Mr. Jones works in a factory far away from hi...

Mr. Jones works in a factory far away from his home. One day he wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night. At last he found the house of a letter-writer whose name was Nasreddin.

Nasreddin was already in bed. “It is late,” he said. “What do you want?” “I want you to write a letter to my wife,” said Mr. Jones. Nasreddin was not pleased. He thought for a few seconds and then asked, “Has the letter got to go far?”

“What does that matter?” answered Mr. Jones.

“Well, my writing is so strange that only I can read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of money. ”Mr. Jones went away with no words.

1.Mr. Jones is a ________.

A. letter-writer                    B. postman                  C. worker

2.Mr. Jones looked for somebody to write a letter for him ______.

A. late at night

B. in the morning

C. in the afternoon

3.Nasreddin was not pleased because he wanted to ______.

A. write the letter             B. make money               C. remain in bed

4.We know from the story that Nasreddin is a _______ man.

A. kind                     B. funny                        C. strict

5.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Mr. Jones paid no money to Nasreddin.

B. Mr. Jones was happy when he heard the words.

C. Nasreddin wrote the letter for Mr. Jones.

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Jack is a 25-year-old man. He works in a great factory far from his home. He is crazy about playing computer games at night and so he never gets up early. He is always ______ for work. He always ______ why time always goes so fast.

Today is also a ______ day for him. He got up late again. He looked at his clock. He looked at his ______ around his wrist(手腕). They both said 7:10. He had to leave in 10 minutes. But ______ he had to shave(剃须). Then he had to brush his teeth. Then he had to get dressed. It ______ him about 5 minutes to do these things. So he turned ______ the TV. He turned off the radio, too. It was already 7:25. He put his breakfast in a bag. He ______ locked the door. He had to hurry. He ran out to his ______. He drove fast. A cop(警察) saw him. He stopped Jack, "Why didn't you stop at the stop sign?" the cop asked. "But officer, I was in a ______," he said. "But I had to be in a hurry too or you have passed me already. Here's your third ticket this week." said the cop.

1.A．sad　　　　　　　 B．early　　　　　　 C．late　　　　　　　 D．glad

2.A．asks　　　　　　 B．complains　　　　 C．wonders　　　　　 D．answers

3.A．lucky　　　　　　 B．windy　　　　　　 C．fine　　　　　　　 D．bad

4.A．watch　　　　　　 B．color　　　　　　 C．note　　　　　　　 D．skin

5.A．first　　　　　　 B．last　　　　　　　 C．once　　　　　　　 D．second

6.A．spent　　　　　　 B．took　　　　　　　 C．cost　　　　　　　 D．used

7.A．off　　　　　　　 B．on　　　　　　　　 C．of　　　　　　　　 D．down

8.A．opened　　　　　 B．cleaned　　　　　 C．locked　　　　　　 D．watched

9.A．bike　　　　　　 B．car　　　　　　　　 C．factory　　　　　 D．horse

10.A．hole　　　　　　 B．street　　　　　　 C．hurry　　　　　　 D．trouble

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—Edward，who________Li Ping?

—No one.Her parents work far away from home.

A. looks for　　 B. looks at　　 C. looks after　　 D. looks out

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His children work far away from here, and he has nobody to talk to all day long, so he often feels　　 .

A. happy　　 B. lazy　　 C. tired　　 D. lonely

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When Mr. Jones went to a restaurant one day, he left his coat near the door. There was nothing in the pockets of the coat when he left it, so he was very surprised when he took his coat after his meal and found the pockets full of jewelry(珠宝).There was a waiter near the door, so Mr. Jones said to him, “Somebody has made a mistake. He has put some jewelry in my coat. Take it, and when he comes back, give it to him.” The waiter took it and went away. Suddenly another man came in with a coat just like Mr. Jones’s. “I’m sorry ”,said this man. “but I made a mistake. I mistook your coat and you have got mine. Please give me my coat and jewelry .”Mr. Jones answered, “I gave the jewelry to the waiter. He will give it to you.” Mr. Jones called the manager of the restaurant at once, but the manager said, “We have no waiter here. We only have waitresses.” “You gave the jewelry to a thief ！” Shouted the other man. “I shall call the police!” Mr. Jones was frightened and paid the man a lot of money for the jewelry.

1.Who took the jewelry?

A. The waiter.    B. Mr. Jones.       C. The manager.    D. The thief.

2.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. We have no waiters here.                B. Mr. Jones.

C. Jewelry in Mr. Jones’ coat.        D. A clever waiter.

3.Which of the following statements is right?

A. Mr. Jones had put some jewelry in his pocket.

B. Mr. Jones was an honest man.

C. The man who came later was the thief.

D. Mr. Jones was punished by the police.

4.Why was Mr. Jones frightened?

A. The man wanted to beat him.        B. He was afraid of the police.

C. He had no money to pay.      D. He was afraid of the manager.

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Mr. Brown worked in a factory of a small town. He had been there for twenty years before one day he was sent to the capital for important business. He was quite excited because he had never been there before. Before he set off, he asked his wife and three daughters if they wanted him to buy something for them in London. Mrs. Brown began to think it over and then she said she wished her husband would be able to buy a nice umbrella for her, and so did their three daughters. As he was afraid he would forget it, he drew an umbrella on his hand. To his regret, he lost it at the station.

