The story is told about two people named David and Rosy Jackson. Both
of them had very bad memory. For example, Rosy would forget to cook
dinner,or David would go to work on Sunday,thinking it was Monday.
One winter they were to take a long plane trip. When they arrived at the
airport, there was ten minutes left.In that situation(情况) anyone would get
into the plane right away.But Mr. and Mrs Jackson didn’t do so. They went
to buy the travel first. After they put a two-pound note into a machine , their
insurance policy came out."Who would get the money if the plane crashed,
I wonder?" asked Rosy."My mother,of course. " her husband replied.
"We"ll post the policy to her. " Now be quick give me a stamp,will you?"
He said. "The plane is going to take off in a minute. " David put the stamp
on the envelope, dropped it into a postbox. And suddenly he let out a cry.
What do you think happened to him? He had posted their plane tickets to
his mother.
A. were always short of time
B. always did everything in a great hurry
C. were very forgetlul
D. usually worked on Sunday
2. According to the passage, what does the "insurance"
mean in Chinese?
A. 飞机票
B. 保险
C. 饮料
D. 纪念物
3. David wanted to post his mother .
A. the travel insurance policy
B. a two-pound note
C. two plane tickets
D. an empty envelope
4. Mr Jackson made such a foolish mistake because .
A. he was worried about his mother
B. he had forgotten to bring a stamp
C. he was worried about this flight
D. his memory was poor and he was in a hurry
“Well,”said Freud,”we take the sick out of their trouble and return them to the common suffering.”
As a devoted(忠实的)son,Freud often visited his old mother. His mother usually spent her summers
in a small mountain town in Austria(奥地利). The King Josef usually spent his summers there,too. One day
in the summer,a band(乐队)was playing a lively tune (曲子)when Freud’s mother was sitting at the
window and watching the people singing and dancing on Main Street. The old woman had a poor memory.
She heard the band playing,but forgot it was the King’s birthday. Freud was visiting his motlier on her 95th
birthday. He told his mother,”Mama,the band is playing for your birthday. “She believed him and had a
wonderful day.
B. general; Vienna
C. King; Austria
D. doctor; Australia
B. a sick man
C. a devoted man
D. a man full of humor
B. the King Josef"s birthday
C. his mother"s birthday
D. for his holiday
B. Freud"’s mother’s birthday and the King"s birthday were on the same day.
C. F.reud"s mother was so old that her memory was very bad.
D. Freud’s mother knew that the band was playing for the King.
B. the people of the town came out to celebrate her birthday
C. she believed that the band was playring for her birthday
D. she heard the band playing a lively tune
after animals. Some hobbies are relaxing and 1 are creative. Hobbies can develop your interests and
help you learn new skills(技能).
David Smith is a student,and his hobby is writing. 2 the summer of 2000,he spent four weeks on
a summer camp. As well as the usual activities, such as sailing, climbing and mountain biking, there was
a writing workshop with a professional 3 “She asked us to imagine that we were in a story, Then we
wrote about our 4 at the camp.”
In senior high school David wrote a story about teenage life, and it 5 as a book in 2003. Many
teen-agers love his book, and as a result, David has become a 6 young writer.David has been very
lucky 7 his hobby has brought him enjoyment and success , but he is 8 interested in many other
things.“I like playing volleyball,too,""says David. “I spend some of my free time playing volleyball for
my school team. 9 I’11 write more books in the future.”It"s sometimes difficult 10 that we shouldn"t spend all our time on our favourite hobby. There are many other interesting things to do in life , and we
should try to do something new or different.
( ) 2. A. During
( ) 3. A. manager
( ) 4. A. experiences
( ) 5. A. took out
( ) 6. A. successful
( ) 7. A. or
( ) 8. A. too
( ) 9. A.Usually
( )10. A. remember
B. At
B. doctor
B. examples
B. tried out
B. normal
B. but
B. also
B. Immediately(立刻、立即)
B. remembers
C. For
C. singer
C. excuses.
C. came out
C. polite
C. because
C. only
C. Maybe
C. remembered
D. On
D. writer
D. experiments(实验)
D. went out.
D. lonely
D. though
D. either
D. Once
D. to remember
Long long ago,there was a swan(天鹅)with golden feathers(金羽毛). She lived in a lake. A woman
lived in a small house 1 the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all
yearround, 2 still, they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn"t have enough _3 to buy food.
