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　　根据短文内容，判断正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。

　　What do you know about the sea? Some people have seen it, but others haven't. The sea looks beautiful on a fine sunny day and it can be very rough (不平静) when there is a strong wind. What other things do we know about it?

　　Of course, the sea is very large. In the world there is more sea than land (陆地) .

　　If you have swum in the sea, you know that the water is salty (咸的) . Rivers salt (盐) goes from the land into the sea. Some places of the sea are more salty than other places. Do you know the Dead Sea? Fish can't live in it!

　　

1．Not all people have seen the sea.

2．The sea always looks beautiful.

3．The land is larger than the sea.

4．The sea is salty, but rivers are not.

5．Fish can't live in the Dead Sea because it is too large.

　　It was Christmas Eve. It was very cold. A poor girl was selling flowers in the street. Her parents were ill, so she 1 get money for food. She felt cold and hungry. She stopped in front of a beautiful house. The girl knocked 2 the door and a man came out. She asked 3 he needed some flowers. The man said he didn't want 4 . She left the house and felt tired. She sat down at the 5 of a tall wall. She looked at the flowers. The flowers 6 very nice. She suddenly had a strange feeling. She felt she became light, 7 slowly she began to fly into the sky. She 8 higher and higher and at last she found herself on the clouds. A group of people were coming to meet her. At the head of them 9 her granny who welcomed her and asked her why she didn't 10 . The girl told her that she had to 11 to get money because her parents were badly ill. Granny told her 12 and gave her lots of beautiful clothes and delicious food. The girl laughed 13 .

　　It snowed heavily that nit. The girl died with a smile on her face. 14 , the people in the beautiful house began to sing Christmas songs and 15 .

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阅读理解

　　When my first wartime Christmas came, I was in a new soldier school in Ashland and not sure if I could make it home for the holidays. On the afternoon of December 23 we were told some of us would have three-day holidays. I was one of the lucky soldiers.

　　It was Christmas Eve when I arrived, and a light snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door. I could see over her, into the corner of the living-room where the tree had always stood. There were lights, all colours, shining in the green of the tree.

　　“Where did it come from?” I asked.

　　“I asked the gate boy to cut it, ”my mother said, “I wouldn't have had one just for myself, but when called? Oh, such a rush! He just brought it in this afternoon…”

　　The tree was almost as tall as the room, and the Tree Top Star was in its place. A few branches reached about a little disorderly at the side, I thought, and there was a big bare branch showing in the middle. But the tree filled the room with the pleasant smell of Christmas.

　　“It's not like the one you want to find, ” my mother went on. “Yours were always in good shape. I think the gate boy didn't know where to look for a better one. ”“Don't worry, ”I told her. “It's perfect.”

　　It wasn't, of course, but at the moment I understood for the first time: all Christmas trees are perfect.

　　注：wartime战争时期; branch树枝; disorderly不规则的; bare光秃的; pleasant smell令人愉快的气息; shape形状; perfect完美的

1．From the passage , we can infer (推断) that ______.

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A．the soldiers couldn't have the Christmas holiday during the war (战争)

B．all the soldiers didn't go home for Christmas during the war

C．all the soldiers didn't want to spend their holidays

D．at first the writer didn't want to go home for Christmas

2．When the writer got home, ______.

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A．it was December 23

B．it was snowing heavily

C．he found a Christmas tree in the room

D．the gate boy was cutting a Christmas tree for his mother

3．From the passage we can infer that _____.

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A．the writer often liked to cut very beautiful Christmas tree

B．his mother didn't like perfect trees

C．his mother didn't really want to have a tree

D．the writer wouldn't have a tree cut by someone else

4．“All Christmas trees are perfect,” because they can make you think of ______.

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5．The best title (题目) for this passage would be “______”.

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A．How to Choose a Christmas Tree

B．How Soldiers Spent Christmas

C．Perfect Christmas Tree

D．Christmas With a Tree

阅读短文，然后根据短文内容选择正确答案 。

　　 A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.
　　Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…”He hesitated.
　　Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
　　“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”
　　“Oh yes, I’d love that.”
　　After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”
　　Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbours that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.
　　He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
　　“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it …then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
　　Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
　　注：urchin顽童, hesitate犹豫, neighbour邻居, crippled残疾,cent 美分

( 　) 1. The street urchin was very surprised when _______________

A. Paul received an expensive car 　　B. Paul told him about the car
　　C. he saw the shining car 　　　　 　D. he was walking around the car
( 　) 2. From the story we can see the urchin _______________
　　A. wished to give his brother a car
　　B. wanted Paul’s brother to give him a car
　　C. wished he could have a brother like Paul’s
　　D. wished Paul could be a brother like that
( 　) 3. The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ____________
　　A. to show his neighbours the big car
　　B. to show he had a rich friend
　　C. to let his brother ride in the car
　　D. to tell his brother about his wish
( 　) 4. We can infer（推断） from the story that___________
　　A. Paul couldn’t understand the urchin
B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother

C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother

　　D. the urchin’s wish came true in the end
(　 ) 5. The best name of the story is ____________
　　A. A Christmas Present　　 B. A Street Urchin
　　C. A Brother Like That 　　　D. An Unforgettable Holiday Ride