The two men refused to pay the bill because t...

The two men refused to pay the bill because they were not satisfied with the_______.

A. balance　　 B. experience　　 C. position　　 D. service

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One evening two young men were walking in the street together. They tried to find a chance to steal something. The clock struck twelve. Most of the people went to bed. Quickly they came to a house and it seemed that everyone in the house had fallen asleep. Standing at the front gate, one said in English to the other in a low voice, "You wait here. I'll go around to the back door and then get into the house. "Sud­denly out of the house ran a dog, barking at them. The two men were very frightened and ran away as fast as they could. Finally, they stopped at a lonely place. The man said breathlessly, "It's too bad. I hadn't expected(期望)that the dog could understand English. "

1.Why did the two men walk in the street one evening? Because.　　　　 .

A. they couldn’t fall asleep

B. they wanted to steal something

C. they would like to take a walk

D. they went to visit their friends

2."One said in English to the other in a low voice. "From the above sentence we know　　　　　 .

A. he didn't know English

B. he liked speaking English quietly

C. he couldn't speak aloud

D. he was afraid of waking up others

3.The dog ran out of the house and barked at them only because.　　　　　 .

A. it understood English　　 B. it knew them

C. it found someone outside　　 D. Both B and C

4.At last the two young men　　　　　 .

A. stole nothing　　 B. stole something expensive

C. were bitten by the dog　　 D. were caught by the police

5.What did the owners do while the dog was barking?

A. They stopped it.　　 B. They got up quickly.

C. They shouted for help.　　 D. The story didn't tell us.

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One evening two young men were walking in the street together. They tried to find a chance to steal something. The clock struck twelve. Most of people went to bed. Quietly they came to a house. There were no lights in the house and it seemed that everyone in the house had fallen asleep. Standing at the front door gate, one said in English in a low voice, “You wait here. I’ll go round to the back door and then get into the house…” Suddenly out of the house ran a dog, barking at them. The two men were very frightened and ran away as fast as they could. They dare not stop until they got into a lonely place. The man said: “It’s too bad. I hadn’t expected that the dog could understand English.”

1.The two young men were ________.

A. workers     B. doctors      C. thieves

2.There were no lights in the house because _______.

A. the people in the house had been out

B. nobody lived there.

C. It seemed that everyone was asleep.

3.“One said in English to the other in a low voice.” Here means _______.

A. he knew English

B. he didn’t want to let anyone else understand what they would say

C. both A and B

4.“Did the dog understand English really?” _______.

A. Yes, it did.   B. No, it didn’t.   C. No, but it wanted to understand.

5.The dog ran out of the house and barked at them only because ________.

A. it understood English    B. it heard them talking    C. the two men frightened it

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Two men were in the same room of a hospital. They were very ill. One man had to 　　 on his back all day.

Every day, the man sitting up by the window told the other 　　 things outside.

“Some children are feeding the ducks on the lake. They are 　　 bread to them.” “The girls are so 　　 in their summer dresses. They are singing and dancing on the grass.” The other man was happy to 　　 about all the activities and colors of the world outside.

Days and weeks passed. One morning, the man by the window died. The other man asked the nurse to 　　 his bed next to the window.

Finally he could sit up to see the outside, 　　 he was very disappointed. All he could see was a white wall!

“But my roommate had told me so many wonderful 　　 about outside!” he said.

“He was blind(瞎的).　 He couldn’t 　　 see the wall. He just wanted you to live with 　　 ,” said the nurse.

1.A. stand　　 B. sit　　 C. lie

2.A. about　　 B. among　　 C. from

3.A. selling　　 B. eating　　 C. throwing

4.A. beautiful　　 B. sorry　　 C. shy

5.A. talk　　 B. think　　 C. hear

6.A. make　　 B. move　　 C. keep

7.A. but　　 B. and　　 C. so

8.A. ideas　　 B. things　　 C. plans

9.A. ever　　 B. even　　 C. once

10.A. dream　　 B. friendship　　 C. hope

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A ship met a storm at sea and only two of the men were able to swim to a small, deserted island. Not knowing what else to do, they agreed to pray(祈祷) to God on opposite sides of the island.

Of course, the first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit tree on his side. But there was nothing on the other man’s side.

Later the first man prayed for a house, clothes and more food. The next day, all of these things were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing.

Finally, the first man prayed for a ship so that he could leave the island, and the next morning he found a ship.

The first man decided to leave alone. As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice, “Why are you leaving your friend on island?”

“My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one that prayed for them,” the first man answered. “His prayers were all unanswered.”

“You are wrong!” the voice said. “He had only one prayer, which I answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of our blessings.”

“Tell me”, the first man asked, “what he prayed for?”

“He prayed that all your prayers would be answered.”

