My uncle likes hunting very much. He often goes 　1　during the weekend and usually　2　 home with a bag of birds. Last Sunday evening he came home 　3　 than usual. He didn’t say 　4　 when he came 　5　. He threw his 　6 on to the table and sat by the fire. He looked tired and 　7　.
　　“Didn’t you have a good day, dear?”his wife asked.
　　“　8　 do you think?”he answered angrily and pointed 　9　 the bag on the table .“ Look at the bag! There’s only one bird in it and 　10　 me a lot of money!”“Weren’t there any birds?”she asked kindly.
　　“Hundreds of them!”my uncle said,“　11　 I spent the day 　12　 with a 　13　.”
　　“What happened, dear?”she asked.
　　“I shot my first bird at five o’clock 　14　 afternoon. Soon afterwards, I aimed at 　15　 one and 　16　, but I don’t know what happened. I think I slipped because I didn’t shoot the bird. I 　17　 a cow and killed it. The farmer 　18　owned it got very angry with me. I argued with him for hours and 19 theend I had to 　20　 him 50 pounds!”
　　1．A. shoot       B. to shoot　　  C. and shoots      D. shooting
　　2．A. goes        B. comes　　　   C. leaves          D. gets
　　3．A. early       B. earlier　　　 C. earliest        D. the earliest
　　4．A. anything    B. nothing　　　 C. something       D. everything
　　5．A. in          B. out　　　 C. down          D. up
　　6．A. hat         B. bag　　　 C. gun           D. glasses
　　7．A. terrible    B. pleased　 C. wonderful     D. angry
　　8．A. What        B. How　　　 C. Why           D. When
　　9．A. of          B. to　　　  C. up            D. at
　　10．A. paid       B. spent　　 C. took          D. cost
　　11．A. So         B. Or　　    C. But           D. And
　　12．A. talking    B. arguing　 C. hunting       D. playing
　　13．A. policeman  B. hunter　　C. farmer        D. cow
　　14．A. that       B. this　　  C. one           D. some
　　15．A. the other  B. the　　   C. another       D. some
　　16．A. fired      B. lit　　   C. began         D. opened
　　17．A. frightened B. shot at　 C. hit           D. missed
　　18．A. who        B. which　　 C. whose         D. whom
　　19．A. at         B. in　　    C. for           D. by
　　20．A. borrow     B. lend　 　 C. pay           D. earn

阅读理解

　　Mr White helped his mother move into a new house. He started at 3:30 in the afternoon. First he washed the windows, and then he carried all the heavy furniture (家具)into the new house. He helped her put the curtains (窗帘) up, too. Mr White was very tired by 9:15 when he got home. What's more, he couldn't find the right key to the door. The front door was locked. Then he tried the back door but it was locked, too. He decided to climb in through the kitchen window in order not to wake up his wife and children . But suddenly , a big black dog came at him from behind. Mr White was both frightened and surprised, he didn't own a dog! He was at the wrong house! The poor man was even move tired after he had much difficulty making the police believe that he wasn't a thief.

1．Mr White stopped working ________.

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2．Why was he tired?

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A．Because he got home late.

B．Because he looked for his key a long time.

C．Because he worked for her mother for nearly six hours.

D．Because he didn't stop working until nine fifteen.

3．Do you know whose dog it was?

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A．The dog was the Police's.

B．It was his own dog.

C．The dog may be the owner's of the house.

D．The dog was a friend of his.

4．Which of the following is true?

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A．He lost his key.

B．He came to a wrong house.

C．He often got into his room through the kitchen window.

D．He left his key at his mother's.

5．From the text we can see that________ .

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A．he had to go to the police station for the night

B．he was taken to the police station because he was really a thief

C．the police might put him into prison (监狱)

D．the police let him go after he explained (解释)