Here is nine o’ clock news
Prime Minister（总理）Abdul Krim of Tyrea has said that the danger（战争）in the Middle East（中东）is greater now than for the past two years. His country does not want war, he says, but the Tyrean people have waited too long for an end to the troubles with their neighbours. If war comes, says Mr King, Tyrea will be ready.
Ben Kitson, the writer of stories and plays for children, has died at his home in California. Mr Kitson was 82. His most famous book of stories, The Gentleman’s House, sells all over the world, in more than twenty-five languages.
Policeman in New York have stopped work. Their leader（领导）, Mr Paulo Angeli, says that they will return to work only when they receive more money for working long hours and doing what Mr Angel calls “the most dangerous job in the city.”
It has been a good year on the farm. The warm, wet spring, and the fine summer have been very good for all kinds of food plants. This means that fruit and vegetables will cost less in the shops this year.
And now it’s time for “Morning Music”.
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1. 1.

   Abdul Krim has said that___________.

   1. A.
      there is no more danger of war
   2. B.
      the danger of war passed two years ago
   3. C.
      there is more danger of war now
   4. D.
      are a great danger in the Middle East
2. 2.

   The Tyrean people___________.

   1. A.
      are ready and waiting for war
   2. B.
      are ready to wait another war
   3. C.
      do not want war, but will be ready if it comes
   4. D.
      have already ended the war
3. 3.

   Mr Ben Kitson wrote__________.

   1. A.
      children ‘s stories and plays
   2. B.
      in more than twenty – five languages
   3. C.
      82 stories about his hometown
   4. D.
      books, then sold them all over the world
4. 4.

   Mr Paulo Angeli is __________

   1. A.
      the most dangerous policeman New York
   2. B.
      a policeman who receives the most money in New York
   3. C.
      the leader of the New York City policeman
   4. D.
      a policeman and the leader of New York City
5. 5.

   Because food plants have done well,___________.

   1. A.
      fruit and vegetables will cost less this year
   2. B.
      there will be a ware, wet spring and a fine summer
   3. C.
      food will cost less than it did in the spring
   4. D.
      plants will cost less this year

There was a bookseller（书商）．He did not like to pay for anything．One day a big box of books fell on his foot．

“Go to the doctor，” said his wife，“and show that foot to him．”

“No，”he said，“I'll wait until the doctor comes to our shop next time．Then I'll ask him about my foot．If I go to see him，I shall have to pay．”

The next day the doctor came to the shop to buy some books．The bookseller told the doctor about his bad foot．The doctor looked at it and promised（答应）to help．

He took out a piece of paper and wrote something on it．“Buy this medicine（药）and put it on the foot before you go to bed every night，”he said．

“Thank you，”said the bookseller，“And now，sir，here are your books．”

“How much?” asked the doctor．

“Two pounds．”“ Oh，good，”said the doctor．“I shall not have to pay you anything today．”

“why?” asked the bookseller．

“I look over your foot．I will not pay two pounds for that．If people come to my house，l ask them to pay only one pound for a small thing like that．But when I go to their house，I usually charge（收费）two pounds．And I came here today，didn’t I? Bye—bye!”

1．The bookseller didn't want to see the doctor because         ．

A．his foot wasn't hurt                                     B．He couldn't go any farther

C．He didn't have any money to pay the doctor   D．He didn't want to pay the doctor

2．The next day the doctor came to the shop         ．

A．to buy some books                                  B．to buy medicine

C．to borrow some money                            D．to see the bookseller

3．The bookseller asked the doctor to pay         ．

A．nothing                 B．two pounds          C．only one pound        D．two pound

4．The doctor paid the bookseller         ．

A．many money                                           B．much money

C．nothing                                                   D．two pounds for books

5．Which of the following is right?

A．The bookseller didn't like to pay anything．

B．The bookseller's wife didn't want him to go to the doctor．

C．The bookseller was cleverer than the doctor．

D．The doctor didn't go to the shop to buy any things．

  There is an apple tree behind  1 house．Tom is near the tree．There are some apples  2 the tree．Tom is looking at the apples．They are big and red．Tom is hungry．He wants to get an apple．

    Tom is not  3  ．He is short．He can not reach(触到)the apples．He is putting a chair  4  the tree．Can he reach the apple now？No，he  5 ．He is too short．Here comes Bill．He is Tom’s brother．”Hello，Tom．What are you doing?”“Please help me，Bill．I can’t reach the  6 ．”

  Tom is short  7  Bill is tall．He can reach the apples．He is getting  8 of them．”Here you are，Tom One is  9  you，and one is for  10 ！”“thank you Bill．”

(    )1．A．Tom            B．Tom’s           C．Toms’    D．Toms

(    )2．A．in                B．at．              C．on         D．near

(    )3．A．short                  B．tall                C．fat         D．thin

(    )4．A．under           B．in                 C．on         D．in front of

(    )5．A．Can             B．can’t            C．do         D．don’t

{    )6．A．tree             B．apple            C．trees      D．apples

(    )7．A．or                B．but               C．yet        D．and

(    )8．A．three            B．one               C．two       D．four

(    )9．A．on               B．for               C．to          D．in

(    )10．A．me             B．him              C．you       D．them

---- Here __________！ Where is Xiao Liu？　　　

----There __________。

　 A. comes the bus，is he　 　　　　　　　　 B. comes the bus，he is
　 C. the bus comes，is he　 　 　　　　　　　　D. the bus comes，he is

A. come　　    B. comes　　 C. came    D. coming