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“We're more than half way now: it's only two miles farther to the inn (小客栈),” said the driver.

　“I'm glad of that!” answered the stranger. He wanted to say more but the east wind blew right down his throat whenever he tried to speak.

　“You don't feel the cold so much at twenty below zero out in the Western Country. There's none of the coldness,” he said, adding, “and wetness.”

　“You'll have a cold drive going back,” he said anxiously, and put up his hand for the twentieth time to see if his coat collar (衣领) was as close to the back of his neck as possible. He had wished a dozen times that he were in his warm old hunter's clothes which he had often worn in the worst of weather in the Northwest.

　“I shall not have to go back!” said the girl in a loud voice, with eager pleasantness. “I'm on my way home now. I drove over early just to meet you at the train. We had word that someone was coming to the inn.”

1． How far was the drive from the train to the inn?　　　

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A． One mile　　　　　　 B． Two miles

C． less than four miles　　　D． A little over four miles

2． The driver was ________.　　　

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A． an old man　　　　　　B． a stranger

C． a girl　　　　　　　 　D． from the Western Country

3． From the passage we know that the two speakers were facing _______.

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A． west　　　B． east　　　C． northwest　　　D． south

4． According to the stranger, in the west the winters are ________.　　　

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A． cold and relatively dry

B． cold and relatively wet

C． wet and relatively warm

D． warm and relatively dry

5． After leaving the stranger at the inn, the driver ________.　　　

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A． had to return to the railway station

B． was going home

C． was going to see the inn keeper

D． had to leave by train

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　Mr Knight was the manager of a hotel in Springfield．One weekend all of the hotels in the city were full because there was a large meeting．On Friday night, three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms．Mr Knight explained that because of the meeting, there were no rooms ready for use．The men were very unhappy because they had no place to stay．

　Mr Knight wanted to help them．He remembered that Room 418, a very small room, was empty．He asked the men if they would share(分享) a room．The three men said they would．

　Mr Knight told them that the room would be $ 30: $10 for each man．Each man gave him $10, and then they went up to the room．

　Mr Knight soon began to feel guilty (内疚的)．“Thirty dollars is a lot to ask as a price for that small room, ”he thought．“Even if there is a meeting, I shouldn't take advantage of (利用) these men．”He called his assistant over and said, “Here's $5．Take it to the men in Room 418．I asked them too much money for their room.”

　The assistant took the money．While he was on the way to Room 418, he started to think: “How can three men divide $5? I' ll give each of them only $1 and I'll keep $2．The men will be happy to get anything back．I' ll make a little money and Mr Knight will never know．”So, the assistant returned $1 to each man．

　Each man had at first paid $10．After the assistant returned $1 to each one, each man had actually (实际上) paid only $ 9．There were three men．$9×3 = $27．The assistant kept $2． $27 + $2 = $29．

　Where is the missing dollar?

1．Mr Knight was ______．

[　　]

A．a person who wanted to have a room

B．a person who managed the hotel

C．a person who was an assistant in the hotel

D．a person who had been in the hotel before the three men came

2．The three men ______．　　　

[　　]

A．stayed together in one small room

B．all went to another hotel

C．stayed in a small room Mr Knight kept for himself

D．each got a small room for the night

3．At first ______．　　　

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A．$9 was asked of each of the three

B．$30 was asked of each of the three

C．$10 was asked of each of the three

D．$30 was asked of each of the three

4．The assistant kept ______．　　　

[　　]

A．$1 for himself

B．$2 for himself

C．$3 for himself

D．$2 for himself at first but returned it later

5．Where is the missing dollar?　　　

[　　]

A．It was taken by the assistant too．

B．There wasn' t any missing dollar．

C．The dollar was taken by Mr Knight．

D．The dollar was taken by the three men．

　　Japan escaped the world's most powerful earthquake in two and half years on Friday with only 400 injuries, most of them minor.

　　Damage from the pre-dawn quake-measuring 8 on the Richter scale（里氏震级）-was relatively light, not only because it struck deep under the ocean but because Japan's population was prepared for such an event.

