A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman carrying a large box. It was half in and half out of her car. So the man went up and said, “The box looks very heavy. Let me give you a hand.”
“That’s very kind of you,” the woman said, “I’m having a lot of trouble with it. Maybe it sticks (卡住) in the car door.”
“Together we’ll soon move it,” the man said. “I’ll get in and take the other end.” And he got in the car.
“Right,” the man said. “I’m ready,” and he began to push the box hard.
For several minutes, the man and the woman tried to move the box. Soon they felt very tired.
They rested for a moment. Then the woman said, “Let’s try again. One, two, three!” They went on moving the box.
At last, when they were exhausted, the man said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t think there’s any way to get it out of your car.”
“Get it out?” the woman cried. “I’m trying to get it in! You know?”
【小题1】Where did this story happen?

A．At a bank.	B．In a shop.
C．In the street.	D．In the woman’s car.

【小题2】Who got in the car to move the box?

A．The woman.	B．The man.
C．Both of them.	D．Neither of them.

【小题3】The underlined word “exhausted” means “________” in Chinese.

A．精疲力竭的	B．激动的
C．充满希望的	D．沮丧的

【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE about the story?

A．The man stuck in the car door.

B．The woman asked the man for help.

C．The man refused to help the woman.

D．The woman tried to get the box into the car.

【小题5】What do you think of the man?

A．He is a helpful man.	B．He looks very strong.
C．He is funny and stupid.	D．He likes to play jokes

B）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Be a potato, but be the best

A young college student thought that he chose the wrong major (专业) at a common college, so he drank every day and didn’t study at all. He b  1    more and more discouraged.

But he was never a  2    from Professor Yang’s biology (生物) class. He liked the course. Besides, Yang’s class was so i  3    that he always listened carefully, never caring about w  4    the other students were paying attention or not in class.

    Once he put a note in the homework he handed in, saying: “Professor, it is said that today’s college students are c  5    than potatoes. Do you agree?”

That day Professor Yang sent for him after class. When he came, he f  6   the professor at a table with food on it. They drank happily over their meal.

When they became half drunk, the professor took out a small potato that was sprouting (发芽的). “Do you know how much this c  7  ?” he asked the young man. “It’s soft but poisonous. N  8   will take it even if it’s free. ” He then threw the potato away.

The professor then showed him another potato. It was half the s  9   of a football and perfectly round. “This potato is organic (有机的). It is not only large and fresh but also free of pollution. People are in need of such k  10    of potatoes and they’re quite expensive.”

The young man was impressed by what he’d heard. “Be such a potato,” said the professor.

 

词汇运用（10分）

选词填空，根据文章内容，选用所给单词的适当形式填空。其中有两个是多余的。

oversleep，luck，buy，realize，rush，have，wait， without，embarrass，appointment，make，eat

　　I have never been so  1 in my life. Well, I had a doctor’s  2 at 10∶00 yesterday morning but my clock didn’t go off, so I  3 , my father  4 already gone into the bathroom and I had to wait for him to come out. I had to  5 . I ran to the bus stop  6 breakfast.   7 , the bus had left two minutes before I got there. By the time I got to the doctor’s office, it was half an hour late. The doctor had already gone to the hospital. Then I  8 another appointment at 1∶00 in the afternoon and went home. After  9 lunch I started watching TV. And then at 2∶00, I suddenly  10 I had forgotten the 1∶00 appointment.

1．          2．          3．           4．           5．        

6．          7．          8．           9．           10．       

 

Mr. Li was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring . He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was half past twelve. “Who can it be at this time of night?” he wondered. He decided to go and find out .So he got out of bed, put on his dressing gown and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there. “That’s very strange.” He thought. Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed, turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.
A few minutes later he heard the bell ring again. Mr. Li jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He shut the door and found a piece of paper with some words on it: “It is now after midnight, so it is April 1st. April fool to you!”
“Oh, it was the English boy next door!” Mr. Li exclaimed, and almost smiled, He went back to bed and fell asleep immediately. The bell did not ring again.
【小题1】Mr. Li was trying to go to sleep when he heard ________.

A． the telephone ring

B． the bell ring

C． someone knock at the door

D． someone shout

【小题2】He turned on the light and _______.

A． got out of bed

B． looked out of the window

C． looked at his watch

D． looked at his clock

【小题3】When he opened the door for the first time, there was ________ there.

A．a boy

B．a piece of paper

C．someone

D．nobody

【小题4】There were some words on the piece of paper: “It is now_____ April 1st . April fool to you!”

A． before midnight, so it is

B． after midnight, so it is

C． before noon, so it will be

D． after noon, so it was

【小题5】The English boy rang the bell because he ________.

A． had something important to tell Mr. Li

B． Wanted to give Mr. Li a piece of paper

C． Wanted to make fun of Mr. Li

D． Wanted to borrow Mr. Li’s bell

A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman carrying a large box. It was half in and half out of her car. So the man went up and said, “The box looks very heavy. Let me give you a hand.”

“That’s very kind of you,” the woman said, “I’m having a lot of trouble with it. Maybe it sticks (卡住) in the car door.”

“Together we’ll soon move it,” the man said. “I’ll get in and take the other end.” And he got in the car.

“Right,” the man said. “I’m ready,” and he began to push the box hard.

For several minutes, the man and the woman tried to move the box. Soon they felt very tired.

They rested for a moment. Then the woman said, “Let’s try again. One, two, three!” They went on moving the box.

At last, when they were exhausted, the man said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t think there’s any way to get it out of your car.”

“Get it out?” the woman cried. “I’m trying to get it in! You know?”

1.Where did this story happen?

A．At a bank.	B．In a shop.
C．In the street.	D．In the woman’s car.

2.Who got in the car to move the box?

A．The woman.	B．The man.
C．Both of them.	D．Neither of them.

3.The underlined word “exhausted” means “________” in Chinese.

A．精疲力竭的	B．激动的
C．充满希望的	D．沮丧的

4.Which of the following is TRUE about the story?

A．The man stuck in the car door.

B．The woman asked the man for help.

C．The man refused to help the woman.

D．The woman tried to get the box into the car.

5.What do you think of the man?

A．He is a helpful man.	B．He looks very strong.
C．He is funny and stupid.	D．He likes to play jokes