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James and Harry came to London and stayed in the same hotel.
James came in in a great hurry one evening．A friend had offered him a ticket for a play. He saw a 1etter on the hall table．“That will keep till I get back，”he thought，“no time to lose now．”And he went off．
Harry came in a minute after James．There was a letter for him，too，which he opened at once．It was from the secretary(秘书)of a company，offering him a post(职位)in their office. He Was told to be there at 10 a．m．the next morning，as there were others who wanted the job.
James got back from the play at midnight．He was sleepy．“That letter can be opened in the morning，”he thought．The next morning when he woke up，he at once jumped out of bed，tore(撕)it open-his face fell .It was a similar letter to the one Harry had received the night before. But James’ chance was gone .It was five to ten, and he could never be at the office in time.
1.One evening James came in in a great hurry because ________.
A．he knew there was a letter on the hall table
B．he had to tell someone to keep his letter until he got back
C．he was afraid he would be late for the play
D．his friend was waiting for him outside the hotel
2.As soon as he woke up，James________.
A．wondered where Harry had gone
B．was eager(急切的)to know the time
C．knew he could never be at the office in time
D．remembered the letter from the company
3.The underlined sentence “his face fell” in the passage means“________”.
A．he knew there was something wrong with his face
B．he felt very sorry for missing the chance
C．he fell down on his face
D．he realized that he had lost his face
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The idea for the book Harry Potter and the philosopher’s Stone came to Joanne Kathleen Rowling in 1990. It took her seven years to finish writing it. During those seven years she had a number of jobs, including one job as an English teacher in Portugal.
Rowling sent the book to four publishers before one of them bought it. She was very happy to sell her book because it was her life’s dream to be a published writer. Before she sold her book, Rowling was short of money, living in a small apartment with her daughter. She could not afford heat in the winter.
Harry Potter became very successful with children and adults in England. The book also really took off in the United States. After her second and third books were published, the three Harry Potter books filled the top three places on many newspapers’ lists of best-sellers. Then the books were made into popular movies. Without question, Rowling’s life had completely changed, in just three years.
Harry Potter has now sold more than 30 million books around the world and has been translated into more than thirty-five languages. In 1997, she earned £70 (about US$110) a week. By the end of 2001, she had earned over £150 million ($250 million), making her one of the most successful female writers of all time.
1.Rowling’s dream was .
A. to be a book seller B. to make a movie
C. to have her books published D. to be an English teacher
2.Which sentence is TRUE about the first Harry Potter book?
A. Four publishers bought it. B. It took the writer many years to finish it.
C. It was first published in Portugal. D. Rowling got the idea from her daughter.
3.Harry Potter has been translated into languages.
A. about 50 B. more than 35 C. about 70 D. more than 150
4.This reading is about .
A. the writer’s life B. Harry Potter’s life
C. how the book became a movie D. why Harry Potter is popular
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The idea for the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone came to Joanne Kathleen Rowling in 1990. It took her seven years to finish writing it. During those seven years she had a number of jobs, including one job as an English teacher.
Rowling sent the book to four publishers (出版社) before one of them bought it. She was very happy to sell her book because it was her life's dream to be a published writer. Before she sold her book, Rowling was living in a small apartment with her daughter and was so poor that she could not afford heat in the winter.
Harry Potter became very successful with children and adults in England. The book also really took off in the United States. After her second and third books were published, the three Harry Potter books filled the top three places on many newspapers' lists of best-sellers. Then the books were made into popular movies. Without question, Rowling's life had completely changed, in just three years.
Harry Potter books have now sold more than 30 million books around the world and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. In 1997, Rowling was earning ￡70 a week.
By the end of 2001, she had earned over ￡150 million, making her one of the most successful female writers of all time.
1.Which sentence is TRUE about the first Harry Potter book?
A. Rowling got the idea from her daughter.
B. It took the writer seven years to finish it.
C. Four publishers bought it.
2. Rowling's dream was
A. to be a magician
B. to make a movie
C. to have her books published
3.How many languages have Harry Potter books been translated into?
A. More than 35. B. About 135. C. About 90.
4.From the passage, we know that .
A. not many writers are as successful as Rowling is
B. Rowling lived a rich life before her books were published
C. Rowling became successful because of a movie
5.This passage is mainly about _ .
A. why Harry Potter is popular
B. Rowling's life
C. Harry Potter's life
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Peter and James were brothers. One afternoon___the lessons were over, they stayed in school to help their teachers. They___for an hour. Then the teacher said, “Thank you, boys. We will finish the work tomorrow. Now you must go home.” When the boys___home, it was seven o’clock. There was a light inside their house and the door was___. They could see a man inside, too. “Who can it be?” thought Peter. “Father and mother have gone shopping. They won’t be at home___eight o’clock.” When the man___saw Peter, he smiled and said, “Come in! You don’t know me, but I’m your___friend. He has asked me to fetch some money for him.” The man didn’t see James.
