Gloria arrived in Barbados答案解析

阅读理解 　　Gloria arrived in Barbados on 26 January, 2008 after rowing * across the Atlantic for three months and a half．Gloria was in one of 36 small wooden rowing boats that set off on 7 October, 2007 from Tenerife Island on the Atlantic Rowing Challenge Race*．Each boat was exactly the same design and each one had food for the journey *．There were two people in each boat and their challenge was to row across the Atlantic, a journey of about 3, 360 kilometres． 　　Gloria began the journey with her husband in a small boat．However, after 14 days he became very afraid of the huge ocean and was not able to go on, so he left her with the help of a helping boat．This did not make Gloria give up．Instead, she decided that she would continue by herself．So, for the next hundred days, she rowed her small boat alone and fought against the waves and the winds, and her own fears． 　　When she finally arrived in Barbados, Gloria was not willing to leave her boat although her husband and family were there to greet her．She sat so long in the boat that she could hardly stand, her husband had to carry her off the boat．After that, the first thing she did was to drink a toast * to her small boat, the very special lady．This lady carried her safely through many storms on her long journey and she loved it． 　　Gloria is really a brave woman．She has become the tenth woman in the world to row across the Atlantic．Like the others, she has experienced great joys and terrible things．But a brave person is not always brave,“Sometimes I wanted more than anything to be warm and dry in bed and safe from the storm around me．I wanted to stop being brave,”she said． (1) When did Gloria's husband leave her?It was ________． [　　] A． on 7 October, 2007 B． on 26 January, 2008 C． on 21 October, 2007 D． on 12 January, 2008 (2) When she reached Barbados, ________． [　　] A． Gloria thanked her husband B． Gloria felt sad to leave her boat C． Gloria jumped off her boat quickly D． everyone drank a toast to Gloria (3) What does“the very special lady”mean?________． [　　] A． Gloria's boat B． Gloria's mother C． Gloria herself D． Gloria's motherland (4) Which of the following is similar in meaning to the sentence“A brave person is not always brave．”?________． [　　] A． She was not willing to leave her boat, her close friend B． Her husband became very afraid of the huge ocean and left her C． She fought against the big waves and strong winds, and her own fears D． Sometimes she wanted to be warm and dry and to stop being brave (5) Why does the writer think that Gloria is really brave?Because ________． [　　] A． she got to Barbados successfully with her husband B． she took part in the Atlantic Rowing Challenge Race C． she arrived at Barbados after rowing 3,360 kilometres D． she didn't need her husband at all during the journey

阅读理解

阅读下面短文，短文后有五个理解性的题目，在各题所给的(A)、(B)、(C)、(D)四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并把答案涂在答题卡里。

　　Debra Veal is a very brave(勇敢的) woman. She took part in a race to row(划船) across the Atlantic(大西洋), a journey for about 3,360 kilometers. She was in one of the 36 small rowing boats that set off on October 7th, 2001 from Tenerife. Each small boat was the same with food for the journey. She arrived in Barbados on January 26th, 2002 after rowing across the Atlantic for three-and-a-half months.

　　Debra began the journey with her husband in a small boat called Troika Transatlantic. But after 14 days he became very afraid, so he was taken off the small rowing boat. This did not make Debra give up. For the next hundred days, she rowed her small boat against the waves and the wind.

　　When she at last arrived at the end of her journey, she was reluctant(不情愿的) to leave her boat though her husband and family were there to welcome her. The boat had carried her safely to the end of the journey. She said, “I just want to toast(给……敬酒) this lady, this very special lady. I am full of sadness that I will have to leave her. She has protected me through many storms.”

1．________ boats took part in the race across the Atlantic.

[　　]

2．The race started ________.

[　　]

A．on October 7th, 2001 from Tenerife

B．on October 7th, 2001 from Barbados

C．on January 26th, 2002 from Tenerife

D．on January 26th, 2002 from Barbados

3．Debra Veal's husband gave up because ________.

[　　]

A．it was a dangerous journey

B．he had to look after their child

C．there was no food for the journey

D．he was fed up with the journey

4．“this lady” refer to(指的是) ________.

[　　]

5．Which of the following is right?

[　　]

A．The journey lasted 100 days.

B．Each boat was different.

C．It was hard to get to the end of the race.

D．Debra Veal wanted to leave her boat as soon as the race ended.