　　Power and water supplies were cut off for several hours after the event. There were no reports of deaths directly caused by the quake, which struck at 4∶50 am (local time). Two fishermen are still missing, though. Police suspect they have been swept away by the tsunami (huge ocean wave) that followed the earthquake.

　　A wide area of the island suffered damage： roads were blocked, fishing boats sunk, and part of the ceiling of Kushiro airport, 900 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, caved in. Kushiro, a city of 190,000 people, was believed to be the hardest hit.

　　In the city of Tomakomai, which is nearby, black smoke and flames rose into the sky from an oil tank fire. There were no injuries though, and the fire was contained within two hours. Officials said 188,700 barrels of crude oil（原油）were lost.

　　Residents were shaken by the event, but stayed calm despite some 25 aftershocks-at least one registering 7.1 on the Richter scale.

　　The quake was the strongest worldwide since the 8.4-magnitude quake of June 23, 2001. That, near the coast of Peru（秘鲁）, killed 74 people.

　　Takeshi Matsumura, a Hokkaido government official, said 455 people were confirmed injured by late Friday.

　　Only 28 were seriously hurt, mostly suffering from broken bones. Located along the Pacific“Ring of Fire”, Japan is one of the world, s most earthquake-prone（地震倾向）countries.

(1) The word“minor”in the first paragraph means____________.

[　　]

(2) Why were the people not seriously hurt in the earthquake?

[　　]

A．Because Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries.

B．Because Japan is not a big country.

C．Because people in Japan got ready for the earthquake.

D．Because there were often earthquake forecasts.

(3) What happened to the city of Tomakomai in the earthquake?

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A．It suffered a harder hit than the city of Kushiro.

B．Part of the ceiling of Tomakomai airport caved in.

C．A fire burnt for a few hours before it was controlled.

D．An oil tank caught fire and black smoke and flame rose into the sky.

(4) Which of the following description about the quake of June 23, 2001 is true?

[　　]

A．It happened not far away from the coast of Peru, killing 74 people.

B．About 455 people were killed in this awful earthquake.

C．There were 25 aftershocks after the quake.

D．It was the second strongest quake in this century.

(5) Which of the following statements is not TRUE?

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A．No people were killed in the earthquake on Friday.

B．Power and water supplies were cut off for several hours after the quake.

C．Hokkaido was believed to be the hardest hit.

D．Residents stayed calm despite some 25 aftershocks.

　　One day Burton took his children to the zoo. He told them to be ready at two o'clock, but they weren't all ready. Little Tommy could not find his shoes. He could find his brown shoes, but he couldn't find his black shoes, and he wanted to wear his black shoes to the zoo. At a quarter past two his brothers and sisters asked him to wear his brown shoes, so be put them on; and at last they were all ready to leave. Their mother waved goodbye and told them to enjoy their trip to the zoo. Then she sat down to read a book in the empty quiet house.

　　When they got to the zoo, Burton told the children to stay with him; he didn't want them to get lost in the zoo. Little Tommy asked his father to buy some food for the bears, but his father answered, “Look at that notice, Tommy. It tells us not to feed the animals.”

　　“Why does it tell us not to feed the animals?” asked Tommy.

　　“Because they get a lot of food already,” said Burton, “and people often try to give them the wrong food; that's bad for the animals.”

　　At three o'clock the dolphin（海豚）show began. All the Burtons wanted to see it, so Mr Burton bought seven tickets and took the children down to the dolphinarium（海豚馆）. The dolphins did a lot of tricks：they jumped up into the air and flew through hoops（大铁圈）over the water; they caught rubber rings with their noses; and they played “basketball” with red and yellow balls. The trainer blew his whistle when he wanted the dolphins to do something, and when they did it he gave them some fish.

　　“How can the dolphins do all these tricks? ”asked little Tommy.

　　“Because they are very intelligent（聪明的）,”said his elder brother. “They can understand when their trainer tells them to do something; and they like to do tricks（耍把戏）because their trainer always gives them some fish when they do them .”

　　“That's good,” said Tommy. “I like to do tricks, too. Why doesn't Father give me some candies（糖果）when I do them?”

