The old man ____________ at the age of 90.

A. had died            B. has been dead    C. was died           D. died

The old woman _____________ at the age of 80.

A. had died                                        B. has been dead

C. was died                                       D. died

Jenney was a poor girl. Her parents died years ago. She had no sisters or brothers. She felt sad and lonely. She wanted to be loved very much.

One day, when she was walking in a forest, she saw a dragonfly(蜻蜓) caught in a thorn bush(多刺灌木丛). No matter how hard it tried to free itself, it failed every time. Jenney was very sorry for it. She ran to set it free at once. But to her great surprise, the dragonfly didn’t fly away, it changed into a beautiful fairy(仙女) instead.

The beautiful fairy said to Jenney, “I must die without your help. Because of your kindness, you can get whatever you want from me.” Jenney wanted neither gold nor houses, she told the fairy that she wanted to be happy most. The fairy said something in a low voice in her ear. Then she disappeared.

From then on, Jenney was happy every day. She was kind to everyone around her. Other people asked her the secret of her happiness. She smiled and said, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy.”

When Jenney was very old and dying, all her neighbors stood around her and asked her the secret of happiness. They were afraid that the secret of happiness would die with her. The lovely old lady smiled and said, “The good fairy told me everyone needed me, no matter whether they were young or old, men or women.”

76. Jenney was _________ at the beginning of the story.

A. pleased and joyful           B. sad and lonely

C. afraid and angry             D. happy and excited

77. When the girl was__________, she saw a dragonfly.

A. playing with her neighbor        B. crying for dead mother

C. walking in the forest        D. helping others

78. When Jenney saw the dragonfly failed to free itself every time, she _________.

A. helped it to get free            B. pretended to see nothing

C. cut down the thorn bush      D. asked others for help

79. What did Jenney want from the fairy?

A. Gold     B. Houses      C. To be rich           D. To be happy

80. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. It was too difficult for the dragonfly to free itself .

B. The fairy was thankful to the poor girl’s kindness.

C. Jenney had a happy life because the fairy gave her lots of money.

D. The secret of Jenney’s happiness is the fairy told her everyone needs her.

阅读理解

　　The weather was very cold. Snow was falling. The roads were covered with ice and a strong wind was blowing. It was not a good night to be outside.

　　Thomas, however, had to walk home from work. He had to walk along a country road. As he walked the cold wind beat against his chest.

　　“I'll be warmer,” he thought, “If I wear my coat backwards (向后地).”

　　He stopped walking for a moment, took off his coat, and put it back on backwards.

　　“That's much better,” he thought, and walked on through the thickly falling snow.

　　A few minutes later a car hit him. The driver of the car had not seen him soon enough. When he tried to stop, the car skidded (滑行) on the ice.

　　The driver got out of his car and ran to help Thomas. Soon a police car arrived. The policeman ran to look at Thomas who was lying on the ground.

　　“I'm afraid he's dead,” he told the driver.

　　The driver could not believe this. “He can't be dead.” he cried,“I hardly touched him. Look at my car. There's not a mark on it.”

　　“He's dead.” the policeman said. “There is no doubt (疑问).”

　　“I don't understand it,” the driver of the car said. “As soon as I hit him, I ran to help him. He was lying in the road, but he was breathing and there was no blood (血).”

　　“Did you touch him?” the policeman asked.

　　“Yes,” the driver of the car said. “but only to turn his head around the right way.”

1．Why was Thomas walking in such bad weather?

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2．How did Thomas make himself warmer?

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3．What happened to Thomas?

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4．Who killed Thomas?

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5．The best title (题目) of the story would be ________.

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  根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空白处的最佳答案,并把机读卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

    Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.

When he was 12, his parents   41   . He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed   42    him. No one showed kindness to him. His only friend was a dog named Tige.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped   43   , she dropped other bags. He came to help her.“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”She said kindly, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. These were   44    kind words he had ever heard. He watched her   45    she went far away, and he whistled（吹口哨）to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.

“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”he repeated the woman’s words. Then in a low

  46    he said to his dog,“You are a nice little dog!”Tige raised   47    ears as if（似乎）it understood.

“Uh! Even a dog likes it!”he said,“Well, Tige, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.”Tige waved its tail happily.

The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw   48    but a dirty boy. He washed his face   49  . Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed (震惊). From then on, he had a new life.

After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said,“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed (种子) of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness.   50   a great power it has!” If you show kindness to others, you will be an able man.

(   ) 41.A.dead                   B.dying                 C.died                   D.die

(   ) 42.A.at                       B.to                      C./                        D.of

(   ) 43.A.picking it up        B.picking up it        C.to pick up it        D.to pick it up

(   ) 44.A.the first               B.first                   C.the last               D.the first time

(   ) 45.A.until                    B.before                C.when                 D.while

(   ) 46.A.sound                 B.noise                  C.noisy                 D.voice

(   ) 47.A.it                        B.it’s                     C.one’s                 D.its

(   ) 48.A.something           B.nothing               C.anything             D.somebody

(   ) 49.A.carefully             B.careful               C.careless              D.carelessly

(   ) 50.A.What                  B.How                  C.It                       D.It seemed