Three women are having coffee together, and they are boasting about（吹嘘）their sons. So the first woman says, “Oh, I've got the best son. Do you know last year for my birthday, he gave a big party for me at an expensive restaurant?” The second woman says, “Oh, really? Well, my son, last winter, gave me a lot of money to travel around the world.” And the third woman says, “That's nothing! My son goes to a psychiatrist（精神病医生）three times a week for five years at ＄80 an hour. And he spends the whole time talking about me”

　　Little Tom down the street calls our dog“the keep dog”. Zip is a sheep dog. But when Tom tries to say “sheep”, it comes out“keep”. And in a way Tom is right. Zip is always bringing things home for us to keep! I'll tell you about some of them.

　　We didn't know how Zip found the shoe. But after a moment Mary, my big sister, told me the shoe had a strange smell. I nodded（点头）and held my nose.“What do you think it is?”

　　“It smells like something for cleaning. I think someone tried to clean a spot（污点）off the shoe. Then he put it at the door to dry.”

　　“Along came Zip. And goodbye shoe!”I said.“We should take it back.”

　　“We can't,”said my sister.

　　“Maybe little Tom is right,”Mary said.“Maybe Zip is a keep dog!”

A．what Zip's first present was

B．how Zip carried its first present home

C．who owned Zip's first present

D．what Zip's first present was made of

A．the dog likes keeping things

B．the dog likes playing with shoes

C．he doesn't know the dog's name

D．he can't pronounce the word“sheep”well

A．its colour

B．its smell

C．its size

D．that it was a silk one

A．keeping things for itself

B．bringing things for others to keep

C．not letting it run about

D．taking care of a small child

A．likes to give presents to people

B．has been kept in at the writer's home

C．has brought some trouble

D．likes to be called“the keep dog”

　　One day they got a mirror（镜子）and for the first time they saw what they looked like. The boy was very pleased and he said to his sister,“How nice I am! I look much nicer than you!”

　　The girl didn't like what her brother said and pushed him.“Go away!”she said.

　　Their father saw this. He went up to them and said to the boy,“You mustn't only look good. You must be good.”Then to the girl he said,“My dear, if you help everyone and do your best to make them happy, every-one will love you. It doesn't matter that you are not so good-looking as your brother.”

A．the children were both

B．the girl was

C．the boy was

D．neither of the children was

A．to be a good boy

B．not to look at himself in the mirror

C．to look after his sister

D．not to push his sister

(3) The word“good-looking”means _________

　　One evening, he found himself sitting behind a man who had his arm around a large dog on the seat beside him. This was strange, but even stranger was the dog's behaviour（举止，行为）. It seemed to be watching the movie with interest, but from time to time it would turn to the man and bark quietly in his ear. The man would just nod, and the dog would turn back to watch the movie. Sometimes when something funny happened in the movie, the dog barked quite loudly and wagged（摆动）its tail.

　　He tapped the man on the shoulder. The man turned around.“Yes?”he said.“What is it?”“Please don't think me rude,”Tom said,“but isn't your dog's behaviour rather stranger?”“You're right,”the man agreed.“It's strange. He hated the film.”

A．in the first of the theater

B．in the middle of the theater

C．in different seats

D．in the same seat

A．The movies he had seen.

B．The movies made from stories he had read in the books.

C．The movies he hadn't seen.

D．The movies about dogs.

A．It could bark to the man.

B．It wagged its tail when something strange was on the film.

C．It didn't see the film.

D．Both A and B.

A．Yes, it did.

B．No, it didn't.

C．Yes, it could.

D．No, it couldn't.

A．It is small.

B．It is silly.

C．It is beautiful.

D．It is strange.

　　It is a lovely day. Pierre is a Frenchman and he only knows little English. Now he is sitting by the window of a restaurant in London. He hears someone shouting,“Look out!”He puts his head out of the window to see what is happening. At this time a basin of dirty water pours over his head, then another.

　　“Damn you! See what you have done to me!”Pierre says angrily. Some men sitting next to him laugh and Pierre gets even angrier.“What are you laughing at?”he shouts. One of the men answers,“You must be a foreigner. 'Look out'means'be careful'.”

A．A man pours dirty water over him.

B．The men laughed at him.

C．A man laughs at him.

D．A man is very rude to him.

A．He meets some trouble in the restaurant.

B．He eats something bad in the restaurant.

C．He is wet and dirty all over.

D．Some men laugh at him.

(4)Someone says“look out”________ .

A．when he sees Pierre in the restaurant

B．after Pierre puts head out

C．when he pours dirty water

D．when Pierre is sitting by the window

A．It's important to pay attention to pronunciation.

B．It's important to know some English idioms.

C．It's important to be careful with English grammar.

D．It's important to understand what each word means.

　　Why is 2004 a special year? Because it is a Leap Year（闰年）! What's so special about that? Well, Leap Year happens only once every four years. And it has 366 days instead of the usual 365. In a Leap Year, we have 29 days in February, while in a usual year we have only 28 days.

　　Why do we have a Leap Year? We have a Leap Year so we can keep the calendar（日历）in step with the seasons. The calendar is a kind of clock for the whole year. But how long is a year? A calendar year is 365 days. However, a true year is actually 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds long. That's the time it takes the earth to travel around the sun. So every four years we have one more day, and we put it at the end of February, the shortest month of a year. Then we have a Leap Year.

