A. to talk　　 　　   B.talk　　 　　　　   C.talked　　　　　　   D.is talking

Mr. Brown was a nice teacher．He taught ns science。In the first class，he gave us a talk on an animal called“birdcat”which had died out（灭绝）during the Ice Age．He passed around a skull（头骨）as he was talking．We all took notes carefully and later we had an exam on it．

    When he returned my paper the next day, I found there was a big red“X”on it．I falled! I couldn’t believe my eves! There must be some mistakes! 一 I wrote down exactly what Mr. Brown said．But then I learned that everyone in the class failed．What had happened?

    Very simple! Mr. Brown said that he had made up（编造）all that“birdcat”and there had never been such an animal．So the information in our notes was incorrect．

    But We all felt that was unfair．What kind of exam was this? And what kind of teacher was he?

    “You should have figured it out,”Mr. Brown said．“Actually, the‘birdcat’skull was a cat’s．”Hadn’t he been telling us no other findings about this animal except the skull? He had told us many unbelievable（难以置信）things about the animal，such as the size，the color, the diet…．but none of us had questioned him!

    Mr. Brown said he hoped we would learn something from that lesson．Teachers and textbooks are not always correct．In fact no one is．He told us not to let our minds go to sleep．and to speak up if we ever thought he or file textbook was wrong．

    Mr. Brown's class let me and my classmates learn something important：never fear to look people in the eye and tell them they are wrong．

（   ）1．Mr. Brown was a _______teacher．

    A．math                   B．history                 C．science                  D．music

（   ）2．Why did the writer fall the exam?

    A．Because the exam was too difficult．

    B．Because he didn’t answer the questions according to what Mr. Brown said。

    C．Because Mr. Brown made some mistakes．

    D．Because the information in the answers was incorrect．

（   ）3．The underlined part“figured it out”probably means“________”．

    A．wrote it down      B．found it out          C．took it out              D．talked about it

（   ）4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    A．The writer’s classmates passed the exam，but the writer didn’t．

    B．Mr. Brown found fire“birdcat”skull himself and he succeeded．

    C．During the talk on“birdcat”，some students questioned the teacher

    D．The teacher encouraged us to question what he said arid tell the truth bravely．

（   ）5．Which is the best title for this passage'?

    A．A Birdcat’s Skull                                     B．A Strange Animal

    C．An Unforgettable Exam                               D．An Unfair Teacher

People in America like reading newspapers very much, and different people like different kinds of newspapers. Here's a story about newspapers.

Jack was a young man, and he liked reading newspapers very much. He worked in a factory. There were a lot of people in the factory. They talked and laughed very often, and at lunch time they sat together and read newspapers and talked about the pictures in them.

Later Jack married. His wife, Ruby, was very beautiful and kind, and she liked newspapers better than Jack. Every day a boy brought their newspapers to the house, and Jack took his to the factory and left Ruby's newspapers in the sitting room. Usually he didn't look at hers, because he didn't like it, and sometimes he said to Ruby, "Why do you read that paper? I hate it. "

But last Tuesday Jack said to his wife, "There was something very nice in that newspaper yesterday."

Ruby was very happy.  "Oh, dear!" she said, "That's good, Jack. What was that?"

Jack laughed and said," The photo of my friend George's lunch was in the newspaper. "

1. How did Jack get on with his workmates?

A. He got on badly with them.                    B. He didn't want to talk with them.

C. He sat alone and read newspapers.                     D. He got along very well with them.

2. Which one of the following is RIGHT?

A. Jack's wife liked newspapers better than Jack.

B. Jack liked newspapers better than his wife.

C. Jack liked reading his wife's newspapers.

D. Ruby didn't like reading newspapers.

3. Jack and Ruby_________.

A. usually read the same kind of newspapers

B. never read any newspapers

C. usually read different kinds of newspapers

D. usually talked about the pictures in newspapers

4. How did Jack and Ruby get the newspapers?

A. They got the newspapers from the factory.

B. A boy brought the newspapers to them every day.

C. Ruby bought them in the street.

D. Jack bought them in the bookshop.

5. The photo of George's lunch showed that_________.

A. George was having his Lunch alone.

B. George and his family were having their lunch at home.

C. George and his workmates were talking about the newspaper at lunch time.

D. George had a very hard life.

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通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～10各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

　　Alice and Mike are riding on Mike's motorbike and talking about Alice's problem.

　　Mike：What's the matter with you, Alice? You look very 1 today.

　　Alice：It's my neighbour's 2 . He keeps barking(吠叫) and barking. I couldn't sleep last night.

　　Mike：That's too 3 . Have you talked to your neighbour about this problem?

　　Alice：I'm afraid to. He looks rough. 4 of his neighbours would like to talk to him.

　　Mike：Sounds bad! 5 is a real problem in our life today.

　　Alice： 6 . Another of my neighbours plays his TV set loudly late into the night, and still another neighbour plays his CDs loudly, too.

　　Mike：I feel sorry for you. My neighbourhood is 7 , but where I work, it's always noisy. It seems there's construction(建筑) going on all the time, inside the building and outside.

　　Alice：Well, I guess unless we move to the 8 , we're just going to have to get used to all the noise.

　　Mike： 9 ?

　　Alice：I said, we'll have to get used to this city noise.

　　Mike：Speak louder! I can't 10 you. My motorbike is too loud!

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