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　　Gook, Miller, Smith and Carter were good friends. All of them were engaged in different jobs.

　　One day, Cook's son got his leg broken and Cook had to send him to a doctor. The doctor's sister was Smith's wife. The farmer was not married. He had a lot of good hens. Miller usually bought eggs from him. The policeman often met Smith because they were neighbours.

　　Now can you tell who did what?

(1)Carter was a ______.

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(2)Miller was a ______.

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(3)Cook was a ______.

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(4)Smith was a ______.

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(5)The blacksmith and the ______ were relatives.

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　　Mis. Harris, an old patient in a nursing home, sat all day in a chair. She did nothing else. She needed complete physical care, even feeding. No one seemed to realize that, as a matter of fact, she was only half deaf and blind. One day, a young doctor saw cataracts (白内障) in both her eyes. He discovered that if he spoke close in her ear, she seemed to respond. One eye of hers was operated on, and when it was first uncovered, the old woman cried with joy. Her sight was getting well a- gain quickly and she soon became quite independent. She started feeding herself and began smiling and talking to others. The change in her attitude towards life was wonderful. Not only did she need less nursing care, but she was also able to help other patients. She was again able to see and with this to get some hearing back .

(1)Most doctors and nurses in this nursing home were probably ______.

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A．overworking and tired of their jobs

B．treating their patients coldly

C．taking the least notice of Mrs. Harris' real problem

D．highly trained medical experts

(2)How did Mrs. Harris feel when she first entered the nursing home? ______.

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(3)What does the underlined word “respond”mean in this passage? ______.

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(4)The writer suggests that the young doctor was ______.

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(5)From this passage we can learn that ______.

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A．the state of a person's health effects his attitude towards life

B．nursing homes are filled with unfit doctor and nurses

C．an old person should be cared by his own family

D．the government should keep close watch over nursing homes

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　　Jim lived with his parents until he was 21 years old, and then he got a job in the office of a big factory in another town, so he left home. He found a comfortable little flat which had two rooms, a small kitchen and a bath-room, and he lived there on his own.

　　At first he cleaned it himself, but he did not want to have to go on doing this, so he was determined to find someone else to do it for him. He asked a lot of his fellow workers at the factory what they did about this, and at last one of the men said, “Oh, Mrs. Roper comes and cleans my flat regularly. She washes the dishes, irons my shirts and keeps the place neat and tidy and so on. I'll introduce her to you, if you like. She's a charming old lady. She does her best, but she hasn't got much energy.”

　　“Well, you'd better ask her to come and see me, please.” Jim answered. So the next evening Mrs. Roper came to see him, and she agreed with pleasure to come to his flat every morning for an hour. After she had been working for Jim for two weeks, he looked at the mirror in his bedroom and thought, “That mirror looks very dusty. Mrs. Roper's forgotten to clean it. I can write on it with my finger.”He wrote a message in the dust:“I'm coughing whenever I breathe because everything in this room is very dusty.”

　　He came home at seven o'clock that evening, and when he had eaten his supper, he went into his bedroom and looked at the mirror. “That silly woman still hasn't cleaned it!” he said to himself. “All it needs is a cloth!”

　　But then he bent down and saw a bottle in front of the mirror. “I didn't put that bottle there.” he thought. “Mrs. Roper must have left it.” He picked the bottle up and looked at it carefully.

　　“She's written some words on it.” he said to himself. He read the words. They were:“Cough medicine.”

(1)Jim left home because ________.

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A．he got a more comfortable flat

B．he had to go to college there

C．his job was in another town

D．he became a manager of a factory

(2)He asked other people ________.

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A．to introduce someone to him

B．to help clean his flat

C．how to keep his flat clean

D．to find someone to clean his flat

(3)Mrs. Roper worked ________ a day for him.

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(4)Which of the following is not true? ________.

