根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案填写在本题下面的横线上。选项中有两项为多余的选项。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

    Alice’s mother is very ill. She wishes to take a few days off from school so she goes to her teacher, Mr Green.

―Excuse me, Mr Green．I’d like to take a few days off．

―_______

―My mother’s ill．I have to take care of her．

―Oh dear! I’m sorry to hear that．_______

―No, thank you．My mother has caught a bad cold．She has a high fever and coughs day and night．The doctor says my mother has to be in hospital for a few days．I’d like to be with her．

―I understand．________

―I hope to be back next Wednesday．

―That’s all right．________

―Thank you , Mr Green．That’s very kind of you．I’ll write it immediately．

―_______I’ll certainly help you with them when you get back．

A．Is there anything I can do to help?     B．What’s the matter, Alice?     C．I hope your mother gets well soon．     D．How long will you be away?     E．Where have you been ,Alice?     F．But you must write a written request for leave to be away．     G．Don’t worry about your lessons．

I met the old man at a cafe. “Did you hear the radio news yesterday?” he asked me. “No,” I replied. “Anything exciting?”“Exciting? NO! Something very sad. A group of hungry dogs killed and ate my best friend.”?
“Oh, dear!” I cried. “How did it happen?”“He was working on the hillside when the dogs attacked him. When he didn't return, I went to the hillside and found…”“His body?” I asked. The old fellow drank half of his coffee. “No. I told you they were hungry dogs, didn't I? The big bones were lying every where. But they found this.” He pushed open a match box he was holding in his hand. In it was a man's thumb, lying on some white bloody material.?
“This is my friend's right thumb. The dogs ate the rest of him”. The old man began to cry. He finished his coffee quickly and left the cafe. I drank mine and called the waiter. “I'll pay the gentleman's bill. His poor friend—how terrible!”“You've heard the news?” The waiter laughed. “Sure. There's a hole in the bottom of the match box. He put his own thumb through the hole. The blood is red ink, I believe. Is the story worth a cup of coffee, sir?”“But he held the box in his right hand.”“Yes, but listeners look into the box. They just can't take their sight off that terrible thing.”“And when he tells the story, he gets free cup of coffee!” I said, laughing. “Yes, sir, but only from strangers who come to this town, and, of course, he does us no harm!”?
【小题1】 We can learn from this passage ________.?

A．the writer came to the cafe for the first time?

B．the old man made a living by telling jokes in the cafe?

C．the writer had known about the old man before?

D．what had happened to his best friend made the old man mad?

【小题2】 Having heard the old man's story, the writer _______ .?

A．couldn't help laughing immediately?	B．showed great mercy upon him?
C．didn't believe him at all?	D．bought the old man another cup of coffee?

【小题3】 It turned out that the thumb in the match box was actually __________.?

A．the right thumb of his best friend?

B．the thumb he stole from the dead body of an unknown person?

C．something made of bloody white materials?

D．his own right thumb?

【小题4】The waiter hadn't let out the truth of the old man's story earlier because _______ .

A．he was nobody but the best friend of the old man?

B．the old man wouldn't pay for his coffee if he did ?

C．the waiter hadn't seen through the old man's trick?

D．the old man helped the cafe in some way?

【小题5】 As suggested by the passage, what might happen in the end?      ??

A．The writer refused to pay the old man's bill.?

B．The writer decided to make the trick known to the public.?

C．More strangers would hear the old man's story.?

D．The old man wouldn't visit the cafe any more.

I met the old man at a cafe. “Did you hear the radio news yesterday?” he asked me. “No,” I replied. “Anything exciting?”“Exciting? NO! Something very sad. A group of hungry dogs killed and ate my best friend.”?

“Oh, dear!” I cried. “How did it happen?”“He was working on the hillside when the dogs attacked him. When he didn't return, I went to the hillside and found…”“His body?” I asked. The old fellow drank half of his coffee. “No. I told you they were hungry dogs, didn't I? The big bones were lying every where. But they found this.” He pushed open a match box he was holding in his hand. In it was a man's thumb, lying on some white bloody material.?

“This is my friend's right thumb. The dogs ate the rest of him”. The old man began to cry. He finished his coffee quickly and left the cafe. I drank mine and called the waiter. “I'll pay the gentleman's bill. His poor friend—how terrible!”“You've heard the news?” The waiter laughed. “Sure. There's a hole in the bottom of the match box. He put his own thumb through the hole. The blood is red ink, I believe. Is the story worth a cup of coffee, sir?”“But he held the box in his right hand.”“Yes, but listeners look into the box. They just can't take their sight off that terrible thing.”“And when he tells the story, he gets free cup of coffee!” I said, laughing. “Yes, sir, but only from strangers who come to this town, and, of course, he does us no harm!”?

