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阅读短文,选择正确答案。     One day in early March of 1993, Pauline and Tom Nichter and their 11-year-old son Jason, were shopping
for a toy in Buena Park. Suddenly, Pauline saw a wallet lying on the floor. When she looked inside, she found
$200. The family, homeless and without work, knew that could change their lives. But they took the wallet to
the nearby police station and turned it in. The wallet was found to have some other pockets, and more money
in-over $ 2,000! The police called the man who lost the wallet to pick it up. The man thanked the Nichters and
shook their hands, but did not reward them. Luckily for the family, a TV news reporter filmed the story. People
from all over the world heard the story and sent them letters, money and even jobs. A businessman even let them
live in his house for free for six months. So far, the family has received over $1,000,000. Now the Nichters"
future is bright. 1.What were the Nichters doing when Pauline saw a wallet? [     ]
A.They were looking for the lost wallet.
B.They were visiting a park.
C.They were doing some shopping.
D.They were walking on the street. 2.The Nichters ________.[     ]
A.were homeless
B.had no job
C.were poor
D.All of the above 3.From the reading, we know many people ________.[     ]
A.work hard to change their lives
B.are friendly to the loser
C.are ready to help others
D.often have good luck 4.The words "reward them" in the reading mean ________.[     ]
A.speak to the Nichters
B.give something to the Nichters
C.pay the police
D.meet the news reporters
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阅读下面的短文,用括号中所给动词的适当形式填空,必要时可加助动词。      You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an
American girl. And now she 1.             (become) a very rich woman. 
     When she was a child,she was poor. Once she 2.             (invite) to her friends" birthday party. She was
very pleased but sad because she had not enough money to buy presents for them. "The party 3.             (come)
soon. Now I have little money." Tears ran down her face.
     Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the presents when the door opened and in came her grandma,
"What 4.             (happen)?" her grandma asked. Hearing the girl"s story, she said, "5.             (not worry), I
think I 6.             (help) you. How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to…" What a beautiful song!
They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and 7.          
(sing) it to her friends at the party.
     When she sang the song at the party the next day, her little friends were very happy. "How wonderfully she
8.            (sing)! We 9.             (not hear) such a song before. Thank you for 10.             (give) us the special
present." said one of them. And they learnt to sing it together. Later the girl became well known in America.
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阅读理解。    Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago,it wasn"t easy at all. Before 1750, no one had
any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things
and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a
dreamer.
    One day he was invited to a party. He was pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near,
Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone
at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room.
     Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe.
These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party
on wheels while playing the violin.
     On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was very surprised to
see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on.
Suddenly, he ran into a huge minor that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces.
Merlin"s idea was so good that nobody forget his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a
way to stop his roller skates? 1. The passage is mainly about ______. [     ]
A. a careless man
B. a wonderful dream
C. the birth of roller skates
D. the birth of violins 2. People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he ______. [     ]
A. dreamed day and night
B. 1iked making things
C. was an interesting man
D. was full of strange ideas 3. Merlin wanted to______, so he put wheels under his shoes. [     ]
A. play the violin well
B. arrive at the party sooner
C. be taller than the others
D. surprise the people at the party 4. What did the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph? [     ]
A. Merlin made a lot of trouble.
B. Roller skates should be improved.
C. The people were angry with Merlin.
D. Merlin was strong enough to break the mirror into pieces. 5. Which of the following is true? [     ]
A. Nothing happened to Merlin at the party.
B. Merlin made a surprising entrance that day.
C. No one noticed Merlin when he entered the room.
D. Merlin couldn"t sleep well because he dreamed a lot.
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完形填空。    I"ll never forget that summer day in 1965 when my mother suddenly died. Later that after-noon, a police
officer came to ask my father" s permission (允许) for the hospital to   1   mother"s valve (心脏瓣膜). I
shouted and cried. At fourteen I   2   couldn"t understand why anyone would take it away from a person I 
  3   But my father told him. "Yes."
    "Linda," he said quietly putting his arms   4   me, "the greatest thing you can give is a part of yourself.
