began to snow heavily (下大雪). Mrs. Andrews looked everywhere (到处) and called its name, but
she did not find it, so she called the police and said, "I lost a small black cat. Did anybody find one?"
"No, Madam, " said the policeman. "But the cats are really very strong animals. They sometimes live
for days in the snow, and when it melt (融化) or somebody finds them, they are all right." Mrs. Andrews
felt happier when she heard this. "And," she said. "Our cat is very clever (聪明). She almost (几乎) ---"
The policeman was getting tired. "Well, then, " he said, "Why don"t you put your telephone down?
Maybe she is trying to telephone you now. "
B. was very old
C. didn"t know its name
D. was lost
B. In the snow with other cats
C. It stayed outside
D. It ran everywhere happily in the snow
B. It happened when the policeman was tired
C. It happened when the snow melted
D. It happened on one morning
B. one of the policewomen
C. Mrs. Andrew"s cat
D. the policeman"s wife
C. the cat was very strong, it"s hard for him to catch it
D. Mrs. Andrews talked too much to him on the phone
and ran to it. There was an old man in the car. He was very angry and said to Harry. "What are you
doing?" "You nearly killed (撞死) me!"
"Yes," Harry answered, "I"m very sorry." He took a bottle out of his car and said, "Drink some of
this. Then you"ll feel better." He gave the old man some whisky (威士忌), and the man drank it, but
then he shouted again, "You nearly killed me!" Harry gave him the bottle again. "I feel much better now.
But why aren"t you drinking?"
"Oh, well," said Harry, "I don"t want any whisky now. I"m going to sit here to wait for the police."
B. sometimes
C. never
D. hardly
B. he drank a lot of whisky
C. he drove his car too fast
D. he had many bottles of whisky in his car
B. Harry hit his car
C. he was Harry"s father
D. he drove his car too fast
B. was still (还) angry
C. was very happy
D. felt much worse
B. He would be sent (被送)to the hospital.
C. He would lose his way.
D. He would be fined (被处罚) by the police.
skating, so I was nervous. I didn"t know how to skate. My friend spent some time teaching me to skate,
but I didn"t learn much. He went away and skated all around. The weather was cold and I was tired.
After a moment, I walked back on the ice.
Suddenly, I stepped (踏) on something that was not hard, and I sank (陷) under the ice. I did my
best to grab (抓) something to get out from under the ice. It was very difficult for a kid to do so. Luckily,
someone helped me. So, I"m still alive today. Whenever I think of that time, I feel scared.
B. His brother.
C. His friend.
B. It was cold.
C. It was snowy.
B. Someone else helped him.
C. His friend took him out.
B. 孤独的
C. 沮丧的
B. The Cold Weather
C. My Scary Experience (经历)
Grace laughed and said, "He has very little hair because he thinks a lot, Jane. He"s a clever man."
Jane looked at her mother"s thick, black hair for a few seconds, and then she asked "Mum, why did you have a lot of hair?"
B. three
C. four
D. five
B. a little
C. few
D. a few
B. a lot of
C. many
D. a few
B. her parents
C. her mother
D. her father
B. beautiful
C. less
D. a lot of
Mrs. Brown lives in a small village. Her husband is dead. She has a son but no daughters. His
name is John and he is twenty-five. After John finishes collage (大学), he gets work in a big city,
New York, and he lives there. It"s quite a long way from his mother"s home, and she is not happy
about it. But John says, "There is no good work for me in this small village, Mother, and I can get
a lot of money in New York. Then I can give much to you."
One day Mrs. Brown is very angry. She takes a train to her son"s house in New York. Then she
says to him. "John, why do you never call me?"
"But mother," John laughs (笑) and says, "You don"t have a telephone with you."
"No," she says, "I haven"t, but you have one."
B. In a big city
C. In New York
D. In a town
B. 21
C. 25
D. 13
A. On foot
B. By bus
C. By bike
D. By train
B. John has no telephone
C. His mother has no telephone
D. His mother doesn"t want to answer
B. John works in a big city and his mother likes it
C. In the village there is no good work for John
D. John never gives money to his mother.
compete on Smart Aleck-a game show which my best friend Carla and I both love. Carla has a
good imagination, and I know a lot of history, so we thought we’d be good 1 for the team.
A few days later, Mr. Gaudi held a meeting with everyone interested in the 2 . He told us
that Smart Aleck uses a five member team. He also said that three more people would be needed
as backup(替补). Unluckily four times that many students were at the meeting. So Mr. Gaudi
said we would have a 3 and the top eight scorers would become the team and the backup.
Everybody agreed that this was a 4 way to decide.
Yesterday, all of the hopefuls went to the dining hall after school. We would have to decide the
starting line-up(阵容).Mr. Gaudi acted as the host. After a couple of hours, all the 5 on the
team were set except one. Carla and I 6 for that last position.We had to hold a one-on-one
competition between the two of us.The winner would be on the team and the loser would be the
backup.
Midway through our two-person competition,I was starting to pull ahead. 7 I saw the look
on Carla"s face.I waited for a second and knew what I had to do.As much as I wanted to be on
Smart Aleck,Carla wanted 8 even more.So,starting with my next question,I held back and let
Carla 9 , just by a little bit.Her expression as she 10 she would be on the show made up
for my not being on the team. And since I will go as backup, I"ll still have the fun of seeing the
show up close.
Was I 11 by not trying as hard as I could?I don"t think so.No one noticed,and Carla and
I didn"t 12 it.It won"t hurt the team because Carla will be a very good competitor on the real
show.I think that making my best friend happy was the right thing to do.