（B）

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth(值得) the trouble.” His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries(樱桃).

The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty(口渴的) to walk on. At the moment, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son picked it up and put it in his mouth.

And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had caught up all the cherries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you had bent(弯腰) down in the beginning to pick up that horseshoe, you wouldn’t have bent so many times for the cherries. Always remember this lesson: If someone don’t worry about the little things, he will find it impossible for him to do the great things.”

51.（　 ） Who picked up the cherries on the ground?

　　　　 　A. Thomas.　　　　　　　　　 　　B. The farmer.

　　　　 　C. Both the father and the son.　　 　　D. Nobody.　　　　　　　　

52.（　 ） The farmer bought some ______ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.

　 　　　　A. bread 　　　　B. water　　　　 C. cherries　　　 　　D. pennies

53.（　 ） When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father ______.

　　　　 　A. did nothing　　 B. said nothing 　　C. felt worried　　　　 D. got angry

54.（　 ） The father dropped the cherry one by one, because ______.

A. he wanted to teach his son a lesson

B.　　　 he wanted his son to do more exercise

C.　　　 he wanted his son to eat them all

D.　　　 he wanted to punish his son for not picking up the horseshoe at first

55.（　 ） From the story, we can learn that ______.

A. cherries are so delicious that most people like eating them

B.　　　 a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us some money

C.　　　 we can’t get great things if we lose little things　　　

D. we can’t do something great if we don’t worry about something little

（A）

Scientists will put some robot fish into the sea near Spain this year. These robot fish will help people find out the pollution in the water. If the robot fish are able to finish their work successfully, the team of scientists hopes the fish will be used in rivers, lakes and seas around the world.

The robot fish are about 1.5 metres long. There will be a detector (探测器) in their bodies. It can find the pollution in the water, and then the robot fish will eat part of it.

Unlike other robots, they don’t need to be opearted (操作) by people far away. The robots all have an eight-hour battery (电池). They can “swim” in the sea freely and send back information to people on the beach. After their batteries run down, they will go back to the beach by themselves.

There are five robot fish altogether. Each costs about 29,000 dollars. They are part of a three-year project between the engineering company BMT Group and Essex University in southeastern England.

46.（　 ） The robot fish will help people find out _______ in the water.

A. more fish　 　　B. some people　　 C. some batteries　　 D. the pollution

47.（　 ） What will the robots do if they find the pollution in the water?

A. They will eat part of it.　　 　　　　B. They will stop working.

　　 　　C. They will tell people where it is.　 　D. They will take it out to the beach.

48.（　 ） How long can a battery in their bodies work each time?

A. For five hours.　 B. For eight hours.　 C. For twelve hours. 　D. For one day.

49.（　 ） The five robot fish cost about _______ dollars altogether.

A. 14,500　　 　　B. 29,000 　　　　　C. 145,000　　 　　　D. 1,450,000

50.（　 ） Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The robot fish can eat anything in the water.

　　 　　B. The robot fish need to be opearted by people.

　　 　　C. The robot fish are 1.5 metres long and they look like sharks.

　　 　　D. The robot fish can go back to the beach when the batteries run down.

35．（　 ）— How do you go to work every day?

　　　　　 — _______ a bus.

A．By 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．On 　　　　　　　　　　 C．In

34．（　 ）Their ideas are different from ______.

A．us 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．our 　　　　　　　　　　 C．ours

33．（　 ）Mr. Jackson ______ Shenzhen three times but he had no time to meet old friends.

A．has gone to　　　　　　　 B．has been to　　　　 　　 C．goes to

32．（　 ）They ______ the zoo and that’s why they know nothing about it.

　　 　　　　A．has visited　　 　　　　　　　　 B．hasn’t visited 　　　　　　 C．visit