Your mother and I decided   5   that if we can make a difference in just one person" s   6   after we die,
our death will have meaning."
    The   7   my father taught me that day became one of the most   8   in my life.
    Years passed. In 1996, my father was seriously ill and he told me when he died, he wanted to donated
(捐献) whatever needed, especially his eyes.
    My father died and we donated his eyes   9   he had wanted. Three days later,my daughter said, "Mum,
I"m so  10  what you did for grandpa." At that moment I realized that my father gave much more than his 
 11 . What he  12  behind sparkled (闪耀) in my daughter"s eyes.
    That was love.
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(     )8. A. wonderful    
(     )9. A. like      
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C. on              
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阅读理解。
     My grandfather was a fine man. I loved him very much. But one day I told him a lie (谎话). I can not tell
you now what the lie was. I was only seven years old then.
     Grandfather was not cross with me.
     "Ask Jim to get a long ladder," he said. "My boy now jumps from the tops of houses, up to the roof
(屋顶)."
     Jim brought the big ladder. Then Grandfather said,"My boy now jumps from the tops of houses. The ladder
is for him."
     I knew at once what he was telling me. I had often heard the old saying, "A lie is a jump from the top of a
house."
     I said nothing. But I felt like crying.
    The minutes went by. What would people think about the ladder? It stood by the front door. I was afraid it
might be there a long time. I had to do something!
    At last I went to Grandfather. He was reading a book. I went up to him and put my face on his arm.
    "Grandfather," I said, "I will not tell a lie again. We don"t need the ladder now." Grandfather seemed very
happy once again. He called Jim. "Take the ladder away," he said. "My boy does not jump from the tops of
houses."
    His words made me happy once again.
1. From the passage we can not know ______.
[     ]
A. whether the boy told a lie
B. what the lie was
C. what Grandfather did with the boy
D. how the story ended
2. The word "cross" in the story means           .
[     ]
A. angry
B. surprised
C. happy
D. kind
3. Grandfather asked Jim to get a ladder to ______.
[     ]
A. see whether the boy could jump from the top of a house
B. help the boy to climb to the top of the house
C. let the boy know it was wrong to tell a lie
D. make the boy cry
4. "What would people think about the ladder?" shows the boy was afraid people would ______.
[     ]
A. know what had happened
B. take the ladder away
C. come to learn the roof
D. come to take care of Grandfather
5. At the end of the story the result is ______.
[     ]
A. enjoyable
B. sad
C. not clear
D. untrue
阅读短文,选择正确答案。
     An old woman walked into a clothes shop. She asked the salesgirl to let her have a look at a new dress on
display, but the girl stood still behind the counter, taking no notice of the request. The old woman spoke to the
girl again, raising her voice a bit, but still received no answer. The old woman looked closely at the girl and
nodded to her, "I am too old to see well." I can"t even tell a plastic (塑料的) model from a real girl."
     On hearing this, the salesgirl shouted at the old woman," What? Did you call me a plastic model?"
     The old woman was greatly surprised."Oh, dear me," she said. "The model can speak. Then it must be a
robot of a new type."
1. The old woman wanted ______ in the clothes shop.
[     ]
A. to buy something
B. to play a joke on someone
C. to try things on
2. The assistant was a ______.
[     ]
A. woman
B. model
C. robot
3. The assistant took no notice of the old woman because ______.
[     ]
A. she was a plastic model
B. she was too old to see well
C. she was not a good assistant
4. The assistant began to speak because _______.
[     ]
A. she got to know her mistake
B. she wanted to show that she was not a model
C. she thought the old woman had insulted (侮辱) her
5. When the assistant shouted at her, the old woman was greatly surprised because _______.
[     ]
A. she had thought the assistant would speak
B. she didn"t expect the assistant would speak
C. she had thought the assistant was a robot