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We spent two days ________ (repair) the car.

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　　You know that much of our money is in the form of coins.The silver dollar is the largest coin as well as the greatest in weight and value.The smallest coin in value is the penny. It takes one hundred pennies to equal the value of a dollar.The smallest coin in size is the dime.Yet this small coin has twice the value of a nickel, which is larger in size.Of course, you know that a nickel is worth five pennies, it is interesting to note that a dime is worth ten pennies, but is smaller in size than a penny. Dimes are smaller in size than nickels or pennies, yet dimes are greater in value because they are made mainly of silver at greater expense.

　　Other coins include half dollars and quarters. Why do you think we call a twenty-five-cent piece a quarter? Well, it takes four of them to make a dollar, so one such coin is one-fourth, or a quarter, of a dollar.

1.A twenty-five-cent piece is called a ______.

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A. dollar B. dime C. nickel D. quarter

2.The value of a dime is ______.

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A. five cents B. ten cents C. twenty-five cents D. fifty cents

3.A nickel is worth ______.

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A. five cents B. ten cents C. a hundred cents D. fifty cents

4.From the story you can tell that _____.

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A.a coin’s value is judged by its size

B. a coin’s value is judged by its weight

C. a coin’s value is judged by how many people are using it

D. a coin’s value is judged by the metal from which it is made

5.The story as a whole is about ______.

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A. dollars and nickels

B. money in the form of coins

C. gold, silver,and copper coins

D. dollars, half dollars, and quarters

　　Mrs. Green was eighty,but she had a small car ,and she always drove to the shops in it on Sunday and bought her food.

　　She did not drive fast,because she was old,but she drove well and never hit anything.Sometimes her grandchildren said to her,“Please don’t drive your car,we can take you to the shops.”

　　But she always said,“No,I like driving.I've driven for fifty years and I’m not going to stop now.”

　　Last Sunday she stopped her car at some traffic lights because they were red,and then it did not start again.the lights were green,then yellow,then red,then green again,but her car did not start.

　　“What am I going to do now?”she said.

　　But then a policeman came and said to her kindly,“Good morning,Don’t you like any of our colors today?”

判断下更句子的正误，正确的用“T”表示，错误的用“F”表示：

1．She always bought her food on Saturday.

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2．She did not drive well.

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3．She has driven for fifty years.

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4．Her grandchildren were happy when she drove her car.

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5．Mrs. Green’s engine did not start that day.

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In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very urgent and requires immediate attention. It is the same with telephone calls made after 11: 00 p. m. If someone receives a call during sleeping hour, he probably thinks it is a matter of life or death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.

The meanings of time differ in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstanding arises (出现)between people from cultures that treat time differently. In the United States, people tend to think of time as something fixed in nature, something from which one can not escape. As a rule, Americans think of time as a road into the future, along which one progresses. The road has many sections, which are to be kept separate...“one thing at a time”. Thus, an American may feel angry when he has made an appointment with someone and then finds a lot of other things happening at the same time.

Americans look ahead and are concerned (与……有关) almost entirely with the future. The American idea of the future is limited, however. It is the foreseeable future and not the future of involving(牵连) many centuries.

Since time has much different meanings in different cultures, communication is often difficult. We will understand each other a little if we can keep this fact in mind.

1. According to the passage an announcement made during the day in a factory must be very important because________.

A. it interrupts the work of all employees

B. it is made by the manager

C. it makes everyone lose his job

D. it communicates in many ways

2. In the United States, a phone call made after 11: 00 p. m. is considered________, in the view of the writer.

    A. as important as one made in the morning.

    B. Impolite since it disturbs the receiver’s sleep

    C. To be a threat (恐吓) to the receiver’s life

    D. Even more urgent than one made early in the morning

3. The expression “the foreseeable future” could be most suitably replaced by________.

    A. the future that will not be far away

    B. the future that one makes progress

    C. the future toward which one makes progress

    D. the future which involves centuries

4. The writer concludes that people of different countries will understand each other better if________.

    A. they know how to communicate with each other

    B. they are concerned with the future

    C. they learn the way time communicates

    D. they keep in mind that different cultures treat time differently

So their father brought home two copies of Mavor's First Reader and taught them the alphabet; but just as Laura was beginning on words of one syllable(音节), He was sent away to work on a distant job, only coming home at weekends. Laura, left at the c-a-t s-t-s stage on the m-a-t’s, then had to carry her book round after her mother as she went about her housework, asking, “Please, Mother, what does h-o-u-s-e spell?” or “W-a-l-k, Mother, what is that?”