For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone, but those of others’ prayers for us

1. The first man decided to leave alone because he thought ________.

A. the second man didn’t like him　　　　　　

B. the second man didn’t want to leave

C. he was the one that prayed for the ship　　

D. the second man’s prayers were all answered

2. The underlined word “blessings” means _______ in Chinese?

A. 祈福　 B. 同意　

C. 善良　　 D. 责任

3. The first man could get all the things because ________.

A. God was kind to him　　　　　　　　 B. the second man prayed for him

C. God thought he was unlucky　　　　 D. the second man prayed for nothing

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A.How to live on an island　　　　　　 B. Two men on a ship

C. How to pray　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 D. A friend’s prayer

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Once there were two brothers. They were very good to each other. They were half brothers because the elder brother’s mother was dead, and then his father married again. The stepmother （继母）was not kind to the elder brother, but the younger brother loved him and often helped him.

One day, the mother gave each of the brothers a box of seeds(种子) and enough food for a few days. She said to them, “Take them. Go and plant them. One of you must plant them on the east hill, and the other on the west hill. Don’t come back if the seeds don’t come out. ” The mother gave very bad seeds to the elder brother, but the two brothers didn’t know this, and set out the next morning.

When they came to a bridge, they sat down to rest. After that, they got up to say good-bye to each other, but they took the wrong boxes of seeds!

　　　 Ten days later, the elder brother’s seeds began to grow and he came back. But the younger brother did not return home because his seeds didn’t grow. At last, he died on the hill.

根据短文内容，选择正确案。（10分）

1.One day, the mother gave two boxes of seeds _________

A. only to the elder son      B. only to the younger son

C. to their father           D. to the two sons

2.The mother asked the two brothers to _________.

A.plant the seeds on the west hill     B. come back soon after they planted the seeds

C. plant the seeds on two hills       D. take the trees and plant them.

3. In fact the mother wanted __________

A. the two brothers to plant trees   B. the two brothers to work hard

C. the elder brother to die         D. the younger brother to die

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The mother was not kind to the elder brother

B. The younger brother loved the elder brother

C. The younger brother had two mothers

D. The elder brother had two mothers

5.The story tells us that ________.

A. one mustn’t do bad things       B. one mustn’t take the wrong box

C. one must help others           D. one must use good seeds

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Once, four people went to catch fishes by boat. The first two days, they were very happy because they caught so many fishes. On the third day, unfortunately, they met a terrible storm. The boat sank into the sea. All of them died except Simon. He held a piece of wood and finally Landed on a small island. There was nobody living on the island. Every day, he stood by the sea, hoping a ship could pass by and save him. As days went by, nothing happened.

Simon felt exhausted. He tried his best to build a very simple house because he wanted to keep the cold and rain out. One day, he went out to look for food. When he got back, he found his little house on fire. There was a lot of smoke rising from it. He knew the worst thing had happened. He was full of great sadness and cried, “My friends died. My house burned down. How could I go on living?” At that moment, he didn’t know to do, without any hope.

Early the next day, however, he was woken up by the sound of a ship that was coming to the island. It had come to save him. “How did you find me?” Simon asked in surprise. “We saw the smoke,” one of the men in the ship answered.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1.When did the four people meet a terrible storm?

___________________________________________________________________________

2.What did Simon hold to save his life after the boat sank?

___________________________________________________________________________

3.Why did Simon build a house on the island?

___________________________________________________________________________

4.How did people find Simon at last?

___________________________________________________________________________

5.Was it good or bad for Simon that his house was on fire in the story?

___________________________________________________________________________

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When the two brothers were old enough to marry, their father was not happy because their family wasn’t so rich that the brothers often argued with each other about some small interest and he really didn’t know how they would quarrel when they broke up the family and lived apart.

One day, their father was sick,lying in bed and staring at nothing,when the elder son came over to wish him good health. His father said,” Ask your brothers to come here,and I have something to say.”

The younger brother arrived. Their father sat up and said,”I don’t know how the disease(疾病）hit. I’m feeling terribly unwell.”The brothers persuaded（劝说）their father not to worry about it ,but he shook his head,”In fact I don’t worry about this disease because I manage it ,but if you are in discord with each other in the future, it will be our family’s ‘disease’ and no one can deal with it .”The brothers felt ashamed.

The father got out of the bed,pointed to some chickens in the yard and said,”Look at them sitting there in peace with each other, isn’t it good?”Then their father brought out a bowl of corns,went quietly behind the house and spread most of them on the ground.Then he went back to the yard with only a few corns left and flung at (扔向)the chickens.As soon as they saw the corns,the chickens jumped up,quacked their wings and fought for it .The peaceful world was now filled with”smoke of gunpowder”for some coins.

The brothers smiled and understood what their father was driving at .

