A small boy came out of another shop in the street and followed Mr. Black. He stayed very near him all the time, and he kicked the heels(后跟)of Mr. Black’s shoes several times. Mr. Black looked at him angrily each time.?

After the third time, Mr. Black stopped, turned around and said to the small boy, “What are you doing? Stop following me like that! You’re going to hurt my heels.”?

“Please don’t stop me!”  the small boy said, “It’s very hot today, and there isn’t any shade(阴凉处)anywhere else in the street!”

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1.It was a 　　　　  and hot summer day, you couldn’t see any 　　　　  in the sky.?  2.There 　　　　  not a tree on either 　　　　  of the street.?

3.Mr. Black closed his shop at half 　　　　  five and 　　　　  to the bus on foot.? 4.A small boy 　　　　  after Mr. Black and made 　　　　  angry.?

5.After the third time, Mr. Black 　　　　  and turned to the boy, “Stop following me    　　　　  that.”

Read “A Pool near Rajpur” and answer questions 1 to 7.

　　Ranji had been less than a month in Rajpur when he discovered the pool in the forest. It was the height of the summer, and his school had not yet opened; and, having as yet made no friends in this town, he wandered about a good deal by himself into the hills and forests that stretched away interminably on all sides. It was hot, very hot, at that time of the year, and Ranji walked about in his vest and shorts, his brown feet white with the chalky dust that flew up from the ground. The earth was parched, the grass brown, the trees listless, hardly stirring, waiting for a cool wind or a refreshing shower of rain.

　　It was on such a day－a hot, tired day -that Ranji found the pool in the forest. The water had a gentle translucency, and you could see the smooth round pebbles at the bottom of the pool. A small stream emerged from a cluster of rocks to feed the pool. During the monsoon, this stream would be a rushing torrent, cascading down from the hills, but during the summer it was barely a trickle. The rocks, however, held the water in the pool, and it did not dry up like the pools in the plains.

　　When Ranji saw the pool, he did not hesitate to get into it. He had often gone swimming, alone or with friends, when he had lived with his parents in a thirsty town in the middle of the Rajputana desert. There, he had known only sticky, muddy pools, where buffaloes wallowed and women washed clothes. He had never seen a pool like this－so clean and cold and inviting.

1．The first paragraph describes how Ranji went exploring in the forest ________.

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A．with his school friends

B．after school each day

C．without his parents' permission

D．despite the unpleasant weather

2．In the second paragraph, the writer wants the reader to feel that the pool was ________.

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A．well-known to local people

B．a delightful place to be on a hot day

C．popular with local children

D．a dangerous place for a boy on his own

3．The word “translucency” indicates that the water in the pool was ________.

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4．The trees are described as “listless”. This means that the trees were ________.

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5．Water remained in the pool during the summer because ________.

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A．the water was clean and cold

B．there were rocks to dam the water

C．trees hung over the pool to shade it

D．the pool was in a cool forest

6．The reader can assume that Ranji ________.

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A．owned very few good clothes

B．found new experiences difficult to cope with

C．felt homesick for the town where he once lived

D．felt safe wandering in the forests near Rajpur

7．What is Ranji likely to do next?

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A．chase some buffaloes away from the pool

B．enjoy swimming in the pool

C．tell his parents about the pool

D．wait for his family to arrive