After her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too _26_ to do any housework that morning, _27_ in the evening she was going to an interesting fancy dress party with her husband. What she __28_ was a terrible genie（妖怪）and as she had made that special dress of hers the night before, she was anxious to try it on. __29__ the dress was just a big piece of old cloth which was red, green, black and white, it would be very effective to make her like a red genie. After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs happily. She wanted to find out __30__ it would be comfortable to wear.
　　Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining-room there was a __31_ at the door. She thought that it __32 be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if she _33__ to open the door and leave the bread on the kitchen table. Now not wanting to _34__ the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly __35_ in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and a man came in. When Mrs. Richards  _36_ that it was the man from the electricity board（供电局）who had come to read the meter, she walked out of the hiding-place on a sudden and tried to explain the matter, saying with a smile, “It's only __37_! It is not __38_ for you to be __39_ !” But it was too late. The man let out a sharp cry and jumped back several paces. Then he ran away, __40__ the door behind him with great force and noise.

【小题1】

A．angry B．ready C．frightened D．excited

【小题2】

A．for B．but C．so D．and

【小题3】

A．wanted to see B．wanted to play C．was afraid to see D．was afraid to play

【小题4】

A．Though B．But C．And D．If

【小题5】

A．that B．how C．whether D．when

【小题6】

A．knock B．voice C．man D．baker

【小题7】

A．may B．must C．wouldn't D．couldn't

【小题8】

A．not B．had C．tried D．failed

【小题9】

A．see B．frighten C．help D．scold

【小题10】

A．went B．lay C．appeared D．hid

【小题11】

A．thought B．wondered C．imagined D．realized

【小题12】

A．me B．you C．game D．play

【小题13】

A．good B．necessary C．late D．early

【小题14】

A．off B．here C．afraid D．sorry

【小题15】

A．pushed B．locking C．knocking D．shutting

Welcome to the Grand Hotel. To make your stay as enjoyable as possible, we hope you will use our facilities (设备) .

Dining-room	Breakfast is served in the dining-room from 8 to 9 a.m.. The room staff will bring breakfast to your room at any time after 7 a.m. in this case, please fill out a card and hang it outside your door when you go to bed. Lunch: 12 to 2: 30 p.m. Dinner: 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Room service	This operates 24 hours. Phone the Reception (接待) Desk, and your message will be passed to the room staff.
Telephones	To make a phone call, dial 0 for the Reception Desk to be connected.
Shop	The hotel shop is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m..
Laundry	We have a laundry in the building, and will wash, iron and return your clothes within 24 hours. Ask the room staff to collect them.
Bar	The hotel bar is open from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m and 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m..

 

1.The above service notice can be seen _______.

A．in a restaurant                         B．in a hotel dining room

C．in a bedroom of a large international hotel    D．at the entrance of a small family hotel

2.You have arrived and stayed at the hotel at 11:00 p.m. and want a snack. What should you do?

A．Go to the hotel shop.                    B．Go to the hotel bar.

C．Hang a message outside your door.          D．Phone the hotel shop assistants.

3.Which of the following is true?

A．You can’t have your breakfast in your room.  B．You can’t make a phone in your room.

C．Lunch is served from 12:00 to 2:00p.m..      D．You can have dinner at midnight.

 

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This morning I got a funny feeling. Today I had to give a report in my __1__ , and I had been doing this for a long time!

Mum came into the kitchen asking,” Are you ready,__2__ ?”

“Yes,” I answered quietly. __3__ in fact I wasn’t really ready!”

On my way __4__ school, I could feel my heart beating fast. I hated this.

I went into Mrs. Owen’s class. She is smiling, and saying __5__ to all her students as she did every morning .

“Hi, Sam,” she said to me as I walked __6__ the classroom.

“Hi,” I said and quickly sat in my __7__. I looked at the clock. The class was about to begin. Then Mrs. Owens started , “Sam, it’s time for you to give your speech.” __8__in front of everybody? Oh, no!