Peter went inside and began talking to the man but James didn’t. He quickly but quietly ran off to call the police. He soon found a policeman and___him back to their home. The man was still there, but when he saw the policeman, he tried to run off. The policeman___him. Just then Mr. and Mrs. Baker, the boy’s parents ___.
1.A. if B. when C. before D. until
2.A. studied B. worked C. played D. watched
3.A. arrived at B. went to C. got to D. reached
4.A. open B. opened C. opening D. close
5.A. at B. since C. until D. after
6.A. away B. out C. outside D. inside
7.A. father B. fathers C. father’s D. brother’s
8.A. brought B. bring C. take D. caught
9.A. stoped B. stopped C. catch D. saw
10.A. returned B. come C. arrive D. reached
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Mr. Grey was the manager（经理） of a small office in London. He lived in the country, and came to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office if it was not raining, because it gave him some exercises. One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger（陌生人） stopped him and said to him, “ You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without any money in my pocket（口袋）. I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend(借) me some money, and you lent me five pounds（英镑）, because you said that you were happy to take a chance（机会）so as to give a man a start on the road to success.” Mr. Grey thought for a few moments and then said, “ Yes, I remember you. Go on（继续） with your story.” “ Well,” answered the stranger,” are you still willing to take a chance?”
1.Mr. Grey walked to his office only when the weather was ________.
A. well B. not raining
C. bad D. raining
2.Mr. Grey walked because _________________.
A. he was poor
B. it was not raining
C. it helped him in good health (健康)
D. he had a lot of homework
3.Mr. Grey __________ the stranger some years ago.
A. had stopped B. had met
C. had said to D. had helped
4.The stranger__________________ since then.
A. had been successful B. had still been poor
C. had been rich D. had had much money
5.Now the stranger wanted to _________________________ .
A. ask for some money again
B. give Mr. Grey his money back
C. help Mr. Grey
D. lend(借给) Mr. Grey some money
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Mr. Grey was the manager of a small office in London. He lived in the country, and came to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office if it was not raining, because it gave him some exercises. One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him, “ You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without any money in my pocket. I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me some money, and you lent me five pounds, because you said that you were happy to take a chance so as to give a man a start on the road to success.” Mr. Grey thought for a few moments and then said, “ Yes, I remember you. Go on with your story.” “ Well,” answered the stranger, “Are you still ready to take a chance again?”
1.Mr. Grey walked to his office only when the weather was ________.
A. well B. fine C. bad D. raining
2.Mr. Grey walked because _______.
A. he was poor
B. it was not raining
C. it helped him in good health
D. he had a lot of homework
3.Mr. Grey _______ the stranger some years before.
A. had stopped B. had called
C. had heard of D. had helped
4.The stranger ______ since then.
A. had been successful B. had still been poor
C. had been rich D. had had much money
5.Now the stranger wanted to ______.
A. ask for some money again
B. give Mr. Grey his money back
C. help Mr. Grey
D. lend Mr. Grey some money
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Mr Grey was the manager of a small office in London. He lived in the country, and came to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office if it was not raining, because it gave him some exercises. One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him, “You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without any money in my pocket. I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me some money, and you lent me five pounds, because you said that you were happy to take a chance so as to give a man a start on the road to success.” Mr. Grey thought for a few moments and then said, “Yes, I remember you. Go on with your story.” “Well,” answered the stranger, “Are you still ready to take a chance again?”
1.Mr. Grey walked to his office only when the weather was ________.
A. well B. fine
C. bad D. raining
2.Mr. Grey walked because __ _.
A. he was poor
B. it was not raining
C. it helped him in good health
D. he had a lot of homework
3. Mr. Grey _______ the stranger some years before.
A. had stopped B. had called
C. had heard of D. had helped
4.The stranger ______ since then.
A. had been successful B. had still been poor
C. had been rich D. had had much money
5.Now the stranger wanted to ______.
A. ask for some money again
B. give Mr. Grey his money back
C. help Mr. Grey
D. lend Mr. Grey some money
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Mr. Green worked in an office in London, but he lived in the country and came to work by train every day. The station was not very far from his office, and he always went on foot from the station to his office and back from his office to the station. Every evening he walked past a poor man near a bridge. The man sat at the road and sold matches, and there was a dog near him. There was a piece of wood round the dog’s neck, and the words “I AM BLIND” were on the piece of wood.
Mr.Green was a kind man. He always stopped and gave a penny to the man, but he did not take any of his matches. One day, Mr.Green had a lot of work in his office and left the office very late. He came to the man and his dog, but he did not stop. The poor man stood up quickly, ran after him and said, “You’re always very kind to me. Give me a penny today. I’m a poor man.” Mr.Green stopped and he was surprised. Then he said, “You’re a blind man. How did you see me?” The poor man said, “No, I’m not blind. My dog is.”