Often when her mother was too busy or too tired to attend to her, she would sit and fix her eyes on a page that might as well have been printed in Hebrew(希伯来语) for all she could `make of it, frowning(锁眉) and studying the print as though she would make out the meaning by force of concentration(专注).

After weeks of this, there came a day when, quite suddenly, as it seemed to her, the printed characters took on a meaning. There were still many words, even in the first page of that simple edition she could not understand; but she could jump those and make sense of the whole. “I’m reading! I'm reading!” she cried aloud. “Oh, Mother! Oh, Edmund ! I’m reading!”

1. Laura’s father didn’t want his children to go to school at Lark Rise because________.

    A. it was too far away 　　　　　　　　　　   B. they couldn’t learn enough

    C. their hair would become dirty　　　　  D. they would ruin their clothes

2. The children’s father decided to teach them to read and write so that they________.

    A. had an excuse not to have to move

    B. had a reason for not attending school

    C. could write to the School Attendance Office

    D. would be educated before they left the village

3. The underlined part “left at the c-a-t s-i-t-s on the m-a-t’s stage” means that________ .

    A. Laura was working hard and learning quickly

    B. her father had no time to teach her

    C. her mother was too busy to attend to her

    D. Laura knew little fort how to read and write

4. From the passage we can infer that________ made Laura stare at a page in her book.

    A. her lack of concentration 　　　　　　   B. her inability to understand

    C. her need to understand Hebrew 　　  D. her determination to understand

5. Laura finally discovered she could read when she________.

    A. understood the main idea 　　　　　　   B. understood all the words in her book

C. recognized the printed characters    D. jumped the first pages of her book

The importance of environment in determining an individual's intelligence can be demonstrated (证实)by the case history of the identical twins, Peter and Mark. Being identical, the twins had identical brains at birth, and their growth processes were the same. When the twins were three months old, their parents died, and they were placed in separate foster homes(寄养). Peter was raised by parents of low intelligence in a community with poor educational opportunities. Mark was raised in the home of well-to-do parents who had been to college. He was read to as a child, sent to good schools, and given every opportunity to be stimulated intellectually. This environmental difference continued until the twins were in their late teens, when they were given tests to measure their intelligence. Peter’s I. Q. was 125, twenty-five points higher than the average and fully forty points higher than his identical brother. Given equal opportunities, the twins, having identical brains, would have tested at about the same level.

1. The main idea of this passage is that_________.

    A. one human brain is quite different from another

    B. the brain a person is born with is important in determining his intelligence

    C. environment is important in determining a person’s intelligence

    D. persons having identical brains will have about the same intelligence

2. According to the passage, Mark’s I. Q. is________lower than the average.

    A.85 　　　　　　　　    B. 100 　　　　　　　　 C. 15 　　　　　　　　   D.40

3. This passage suggests that an individual’s I. Q.________.

    A. can be foretold at birth 　　　　　　　　  B. stays the same throughout his life

    C. can be increased by education 　　    D. is determined by his childhood

1. A story-writer must be________.

    A. a funny man 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. an interesting woman

    C. a person full of imagination 　　　　    D. a person who has much experience in life

2. As a rule, the ordinary lives of old men________.

A.　　  are enjoyable 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. are not enjoyable

C. need to be changed 　　　　　　　　　　   D. don’t want changing

3. Most of the story-readers are women, for________.

    A. they are free 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. stories are easier for them to understand

    C. they have a fine feeling 　　　　　　　　  D. they have no other books to read

When Joe heard this, he started to worry and became thin. So he did not buy any more cigarettes. He became so thin that he went to Fred for help.

Fred said, “You must eat more.” So Joe did not smoke, but he ate chocolate, and he became very fat. Again he went to Fred for help.

Fred said, “You must not eat chocolate.” So Joe stopped eating chocolate, but he went back to smoking cigarettes. He became thin again but he was no happy, because he still smoked.  

Sometimes Joe Bloggs wished Fred Brown was not his friend!

