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　　Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go to their offices, factories or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up earlier in the morning and reach 1 later in the evening.

　　One benefit of living outside London is that houses are 2 . Even a small flat in London without a garden cost quite a lot to hire. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of 3 own.

　　Then, in the country one can be free from noise. 4 one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night, and, during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh clean air of the country.

　　Some people, however, take 5 in country things; for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants, such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live outside London. A 6 in one of the parks and a visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want.

(1) A．home	B．family	C．flat	D．house
(2) A．cleaner	B．nicer	C．bigger	D．cheaper
(3) A．it's	B．its	C．one's	D．their
(4) A．If	B．Although	C．Because	D．After
(5) A．no interest	B．an interest	C．much interest	D．great interest
(6) A．seat	B．walk	C．talk	D．job

I stood in the doorway，watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag．I coughed uneasily．Finally  1   that I Was there，Rocky turned toward me with a sad smile.

   “I’m leaving tomorrow．”He said．

   “I know．”My  2  was almost a whisper(低声)．I was angry at myself for being so weak, but I Wasn’t about to cry．

    “My  3  is early，so there is still enough time to come to the airport，”he said．Seeing the  4   look on my face，he quickly added，“I promise(答应)1 won’t leave without saying goodbye．”

    I tried to say  5  ，but didn’t．It’s always better to keep quite if you’re about to cry． “You promised you wouldn’t cry，”he said to me，thinking that I was close to tears(流泪)．

    I remember the day he taught me how to ride a bike．  6   I thought he was always right behind me，holding the seat to keep me from   7  ．I was happy with this，but he knew he couldn’t hold me up all my life． He told me that one day he would have to let go．

    His coughing stopped my thinking．What was left to say? How could I say  8  to the person who taught me everything?

    The next morning I  9  looked at my alarm clock, and I realized he had left

10  ago．We never even said goodbye．

    Goodbye，Rocky! Although he may have been many miles away，I knew he heard me，even if it was only an answer in his heart．

1．A．forgetting    B．realizing     C．watching    D．learning

2．A．voice         B．sound         C．noise       D．word

3．A．ship          B．flight        C．train       D．bus

4．A．surprised     B．excited       C．sad         D．happy

5．A．anything      B．everything    C．something   D．nothing

6．A．At 1ast       B．From now on   C．At first    D．So far

7．A．riding        B．running       C．walking     D．falling

8．A．goodbye       B．hello         C．yes         D．sorry

9．A．gave up       B．stood up       C．looked up  D．woke up

10．A．minutes       B．hours          C．days       D．weeks

　　It was a few days before New Year's Day, so when the office 1 at half past five, a lot of young boys and girls 2 and had a party (聚会) . They 3 and drank, played games and watched TV , and nobody (没人) wanted 4 home. But Jim had a wife (妻子)at home, and lived quite along way 5 the city. 6 few minutes he looked at his watch, and at last (最后) , when it was very 7 he began to leave.

　　“Jim!”shouted (喊) his friends,“are you 8 ? 9 don't you stay and enjoy the party?”

　　 “I'm not leaving. ”said Jim, “ I am only going down to the 10 to miss (错过) the last train back home. I will be back here soon. ”

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　　It was a few days before New Year's Day, so when the office 1 at half past five, a lot of young boys and girls 2 and had a party (聚会) . They 3 and drank, played games and watched TV , and nobody (没人) wanted 4 home. But Jim had a wife (妻子)at home, and lived quite along way 5 the city. 6 few minutes he looked at his watch, and at last (最后) , when it was very 7 he began to leave.

　　“Jim!”shouted (喊) his friends,“are you 8 ?   9 don't you stay and enjoy the party?”

　　 “I'm not leaving. ”said Jim, “ I am only going down to the 10 to miss (错过) the last train back home. I will be back here soon. ”

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Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line, others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around but there was no place for him to sit.

He walked into the station cafe. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Tom’s workmates, came in and sat with Tom.

“What time is your bus?” asked Mike.

“There’s plenty of time yet,” answered Tom.

“Well, I’ll get you some more tea then,” said Mike.

They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again. “Oh! It’s going backward(倒行)!” he cried. “A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it’s half past eleven.”

“You’re looking at the clock in the mirror.” said Mike. Tom was so sad. The next bus was not to leave for another hour. Since then Tom has never liked mirrors.

1.The bus for Paris would leave at____________.

  A. 12: 05         B. 11: 55          C. 11: 30       D. 11: 40

2.Tom went into the station cafe because ______.

A. Mike asked him to have a cup of tea

B. he didn’t like to stay with the schoolgirls

C. it was quite early and he could find a seat there

D. he wanted to have a drink with his workmate there

3. ____________, so he was sad.

A. There was something wrong with the clock

B. Tom couldn’t arrive in Paris on time

C. Tom couldn’t have coffee with Mike

D. The train arrived late that day