had left some money, and since Mrs. Allen had managed a bookstore before she was married, she took the
money and bought a shop in town. Later she moved the shop out to the shopping center.
She was a pleasant woman; she worked hard and was well-informed about books, and so the bookstore
prospered (生意兴隆) and she was able to hire a friend to help her.
Laura Barnes, Mrs. Allen"s friend and assistant, was also a widow. She had some free time and the need
for a little extra-money, and so she took the job in the bookstore. She was too clever and friendly, and the
two women were well-known in the neighbourhood as "Mrs. A" and "Mrs. B".
B. At least 7
C. At least 6
D. At least 4
B. before Mrs. A got to know Mrs.
B C. because the two women had little housework to do
D. because Mrs. A became expert at management and threw herself into it
B. She believed that Mrs.
B was the very person to help her to improve management
C. Mrs. B was a friend of hers D. she was also that kind of woman like her
B. Mr. Allen was dead but Mr. Barnes alive
C. Mrs. A managed to set another bookstore with Mrs. B
D. The two children of Mrs. A were of the same age
not walk. He was lame. They lived in a village near a forest. Everyone in the village was going to a rich man"s
dinner on the other side of the forest. Jee Hock and Meng Kim were anxious to attend the dinner too.
Blind Jee Hock thought of a plan. He would carry Meng Kim. The lame man could tell him the way. Meng
Kim said that the plan was a good one.
On the way through the forest, Meng Kim saw a tiger. He did not tell Jee Hock about is. Instead, he quietly
asked Jee Hock to carry him to the mearest tree. Upon reaching an over banging branch, Meng Kim quickly
hauled himself up.
Then the tiger roared. Jee Hock at once knew a tiger was near. He lay down quietly. The tiger came to him
and sniffed his body. The tiger"s whiskers touched Jee Hock"s nose. At once Jee Hock sneezed,
"Ah choooooo!"The tiger was afraid and ran away.
Then Meng Kim came down from the tree. He asked Jee Hock about the tiger. Jee Hock said that the tiger
had told him to choose his friends wisely.
B. tigers
C. friends
D. brothers
B. a dinner
C. a party
D. the cinema
B. did not tell Jee Hock about it
C. quickly climbed up a tree
D. lay down quietly
B. cried
C. sat down and waited
D. lay down quietly
B. was very long
C. cut his nose
D. touched his nose
in the capital and the other three lived in another town. Her husband didn"t leave her much money and she had
to live a simple (简朴) life. Sometimes her children went to see her during their holidays, ubt they stayed with
her for only two or three days.
One winter morning the old woman got up early. She was going to buy some food in a shop. And when
she came out, she found there was much snow in the street. She had to sweep it away. And suddenly she
found a dying dog at the corner of the house. She picked it up and took it into to house quickly. She put it near
the fire and gave it some milk and bread. At first the poor dog ate nothing and that afternoon it drank some milk
and three days later it was all right. Now the old woman found it was a beautiful dog. And she liked it very much
and took it everywhere she went. A week later she went shopping with her dog. At a bus stop a young man
was eating fish and chips. The little dog became very excited (兴奋) at the smell of the man"s lunch and began
jumping up at him.
"Do you mind if I throw it a bit (一点)?" asked the young man.
"Not at all," answered Mrs. White.
Having heard this, he picked up the dog and threw it over the wall.
B. Paris
C. London
D. New York
B. she hoped to save money for her children
C. she had four children
D. her children hated her
B. it was little
C. she spent money on it
D. she felt lonely
B. it was little
C. she spent money on it
D. she felt lonely
B. to leave the bus stop soon
C. to bite (咬) the young man
D. to go as soon as possible
B. 口味
C. 气味
D. 嗅觉
Is he ill? No, but he does have a 3 . He has nothing to do because the Internet is down. When he 4 up
this morning, Tony was feeling 5 . He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend 6 . It would be
a weekend like any other-a great weekend. But that was 7 he turned on his computer and 8 he was
unable to go online. Having no Internet changes everything.
