under ladders many times, but I have never met anything bad before.It"s the damn with black cats. People
say if a black cat crosses before you, it means bad luck. I have never thought that until this afternoon. But
ever since I heard my student Sam"s story, I"ve begun thinking about whether it was true.
This afternoon, Sam was walking down the street thinking about something, so he wasn"t paying attention
to where he was going. He walked right under a ladder standing against a building. A black cat ran out of a
door just at that moment, and Sam fell over it, his head hit the ladder. A man washing the window was at the
top of that ladder and the dirty water went down through the air. Poor Sam! He got wet all over.
( )1. At first, the writer believed that walking under a ladder would bring bad luck.
( )2. A black cat crossing will bring you good luck when you are walking.
( )3. This afternoon, the writer"s son Sam was walking down the street thinking about something.
( )4. When Sam was walking under a ladder, a black cat ran out of a door.
( )5. There was a man washing the window near the door.
and singing and spends a lot of time on them. But she hates math and does not work hard at it. She thinks
it difficult to learn math. She falls behind (落后) her classmates and once failed the math exam. She decides
to give it up. Her father is angry with her when he knows about it.
It was Sunday. Mr. Scott gave a call to his sister who teaches math in another school. He hoped she
would come and tell his daughter how to learn math. The woman came quickly and said, "You"re a clever
girl, Jane, I"m sure you"ll soon do well in math if you work hard at it."
"I"m afraid I can"t, Aunt." said Jane."Girls can"t be good at math." "I don"t think so." said the woman.
"I was good at it when I was a girl. You must do more exercises and practise a math problem again and
again until you master (掌握) it. Remember: Practice makes perfect (熟能生巧). Well, here"s a math
problem. Think about it and practice it again and again, then you"ll work it out."
"OK," said the girl, "Let me try."
About an hour later, Jane took the exercise book to her aunt and said, "I"ve done the problem ten times."
"Well done!" her aunt said happily, "What result did you get?"
"Ten answers."
B. singing
C. math
D. English
B. she isn"t clever enough
C. she spends much time on all her lessons
D. she doesn"t work hard at it
B. Jane likes her
C. Jane is afraid of her
D. he knows nobody except her
B. to work hard at math
C. math was important
D. she was a hard-working girl
B. Jane thinks girls can do well in math.
C. The woman is not interested in Jane"s answers.
D. Jane failed to work out the math problem.
An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for him to go
back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could
easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to
the sound of the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he didn"t go to dinning room, saying that he was not
feeling very well.
The next morning he still didn"t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at
dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front
of him. He got ready for the quarrel (争执).
"Bring me the bill," he said. "The bill, sir?" said the waiter in surprise. "There isn"t any bill. On our
ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket," said the waiter.
A. in England
B. on a ship from Norway to England
C. in Norway
D. on a ship from England to Norway
B. he didn"t feel very well
C. he didn"t want to eat anything
D. he didn"t hear the sound of the bell
B. the waiter had asked him to change his mind
C. he learned that there was no bill on the ship
D. he was too hungry
B. two meals
C. three meals
D. none
B. he drank a lot
C. he asked the waiter to bring him the change (零钱)
D. he came to know that travelers on the ship had free meals
Mr. Smith was a cook. He worked in a restaurant. Once he decided to go to a village 1. _______
(spend) his holidays when it was very hot in the town. One afternoon Mr. Smith 2. ________ (walk) in
a forest, and found it was very cool. He went farther and farther. Suddenly he saw a bear coming at him.
He tried his best 3. _______ (run) away. And soon the bear 4. ________ (disappear) but he lost his way.
He came out of the forest when the sun 5. ________ (sink). He didn"t know how 6. _______ (get) to the
village and was much hungry. Just then he saw an old man 7. ________ (work) in the fields .
"Hi! Old man," shouted Mr. Smith. "Where does the road go?" "I never notice it can move. It
8. ________ (be) here for hundreds of years," answered the old man.
"How far is the village from here?" "I don"t know," said the old man. "I haven"t measured (测量) it." Mr.
Smith 9. ________ (become) angry. He shouted."What do you know? You are the most foolish in the
world, I think." "Maybe I am," said the old man with a smile on his face, "But I 10. _______ never
_________ (lose) my way at least."
1._______ 2._______ 3._______ 4._______ 5._______
6._______ 7._______ 8._______ 9._______ 10._______
the school before six. One afternoon, Bob went to see a film. When he came back to the school, the school
gate had already been closed. He went around the building to 2 door. That one was closed, too. Then he
saw an open window on the 3 floor. It was the 4 office, Bob looked 5 the room, but no one was
in. He quickly 6 into the room. Just then he heard a voice. Bob looked round and hid (躲藏) himself 7
a chair. Then the head teacher came in and sat down on the chair. He read a book for an hour. At last the head
teacher stood up and went towards the door. "Thank goodness, he didn"t 8 me." Bob thought 9 he left
the room, the head teacher spoke to the chair, "Would you please 10 the lights when you leave?"
( )1. A. come | B. go B. another B. second B. head teacher"s B. out of B. went B. in front of B. hear B. After B. turn on | C. return C. small C. third C. door keeper"s C. into C. ran C. beside C. catch C. Before C. turn down | D. get D. open D. fourth D. students" D. from D. jumped D. under D. find D. When D. turn off |
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| My friend Joan is a nurse at St. Luke"s hospital. She has been a nurse since last September. She is a short pretty girl with large eyes. Joan finds the work interesting, but the hours are very long. Every day she works in a ward (病房) from eight to twelve. She brings the patients (病人) medicine, answers their rings, and tries to be kind to everyone. She likes people even when they are not happy. In the afternoon Joan has a rest. Then four days a week she goes to classes. She is learning first-aid (急救) and chemistry. She is not good at chemistry, but she is good at first-aid work. She is a good nurse. | |||
| 1. Joan has been a _____ since last September. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. teacher B. worker C. nurse D. driver | |||
| 2. What does she do in the morning? She _____. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. has a walk B. goes to classes C. brings the patients medicine D. reads books on medicine | |||
| 3. She _____ even when they are not happy. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. likes children B. likes people C. visits children D. visits people | |||
| 4. Joan _____ in the afternoon. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. brings the patients medicine B. answers the patients" rings C. goes to classes D. has a rest | |||
| 5. Joan is good at _____. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. chemistry B. first-aid C. swimming D. Chinese |