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    An old friend from abroad, whom I was expecting to stay with,　　 telephoned from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was still　　 busy with something important at the time, but I had made arrangements　　 for his arrival. After explaining where my new flat was, I told him　　 that I had left the key under the doormat. As I was likely to be home　　 rather late, I advised him to go into the kitchen and help himself to　　 food and drink.

    Two hours later the telephone on my table rang. It was my friend. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after　　 having just had a truly wonderful meal. He had found a pan on the gas　　 stove and fried two eggs and had helped himself to some cold chicken　　 from the ice-box. Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of beer and he　　 hoped I would join him. When I asked him if he had reached the flat　　 without difficulty, he answered that he had not been able to find the　　 key under the doormat, but fortunately the living room window just by　　 the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in. I listened to　　 all these in astonishment. There is no apple tree in front of my living　　 room, but there is one in front of my neighbor's!

1.The story was about __________.

[    ] 　　

A. a thief who entered the writer's house 　　

B. the life of an old friend of the writer's 　　

C. a man who liked to climb up the apple tree 　　

D. a man who tried to enter his friend's house but got into the　　 　　 house next to his friend's

2.When his friend arrived from abroad the writer was _________.

[    ] 　　

A. at the airport　　　　

B. at home　　

C. still at the office　　

D. on his way home

3.As the writer was busy and couldn't go home on time he asked his　　 friend ___________.

[    ] 　　 　　

A. to cook something for him　　

B. to have a meal and drink himself 　　

C. to wait for him　　

D. to go into the kitchen and cook first

4.The writer was surprised to find that his friend had _______.

[    ] 　　

A. entered his neighbor's house by mistake 　　

B. entered his living room by climbing the apple tree 　　

C. entered the house from the back door 　　

D. got into the living room through the open window 

5.A flat is a ___________.

[    ]　　

A. house　　

B. set of rooms　　

C. hotel　　

D. restaurant

It was almost four o’clock in the morning when the fire broke out.“We watch one window blow out，and then another，and heard people shouting，”says Stanley,21，a junior from Westfield State College in Massachusetts.Students were throwing ropes made from bed sheets out their windows，and a couple of them were trying to climb down.
Almost all the hotel’s 502 rooms were filled with college students from across the United States who were spending their holiday here in Acpulco，Mexico.As the smoke thickened，Moreno ran upstairs to where other Westfield students were rooming.“Some people had no idea what was going on，”he says.“I was shouting at the top of my voice.I made sure I hit every door.”At the same time，Stanley was downstairs helping people get through the smoke­filled hall.There he joined forces with Nalewanski who had just come back from his own night out.
“Let’s go.”Nalewanski says.He and Stanley wet their shirts in the bathroom and wrapped them around their mouths and noses so they could breathe.Then they ran up the stairs.
Nalewanski and Stanley found Moreno on the fourth floor.They all ran upstairs and down the corridors(走廊) on every floor，hitting every door hard.
In the end，no one was seriously injured.Even more unbelievable，all the Westfield students made it back to Massachusetts later that same day.
Westfield president Evan Dobelle says，“I have a great deal of pride in these young men and they were able to react in such an emergency.”

1. 1.

   What’s the best title for this passage?

   1. A.
      College students have a terrible holiday
   2. B.
      College students survived a big fire
   3. C.
      Heroes：close call in a hotel fire
   4. D.
      A big fire broke out in a hotel
2. 2.

   What do we learn from Stanley from the passage?

   1. A.
      He is in his last year in college.
   2. B.
      He is a very brave young man.
   3. C.
      He was reading a book when the fire broke out.
   4. D.
      He was the first one to find out there was a fire.
3. 3.

   According to the passage ________ might not have woken up people during the fire.

   1. A.
      Evan Dobelle
   2. B.
      Nalewanski
   3. C.
      Stanley
   4. D.
      Moreno
4. 4.

   The students helped people out through all of the following ways EXCEPT ________.

   1. A.
      helping people get through the hall
   2. B.
      shouting loudly to warn people
   3. C.
      hitting doors to wake people up
   4. D.
      Making ropes for people to climb down

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阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案．

　An old friend from abroad, whom I was expecting to stay with, telephoned from the airport to tell me that he had arrived． I was still busy with something important at the time, but I had made arrangements for his　　 arrival． After explaining where my new flat was, I told him that I had left the key under the　　 doormat． As I was likely to be home rather late, I advised him to go into the kitchen and help himself to food and　　 drink．

　Two hours later the telephone on my table rang． It was my friend． At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after having just had a truly wonderful　　 meal． He had found a pan on the gas stove and fried two eggs and had helped himself to some cold chicken from the　　 ice-box． Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of beer and he hoped I would join　　 him． When I asked him if he had reached the flat without difficulty, he answered that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat, but fortunately the living room window just by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed　　 in． I listened to all these in　　 astonishment． There is no apple tree in front of my living room, but there is one in front of my neighbour's!

