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　　At first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English. Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said. Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buckminster Grade School. Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand what the people were saying.

　　“Why did they do this?”Kate wondered aloud. “I mean, you can't learn if you can't understand the teacher.”

　　Nadia's voice was a whisper, “I understand English. I will learn.” Nadia's English was perfect.

　　Kate was perplexed. She couldn't understand why Nadia did not like to speak. Then she realized that moving to a new country probably wasn't the easiest thing to do. There were hundreds of unfamiliar and unusual think to learn —-all at the same time.

　　Nadia nodded quickly. In a quiet voice she replied, “Many things people say, I do rat understand. I have been speaking English and Romanian all my life, but I do not know what some children are saying. For example, yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the USB port on a thin black box he was carrying. Isn't a port a place for ships? It made no sense to me.”“Don't worry. ”said Kate. “You'll figure everything out in time. You see, that thin black box was a computer. A USB is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer. ”

　　Nadia and Kate were quiet after that. They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson . To Kate's surprise , Nadia put up her hand and offered to answer questions at the blackboard.

　　Nadia handled every question the teacher gave her. Sane of the questions were really difficult, and no one understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher. When the teacher-said that Nadia answered everything correctly, the whole class clapped their hands.

　　Nadia was smiling when she sat back down next to Kate. “Some things,”she said in a normal voice, “are the same all over the world.”

1．At the beginning of Nadia's first day at school , she was ________.

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2．The underlined word “perplexed” probably means ________.

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3．We can infer from the passage that ________.

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A．Nadia did not like Kate

B．Nadia had lived by the sea before

C．Nadia had never seen a computer before

D．Nadia spoke in a soft voice out of politeness

4．Which of the following statements is true?

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A．Nadia was better at maths than other students.

B．Nadia found some of the maths questions difficult.

C．Nadia was encouraged to answer questions in class.

D．Nadia understood the maths teacher better than other teachers.

5．What is the message of the story?

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A．Talking about something familiar gives you confidence in communication.

B．Answering questions in class makes you better understood by classmates.

C．Language plays an important role in communication between cultures.

D．Mathematics helps to improve communication between cultures.

阅读理解

　　Recently I attended a small exclusive (独有的) and exclusively female financial (财政的) planning seminar (研讨会). I met so many bright independent women doing interesting things in Parliament (英国国会), in business and in the professions (职业) that I was determined to turn over a new leaf and take control of my financial affairs. This, I was assured (确信) , would fill me with a new confidence. I would feel better.

My problem is Harold, the man-in-my-life. He thinks a sensible (合理的) distribution (分配) of responsibilities is when each partner works at what he or she does best. He thinks we are a liberated couple, likes our tree the way it is, and doesn’t see the need for new leaves. I watched as he sewed on a shirt button last night and thought, what a hypocrite (伪君子) he is. He’s quite comfortable sewing on the button, quite happy barefoot in the kitchen, happy, to see me lifting loads of manure to spread on our patch (小块土地) or coping with the cat’s rat under our dining room table. But he is an old fashioned MCP(male chauvinist pig) when it comes to money.

　　“I will probably only be away three weeks, but I have arranged for Erhardt to pay any bills,” be said, and I froze. Erhardt is out lawyer and friend, but…“I am quite capable of paying our bills when you are away,” I said.

　　“Do not be childish. Erhardt and I share a mailbox. He fetches his mail, so he can fetch ours and pay the bills. Easy.”

　　“You mean I am not to worry my pretty little head about that,” I said. He beamed (微笑) and said, “Exactly,”missing the point entirely.

1．After attending the seminar, the author decided to ________.

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A．divorce her husband

B．talk with her husband

C．do some interesting

D．make a new interesting start

2．According to the author, her husband believes ________.

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A．they should co-operate on household duties

B．they should do what they are good at

C．she should do whatever she likes

D．he should share more housework

3．It’s implied, but not stated, that ________.

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A．the woman controls her financial affairs now

B．the woman’s husband is generous with his money

C．the woman can’t pay the bills at last

D．the woman’s husband misses her when he is away

4．The woman’s husband is ________.

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A．a liberated person

B．the owner of their home

C．selfish and greedy

D．a good listener

5．All of the following are true EXCEPT that ________.

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A．the woman attended a meeting for women to discuss financial plans

B．her husband still doesn’t allow her to control her financial affairs

C．the woman isn’t satisfied with her husband

D．her husband intends to change the family’s plans

During summer vacations, I would work at a hospital for pets, so I'd seen a lot of dogs．Minnie was by far the funniest-looking dog I'd ever seen．Thin curly hair barely covered her sausage-shaped body．Her bugged-out（凸出） eyes always seemed surprised．And her tail looked like a rat's tail．

She was brought to the hospital because her owners didn't want her anymore．I thought Minnie had a sweet personality, though．"No one should judge her by her looks," I thought．She was quite fit and didn't need any treatment．So I advertised Minnie in the local paper: "Funny-looking dog, well behaved, needs loving family．"

When a young man called, I warned him that Minnie was strange looking．The boy on the phone told me that his grandfather's sixteen-year-old dog had just died．They wanted Minnie no matter what．I gave Minnie a good bath and fluffed up（使松散）what was left of her poor hair．Then we waited for them to arrive．

      At last, an old car pulled up in front of the vet's．Two kids raced to the door．They took Minnie into their arms and rushed her out to their grandfather, who was waiting in the car．I hurried behind them to see his reaction（反应）to Minnie．

Inside the car, the grandfather held Minnie in his arms and touched her soft hair gently．She moved her mouth over his face．Her rat tail moved from side to side ．so quickly that it looked like it might fly off her body．It was love at first lick（舔）．

1．The dog's owner didn't like the dog probably because of____．

       A．the dog's curly hair                             B．the dog's personality

       C．the dog's poor health                            D．the dog's strange look

2．From the passage, we know the dog was ____ to see her new owner．

       A．pleased              B．surprised             C．disappointed              D．frightened

3．What would probably happen after grandfather saw the dog?

       A．Grandfather would hate the dog's personality．

       B．Grandfather would feel sad at the dog's rat tail．

       C．The dog would be cared for by grandfather．

       D．The dog would have to wait for another family．

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　　I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The announcement in the 1 said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box office in Richland Hills 2 day between 10:00 and 4:00. 3 I work from 9:00 to 5:00, the 4 time I could get to the theatre was driving there during my 45-minute lunch break. 5 the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus 6 between my office and Richland Hills is rat very 7 . But if you're lucky, you can make the round 8 in 45 minutes. Last Monday I stood at the bus stop for 15 minutes 9 for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time 10 to make the trip. So I gave up and went back to the 11 .The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got on a bug 12 and arrived at the theatre in 13 twenty minutes. When I got there, 14 , I found a long line of people at the office. I heard one man say he had been waiting 15 line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I 16 the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by 17 . It was expensive , but I felt it would be 18 it to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only 19 ten minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre. I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly discovered, was 20 they had already sold out all the tickets.

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