(1) Burton ____ the house at two o'clock.

[　　]

A．wants to leave

B．wanted to leave

C．doesn't want to leave

D．didn't want to leave

(2) Tommy was looking for _____.

[　　]

(3) Burton told his children ______.

[　　]

A．to get lost in the zoo

B．to feed the bears

C．to enjoy their trip to the zoo

D．not to leave him

(4) _____ the animals the wrong food.

[　　]

A．People often try to give

B．People always want to give

C．Nobody tries to give

D．Nobody wants to give

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　Al Herpin never slept. Could this be true? When the doctors heard about Al Herpin, they decided to see this strange man themselves.

　Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They believed that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched him all the time. But they were surprised. Though they kept watching him day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.

　The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors wondered at this strange continuous sleeplessness （连续不眠）. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition （情况）. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured （受伤）several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure. Herpin died at the age of 91.

1．The main idea of this passage is that ______. 

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A．a large number of people do not need sleep

B．a person was found who did not need any sleep

C．everyone needs some sleep to live

D．people can live longer by trying not to sleep

2． The doctors came to visit Herpin so as to ______.　　　

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A．make him sleep for some time

B．find that his sleeplessness was not really true

C．find out why some old people didn't need any sleep

D．find a way to free people from the need of sleeping

3． After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin ______.

[　　]

A．needed some kind of sleep

B．was too old to need any sleep

C．needed no sleep at all

D．often slept in a chair

4． One reason that might explain Herpin's sleeplessness was ______.

[　　]

A．his mother's injury before he was born

B．his excellent physical condition

C．that he had not got a bed

D．that he had got rid of the sleeping habit （习惯）little by little（一点儿一点儿地）

5． Herpin's condition was thought to be ______.

[　　]

A．a common one

B．one that could be changed

C．very excellent

D．a very surprising one

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　Scientists would like to place a huge mirror in space above the earth. It might be sixty miles wide. It would be used to catch the rays （光线） of the sun. It would direct the sun's rays upon the earth as a child might do to make sunlight dance on the wall with a hand mirror.

　Why do they want to do this? The sun's rays could be helpful in many ways. They could light cities by night. The warm rays could stop frosts （霜冻）which might come at night and hurt （伤害）fruit crops. They could melt （融化）dangerous icebergs （冰山）in the ocean. Perhaps they could change cloud movements and bring rain where it is needed.

1．The huge mirror is ______.　　　

[　　]

A．to be made soon　　　　B．being made

C．something in a story　　　D．just an idea

2．From this passage we can see that scientists ______.　　　

[　　]

A．are hard-working

B．are working hard to find ways to make good use of the sunlight

C．like big mirrors

D．like something new

3．The huge mirror would ______.　　　

[　　]

A．be 60 miles above the earth

B．be 60 miles from side to side

C．cover 60 miles above the earth

D．stand 60 miles in height

4．The mirror would be used to ______.　　　

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A．see how clouds move

B．reflect （反射）sunlight

C．see what the earth looks like

D．absorb （吸收）sunlight

5．The strong light from the mirror could possibly ______.　　　

[　　]

A．hurt fruit crops

B．set fire to cities

C．shine through walls

D．bring longer daytime

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　　When Tom finished his studies at the university, he began to look around for a job. He did not know what he would like to do, but one of his uncles had worked for the government for thirty years. And he advised Tom to try to get a job of the same kind, so he went for an examination one day. He was successful and his first job was in a large government office in London.

　　When Tom had been working there for a few weeks, his uncle came to visit the family one Saturday evening. He was pleased that his nephew had managed to get a job working for the government, and he asked him a lot of questions about it.

　　One of the questions he asked was, “How many people work in your department, Tom?”

　　The young man thought for a few minutes and then answered, “About half of them, Uncle Jim. ”

1．When he graduated from university, Tom was not ______.

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A．very good at science

B．looking for a good- paying job with excellent hours

C．interested in getting any information from the government

D．good at making decisions

2．What did Tom think of his uncle's advice?

[　　]

A．He thought it was acceptable.

B．He did not like it.

C．He refused to take it.

