Mr, Evans lives and works in Sydney. Last week he had a        holiday, but he didn’t know 

       to go. He said to his friend Robert,” I hate the hot weather here, but I can’t           a cool place in Australia. Where should I go       a holiday.

  “That’s easy,” said Robert, ”You can go to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the ground there now.” Mr. Evens          his advice. He bought a plane ticket and         Moscow. He enjoyed himself there, but one day he got into trouble. After lunch         a cold day, he went to a park in the city. He found that a dog followed him when he walked         a house. It seemed hungry. Maybe it wanted some food        , he thought. However, Mr. Evans had      food in his pockets. He tried to make the dog         ,but it began to bark at him. Just at that moment, he          a small stone on the ground. He tried to pick it up, but he        .

“      strange these Russians are!”Mr. Evans said to        .”They tie up stones instead of their dogs.

1.A .two weeks        B. two weeks’     C. two week’s          D. two---week

2.A. what            B. which          C. where              D. how

3.A. think of          B. think about      C. think over          D. thought of

4.A. to               B. for            C. in                 D. over

5.A. caught           B. thought         C. followed           D. forgot

6.A. reached in        B. arrived in       C. get to              D. arrived

7.A. in               B. on             C. at                 D. with

8.A. passed           B. pasted          C. past               D. pass

9.A.eat              B. eating           C. to eat            . D.ate

10.A. nothing         B. no             C. none              D. some

11.A. take away        B. throw away      C. go away           D. put away

12.A. saw            B. heard           C. watched           D. listened

13.A. can’t           B. won’t           C. couldn’t           D. may not

14.A. What a          B. How a          C .What              D. How

15.A. itself            B. himself         C. myself             D. yourself

 

The warm day was the only day of the week without rain. I opened the door and went to the yard, took a seat and began to enjoy the wonderful sunshine. Suddenly, I noticed that the house near mine had been sold. An elderly lady was in front of the door, with some beautiful flowers beside her. I walked to her. She looked to be in her early eighties and had the prettiest white hair.
“Hi! My name is Robert,” I said smiling brightly at the old lady. She smiled back and said, “Hello, Robert. I’m Charlene.” Her voice was very strong for someone at her age. Later, I learned she was alone and had no family or relatives to look after her. From that day on, I often visited her and helped her with her housework and sometimes she gave me some delicious food. A year passed, and I considered Charlene to be one of my best friends.
One day, I walked over for my morning visit and knocked on the door, but there was no answer. I knocked again, and she still didn’t turn up. So I let myself in, using the key she had given me. I checked her living room and then her kitchen. I finally went into her bedroom, and she was lying peacefully on her bed. Beside her there were two notes. One was her will(遗嘱), which said all that she had would be given to me. The other was a thank-you note. I went to her bedside and cried sadly.
Although it has been a long time, I still miss her deeply. Whenever I look at the beautiful flowers in front of her house, I remember the wonderful friendship we had.
【小题1】The writer came out of the house to ____________.

A．look at the old lady	B．enjoy some flowers
C．enjoy the sunshine	D．clean the house nearby

【小题2】Through visiting the old lady, the writer learned that the old lady__________.

A．disliked all her relatives

B．had no one to look after her

C．didn’t want to live with her family

D．was looking for someone to look after her

【小题3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．The old lady was not kind to others except Robert.

B．The writer didn’t have any other good friends .

C．The old lady didn’t know how to make food.

D．The writer got along very well with the old lady.

It was just three degrees above zero. “That’s cold,” thought Jane as she got ready to deliver her morning papers. Jane had 50 customers, and on cold mornings when she couldn’t ride her bicycle, it took her more than an hour to make her rounds. As she collected her papers and put them into a big canvas bag, Jane regretted that she hadn’t finished her math homework the night before. There was still time. She’d hurry with the papers and finish the math before breakfast.

Less than an hour later, Jane was nearly finished. She had only five customers to go. She could then head for home to complete her math while her room fixed breakfast. As she rounded the corner, she saw a car in the middle of the street. It was Mr. Zimmerman, the elder man, who walked with a walking stick. His car was out of gas.“I’d like to help Mr. Zimmerman,” thought Jane, “but if I do, I won’t have time to do my homework.” She hated to think what Mr. Roberts would say if she hadn’t completed her papers.

“It’s his own fault for running out of gas,” Jane talked to herself. “The station is only a half mile down the street. Surely Mr. Zimmerman can walk that far, even on a cold morning like this --- can’t he? ” As she walked down the street, Jane wondered what to do.

1.Jane delivers her paper______.

