Peter's job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier (边界) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming __36__ the hill towards the frontier, __37__ a bike with grass on it. When the bike __38__ the frontier, Peter would stop the man and __39__ him take the grass off. Then he would examine the straw very __40__ to see whether he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man's pockets __41__ he let him tie (捆绑) the grass again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always __42 __ to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found __43__. He was sure the man was smuggling something, but he was not __44__ to think out what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked __45__ the grass and emptied the worker's pockets __46__ usual, he __47__ to him, "Listen, I know you are smuggling things __48__ this frontier. Won't you tell me what it is? I'm an old man, and today's my last day on the job. Tomorrow I'm going to retire (退休). I promise I shall not tell __49__ if you tell me what you've been smuggling." The worker did not say anything for __50__. Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, "Bikes."

A man went out with the wrong boots, one with a thick sole（后跟）and the other with a thin one. As he began to walk, he felt uncomfortable, for one foot was higher than the other. He felt very strange and said, “ Is there anything wrong with my legs today? Why is one of my legs long, and the other short? ”

A passer-by told him that he was wearing the wrong boots. He look down and found that it was really so. At once he asked his servant(仆人) to go back home and get another pair.

After a while the servant ran back to him. There was nothing in his hand. So he was angry and shouted at him, "Why didn't you get me the right boots?" “There's no need to change them," the servant said. "The pair at home is the same, one with a thick sole and the other with a thin one."

1. Why did the man feel uncomfortable when he began to walk?

A．Because the road was too bad.

B．Because he didn’t know the way

C．Because he wore the wrong boots.

D．Because he had no boots.

2.The man's legs themselves _____.

A．were shorter than before

B．were longer than before

C．were broken on his way

D．were right as usual

3.What does the word “passer-by" mean in Chinese?

A．路人             B．智者             C．皮匠             D．老者

4.What did the servant get him back?

A．He got the right boots quickly.

B．He got nothing when he came back

C．He got the same boots back.

D．He got the different boots back. :

5.From the short passage, we know the servant was_______.

A．right             B．careful            C．foolish            D．clever

My friend has a big police dog named Kim. Police dogs are often very smart. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Kim for a long walk in the park. Kim likes walking very much.

One Sunday afternoon a man visited my friend.

He talked to my friend a long time. They talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Kim for his walk, but the man still stayed. Kim became very worried about his walk in the park. He walked around the living-room sometimes and at last sat down in front of the man and looked at him. But the man went on talking.

After thirty minutes, Kim couldn’t stand(忍受) it. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down in front of the man again but this time he held the man’s hat in his mouth.

1.The story is about __________.

A．dogs             B．cats              C．people           D．a police dog

2.What is the dog like?

A．Smart            B．Dangerous         C．Big               D．Easygoing.

3.Where do they go for a walk?

A．In the park                            B．Outside the house

C．Behind the park                         D．In the living-room

4.When do they go for a walk?

A．On Mondays                           B．On Saturdays

C．On weekends                          D．Every Sunday afternoon

5.Which of the following sentences is true(正确)?

A．The man knew Kim wanted to go out for a walk.

B．Kim doesn’t like walking with my friend.

C．The man thought Kim was dangerous.

D．Kim sat down in front of the man because he asked him to leave.

A thirsty bee went to a river to drink. As it was drinking, the bee was ? ? away by the running water.

A kind bird saw that the bee was in ? ? . It picked ? ? off a tree and threw ? ? into the water in front of the bee. The bee climbed ? ? the leaf, and it was brought ? ? to the land. The bee thanked the bird a lot and then ? ? .

Not ? ? that, the bird was sitting ? ? the branch of a tree. It did not know that a man was shooting at it. But the bee saw ? ? the man was doing. So it flew into the man’s ? ? and stung(刺) him. The ? ? in the man’s eye was so great that he was not able to ? ? the bird, and the bird flew away.

? ，the bee, ? ? life had been saved by the bird, was able to save the life of the bird.

1.A. flying????????????? ????????????? B. brought????????????? C. flowing????????????? D. carried

2.A. trouble????????????? ????????????? B. a trouble????????????? C. danger????????????? ????????????? D. dangerous

3.A. a leaf ????????????? ????????????? B. leaves? ????????????? C. leaf?? ????????????? D. the leaf

4.A. them??? ?? B. one? ????????????? ????????????? C. it????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. this

5.A. onto???? ????????????? B. on??? ????????????? C. to????? ????????????? D. at

6.A. safety? ????????????? ????????????? B. safe?? ????????????? C. saved?? ????????????? D. safely

7.A. climbed awayB. ran away????????????? C. flew away????????????? D. got away

8.A. long before ????????????? B. before long????????????? C. after long????????????? D. long after

9.A. in????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. on????????????? ????????????? C. at????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. by

10.A. that?? ????????????? ????????????? B. what?? ????????????? C. which?? ????????????? D. when

11.A. eye?? ????????????? ????????????? B. nose? ????????????? C. mouth ????????????? D. ear

12.A. pain ????????????? ????????????? B. bee ????????????? ????????????? C. bird????????????? ????????????? D. earache

13.A. shoot ????????????? ????????????? B. shoot at????????????? C. shoot to????????????? D. shoot on

14.A. In the way ????????????? B. On the way????????????? C. In a way????????????? D. In this way

15.A. her????????????? ????????????? ??? B. the????????????? ????????????? C. whose????????????? ????????????? D. its