That evening,she went to a birthday party which 1 until two o"clock in the morning. Agatha
walked in the 2 street alone. Suddenly from the back of a dark 3 a tall man with a sharp knife
in his right hand ran out at her. "Good 4 , lady," the man said in a low voice. "I don"t think you
wish to die here!" ""What do you want?" "Your earrings. Take them off!"
Agatha suddenly had a 5 idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar (衣领) of her
overcoat while she used 6 hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly 7 them on
the ground.
"Take them and let me go," she said. The robber thought that the girl didn"t like the earrings at all,
only trying to keep the necklace. It would cost more, so he said, "Give me your necklace."
"Oh, sir. It doesn"t 8 much. Please let me wear it."
"I"m not that 9 .Quick!"
With shaking 10 Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left, she picked up her
earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends. The earrings cost 480 pounds and the
necklace the robber had taken away cost only six pounds.
( )1. A. ended ( )2. A. busy ( )3. A part ( )4. A. morning ( )5. A. funny ( )6. A. other ( )7. A. handed ( )8. A. weigh ( )9. A. afraid ( )10. A hands | B. stayed B. quiet B. path B. afternoon B. safe B. others B. threw B. take B. angry B. feet | C. stopped C. noisy C. building C. evening C. brave C. the other C. passed C. spend C. silly C. head | D. lasted D. wide D. street D. night D. bright D. another D. put D. cost D. bad D. body | ||||
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阅读短文,并根据短文内容回答问题。 | |||||||
A terrible explosive noise was heard, immediately followed by strong shaking of the classroom building. Mrs Li Lan, a country school teacher in Sichuan, who was giving a class, could hardly keep on her feet, and many of her pupils made panic cries. Mrs Li realized at once that it must be a powerful earthquake hitting the area. Although she herself was scared, she managed (设法) to make the children calm down, opened the door right away and told the children to leave the classroom and get down to the playground as quickly as possible. When all the children had left, she followed them to the first floor. The earth still kept moving violently (剧烈地). Some of the buildings nearby were falling down, and a great number of falling stones were rolling down from the hills behind the school. Suddenly, she found a little boy fell over and was hit by a big stone right on his body. She forgot the danger she was facing and ran over, trying to push the stone away. The stone was so big that it was not easy for her to move it. She kept pushing until the boy was pulled out, carrying him to the center of the playground. The boy was later sent to hospital and saved. 1. What kind of disaster (灾难) happened in the story? ________________________________________________________ 2. What was Mrs Li"s action when she saw the boy under the stone? ________________________________________________________ 3. Did Mrs Li fear death in the face of great danger? ________________________________________________________ 4. What do you want to say after you finish reading the story? ________________________________________________________ | |||||||
综合填空。 | |||||||
Nearly 2 000 years ago, during the Han Dynasty, there was a person called Ying Chen. One day, he invited Du Xuan to his house and treated him with wine. On the wall of the room 1. h_____ a red bow (弓). Its shadow appeared in Du Xuan"s cup. Du Xuan took the shadow for a snake. He was 2. f_____ but he didn"t refuse out of politeness. He drank the wine 3. w_____ his eyes closed. When he was back at home he felt so sick that he could 4. h_____ eat and drink any more. He sent for the doctor and took some 5. m_____, but nothing could cure him. 6. W_____ Ying Chen went to ask Du Xuan how he got so seriously ill, Du told him about the snake in the wine. Chen returned home, thought hard,7. b_____ he could not find an answer. 8. S_____ the bow on the wall caught his eyes. "That"s it!" he shouted. He immediately sent for Du Xuan. He seated him where he sat before and offered him a cup of wine. Du Xuan saw the snake-like shadow again. Ying Chen said, pointing at the shadow, "The "snake" in the cup is 9. n_____ but a shadow of the bow on the wall!" Now that Du Xuan knew 10. w_____ it was, he felt much easier. And strange enough, his illness disappeared the next moment. This story turned out to be the idiom "Bei Gong She Ying". 1._______ 2._______ 3._______ 4._______ 5._______ 6._______ 7._______ 8._______ 9._______ 10._______ | |||||||
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The Read family come to a new big city, but Mrs Read"s son, Bob, is not happy. He doesn"t have anyone to play with. "Don"t worry!" says his mother. "You will soon make friends here." One morning, there is a knock at the door. Bob"s mother, Mrs Read, opens it. There stands a woman with brown hair. It is Mrs Miller. She comes to borrow two eggs. She wants to make cakes. Mrs Read gives her two. In the afternoon there is another knock at the door. Mrs Read opens it and she sees a boy standing there. "My name is Jack Miller," he says. "My mother sends you this cake and two eggs." "Well, thank you, Jack," says Mrs Read. "Come in and meet my son Bob." Look! Bob and Jack are having the cake and milk.They are playing football. Now they are friends! Jack says, "I"m glad you live next door." Bob says, "I must thank your mother for coming to borrow eggs." Jack laughs and tells Bob, "My mother doesn"t want the two eggs, but she wants to make friends with your mother!" Bob says, "That"s a funny way to make friends. It"s an easy way. It can work!" | |||||||
1. Bob feels sad when he is in the new city because _____. | |||||||
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A. his mother isn"t in the city B. he has no new friends C. he thinks the city is too noisy D. Jack doesn"t like him | |||||||
2. Mrs Miller is _____. | |||||||
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A. Jack"s friend B. Bob"s mother C. Mrs Read"s old friend D. Mrs Read"s new neighbor | |||||||
3. Mrs Mtller _____ one morning. | |||||||
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A. gives Mrs Read a piece of cake B. asks Bob to play with her son C. borrows eggs from Mrs Read D. gives back the eggs to Mrs Read | |||||||
4. In the afternoon, _____ have the cake and milk together. | |||||||
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A. Bob and Jack B. Jack and his mother C. Bob and his mother D. Mrs Read and Mrs Miller | |||||||
5. What does Mrs Miller really want to do by borrowing eggs? | |||||||
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A. To make friends with the Reads. B. To make cakes with eggs. C. To find out what Mrs Read does. D. To see if her friend is in. | |||||||
完形填空。 | |||||||
An old man lived alone in a town. He wanted to dig up his potato garden, but it was very 1 work. His only son, who always 2 him in the past, was then in prison (监狱). So the old man wrote a letter to his son and said: Dear Son, I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won"t be able to 3 potatoes in my garden this year. I 4 to miss doing it, because your mother always loved planting time. I"m just getting too old to dig up a garden. If you were here, all my 5 would be over. I know you would dig up the garden for me 6 you weren"t in prison. Love, Dad Soon the old man 7 a letter:" Dad, don"t dig up the garden! That"s where I buried (埋藏) the guns (枪)!" At 4 a.m. the next morning, some 8 came and dug up the whole garden without finding any guns. The old man was 9 and wrote another note to his son. He told him what had happened, and 10 him what to do next. His son"s reply was: "Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. It"s the best I could do for you from here." | |||||||
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