阅读理解。     Henry was a carpenter(木匠)of our village. Once I asked him to make a dining table for my wife. He
made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I arrived home that evening,
Henry was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for his work..
     My wife said to me,quietly,"That,s his ninth cup of tea today."But she said loudly, "It"s a beautiful table
,dear,isn"t it?"
     "I won"t decide about that until I see that bill." I said.
     Henry laughed and gave me his bill for the work. It said:

BILL One dining table                                             June 10,1995 Cost of wood                                                17.00 Paint(油漆)                                                   1.50 Work,8 hours(1 an hour)                                8.00 Total(总计)                                                   36.50
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词汇应用:用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。
Last year, we spent Christmas and New Year in Queensland, Australia. The beaches were beautiful, and we spent a lot of time ___1____(play) by the sea, swimming and surfing. One day, we were on a beach just south of a city ___2___(name) Carins. My little sister ___3___(look) for shells in the sand down near the waves when she shouted to me, "Hey, Lan! Look what I have found!" I ran down ___4 ___(have) a look, and saw her ___5___(point) at a strange black object that was half buried in the sand, "What is it?" she asked. I said I didn"t know.      Just then, my father came over,  "Are you enjoying__6__ (your), you two?" he asked. Then he saw the strange black thing, "What"s that?" he said, bending down to take a __7___(close) look. Suddenly he said, "Quick, kids, ___8___(get) away from here. Go and play somewhere else". Then my father called the police. The police studied the thing ___9___(careful) after __10___(arrive), and finally they told us it was a    11   (Japan) bomb from World War II. Sometimes they got   12    (wash) up on the beaches there. 1.______  _  2._______  3. _______  4._______ _  5.______      6.           7. ________   8. ________ 9.________  10. ________ 11.           12.
根据文章内容填写适当单词。
A little rabbit    1     _ with a balloon. Suddenly the balloon     2     _   away. It went farther and farther until he couldn"t see it any more. The little rabbit began   3     . “Don"t cry, "a bird in the sky said. "I    4     it for you.” After a while, the bird returned with the balloon.  "Here you are.” The little rabbit was surprised and glad to see the balloon. "Thank you very" much.” This made him    5    in the end.
完形填空。
A young father was visiting an old neighbour. They were standing in the old man’s garden, and talking about children. The young man said, “How strict(严格的)should parents be with their children?"     The old man pointed to a string(绳子)between a big strong tree and a thin young one.     "Please untie(解开)that string," he said. The young man untied it, and the young tree bent(弯曲)over to one side.     "Now tie it again, please,” said the old man. “But first pull the string tight(紧)so that the young tree is straight again.”      The young man did so. Then the old man said, "There, it is the same with children. You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the string to see how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone, you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone, you can take the string away." 1. The story is about _______. A. how to take care of young trees             B. how strict parents should be with their children C. how the young father should get one with his old neighbour     D. how to tie trees 2. The young man untied the string _______. A. in order to(为了)throw it away           B. so that both of the trees would grow straight C. only to know how the trees grew           D. only to find that one tree bent over to one side 3. _______, the string could be taken away. A. When the old man left                     B. When the young man untied it next time C. When the young tree grew strong enough     D. When the young tree died 4. At last the old man told the young man _______. A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not stand alone B. that he should always be strict with his children. C. that he should be hard on his children         D. that he should not look after his children 5. We learn that the big strong tree and the thin young one are like _______. A. the young father the old neighbour           B. parents and their children C. the old neighbour and his friends               D. the parents and their friends
完形填空。
We were going to play a game with a country school. They didn"t come until the game began. They  looked __1__ than we had thought. They were wearing dirty blue jeans and looked like farm boys. We  even thought that they had never seen a basketball before.      We all sat down. We felt that we didn"t __2__ any practice against a team like that. It was already so   late that no __3__ could be given to them for a warm-up (准备动作).      The game began. One of our boys __4__ the ball and he shot (投) a long pass to our forward (前锋).    From out of nowhere a boy in a dirty T-shirt __5__  the pass and with a beautiful form (姿势) he shot  and got two points. They __6__ us. Then they got another two points in a minute.      Soon it was all __7__ . The country team __8__ us. We certainly learned that even though a team is  good, there is usually another __8__ a little better. But the important lesson learned was: One can"t tell a   man, or a team, by the __10__ .
(    ) 1. A. stronger   (    ) 2. A. get       (    ) 3. A. basket     (    ) 4. A. got       (    ) 5. A. caught     (    ) 6. A. surprised (    ) 7. A. out       (    ) 8. A. won       (    ) 9. A. just       (    ) 10. A. T-shirts	B. younger       B. try           B. space         B. played       B. changed       B. kept         B. away          B. saved         B. already       B. clothes	C. worse         C. use           C. ball         C. missed       C. started       C. broke         C. over         C. beat         C. about         C. places	D. less       D. need       D. time       D. carried     D. stopped     D. hit         D. off         D. joined     D. almost     D. points
阅读理解。
One day, a little boy came to a shop and said to the shop assistant, "I want to buy twelve exercise- books of 10 cents and nine pencils of 15 cents, four pieces of rubbers of 20 cents. How much shall I pay?"      The shop assistant wrote all numbers down on a piece of paper and calculated (计算). Then she said,      "You should pay 3.35 dollars altogether."      "If I give you 5 dollars, how much shall I get back?"      "You"ll get back 1.65 dollars. Shall I pack these things for you?"      "No, I don"t buy anything" the boy looked at the piece of paper and said politely. "This is my maths homework. Can I take the answer away?"
1. _____ kinds of things are mentioned (提到) by the boy. A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four 2. The boy went to the shop _____. A. to buy something for his school B. to buy something for his home C. to see how many things the shop has D. to get an answer 3. Nine pencils of 15 cents is _____. A. $ 1.35 B. $ 1.65 C. $ 0.15 D. 2.15 4. The shop assistant asked the boy to pay _____ after she answered boy. A. nothing B. $ 3.35 C. $ 1.65 D. $ 5 5. the boy bought _____ at last. A. nothing B. nine pencils C. twelve exercise-books D. four pieces of rubbers