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　　In England everyone talks about the weather. It's the most common (普通的) subject. They start talking like this,“Do you think it will rain?”“Isn't it a fine day?”

　　Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they never agree with each other. One may say,“Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It's going to rain tomorrow.”the other may say,“It's going to clear up.”

　　People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it is going to rain, and he won't believe anything else. When friends have a picnic, they are so sure the sky is going to become clear very quickly that they won't sit eating their lunch while it rains.

　　Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says. But he doesn't tell them what they want. He will come closer to being correct (正確的) than anyone else.

1．English people usually start their talking by ________.

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A．a(chǎn)sking their names

B．saying something about the weather

C．saying“sorry”to each other

D．talking about their address

2．When some one asks“Isn't it a fine day?”he means ________.

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A．he doesn't know it is a fine day

B．he doesn't think it is a fine day

C．he thinks it is a fine day

D．he knows it isn't a fine day

3．Then people want to have a picnic , they will ________.

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A．wait until it is fine

B．enjoy their picnic

C．hope to hear it is going to be rainy

D．believe it is going to rain

4．When a farmer needs water, he hopes to hear ________.

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A．it will be a fine day

B．it will be a windy day

C．it will be a cold day

D．it will be a rainy day

5．The weatherman ________.

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A．only tells people the fine day

B．tells people what they want

C．is closer to being right than anyone else

D．often makes mistake

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　　An old porter (搬運(yùn)工) had worked for the railway for a very long time. One morning he was standing in one of the big railway stations and waiting for travellers to ask him to help them with luggage, when he saw a small man running towards the train with a big bag in his hand.

　　The porter watched the man for a few seconds, and then the man saw the porter. At once the small man ran up to the porter and said,“Can I catch 10 : 35 train to London, porter?”He was breathing very fast, and he seemed worried. The old porter looked at him for a moment and then said with a smile ,“Well , sir. I'd like to help you , but I can't answer your question because I don't know how fast you can run along rails (鐵軌) . You see ,”he explained ,“the 10 : 35 train to London left five minutes ago.”

1．The old porter's job was ________.

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A．to stand in the railway station

B．to answer the travellers' questions

C．to help the travellers carry their luggage

D．to ask the travellers to help him

2．One morning a small man ________.

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A．was waiting for the porter to help him

B．was running along rails

C．was waiting for the train to London

D．was in a hurry to catch the 10 : 35 train to London

3．The small man looked worried because ________.

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A．he couldn't run so fast as the train

B．he didn't know he could catch the 10 : 35 train to London

C．the porter watched him for a few seconds

D．he last his bag

4．At the end of the story, the porter ________.

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A．told the small man there was no 10 : 35 train to London

B．told the small man when he could catch the train

C．helped the small man to catch the train

D．play a joke on the small man

5．When the porter told the small man the train had left, the time was ________.

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　　Mrs Black lives in a small town with her children. Four years ago, her husband died in a traffic accident. He left her nothing except three children and an old house. Her work is to clean the street. They pay her some money for it and it's only enough for their food and clothes.

　　It was Mabel's birthday one day. Mrs Black had not enough money to buy a birthday cake for her. When she was walking past a shop, she spent all her money on some plums (李子). She put them on a plate and began to cook. Peter, her five-year-old son, saw them. He never ate any plums and wanted to taste one. He looked around and there was nobody except himself. He quickly ate one and left.

　　That evening Mrs Black found a plum missing. She asked,“Who ate the plum?”

　　Every child answered,“It's not me.”

　　“I'm afraid you swallowed (吞) the stone (核) ,”said the mother ,“then you'll be ill.”

　　“Don't worry about it , Mummy ,”P(pán)eter said happily. “I threw the stone out of the window!”

1．Mrs Black is a ________.

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2．There are ________ people in Mrs Black's family.

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3．Mrs Black bought some plums for Mabel because ________.

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4．Peter ate a plum for the first time because ________.

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A．he was too young

B．the fruit could make him ill

C．his mother hadn't enough money to buy it before

D．he didn't like to eat any fruit at all

5．In fact (事實(shí)上) , Peter told his mother that ________.

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　　Mr White works in an office. One day, when he had lunch, a friend came to visit him. They were very happy and talked a lot. Then they looked at the clock on the walk. It was time to go to the office. He had to say goodbye to his friend and left. It was raining hard and the streets were wet. He drove too fast to see the red lights. And he couldn't stop his car and hit a car in front of his. An old man got off and called out angrily,“What are you doing? Do you want to hit me to death?”

　　“I'm sorry , sir,”said Mr White.“I didn't find the lights turned red.”Then he brought out a bottle of wine (酒) and gave it to the old man.