On the train Mr. Brown sat opposite to an old woman. The woman’s umbrella was so nice that he carefully looked at it and said to himself not to forget to buy a few umbrellas like it. When the train arrived at the station in London, he said good-bye to the old woman, took his bag and her umbrella and was going to get off.

“Wait a minute, sir,” shouted the old woman. “That’s my umbrella!”

Now Mr. Brown noticed that he had taken her umbrella. His face turned red at once and said in a hurry, “Oh, I’m very sorry, Madam! I didn’t mean it!”

Seven days later Mr. Brown left the capital. To his surprise, he met the old woman and sat opposite to her again. Looking at the four umbrellas, the old woman was satisfied with herself. “It seems that I had a better result than the other four women.” She thought.

1.The underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refers to ______.

A. his ticket　　　　 B. his bag

C. his drawing　　　 D. his umbrella

2.Why did Mr. Brown take the woman’s umbrella?

A. Because he was lost in thought.

B. Because it was much like his own umbrella.

C. Because he thought the woman would not notice it.

D. Because the woman placed it beside Mr. Brown by mistake.

3.When looking at Mr. Brown with four umbrellas, the woman felt ______.

A. surprised　　　　　　　 B. angry　　　　　 C. lucky　　　　　 D. sad

4.How did Mr. Brown get the four umbrellas?

A. He picked them on the train.

B. He brought them from his small town.

C. He bought them in London.

D. He stole them from four women.

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Mr Green had a little boy. Every day had work he came home and played with his son.

One night ,while Mr Green was at work, he __41__ that he had extra work to do for the evening ,and that he wouldn’t be able to play with his son._____42____ he wanted to give the boy something to keep him  __43__. So , looking around his office , he saw a  44 with a large map of the world on the cover(封面). He got an ___45 ____ He removed the map , tore(撕) it up into small pieces and put all the pieces in his coat pocket.

When he got home , the little boy came running to him and was ready to play. Mr Green ___46___that he had extra work to do and couldn’t play at the moment . Then he   ___47__  all the pieces of the map and put them on the table . He said to the  boy,”_48__” was a map of the world, and  ___49___th time you put it back together, my extra work will be finished, and we can ___50___”. Surely, this would keep the child busy for   ___51___  , he thought.

About half an hour later the boy came to Mr Green and said,” Okay, it’s  ___52___ . Can we play now?”

Mr Green said ,“That’s amazing!_____54 did you do that?” The boy said, “It was55 . On the back of the page was a picture of a man . When I put the man together the whole world fell into place.”

1.A. imagined      B. realized         C. dreamed      D. revealed

2.A. Although      B. Since           C. But          D. Because

3.A. embarrassed   B. smart           C. busy         D. tiring

4.A. bag          B. desk            C. coat         D. magazine

5.A .accident      B. opinion          C. idea         D. explanation

6.A. considered    B. agreed           C. explained    D. decided

7.A .showed up    B. took out          C. set up       D. put into

8.A .It           B  He              C. She        D. One

9.A .by          B  at               C. in         D. for

10.A .work        B play              C. eat         D. sleep

11.A .weeks       B days              C. minutes     D. hours

12.A .used        B. enjoyed           C. bought      D. finished

13.A .easy        B. impossible         C. true        D. important

14.A .How        B. Why             C. What       D. When

15.A .simple      B. difficult           C. confusing    D. misleading

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David worked in a shoe factory，but he was not very good，and he lost his job one day．

His wife looked in the newspaper and said，"One of the banks wants a guard．""I‟m going to go there tomorrow，"David said，"I want that job，the guard' s job．"A man gave him a piece of paper．There were a lot of questions on it．"Please write your answers under the questions．"he said to David．One of the questions was，"Have you ever been in prison？"David smiled and wrote"No．"Then he looked at the next question．It was"Why？"He thought for a long time and then he wrote，"Because the police have never caught me．"

1.David lost his job because　　 　．

A. he was ill badly　　 B. he wasn't good

C. he didn‟t like the job　　 D. his factory was too far away

2.How did he know one of the banks needed a guard？　　 　

A. His wife saw it in the newspaper．

B. His wife worked in that bank．

C. His wife saw it on the computer．

D. His friend told him the information．

3.David went to the bank to　　 　．

A. deposit （储蓄） money　　 B. draw money

C. ask for that job　　 D. work hard

4.The man asked David to　　 　．

A. write his answers under the questions

B. clean the bank

C. show how strong he was

D. give himself up （投案自首）

5.From the text we know David is　　 　．

A. clever　　 B. foolish　　 C. old　　 D. tall．

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Mr. Fang is always the first one to be in the office ________ he lives far from his company.

A. although　　 B. because　 C. when　　　　　 D. as

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Mr. Wang is always the first one to be in the office ________ he lives far from his company.

A. although　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. because　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 C. when　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. as

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