A woman saw three old men sitting outside the door. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something ___66_____.”

“We don’t go into a house ___67_____ ”they replied.

“Why is that?” she asked.

One of the old men answered, “His name is Wealth(财富), this is Success, and I am Love.” Then he said, “Now go in and ___68_____ with your family which one of us you want in your house.”

The woman went in and told her family what had happened, she said, “Let’s invite Wealth. We have been so ____69____.” Her husband disagreed, “My dear, why don’t we invite Success? Don’t you want me to be a successful man? Then her daughter asked, “Would it be ___70_____ to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with love!”

In the end the family decided to take the ___71_____ advice. The woman went out and asked, “____72____ one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.” Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and ____73____ him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “ I ___74_____ invite Love. Why are you coming along? The two old men answered, “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have to stay out, but since you have invited Love. ____75____ he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is Wealth and Success.”

1.A. to say       B. to eat      C. to use         D. to drink

2. A. together     B. alone       C. crowdedly    D. lonely

3. A. play        B. exercise     C. agree        D. discuss

4. A. poor        B. rich        C. lucky        D. happy

5.A. worse       B. better       C. less         D. more

6.A. father’s      B. mother’s    C. daughter’s    D. parents’

7.A. which       B. who        C. what         D. whom

8. A. left         B. followed    C. stopped       D. pulled

9.A. only        B. hardly       C. never       D. almost

10. A. whenever    B. whatever    C. however     D. wherever

 

Millvina Dean, Titanic’s last Survivor(幸存者), died on May 31，2009 at a nursing home(疗养院) in Southampton.. She was 97 and had been in poor health for several weeks.

Ms Dean was the youngest among the ship’s 705 survivors. She was only 9 weeks old when the Titanic sank on the night of April 14, 1912. She survived with her mother and her 2-year-old brother. Her father, Bertram Dean, died in the sinking．

Millvina Dean never married. For many years after the sinking，she never spoke of it to people around her. But that changed after September 1, 1985 when the wreck(残骸)of the Titanic was discovered. That set off a wave of interest in the ship, especially after the movie Titanic.“They found the wreck and after that, they found me,” she said.

In the last 20 years of her life, she went to the US, Canada and Europe to take part in events related to the sinking. She said all that she knew of what happened during the sinking was learned from her mother.

She moved to the nursing home because of her falling health. In order to pay the living costs there，she began to sell her Titanic souvenirs(纪念品).

Ms Dean had never seen the movie Titanic. She explains the movie would make her think of what had happened to her father, so she didn’t want to see it.

1.Millvina Dean was _______ when the Titanic sank．

A．nine weeks old

B．twelve weeks old

C．two years old

D．twenty years old

2.Why did the Deans take the Titanic ?

A．They were going on a holiday

B．They were going to a party in the US

C．We can’t find out the reason from this passage.

D．They were going to visit their grandparents in

3.The underlined words “set off” mean ______ in the passage．

A. leave   B. start     C. improve    D record

4.Millvina Dean didn’t say anything about the Titanic until _______.

A．she was ill.

B．she was dying

C．the wreck of the Titanic was discovered

D．20 years later

5.From the passage above, we can’t infer (猜测) that _________.

A．seven hundred and five people survived in the Titanic sinking

B．Millvina Dean’s father died in the sinking

C．The wreck of the Titanic was found in 1985

D．Ms Dean wanted to see the film Titanic very much

 

At lunchtime, Bonnie and Ruth sat together like they always did at school. Ruth and Bonnie were best friends and best friends always sat together for lunch. They  1  sandwiches, cupcakes and almost everything.

But today things were   2  . Bonnie looked upset, and Ruth did not know why. “Why are you sad today, Bonnie?” Ruth asked. “Because my daddy    3  his job yesterday,” she said. “And we may have to move. My mom and dad are very unhappy and they always argue. I am   4 . What is going to happen to us?”

Bonnie’s news made Ruth very sad, too. What would school be like   5  Bonnie? What could she do to help her friend? When Ruth went home she told her mom the bad   6 .

“What can I do to help?” she asked.

“I’m not sure, Ruth,” said her mother sadly.

Ruth thought and thought. She thought while she ate supper and she thought while she did homework. She even thought when she brushed her teeth before going to bed.

“What can I do?” she  7 .

The next day was Saturday and Ruth woke up very early. She dressed and ate a quick breakfast,  8  went to find her friends. They all decided to    9  together to help Bonnie. They pulled weeds, played with babies and walked dogs. They even put on a Talent show in Ruth’s backyard. All the adults paid one dollar to watch the   10  sing and dance and do magic tricks. After the performance, the children   11 their money. They had made three hundred dollars! Ruth’s mom took them to the grocery store and they bought food, soap, paper towels, and all kinds of things that a person might need.

When they left the store they went to Bonnie’s house and each of the children   12  carried a bag to the door, rang the doorbell and ran away quickly. They had so much fun with   13  secret surprise! They knew it would make Bonnie very happy.

