Something very strange and mysterious was goi...

Something very strange and mysterious was going on in Sesemann’s house. Every morning, when the servants went downstairs, they found the front door wide open. During the first few days that this happened, every room and corner was searched in great alarm to see if anything had been stolen, but not a thing in the house had been touched. The door was doubly locked at night, and for further security the wooden bar was fastened across it; but it was no good – next morning the door again stood open. One servant even claimed he had seen a white figure standing at the top of the steps and then all in a minute it disappeared.

Mr. Sesemann told his old friend, a doctor, what had happened in his house. That evening they decided to wait for the ghost. One o'clock struck. There was not a sound. Suddenly the doctor lifted his finger. “Hush! Don't you hear something?” They both listened, and they distinctly heard the bar softly pushed aside and then the key turned in the lock and the door opened. They stepped into the hall.

“Who is there?” thundered the doctor in a voice that echoed through the hall, as the two men advanced with lights and weapons towards the figure. It turned and gave a low cry. There stood Heidi, with bare feet, staring with wild eyes and trembling from head to foot. The two men looked at one another in surprise. “Child, why did you come down here?” said Sesemann. White with terror, and hardly able to make her voice heard, Heidi answered, “I don't know.” The doctor gently took the child by the hand upstairs.

Then the doctor sat down besides her and asked her some questions in a kind voice. Later he went downstairs. “Sesemann,” he said, “let me first tell you that the child is a sleep-walker; Secondly, the child is consumed with homesickness. Something must be done at once.”

1.The door in Sesemann’s house was doubly locked at night in order to ___________.

A. know what the strange and mysterious things are going on

B. prevent the white figure from disappearing

C. make everybody in the house feel sure of their life

D. protect the house from being broken into

2.Which of the following words can best describe the doctor?

A. patient and professional B. brave and optimistic

C. adventurous and confident D. considerate and ambitious

3.What was Mr. Sesemann most likely to do with Heidi?

A. He would ask the doctor to offer her some pills.

B. He would blame her for all the trouble.

C. He would send her back to her hometown soon.

D. He would allow her to do whatever she wanted to do.

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It was very cold and I had been watching a homeless man make himself comfortable in a “shelter” on the river bank. His “shelter” was a tarpaulin (油布) tied to rocks to keep the wind from blowing it away. He had been living there for over a month. I never saw him with warm clothing or food. I knew what I wanted to do.

When I told my parents what I wanted to do they were alarmed. They said I could be putting myself at risk, taking a box to a homeless person at night! But I knew, in my deep heart, that I would be safe.

I got a box. My parents watched as I added warm gloves, a heavy blanket ... into the box until it was full! Then, I put a Christmas card on top. It said, “Even though we hardly know each other, I want to wish you a Merry Christmas!” I put ten one-dollar bills inside it as well.

My father insisted he went there with me as it was 10 pm on Christmas Eve. I said he could drive me but he had to stay in the car. He agreed.

I took the box and walked towards his “house”. I called, “Sir, I have a Christmas box for you!”

“Go away!” he shouted.

“Sir,” I repeated.

“Go away!” he shouted.

“Why?” I asked him.

He walked over and I expected to see an angry face. Instead I saw two of the most beautiful, gentle, blue eyes I have ever seen.

“Merry Christmas!” I said.

“Why are you doing this?” he asked.

“Because you matter to me,” I said. With that I gave him the box.

Tears came to his eyes and he thanked me. I got back to the car and watched him carry the box like it was filled with gold. I didn’t want to embarrass (使困窘) him by watching him any more so Dad and I left.

1.The underlined word “alarmed” can best be replaced by _____.

A. pleased　　 B. worried

C. disappointed　　 D. surprised

2.Why did the author ask his father to stay in the car?

A. Because he wanted to prove he was brave.

B. Because he believed the homeless man was bad.

C. Because he wanted to protect his father from being hurt.

D. Because he didn’t want the homeless man to feel bad.

3.When the homeless man saw the author first, he was _____.