I got up slowly, looking __9__ the ground as I walked to the front of the classroom. Then, I looked up , and everyone was looking at me. Mrs. Owens knew I was __10__, so she came beside me, and put her hand on my back.

She said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his __11__ and I know it is a very interesting report.” Then she turned to me and asked, “Sam, __12__ did you like best about report on Hawaii?”

I thought about the funny things I had read about surfing , and I started to  __13__. I talked and talked __14__ the whole class, and I was not nervous at all. It was great fun. I wasn’t frightened. The class cheered as I finished and Mrs. Owens was __15__.

1.                A．class           B．house          C．party D．hometown

 

2.                A．friends         B．classmates       C．Owens   D．Sam

 

3.                A．Then           B．But            C．So   D．Or

 

4.                A．on            B．from           C．to   D．in

 

5.                A．sorry          B．hello           C．goodbye  D．thanks

 

6.                A．into           B．out of          C．away from D．far from

 

7.                A．bed           B．seat            C．dining- room   D．reading room

 

8.                A．Putting         B．Being shy       C．Stand up  D．Do well

 

9.                A．for            B．over           C．at   D．after

 

10.               A．glad           B．nervous        C．active D．happy

 

11.               A．dictionary       B．magazine       C．newspaper D．report

 

12.               A．what           B．who           C．where D．whom

 

13.               A．tell            B．say            C．talk about  D．talk

 

14.               A．in front of       B．over           C．beside    D．near

 

15.               A．playing         B．dancing        C．singing    D．smiling

 

 

Cyril Dick’s house is neither a modern house nor a house of the future. It is 40 years old. There are more houses like that in the south of France. They are called “bubble houses”, and you can see why!

Cyril Dick is a designer and he loves round things. He collects old records and clocks. He also collects round furniture. And now he has a completely round house.

Everything in the “bubble house” is round. The centre of the house is one very big bubble. This is both the living room and dining room. There are round armchairs, a round table, and a big round rug(地毯) in front of a round fireplace. Around the living room are three small bubbles. One bubble is a kitchen with round shelves, another bubble is the garden room, and the third bubble is a music room. Upstairs there are two more bubbles—a bedroom and a bathroom.

The doors and windows are also round, of course. The window are like eyes. There aren’t any curtains(窗帘) in the house, because Cyril likes to see the garden all the time.

Bubble houses are the idea of a Hungarian architect(建筑师), Antti Lovag. “A lot of modern houses are bad for us, especially tall buildings of flats,” says Lovag. “Because round homes are more natural, people feel happy in them.” Cyril agrees with this. “Some people think my house is funny,” he says, “but for me, this is the perfect home.”

1.You can find more “bubble houses” in the south of France. 

2.Cyril Dick is a designer and he loves _____________________________________.

3.What is the third bubble around the living room?

____________________________________________________________________.

4._____________________________________________________________________

5._____________________________________________________________________

 

More than a hundred years ago, an American produced (创造) a game. He called it indoor tennis. The Americans were not interested in it at first so he sent it to his London friends and it became very popular (流行) in Britain. The game was then played across the dining-room table or on the floor with the net hung between two chairs. In the early days ，the balls were made of cork (软木) or rubber. The bats(球拍) were made of wood.
A few years later a hollow (空心) ball like the one we use today was invented. The game then quickly spread all over the world. An Englishman once made a bat covered with rubber. He first played the game in England and called it "ping - pong". "Ping" was the sound of the bat when it hit the ball, and "pong" was the sound of the ball when it hit the table.
【小题1】Who invented the game of ping-pong?

A．A Chinese.

B．An Englishman.

C．An American.

D．We don't know.

【小题2】The game was first called ________ by its producer(创造者).

A．ping- pong tennis

B．table tennis

C．our-door tennis

D．indoor tennis

【小题3】What did the British think of the game?

A．Moving (感人的).

B．Interesting.

C．Terrible.

D．boring.

【小题4】In the early days，the ball was________.

A．hollow	B．covered with rubber
C．made of cork or rubber	D．made of wood

【小题5】The name of ping-pong has something to do with __________.

A．sound

B．size

C．history

D．place