Ruth felt happy too,   14 she had helped her friend. She knew it wasn’t much, but all she needed to do was to show her friend that she cared   15 . I think Bonnie got the message, don’t you?

1.                A．found          B．cooked         C．shared   D．bought

 

2.                A．same          B．good           C．right D．different

 

3.                A．changed        B．lost            C．enjoyed  D．got

 

4.                A．worried        B．lonely          C．disappointed   D．surprised

 

5.                A．to             B．with           C．for  D．without

 

6.                A．story           B．result          C．news D．report

 

7.                A．dreamt         B．answered       C．talked    D．wondered

 

8.                A．so             B．then           C．after D．before

 

9.                A．work           B．study           C．help D．think

 

10.               A．parents        B．actors          C．students   D．children

 

11.               A．counted        B．saved          C．sent D．spent

 

12.               A．slowly          B．quietly         C．seriously  D．patiently

 

13.               A．their           B．his            C．her   D．its

 

14.               A．though         B．and            C．because of D．because

 

15.               A．helped         B．cared          C．understood D．realized

 

 

Once upon a time there lived a woman who had a bad temper(脾气). She  1 at everyone around her. For most of her life she believed the anger inside her was  2  else’s fault(过错).

She went to see a wise monk(高僧) to ask for  3  . The monk told her to take a large pot（罐子) from his kitchen, fill it with  4 , and stand outside on the sidewalk in front of his house. “It’s hot outside,” the monk said to her “When a person  5 , you must give him or her a glass of water. Do this until there is no 6  left inside you.”  7  she stood outside with a water pot and served water to walkers every day for the next several weeks.

Every morning she asked   8  if there was any anger inside her. And every morning the answer was, “yes.” So she continued  9 water. Until one afternoon when a man walked up, took the water pot out of her hand and drank the water up, and then  10 it onto the ground as he went on his way.

The woman was very  11 . Unable to control herself, she  12  the pot and threw it at the rude man. The pot broke into pieces over the back of his head and he fell to the ground, bleeding.

As the woman calmed down, she realized the mistake of what she had made and began to cry. She called 911 and  13  what had happened. A moment later an ambulance(救护车) and two police cars arrived and took the man away. Then one of the police officers walked over to the woman, who was  14 crying, and said, “ The city owes(欠) you a big ‘thank you.’ That man has been  15 our wanted list for over a year now. He is an important suspect in many murder cases and robberies.”

1.                A．pointed        B．laughed         C．smiled    D．screamed

 

2.                A．anybody        B．somebody       C．everybody D．nobody

 

3.                A．information     B．news           C．advice    D．message

 

4.                A．juice           B．water          C．milk D．coffee

 

5.                A．walks past       B．drives past      C．rides past D．runs past

 

6.                A．water          B．money         C．anger    D．energy

 

7.                A．Because        B．But            C．So   D．Unless

 

8.                A．herself         B．himself         C．itself D．themselves

 

9.                A．drinking        B．serving         C．selling    D．buying

 

10.               A．put            B．dropped        C．fell   D．threw

 

11.               A．happy          B．excited         C．surprised  D．angry

 

12.               A．gave up        B．picked up       C．put up D．cleared up

 

13.               A．spoke          B．told           C．reported  D．asked

 

14.               A．already         B．still            C．always D．never

 

15.               A．on            B．in             C．at    D．to

 

 

One Saturday afternoon, Sarah went to buy something for her sister and herself. As Sarah was coming out of a   46  , a young lady walked towards her. She said she was Miss Green—a good friend of Sarah’s sister’s. Sarah   47  her. Then she called a taxi to send Sarah home. She told the driver where he should go. Sarah was   48  that it was not in the direction of her home.

  “Why?” Sarah asked. The lady smiled.

   When they came to a quiet road, a big rough man   49   on the road. He stopped the taxi driver, knocked him down, tied him and threw him out of the taxi. At the same time, Miss Green took out a knife and   50   Sarah. She asked Sarah to keep   51  . The man then started the taxi. “ Oh, God! I’m being kidnapped(绑架),” Sarah said to herself.

   She tried to escape, but not succeeded. Suddenly an   52   came to her. She took out a lipstick(口红) from her pocket, wrote “SOS” on the window, and covered the word with her

  53  . A few minutes later, a police car passed and the policemen saw the   54  . When the kidnappers saw the policemen, they stopped the taxi, jumped into the grass, and ran away.

   The policemen then picked up Sarah and sent her home. When her parents knew what had happened, they were greatly surprised. But they were also   55   because their daughter had finally come back safely.

1.A. school     B. taxi         C. shop         D. friend’s

2.A. knew           B. believed         C. thanked     D. remembered

3.A. surprising     B. excited     C. surprised        D. pleased

4.A. drove        B. climbed        C. fell        D. appeared

5.A. helped     B. played      C. saved       D. frightened

6.A. healthy        B. alive       C. relaxed     D. quiet

7.A. idea           B. answer      C. interest         D. order

8.A. fingers        B. back        C. dress        D. lipstick

9.A. picture        B. map          C. sign        D. knife

10.A. worried       B. happy       C. afraid      D. successful