A. quite angry　　 B. very excited

C. quite puzzled　 　　 D. very curious

4.The author’s purpose in writing the text is to tell readers that _____.

A. it is easier said than done

B. poverty is the mother of health

C. where there is a will, there is a way

D. a willing helper does not wait until he is asked

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Rain, who was born on June 2, 1982 in Seoul, South Korea, is a popular singer with a very deep and rich voice. Jung Ji Hoon is his real name, known as the “Michael Jackson of Korea” for his amazing dancing skills. Rain is very modest and friendly, even a little shy.

He released his first album Bad Guy in 2002, which caused a sensation. It took him to all the major award ceremonies, and many of them honored him with Best New Award. His following album How to Run from the Sun was successful, and his third album It’s Raining topped the charts for weeks.

Rain is not only a singer but also an actor, who has given impressive performances in two TV series, Sang Doo! Let’s go to school（《尚道，上学去》）in 2003 and Full House（《浪漫满屋》）in 2004. Rain’s leading role in Full House made him win Best Actor Award at the KBS Acting Awards and also deeply touched the hearts of many Asian female fans. At the same time it made him become one of the most popular Korean actors in Asia.

Now Rain is very popular in China. It’s Raining has already sold more than 100,000 copies in China. Rain received the “Korean Artist of the Year” award at the MTV -- CCTV Mandarin Music Honors held on July 24, 2005 at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China. His recent Beijing concert caused a great hit, creating “Korean Fever” in China.

1.The reason why Jung Ji Hoon is called “Michael Jackson of Korea” is that ______.

A. he is a popular singer with a rich voice

B. his dancing skills are amazing

C. he is very modest and friendly

D. he shares the same name with Michael Jackson

2.What would be the best title for this passage?

A. Michael Jackson of Korea --Rain

B. Jung Ji Hoon’s First Album – Bad Guy

C. Rain, a Singer and a Painter

D. Korea Fever in China

3.Which of the following is True about Rain?

A. His album “How to Run from the Sun” was so successful that it topped the charts for weeks.

B. Rain’s leading role in “Sang Doo! Let’s go to school” made him win Best Actor Award at the KBS Acting Awards.

C. Rain won the “Korean Artist of the Year” award because of his music career.

D. Rain has suffered a fever since his recent Beijing concert caused a great hit.

4.Which of the following is the passage most likely from?

A. Textbooks for senior school students.

B. Entertainment newspapers.

C. Textbooks for music students.

D. A book written for Michael Jackson.

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Mom is usually home on Sunday but this week she was going to a big golf game and I was all alone in the house. I was mad at Mom for divorcing Dad.

I kept looking at the telephone until I couldn’t stand it any longer. I picked up the receiver and dialed Dad’s number over in Bakersfield. I even remembered to dial 1 first because it was long distance. “You promised to phone me this week but you didn’t,” I said, feeling I had to talk to him.

“Take it easy, kid,” he said. “I just didn’t get around to it. I was going to call this evening. The week isn’t over yet.”

I thought about that.

“Something on your mind?” he asked.

“I hoped you would call, so I waited and waited.” Then I was sorry I said it.

“There was heavy snow in the morning,” he said, “I had to chain up on highway 80 and lost time.”

I know putting chains on eight big wheels in the snow is no fun．I felt a little better, as long as we were talking. “How is Bandit?” I asked.

There was a funny silence. For a minute I thought the line was dead. Then I knew something must have happened to my dog.

“Well, kid—”, he began. “My name is Leigh!” I almost yelled. “I’m not just some kid you met on the street!”

“Keep your shirt on, Leigh,” he said. “When I had to stop along with some other truckers to put on chains, I left Bandit out of the cab, I thought he would get back … I have sent out a call to CB radio, but I didn’t get an answer yet.” I was about to say I understood when there came the bad part, the really bad part. I heard a boy’s voice say, “Hey, Bill, Mom wants to know when we’re going out to get the pizza?”

1.From the story we know that _______．

A．Leigh was a deserted boy

B．Leigh’s dad never had a rest on Sundays

C． Leigh’s dad lived in another city

D．Leigh’s mother often went to golf games

2.The underlined sentence “Keep your shirt on” probably means “_____” .

