A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet.　“What’s the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived.

　　“My cow's ill,” the farmer said. “I don’t know what's the matter with her. She’s lying down and won’t eat. She's making a strange noise.”

　　The vet looked over the cow. "She's certainly ill," he said, "and she needs to take some very strong medicine."

 He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, "Give her these. The pills should make her better."

　 “How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.

　　The vet gave him a tube (管子)and said, "Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That'll make it."

　　The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried.

　　“How's your cow?” the vet asked.

　　“No change,” the farmer said, “and I’m feeling very strange myself.”

　　“Oh?” the vet said, "Why?"

　　“I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow's mouth and then put two pills down it.”

　　“And?” the vet asked.

　　“The cow blew first,” the farmer said.

1.In the story, the vet must be _________.

A. the farmer's friend          B. a milk factory

C. a hospital for cows         D. a doctor for animals

2.The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow _______

A. couldn't lie down         B. didn't eat the pills

C. couldn't make any noise    D. was ill

3.What medicine did the vet give the farmer?

A. Bottle of pills.           B. A long tube.

C. Two pills.               D. A small box.

4.The vet taught the farmer how _________.

A. to blow the tube          B. to make the cow take the pills

C. to take the medicine       D. to put the tube in his mouth

5.Which of the following is true?

A. The farmer ate the pills himself.

B. The cow got better after taking the medicine.

C. The vet came to help farmer change the cow the next day.

D. The farmer waited for the vet outside his house the next day.

 

阅读理解

　　Mrs Black is sixty-nine years old. She has only a daughter named Sandra. Mr Black died twelve years ago. She was very sad and lived in her house alone. Two years later her daughter had a baby. The woman was busy all the time and had no time to look after her son James. She asked her mother to live with them.

　　The old woman had to sell her house and moved here. She was strong and could do all the housework. And the family liked her.

　　Last autumn Mrs Black went to do some shopping. A car hit her and her leg was hurt. She had to be in hospital for three months. She can't do anything after she came back. At first her daughter was kind to her, but soon she began to be tired of(讨厌) her. The old woman wanted to leave, but she had no money to buy a house and nobody could take care of her. She didn't know what to do.

　　One morning Mrs Black broke a plate. It made her daughter angry. She told James to buy a wooden(木制的) plate for his grandma. That afternoon James came back with two wooden plates. She was surprised(惊讶的) and asked, “Why did you buy two plates, son?”

　　“One is for grandma,” answered the boy. “The other is for you! You'll also have to use a wooden plate when you're old, I think.”

　　The woman heard this and was sad. She cried for long. Now she's kind to her mother as she did before.

1．Sandra asked her mother to live with them because ________.

[　　]

A．the old woman lived alone

B．she needed her help

C．the old woman couldn't look after herself

D．the old woman could give her much money.

2．The family liked Mrs Black because ________.

[　　]

A．she was very rich

B．she could watch their door

C．she could do all the housework for them

D．she was friendly to them all

3．Mrs Black was afraid ________, so she couldn't leave her daughter's house.

[　　]

A．she bad no house to live in

B．she couldn't look after herself

C．Sandra couldn't go to see her any more

D．A and B

4．Sandra was afraid ________, so she told her son to buy a wooden plate for her.

[　　]

A．her mother could break another plate

B．her mother didn't want to leave

C．her husband could be tired of her mother

D．her mother couldn't do anything at home

5．James bought a wooden plate for his mother because ________.

[　　]

A．he didn't love her

B．she liked it

C．he hoped she was kind to his grandma

D．she often broke the plates at home

6．Sandra is friendly to her mother because ________.

[　　]

A．she knows she did wrong

B．she was afraid of her son

C．the old woman is poor

D．it's her duty

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。（共20分，每小题1分）

Passage 1

Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out（退学）. But he was full of new ideas.

　　After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in his life.

　　Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.

　　In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage. He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.

His Apple Computer was so successful that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world .

He often said, “I live in order to change the world, there aren’t any other reasons. The only way to have a great achievement is to love your own career. If you can’t find your  favorite career ,go on looking for it and never give up.”

This is Steven Jobs, though he is dead, his spirit and achievements still influence our lives.

1.Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he ________.

A．never did his lessons                     B．dropped out

C．always made troubles with his schoolmates    D．he was full of new ideas

2.Why did Steven Jobs go to India?

A．Because he wanted to be a video game designer.

B．Because he wanted to get some new ideas.

C．Because he wanted to make a new type of computer

D．Because he wanted to have a happy summer.

3.Steven Jobs was famous for his ________ all over the world.

A．new ideas　　     B．Apple Computer　　 C．video games       D．saying

4.From this passage we know Steven Jobs ________.

A．didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates

B．liked traveling in India and California

C．liked trying new things and making his new ideas come true

D．thought he had many reasons to live in the world

5.Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to this passage?

A．The only way to have a great achievement is to love your career.

B．The name “Apple” helped Jobs to remember a happy summer in an apple tree garden.

C．If you can’t find the career you love, give it up and try another one.

D．People remember Jobs because of his achievements.

 

Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant(仆人） loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

      One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take good care of them.” With these words, he went out.

      But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself.

1.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.

A. the rich man 　　B. the servant 　

         C. both A and B 　　D. neither A and B

2..The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

      A. the cat 　　 　　B. himself 　　　　C. nobody 　　　　　D. the servant       　　

3..The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________.

            A. there was in fact poison in the bottles    B. did not want the servant to drink his wine

            C. he wanted to kill the cat                 D. he wanted to kill the servant

4.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

           A. the servant 　　B. cat 　　C. the rich man 　　D. nobody

5.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.

           A. lazy 　　B. bad 　　C. clever 　　D. kind