It was Mary’s birthday．She received（收到）a  1  from her uncle．“Dear Mary,” he  2  in the letter , “Happy Birthday ! I’m sending you some chickens．They will  3  tomorrow． I hope you like them．Uncle Toby．”

Mary was very  4 ．She liked eating eggs and chicken．“ I can  5  the chickens for their eggs or eat them．” she thought．

When the chickens arrived the  6  day , they ere put in a box．Mary was very happy．She  7  the box off the back of the truck and began to carry  8  into her garden , but the box of chickens was  9  heavy that she dropped it．The box fell  10  the ground and  11 ．The chickens all ran out．They ran here and there．Mary spent hours  12  to finds them．

A few days later her uncle came．He asked, “Did the chickens arrive  13  ?” “Yes , but  I dropped the box． It broke open and the chickens ran  14 ．I spent the whole morning looking for them．” Mary said．

“Did you find them all?” asked her uncle．“I hope so ,” Mary answered , “but I only  15  eleven of them．”

“That’s very interesting．I only sent you six ,” her uncle said with a smile．

（   ） 1． A． box                B． present            C． card           D． letter

（   ） 2． A． wrote             B． read               C． told            D． spoke

（   ） 3． A． get               B． arrive              C． come          D． be

（   ） 4． A． unhappy          B． surprised          C． kind           D． pleased

（   ） 5． A． keep              B． grow              C． buy          D． sell

（   ） 6． A． rainy              B． first               C． last          D． next

（   ） 7． A． left                B． passed            C． took          D． opened

（   ） 8． A． it                 B． them               C． that          D． this

（   ） 9． A． very               B． too                 C． such         D． so

（   ） 10． A． into              B． to                  C． off          D． from

（   ） 11． A． turned            B． broke                  C． hurt          D． hit

（   ） 12． A． and try           B． for trying                  C． to try        D． in trying

（   ） 13． A． safely            B． angrily               C． happily       D． noisily

（   ） 14． A． here              B． there                C． everywhere  D．anywhere

（   ） 15． A． bought            B． caught              C． dropped            D． sent

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　　One day, a young man asked Albert Einstein, 1 great German scientist, 2 the secret of success was. The scientist 3 him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days 4 the young man asked him the 5 question again. Einstein was very 6 . He did not say 7 , but wrote a few 8 on a piece of paper and 9 it to the young man. The young man looked 10 the piece of paper. On it was 11 : A＝X＋Y＋Z. “What 12 this mean?”asked the young man. “A means success,” 13 the old scientist. “X means hard work, Y means good methods(方法), and Z…Z means 14 talking and start to 15 .”

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　　Marco Polo was born in Venice（威尼斯）in 1254. He was the most famous westerner（西方人）to visit Asia during the Middle Ages. He wrote a book about his travels. In his book he wrote all the thing she saw and heard. Many people read the book. But few believed what Marco Polo said. He spoke of strange people and places that nobody knew about at that time.

　　As a young man, Marco Polo decided to travel together with his father. It took them more than three years to travel to China .He became the Chinese Emperor's（皇帝）friend. He learned the Chinese language when he traveled around and talked to many people. Before he reached the age of thirty he was made a Chinese official（官员）. After nearly seventeen years in the east, Marco Polo and his father prepared to return home. When they finally arrived in Venice, their family and friends were surprised to see them again. They had been away for almost twenty-five years.

(l) Marco Polo was born in ________.

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A．China

B．America

C．Europe

D．Russia

(2) What was Marco Polo famous for during the Middle Ages?

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A．His book about his travels.	B．His visit to the West.
C．Strange things in his book	D．His travel in Asia.

(3) Many people didn't believe what Marco Polo said in his book because ________.

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A．it was not about Venice but Asia

B．it told them strange people and places

C．it was too difficult for them to understand

D．it was not what they were interested in at that time

(4) When Marco Polo and his father returned to Venice, their family and friends were surprised to see ________.

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A．they had been so rich	B．they had been in China for 25 years
C．they had been so old	D．they were still living

(5) How do you think Marco Polo learned Chinese?

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A．From the Chinese Emperor.

B．On the way to China.

C．From many Chinese people.

D．With the help of the Chinese officials.

Joe wanted a computer. He asked his 1.  for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He  2. about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbours. But this was not 3. . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn't cut grass for their gardens  4.he had no tools to do the work with.

Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering  5. . I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could  6.  get the computer right away I could pay  7. it a little each week. He ran to Dick. Joe  8. him a lot of questions. He learned that it was 9.to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took  10. three hours  each night. Dick 11. him the phone number of the newspaper manager

Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother  12. he thought, she  13. . "I think it

is a  14. idea, " she said, "I'll call the newspaper...."

"What, Mum," Joe said, "I'll call." After that, I'm going to be a businessman now.

Joe's mother smiled  15. .

16.               A．teachers        B．parents         C．classmates D．friends

 

17.               A．said           B．told           C．thought   D．spoke

 

18.               A．spring          B．summer        C．autumn   D．winter

 

19.               A．because        B．when          C．while D．after

 

20.               A．newspapers     B．bikes          C．computers D．cars

 

21.A still         B. even          C. yet               D. never

22.               A．on            B．to             C．of    D．for

 

23.               A．answered       B．asked          C．wrote D．read

 

24.               A．friendly        B．kind           C．possible   D．wrong

 

25.               A．at             B．about          C．before    D．after

 

26.               A．taught         B．gave           C．made D．asked

 

27.               A．that           B．when          C．what  D．where

 

28.               A．smiled         B．shouted        C．cried D．worried

 

29.               A．big            B．large           C．great D．bad

 

30.               A．sadly          B．happily         C．politely    D．angrily

 

 

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　　One day, a young man asked Albert Einstein, ___1___ great German scientist, ___2___ the secret（秘密）of success（成功）was. The scientist ___3___ him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days ___4___ the young man asked him the ___5___ question again. Einstein was very ___6___. He did not say ___7___, but wrote a few ___8___ on a piece of paper and ___9___ it to the young man. The young man looked ___10___ the piece of paper. On it was ___11___：A=X＋Y＋Z.“What ___12___ this mean?”asked the young man.“A means success,”___13___ the old scientist.“X means hard work, Y means good methods（方法）,and Z…Z means ___14___ talking and start to ___15___.”

(1）A．a	B．the
C．one	D．some
(2）A．who	B．whether
C．what	D．which
(3）A．told	B．said
C．talked	D．spoke
(4）A．ago	B．before
C．earlier	D．later
(5）A．easy	B．good
C．different	D．same
(6）A．worried	B．happy
C．angry	D．disappointed（失望）
(7）A．anything	B．something
C．nothing	D．everything
(8）A．words	B．word
C．sentences	D．sentence
(9）A．to hand	B．hand
C．handed	D．handing
(10）A．on	B．up
C．down	D．at
(11）A．answered	B．written
C．read	D．found
(12）A．will	B．shall
C．does	D．did
(13）A．said	B．thought
C．believed	D．told
(14）A．go on	B．stop
C．enjoy	D．try
(15）A．do	B．read
C．write	D．work