1.Mr.Green lived in __________.
A．London
B．the city near London
C．the country near London
D．the country not far from his office
2.Mr.Green went to his office __________.
A．by train
B．first by train and then on foot
C．on foot
D．first on foot and then by train
3.Every evening Mr.Green passed a poor man near a bridge__________.
A．on his way to work
B．on the way to his office
C．on his way home by train
D．on his way to the station
4.One day Mr.Green did not stop and give the poor man a penny because__________.
A．he did not like the man
B．he was afraid of the dog
C．he worked too late
D．he hurried to catch the train
5.-- What is the Chinese for “blind”?
-- ___________________.
A．看见的 B．聋的 C．瞎的 D．哑的
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It was a cold night in Washington, D.C., and I was heading back to the hotel when a man came to me. He asked if I would give him some money so he could get something to eat. I’d read the signs: “Don’t give money to panhandlers (乞丐）.” So I shook my head and kept walking.
I wasn’t prepared for a reply, but he said, “I really am homeless and I really am hungry! You can come with me and watch me eat!” But I kept on walking.
I couldn’t forget what happened to me that day for the rest of the week. I had money in my
pocket and it wouldn’t have killed me to hand over a dollar or two even if he had been lying. On a very cold night, no less, I thought the worst of a fellow human being. Flying back to Anchorage, I still couldn’t help thinking of him.
I was the writer of a weekly garden column (专栏）at The Anchorage Daily News. One day, out of the blue, I came up with an idea. Bean’s Cafe, the soup kitchen in Anchorage, feeds
hundreds of hungry people every day. Why not try to get all my readers to plant one row in their
gardens for Bean’s? Plant a row and take it down to Bean’s. Clean and simple.
We didn’t keep records back then, but the idea began to take off. People would call me when they took something in. Those who only grew flowers gave them away. Food for the spirit.
In 1995 , the Garden Writers Association of America ( GWAA) held their meeting in Anchorage and alter learning of Anchorage’s program, Plant a Row for Bean’s became Plant a Row for the Hungry. The idea was to have every member of the Garden Writers Association of America write or talk about planting a row for the hungry.
As more and more people started working with the program, many companies gave free seed to customers and had the logo (商标）seen in public.
Garden editor Joan Jackson raised more than 30,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables her first year, and showed the public how the program could really work. Texas fruit farms gave away food to their local food bank alter hearing about Plant a Row. Today the program continues to grow.
I am shocked that millions of Americans are threatened by hunger. If every gardener in
America - and we’re seventy million strong - plants one row for the hungry, we can make a difference in the number of neighbors who don’t have enough to eat. Maybe then I will stop feeling guilty (愧 疚) about walking past a hungry man I could have helped.
1.Did the writer give money to the hungry man?
2.How did the writer feel alter flying back to Anchorage?
3.What did the writer try to get his readers to do?
4.What did the GWAA do for the “Plant a Row” program?
5.What is the purpose of the program?
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Mr. Smith had a hotel near the biggest train station in London. A lot of foreigners stayed there for the night. Mr. Smith only knew English, so he found it not easy for him to understand the people from other countries such as Russia, France and Japan. He thought Russian was boring but Japanese was interesting. So he asked a friend of his who knew Japanese to teach him. He studied hard and happily. At first he learned some, but soon he found that it wasn’t easy to remember Japanese words. His friend asked him to write down the useful words on his notebook so that he could use them. He did as he was told. He found it helpful for him to do so.
One evening, there were a lot of people in the dinning room of his hotel. They were all busy eating something, but a Japanese was walking up and down there. He seemed to be waiting for someone. Mr. Smith thought to himself, “ Maybe the man is hungry and wants to eat something, but he doesn’t know any English. I’ll try to help him.”
Because Mr. Smith knew only a little Japanese, he had to take out his notebook and showed the sentence “ I am very hungry” to the Japanese.
To his surprise, the Japanese took a look at it and gave him two dollars, and then left the hotel.
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1.In this passage, Mr. Smith learned ______ from one of his friends.
A. Russian B. French
C. English D. Japanese
2.After a few days, Mr. Smith found it ______ to learn Japanese.
A. interesting B. difficult
C. boring D. easy
3.Mr. Smith decided to help the man because he ______.
A. thought the man was hungry
B. found the man was really upset
C. could practice Japanese with the man
D. knew who the man was waiting for
4.If Mr. Smith knew more about the Japanese language, the Japanese would ______
A. go to walking up and down
B. teach him more useful words
C. stay in the dinning room for dinner
D. help him serve other foreigners
5.Which of the following is WRONG?
A. Mr. Smith knew three foreign languages.
B. The Japanese thought Mr. Smith was a man asking for money.
C. The Japanese might be waiting for someone to have supper together.
D. The Japanese might be worried because nobody could understand him.
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