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One day, my father and I were in line to buy tickets for the circus(马戏表演). And a family was standing in front of us.
The family had eight children. Their clothes were not expensive but clean．The children talked about the clowns(小 丑), elephants, monkeys and other things excitedly. It was their first time to go to the circus.
The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly answered, “I want eight children’s tickets and two adults’ tickets, so I can take my family to the circus.”
The ticket lady said the price. The man's wife lowered her head and there was no smile on th e man's face. He quietly asked, “How much did you say?”
The ticket lady said the price again. The man didn’t have enough money. How could he tell his eight kids the bad news? My dad put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground．(In fact, we were not rich!) Then my dad said, “Excuse me, sir, this dropped out of your pocket.”
The man knew what was going on. He looked into my dad’s eyes, held my dad’s hand in his, and took the $20 bill. “Thank you, sir, thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family.”
My father and I went back home. We didn’t go to see the circus that night, but we didn’t care.
1.What can children see in the circus?
A. clowns B. elephants C. monkeys D. all of them
2.The father wanted to buy _________ tickets.
A. four B. six C. eight D. ten
3.The underlined words “lower” might mean __________ in the passage.
A. 低头 B. 抬头 C. 跳上 D. 跳下
4.Who saw the circus that night?
A. The man’s family B. The writer’s family
C. None of them D. All of them
5.We can infer(推测)that the writer’s father is a ________ person.
A. young B. handsome C. lucky D. kind
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One day, my father and I were in line to buy tickets for the circus（马戏团）. And a family was standing in front of us. The family had eight children. Their clothes were not expensive but clean．The children talked about the clowns, elephants and other things excitedly. It was their first time to go to the circus.
The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly answered, “I want eight children’s tickets and two adults’ tickets, so I can take my family to the circus.” The ticket lady said the price. The man's wife lowered her head and there was no smile on the man's face. He quietly asked, “How much did you say?” The ticket lady said the price again. The man didn’t have enough money. How could he tell his eight kids the bad news? My dad put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground．(In fact, we were not rich!) Then my dad said, “Excuse me, sir, this dropped out of your pocket.” The man knew what was going on. He looked into my dad’s eyes, held my dad’s hand in his, and took the $20 bill. “Thank you, sir, thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family.” My father and I went back home. We didn’t go to see the circus that night, but we didn’t care.
1.The father wanted to buy _________ tickets.
A. four B. six
C. eight D. ten
2.The underlined words “lowered” might mean __________ in the passage.
A. move…down B. jump…down
C. move…up D. jump…up
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The writer’s family saw the circus that night.
B. The man’s family saw the circus that night.
C. The writer’s father helped the man find his lost $20 bill.
D. The writer’s and the man’s families had a lot of money.
4.We can infer(推测)that the writer’s father is a ________ person.
A. young B. handsome
C. lucky D. kind
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Annie lived alone in Chicago. One day, she fell down in her bedroom and broke her leg. So she tried to call her friend Lisa. But she dialed (拨打) a wrong number. The call reached Taylor, an 18-year-old girl. She was a college student and she lived hundreds of miles away from Chicago.
At that time Taylor was reading in bed. She thought it was somebody playing a joke. When she was going to hang up the phone, she heard a woman saying “Help! Help!” From it Taylor thought something bad must have happened to the woman. After she got the woman’s name and address, Taylor called 911 at once. Then she tried to make Annie feel comfortable. She spoke to Annie on the phone till the doctors arrived at Annie’s house. At last Annie was taken to hospital in time.
As soon as Annie felt better, she wrote a letter to Taylor to thank her.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
1.Where did Annie live?
_______________________________________________________________________
2.What happened to her one day?
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3.Who answered the telephone?
_______________________________________________________________________
4.How did Taylor help Annie?
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5.Why did Annie write the letter to Taylor?
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Peter and John studied in the same class. And they lived next to each other. One day Peter's house was on fire. John rushed into the house and carried Peter out of the room. Peter was thankful to him and they became good friends. Just before they finished middle school, the war broke out. They both joined the army. And they always helped each other.
In a hard fight John killed two enemy soldiers but one of his legs was broken He couldn't fight any longer. Peter found it and ran to help him.
