A French woman goes to London to see her son. She knows a little English, but can not speak it very well. One day she goes to a shop. She wants to buy a hen for supper. But she can not remember the English word for “hen”. Just then the shop waiter asks her, “Can I help you?” “I want the egg’s mother.” the woman answered. The shop waiter does not understand her and says, “Sorry, we have not any bigger eggs.” Suddenly the woman remembers the word “cock”. “I want the cock’s wife!” she says. This time the shop waiter laughs.
【小题1】The woman goes to London_______.

A．to learn English	B．to have supper
C．to eat some hens	D．to see her son

【小题2】The woman________.

A．only knows a little English

B．knows much English

C．doesn’t know English

D．doesn’t buy a hen at last

【小题3】The shop waiter thinks that an egg’s mother must be          .

A．a bigger egg	B．the cock’s wife
C．a hen	D．the hen’s sister

【小题4】The shop waiter laughs because he ________.

A．understands the woman at last

B．thinks it is interesting.

C．does not understand the woman

D．thinks that the woman isn’t clever

【小题5】Which of the following(如下的) is true?

A．The waiter knows French.

B．The woman buys a cock.

C．The woman is foolish(笨的).

D．The woman has a hen for her supper.

A small man goes to the cinema. He buys a ticket(票) and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out. He buys a second ticket and goes in again. After a few minutes he comes out again and buys a third ticket. Two or three minutes after that he comes out a third time and asks for another ticket. But the girl says to him, “Why are you buying all these? Are you meeting friends in the cinema all the time?” “No, I'm not doing that.” the small man says, “But a big woman always stops me at the door and tears( 撕掉 ) my tickets up.”
【小题1】The small man goes to the cinema to _______.

A．see a film

B．watch TV

C．meet his friends

D．have a rest

【小题2】When the small man comes out a third time, he_________.

A．cries

B．asks for another ticket

C．drinks coffee

D．sings and dances.

【小题3】Does the small man only buy one ticket?
A. No, he doesn’t.     B. Yes, he does.    C. I don’t know.     D No, he isn’t.  
【小题4】“No, I'm not doing that.” Means_______ .

A．He isn't seeing a film

B．He isn't meeting his friend

C．He wants to buy the tickets for the big woman

D．the big woman doesn't let him in

【小题5】From the story we can guess________.

A．the small man is the first time to go to a cinema.

B．the big woman at the door doesn't like him.

C．the small man is afraid of（害怕） the big woman.

D．the small man doesn't want the big woman to tear his ticket up.

A passenger（乘客）told an air hostess（空姐）that he needed a cup of water to take medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the   26 soon.
Twenty minutes   27 , when the passenger's ring for service sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so busy that she   28  to bring him the water. Therefore, the passenger was held up（延迟）to take his medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he  29 it．
In the following hours on the flight,   30 time the air hostess passed the passenger, she would ask him with a smile  31 he needed help or not. But the passenger never    32 her words.
When he was going to get off the  33 ，the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him  the passengers' booklet（意见簿）．She was very  34 . She knew that he would write down  sharp (刻薄的) words, which might make her  35 the job.  36   with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she   37  the booklet and smiled, for the passenger put it, "On the flight, you asked me if I needed help for twelve times  38 . How can I refuse   39  twelve sincere (真诚的) smiles?"
That's right! It was the twelve smiles of the air hostess that touched（感动）the passenger  40  and of course she wouldn't lose her job!

【小题1】

A．milk B．juice C．coffee D．water

【小题2】

A．late B．later C．ago D．after

【小题3】

A．remembered B．forgot C．wanted D．learned

【小题4】

A．accepted B．took C．refused D．received

【小题5】

A．some B．either C．another D．each

【小题6】

A．why B．when C．whether D．how

【小题7】

A．paid attention to B．thought of C．heard of D．worried about

【小题8】

A．coach B．bus C．train D．plane

【小题9】

A．happy B．cheerful C．sad D．excited

【小题10】

A．lose B．loses C．losing D．lost

【小题11】

A．And B．So C．Then D．But

【小题12】

A．opened B．closed C．destroyed D．hid

【小题13】

A．at all B．in all C．of all D．all over

【小题14】

A．her B．your C．their D．our

【小题15】

A．peacefully B．comfortably C．deeply D．slowly

A Policeman and a Thief  
One day a policeman was taking a thief to the city . On the way , they saw a shop . The thief said . “ Let me go into the shop to buy some bread . We can eat it in the train . ”
The policeman agreed . The thief went into the shop and ran out of the back door . When the policeman knew that , he began to look for the thief everywhere . At last the policeman caught(抓获) thief again . They went on to the city . On the way they came to the same shop . The thief wanted to buy some bread again . “Oh , no . ” said the policeman , “You did that before , and you ran away . This time I^’ll go into the shop and buy bread . You must wait here for me . ”
【小题1】What was the policeman doing one day ?

A．Catching a thief with others .	B．Doing nothing.
C．Taking a thief to the city .	D．Walking go the city by himself .

【小题2】On the way the thief asked to         .

A．buy some food to eat .	B．let him free .
C．take a rest .	D．walk slowly .

【小题3】When the thief went into the shop , he ran out of        .

A．the back door .	B．the back window .
C．the front door .	D．the front window .

【小题4】When the thief ran away the first time , what did the policeman do ?

A．The policeman caught the thief again .

B．The policeman looked for the thief . but he didn,t find him .

C．The thief was caught again by other policemen .

D．The policeman went back without(没有) the thief .

【小题5】 From the last three sentences, we know that the policeman was very        .     

A．brave

B．careful

C．clever

D．foolish

A Russian, a Cuban, an American businessman and an American lawyer were on a train traveling across England. The Russian took out a large bottle of vodka, gave each of the men a drink and then threw the rest half bottle of vodka out of the window. “Why did you do that?” asked the American businessman. “There’s too much vodka in my country,” said the Russian, “And really we have more than we will ever use.” A little later, the Cuban passed around fine Havana Cigars. Then he threw his out of the window. “I thought Cuba is not a rich country,” the businessman said. “But you threw that very good cigars out of the window!”“Cigars,” the Cuban answered, “are the cheapest in my country. We have more of them than we know what to do with.” The American businessman sat quietly for a moment. Then he got up, caught the lawyer by the arm and threw him of the window.
【小题1】The people in the story are from ______ countries.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

【小题2】The four people are traveling by _______.

A．bus

B．air

C．train

D．sea

【小题3】Vodka is a kind of _______.

A．treasure(珍宝)

B．wine

C．food

D．medicine

【小题4】The Russian and the Cuban both wanted to _______.

A．tell the businessman that their countries are rich

B．prove(证明) that they were rich

C．ask the two Americans to visit their countries

D．make the businessman happy

【小题5】What did the businessman want to say by throwing the lawyer out of the window?

A．I want to buy some vodka.

B．We have too many lawyers in my country.

C．I’ll go to Cuba and do some business of cigars.

D．If you need lawyers, come to America.