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We have no idea about       men first began to use salt. But we do know that it had been used in many different ways _____ the history.

For example, in many history books it is ____ that people who lived three thousand years ago ____salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt（埃及）, salt ____ keep the dead. It can keep the dead bodies ____ decay.（腐烂）

In the eighteenth century, a person who stole salt was ____ to have broken the ____. if a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into ____. Books also record that in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century ____ stealing salt! In the year 1553, if a man took ____ than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be ____ punished(惩罚).

Salt was very ____ on the dinner table of a king. It was always put ____ the king when he sat down to eat. Then important visitors sat near the salt _____ less important visitors were given seats farther away from it.

1.A. when         B. where             C. what                D. which

2.A. throughout             B. thought      C. though           D. although

3.A. say                 B. reported      C. recorded            D. reading

4.A. eat                 B.ate           C. eating                D. have eaten

5.A. used to                    B. was used to           C. was used           D. used

6.A. off                  B. from                 C. on                 D. out

7.A. think          B. consider    C. thoughtful            D. thought

8.A. law                 B. glass        C. computer     D. time

9.A. pool               B. hill           C. prison                D. river

10.A. because           B. because of          C. by                D. as

11.A. more                B. less        C. fewer                D. most

12.A. serious             B. bad        C. terrible             D. seriously

13.A. important           B. necessary          C. clever              D. cheerful

14.A. in the front of      B. behind          C. in front of     D. before

15.A. when          B. as          C. however              D. while

 

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On Saturday morning, I usually get up very late. I wash my face and then go out to ___1___ morning exercise. After I have my ___2___, I often go to a shopping center ___3___ my mother at about 8:20 a.m. The shopping center is near our home, so we walk there. It ___4___ us about 15 minutes to get there on foot. The shopping center is new __5___ big. There are many things there, such as TVs, fridges, computers, clothes, food and drinks. I like the clothes there. They look very lovely. There are many ___6__ there. They are men and women, old and ___7__.Parents have to ___8___ their children because it is too crowded there. Children may get lost in it. __9___ do many people come here to buy things? Because the things here are usually good and cheap. It’s a lot of ___10___ doing shopping in it.

1.	A．make B．do C．run D．read

 

2.	A．breakfast B．lunch C．supper D．dinner

 

3.	A．for B．to C．with D．at

 

4.	A．gives B．takes C．uses D．spends

 

5.	A．but B．so C．or D．and

 

6.	A．students B．people C．children D．drives

 

7.	A．tall B．short C．young D．low

 

8.	A．look after B．look out C．look at D．look up

 

9.	A．What B．Where C．Why D．Which

 

10.	A．interesting B．interested C．funny D．fun

 

Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered(坏脾气的) and never gave way to others.

One day the father decided to _46___some friends to dinner in his house. He __47____ his son to buy some meat in town. When the son got _48____his father wanted, he turned back and walked towards the town gate. Just then a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn’t __49___enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But __ 50 of them would give way to the other. They___51___ straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. " What shall I do? My son hasn’t____52___ yet. I can’t wait any longer.” He wanted to know what the ___53____ with his son was. So he left his friends at home, and he himself went to the town to look for his son.

“You may first take the ___54_____ home for my friends. Let me stand here against him ____55____.” He said to his son when he knew what had happened.

1.A. speak B. answer   C. say      D. ask

2. A. hoped     B. told         C. let      D. wished

3.A. why    B. where    C. what         D. which

4. A. long  B. wide         C. high         D. narrow

5. A. either    B. all      C. both         D. neither

6. A. stood     B. went         C. lay      D. walked

7.A. gone   B. bought   C. returned     D. been

8.A. wrong B. accident     C. thing        D. matter

9. A. meat B. dinner   C. bread        D. money

10.A. politely B. instead C. safely   D. kindly

 

Usually, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer. But there is one question that has millions of current answers. That question is "What's your name?" Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct.
Have you ever wondered about people's names? Where do they come from? What do they
mean?
People's first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents. Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used. Some parents choose the name of a well-known person. A boy could be named George Washington Smith; a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones.
Some people give their children names that mean good things. Clara means "bright"; Beatrice means "one who gives happiness"; Donald means "world ruler"; Leonard means "as brave as a lion".
The earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names. A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near brook (С?); someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road. The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest.
Other early surnames came from people's occupations. The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals. In the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village. Some other occupational names are: Carter - a person who owned or drove a cart（手推车）； Potter -a person who made pots and pans.
The ancestors (祖先) of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village. The Carpenter's great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture.
Sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities. When there were two men who were named John in the same village, the John with the gray hair probably became John Gray. Or the John was very tall could call himself John
Tallman. John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer and John Lightfoot was probably a fast
runner or a good dancer.
Some family names were made by adding something to the father's name. English-speaking people added -s or -son. The Johnsons are descendants of John; the Roberts family's ancestor was Robert. Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc or O. Perhaps all of the MacDonnells and the McDonnells and the O'Donnells are descendants of the same Donnell.
【小题1】Which of the following aspects（方面）do the surnames in the passage NOT cover?

A．Places where people lived.

B．People's characters.

C．Talents that people had.

D．People's occupations.

【小题2】 According to the passage, the ancestors of the Potter family most probably _______.

A．owned or drove a cart

B．made things with metals

C．made kitchen tools or contains

D．built houses and furniture

【小题3】If an English couple whose ancestors lived near a leafy forest wanted their new-born son to become a world leader, the baby might be named _______.

A．Beatrice Smith

B．Leonard Carter

C．George Longstreet

D．Donald Greenwood

【小题4】 The underlined word "descendants" in the last paragraph means a person's _______.

A．后代

B．朋友

C．同事

D．同伴

Here is a story told an American general (将军) who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the Untied States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes.
Soon after the war, the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist (牙医) and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in curiosity shops at $5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label (标签) with the name of the general and words, “Buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home.” The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth.
The officers went out and visited every curiosity shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth.
( ) 1. The general’s teeth were sold in ____.
A. the museum
B. the special shops selling some rare and interesting things
C. the department store
D. the hospital
( ) 2. In the evening, the officers went back with all the teeth which cost _____.
A. $785 B. $1, 050 C. $157 D. $875
( ) 3. The general felt ____ when he heard his teeth were sold.
A. happy B. excited C. sad D. angry
( ) 4. There was the general’s name on the label of each tooth. This shows that _____.
A. the general’s name was known by most of the people in Washington
B. the shop-keeper wanted to have more customers buy the teeth
C. the shop-keeper tried to make the general more popular
D. Both A and C
( ) 5. The general ordered his men to____.
A. look for his teeth and buy all of them
B. arrest the dentist at once
C. make all the shops stop selling teeth
D. buy all the teeth in all the shops