Mrs. White has a son．His name is Sam White．The young man began to work in a post office in a city this summer．He asked his mother to visit the city．The old woman was happy and took a train to the city．But she didn't know the way to the post office．She began to look for it, but she couldn't find it．At a bus stop she asked an old man, "Excuse me, how can I get to the post office?"

"We have about forty post offices in our city," said the old man．"Which one do you want to go?"

Mrs. White gave Sam's letter to the old man and he said, "Walk along this street and take the fourth turning on the left．His post office is just there．"

Mrs. White thanked the old man and soon found her son．They were very happy．A week later she went to the zoo．She saw many kinds of animals．But after that she couldn't find the way to the post office again．At the same bus stop she met the same old man and she asked the same question again．

"Oh, dear!" said the old man．"Are you still looking for your son?"

根据短文内容回答问题：

1．Where did Sam White work?

2．How did Mrs. White go to the city?

3．Did Mrs. White know the way to her son's post office?

4．How many post offices are there in this city?

5．Did Mrs. White know the way to the post office when she came out of the zoo?

完形填空（共 15小题，每小题 1 分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。
A well-dressed man came into a famous jewellery （首饰）shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl（珍珠）for his wife’s birthday and that the  16  did not matter since business had been very good for him that year. After examin;ing a number of beautiful and valuable pearls, he chose a nice black one that _17_ $5000. He paid for that pearl , shook hands with the jeweler and left.
A few days later the man returned and said his wife had liked that pearl _18_ that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the _19_ size and quality as she wanted a pair of earrings made. “Can you give me any advice on _20_ to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweler replied , “I would say it’s _21_ to find an exact one like that pearl.”
The rich man _22_ the jeweler to advertise in the newspaper, and offered $25.000 for that matching pearl. Many people answered that ad, _23_ nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweler had _24__  hope, an old lady came in. To his _25_ , she took a wonderful pearl from her handbag. “I don’t like to sell it, ” she said _26_. “I inherited (继承)it from my mother, and my mother inherited from _27_, but now I really need money.”
The jeweler was quick to pay her _28_ she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell the good _29_ to him. The rich man, however, was _30_ to be found. He had fled with the old woman a few more minutes before.
【小题1】 A. size               B. shape             C. price
【小题2】A. spent               B. cost              C. took
【小题3】 A. a little              B. so much           C. at all
【小题4】 A. same               B. different           C. common
【小题5】A. what               B. why              C. how
【小题6】 A. possible            B. easy               C. impossible
【小题7】 A. let                 B. make              C. asked
【小题8】 A. so                 B. but                C. and
【小题9】 A. found out           B. given up            C. come up with
【小题10】 A. disappointment      B. surprise             C. fear
【小题11】A. happily             B. loudly             C. sadly
【小题12】A. mine               B.his                 C. hers
【小题13】 A. when               B. before             C. after
【小题14】 A. news               B. advice             C. way
【小题15】 A. somewhere          B. anywhere           C. nowhere

完形填空（共 15小题，每小题 1 分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。

A well-dressed man came into a famous jewellery （首饰）shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl（珍珠）for his wife’s birthday and that the  16   did not matter since business had been very good for him that year. After examin;ing a number of beautiful and valuable pearls, he chose a nice black one that _17_ $5000. He paid for that pearl , shook hands with the jeweler and left.

A few days later the man returned and said his wife had liked that pearl _18_ that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the _19_ size and quality as she wanted a pair of earrings made. “Can you give me any advice on _20_ to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweler replied , “I would say it’s _21_ to find an exact one like that pearl.”

    The rich man _22_ the jeweler to advertise in the newspaper, and offered $25.000 for that matching pearl. Many people answered that ad, _23_ nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweler had _24__  hope, an old lady came in. To his _25_ , she took a wonderful pearl from her handbag. “I don’t like to sell it, ” she said _26_. “I inherited (继承)it from my mother, and my mother inherited from _27_, but now I really need money.”

The jeweler was quick to pay her _28_ she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell the good _29_ to him. The rich man, however, was _30_ to be found. He had fled with the old woman a few more minutes before.

1. A. size                B. shape             C. price

2.A. spent               B. cost              C. took

3. A. a little              B. so much           C. at all

4. A. same               B. different           C. common

5.A. what               B. why               C. how

6. A. possible            B. easy               C. impossible

7. A. let                 B. make              C. asked

8. A. so                 B. but                C. and

9. A. found out           B. given up            C. come up with

10. A. disappointment      B. surprise             C. fear

11.A. happily             B. loudly             C. sadly

12.A. mine               B.his                 C. hers

13. A. when               B. before             C. after

14. A. news               B. advice             C. way

15. A. somewhere          B. anywhere           C. nowhere

完形填空（共 15小题，每小题 1 分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。

A well-dressed man came into a famous jewellery （首饰）shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl（珍珠）for his wife’s birthday and that the  16   did not matter since business had been very good for him that year. After examin;ing a number of beautiful and valuable pearls, he chose a nice black one that _17_ $5000. He paid for that pearl , shook hands with the jeweler and left.

A few days later the man returned and said his wife had liked that pearl _18_ that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the _19_ size and quality as she wanted a pair of earrings made. “Can you give me any advice on _20_ to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweler replied , “I would say it’s _21_ to find an exact one like that pearl.”

    The rich man _22_ the jeweler to advertise in the newspaper, and offered $25.000 for that matching pearl. Many people answered that ad, _23_ nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweler had _24__  hope, an old lady came in. To his _25_ , she took a wonderful pearl from her handbag. “I don’t like to sell it, ” she said _26_. “I inherited (继承)it from my mother, and my mother inherited from _27_, but now I really need money.”

The jeweler was quick to pay her _28_ she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell the good _29_ to him. The rich man, however, was _30_ to be found. He had fled with the old woman a few more minutes before.

1. A. size                B. shape             C. price

2.A. spent               B. cost              C. took

3. A. a little              B. so much           C. at all

4. A. same               B. different           C. common

5.A. what               B. why               C. how

6. A. possible            B. easy               C. impossible

7. A. let                 B. make              C. asked

8. A. so                 B. but                C. and

9. A. found out           B. given up            C. come up with

10. A. disappointment      B. surprise             C. fear

11.A. happily             B. loudly             C. sadly

12.A. mine               B.his                 C. hers

13. A. when               B. before             C. after

14. A. news               B. advice             C. way

15. A. somewhere          B. anywhere           C. nowhere