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Pearl and June were good friends and spent most of their time together.
They were both very old and they worried about their health. Most of the time they talked about nothing else.
They worried about their food. Was it clean? Would it give them pains in the stomach?
They worried about the weather. Was it too cold and wet? Would it give them pains in their bones?
They worried about pollution in the air. would it give them pains in their chests(胸部)and throats(喉咙)?
They worried about being hurt in a car accident, killed in a plane crash, getting sick, and so on.
All they could think about was being ill or hurt.
One day they went on a train journey together.
“We’ll need some food,”Pearl said.
“We’ll buy some ban
anas,”June said.“They are good to eat and always clean.”
And so they bought two bananas to eat on the train.
It was not long before they were hungry.
Pearl took out the bananas and gave one to June. Then she peeled(剥)the skin of her banana and took a large bite of it.
At that moment the train went into a tunnel. Everything went black.“Don’t eat your banana,”Pearl shouted at June.“Mine has made me go blind!”
【小题1】What did the two old ladies talk about most of the time? _________
| A．Themselves. | B．Other people. | C．Healthy food. | D．Dangerous drivers. |
| A．eat any bananas | B．travel by train |
| C．be young again | D．get sick |
| A．after they came out of the tunnel | B．at the station |
| C．before June ate hers | D．before she was hungry |
| A．stopped her from seeing | B．would make her hungry |
| C．would make her ill | D．would be good for June |
. What a Bad Train JourneyD
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person.
When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest.
The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled (宠坏)them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots, and the trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important.
So he never watered his trees. He’d planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They’re very big and strong now.
I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray(祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won’t be beaten down.
【小题1】 We know from the reading the doctor _________.
| A．didn’t know how to plant trees at all |
| B．wasn’t good at his own medical job |
| C．had his own ways of planting trees |
| D．had nothing to do but plant trees |
| A．some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning |
| B．he would choose the weak trees to water earlier |
| C．the weak trees would be sent to his patients later |
| D．he would not plant weak trees so early anymore |
| A．should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper |
| B．didn’t often water his trees |
| C．didn’t have a large field |
| D．took too much care of his tree |
| A．his trees will be stronger than Dr. Gibbs |
| B．his trees will not be beaten down |
| C．his sons will be better at planting trees |
| D．his sons will be able to face difficulties |
| A．Watering Trees | B．Growing Roots |
| C．Doctors and his Neighbor | D．Father and his Children |
Passage 2
Colin is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he got a job in a store. Usually he works until ten o’clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied（满意） with him.
One day, on his way home, he met Nancy. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house. She agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about the school life they spent together, their teachers, classmates and their future（未来）. They talked for a long time.
“Have a look at your watch, please,” said the girl. “What time is it now?”
“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,” said Colin. “Where’s yours?”
“I left it at home.”
Colin thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “It’s twelve o’clock in the night, Colin. Why are you still jumping upstairs?”
1.Colin was ______ when he finished middle school.
A. seventeen B. twenty C. eighteen D. twenty-two
2.The
old woman is s
atisfied
with Colin because ______.
A. he buys food for her B. he’s smart
C. he can keep quiet D. he gets home on time
3.From the story, we can know that Nancy was Colin’s ______.
A. classmate B. co-worker（同事，同仁） C. aunt D. cousin
4.The underlined word “stamp” in the story means ______ in Chinese.
A. 集邮 B. 站立 C. 贴邮票 D. 跺脚
5.Colin stamped his foot on the floor in order ______.
A. to wake his neighbor
B. to make his grandma angry
C. that his grandma would tell him the time
D. that his grandma would buy his a watch
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the nine o’clock Mystery Hour. Today we’ll show you two British stories. We hope you’ll enjoy them.
About 900 years ago two green children arrived in a small village in south England. Their eyes and skin were green and they spoke a strange language. They were very tired and weak, so the people of the village looked after them. The boy died a year later, but the girl grew strong and lived the rest of her life there. And her skin color turned back to normal day by day. Scientists say that sometimes of people don’t have enough food to eat for a long time, their skin goes very pale and can turn green.
Loch Ness is the largest lake in Scotland. It’s a very deep and cold lake. For hundreds of years, people have talked about a monster(怪物) called Nessie which lives in the lake. About seventy years ago, two people saw something moving in the lake. They said that the animal was playing and rolling around in the water. Since then many people say they have seen the monster. Their descriptions are always the same. It looks like a dinosaur, with a very long neck and a small head. It has a big bump(肿块)on its back. People have tried to photograph the animal, but the pictures have not been very clear. Scientists don’t know whether there is a monster or not. Some say it may be a whale or a very large fish. Some think it’s a snake. Others say there’s nothing at all— nothing but people’s imagination. Maybe we’ll never know what’s in Loch Ness.
1.What kind of story is talked about in this program?
A. Romantic stories. B. Mysteries. C. Horror stories. D. Comedies.
2.Where did the stories happen?
A. B. C. D.
3.Which sentence is TRUE about the two green children?
A. They both enjoyed a long and happy life.
B. The girl’s eyes and skin were green all her life.
C. At first they spoke the same language as people in the small village did.
D. Maybe they hadn’t eaten enough for long before they reached the village.
4.What does Nessie look like according to some witnesses?
5.What can we learn from the second story?
A. Scientists are still not sure whether there is a monster or not in Loch Ness.
B. Loch Ness is very deep and warm lake in Scotland.
C. People have taken very clear pictures of Nessie.
D. In fact Nessie is a whale or a snake.
When our children were younger, it was popular for city people to buy a small farm in the country and a few animals there.
One of our new neighbors ducks. They seemed very lovely; however, they were to run around in their yard and the neighbors’ yards— ours. Our vegetables were their favorite food. Often we would “shoo” the ducks home and want to know_ there wasn’t a fence to keep them.
One day, I asked her if she her ducks were bringing trouble to my garden. She told me that they were her _ and he was away traveling. My attitude （态度） to her was bad. We realized that our neighbors were not planning to build a , so our son built one .The ducks now stayed in their own yard. I didn’t see my neighbor again months later.
A women’s church group asked me to at their mother and daughter party. The topic was “Love”. Much to my ，the first woman I saw when I walked into the church was my neighbor. I knew I could not speak about love to them when I hadn’t been __ my neighbor. So I walk to her and said sorry for my attitude. She forgave（原谅）me and then we talked a lot _ .
Do you have anybody like that in your life? Let me encourage（鼓励） ，if at all possible, go to clear the air between you.
1.A. put B. keep C. send D. take
2.A. bought B. sold C. dropped D. showed
3.A. made B. allowed C. invited D. chosen
4.A. except B. but C. without D. including
5.A. what B. why C. if D. when
6.A. saw B. understood C. thought D. realized
7.A. husband’s B. daughter’s C. wife’s D. grandma’s
8.A. fence B. house C. home D. room
9.A. after B. before C. until D. while
10.A. speak B. talk C. say D. tell
11.A. happiness B. disappointment C.sadness D. surprise
12.A.worried about B. patient with C. strict with D. annoyed with
13.A. up B. along C. around D. down
14.A. angrily B. seriously C. happily D. carefully
15.A. us B. you C. ourselves D. Yourselves
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