There was a famous church in London. It was 110 meters high. The center of the church was like a bell. The ceiling of the church was painted by a famous artist. A platform （平台）was built so that the artist could put up the ladder on it and paint the ceiling. The platform was about 70 meters over the ground.
One day the artist was working hard and had nearly finished one popular corner of the ceiling. Also on the platform was his assistant, who was mixing paints. The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was progressing. To have a better look at his painting, he stepped back again. Suddenly, his assistant shouted, picked up a small bowl of paint and started to paint the artist’s work on the top. The artist was very angry and rushed forwards to stop him.
“What do you think you are doing?” he shouted angrily. “Are you mad?” His assistant replied, “I saw you walking backwards to have a better look at your painting. But you didn’t notice that you had reached the very edge of the platform. You were in great danger. I wanted to make you move forwards. If I had not made you run forwards, you would have fallen backwards off the edge of the platform.
【小题1】The story happened in ______.

A strange thing happened to Henry yesterday. He was on a bus and to ____. So he stood up and rang the bell. ____ make sure the driver heard him, he rang it twice, but the bus ____ stop. And the conductor came and shouted ____ him.

The conductor was ___ angry and spoke ____ fast that Henry didn’t understand ____. The bus stopped at the next bus and Henry got off. As he got off he heard someone said, ― “I think he ____ a foreigner.”

When Henry got ____, he told his wife about it.

― “____ times did you ring the bell?” his wife asked.

―” Twice,” said Henry.

― “Well, that’s the signal (信号) ____ the driver ____ on.”‖His wife explained, ―”only the conductor ____ to ring the bell twice. That’s why the conductor ____ so angry! “

Henry nodded（点头）. ― “____, “he said.

1.A. got off     B. gets off     C. get off       D. get on

2.A.To         B. At         C. In           D. with

3.A. doesn’t     B. don’t      C. didn’t        D. wasn’t

4.A. in         B. on         C. of           D. at

5.A. so          B. as         C. at           D. because

6.A. so that      B. that        C. so           D. why

7.A. words       B. a word     C. speech       D. song

8.A. was         B. isn’t       C.  is          D. am

9.A. to home    B. at home     C. in home      D. home

10.A. How many  B. How much  C. How long     D. How 

11.A. to         B. at          C. on           D. for 

12.A. to go      B. go          C. went on      D. goes

13.A. allowed    B. is allowed   C. was allowed   D. allow

14.A. got        B. gets        C. is getting     D. gotten

15.A. I seen     B. I saw        C. I see         D. I did

Nina, you look much than when I saw you last year.

A. tall B. taller C. tallest D. the tallest

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Monday morning is an important time at our school. All of the students go to the playground.

We listen to music, and we  1 the national flag(国旗) go up.

Usually, one student gives a talk on Monday mornings. One Monday last year, a boy gave the talk. He was  2 and excited ! When I saw him, I wanted to have a try, too. Can I really do it?

Last week, our teacher said our class should give the talk. My teacher 3 me, "I know you want to have a try. Next Monday, you can give the talk. Go and write something down. Get ready for it, I'm sure you'll do well." "Thank you ," I answered, It was such a great  4 for me ! When I got home , I was excited. I wrote two pages for the talk. I read them again and again. When I read, I asked my parents  5  . I wanted to make my teacher happy.

Monday morning came. I began to feel  6  When did I last give a talk to so many people ? Never! This was my first time. Could I really do it?  Maybe I couldn't finish the talk.

When I got to school, we all went out to playground. I  7  in front of everyone. I opened my mouth, but I couldn't say anything. "Take it easy," I said to 8 . " Don't be nervous. You can do it."

Just then, I looked down at everyone. I saw about 1,000 eyes. They were all looking at me ! I couldn't even stand up. I looked at their eyes more carefully. Their eyes were saying , "You can do it! Don't be afraid, just talk !" I  9 a big breath(呼吸). Then I began to talk. It wasn't hard. It was easy. I don't know  10 I finished my talk. But I did it. I felt so good that day. I showed myself

to everyone what I can do.