Mr. Evens works in Sydney. Last week he had a two weeks’ holiday, but he didn’t know where to go. He said to his friend Robert, “I hate the hot weather here, but I can’t find a cool place in Australia. How will I take my holiday?”

“That’s easy,” said Robert. “You’d better go to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the ground now.”

Mr. Evens agreed with his friend. He bought an air ticket and soon arrived in Moscow. He made a happy journey（旅程） there. But one day He got into trouble. After lunch he went to a park outside the city. He saw a dog following him while he was walking past a house. It was hungry and wished him to give it some food to eat. Bad luck! He had no piece of bread or cake in his pockets. He tried to send it away, but it began to bark at him. He wanted to look for a stick but couldn’t find anything except snow and ice. Suddenly he saw a stone in the ground. He tried to pick it up but he failed.

“How strange Russians（俄国人） are!” Mr. Evens said to himself. “They do not tie their dogs, but firmly(牢牢地) tie the ground!”

1.Mr. Evens is _______________.

2.Mr. Evens wouldn’t spend his holiday in Australia because         .

3.Mr. Evens went to Moscow _______________.

4. Mr. Evens couldn’t find a stick because _______________.

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

The willful blindness  in hockey toward concussions (头部撞击) has dropped. Hockey Canada has followed the lead of USA Hockey in preventing bodychecking (身体拦截) below age 13. A bad head injury of Sidney Crosby, the hockey's greatest star, opened the eyes of hockey people everywhere. This country's children have been facing similar danger at early ages, and Hockey Canada had to deal with a deep worry in the minds of Canadians to make the rule change. The liking for bodychecking from an early age is part of what makes Canadian hockey what it is.
The change in rules should be taken as a chance to draw special attention to skill development in an environment free of danger.  It may also control the loss of thousands of young players who don't enjoy that environment.
For years, many Canadian hockey parents and coaches have insisted that bodychecking at early ages is necessary to ensure that players can do it safely at older ages. True or not, there may be a safer way to teach hitting than to make younger players pay a price for it in head injuries. When USA Hockey changed its rules for the 2011-2012 season, it also created bodychecking-education programs that will be mandatory(强制的) for all coaches,  including those teaching players in  the pre-checking ages. And it began to encourage more "touch" - without real bodychecking - from 9 t0 12. It also made the rules for 13 and up stricter. The USA is trying to show that it's possible to teach hockey protective skills without putting11 and 12-year-olds in greater danger. It's worth the try.
Hockey Canada has taken serious steps to do away with hits on the head. However, it's hard to change a sports culture so connected with who we are as a country. Too often, bodychecking has been used to try to separate a player from his head rather than from the ball. Children were paying a price for this country's love of the game.
There are always changes in Canada's game, and the change in the bodychecking age sends the clearest message yet to coaches and parents that player safety is paramount(至上的) in the game.
【小题1】We can tell that the problem of bodychecking in Canada____________.

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       Mr Brown and his son, John Brown like fish very much. Last Sunday morning, it was a fine day. The sun

 was     1.    . Mr Brown and John went   2.  . Mrs Brown     3.    them and said it was going to rain. She wanted them     4.    their rain coats with them. But they    5.   to her. When they got to the river, it was getting     6.   . Soon it began to rain   7.   . So they  8.   to go home9.  fishing. When they hurried home,    10.   of them caught bad colds.

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Mr. Smith works in New York. Last month he had a fifteen-day holiday, but he didn’t know where to spend it. He spoke to his friend Bill,“I   1  the hot weather, but I can’t find a cool place in America. How should I spend my holiday?”
“That’s easy, ” said Bill, “You’d   2  to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the ground now. ”
Mr. Smith agreed   3  his friend. He bought an air ticket and soon   4  Moscow. He had a happy trip there, but one day he   5 . After lunch he went outside the city, he saw a dog  6  him while he   7  past(走过) a house. The dog was hungry and wished him to give it some food to eat. Bad luck! He had no piece of bread or cake in his pockets. He tried to drive it away. But it began to bark at(对……大叫) him. He wanted to look for a stick but he couldn’t find anything   8  snow and ice. Suddenly he saw a stone on the ground. He hurried to  9 but failed.
“How strange Russians are!” Mr. Smith said to himself, “They don’t tie dogs, but firmly (紧紧地)  10  the stones. My God!”

Mr. Green and his wife had a dog. When they went out, they always left the dog inside the house. One evening they wanted to go to the cinema, so they left the dog in the house and locked the door and their garden gate. They went off in their car.

When the film was finished, they went home. They opened the gate and put the car away. When they came to the front door, they found that the glass in the door was broken. The door was not locked and it was open. A robber! They went in and quickly looked in all the rooms to see if the robber had taken their things. However, everything was in the right place and nothing at all was missing.

The dog was sleeping in the sitting-room. The wife was angry with the dog.“Why didn’t you guard(保卫)the house?”she said. The dog was pleased to see Mr. and Mrs. Green. It began to wag(摇)its tail and then it went to a comer of the room and picked up something in its mouth. It went to the wife and dropped the thing at her feet. When she went to pick it up, she was very surprised. Can you guess what the dog’s present was ?It was a man’s finger!

The end of the story is this. Mr. Green telephoned the police and told them everything. Three days later the police caught the robber. They found him easily.

1.That evening Mr. Green and his wife __________.

  A. took their dog to see a film

  B. left the dog alone at home

  C. went home before the film was finished

  D. locked the door and could not open it

2.The robber stole(偷)__________.

  A. everything from the house

  B. something expensive from the house

  C. nothing from the house

  D. a car from the house

3.Why was the woman angry with the dog? _________

  A. Because she thought it had made the room dirty.

  B. Because she thought it had broken the glass.

  C. Because it wouldn’t go to the cinema with her.

  D. Because she thought it hadn’t guarded the house.

4.The robber was caught easily because __________.

  A. the police knew him

  B. the police happened to meet him

  C. Mr. Green know where he lived

  D. he had one of his fingers

5.Mr. Green and his wife would _________.

  A. like their dog more than before

  B. drive the dog away from their home

  C. let the dog bring home more presents

  D. ask the police to take the dog away