Little John has___________ about all the things he has met. He found a soap and tasted it yestertday.

       A. celebration B. prediction   C. curiosity     D. permission

It’s not easy to learn English well. ______as much as possible is necessary.

       A．Having read     B．Read C．Reading           D．To have read

. If you try to learn too many things at a time, you may get _____________ .

   A. surrounded       B. settled                   C. confused              D. amused

That poor man with her two children _____ in a street corner.

A.was seen to beg         B. were seen begging  C. was seen begging  D. were seen to beg

— They are quiet, aren’t they?

   — Yes. They are accustomed ______ at meals.

A. to talk        B. to not talk      C. to talking    D. to not talking

       C

Sherlock Holmes is considered by many people as the greatest detective in fictional literature. He is, in fact, more famous than his own creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the popular series of stories, Holmes is described as “tall and lean, pope-smoking, always in his cape and speaks in a splendid manner”. Doyle gave Holmes’ address as 221-B Baker Street, London, and to this day some visitors to London still go to Baker Street to search for 221-B. Of course, there never was really any such address. Holmes’ flat was supposed to be shared by the lovable, but sometimes clumsy Doctor Watson who went around with Holmes trying to solve crimes before Holmes did. Poor Dr Watson lost out to Holmes every time.

Doyle gave Holmes a masterly skill of deduction---the ability to come up with interesting conclusion from the simplest clues found at the scene of a crime. Doyle said that the description of Holmes was modeled on one of his lecturers at Edinburgh University where he studied medicine. That man was Dr Joseph Bell. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet published in 1887. Holmes was so loved by all that when his author killed him off in one of his stories, readers wrote in anger to complain. They refused to allow Holmes to die! Holmes was brought back to “life” and appeared in further stories.

The stories of Sherlock Holmes have been reprinted many times ever since then. Today we can watch Holmes at work on cinema and television screens as well as on stage.

10. Sherlock Holmes was________.

  A. the greatest detective who ever lived

  B. Dr Joseph Bell

  C. Arthur Conan Doyle

  D. only a character made up by Arthur Conan Dolye

11. Dr Watson was________.

  A. tall and learn

  B. lovable but always clumsy

  C. lovable but sometimes clumsy

  D. lovable and never clumsy

12. Holmes was supposed to have lived_______.

  A. with Dr Watson           B. with Dr Joseph Bell

  C. with the greatest detective   D. with Doyle

13. Doyle made up the description of Holmes_______.

  A. from his own imagination

  B. based on a famous London doctor

  C. based on Dr Joseph Bell at Edinburgh University

  D. based on a model of Holmes

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Invitation

A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She thought they were hungry and invited them in to have something to eat.

They refused because her husband was out.

  71  “Go to tell them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited them in. “We do not go into a House together,” they replied. “Why is that?” she wanted to know.

One of the old men explained: “His name is Wealth,” he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, “He is Success, and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. He said “  72   Let him come and fill in our home with wealth!”

His wife disagreed. “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?” Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: “Would it not be better to invite Love?   73  ”

The woman went out and asked the three old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.”

Love got up and started walking toward the house.  74   Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: “I only invited Love. Why are you coming in?”

The old men replied together: “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would’ve stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever he goes, we go with him.  75  ”

The other two also got up and followed him.

Our home will then be filled with love!

In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened.

They were very happy to be invited.

Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!

He loved money badly.

Let us invite Wealth.

“It isn’t my cup of tea.” What does this sentence mean?

It means ________.

A. The tea isn’t mine.

B. It isn’t the kind of thing I like.

C. It isn’t what I want.

D. This tea belongs to someone else.

To ______ traffic congestion in Talent Competition is allowed 90 seconds to make an other ______ of transportation.

   A. reduce; tools    B. decrease; types    C. relieve; means    D. release; methods 

       by a greater demand for green products, the food company has set higher standards to ensure the quality.

         A．Driven        B．Being driven       C．To drive      D．Having driven