Every weekend, Tony 9 goes online to email friends, read the 10 to keep up with what"s happening
in the world and 11 a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to finish the weekend off. The perfect
weekend-online!
Just as Tony is 12 how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks
into the 13 . "Cheer up, Tony. Don"t 14 the Internet any more, OK?" Tony makes no 15 but sighs (叹
气). "Go and play chess with Helen!" Tony"s mum- 16 .
"Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the 17 . We can meet and play chess face to face for a 18 . Maybe
this weekend won"t be so bad," Tony 19 , as he walks to the phone. There is 20 without the Internet
after all.
( )1. A. cutting | B. playing | C. eating C. tired C. business C. looked C. unhappy C. ahead C. until C. decided C. especially C. reports C. play C. realizing C. kitchen C. think about C. movement C. tells C. corner C. lesson C. reads C. weekend | D. thinking |
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Cyril was a small town. The houses there were all made of wood; almost everything in the houses such as cupboards, tables and chairs were made of wood, too. And all the houses faced south. The town was never peaceful. Fire broke out once a week on summer afternoons. People there were puzzled who the real firebug was. One day a big fire broke out. It was said that a black had jumped out of the house on fire, so the police arrested all the blacks in the street. However, fire never stopped to breaking out when the blacks were in prison. Watson, a physics teacher didn"t believe that the blacks were the firebugs, for he really knew about those blacks. He made up his mind to find out who the real firebug was. One day he was invited to drink in a pub and happened to notice that many bottles and plastic plates were baked by the hot sunrays. Suddenly he realized what the actual fact was. He jumped with joy, saying, "I"ve got the answer!" Watson dashed out of the pub to his friend"s house nearby, which also faced south. He made an experiment there to prove his idea. The next Saturday afternoon, Watson asked some policemen and newsmen to come to the house. They were told that the real firebug would be shown there. At that time the sun was shining full into the house and it became hotter and hotter inside the room. Someone wanted to draw the curtains together, while another was going to use a bottle to drink water, but neither got permission from Watson, who wanted to let the firebug in. "Now," said Watson,"this house will soon catch fire." People looked at each other in surprise. Watson asked them to look at the bottles and focus on the table cloth. After a while the cloth gave off a burning smell and began to catch fire! The mystery of fire was discovered, but the police wouldn"t believe him and insisted that blacks had been the firebugs. Instead they arrested Watson and put him into prison. But Watson said he would never turn against science. | |||
1. The town was never peaceful, for fire broke out _____. | |||
A. in the afternoon B. in prison C. at any time D. at night | |||
2. Why did the police arrest all the blacks? | |||
A. One of them had jumped out of the home on fire. B. They were thought to be the firebugs. C. The police hated all the black people. D. The blacks knew something about the fires. | |||
3. Drinking in a pub, Watson realized what the actual fact was _____. | |||
A. by experiment B. by backing the bottles C. through the hot sunrays D. by accident | |||
4. By making an experiment, they knew the real firebug was _____. | |||
A. the blacks B. bottles C. sunrays D. plastic plates | |||
5. Watson was put into prison, because _____. | |||
A. he had told a lie though a teacher B. he had fund out the real firebug C. he had turned against science D. he had made friends with the blacks | |||
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My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it the 1 day, and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked 2 , but I could not find 3 of my husband"s socks though I had looked 4 for it. The next morning, I got ready for 5 as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them and told them 6 we were going to do 7 . When I turned 8 to write on the blackboard, the class burst out 9 . They laughed so much, in fact, that I was 10 the headmaster would be in to see all this. I asked the class to 11 , but the 12 I talked, the more they laughed. So I thought I had better pay 13 attention to them and continue to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they laughed even more. Before long, the teacher who had the room next to 14 came to see 15 all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started 16 too. "Good Heavens!" I said."Will 17 please tell me what is so 18 ?" "Oh, God." Said the teacher."You have a brown 19 stuck to the back of your shirt." So that"s 20 I found my husband"s missing sock."Oh, well," I said to the class,"Let"s just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity (静电)." | |||