A．Stop talking

B．Calm down

C．Put on your shirt

D．Keep warm

3.Who is Bandit?

A. Leigh’s friend　　　 B. Leigh’s dog

C. Leigh’s brother　　 D Leigh’s shirt

4.The worst part in Leigh’s eyes may be that ________．

A．his dad got remarried

B．his parents got divorced

C．his dad didn’t love him

D．his mom didn’t take him to pizza

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_________ that Tom got inside the room to see what was going on.

A.So strangely did he feel B.So strangely he felt

C.So strange did he feel D.So strange he felt

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The passengers on the subway who caught a glimpse of me may have thought I was strange. In particular a gentleman sitting opposite me was always staring at me, looking at the cheese bread on the floor in front of me and then staring back at me. A passenger probably dropped it by mistake and got off at a previous stop, but the gentleman might not think so. “Next stop, St. Patrick Station” — my stop was quickly coming up. I had a few minutes to either take the cheese bread, which nobody else was claiming, or leave it there.

In those few minutes I felt my pride getting in the way. “What would others on the subway think of me if I took the cheese bread? Would they think that I was poor and hungry? Would they think that I was stealing?” The ignorant thing to do was say “yes” to any of those self-imposed questions. Actually, they were just my own thoughts. Though I would leave the subway, walk a block to my office, get settled at my desk, and sit comfortably in my office for the whole day, I couldn’t get rid of the enormous sense of guilt and regret.

My thoughts once pushed me towards pride and ignorance, but finally I had to admit I was wrong. This missing cheese bread could be a gift for a homeless person who suffered from cold and hunger. So why not overcome a little bit of my pride and pass along so much kindness?

Just as the doors opened at my stop, I grabbed the cheese bread and left the subway. It felt awesome, but I didn’t care if people were looking at me or what they were thinking. Instead of going directly to my office as usual, I walked a few more blocks up to Queen’s park, where I often saw a homeless man sitting outside. I always wanted to give him something, but only today I walked toward him, who wrapped himself in a sleeping bag. I was full of satisfaction, and so did the homeless man, I thought.

1.The gentleman kept staring at the author because _______.

A．he wanted to talk to the author

B．he might think the author dropped the bread

C．the author appeared too nervous

D．the author was going to get off

2.The underlined word “self-imposed” in paragraph 2 probably means “_______”.

A．easily obtained

B．strongly supported

C．purposely created

D．completely unaccepted

3.Why did the author grab the cheese bread when he got off?

A．He noticed that no one was looking at him.

B．He didn’t want to see the cheese bread to go to waste.

C．He remembered a homeless man at that very moment.

D．He valued kindness more than his own pride.

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The passengers on the subway who caught a glimpse of me may have thought I was strange. In particular a gentleman sitting opposite me was always staring at me, looking at the cheese bread on the floor in front of me and then staring back at me. A passenger probably dropped it by mistake and got off at a previous stop, but the gentleman might not think so. “Next stop, St. Patrick Station” — my stop was quickly coming up. I had few minutes to either take the cheese bread, which nobody else was claiming, or left it there.

In those few minutes I felt my pride getting in the way. “What would others on the subway think of me if I took the cheese bread? Would they think that I was poor and hungry? Would they think that I was stealing?” The ignorant thing to do was say “yes” to any of those self-imposed questions. Actually, they were just my own thoughts. Though I would leave the subway, walk a block to my office, get settled at my desk, and sit comfortably in my office for the whole day, I couldn’t get rid of the enormous sense of guilt and regret.

My thoughts once pushed me towards pride and ignorance, but finally I had to admit I was wrong. This missing cheese bread could be a gift for a homeless person who suffered from cold and hunger. So why not overcome a little bit of my pride and pass along so much kindness?

