55．What's the meaning of “Practice makes perfect”?

　　 A．因材施教　　 B．熟能生巧　　 C．三人行必有我师

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　D

　　 Mr Green lives in a town but works in a factory in another town．It’s about twenty kilometres away from his house．He has a car but he thinks it safer to take a slow train and he can read some newspapers in it．

　 Every morning Mr Green goes to the station along a muddy(泥泞的)road．When he gets there，his shoes are always dirty．So he always puts a pair of clean shoes in his bag and goes to the station in the old ones．After he gets to the station，he takes off and asks his friend there to keep them for him．He then gets on the train in the clean shoes．

　 One morning Mr Green got up early．After breakfast he had a look at his watch．It was only five past seven．“There’s ten minutes left．”Mr Green said to himself and began to read the newspapers．

　　 “Oh，dear!” called out his wife．“It's nearly half past seven! Why not go to work?”

　　 Mr Green looked at the clock on the wall and found his watch slow．He hurried off．When he got to the station，the train was leaving．He took off his old shoes and threw them to his friend and quickly got on the train before it started．He found a seat and was going to put on his clean shoes．Bad luck! He forgot to put them into his bag!

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54．Why did Jim get the highest mark?

　　 A．Because he was slow．　　 B．Because he was smart．

　　 C．Because he was hard-working．

53．Everybody thought Tom would get the highest mark in the exam because_____

　　 A．he was proud　　 B．he was quick and smart 　C．he was hard-working

52．We know that_______．

　　 A．Jim worked harder than Tom

　　 B．Tom worked harder than Jim

　　 C．Jim was smarter than Tom

51.Tom and Jim were not only good friends but also______.

　　 A. neighbors　　 B．brothers　　 C．classmates

50. The women didn’t use the wheelbarrows because________

　 A．they didn’t like them at all　

　　 B．the wheelbarrows weren't useful

　 C．they thought it was heavy to carry the wheelbarrows and the wood on their backs

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C

　 Jim and Tom were good friends．They studied in the same class．Tom was a smart boy. He could answer questions quickly in class．It seemed that everything was easy for him．He never seemed to work hard．He spent much of his time playing football and other games. Jim was not as smart as Tom．He Worked slowly，but he worked hard．He spent most of time working on his subjects．

　 In the final examination of the term，everyone thought that Tom would get the highest mark in the class，but they were wrong．He got third highest．

　 　It was the slow but hard-working Jim who got the highest mark．Tom was quick and clever, but he never worked hard．He wasn't the best this time．Jim was slow but hard-working，and he finally came out first．It is just like the old saying “Practice makes perfect”．

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49.When Sam Smith returned to the village，he was surprised because______

　　 A．the wheelbarrows helped the women a lot　

　　 B．the women didn’t use the wheelbarrows at all

　　 C．the women didn’t know how to use the wheelbarrows

48. What did Sam Smith do after he saw the village women?

　　 A．He gave them some money．

　　 B．He helped them carry things．

　　 C．He bought some wheelbarrows for them．

47.The Village women had to carry some heavy __ every day．

　　 A. bags　　 B．food　　 C．wood

46．Where did Sam Smith travel to?

　　 A. Asia　　 B．Europe　　 C．Africa