(1)  The story was　　 about________．

[　　]

A． a thief who entered the writer's house

B． the life of an old friend of the writer's

C． a man who liked to climb up the apple tree

D． a man who tried to enter his friend's house but got into the house next to his friend's

(2)  When his friend arrived from abroad the writer　　 was________．

[　　]

A． at the airport 　　　　B． at home

C． still at the office　　 　　　D． on his way home

(3)  As the writer was busy and couldn't go home on time he asked his　　 friend_________．

[　　]

A． to cook something for him

B． to have a meal and drink himself

C． to wait for him

D． to go into the kitchen and cook first

(4)  The writer was surprised to find that his friend had　　 ________．

[　　]

A． entered his neighbour's house by mistake

B． entered his living room by climbing the apple tree

C． entered the house from the back door

D． got into the living room through the open window

(5)  A flat is a_________．

[　　]

A． house 　　　B． set of rooms 　　　C． hotel 　　　D． restaurant

While my father was an officer of the British army in South Africa, we lived in a ___1___ house. One ___2___ my father and sister and  I were sitting together. He was ___3___ the window. I suddenly ___4___ that he was turning very pale. I sat ___5___, for I did not want to __6__ my sick sister. Soon father said in a ___7___ voice, “Kate and Joan, a friend of mine is ___8___ here to see me this evening, and I wish to be ___9___ him. Will you go up to your own room?” We ___10___, went to our room and closed the door.

Soon I heard a ___11___ like that of a door burst in, and then a climb of feet. They were hurrying ___12___ the narrow stairs. Fearing that there was ___13___ near, I seized the pistol(手枪) on the table. Then I heard my father cry out, "For God’s sake(快!), child, ___14___ the door. " I did so. To my horror(恐怖), I saw, ___15___ my father’s shoulder, a gorilla(大猩猩), the worst enemy of the soldier in ___16___. He was ___17___ my father. I raised the pistol and fired. The animal fell backwards with ___18___ loud cry. Father took the ___19___ smoking pistol from my hand, and fired another shot, which ___20___ the gorilla.

It happened that father had ___21___ us upstairs because he thought he would be able to ___22___ the door ––– which was twenty feet away –––___23___ the animal reached it. However, the gorilla was too ___24___ for him; and this was the cause of the ___25___ flight(逃跑) up the stairs.

1. A. two-storeyed  B. two storeyed      C. two-storeys D. two storeys

2. A. o’clock  B. night   C. evening      D. time

3. A. towards  B. opposite     C. inside  D. behind

4. A. knew     B. learned       C. felt     D. noticed

5. A. still B. lonely C. sadly   D. unhappily

6. A. hurt       B. frighten      C. lose    D. trouble

7. A. loud       B. sad     C. calm   D. pleasant

8. A. moving  B. staying       C. running      D. coming

9. A. friendly to     B. alone with  C. helpful to   D. careful with

10. A. promised     B. trembled    C. obeyed       D. replied

11. A. sound   B. cry     C. voice  D. shout

12. A. to B. down  C. through      D. up

13. A. some difficulty    B. a thief C. some danger      D. an accident

14. A. open    B. close   C. pull    D. draw

15. A. on B. above  C. over    D. from

16. A. South America    B. Africa C. South Asia  D. Europe

17. A. aiming at     B. marching towards C. shooting at      D. running after

18. A. an exciting   B. a calm C. an angry     D. a natural

19. A. still      B. yet      C. even   D. already

20. A. hit       B. murdered   C. frightened  D. killed

21. A. taken    B. sent    C. driven D. forced

22. A. push     B. lock    C. guard  D. defend

23. A. until     B. when  C. before D. though

24. A. quick   B. huge   C. heavy  D. stupid

25. A. anxious       B. fearless      C. excited       D. hurried

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　An old friend from abroad, whom I was expecting to stay with me, telephoned from the airport to tell me that he had arrived．I was still at the office at the time, but had made arrangements（安排）for his arrival．After explaining where my new flat was, I told him that I had left the key under the door-mat（蹭鞋垫）．As I was likely to be home rather late, I advised him to go into the kitchen and help himself to food and drink．

　Two hours later, my friend telephoned me from the flat．At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after having just had a truly wonderful meal．He had found a pan on the gas stove and fried two eggs and had helped himself to some cold chicken from the refrigerator（电冰箱）．Now, he said he was drinking a glass of orange juice and he hoped I would join him．When I asked him if he had reached the flat without difficulty, he answered that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat, but fortunately the living room window just by the apple tree had been left open, and he had climbed in．I listened to all this in astonishment．There is no apple tree in front of my living-room, but there is one in front of my neighbour's!

1．The story was about______．

[　　]

A．a thief who entered the writer's house

B．an old friend of the writer's who returned from some foreign country

C．a man who liked to climb an apple tree

D．a man who tried to enter his friend's flat but got into the flat next to his friend's

2．When his friend arrived from abroad, the writer was______．

[　　]

A．at the airport

B．at home

C．still at the office

D．on his way home

3．As the writer was busy and couldn't go home on time, he asked his guest______．

A．to cook something for him

B．to have a meal and drink himself

C．to wait for him

D．to go into the kitchen and cook first

4．A flat is a ______．

[　　]

A．house

B．set of rooms

C．hotel

D．restaurant

5．The writer was surprised to find that his friend had______．

[　　]

A．entered his neighbour's house by mistake

B．entered his living-room by climbing the apple tree

C．entered the house from the back door．

D．got into his living-room through the open window