The swan was 4 to see that. She said to herself, "I"11 give one of my 5 to them each day , then
they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers. "That evening , she 6 to the poor
woman"s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying 7 . From then on,the swan came
every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much 8 than
before.But day after day, the woman became greedy(贪婪的). She said to her 9 ,"The swan may fly
away one day. If so , we will be poor again. We should take all 10 feathers when she comes next time. "
"Oh no,Mom!"cried the daughters,"This will 11 the swan. She helps us a lot ! "But the mother wouldn"t
listen. When the 12 came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the
golden feathers 13 chicken feathers.
Then , the golden swan said , "Poor mother , I came to 14 you, but you wanted to kill me.Now,
I am leaving and will 15 come back. Never be greedy! " With these words , the swan flew away.
( )2. A. and
( )3. A. money
( )4. A. happy
( )5. A. presents
( )6. A. flew
( )7. A something
( )8. A. duller
( )9. A. brothers
( )10. A. his
( )11. A. hurt
( )12. A. woman
( )13. A. heard of
( )14. A. trouble
( )15. A. sometirries
B. but
B. time
B. surprised
B. golden coins
B. ran
B. everything
B. better
B. sisters
B. her
B. save
B. daughter
B. changed into
B. help
B. always
C. so
C. room
C. sad
C. feathers
C. climbed
C. nothing
C busier
C. sons
C. their
C. protect
C. chicken
C. looked for
C. teach
C. usually
D. or
D. energy
D. scared
D. collections
D. walked
D. anything
D. harder
D. daughters
D. our
D. refuse
D. swan
D. came from
D. invite
D. never
terrible.One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr
Coates worked in an office in Brighton , England.
On Saturday, May 24 , 1986 , he went to the office to do some work. When he got in the elevator to
go home, it stopped between floors. Mr Coates could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped
(困住了)! He started to shout,but no one heard him. Then Mr Coates remembered that it was a holiday
in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday !
There was nothing for Mr Coates to do. He had to wait until one of his coworkers came to work
and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr Coates ended up sleeping for most of the time.
Early on Tuesday morning, the vice-president of the company came into work and found the
elevator was not working. When the elevator was opened, Mr Coates came out cold,weak,and tired.
He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours !
Now Mr Coates says, "I only use elevators if they have telephones in them. "
B. it was a weekend
C. it was a holiday
D. it stopped on a wrong floor
B. From Saturday to Monday.
C. More than sixty hours.
D. From Tuesday to Saturday.
B. Slept and waited.
C. Telephoned his boss.
D. Ate and drank
B. Someone opened the elevator.
C. The elevator began to work on Tuesday.
D. He found a door in the elevator.
B. A Busy Weekend
C. Elevator Safety
D. Trapped in an Elevator
stopped to 1 why he looked so sad. The boy just sat and watched people pass by. He 2 said
a word. Many people 3 , but no one stopped. As I got closer, I found his back was so different
from others. It had a 4 shape. Perhaps that was the reason why people just " passed by and made
no effort to 5 . I sat down 6 him and said, "Hello!" Then he said in a low voice, "Hi." I smiled
and so did he, 7 . We talked there till it got dark. I asked the boy why he was so 8 . He looked
at me and said with a sad look, "Because I"m 9 ."
"But you remained me of an angel, sweet and innocent (纯真) He looked at me and said, " 10 ?". I said at once, "Yes, I think you are an angel 11 is sent to watch over all those people walking
by. "
Hearing this, the little boy jumped up. "I am! I"m an angel!" he shouted, with a twinkle (闪耀的
光芒) in his 12 . I was moved by the happy boy. I was happy 13 he was no longer sad.
After that, my life also 14 . I learned how to share both happiness and sadness. Sharing as caring.
We give it to others in the same way that people give it to 15 . Remember: You are not alone in the
world.
( )2. A. never
( )3. A. cried
( )4. A. beautiful
( )5. A. volunteer
( )6. A. next
( )7. A. happily
( )8. A. sad
( )9. A. rich
( )10. A. Thanks
( )11. A. who
( )12. A. ears
( )13. A. because
( )14. A. found
( )15. A. him
B. only
B. jumped
B. interesting
B. do
B. on
B. angrily
B. fat
B. different
B. Please
B. when
B. eyes
B. although
B. lost
B. them
C. always
C. passed
C. strange
C. answer
C. in
C. shyly
C. hungry
C. shy
C. Really
C. what
C. mouth
C. but
C. changed
C. me
D. sometimes
D. ran
D. right
D. help
D. beside
D. differently
D. pretty
D. small
D. Sorry
D. whose
D. nose
D. so
D. failed
D. us
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