　　“It's very cold today, sir,”said Mr White.“Please drink a little, then you'll be warm.”

　　The old man drank some wine and became happy. He asked,“I'm feeling much better now. Why don't you drink any?”

　　“I can't drink anything now, sir,”answered Mr White.

　　“I'm waiting for the policeman coming. Only drunkards (酒鬼) cause accidents, you know!”

1．The story happened ________.

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2．Mr White drove too fast because ________.

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3．Mr White hit the car because ________.

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4．Mr White gave a bottle of wine to the old man ________.

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A．to put the blame (責(zé)任) onto him

B．to make him happy

C．to make him warm

D．to leave there before the policeman came

5．At last , ________.

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A．the old man felt much better

B．the old man was friendly to Mr White

C．Mr White drank some , too

D．Mr White fooled (愚弄) the old man

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　　This is really a very fast game , the fastest I have seen this year. Both sides are fighting for the ball all the time. The crowd enjoy every minute of it. They're shouting at the tops of their voices.

　　Willis has the ball now, This is only his third game for England, but he's playing so well that it won't be his last. I'm quite sure.

　　Willis passes the ball to Cotton, Cotton kicks it over the heads of the Frenchmen, towards the goal. But he's too far away. Dupont picks it up easily , and throws it to Patou out on the left. France and England still have one goal each , and there are only two minutes left of the game. But during that time, anything can happen. Patou kickes the ball across to Crozat. It's beautiful kick, but Stevens jumps and just stops the ball with the side of his head. But Meunier is there, he passes to Crozat, and Grozat without waiting a second, puts the ball into the back of the goal. It surprises everybody. I've never seen a goal like it.

　　And the game is over. France has won the cup.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

1．When there are five minutes left , ________.

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A．a(chǎn) Frenchman has got the ball

B．a(chǎn)n Englishman has got the ball

C．the ball is high up in the air

D．the Frenchmen are passing the ball

2．Cotton can't kick the ball into the goal because________.

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A．he is too far away from the goal

B．the Frenchmen stop the ball with their heads

C．he doesn't kick the ball hard enough

D．he kicks the ball over the goal

3．“In that time, anything can happen.”It means that ________.

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A．nothing more will happen to change the game

B．there is time for another goal

C．the game is nearly over

D．a(chǎn)nything can happen after the game

4．Grozat gets a goal________.

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A．when the game is over

B．a(chǎn)s soon as Meunier passes him the ball

C．the second time he has the ball

D．when Patou kicks the ball to him

5．Both sides are fighting for the ball all the time. They are trying to ________ it.

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24 Station Road

Hallam

November 14 , 1996

　　Dear Aunt Mary ,

　　Jane and I were very sorry to hear that Uncle John died last Thursday. Mother and father stayed with us Last Saturday and Sunday, and they told us the sad news. We knew Uncle John was not well, of course, and the cold weather during the past few weeks did not help him to get better, but the news came as a surprise , all the same.

　　We were most unhappy that we could not come and see you both ten days ago , on Uncle John's birthday. Mother told me that he was his old self , laughing and full of life. This is how , I am sure , Jane and I will always remember him. He was a good man and he was never too busy to read to us, play with us and listen to our stories when we were young. He was the kind of uncle every child loves to have.

　　We shall be at the church (教堂) next Friday, and of course we hope to see you again at Christmas , with all the others of the family.

　　With love and best wishes.

Yours ,

Robert and Jane

1．The letter was really written by ________.

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2．Uncle John was most probably (可能) Aunt Mary's ________.

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3．When Robert was young, Uncle John often read to him, played with him and listened to his stories ________.

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4．“He was his old self”means ________.

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A．he was reading to Robert and Jane, and played with them

B．he was still not well because the weather was bad

C．he was an old man then

D．he was as full of life as he always was

5．When might Robert and Jane be at the church?

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A．The next day after Uncle John's death.

B．Three days after Uncle John's death.

C．On December 21, Friday.

D．On November 22.

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　　Once there was a farmer. He worked for a landlord (地主) . The landlord made the man work all day long, but paid him very little money and didn't give him enough food to eat.

　　One day when the man was having breakfast, the landlord came and said to him,“It's too much trouble to go to work and came back for supper. So I want you to have breakfast and lunch and supper now, before you go to the fields.”

　　“How can I eat three meals at the same time?”the man thought. But he said ,“All right.”He finished his breakfast and went out.

　　Two hours later, the landlord went out for a walk. Now what did he see? He saw that the man was sitting under a tree and smoking. The landlord was very angry.

　　“Why aren't you working in the fields?”he said. The man said with a smile ,“I've had my supper and you know very well what I should do after supper.”

1．The landlord gave the farmer ________.