Their father added,”Both of you saw more corns are behind the house...”

Actually,aren’t many troubles in life because God scattered(撒)some corns before us?

1.What was the old man worried about ?

A.The elder son would make trouble with the younger one .

B.His family was too poor to leave them anything.

C.The two sons would fight over some small things.

D.The corns in his house was not enough for them to live on.

2.How did the old man think of his illness?

A.It was serious ,but he could go through it .

B.It was serious ,he couldn’t live long.

C.It was not serious ,and he thought it as nothing.

D.It was serious,and he could hardly stand it .

3.The underlined phrase”are in disorder”in paragraph 3 means_____here.

A.agree with each other B.get on badly with each other

C.make friends with each other D.are impolite to each other

4.Why did the old man spread most of corns on the ground ?

A.Because the chickens had already had enough.

B.Because he wanted his sons to grow more corns next year.

C.Because he wanted the chickens to found the rest.

D.Because he wanted to show the terrible scene to his sons.

5.What does the writer want to tell us ?

A.We should fine new ways to deal with troubles in life .

B.There are always bad things in our life which we should face.

C.The disease of a family is more serious than the disease of a person.

D.People should be hard-working and live peacefully together.

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When the two brothers were old enough to marry, their father was not happy because their family wasn’t so rich that the brothers often argued with each other about some small interest. He really didn’t know how they would fight when they broke up the family and lived apart(分开的).

One day, their father was sick, lying in bed and staring(凝视) at something, when the elder son came over to wish him good health. His father said, “Ask your brother to come here, and I have something to say.”

The younger brother arrived. Their father sat up and said, “I don’t know how the disease hit. I’m feeling terribly unwell.” The brothers persuaded (劝说) their father not to worry about it, but he shook his head, “In fact, I don’t worry about the disease because I can manage it, but if you are in disorder with each other in the future, it will be our family’s disease and no one can deal with it.” The brothers felt ashamed.

The father got out of the bed, pointed to some chickens in the yard and said, “Look at them sitting there in peace with each other, isn’t it good?” Then their father brought out a bowl of corns, went quietly behind the house and spread most of them on the ground. Then he went back to the yard with only a few corns left and flung(挥动) at the chickens. As soon as they saw the corns, the chicken jumped up, waved their wings and fought for it. The peaceful world was now filled with smoke of gunpowder for some corns.

The brothers smiled and understood what their father was driving at.Their father added, “Both of you saw more corns are behind the house…” As a matter of fact, aren’t there many troubles in life because God spread some corns before us?

1.How did the old man think of his illness?

A.It was serious, but he could go through it.

B.It was serious, so he couldn’t live long.

C.It was serious, and he could hardly stand it.

D.It was not serious, and he thought of it as nothing.

2.Why did the old man spread most of the corns on the ground?

A.Because the chickens had already had enough.

B.Because he wanted the chickens to fight for the rest.

C.Because he wanted to show the terrible scene to his sons.

D.Because he wanted his sons to grow more corns next year.

3.What does the writer want to tell us?

A.We should find new ways to deal with troubles in life.

B.People should be hard-working and live peacefully together.

C.There are always bad things in our life which we should face.

D.The disease of a family is more serious than the disease of a person.

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Two men were sitting together in a plane. They were on a long journey. One of the men was a businessman. The other was a farmer. They sat without talking for a while, then the farmer said, “Let’s do something to pass the time.”

“What do you want to do?” the businessman asked. “We can ask each other riddles.” The farmer said, “You start.” “Let’s make the rules first,” the businessman said. “That’s not fair. You are a businessman with much knowledge. You know more things than I do. I am just a farmer.”

“That’s true.” The businessman said. “What do you want we should do?” “If you don’t know the answer to a riddle, you pay me $100. And if I don’t know the answer, I’ll pay you $50.” The farmer said. The businessman thought about this, then he said, “OK. That’s fair. Who will go first?”

“I will,” The farmer said. “Here is my riddle. What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies?” The business man repeated the riddle, “What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies? Mm, that’s a good one. I’m afraid I don’t know the answer.” He gave the farmer $100, then said, “Tell me the answer. What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies?” “I don’t know.” The farmer said and gave him $50.

1.What does the word “riddle” mean in this story?

A. A difficult question to find the answer to.

B. Something to help to make rules.

C. Something to win money.

D. a kind of game in doing business.

2.Why did the businessman agree to give more money if he lost?

A. He made much more money than the farmer.

B. He thought he knew more than the farmer.

C. He was interested in making riddles.

D. He was better at playing riddle games.

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The two men made rules for their riddle.

B. The farmer was much cleverer than the businessman.

C. The two men made their riddle game more interesting by paying it for money.

D. The business was not as clever as the farmer, but the businessman had more money than the farmer.

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