 

The Aborigines (澳洲土著) have lived in Australia for about 60,000 years. They painted pictures inside caves, and these are the rock paintings that have given us so much information about Aboriginal life. For example, some of the paintings that are about 10,000 years old show men with boomerangs. From this we know that the Aborigines started using boomerangs for hunting at that time. Other pictures show kangaroos, so we know that there were kangaroos at that time.

The Aborigines believed that spirits made people, animals and plants, and that these spirits still live in the earth. For Aborigines, no one can own the earth—the earth belongs to the spirits.

In 1700, there were many Aboriginal groups with a population of 750,000 all over Australia, and there were probably more than 240 different Aboriginal languages. The groups did not have a leader. Instead, things were decided by the older men in a group. People from different groups often travelled hundreds of miles to meet each other.

Aboriginal life changed when an English boat arrived in Australia in 1770. Many Aborigines were killed in the wars that they had with the English. More Europeans came, and they started taking land from the Aborigines. The Europeans also brought new illnesses that killed the Aborigines. The result is that today there are only about 300,000 Aborigines in Australia.

1.The Aborigines painted pictures       .

A. on animals’ fur          B. on the land     

C. on the tree              D. on the rock

2.What do you think the Aborigines used boomerangs to do?

   A. To paint.  B. To hunt.    C. To fight. D. To play.

3.The Aborigines thought        were the most important on the earth.

   A. people       B. animals   C. spirits      D. plants

4.In an Aboriginal group        decided things.

   A. the older men     B. the leader      

    C. the English          D. the Europeans

5.The number of the Aborigines is small today       .

   A. because their living condition was very bad

   B. because the English killed a lot of them in the wars

   C. because of the new illnesses the Europeans brought them

   D. because of the wars and the new illnesses

 

Peter and James were brothers. One afternoon ___1____ the lessons were over, they stayed in school to help their teacher. They___ 2__ for an hour. Then the teacher said, “Thank you, boys. We will finish the work tomorrow. Now you must go home.”

When the boys ___3_____ home, it was seven o’clock. There was light inside their house and the door was ____4____. They could see a man inside, too.

“Who can it be?” thought Peter. “Father and Mother have gone shopping. They won’t be home ____5____ eight o’clock.”

When the _____6____ man saw Peter, he smiled and said, “Come in! You don’t know me, but I’m your ______7______ friend. He  asked me to fetch （取）some money for him.” The man did not see James.

Peter went inside and began talking to the man but James did not. He quietly but quickly ran off to call the police. He soon found a policeman and _____8____ him back to their home. The man was still there, but when he saw the policeman, he tried to run off. The policeman _____9____ him and held his arm.

Just then Mr. and Mrs. Baker, the boys’ parents ______10______.

“No!” said Baker. “I don’t know him. He must be a thief. I am glad you have caught him.”

(   )1. A. if          B. when         C. before           D. until

(   )2. A. studied     B. worked        C. stayed           D. watched

(   )3. A. arrived in   B. went to        C. got to            D. reached

(   )4. A. open       B. opened        C. opening          D. close

(   )5. A. at          B. since         C. until             D. after

(   )6. A. away       B. out           C. outside           D. inside

(   )7. A. father       B. fathers        C. father’s          D. brother’s

(   )8. A. brought     B. bring          C. take             D. caught

(   )9. A. stoped      B. stopped        C. catch            D. saw

(   )10. A. returned    B. come          C. arrive           D. reached

 

A lot of teenagers are good at art at school, but how would you feel if people called you “the new Picasso(毕加索)” or if presidents and other famous people collected your paintings?
Alexandra Nechita was ten when her paintings became famous all over the world. She visited Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and her family’s native place (祖籍) Romania where 5,000 fans came to see her at the airport. Alexandra said, “When it all started, I was moved. It was very exciting and I loved the traveling, but I got very tired. And I missed home.”
Alexandra is a good student. Her studies always come first. She only starts painting after she’s done her homework. She works on two or three paintings at a time. The paintings sell for thousands and Alexandra’s parents have given up their jobs to work for their daughter. Life for the Nechita family is very different from what it was like a few years ago.
Alexandra’s father Niki left Romania for political reasons in 1985. At first he tried his best to learn English and had different kinds of low-paid jobs. In 1987, he brought his wife and Alexandra, who was then 18 months old, to America. The family was very poor. Alexandra began to draw at the age of three.
She was drawing for four or five hours a day. Soon people offered to buy her paintings and she had her first art show at the age of eight. Stories about this child appeared in the newspapers and television. They now live in a large house with a swimming pool. Her mother said, “We started without anything, but thanks to Alexandra, we have everything we ever dreamed of.”
【小题1】Alexandra became well-known all over the world for her paintings at the age of _______.