A．before she goes to school

B．on cold morning

C．with the help of Mr. Zimmerman’s car

D．on the way to school

2.Mr. Zimmerman was old and_______.

A．couldn’t drive well

B．would have nobody to help him

C．was not rich enough to buy gas

D．was not able to walk a long way

3.We know from the reading that______.

A．Jane couldn’t find any time to finish her homework

B．it took about an hour for Jane to send the papers

C．Jane would have her breakfast in the school

D．Jane likes to deliver papers on cold mornings

4.The reading doesn’t say but we can infer(推断) that_____.

A．Jane bought the gas for Mr. Zimmerman

B．usually Jane delivers papers by bike

C．Mr. Robert doesn’t like Jane at school

D．Mr. Zimmerman had to leave the car for Jane

 

Most children don’t enjoy doing housework. They like playing computer games rather than cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert’s mother, Mrs Black, has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework.
Here is an example.
“Mum, have you worked out next week’s housework? Let Jim and me choose the cards I can’t wait. It’s fun!”
When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, “sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mum cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom” and many others, Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the week day task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom, so he picked up the card “clean the bathroom”. Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up “wash vegetables” and Robert chose “feed the fish”. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards
To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and came up with this idea. Of    course, the parents did the housework on the weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free.
【小题1】 From the passage we know that most children like       .

A．doing housework

B．playing computer games

C．playing cards

D．doing housework

【小题2】 Jim and Robert chose         card for the weekdays from Monday to Friday.

A．two

B．four

C．eight

D．ten

【小题3】 Jim likes to           .

A．clean the bathroom

B．make the bed

C．feel the fish

D．sweep the floor

【小题4】 The underlined phrase “came up with” probably means “         ”.

A．looked at

B．gave up

C．thought of

D．believed in

【小题5】Who did the housework on the weekends?

A．Jim

B．Robert

C．The parents

D．The whole family

Dreams are expressions of thoughts, feelings and events that pass through our mind while we are sleeping. Everybody dreams. But only some people remember their dreams. Our dreams often include all the senses—smells, sounds, sights, tastes and things we touch. We dream in colour. Sometimes we dream the same dream over and over again. These repeated dreams are often unpleasant. They may even be nightmares—bad dreams that frighten us.

Early in the twentieth century, two famous scientists developed their personal ideas about dreams. Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud published a book called “The Interpretation(诠释) of Dreams” in 1900. Freud believed people often dream about things they want but can’t have. These dreams often have something to do with sex and aggression(侵犯). Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung worked closely with Freud for several years, but he believed dreams could help people grow and understand themselves. He believed dreams provide solutions(解答) to problems we face when we are awake. He didn’t believe dreams hide our feelings about sex or aggression. Today we know more about the science of dreaming because researchers can take pictures of people’s brains while they are sleeping.

Other researchers are studying how dreaming helps our bodies work with problems and very sad emotions(感情). Robert Stickgold is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard University in Massachusetts. Doctor Stickgold says that when we dream, the brain is trying to make sense of the world. He does not agree with Sigmund Freud that dreaming is the way we express our hidden feelings and desires(愿望).

Scientists believe it is important to keep researching dreams. Doctor Stickgold says it has been more than one hundred years since Sigmund Freud published his important book about dreaming. Yet there is still no agreement on exactly how the brain works when we are dreaming or why we dream.

请根据短文内容，选择最佳答案, 将其标号在答题卡上涂黑。（每小题2分，共10分）

1. Dreams _________.   

A. are remembered by everyone

B. express all that we think in our mind

C. include few senses and things we touch

D. are sometimes nightmares that repeat and frighten us

2. A book on dreaming was published by _________.

A. Sigmund Freud        B. Robert Stickgold      C. Carl Jung   D. the writer

3. In the passage, all the psychiatrists _________.

A. believe dreams can help people understand all the problems that they face

B. think dreams always hide someone’s feelings about sex or aggression

C. study dream and dreaming and have their own ideas

D. have the same idea that people often dream about the things they want

4. From the passage, we know that _________.

A. Jung thought that dreams provide solutions to problems we face when we are sleeping

B. Freud developed the idea that dreams are expressions of people’s hidden feelings

C. scientists have known quite well why we dream because they can take pictures of our brains

D. other researchers have discovered how dreaming helps our bodies work with problems and very sad emotions

5.Which would be the best title(标题) for the passage?

A. The Explanations of Dreams         B. The Ways of Dreams

C. The Solutions to Dreams            D. The Mystery(奥秘) of Dreams and Dreaming