Bob always took the newspaper to Grandpa White"s home before going home. Grandpa White"s was
at the end of the road. Bob liked Grandpa White. He was often waiting for him near the front gate with
sweets or a nice cake. Besides, He often asked Bob about things he was doing, what he was going to do
for the summer and what he liked to do.
The thing that Bob didn"t like about Grandpa was his never-ending stories about his boyhood (童年) in
California. Bob was never asked to hear about Grandpa"s boyhood, but he couldn"t get away.
After Grandpa"s wife died in October, Bob could see that Grandpa was lonelier than ever. He would
often join Bob halfway along the road and walk along with him as he gave out the newspapers. Grandpa
seemed to have all day, and Bob was often late giving newspapers to his customers (订报者). Bob didn"t
want to complain, but the customers were unhappy.
1. When he took the newspaper to Grandpa White, Bob would often receive _____.
A. old newspaper
B. sweets or a cake
C. some money
D. stories
2. Bob could do nothing when _____.
A. the customers got their newspapers late
B. Grandpa began to tell him about his boyhood
C. he saw grandpa feeling lonely
D. Grandpa asked him about the things he was doing
3. The passage mainly tells us that _____ .
A. Bob was still a child
B. Grandpa liked to tell stories
C. the customers sometimes got angry
D. lonely people need other people
lady.
John took over the papers from her shaking hand and seated her in a chair. He remembered her rich
__2__ in the early days of the Old West. He looked through the papers. "It"s good, Grandma," he said
gently. Then realizing that she__3__ hear him, he shouted into her ears. "I think it"s very good. I"ll send it
to a publisher (出版商)."
Ten days later, he reported that the publisher had read a few__4__ . He agreed to publish it, and he
had paid $100 for the copyright. __5__ money would be given as an advance (预付款). Every month,
John brought her$100 with a letter from the publisher telling about the progress of the book.
One morning, three months after her 100th birthday, Grandma didn"t get up. The doctor told her that
she couldn"t __6__ more than a few days. She was ready to go, but she first wanted her book to be in
print. John promised that she could get it very soon.
Grandma held on until the day the book came into her hands. She proudly touched her book with her
fingers, tears in her eyes. Two hours later, she died peacefully, __7__ holding her book.
Her granddaughter took up the book and __8__ it. "Why, it"s just blank pages!" she cried in surprise.
John"s face turned __9__. Then the girl understood. There never was a book. It was John __10__, who
couldn"t take away her grandmother"s only hope, had written the letters and sold his car to pay the
advance.
( ) 2. A. advice
( ) 3. A. couldn"t
( ) 4. A. words
( ) 5. A. Some
( ) 6. A. die
( ) 7. A. still
( ) 8. A. closed
( ) 9. A. white
( ) 10. A. herself
B. experiences
B. needn"t
B. letters
B. Much
B. stop
B. yet
B. opened
B. red
B. himself
C. thoughts
C. mustn"t
C. pages
C. Enough
C. last
C. always
C. turned on
C. grey
C. him
D. family
D. wouldn"t
D. books
D. More
D. remain
D. then
D. turned off
D. yellow
D. her
Alferd Williams was in Grade One to learn how to read and write at the age of 68.He is fulfilling (履
行) a promise to learn to read that he made to his mother and to himself many years ago. Williams is now
in his third year in Grade One at Edison Elementary School in Missouri, USA. And he is making his dream
come true. he is reading books!
Born in 1938, Williams was the fourth of nine children. At age 8, he joined his father in the fields and
picked cotton and vegetables until sunset every day. His family was so poor that they couldn"t afford to go
to school. When he grew up and married, he had to work hard to support his own family. Finally, he
became old, poor and in bad health. However, he still remembered his promise to his mother. He knew he
had to learn to read to make his life better.
One day in 2006, Williams was taking his friend"s children to school when he saw Alessia Hamilton,
a teacher at the school. She seemed very kind, and he thought maybe she could teach him how to read.
So he asked her, and she agreed to try.
On his first day of school, Williams wasn"t sure if his classmates would accept him, but they did. And
now they love him. Williams says, "I tell the kids they can have anything they want in life if they stay in
school."
Reading has given Williams a new sense of freedom. Now he reads newspapers, books, magazines and
the signs. He believes he can achieve his goal of reading.
1. When did Williams begin to study in Elementary School?
A. In 1938.
B. In 1945.
C. In 2006.
D. In 2009.
2. What"s the right order of the following sentences according to the passage?
① Alferd Williams worked in the fields at the age of eight.
② Alferd Williams met Alessia Hamilton, a kind teacher.
③ The students in Edison Elementary School accepted and loved Alferd Williams.
④ When Alferd Williams grew up, he got married and supported his family.
A. ①④②③
B. ③①②④
C. ②③①④
D. ④①②③
3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Williams couldn"t go to school because of his illness.
