen vegetables taste as good as the fresh ones

(4) Which of the following is true according to the passage？

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A．Many people know almost everything about nutrition.

B．Food, such as rice, bread and potatoes, makes people fat.

C．Vegetables grown in poor, worn-out soil may have the same amount of vitamins as vegetables grown in rich soil.

D．Extra vitamins provide less energy.

(5) The point of the passage is that ________.

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A．the minerals in a plant depend on the minerals in the soil

B．people make mistakes when talking about good diet

C．taking more vitamins than the body needs doesn't make it function better

D．vegetables cooked in too much water can lose a large amount of vitamins

　　Healthy eating is very important to us. If we want to be healthy, we must have enough food. It must be clean food which has been properly cooked or hasn't been polluted. It must be the right kind of food.

　　Most people in our country have enough food. We know when we need because we feel hungry. Then, if we eat a bowl of rice, we do not feel hungry. We have eaten enough food. But have we eaten the right kind of food?

　　Rice and bread are both good for us. They help us to work. They keep us warm when the weather is cold. But if we do not eat other food as well, we become ill.

　　Meat, fish, eggs and milk are all very good for us. They help us to grow. They

keep us healthy. We must have some of these kinds of food every day.

　　We also need fruit and vegetables. These also help us to grow and be healthy. They make our bone and skin healthy.

(1) We mustn't eat the food which is ________.

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(2) Rice and bread can make us _______.

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(3) Every day we should try to eat ________ of food.

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　　Before Christmas Mr. White broke his right leg and had to stay in hospital. When he was there, he always, asked his doctor when he could go home. He didn't like to spend Christmas in hospital. Though the doctor did his best, Mr. White didn't get better. So on Christmas in hospital, he spent a bad day in bed thinking that he had missed a lot of fun on Christmas.

　　The next .day, the doctor told him that he could be well enough to leave hospital in time for the New Year. Mr. White was very happy to think that he would spend New Year Day outside the hospital. Soon Mr. White left the hospital and on New Year's Eve he went to a party. He enjoyed himself there, but he drank too much. On his way home that night, he had a fall and broke his left leg.

(1) Mr. White had to spend his Christmas Day in hospital because ________.

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(2) He felt very ________ on Christmas Day.

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(3) He had a good time on ________.

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(4) Mr. White had to spend his New Year's Day ________.

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(5) He drank too much on Christmas Eve because ________.

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　　Every Tuesday and Thursday evening in Sports City Bar everyone can enjoy a,“Buy one, get one free”Tex-Mex & Seafood Buffet（自助餐）for 118 yuan.

　　At our Sunday Family Buffet, we have exciting games for children, The buffet lasts from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm and costs 98 yuan per adult（每个成年人）. Children aged 12 to 16 eat for half price, and children under 12(limited tn two) eat for free.

(1) When can we enjoy the “Buy one, get one free” at Sports City Bar?

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A．On Tuesday.　　　　   B．On Thursday.

C．On Sunday evening.    D．On Tuesday and Thursday evening.

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A．can't buy one, get one free in Sports City Bar

B．can eat for free at Sunday Family Buffet

C．must pay 49 yuan for your lunch at Sunday Family Buffet

D．must go to the Sports City Bar with your parents

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　　For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping--watching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In a number of European countries, people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes, food, toys and many other things.

　　Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden, for example. The biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in 15 European countries, and in one year it made 100 million dollars. In France there are two teleshopping channels, and the French spend about 20 million dollars a year buying things through those channels.

　　In Germany, until last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can open telebusiness, including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German businesses are hoping that this new teleshopping will help them sell more things.

　　Some people like teleshopping because it allows（允许）them to do their shopping without leaving their homes. With all the problems of traffic in the cities, this is an important reason. But at the same time, other Europeans don't like this new way of shopping. They call teleshopping “junk（垃圾）on the air.” Many Europeans usually worry about the quality（质量）of things for sale on TV. Good quality is important to them, and they believe they cannot be sure about the quality of the things on TV.

　　The need for high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be different from the American companies. They will have to be more careful about the quality of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyer can not touch or see in person.

l. Teleshopping is ________ in Europe.

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(2)People like teleshopping because it is ________.

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(3)Some Europeans don't like teleshopping because they ________.

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A．don't like to buy things

B．don't watch TV

C．believe the things sold on TV are expensive

D．think the things sold on TV are of bad quality

(4)In Germany, teleshopping may ________.

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A．help businessmen get more money

B．keep the shops open longer

C．have fewer buyers

D．bring better TV programmes

(5)The best title of the passage is ________.

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A．American Teleshopping

B．Teleshopping Companies

C．Teleshopping in Europe

D．Teleshopping--Junk on the Air