Just as the doors opened at my stop, I grabbed the cheese bread and left the subway. It felt awesome, but I didn’t care if people were looking at me or what they were thinking. Instead of going directly to my office as usual, I walked a few more blocks up to Queen’s park, where I often saw a homeless man sitting outside. I always wanted to give him something, but only today I walked toward him, who wrapped himself in a sleeping bag. I was full of satisfaction, and so did the homeless man, I thought.

1.The gentleman kept staring at the author because _______.

2.The underlined word “self-imposed” in paragraph 2 probably means “_______”.

3.Why did the author grab the cheese bread when he got off?

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The passengers on the subway who caught a glimpse of me may have thought I was strange. In particular a gentleman sitting opposite me was always staring at me, looking at the cheese bread on the floor in front of me and then staring back at me. A passenger probably dropped it by mistake and got off at a previous stop, but the gentleman might not think so. “Next stop, St. Patrick Station” — my stop was quickly coming up. I had few minutes to either take the cheese bread, which nobody else was claiming, or left it there.

In those few minutes I felt my pride getting in the way. “What would others on the subway think of me if I took the cheese bread? Would they think that I was poor and hungry? Would they think that I was stealing?” The ignorant thing to do was say “yes” to any of those self-imposed questions. Actually, they were just my own thoughts. Though I would leave the subway, walk a block to my office, get settled at my desk, and sit comfortably in my office for the whole day, I couldn’t get rid of the enormous sense of guilt and regret.

My thoughts once pushed me towards pride and ignorance, but finally I had to admit I was wrong. This missing cheese bread could be a gift for a homeless person who suffered from cold and hunger. So why not overcome a little bit of my pride and pass along so much kindness?

Just as the doors opened at my stop, I grabbed the cheese bread and left the subway. It felt awesome, but I didn’t care if people were looking at me or what they were thinking. Instead of going directly to my office as usual, I walked a few more blocks up to Queen’s park, where I often saw a homeless man sitting outside. I always wanted to give him something, but only today I walked toward him, who wrapped himself in a sleeping bag. I was full of satisfaction, and so did the homeless man, I thought.

1.The gentleman kept staring at the author because _______.

A.  he wanted to talk to the author

B.  he might think the author dropped the bread

C.  the author appeared too nervous

D.  the author was going to get off

2.The underlined word “self-imposed” in paragraph 2 probably means “_______”.

A. easily obtained

B. strongly supported

C. deliberately created

D. completely unaccepted

3.Why did the author grab the cheese bread when he got off?

A. He noticed that no one was looking at him.

B. He didn’t want to see the cheese bread to go to waste.

C. He remembered a homeless man at that very moment.

D. He valued kindness more than his own pride.

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I was in a strange city and I didn't know the city at all and what is more，I could not speak a word of the language. After having spent my first day in the town-centre，I decided to lose my way on my second day, since I believed that this was the simplest way of getting to know the strange city.

I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops then got it off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough. Then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived and even then I pronounced it badly.

I stopped to ask a friendly-looking newspaper-seller. He smiled and handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. The policeman listened to me carefully, smiled and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I thanked him politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.

About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside.

The only thing left for me to do was to find the nearest railway station,

1.The writer believed that if you wanted to get to know a strange city ________.

A．you should go everywhere on foot

B．you should have a map

C．you should ask people the way

D．you should get lost

2.The newspaper-seller ________

A．could understand what he said

B．didn't know what he said

C．laughed at him

D．didn't want to take the money

3.The writer's real trouble was that ________.

A．he couldn't speak the language

B．he followed the policeman's direction

C．he took the wrong bus

D．he left the town-centre

4.The policeman________.

A．didn't help him

B．pointed at him

C．didn't understand what he really meant

D．didn’t know the way

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Once upon a time, there was a man 　　 1.　　 was very wealthy. He wanted to do something for the people in his village.　　 2.　　 that, he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.

In the center of the main road into the village, he placed 　 3.　 very large stone. Then he 　 4.　 (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his horse.

“Who put this stone in the center of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.　　 5.　 man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove 　 6. . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,　 7.　　 (say) to himself, “The night 　 8.　 (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”

Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 　　 9.　 (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last!　 10.　 the stone, he found a bag of money.

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