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2．The farmer had three meals together because ________.

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3．Two hours later, the landlord saw the farmer ________.

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4．The farmer told the landlord that after supper it was time ________.

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5．The farmer was very ________.

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　　Three men got to Dover station a few minutes after nine o'clock one evening. They asked a guard,“What time is the next train for London?”

　　The guard said,“You've just missed one. A train goes every hour. The next one is at ten o'clock.”

　　“That's all right.”they said,“We'll go and have a drink.”So they went to a bar (酒吧間).A minute or two after ten o'clock they came running and asked the guard ,“Has the train gone?”

　　“Yes,”the guard said.“It was at ten, as I told you. The next train is at eleven o'colck.”

　　“That's all right,”they said again.“We'll go and have another drink.”So they went back to the bar.

　　They missed the eleven o'clock train in the same way. Then the guard said,“Now, the next train is the last one. If you miss that train, you won't get to London tonight.”

　　Twelve o'clock came , and the last train was just starting out when the three of them came out of the bar running as fast as they could. Two of them got on the train just as it was leaving, but the third one didn't run fast enough, and the train went out leaving him behind. He stood there looking at the train and laughing, as if (好像) to miss the train was the best joke in the world. The guard went up to him and said,“I told you that this was the last train. Why didn't you come earlier?”

　　The man kept laughing until tears (眼淚) came into his eyes. Then he caught hold of (抓住)the guard and said,“Did you see the two men get into the train and leave me here?”

　　“Yes, I did.”

　　“Well , I was the only one to leave for London. They were here only to see me off!”

1．The guard told the three people that ________.

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A．there was a train in the evening

B．there were trains all night

C．there was a train every sixty minutes

D．there were no trains in the evening

2．One of the three men missed the train ________.

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3．They couldn't get the train because ________.

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A．they had a drink

B．they went to the bar

C．the train left too soon

D．they left the bar too late

4．The man laughed because ________.

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A．his friends who came to see him off got on the train instead of him

B．it was funny (好玩) to miss the train

C．he didn't really want to go to London

D．his friends didn't have to go to London

5．Which is the best title (題目) of this story?

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A．The Train And The Guard

B．The Two Men On The Train

C．Three Men Had A Drink

D．Three Men At The Station

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　　For thousands of years man couldn't fly. Birds can fly with their wings (翅膀) . It is very easy for them to fly but it was very difficult for man because man hasn't got wings.

　　The first plane was made of pieces of wood and some other things. Two brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright, built it.

　　When the two brothers were still very young, they often watched birds flying in the sky. When they were older they started to make“the things that can fly”.

　　In 1903 , Wright brothers did their flying test (試驗(yàn)) at Kitty Howk. The date was December 17. The time was the middle of winter. It was fine that day and the sky was clear.

　　At half past ten in the morning, the two brothers began their flying test. Orville lay on the bottom (底部) wing of his plane and started to fly. The plane went higher and higher into the sky!

　　For the first time in history (歷史) man could fly.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。

1．For thousands of years man couldn't ________.

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2．It is very ________ for birds to fly.

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3．The two brothers did their flying test on ________.

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4．Orville started to fly the plane ________.

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5．Which of the following is true?

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A．It's easy for man to fly.

B．Wright brothers failed in the flying test.

C．Birds have no wings.

D．People will never forget Wright brothers.

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　　Mr King was a chicken farmer. He had hundreds of chickens , and sold the eggs and the meat and got quite a lot of money from them, but he lived in a very hot part of the country, and he found that his hens could hardly lay (下) eggs in summer. So he decided to put air-conditioning (空調(diào)) in his chicken-house , so then the hens would lay well all through the year and he would get more eggs and in that way get more money.

　　The owner of the air-conditioning company came to see him, and when he saw Mr King's house , he thought that he might be able to persuade (勸說(shuō)) him to buy some air-conditioning for that , too.

　　“Your wife would be much happier and have a nicer house to live in then,”he said to Mr King. But Mr King was not interested.

　　“My wife doesn't lay eggs.”he said.

1．Mr King's hens could lay ________ eggs when the weather was too hot.

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2．My King decided to put air-conditioning into his chicken house in order to ________.

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3．The owner of the air-conditioning company hoped to put air-conditioning into Mr King's house so that ________.

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A．Mr King's wife would be happier

B．he could get more money

C．they could have a nicer house

D．he could help people in trouble

4．Which of the following is true ________.

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A．Mr King was a kind-hearted man.

B．The owner of the company was always ready to help others.

C．Mr King put air-conditioning into both his chicken house and his own house.

D．Both Mr King and the owner of the company wanted to get more money.

5．From the story we can know that Mr King cared for ________ more than anything else.

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