A．18months

B．three

C．eight

D．ten

【小题2】Which country does Alexandra live?

A．America.

B．Britain.

C．Romania.

D．France.

【小题3】 Alexandra’s painting _________.

A．took her a lot of time at school

B．made her drop out of school

C．didn’t influence her studies at school

D．made her fall behind others in studies at school

【小题4】 When her family arrived in America in 1987, _________.

A．their life was very hard

B．they lived by selling Alexandra’s paintings

C．Alexandra began to draw her painting

D．her parents left their jobs and worked for her

【小题5】 From the passage, we can learn ________.

A．Alexandra was not interested in travelling

B．Alexandra’s success changed her family’s life

C．Alexandra’s parents were good at English

D．Alexandra’s stories appeared often on the radio and TV

Saturday，March 24th

We have arrived in the hot, wet city of Bangkok. This is our first trip to Thailand(泰国). All the different smells make us want to try the food. We are going to eat something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is cheap, and very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to Chiang Mai in the North.

Tuesday, March 27th

Bangkok is wonderful and surprising! The places are interesting. We visited the famous market which was on water, and saw a lot of fruits and vegetables. Everything is so colorful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will leave for Chiang Mai. We will take the train north, stay in Chiang Mai for two days, and then catch a bus to Chiang Rai.

Friday，March 30th

Our trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. The village people here love the quiet life -- no computers or phones. They are the kindest people I have ever met. They always smile and say “hello”. Kathy and I can only speak a few words of Thai, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness. I feel good here and hope to be able to come back next year.

1.The diaries above show the writer’s _________days in Thailand.

A. 3             B. 15             C. 7             D. 30

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Chiang Mai is a beautiful city in the south of Thailand.

B. Chiang Rai is a boring city in the mountains.

C. The writer left Chiang Mai for Chiang Rai by bus.

D. The writer is traveling alone in Thailand.

3. The best title of this article is_________.

A. My First Travel                  B. The Outside World

C. A Country on the Train            D. Traveling in Thailand

 

Nowadays(如今) everyone has a practical goal for life. Do you have one? What’s it? Do you want to become a writer, singer or just become a rich person?

 A recent survey shows that in modern society, most people pick up practical goals, such as “earning money to buy a house and a car” , “to improve one’s life quality, “finding a good job”.

 Wang You worked in a small firm (商行) in Nanjing. The job was good and he didn’t have to work for extra hours. However he felt the work was not exciting at all and the life was boring. ① So he          ______   _______his job and went to Beijing in February, 2007. When he arrived in Beijing, he set his new goal as finding a good job.

 Nowadays more and more people want to live a better life. This fact shows that the society is making progress and people’s life goals have become more practical. One researcher says, “Everybody has his/her own life goal, which will be surely different from people to people. If one is poor, one’s life goal will be to earn more money; if one doesn’t have a diploma(文凭), studying hard to get a diploma will become his life goal; and if one doesn’t have love, his life goal will be to look for it. ②But if one has no life goal, he will idle away(虚度) his lifetime.”

1.回答下列问题：Why did Wang You go to Beijing though he had a good job in Nanjing?

 ____________________________________________________      

2.在①的空白处填入适当的单词使句意完整、上下文通顺：__________          

3.将②处翻译成汉语_________________________________________________________

4.找出文中与下列句子意思相近的句子：

He needn’t work in his spare time because of his good job.

________________________________________________________________________.

5.找出或写出文中最能表达短文主题的句子

    ___________________________________________________________________________

 

根据句意，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。（每小题1分，共5分）。

success , lazy , twelve, warn, German

1.Next Sunday is my son’s  ________  birthday .

2.The _________ a person is, the more things he has to do tomorrow.

3.A good plan can make your study _____________.

4.Travelers _____________that a new flu called H7N9 has arrived in Asia.

5.This morning I met some ________ in the supermarket.

 

When Mark first arrived in Thailand, he saw an old man selling something cheap in the street of Chiang Mai. The old man was one of the poor people in Chiang Mai and there was no difference from beggars (乞丐). Most of them were some lonely old people. Their life had no support.