D．He was unable to follow it.

3．Which of the following is true?

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A．The exam tired him.

B．The exam made him a successful man.

C．He didn't want to take part in the exam.

D．The result was bad.

4．The uncle was eager to find out ______.

[　　]

A．how the nephew was getting along with his job

B．what his nephew was doing

C．whether his nephew misunderstood him

D．what his nephew had expected

5．Tom's answer to his uncle actually means that ______.

[　　]

A．the people working in the government office were divided into two groups and they worked in turn

B．many of the government workers were not working hard

C．the government office had more hands than needed

D．about half of the candidates (投考人) had been taken in by the department

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　Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.

　Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.

　Some places on the earth don't get much rain. But they still don't become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don't let the sun make the earth even drier. Plants don't let the wind blow the dirt away. When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become desert more easily.

1． Deserts ________.

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A． never have any plants or animals in them

B． can all be turned into good land before long

C． get very little rain

D． both B and C

2． Small green plants are very important to dry places because ________.

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A． they don't let the sun make the earth even drier

B． they don't let the wind blow the earth away

C． they hold water

D． all of the above

3． Land is becoming desert little by little because ________.

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A． plants can't grow there

B． there is not enough rain

C． people haven't done what scientists wish them to do

D． scientists know little about the deserts

4． Which is the main idea of the first paragraph(自然段)?

[　　]

A． Scientists know how to change desert into good land.

B． Land is becoming desert faster than scientists can change it back into good land.

C． If scientists can bring water to desert, people can live and grow food there.

D． More and more places are becoming deserts all the time.

5． After reading this, we learn that ________.

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A． plants can keep dry land from becoming desert

B． it is good to get rid of the grass in the deserts

C． all places without much rain will become deserts

D． it is better to grow crops on dry land than to grow them

　　It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought ,until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin ,it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.

　　Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jerset. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.

　　The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.

　　Herpin died at the age of 94.

1．The main idea of this passage is that ________.

[　　]

A．large numbers of people do not need sleep

B．a person who actually didn’t need any sleep was found

C．everyone needs some sleep to stay alive

D．people can live longer by trying not to sleep

2．The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting ________.

[　　]

A．to cure him of his sleeplessness

B．to find that his sleeplessness was not really true

C．to find out why some old people didn’t need any sleep

D．to find a way to free people from the need of sleeping

3．After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin ________.

[　　]

A．needed some kind of sleep

B．was too old to need any sleep

C．needed no sleep at all

D．often slept in a chair

4．One reason that might explain Herpin’s sleeplessness was ________.

[　　]

A．his mother’s injury before he was born

B．that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habit

C．his magnificent physical condition

D．that he hadn’t got a bed

5．Al Herpin’s condition could be regarded as ________.

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A．a common one

B．one that could be cured

C．very healthy

D．a rare one

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　A famous writer who was visiting Japan was invited to give a lecture at a university to a large group of students. As most of the students couldn't understand spoken English, he had to have an interpreter（口语翻译）.

　During his lecture he told an interesting story which went on for rather a long time. At last he stopped to allow the interpreter to translate it into Japanese, and was very surprised when the man did this in a few seconds, after which all the students laughed loudly.

　After the lecture, the writer thanked the interpreter for his good work and then said to him, “Now, please tell me how you translated that long story of mine into a short Japanese one.”

　“I didn't tell the story at all,” the interpreter answered with a smile, I just said, “The honourable lecturer has just told a funny story. You will all laugh, please.”

1． The man was invited to give a lecture ________. 

　　　　　　 [　　]

A． to some university students

B． to some writers

C． on English idioms

D． on translation

2． The lecturer had to have an interpreter because________.　　

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A． the students were Japanese

B． the students could hardly understand English

C． only a few of the students could understand spoken English

D． he was poor at Japanese

3． What surprised the lecturer?　　　

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A． The students' laughter．

B． The interpreter's good work.

C． The speed of the interpreter's translation.

D． The slowness of the interpreter's translation

4． The lecturer's story was about _______.　　　　　　　　

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A． something interesting

B． nothing

C． English learning

D． his stay in Japan