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阅读短文，选择填空。

　　Mr. Brown is one of my friends. He can run very fast and likes to show people how fast he can run.

　　One day, a thief(小偷)got into his house, took some of his things and ran out of the house fast, Mr. Brown found it and ran after him, and shouted, “Hey Don't you know you can't get away from me?”

　　But the thief ran much faster, Mr. Brown got angry and ran faster, too. He was soon a few kilometres away from his house, he was running hard when he met me. “Why are you running so fast?” I asked. “I want to catch a thief,”, said Mr. Brown. “Bu where is the thief?” I asked. “Kilometres and behind,” said Mr. Brown proudly, “He thought he could run faster than me, but you see he is wrong.”

(1)Did the thief steal anything from Brown's house? ________.

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(2)Who ran faster, Mr. Brown or the thief? ________.

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(3)Did Mr. Brown catch the thief? ________.

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A．Yes, he did.

B．No, he didn't.

C．Yes, but he let him go away.

D．No, but his friend did.

(4)What did Mr. Brown do when he found the thief? ________.

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A．He ran after him.

B．He was any with him.

C．He caught him.

D．He stayed far behind him.

(5)What does the word “proudly”mean? It means ________.

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阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

    An old tiger lives in the forest (森林)．He does not want to look for food now．He often tells other animals to bring him something to eat．

    He sees a monkey and says, “I am hungry, monkey．Go to the village(村子) and bring me a fat pig．”“Oh．tiger, ”says the monkey, “I can not do that now．There's another tiger over there．He also wants a fat pig．He will not let me get anything for you to eat．I'm afraid of (害怕) him．”

    “What?”cries the old tiger, “Show me that tiger． I will talk to him．”

    “Come with me, ”says the monkey．

    The mondey and the tiger get to a bridge (桥) over the river．“Now look down at the water,” says the monkey, “Do you see the head, the white teeth (牙齿) and the large green eyes of the tiger?”

    “Yes, I do,”cries the old tiger, “I will eat him up!”With these words, the tiger jumps into the water．

根据短文，选择填空.

(1) How many tigers and monkeys in the story?　　　

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A．There are two tigers and one monkey．

B．There are two monkeys and two tigers．

C．There is one monkey and many tigers．

D．There is only one monkey and one tiger．

(2) Why does the tiger tell the other animals to bring him food? Because (因为)_____．　　　

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A．only they can look for some food

B．he and they are good friends

C．they are much stronger than he

D．he is old and they're afraid of him

(3) The monkey______．　　　

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A．goes go the village to get a fat pig

B．knows there is another tiger in the forest

C．wants to talk to another tiger

D．goes to the bridge with the tiger

(4) When the tiger sees another tiger, he is very______．　　　

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A．happy　　　　　  　B．hungry

C．beautiful (美丽)　　 　D．angry (气愤的)

(5) Which of the following sentences (下面的句子) is right?　　　

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A．The monkey eats up the tiger．

B．The mondey jumps into the river．

C．The tiger eats up anogher tiger．

D．The tiger jumps into the river．

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

    The Browns are the Smiths' neighbour（邻居）．Mr Brown's name is John．But when his neighbours talk about him, they call him “Mr Going-to-do．”Do you know why? Mr Brown always says he is going to do something, but he never does it．

    Every Sunday, Mr Brown goes to the Smiths' back door and talks to Mr Smith“I'm going to clean my house today．”he says, or“I'm going to wash my car tomorrow．”or“The trees in front of my house are too big．I'm going to cut them down next week．”Mr Smith usually says“Are you, John?”He knows his neighbour is not going to clean his house or wash his car, or cut down any trees．There he says“Well, excuse me, John．I'm going to do some work in the house．”And so he does．

    Mr and Mrs Smith often say to their only child Dick“Are you going to do something?  Then do it! Don't be another‘Mr Going-to-do!’”