Mark was a kind man, so he gave some changes to him without thinking. The old man told him to pick something he liked. Mark didn’t choose anything and left.

But the old man followed him closely. AT first, Mark didn’t think a lot, just supposing he wanted to go home. But when he went out very far saw the old man still following him, he was a bit tired, thinking the old man must feel he was kind and wanted to beg more money from him.

Mark turned back and told him not to follow him because he hadn’t much money. But the old man seemed not to understand what he meant, still following him. The bag on his back made him sweat (流汗) all over.

Mark happened to meet his Thai colleague (同事) in the street and his colleague heard this. The colleague turned to ask why the old man was following his friend.

The old man said out of breath, “My son, you gave me money, but didn’t want my things, so I have to give you something. I see you are a foreigner, likely not to familiar with here. I just want to follow you and show you the way. All I can do for you is this.”

Mark was shocked. He said he didn’t know why, when he felt the old man was just like his father.

1.What did Mark do when he first found the old man following him?

A. He didn’t think a lot and went on walking

B. He asked the old man why he was following him

C. He was shocked and asked his colleague to come.

D. He gave him more money without thinking.

2.The old man followed Mark closely         .

A. because he wanted to go back home

B. because he wanted to sell more things to Mark

C. because he wanted to beg more money

D. because he wanted to show Mark the way

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Mark didn’t like this old man at all.

B. The old man was Mark’s father.

C. The old man sold something cheap to make a living.

D. Mark didn’t give the old man anything at the beginning.

4.How did Mark feel about the old man at last?

A. He felt the old man was kind and warm.

B. He felt pity for the old man.

C. He felt angry with the old man      

D. He felt doubt if the old man was a thief.

 

I arrived in the United States on February 6, 1997, but I remember my first day there very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane____26____at Kennedy Airport at three o’clock in the afternoon. The weather was very cold and it was snowing, but I was_____27____
excited to mind. From the airport, my friend and I ______28_____a taxi to my hotel. On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the first time and I stared_____29_____astonishment at the famous skyscrapers and their_____30_____beauty. My friend helped me unpack at the hotel and then_____31____me because he_____32_____go back to work. He_____33_____to return the next day.
______34____ my friend had left, I went to a restaurant near the hotel to get something to eat. Because I_____35____speak a word of English, I couldn’t ____36____the waiter what I wanted. I was very upset and ____37_____to make some gestures, _____38_____the waiter didn’t understand me. Finally, I______39_____the same thing the man_____40_____the next table was eating. After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway______41_____I came to Time Square with its movie theatres, and huge_____42_____people. I didn’t feel tired so I continued to walk_______43_____the city.
When I returned to the hotel, I couldn’t sleep because I ______44______hearing the fire and police sirens(汽笛) during the night. I______45_____awake and thought about New York. I decided that I had to learn to speak English.

【小题1】

A．took off B．landed C．got out D．took down

【小题2】

A．too B．so C．very D．much

【小题3】

A．got B．took up C．got on D．took

【小题4】

A．in B．at C．for D．to

【小题5】

A．old-make B．man-made C．newly-make D．natural

【小题6】

A．had left B．would leave C．left D．was leaving

【小题7】

A．must B．had to C．should D．ought

【小题8】

A．agreed B．said C．told D．promised

【小题9】

A．Shortly after B．Long before C．Shortly D．Soon

【小题10】

A．couldn’t B．could C．didn’t D．did

【小题11】

A．ask B．say C．tell D．order

【小题12】

A．begun B．started C．must D．started to

【小题13】

A．and B．so C．then D．but

【小题14】

A．ordered B．booked C．asked D．got

【小题15】

A．on B．for C．at D．to

【小题16】

A．when B．until C．after D．before

【小题17】

A．crowds of B．groups of C．crowd of D．group of

【小题18】

A．around B．in C．by D．near

【小题19】

A．was B．went C．kept D．started

【小题20】

A．was B．lay C．laid D．were

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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the nine o’clock Mystery Hour. Today we’ll show you two British stories. We hope you’ll enjoy them.

About 900 years ago two green children arrived in a small village in south England. Their eyes and skin were green and they spoke a strange language. They were very tired and weak, so the people of the village looked after them. The boy died a year later, but the girl grew strong and lived the rest of her life there. And her skin color turned back to normal day by day. Scientists say that sometimes of people don’t have enough food to eat for a long time, their skin goes very pale and can turn green.

