Stop

Bus 1

Bus 2

Bus 3

Bus 4

Ferry

6:00

6:30

7:00

7:30

Old Street

6:10

6:40

7:10

7:40

Park

6:25

6:55

7:25

7:55

New Street

6:30

7:00

7:30

8:00

Hotel

6:35

7:05

7:35

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Playground

6:40

7:10

7:40

8:10

Hospital

7:00

7:30

8:00

8:30

Market

7:10

7:40

8:10

8:40

(    )56. How long does it take from the Ferry to the Market by bus?

A. Half an hour.                                  B. An hour.

C. An hour and ten minutes                 D. An hour and a half

(    )57. How often do the buses get to the Old Street?

A. Every half an hour.                  B. Every twenty minutes.

C. Every ten minutes.                  D. Every quarter.

(    )58. If you miss a bus at the Playground, how long at least do you have a wait for another

bus?

A. Ten minutes.                           B. Five minutes.           

C. Twenty minutes.                            D. Half an hour.

(    )59. Wei Hua lives near the Park. He works in the Hospital. She must get to the Hospital at eight o’clock. Which bus is better for him?

A. Bus 1.        B. Bus 2.        C. Bus 3.        D. Bus 4.

(    )60. Every morning I take the Bus 1 to the Park. There I do some sports. Then I have to go the Market. The Market opens from seven thirty to eight thirty. How long at most can I stay in the park?

A. Half an hour.        B. An hour.    C. An hour and a half.          D. Two hours.

Habit is second nature（习惯成自然）Here’s a story.

Once a farmer found a tin（锡）box while working in the field. In the box there was an old book. The farmer read it over and discovered that it was a book on magic（魔法）.

In the book it said that there was a stone on the beach that could turn anything into gold. Unlike all the others, the stone was warm. The farmer was amazed and decided to search the shore for the stone.

From morning to evening he would pick up stones and feel them. Then he would throw the stones far into the sea so that he wouldn’t pick up the same ones.

Days, weeks and months passed, and then a year and then another. But every stone he picked up was as cold as ice. He got so used to it that he would throw a stone into the sea as soon as he picked it up.

One evening as he was leaving for home, he saw a common stone in front of him. “This will be the last stone I ever pick up!” said the man hopelessly.

As soon as he put his fingers on the stone he threw it far into the sea. Then suddenly he realized that the stone was warm.

44. What did the farmer find while working in the field?

A. A warm stone.　　　 B. A tin box with a book on magic in it.　　　 C. Nothing.　　 D. Gold.

45. How long at least did the farmer search for the warm stone?

A. 365 days.　　　　　　 B. fifty-two weeks.　　　　　　　　　　 C. two years.　　　　 D. All his life.

46. What does the underlined word ones mean in the passage?

A. Books.　　　　　　　　 B. Stones.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. Boxes.　　　　　　　　　　 D. Ice.

47. What’s the best title of the passage?

A. A Farmer. B. A warm stone. C. Force(力量)of habit. D. Throwing stones.

There was a little boy who got angry easily. His father gave him a bag of nails(钉子) and told him that every  16  he got angry, to drive a nail into the back wall. The first day the boy had 17  37 nails into the wall. Then he put fewer and fewer nails. He found it was　18   to be not angry than to drive those  19  into the wall. 　Finally the day came when the boy didn't get  20  at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to be not angry. The days  21  and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that  22  nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the  23　. He said, "You have done  24 , my son, but look at the holes in the wall. The wall will  25  be the same. When you say things 　26 , they leave a scar(伤疤) just like this one. You  27  put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter  28  you say I'm sorry, the wound（伤口） is still there. A mental hurt is as bad as a physical one. Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you  29  and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always　30　 to open their hearts to us.

1.A. time        B. day         C. week             D. year

2.A. turned      B. driven     C. pulled          D. threw

3.A. harder      B. tougher    C. easier           D. worse

4.A. sticks     B. knives       C. nails            D. forks

5.A. happy          B. sad          C. excited         D. angry

6.A passed          B. came         C. returned         D. happened

7.A. some           B. many         C. all              D. most

8.A. house          B. nails       C. room             D. wall

9.A. badly       B. well       C. sadly            D. kindly

10.A. never       B. sometimes      C. often         D. always

11.A. politely     B. carefully   C. happily        D. angrily

12.A. must          B. need        C. can           D. should

13.A. how much    B. how long     C. how many times   D. how far

14.A. cry           B. jump         C. lose         D. smile

15.A. refuse      B. want           C. fail          D. learn