根据短文选择填空

1．Mr Brown's house is ______ Mr Smith's．　　　

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A．far　　　B．near　　　C．in　　　D．with

2．John talks a lot but does ______．　　　

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A．something　　　B．anything

C．nothing　　　　D．everything

3．Mr Smith ______．　　　

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A．becomes tired of（厌烦）John's empty talks

B．is pleased to talk with John

C．enjoys listening to John's talks

D．wants his son to be a man like John

4．If（如果）you want to do something, you ______ do it．　　　

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A．must 　　　　　　　B．mustn't

C．needn't　　　　   　D．may

5．Mr“Going-to-do” ______．　　　

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A．talks a lot and does a lot

B．always promises（答应）to do something but never does it

C．usually needs help when he is going to do something

D．often talks much before he starts his work

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A Shoe Pattern

　　Harry is eighteen years old now. He studies in a middle school. His parents like him very much and hope he can become a famous mall. So they tell him to study hard and they do all for him. They call him at six in the morning. After breakfast his father takes him to school in a car and in the afternoon, as soon as the young man comes back, the supper is ready. Of course, he never washes his clothes or goes to buy something in the shops.

　　Once Harry’s father was sent to London on bussiness. He would stay there for half a year. Before leaving, he told his wife to take good care of their son. The woman had to get up earlier and did all what her husband did before. And two months later she was so tired that she was ill in bed. Now the young man got into trouble. He couldn’t do any housework. He had to do as his mother told him. Even he didn’t know where to get on the bus!

　　Yesterday Harry’s mother found his shoes were worn out and told him to buy a new pair in the shop. But he didn’t know how to choose. The woman had a sigh and gave him a shoe pattern(鞋样)and told him to buy a pair of shoes him. self. It’s Saturday today and Harry doesn’t go to school. With a policeman’s help. he found a shop. The shopkeeper was friendly to him. The man brought a lot of shoes and asked him to choose. When he was trying on a pair, suddenly he remembered something and took them off. The man was surprised and asked, “What’s the matter, young man?”

　　“I’m sorry. I’ve left the shoe pattern at home!”

根据短文选择填空

1．________ always does some housework in the morning.

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A．Harry’s father

B．Harry’s mother

C．Harry

D．Nobody

2．Harry’s parents do al instead of him because ________.

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A．he’s too young

B．he has poor health

C．he’s busy with his studies

D．they hope he spends all time on studies

3．The woman had to look after her son by herself because ________.

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A．her husband wasn’t at home

B．she was stronger than her husband

C．she knew the young man well

D．she was free than her husband

4．When the mall was in London, ________.

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A．Harry had to stay at home.

B．Harry didn’t find the bus stop

C．Harry fell behind in his class

D．Harry wouldn’t go to school

5．The woman told her son to buy a pair of shoes because ________.

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A．she didn’t know what kind he needed

B．she was busy with the housework

C．something was wrong with her

D．she wanted her son to do something himself

6．In fact(事实上), ________.

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A．Harry wanted his mother to buy shoes for him

B．Harry didn’t believe himself

C．Harry wouldn’t listen to his mother

D．Harry was strong enough to buy shoes for himself

Every winter the Indians caught beavers(河狸或称为海狸). They sold these beaver furs to men from France. In the 1600s and 1700s, people in France wanted beaver furs for coats and hats. Other countries wanted these furs, too. Wearing a beaver fur hat became a sign. It said, “Look at this man! This man is rich!”

In the 1800s, men in this country began to wear beaver hats. They, too, wanted to wear the sign that said, “Look at those men! They are rich!”

Soon it was hard to find beavers. To get more beaver furs, traders had to move West. Traders began to explore this new country. They came back with wonderful stories about the new land. Before long, many people wanted to go West to live.

Where people go, towns grow. Soon there were new towns in the West. Men looking for beaver for fancy(珍贵的,昂贵的)hats helped the West grow.

根据短文内容选择填空

1. Wearing a beaver hat was a sign that a man was_______.　　　　　　 

A. a hunter　　   B. rich　　    C. a trader　　  D. an Indian

2. Which of the following does this story lead you to believe?　　

A. Beavers began to wear fancy hats.　　   B. The traders would not go West.

C. The fur traders helped the country grow.  D. The traders wore furs.

3. What did the traders do when beavers were hard to find?　　   

A. To get more beaver furs, traders had to move West.

B. The traders had to find rich men wearing signs.

C. The traders had to wear beaver hats out West.

D. They made friends with beavers.

4. When did Indians begin to wear beaver hats?　　　　　　   

A. 1600s.　　    B. 1700s.　　   C. 1800s.　　   D. 1900s.

5. The main idea of the whole story is that　　　　 .　　

A. traders carried signs for rich men

B. the search for beavers helped the West to grow 

C. many wonderful stories were told about the West

D. the beavers were very foolish