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A．Mrs. Roper didn't clean his bedroom properly

B．Jim was not happy with Mrs. Roper's work

C．Jim wrote a message on a piece of paper

D．The mirror in the bedroom looked very dusty

(5)Jim knew that Mrs. Roper ________.

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　　Ms. Hunter, who has loved music all her life, began her career (生涯)when she was only seven years old. She ran away from her home in Memphis, Tennessee because she'd heard that singers in Chicago were making ten dollars a week. Even though she was young and tiny, she was able to get a job, and people began to recognize her great talent. She travelled all over the world and became famous not only as a singer, but also as a songwriter.

　　During all those years, Ms. Hunter was very close to her mother, whom she brought from Memphis to live and travel with her. But when her mother died in1954, there was a sudden and total change in Ms. Hunter's life. A few days after mother's death, Ms. Hunter entered school and became a nurse. She gave up singing-forever, she thought.

　　For more than twenty-three years, she worked happily as a nurse at a New York hospital, where no one had any idea of her unusual past. Nor did they have much idea of her age. When they finally insisted she retire (退休), they believed she had reached age seventy. “I was eighty-two.” Ms. Hunter said with a smile.

She became terribly bored (烦恼) and told some of her old friends about it. One of them suggested that she should go back to singing. She did, and she has been busy ever since.

(1)Ms. Hunter ran away from her home ________.

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A．in order to get more money

B．because she wanted to study music

C．in order to live with her mother

D．because she wanted to become a nurse

(2)The word “talent” in the first paragraph most probably means ________.

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(3)From the second paragraph we know that ________.

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A．Ms. Hunter was not good at singing

B．Ms. Hunter's mother wanted her to work in a hospital

C．Ms. Hunter had a deep love for her mother

D．Ms. Hunter was in poor health

(4)In which year was Ms. Hunter born?

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(5)Which is NOT true according to the text? ________.

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A．Ms. Hunter retired from hospital in1977．

B．At the age of59, Ms. Hunter entered school and became a nurse.

C．Ms. Hunter began to sing again after she reached age82．

D．After her mother's death, Ms. Hunter became a famous singer and song writer.

阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　Books are treasures because they bring us knowledge. Knowledge is valuable because it enriches our life and brings us happiness.

　　All great men in the history of mankind loved books. There is no genius without books, because books are the treasures of knowledge and knowledge is the source of success. A man is blind and does not even know what he is doing, if he is unable to read.

　　Books bring us pleasure as well as knowledge. They enable us to see through the past and to see into the future.

　　Macaulay (马考莱), the famous historian, once wrote to a little girl, “If anyone would make me the greatest king that ever lived with palaces, gardens, fine dinners, wines and hundreds of servants on condition that I should not read books, I would not be a king. I would rather be a poor man in a top room with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading.”

(1)Books are treasures because they ________ us knowledge.

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(2)Books bring us ________ as well as knowledge.

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(3)In the second paragraph, the word “genius” means ________.

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(4)The sentence “A man is blind and does not know even what he is doing if he is unable to read.”implies(含义是) ________.

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A．a man can't see and can't do anything if he is unable to read

B．a man can't see and doesn't know what to do if he is unable to read

C．a man is disabled if he is unable to read

D．a man knows little about the world around him if he is unable to read

(5)The best title which serves the passage is ________.

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A．Books-Our Treasure of Knowledge

B．Books-My Life

C．I'd Rather Be a Poor Man

D．I Like Books

阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　As you study music, you will find much that is familiar to you. You will find music that tells of interesting places and exciting things to do. You will find music which expresses feelings that are often your own.

　　Music is an expression of the people. As you study, you will find music of people at work, at play and in worship (崇拜). You will find music expresses love of country, love of nature and love of home.

　　Music is also an expression of the composer. As an artist, the composer expresses his own musical ideas. He studies the materials of music and discovers ways of using them. He looks for new kinds of musical expression.

　　Music can suggest activities and feelings which we all share. We can enjoy playing and singing music, dancing and listening to the music of the people and the artists of different times and places.