Loch Ness is the largest lake in Scotland. It’s a very deep and cold lake. For hundreds of years, people have talked about a monster(怪物) called Nessie which lives in the lake. About seventy years ago, two people saw something moving in the lake. They said that the animal was playing and rolling around in the water. Since then many people say they have seen the monster. Their descriptions are always the same. It looks like a dinosaur, with a very long neck and a small head. It has a big bump(肿块)on its back. People have tried to photograph the animal, but the pictures have not been very clear. Scientists don’t know whether there is a monster or not. Some say it may be a whale or a very large fish. Some think it’s a snake. Others say there’s nothing at all— nothing but people’s imagination. Maybe we’ll never know what’s in Loch Ness.

1.What kind of story is talked about in this program?

A. Romantic stories.     B. Mysteries.      C. Horror stories.     D. Comedies.

2.Where did the stories happen?

         

A.           B.           C.           D.

3.Which sentence is TRUE about the two green children?

A. They both enjoyed a long and happy life.

B. The girl’s eyes and skin were green all her life.

C. At first they spoke the same language as people in the small village did.

D. Maybe they hadn’t eaten enough for long before they reached the village.

4.What does Nessie look like according to some witnesses? 

5.What can we learn from the second story?

A. Scientists are still not sure whether there is a monster or not in Loch Ness.

B. Loch Ness is very deep and warm lake in Scotland.

C. People have taken very clear pictures of Nessie.  

D. In fact Nessie is a whale or a snake.

 

Mr Brown _______ the train station _______ three o' clock in the afternoon .

A.took  , at .B.  arrived , in   C. reached, in   D. got to , at

 

Last year I travelled to Paris by plane. I was very excited because I knew I would meet a lot of interesting people and see some amazing things there. On the night before I left, I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep at all. When I sat on the plane the next day, I felt very tired. I wanted to have a good sleep during the 9-hour flight. Unluckily, there was a baby sitting next to me. It cried and screamed during the whole trip. How could I fall asleep with all of that noise?
When I arrived in Paris at last, it was already 8 o’clock in the evening. I felt even more tired. After getting off the plane, I went to my hotel at once. I paid no attention to the beautiful evening scenery of Paris. I just wanted to have a good rest in my room. When I lay down on the comfortable bed, I fell asleep very quickly.
A sudden noise woke me up at midnight. I didn’t know what happened, so I turned on the light. What did I see? You wouldn’t believe it! I saw two mice playing on the floor!
What a terrible trip!
【小题1】How did the writer travel to Paris?

A．By train.

B．By plane.

C．By boat.

D．By car.

【小题2】When did the writer probably start his trip?

A．At about 9 a.m.	B．At about 10 a.m.
C．At about 11 a.m.	D．At about 12 a.m.

【小题3】Why did the writer feel even more tired when he arrived in Paris?

A．Because he didn’t sleep well the night before.

B．Because he didn’t want to go to Paris.

C．Because a baby sang songs all the way during the whole trip.

D．Because the flight was too long and a baby cried and screamed during the whole trip.

【小题4】What did the writer see in the hotel room at midnight?

A．A mouse.

B．A cat.

C．Two cats.

D．Two mice.

【小题5】What can we learn from the passage?

A．The writer had a good rest in the hotel room.

B．The writer couldn’t sleep well in the hotel room, either.

C．The writer enjoyed the first night in Paris a lot.

D．The writer would never travel by plane again

Last year I travelled to Paris by plane. I was very excited because I knew I would meet a lot of interesting people and see some amazing things there. On the night before I left, I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep at all. When I sat on the plane the next day, I felt very tired. I wanted to have a good sleep during the 9-hour flight. Unluckily, there was a baby sitting next to me. It cried and screamed during the whole trip. How could I fall asleep with all of that noise?
When I arrived in Paris at last, it was already 8 o’clock in the evening. I felt even more tired. After getting off the plane, I went to my hotel at once. I paid no attention to the beautiful evening scenery of Paris. I just wanted to have a good rest in my room. When I lay down on the comfortable bed, I fell asleep very quickly.
A sudden noise woke me up at midnight. I didn’t know what happened, so I turned on the light. What did I see? You wouldn’t believe it! I saw two mice playing on the floor!
What a terrible trip!
【小题1】How did the writer travel to Paris?

A．By train.

