阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road．She was very worried．Her      had broken down．Just then a poor man named Robert came．He was on his      back home from work as usual．

The lady wondered, “Is the man going to       me? He looks very cold and hungry．" But to her surprise,      stopped and said with a smile, “Can I help you, madam?"

After forty       , the car was at last fixed by Robert．The lady wanted to pay him．

“No, that's       , madam．” he said, “I was just helping someone in     ．If you really want to pay me back, I hope       you see someone in need, you should give him a hand．”

    A few minutes later, the lady      a very old house by the road．She remembered Robert's words, so she stopped．

    The hostess(女主人) warmly asked her      ．The lady could see that it was a       family and that they needed help．When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady       on a table 500 dollars and went away quietly．

Robert came home later than before, thinking how ____their life was. His wife was pregnant(怀孕) and the baby was to be born the next month but there was not _____money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and said softly, “Don’t worry, dear! Everything’ going to be all _____. A stranger has helped us out.”

Let’s always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ourselves.

1.A．bike                             B．motorbike                     C．bus                                  D．car

2.A．step                             B．way                                 C．road                                D．life

3.A．help                                      B．save                                C．kill                                   D．find

4.A．she                                  B．he                                     C．I                              D．they

5.A．days                                      B．hours                              C．minutes                          D．years

6.A．nothing                           B．something                       C．everything                     D．anything

7.A．picture                           B．rain                                  C．need                               D．danger

8.A．whatever                   B．whenever                      C．however                        D．whichever

9.A．saw                              B．heard                             C．smelt                              D．felt

10.A．out                                     B．away                               C．in                                     D．along

11.A．terrible                        B．sad                                   C．rich                    D．poor

12.A．dropped                           B．forgot                    C．lay                                   D．left

13.A．exciting                    B．hard                                C．happy                    D．interesting

14.A．many                                  B．some                              C．enough                          D．few

15.A．right                                   B．wrong                            C．glad                                 D．Well

 

A blind schoolgirl has become the youngest interpreter (口译员) when she is only ten years.

Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumor (脑癌) when she was on holiday "with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind.

Though the little girl can't see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is already fluent (流利的) in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German.

Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP (欧盟议员) Robert Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament (议会). "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10. " said Alexia's mother Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is hah" French and half Spanish and her dad Richard is English. " She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very young age. " added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa.

Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year (年度青年成就奖). She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest. " It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter, "said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me. "

1.How old is the youngest interpreter according to the passage?

A．4.

B．6.

C．10.

D．14.

2.When did Alexia Sloane become blind?

A．When she was born.

B．After she had a brain tumor.

C．After she became an interpreter.

D．When she was on holiday with her parents.

3.Who offered Alexia the chance of working as an interpreter?

A．Richard.

B．Isabelle.

C．Melissa.

D．Robert Sturdy.

4.What is right about Alexia Sloane?

A．She can speak five language fluently.

B．She is a talented language learner.

C．She is the only child in the family.

D．She went to France on holiday after she won the award.

5.What do you think is the meaning of the sentence "Nothing can stop me. "?

A．Never give up.

B．Believe in yourself.

C．Nothing is impossible.

D．Failure is the mother of success.

 

One morning, Bill said he was ill. His mother called a taxi and took him to the doctor. The doctor asked Bill, “What’s the matter, young man?” Bill answered, “I’m feeling sick. I’m coughing(咳嗽) and having a headache(头痛). I won’t be able to go to school today, I’m afraid.” The doctor looked him over carefully, and then asked his mother, “What did he have for breakfast?” His mother said, “He had four pieces of dread, two eggs, a bottle of milk and an orange.” The doctor smiled, “Don’t worry. It’s nothing serious. The boy will be all right after the football match.” The mother said, “I don’t understand, Doctor.” The doctor smiled again,” This afternoon, the biggest football game of the year will be on TV. Your boy doesn’t want to miss it. I think he will be fine after the game. You wait and see.”

1.Bill and his mother went to the doctor_________ that morning.

A．by bus

B．by taxi

C．in a car

D．on foot

2. Bill had _______ for his breakfast.

A．nothing

B．four eggs

C．a lot of food

D．just a little

3.The doctor didn’t give Bill any medicine(药), because ________.

A．he didn’t think Bill was ill	B．Bill didn’t like having medicine
C．Bill’s mother didn’t have enough money	D．he had no medicine left(剩下)

4. There was_______ on TV.

A．a volleyball game	B．an English play
C．a funny match	D．a football match

5.In fact(事实上),_______.

A．there was something serious with Bill

B．Bill liked watching football matches better than going to school

C．Bill was an honest(诚实) boy

D．Bill’s mother was a doctor and she knew Bill was not ill

 

I live on the twelfth floor of a building. One afternoon I was coming home from a friend's house. It was just after four o'clock. I got quickly into the lift and pressed Button (按钮) 12.
The lift started to go up, but very slowly. And then, halfway up, it suddenly stopped between two floors. I couldn't understand it. I pressed all the buttons from 1 to 14. I called for help very loudly. But nobody answered.
Then suddenly the lights went out, and I was alone in the dark. I started to cry and beat the walls of the lift. I cried and cried until I had no voice left. Then, I felt hopeless, and pressed all the buttons with my open hands. And all at the same time, there was a bell far away. It rang and rang. It was the fire alarm (火灾警报). I thought the whole building was on fire. I said to God quietly, "Just get me out of here. I'll never be bad again."
Just then, I realized the lift was moving very slowly. On the ground floor it stopped, and the doors opened. A man was standing there. "How long have you been in the lift? It is good that you pressed the alarm bell. But haven't you learned to read at your school?" He pointed at a small piece of paper on the wall beside the lift. It said:
"Attention: This lift will be stopped for repairs between 4pm and 5 pm on Thursday March 13."
【小题1】What happened to the lift?

A．It had a fire accident.

B．It stopped halfway.

C．It was turned off by the writer.

D．It moved fast up to the top floor

【小题2】As the situation went on, the writer became _________.

A．more and more scared	B．calmer and calmer
C．more and more bored	D．clearer and clearer

【小题3】Why did a bell ring from far away?

A．The lift was to start again.

B．The repair worker rang the fire alarm.

C．The building was on fire.

D．The writer pressed the fire alarm bell.

【小题4】Who most probably made the lift move again and go down to the ground floor?

A．The writer.	B．The writer's friend.
C．The man.	D．The writer's father.

【小题5】After reading the paper, the writer realized that he/she had _________.

A．escaped a fire accident	B．made a silly mistake
C．visited a dishonest friend	D．pressed a wrong button

Long long ago, an old scientist made a few tests on different animals to find out which was the cleverest of all the animals.
In one test the old scientist put a monkey in a room. In the room there were many boxes. Some boxes were inside other boxes. The smallest box had some food in it. The scientist wanted to watch the monkey and to find out how long it would take the monkey to find the food. The scientist left the room. He waited for a few minutes outside the door. Then he put his eye to the keyhole(钥匙孔). What did he see? To his surprise, he found himself looking into the eye of the monkey. The monkey was on the other side of the door and looked at the scientist through the keyhole.  
【小题1】The scientist wanted to know ____.

A．if the monkey came into the small box	B．if the monkey would sleep
C．which animal was cleverer than other animals	D．if some boxes were inside other boxes

【小题2】After the scientist left the room, the monkey _______.

A．looked at the scientist through the keyhole	B．began to look for food
C．came into the boxes one after another	D．began to eat the food

【小题3】To the scientist’s surprise, _____.

A．the monkey went out of the room

B．the monkey looked at the scientist through the window

C．began to look for food

D．put its eyes to the keyhole.