1. When Joe became thin first time it was because________.

    A. he smoked too much. 　　　　　　　　   B. he worried too much.

    C. he stopped smoking. 　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. he ate too little.

2. The following sentences tell what happened to Joe. Which is the right order of the events?

    A. He did not smoke; he ate chocolate; he was fat; he was unhappy.

    B. He smoked; he did not eat chocolate; he was thin; he was unhappy.

    C. He smoked: he did not eat chocolate; he was not fat; he was happy.

    A. a. b. c. 　　　　    B. c. b. a. 　　　　    C. b. a. c. 　　　　    D. c. a. b.

3. In the end Joe was unhappy about his friendship with Fred because__________.

    A. Fred’s advice had brought him no good.

    B. he never liked being told what to do.

    C. he in fact had never really trusted Fred.

    D. Fred had given him the wrong advice on purpose(故意地).

4. What is the writer trying to tell us with this story?

   A. One should think and decide for oneself  B. One should ask friends for help and advice.

   C. Smoke is bad for one’s health. 　　　　　　    D. Chocolate is bad for one’s health.

Experts gain scores of around 150, 000 points at this game. To get a high score you have to destroy twenty tanks as quickly as possible. After this the super tanks, missiles and saucers appear. These are worth far more points than the ordinary tanks. (The number of tanks you have to destroy before the super tanks appear varies on different machines. )

Try to approach an enemy tank from the side or the back, so it cannot shoot at you. Then, when you get close, turn and face it, line it up in your sights and fire before it turns to shoot at you. If you miss, quickly escape by moving out of the enemy’s line of fire, you can then move around the enemy and come in from another side.

When a super tank appears, try to destroy it. Then wait safely behind an obstacle for a missile or flying saucer. The cubes are useful objects to hide behind as you can fire over them without exposing yourself to danger. The missiles will fly straight at you, but they are difficult to hit, so do not shoot at them until they are quite close. The saucers are much easier to hit, but do not chase them as you will be open to attack from enemy tanks.

1. This information refers to________.

    A. an underwater game. 　　　　　　　　    B. a computer game

    C. a board game 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. a ball game

2. To get a high score you must first________.

    A. capture a number of tanks 　　　　　　 B. shoot down some explosive weapons

    C. destroy some more vehicles 　　　　   D. eliminate twenty super tanks

3. A good plan when attacking an enemy tank is to________.

    A. move it to the side 　　　　　　　　　　    B. get behind it

    C. shoot it in the back 　　　　　　　　　　   D. move out of its range

4. If you hide behind the cubes during an attack you can________.

A. fire through them 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. shoot from behind them

C. be certain of hitting your target      D. let them shoot over you

5. You are likely to be attacked if you________.

    A. fire straight at missiles 　　　　　　　　  B. hit a flying saucer

    C. pursue a flying target 　　　　　　　　    D. chase enemy tanks

    Born in a tiny mountain village in 1889, the same year work on the Eiffel Tower was completed and baby Adolf Hitler took his first breath, Todde seldom left the village. He lived in the some house with his wife of 78 years, Maria Antonia, all his life.

He witnessed (见证) the two World Wars, a technological revolution and saw the world’s population quadruple (四倍) but was untroubled by the passing of the years.

“His life was very simple but those 100 years, he lived them to the full.” said Mariolina, recalling how he liked to play cards with his friends and go for long walks.

Todde’s life and that of his fellow islanders is the focus of a scientific study.

A remarkable number of Sardinia’s 1.6 million people live through a century. Some 135 people per million live to see their 100th birthday.

Todde’s own family seems a case in point—his two daughters are 78 and 8l separately and his sister is 98.

The answer to the often-posed question of just how he managed it was simple for Antonio.

“Just love your brother and drink a good glass of red wine every day,” he was quoted (引证)as saying when he celebrated his 112th birthday last year.

“You take one day after the other, you just go on.”

1. Antonio Todde made it into the Guinness book of Records, because________.

    A. he witnessed the two world Wars    B. he was the oldest man in the world

    C. he had a sense of humor 　　    　　D. he was the focus of a scientific study

2. The underlined word “he” in the passage refers to________ .

    A. Maria Antonia    B. Mariolina   　　   C. Adolf Hitler　　  D. Antonio Todde

3. From the passage we know that________.

    A. Todde acted as a soldier in the two World Wars

    B. Todde’s life was greatly affected by the two world Wars

    C. the Eiffel Tower was completed in the year 1889

    D. living in the mountain is necessary for a man to live long

4. Todde’s secret of becoming the world’s oldest man is that________ .

    A. he did nothing but drink a glass of red wine every day

    B. he lived a life in his own way

    C. he was rich enough to care nothing but play

    D. the land and water were good to him

5. The best title for the passage is________ .

    A. World’s oldest man died 　　　　　　    B. How to live long just as the old man did

C. The secrets of living long    　　　　 D. The oldest man’s love