B．By plane.

C．By boat.

D．By car.

【小题2】When did the writer probably start his trip?

A．At about 9 a.m.	B．At about 10 a.m.
C．At about 11 a.m.	D．At about 12 a.m.

【小题3】Why did the writer feel even more tired when he arrived in Paris?

A．Because he didn’t sleep well the night before.

B．Because he didn’t want to go to Paris.

C．Because a baby sang songs all the way during the whole trip.

D．Because the flight was too long and a baby cried and screamed during the whole trip.

【小题4】What did the writer see in the hotel room at midnight?

A．A mouse.

B．A cat.

C．Two cats.

D．Two mice.

【小题5】What can we learn from the passage?

A．The writer had a good rest in the hotel room.

B．The writer couldn’t sleep well in the hotel room, either.

C．The writer enjoyed the first night in Paris a lot.

D．The writer would never travel by plane again

Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing (令人迷惑的). A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications were always possible, even over something as simple as "yes" and "no".

    On her first day in Micronesia, an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren’t paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a store and asked, “Do you have cold drinks. The woman there didn't say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the Woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her:  She had raised her eyebrows (眉毛), which in Micronesia means "yes".

     Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, "Do, you have cabbage today?" He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means no.

     Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. They answered with many different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some people had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing~ He soon found out that his students did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean "yes" or "no".

1.These Americans teaching English in other countries found that they ______.

   A. should go abroad for vacations

   B. needed to learn foreign languages

   C. should often discuss their experiences

   D. had problems with communications

2.People in Micronesia show "yes" by ____.

  A. nodding heads        B. raising eyebrows

  C. shaking heads         D. saying "no"

3.Tom misunderstood his class at first because

  A. he did not know much about Indian culture

  B. he didn't explain everything clearly enough

  C. some students didn't understand his questions

  D. he didn't know where the students came from

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to(根据) this passage?

  A. In Bulgaria, nodding heads means no.

  B. Jan taught English on a Pacific island.

C. Lisa was trying to buy some cabbage.

   D. In India, only shaking heads means "YES".

5.The passage is mainly about _____.

   A. body language in foreign restaurants

   B. class discussion in Indian schools

   C. miscommunication in different cultures

   D. English teaching in other countries

 

When I _______ the farm, the children had finished _______ the apples.

A. reached, picking          B. got, picking

C. came, picked             D. arrived in, to pick

 

- How long have you       your hometown, Jack?-- Three years.

A.  left   B.  arrived in  C.  been away from   D.  come to

 

____ the end, they arrived in the city ____the morning of June 20, 2005. 

A. in; at    B. By; on    C. At; in    D. In; on

 

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Betty and I are best friends. Our birthdays are on the same day, so every year we have a birthday party together. But this year, we had a costume party instead.

      While we were writing the invitations, my mum came in and asked, "Why not invite John?” John had been in our class for only a few months, but he was already getting better grades in math than anyone else in class. I wrinkled(皱起) my nose, “Mum, he wears the same pants to school every day. How could he even afford a costume?“ Mum said nothing. The next day. mum gave me an envelope with a shopping certificate in it. “I thought it would be nice for you to give this to John.” Mum said. But how? We didn't want to make John embarrassed. We discussed it for a long time. Finally, Betty and I had a good idea.

     On the day of our party, kids arrived, dressed differently. John arrived, in an old sheet (床单), but still in the same brown pants as usual. We danced, ate snacks and played games in groups. Before eating the birthday cake, Betty said in a loud voice, "Now it's time for the great prize game. It’ s the following riddle..." It was a math game. None of us was surprised when John came up with the right answer first and walked off with the envelope.

     Everything went on well as we planned. John wore a new pair of pants and a new shirt the next week. He felt happy. So did we.

     When we help others, we need to find a proper way, or we may hurt them in another way.

1.The two girls and John were in the same________

            A. group        B. family              C. team              D. class

2.John' s family may be very              according to the passage.

            A. far          B. poor               C. rich               D. small

3.How did John get the prize, during the party?

            A. By helping others.                  B. By asking for help.

            C. By getting good grades in study.       D. By winning the math game.

4.John _________with the shopping certificate after the party.

            A. watched a basketball match          B. saw a movie

            C. bought something to wear           D. made a phone call

5.The two girls felt ______when they found John wearing his new clothes.

            A. happy       B. sorry               C . sad             D. angry