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One day, a poor boy was selling goods from door to door to pay for his tuition fees (学费). He was hungry. He d___1____ he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost heart w___2____ a lovely young woman opened the door. He asked for a drink of water and the woman agreed. She thought he looked hungry, so she b___3____ him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe (欠) you ?” “You owe me nothing, ” she r___4___. “Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness.” He said, “Then I thank you from my heart.”
Years later, that young woman become seriously i__5___.The local doctors all f__6___ to cure her. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists (专家) to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard, who o__7__ got a large glass of milk and a meal from the young woman, was called in for the treatment. He went down the hall of the hospital to her room when he heard the name of the town she came from. D__8____ in his doctor’s uniform, he went in to see her. He recognized (认出) her quickly. He made up his mind to do his best to save her life and pay special a__9_____ to the case. After a long struggle, the battle (战役) was won. The woman n__10____ these words when she paid the pill: “ Paid in full with one glass of milk… Dr. Howard Kelly..”

There was a famous church in London. It was 110 meters high. The center of the church was like a bell. The ceiling of the church was painted by a famous artist. A platform （平台）was built so that the artist could put up the ladder on it and paint the ceiling. The platform was about 70 meters over the ground.

One day the artist was working hard and had nearly finished one popular corner of the ceiling. Also on the platform was his assistant, who was mixing paints. The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was progressing. To have a better look at his painting, he stepped back again. Suddenly, his assistant shouted, picked up a small bowl of paint and started to paint the artist’s work on the top. The artist was very angry and rushed forwards to stop him.

“What do you think you are doing?” he shouted angrily. “Are you mad?” His assistant replied, “I saw you walking backwards to have a better look at your painting. But you didn’t notice that you had reached the very edge of the platform. You were in great danger. I wanted to make you move forwards. If I had not made you run forwards, you would have fallen backwards off the edge of the platform.

1.The story happened in ______.

A．America          B．France            C．German           D．England

2.Why did the artist step back again?

A．To see how his work was progressing.        B．To have a better look at his painting.

C．To paint a bow in his painting.              D．To pour some paint on his painting.

3.What did the assistant do to stop the artist falling off the platform?

A．He painted a famous painting himself.        B．He ran forwards to stop him.

C．He shouted to the artist and painted his painting.    D．He stopped mixing the paints.

4.Which picture shows the same situation as the underlined sentence in Paragraph2?

Note: a: artist b: assistant c: painting ←: the direction of the movement.

5.After reading the passage, what do you think the artist would probably do?

A．He would be angry with what the assistant had done.

B．He would punish the assistant for having destroyed his painting.

C．He would be thankful to be the assistant for having saved his life.

D．He wouldn’t allow the assistant to work with him any more.

 

—Did you       your pen friend yesterday?

      —Yes. He told me he would to on a visit to America.

A. hear about           B. hear from        C. hear of

 

 My pen pal said he would write to me, but I _____ any letters from him so far.

  A. won’t receive     B. haven’t received   C. hadn’t received   D. didn’t receive

It was Mother's Day. John was so busy with his work that he had ___1___time to return home. When he passed by a flower shop in the evening, he got an idea. "I'll send Mum some roses ."

___2___John was picking his flowers, another young man went inside. "How many roses can I get for only five dollars, Madam?" he asked. The assistant Nancy was trying to tell him roses were as ___3___as forty dollars a dozen . Maybe he would only buy some carnations.

"No, I have to have red roses. " He said, "My mum was badly ill last year and I didn't spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, it has to be roses ___4___rose is her favorite. "

After hearing it, John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man. When the young man took the roses, he almost jumped into the air and ran out of the shop. John was quite excited to see that. Then John took out his money and___5___his roses and asked the assistant to send them to his mother.

As he walked out, he saw the young man crossing the street and going into a___6___. But soon he found it was not a park but a cemetery. Crying, the young man___7___put down the roses," Mum, oh, Mum, why didn't I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help ___8___find my mum and tell her I love her..."

___9___thinking anything, John turned and quickly walked back to the shop. He would take the __10____home himself.

1.                A．no            B．enough         C．much D．more

 

2.                A．After          B．Just            C．While    D．Before

 

3.                A．cheap          B．beautiful        C．expensive D．awful

 

4.                A．because        B．so             C．but  D．when

 

5.                A．looked after     B．took away       C．paid for   D．got out

 

6.                A．shop           B．park           C．train station   D．hospital

 

7.                A．loudly          B．happily         C．carefully  D．hardly

 

8.                A．him            B．her            C．me  D．them

 

9.                A．As             B．With           C．without   D．For

 

10.               A．carnations      B．money         C．scarf  D．flowers