21.(　　　 ) What were Joe and Jeff?

　　　　　 A. Soldiers.　　　　　　 B. Drivers.　　 C. Farmers.　　 D. Cleaners.

20. Which is the best title for this passage?

A. Big Cities　

B. Interesting Things in Big Cities

C. Good School in Big Cities

D. New York, London and Paris

(E)

When this story happened, they were working around a very large house. Their job was to do the cleaning. It was not a difficult job, but sometimes it was a little dangerous, because they had to walk below where workmen were working. Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground. One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette behind one of his ears. Suddenly somebody on the top shouted, "Look out!" But Joe did not "look out". He looked up. And as he did so, a long knife missed Joe's head, but it cut off one of his ears. At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out, "I've lost an ear. Help! Help!" Jeff ran up to help his friend. "Look for my ear," Joe told him. "It must be on the ground somewhere." Jeff looked everywhere for the missing ear. At last he found an ear on the ground. He picked it up and carried it to Joe. "Here you are," he said, "I've found it." Joe looked at it. "No, that's not my ear." he said, "Mine had a cigarette behind it."

19. This passage doesn’t tell us that ____.

A. Paris is an exciting place for people to live in.

B. big cities have a lot of serious problems.

C. big cities are all very dirty.

D. usually people can get very dirty.

18. In this passage the writer thinks it is right for people ____.

A. to move to big cities.　

B. not to move to big cities.

C. to move to big cities without thinking of any problems.

D. not to move to big cities before they think over the problems of living there.

17. Which of the following is true?

A. Big cities are not clean and safe enough.

B. People can easily find good places to live in big cities.

C. People can always have many chances to find work to do.

D. All people like to live in big cities.

16. In big cities people can ____.

A. go to different kinds of museums　

B. see all kinds of plays and films　

C. buy things all over the world　

D. A, B and C

15. From the story we can see that ____.

A. the man went to have dinner with his friend

B. the head waiter was afraid of the Queen.　

C. the man went to see the Queen of England with his friend.　

D. the Queen invited the man to have dinner in a restaurant

D

New York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. there are many interesting things to see and to do, you can go to different kinds of museums, plays and films. You can also buy things all over the world.

But there are serious problems in big cities, too. It’s expensive to live there, and there are many people in some places of big cities. Every year many people move to the cities to find jobs, to study at good schools and receive good medical care. But sometimes these people cannot find work or good places to live in. Also it is hard to keep the cities safe and clean.

Some people enjoy living in big cities; others do not. Before they move to a big city, they should think about the problems of living there.

14. What did the Queen really mean?

A. People in the USA were less polite.

B. She let him take off his jacket in America.

C. The English and the Americans enjoyed different ways of life.　

D. He shouldn’t take off his coat on such a formal occasion (正式场合) in England.

13. The man told the waiter that he could take off his jacket because ____.　　

A. the weather was very hot　

B. the Queen of England let him do so in the USA.

C. he was very rich　

D. he was free to take off his clothes anywhere

12. When the head waiter asked the man not to take off his jacket, the man ____.

A. took his advice at once　 B. left the restaurant angrily

C. refused to listen to him　 D. wanted to see the manager