1. We can learn from this passage ________.?

A．the writer came to the cafe for the first time?

B．the old man made a living by telling jokes in the cafe?

C．the writer had known about the old man before?

D．what had happened to his best friend made the old man mad?

2. Having heard the old man's story, the writer _______ .?

A．couldn't help laughing immediately?	B．showed great mercy upon him?
C．didn't believe him at all?	D．bought the old man another cup of coffee?

3. It turned out that the thumb in the match box was actually __________.?

A．the right thumb of his best friend?

B．the thumb he stole from the dead body of an unknown person?

C．something made of bloody white materials?

D．his own right thumb?

4.The waiter hadn't let out the truth of the old man's story earlier because _______ .

A．he was nobody but the best friend of the old man?

B．the old man wouldn't pay for his coffee if he did ?

C．the waiter hadn't seen through the old man's trick?

D．the old man helped the cafe in some way?

5. As suggested by the passage, what might happen in the end?      ??

A．The writer refused to pay the old man's bill.?

B．The writer decided to make the trick known to the public.?

C．More strangers would hear the old man's story.?

D．The old man wouldn't visit the cafe any more.

 

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案填写在本题下面的横线上。选项中有两项为多余的选项。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

 

    Alice’s mother is very ill. She wishes to take a few days off from school so she goes to her teacher, Mr Green.

―Excuse me, Mr Green．I’d like to take a few days off．

―___1.____

―My mother’s ill．I have to take care of her．

―Oh dear! I’m sorry to hear that．____2.___

―No, thank you．My mother has caught a bad cold．She has a high fever and coughs day and night．The doctor says my mother has to be in hospital for a few days．I’d like to be with her．

―I understand．___3._____

―I hope to be back next Wednesday．

―That’s all right．____4.____

―Thank you , Mr Green．That’s very kind of you．I’ll write it immediately．

―____5.___I’ll certainly help you with them when you get back．

 

A．Is there anything I can do to help?     B．What’s the matter, Alice?     C．I hope your mother gets well soon．     D．How long will you be away?     E．Where have you been ,Alice?     F．But you must write a written request for leave to be away．     G．Don’t worry about your lessons．

 

三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Two Sundays ago，John was   36   in bed wondering whether to get up or not. He looked at his wrist but found that he wasn’t   37   his watch. Where on earth had he put it? He looked on the table and under the bed but he still couldn’t find it. He   38   think of anywhere else to look. “I must have   39   it in the bathroom or downstairs，” he thought to himself and lay down again for a moment.

Although he didn’t know the   40  ，he could hear the birds singing and see that the sun was shining. “I suppose I really ought to   41   up,” he thought. Mother must be   42   by now and I   43   her I’d help her clean the place up this morning.

After a while he heard his mother   44   upstairs. She came into the room and walked   45   to the window. “Good morning，dear.” she said。“I wonder if you’d get up now. It’s past nine o’clock and your aunt’s coming at ten. I’ve been   46   the cleaning since eight and I’ve   47   your breakfast. It’ll get cold   48   you don’t eat it now. Oh,   49   the way, you left your watch on the bathroom shelf and while I was cleaning it, it fell onto the floor and I think it’s   50   now. You’ll have to   51   it repaired. I’m afraid.”

“Oh, dear, I’m broken (没有钱的) just now. I can’t afford to get it fixed.”said John.

“Well, I’ve told you hundreds of times not to leave it in the   52  ，” said his mother. “  53  , never mind. I’ll pay for it. Come on now! I don’t want to   54   all day for you to get up.   55   you’ve had breakfast, perhaps you could do the washing up for me.”

36．A．laid   B．keeping    C．sitting       D．lying

37．A．dressing    B．wearing    C．having on D．putting on

38．A．mustn’t    B．shouldn’t  C．couldn’t    D．might not

39．A．left   B．forgotten  C．remembered     D．lost

40．A．moment    B．while C．when D．time

41．A．go     B．come C．get    D．stay

42．A．down       B．off    C．away D．up

43．A．promised  B．agreed      C．said   D．spoke

44．A．coming     B．running    C．going       D．rushing

45．A．out    B．down C．over  D．in

46．A．making     B．doing       C．having      D．starting

47．A．cooked     B．produced  C．did    D．had

48．A．unless       B．once  C．until  D．if

49．A．by     B．in      C．on     D．under

50．A．missing    B．gone  C．broken      D．lost

51．A．let     B．make C．have  D．had

52．A．reading room   B．bathroom  C．dining room     D．living room

53．A．But   B．So     C．Although  D．Because

54．A．waste       B．wait  C．spend       D．prepare

55．A．Before      B．After C．Since D．Before long