B. Williams is still studying in Grade One now.
C. Williams classmates weren"t willing to accept him because he was too old.
D. Williams wanted to read in order to have anything he wanted.
4. What"s the best title of the article?
A. Helpful classmates
B. Poor old man
C. A nice teacher
D. Never too late to learn
Two 1 were rising as far as the third floor just below my flat. I rushed over and saw a group of people and some
firemen standing around the entrance. They recognized (认出) me. Because I am on the 8 O"clock News every night
and my 2 is familiar to a lot of people. After they said 3 to me, I asked what was happening and they told me that
the flat below mine had caught fire, but they had just 4 .
As I was going into the building, a man carrying a large television set 5 me "Hi, Paul," he said. "Could you give
a hand putting this into my 6 over there?" While I was helping him I wondered who he was, but then I realized that
he must have recognized me from 7 . Smiling, I went into the building and 8 my flat after he drove off. When I
reached it, I saw the door 9 . I entered the flat quickly. It was now that I found that my TV was 10 !
( )2. A. sound
( )3. A. good-bye
( )4. A. put it out
( )5. A. knocked
( )6. A. bike
( )7. A. newspapers
( )8. A. headed for
( )9. A. locked
( )10.A. gone
B. family
B. sorry
B. seen it
B. stopped
B. truck
B. films
B. went into
B. open
B. lost
C. face
C. good
C. passed
C. followed
C. house
C. TV
C. looked at
C. closed
C. burned
D. program
D. hello
D. put it away
D. met
D. flat
D. Internet
D. found
D. burnt
D. broken
Tom saw an advertisement in Washington News for a beautiful, modern bicycle which cost $60, so he
went to the shop which had put the advertisement in and asked to see one of their nice bicycles. The
shopkeeper was very happy to show one to Tom. He examined (检查) it carefully and then turned to the
shopkeeper, saying, "There isn"t a lamp on this bicycle, but there was one on the bicycle in your
advertisement."
"Yes, Sir," answered the shopkeeper, "but the lamp isn"t included in the price of the bicycle. It"s an
extra."
"Not included in the price of the bicycle!" Tom said angrily. "But that"s not honest. If the lamp"s in the
advertisement, it should have been included in the price you gave there."
"Well, Sir," answered the shopkeeper calmly, "there"s also a girl on the bicycle in our advertisement, but
we don"t supply (提供) one of them with the bicycle, either."
1. The story most probably took place in _____.
A. Italy
B. China
C. America
D. Britain
2. The shopkeeper was very happy to show a bike to Tom because _____.
A. Tom was the first customer who came to buy the bike.
B. Tom examined the bike carefully
C. another bike was wonderful.
D. he hoped Tom would buy one.
3. What do you think would probably be the result?
A. Tom left the shop angrily without buying a bicycle.
B. Tom bought the lamp as well as the bicycle.
C. Tom bought the bicycle only without a lamp.
D. Tom kept quarrelling with the shopkeeper.
We were on a visit to Monkey Island. Jim thought we should try water skiing(滑水). We can get a boat and skis at Monkey Island.
"Don"t go water skiing near Monkey Island today," said the woman standing near the boats. "There
might be sharks(鲨鱼) in the water."
"I don"t think so." said Jim who thought he knew everything.
"I wouldn"t go water skiing in the sea near Monkey Island today," said the man with the woman. "They
saw sharks in the water yesterday."
"The sharks won"t hurt me," said Jim with a big smile on his face.
Another man getting out of a boat said, "I"m sure we just saw a shark in the water a few minutes ago."
"Don"t worry about me," said Jim. "I don"t worry about sharks."
Jim and his two friends, Bill and Bruce pushed the boat into the water. Jim was driving the boat. He
drove very fast and sprayed water on everyone standing near the boat.
Jim drove the boat to the middle of the sea near Monkey Island. Everyone could see him and the boat. He wanted to show everyone how well he could water ski.
"You drive the boat, Bill," Jim said. "Bruce, you watch me and the rope while I water ski."
"What about the sharks?" asked Bill.
"Forget about the sharks," said Jim. "I"m not afraid of sharks."
Jim got into the water. He was putting his feet in the water skis. Then Jim felt something large and hard
touch his leg as it swam past him. Suddenly, a brown fin(鳍) moved through the water towards Jim.
Later, when Bill and Bruce stopped laughing, they said, "We never saw anyone move so fast! You were running on top of the water to get back in the boat! You even left the water skis in the water.
"There it is again! Shark! Shark!" cried Jim.
Everyone laughed----even the people standing on shore.
The dolphin(海豚) came to surface again, took a deep breath, smiled at Jim and went back down into
the deep water.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four.
B. A dolphin.
C. A whale.
D. Nothing.
B. He was a young man loving animals.
C. He was not afraid of a shark but afraid of a dolphin.
D. He was a young man who wouldn"t take others" advice
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- 8______________.
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- 7=( )A.B.C.D.
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