(1)The best title of the passage is ________.

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A．Let's Enjoy Singing and Dancing

B．Let's Study Music

C．Music-An Expression of Composers

D．Music-A Suggestion of Feelings

(2)In the first paragraph, the writer asks us to ________.

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A．look for pleasure in music

B．be friendly to music

C．express our feelings in music

D．discover the things and places in music

(3)From the second paragraph, we know that ________.

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A．music is mainly of country

B．if we love music, we will love the country, nature and home

C．you may listen to music at work, or at play

D．music can express how people live, work and think

(4)By means of music, the composer wishes that ________.

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A．you would study with them

B．you would share his feelings and ideas

C．you would express your own feelings

D．you would help to discover ways of using music and new kinds of musical expression.

(5)The last paragraph tells that music makes it possible ________.

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A．that music can express activities and feelings at the same time

B．to bring understanding between people of different times and places

C．that people can enjoy playing and singing music, dancing and listening to the music at the same time.

D．that people of different times and places can get together

阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　Stereo sets with headphones started appearing in1979．The headphones were on the ears of walkers, bicycle riders and drivers. By the end of1982, more than10 million people around the world owner the tiny machines.

　　The owner of Sony, a Japanese company, invented the set. He wanted to be able to listen to music while playing tennis. Many companies now produce models. Some sets play cassette tapes, others play Am or Fm radio. A few even combine all three. The sets allow people to listen to their favourite music at its loudest without troubling anyone else.

　　As the sets grew more popular, some people began to worry about their use. One worry is about the danger of an accident on the street. A person wearing headphones can't always hear the horn of a car or a warning shout. That fact has led some states to take actions. By the end of 1982, nine states had passed laws that the use of headphones was not allowed by drivers. Some towns and cities also wanted to keep the persons walking in the street and bicycle riders from using headphones in the street.

　　Another worry is that the headphone set could destroy a listener's hearing. Scientists in Japan studied the hearing of 150 high school children who used headphones regularly. They found that eight children had a hearing loss. These eight children listened to headphones six hours a day. But when they stopped using the headphones, their hearing return.

(1)The main reason that10 million people bought the headphones is probably that the sets ________.

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A．meet the need of people

B．can be used almost anywhere

C．keep out noises

D．play cassette tapes

(2)In some states, it is against the law to wear headphones while ________.

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(3)Headphones would probably be accepted in a library, because ________.

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A．no one else could hear the music

B．there are too many people in the libraries

C．the headphones are small

D．students use the libraries

(4)The passage gives us the impression (印象) that headphones ________.

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A．always cause a hearing loss

B．are hard to use

C．should be used very carefully

D．should be used in proper cases

(5)The scientists found that ________ out of150 children who used headphones regularly had their hearing lost.

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阅读理解

　　I'm interested in the furnished cottage near Dedham which you made known in yesterday's newspaper, for my husband and I are coming to England in June and will stay at the cottage for three months. Would you please tell me exactly where it is and give me some information about bus and train service in the area? We need a cottage on a busy street. And I would also like to know about the shops there . Do the shops still supply? I know they did ten years ago.

　　I would also be thankful if you would tell me whether you supply sheets, etc, and whether a laundry (洗衣店) calls at the house. The rent(租金) you ask sounds reasonable for the size of the cottage. How do you like it paid? Weekly, monthly or in advance?

　　I would be thankful for and early reply.

(1)This passage must be taken from a ________.

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(2)In the passage, “you” refers to ________.

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A．a friend of the writer's

B．the reader who reads the passage

C．some person who has cottages for hire

D．an unknown person living in England

(3)According to the passage , which of the following is NOT ture?

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A．“You”must have advertised in the newspaper.

B．The writer and her husband are to stay at Dedham .

C．The writer must have been to Dedham ten years ago.

D．The writer is interested in nothing but cottage .

(4)Which of the following doesn't the writer wish to know further about?

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A．The position of the cottage .

B．Things about the traffic .

