Paul and I live in the same building. His room is on the sixth floor but mine is on the fifth. He’s very careless and sometimes he gets into trouble.

Last Friday afternoon the young man and his friends went to spend the weekend on a wild island. They could swim, fish, play the guitar and sleep in the quiet place at night. They enjoyed themselves there and could do anything they wanted. On the third morning they decided to get back to the land. But their boat hit a rock and soon went down. With the villagers’ help, they swam to the bank. Luckily none of them was hurt. They took a taxi and half an hour later they arrived at our town, but it was two in the night. The young man was hungry and thirsty. He wished to get home as soon as possible. Something was wrong with the lift, so he had to go up the stairs. He stopped by my door and brought out a key. Of course he could not open the door. Half an hour passed but he failed. He became angry and shouted, “I’ll cut you down with a knife!”

The noise woke me up and I opened the door. I understood at once what was happening and said, “You’re trying to open a wrong door, Paul!”

“Sorry, I can’t agree with you, Charlie!” said the young man, “It’s my room. You’ve entered it by mistake!”

1. Paul and his friends enjoyed themselves on the island because ______.

A. It was very quiet there

B. there were many fish there

C. they could forget all the trouble   

D. they could do what they wanted

2. Paul couldn’t open the door because ______.

A. it wasn’t his room                                           B. he couldn’t find the right key

C. he didn’t find the keyhole                                 D. he was too hungry to do it

3.Charlie opened the door to ______.

A. help Paul                                                      B. stop Paul making the noise

C. see what happened outside                              D. call the police station

4.Which of the following is WRONG?

A. Paul thought he did right.

B. Paul didn’t know where he lived.

C. Paul stopped by a door on the fifth floor.

D. Paul thought he had reached the sixth  

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The worst traveler in the world was Paul of San Francisco. Once he(1) f____ from the U.S. to his hometown in Italy to see someone at home. The plane made a one hour stop to get oil at an airport in New York. Paul thought he was in Rome. (2)C____, he got off the plane.
When nobody was there to meet him, Paul thought maybe the heavy(3) t___ made his friends late. While looking for their address, Paul found many high (4)m___ buildings instead of old ones. He also found that many people spoke English but not Italian and that many street signs were (5)w_____ in English.
Paul knew very (6)l_____ English. So he asked a policeman in Italian the way to the bus station, He happened to meet a policeman who was also born in Italy and answered in the same (7)l____.
After twelve hours ‘ travelling round on a bus, the driver handed him over to (8)a_____ policeman. But this time, this policeman could only speak English. So Paul asked the policeman why the Rome police employed(雇佣) so many people who spoke English as policemen.
Paul didn’t (9)b____ he was in New York when he was told so. To get him on a plane to Italy, he was(10) s______ to the airport in a police car.

One day , Mr. Jackson  took Paul to his favorite restaurant. It was a French restaurant. The  waiter was from France, but he didn’t speak to them in French. ”Would you like to see menu?” , he asked in a kind way. ”Yes, please,”  Mr. Jackson said.

The  waiter gave them a menu each. They studied them. “ You can spend only twenty-five dollars,” Mr. Jackson told his son. The  waiter  asked  Paul,” What would you like, young man?”

“How much is the tomato soup?” Paul asked.

“ Six dollars,” the waiter said.” It’s very good.”

“How much is  the duck with orange?” Paul asked next.

“Fifteen dollars,” the waiter said.

“How much is the chocolate ice cream?”

“Six dollars,” the waiter said.

Paul added it up quickly. Six plus fifteen plus six is twenty-seven. He thought  he could have the duck and the soup, or the duck and ice cream.” I’ll have the duck and the chocolate ice cream, please,” he said to the waiter.

Paul said to his father, ”My meal will cost only twenty-one dollars. Can I keep the other four dollars? His father laughed.”No, Paul,” he  said ,”leave it for the waiter.”

1.How did the waiter speak to Paul and Mr. Jackson?

2.What did Paul have for dinner?

3.How much did Paul’s meal cost?                              

4.What did Mr .Jackson tell Paul to do with the other $4?

5.What does this passage tell us?

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Paul got     the bus to go to the town. It was very crowded and he had to stand for about five    . Then some of the people got    . Paul sat down next       a fat woman. She     several shopping bags and Paul didn’t have much place     the seat. He was uncomfortable.     last the bus got to the town. All the people started to get off. Paul was very polite, so he stood     to let the fat woman get off before him.  She said,”    .” Then she tried to get      the seat with all her bags. But she couldn’t move. She was too fat and her bags were too heavy.

1.A. off          B. on          C. down        D. up

2.A. minutes      B. days        C. weeks       D. years

3.A. off          B. up          C. on          D. down

4.A. in           B. at          C. near         D. to

5.A. carries        B. buys         C. had          D. has

6.A. in            B. at           C. on           D. upon

7.A. In            B. At          C. On           D. Up

8.A. down         B. under        C. up            D. at

9.A. Go away      B. Go at once    C. Look out      D. Thank you 

10.A. down to       B. off          C. on           D. out of

Paul and I live in the same building. His room is on the sixth floor but mine is on the fifth. He’s very careless and sometimes he gets into trouble.

 Last Friday afternoon the young man and his friends went to spend the weekend on a wild island. They could swim, fish, play the guitar and sleep in the quiet place at night. They enjoyed themselves there. On the third morning they decided to get back to the land. But their boat hit a rock and soon went down. With the villager’s help, they swam to the bank. Luckily none of them was hurt. They took a taxi and half an hour later they arrived at our town, but it was two in the night. The young man was hungry and thirsty. He wished to get home as soon as possible. Something was wrong with the lift, so he had to go up the stairs. He stopped by my door and brought out a key. Of course he could not open the door. Half an hour passed but he failed. He became angry and shouted, “I’ll cut you down with a knife!”

The noise woke me up and I opened the door. I understood at once what was happening and said, “You’re trying to open a wrong door, Paul!”

“Sorry, I can’t agree with you, Charlie!” said the young man, “It’s my room. You’ve entered it by mistake!”

1.Paul and his friends enjoyed themselves on the island because ______.

A. It was very quiet there

B. there were many fish there

C. they could forget all the trouble?????????????

D. they could do what they wanted

2.Paul couldn’t open the door because ______.

A. it wasn’t his room????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ??? B. he couldn’t find the right key

C. he didn’t find the keyhole????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. he was too hungry to do it

3.Charlie opened the doorto ______.

A. help Paul ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ?????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. stop Paul making the noise

C. see what happened outside????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. call the police station

4.Which of the following is WRONG?

A. Paul thought he did right.

B. Paul didn’t know where he lived.

C. Paul stopped by a door on the fifth floor.

D. Paul thought he had reached the sixth