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A．There were 29 days in February. 1992.

B．Usually we have 365 days ill a year.

C．People who were born on February 29th are very lucky because they can have more birthdays than others.

D．The next Leap Year will be the year 2008.

　　Jed couldn't keep the tears running down his face. His friend, Rob, wanted to help, but the more he talked about it, the worse , led felt. “I know how terrible you must feel, ”Rob said.“Everyone on the team thought the coach（教练）would choose you. He must be crazy（疯狂）to let Tom swim the breaststroke（蛙泳）!”When the coach told him about the date and place of the state swimming meeting for boys of 15 and under, Jed was sure he would be swimming the breaststroke. He even told his family that the team couldn't win the event without him. When the coach chose Tom Timmaons, the new boy from Springfield, to swim the breaststroke, Jed could hardly believe it. Coach Robertson told Jed he could swim on the relay team, but that offered little Consolation. I may leave the team, he told Rob.“I'd rather not swim at all than be on the relay team.”“I don't know whether you should do that or not, ”Rob saie.“We need you on the relay team. Of course, if you say you won't swim at all, the coach may change his mind and let you swim the breaststroke.”Jed left Rob and headed towards home. He knew it would be embarrassing（尴尬）to have to tell his family and his friends that someone else would take his place. He wondered if he should make up a story and tell his morn and dad that he asked the coach to put the new boy in. Jed didn't know what to do.

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A．Rob failed to help Jed

B．Jed didn't want to swim the breaststroke at all

C．Tom would swim on the relay team

D．the coach chose both Jed and Tom for the breaststroke

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A．something that makes you feel sad

B．something that makes you feel better

C．another chance to swim the breaststroke

D．another chance to be on the relay team

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A．Too Good to Swim

B．It's Terrible to Be out

C．The Coach and Jed

D．The Relay Team

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A．the coach didn't like him

B．he was not good enough to swim

C．he wanted Tom to swim instead of him

D．his friend Rob wanted to swim

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A．Jed should have the chance to swim the breaststroke

B．the coach made a clever decision

C．Jed should ask for help from his mom and dad

D．Tom should be on the relay team

　　One evening in a busy street, there were many cars, trucks and buses. It was crowded. When a man was walking quickly across the street, a big truck hit him down. and the wheels rolled（碾）on one of his legs. Soon people crowded around him. The driver was so afraid that his face became as white as a piece of paper. He wanted to say something but he couldn't say a word.

　　A few seconds later, people were surprised to see that the man stood up and spoke to the driver quietly, “Don't be afraid, Sir. I'm all right. This leg of mine was broken by wheels long before. Now this is not a real leg. It is a rubber（橡胶的）one. I'll never be afraid that it can be broken.”

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

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(2) The man was knocked down and ________.

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(3) The driver was so frightened that ________.

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A．he drove away quickly

B．he couldn't move

C．he just sat there and cried

D．he couldn't say a word

(4) People were surprised because ________.

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A．the man was dead

B．the man was quite all right

C．both of the man's legs were broken

D．the driver was so afraid

(5) From the passage we know ________.

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A．the man's leg has been rolled twice

B．the driver shouldn't be blamed（责备）

C．the truck had to be repaired

D．people like to use things made of rubber

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　　You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of children while parents are working. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents see a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something to do for everyone.

　　“As a volunteer, I don't want to get anything, Seeing the children's happy faces, I'm happy, too,” said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62.

　　“I often played computer games in my spare time before. Now I help old people learn how to use computers,” said another volunteer at the age of 18.

　　If everyone helps out a bit, we'll all have a better world to live in.

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(1) What kind of people can become volunteers?

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(2) ________ need volunteers.

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(3) Volunteers get ________ when helping others.

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(4) Carlos Domingo does volunteer work to help ________.

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(5) This is ________.

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　　Maybe many people don't think how we can make our roads safer. Every year several thousand people are killed on the roads in Great Britain. Every year between one and two hundred thousand people are injured. These people are killed or injured in the road accidents.

　　Many people are careless when they are in the roads. Most of them don't always obey（遵守）the rules though the rules can make the roads safe. If everyone obeys the rules, the roads will be much safer.

　　Different countries have different rules. So it is important to remember the rules. In many countries traffic keeps to the right. But in Great Britain traffic keeps to the left. Cars and buses and bikes in the country must keep to the left side of the roads. So before you cross the road in Great Britain, you should stop and look right first, then look left, look right again. If you are sure the road is clear, you can cross the road. If there are children or very old people on the road, you should stop and wait to cross the road. Not only should we obey the rules, but also we should teach our children to obey the rules. Thus（这样）we can make the roads much safer.

(1) A lot of people are killed or injured in Great Britain because _______.

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A．there are so many cars

B．most of them don't obey the rules

C．cars are driven too fast

D．the roads are not wide enough

(2) If you travel in England, you should ________ before crossing the road.

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A．look left

B．look right

C．look left first, then look right

D．look right first, then look left, and look right again

(3) “The road is clear” here means _________.

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(4) If the road isn't clear, you should stop and wait to cross the road, because ________.

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A．it's kind to help people to cross the road in safety

B．you have to

C．the people on the road may hit you

D．policemen don't help you

(5) The best title of the passage is “________”

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A．How to Cross the Road

B．How to Make the Road Safer

C．Why Are Many People Killed Every Year

D．Different Countries, Different Rules