C．The total rent for the cottage .

D．the shops and the supplies .

(5)From the passage, we can judge that the writer ________.

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A．is quiet and shy and likes to stay indoors

B．is lazy and never washes clothes herself

C．is busy with her job and has no time to wash clothes

D．is a good housewife and is able to arrange things properly

阅读理解

　　June came and the hay was almost ready for cutting, On Midsummer's Eve, which was s Saturday, Mr. Jones went into Willington and got so drunk at the Red Lion that he did not come back till midday on Sunday. The men had milked the cows in the early morning and then had gone out rabbiting , without bothering(操心) to feed the animals . When Mr. Jones got back he immediately went to sleep on the livingroom sofa with the “News of the World” over his face, so that when evening came, the animals were still not fed . At last, they could stand no longer. One of the cows broke in the door of the storehouse with her horns (角) and all the animals began to help themselves to the grains . It was just then that Mr. Jones woke up. The next moment he and his four men were in the storehouse with whips in their hands, whipping in all directions. This was more than the hungry animals could bear. Together, though nothing of the kind had been planned beforehand, they jumped upon their masters. Jones and his men suddenly found themselves being butted (顶撞) and kicked from all sides . The situation was quite out of their control . They had never seen animals act like this before, and this sudden uprising of creatures whom they were used to beating and whipping just as they chose, frightened them. After only a moment or two they gave up trying to defend themselves . A minute later all five of them were in full fright down the road , with the animals running after them joyfully.

(1)Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?

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A．Willington was a name of a hotel

B．Red Lion was a name of a restaurant .

C．News of the World was a TV programme

D．Store - house is a place to feed the cows .

(2)The four men didn't feed the cows because ________.

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A．the cows fed themselves

B．Mr Jones wasn't at home

C．they went hunting for rabbits

D．they had nothing for the cows

(3)The cows broke into the store -house to feed themselves because ________.

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A．they were so angry at their masters

B．they wanted to fight with the men

C．they wanted to go on strike

D．they were too hungry

(4)The cows jumped upon their masters because ________.

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A．they were not fed

B．they were so hungry

C．they were whipped so hard by them

D．they were so happy

(5)What is the best title for the story?

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A．Midsummer's Eve

B．A Bad Sunday

C．Cows and their Masters

D．The Rebellion of the Cows

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    I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It　　 was an eccentric (怪僻的) farmer. I had never met him before although　　 I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and　　 he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything.　　 Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had　　 a very bad accident. I hadn't the slightest idea who she was but I　　 obviously had to go.

    It had been snowing heavily that day and I didn't know the way. I had　　 been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was　　 standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Milly had died. "She meant　　 more to me than anyone…even my own wife!" he said. I could see that he　　 had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a　　 possible scandal (丑闻). I was even more shocked when he told me he had　　 put her in the barn (厩)."I wouldn't leave her out in the cold!"he　　 said.

    Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell　　 him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the　　 barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the　　 ground. "She was such a good cow! I wouldn't let anyone but a doctor　　 touch her!" he said, and burst into tears again.

 (1)The underlined phrase make out in the first paragraph means______. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　  ］    A.expect　　B. understand　　C. see clearly   D. hear clearly  (2)Before he arrived at the farmer's house, the writer expected to    see Milly lying__________________.　　　　　　　　　　 ［　　   ］    A. on the ground of a barn　　B. on the floor of a room    C. in bed in a room　　　　   D. in bed in a barn (3) What do we know about Milly from the story?　　　　　　 ［　　  ］    A. She had met with an accident.    B. She had caused a scandal.    C. She was seriously ill.    D. She was hidden somewhere.

(4)The farmer wished that the writer might_____________.   ［　　  ］    A. look into the matter　　   B. bring Milly back to life    C. free him from a scandal　　D. keep the whole thing a secret (5)The person who told the story is probably a__________.  ［　　  ］    A. farmer　　　　　　B. policeman       C. country doctor　　D. newspaper reporter