Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

　　One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take good care of them. ” With these words, he went out.

　　But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished（惩罚）, so he drank the poison to kill himself.

1.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.

A．the rich man       B．the servant        C．both A and B       D．neither A and B

2.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

A．the cat           B．himself 　　　     C．nobody           D．the servant

3.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________.

A．there was in fact poison in the bottles

B．he did not want the servant to drink his wine

C．he wanted to kill the cat

D．he wanted to kill the servant

4.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

A．the servant 　　   B．cat 　　          C．the rich man 　    D．nobody

5.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.

A．lazy 　　         B．bad 　　          C．clever 　　       D．kind

 

　　假设你是David，家住悉尼新城Roya街6号，邮编30004。你的老师告诉你：中国是一个伟大而美丽的国家，有许多名胜古迹。因此，你对中国很感兴趣，打算利用这个假期来华旅游，并希望你的笔友王林带你参观这些名胜古迹。写信日期：2006年12月3日。

词数：70左右。

No.6,Roya Street

New Town 30004

Sydney,Australia

December 3,2006

Dear Wang Lin,

How are you these days?This school term will be over soon.The holiday will begin.Our teacher                                                                               

                                                                              

Please send me a letter soon.

Yours,

David

 

At two o’clock a bank robber stole in. “This is a hold-up,” the man said loudly. He took a gun from under his jacket, pointing to George. “Hand it over!” George reached into his money-box and took all the bills from the top part --- close to six thousand dollars. The robber took them and turned to leave. Then, while everyone watched the robber, George calmly lifted the top part of the money-box, took bills from the bottom part and put them into his own pocket secretly. The door was shut and the bank robber was gone. George fainted（晕倒）. As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door, George counted the money. He had eight thousand dollars. He was very happy.
The next morning, while the others were checking the bank’s records, George was asked to go to Mr. Burrow’s office and was introduced to Mr. Carruthers, who used to be president of the bank.
　　“Good morning, George, I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our small bank can be robbed, too. I have retired （退休）, but I am always thinking of our bank. That’s why I played my little game yesterday, just to keep everyone on his toes（趾）. Now, I have put the money back in your money-box all six thousand.”
【小题1】 Which of the following do you think is TRUE?

A．George wanted to protect the money for the bank.

B．George had been thinking of taking money away.

C．This bank had been robbed several times.

D．Nobody knew the bank would be robbed that day.

【小题2】Why was George asked to go to Mr. Burrow’s office?

A．His stealing money was known to all.

B．Mr. Burrow wanted to say sorry to him.

C．Mr. Carruthers wanted to explain the whole thing to him.

D．Mr. Burrow wanted to tell him the money had been put back.

【小题3】 In this article “to keep everyone on his toes” means _________.

A．to make everyone work hard

B．to keep everyone standing straight

C．to make everyone do a kind of exercise

D．to keep everyone preparing for the coming danger

【小题4】 Which sentence can be used to end this story?

A．George turned cold with fear.

B．George turned red with anger（愤怒）.

C．George was pleased with the end.

D．George was excited with the end.