"Take me to the hospital at once." John called out. " Or I'll die! "Don't worry, my friend," said Peter. " I'll do my best to save you ! " Then he carried John on his back and ran to the hospital as fast as he could. As he was running, a flying fragment(弹片) cut John's head o[f, but Peter didn't know about it. At the gate of the hospital a soldier stopped Peter and asked, "What are you carrying the man without a head for?" Peter placed John on the ground and found his poor friend had already died "Oh. clear! " cried Peter. " When he asked me to carry him to the hospital five minutes ago, he had a head with him ! "
根据上述内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的存答题卡上将“F”涂黑。
1.Peter and John studied in the same class. And they lived next to each other.
2.John's house was on fire. Peter rushed into the house and carried John out of the room.
3.Peter would do his best to save John.
4.When John asked Peter to carry him to the hospital. he had a head with him!
5.In fact<事实上）,when they arrived at the hospital, John died.
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Mr. Smith lived in a village far away __ 16_ a town . One day he felt very ill and every one 17he would die . They sent for a doctor . The doctor 18 and looked at the man closely . The doctor asked for a pen and ___19 paper to write down the name of the medicine(药). But there was no pen_20 _ paper because all the villagers never went to school before. The doctor had to use a piece of charcoal to write down the name of the medicine on the door of the house. “Get this medicine for him .” he said , “and he will ___ 21 _ get better .” Mr Smith’s family and friends didn't know _ _22__ to do . They could not read the __ 23_ writing . Then Mr. Smith’s son had an idea . He shut ___24 the door of the house , put it on his back and ran to the nearest town . He bought the medicine , he soon got rid of his __ 25. He would not let anyone wash the magic words from the door .
| 2. | | A．thinks | B．saw | C．thought | D．sure | |
| 3. | | A．arrived | B．got to | C．arrived at | D．reached | |
| 6. | | A．quick | B．quickly | C．soon | D．fast | |
| 7. | | A．what | B．how | C．whether | D．why | |
| 8. | | A．beautiful | B．bad | C．good | D．strange | |
| 10. | | A．ill | B．illness | C．sick | D．sad | |
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Mary and Donald Smith lived in the same building. Donald 41 a toy company. One day Donald gave Mary. the 4-year-old girl. a new toy. She played with it and said. "This is fun! A few weeks later Donald gave her 42 toy. She played with it and then said. "I'm not 43 in this toy. It doesn't work." For years Donald gave Mary new toys. and she gave him very good 44 about the toys.
When Mary was 13 years old. Donald showed her a new ball. Mary wanted to 45 the ball with small stones to make it 46 .The company made this change. Mary's idea was a great success! The company sold thousands of the balls.
That Christmas. Donald gave Mary an 47 gift. He made her vice-president(副总裁) of the toy company. She made $200,000 a year. Her job was lo see 48 the new toys were fun. She worked 49 three or four hours a day at her job, then she had to do her homework.
Today Mary works at a college. The little vice-president with bright ideas helps students think about their 50.
1.A. owned B. rioted c. owns D. closes
2.A. other B. other C. the other D. another
3.A. excited B. interested C. relaxed D. bored
4.A. ways B. designs C. questions D. ideas
5.A. fill B. full C. add D. pour
6.A. noisy B. quiet C. light D. future
7.A. special B. awful C. amazing D. useful
8. A. when B. if C. as D. since
9.A.BI B. in C. for D. with
10.A. company B. toys C. homework D. future
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In May, 1976, Gaynor was a nine-year-old girl and lived in North Wales. One day, on her way home from school, she saw a silver(银色的)object(物体)in a field not far from her home. The object looked like a saucer.
Gaynor was very scared. She stayed behind the tall grass and watched the door of the strange object open. She saw two aliens wearing silver suits get out. Then they used something to examine(检测)the ground. They were short and had pink eyes. After about thirty minutes, the two aliens went back into the object. Then it took off.
When Gaynor got home, she told her mother about this unusual experience, but her family decided to keep quiet about it. They didn’t want others to laugh at their daughter.
However, 18 months later, Gaynor told her story to UFO scientists. They found out that Gaynor told the truth.
1. Where did Gaynor see the UFO?
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2. What did Gaynor see when the door of the UFO opened?
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3. What did the two aliens do?
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4. What did the two aliens look like?
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5.Why did Gaynor's parents keep quiet about her unusual experience?
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The Magic Medicine
There once lived in China a very foolish king and his queen．One day the queen had a baby daughter．When they saw their baby，they both cried out，“My goodness！How small it is！It’s hairless and toothless！It’s a monster！”They sent for all the doctors in the country and ordered them to prepare some medicine for her．
“When she drinks your medicine，she must grow to the right size and have hair and teeth，”the king said．“If you don’t do this．you’ll have a beating．”The doctors thought it impossible，but they dared not say anything against the king’s order．Just then an old doctor stepped forward．“Oh，we shall certainly obey your order，”he said，“but it takes time．We have to dig a mineral from Mount Kunlun when the snow melts for the second time．The snow melts on those mountains only once in six years．So we need twelve years．”
At last the king agreed and the doctors took away the little princess．On her twelfth birthday，they brought her back to her parents with long black hair and beautiful teeth．The king and queen were very happy and gave the doctors expensive presents．
1.Which of the following words makes the sentence untrue？The baby was________．
A．toothless B．hairless C．unusual D．small
2.The doctors would be beaten if________．
A．the baby daughter didn’t drink their medicine
B．they refused to obey the king’s order
C．the baby daughter grew to the right size
D．the baby daughter became a monster
3.The old doctor wanted to keep the king’s daughter for twelve years because________．
A．they needed a lot of different plants
B．they needed a lot of different minerals
C．this would give the baby time to grow up
D．they had to dig a mineral when the snow melted for the second time
4.The doctors thought it impossible________．
A．for them to change the king’s order
B．for them to prepare the medicine in twelve years
C．for the small baby to drink the medicine
D．for them to make the baby have teeth and hair at once
5.________，the king wouldn’t have given them expensive presents．
A．Had the doctors not brought back a beautiful girl
B．If the doctors hadn’t found the minerals
C．Had the doctors not been able to prepare the magic medicine
D．If the daughter were still a“monster”twelve years later
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Mr. Hunt was living in a village and he wanted to go to an office one day. He got into his car and drove to the city. He went there without any trouble and stopped in front of the door. He locked his car and started to go into the office, but then he turned around and went back to his car. “I've left my keys in it!” he said to himself. Then he called his wife and said, “Excuse me, but I've locked my keys in my car, please bring your keys to me.”
Mrs. Hunt got into their second car and drove thirty kilometers to her husband. But while Mr. Hunt was waiting, he walked around his car and tried the other door. It was not locked. He locked it quickly before his wife arrived.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1.Mr. Hunt went to the city .
A. by bus B. by bike C. in his car D. by plane
2.It was for Mr. Hunt to drive to the office.
A. quite easy B. a problem
C. interesting D. difficult
3. Mr. Hunt returned to his car because .
A. he forgot to call his wife
B. he left his keys in the car
C. he took something in the car
D. there was something wrong with his car
4. Mr. Hunt found while he was waiting for his wife.
A. his keys in his pocket
B. he didn't lock both of the doors of the car
C. he got to a wrong office
D. he could get his keys without his wife’s help
5.When Mrs. Hunt arrived, she would find Mr. Hunt .
A. needed her help very much
B. had already got his keys
C. had already gone into the office
D. had already sat in the car
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完形填空（15分,每题1.5分）
Mark lived in a village far away. One day he became very ill and everyone thought he would _____ soon. They sent for a doctor. Two days _____ the doctor came and looked over the sick man. ______ asked for a pen and some paper to write down the name of the medicine. But there was no pen ______ paper in the village, because no one could write.
The doctor _____ up a piece of burnt wood from the fire and wrote the name of the medicine on the ______ of the house. “ Get this medicine for him, and he will get ______ soon. ” he said. Mark’s family and friends did not know_______ to do. They could not read the strange words. Then a young man _______an idea. He took off the door of the house, put it on his carriage(马车) and drove to the nearest ______. He bought the medicine there, and Mark was soon well again.
1.A. wake B.cry C.die
2.A. late B.later C.ago
3.A. The sick man B.Mark C.The doctor
4.A.and B.or C.then
5.A.picked B.held C.made
6.A. ground B.window C.door
7.A.well B.worse C.bad
8.A.when B.what C.where
9.A.thought B.hit C.caught
10.A.shop B.farm C.hospital
