The war had begun, and George had joined the air force. He wanted to be a pilot, and after some months he managed to get to the air force training school, where they taught pilots to fly.

　　There, the first thing that new students had to do was to be taken up in a plane by an experienced (有经验的) pilot, to give them some idea of what it felt like. Even those who had travelled as passengers in commercial (商业的) airline planes before found it strange to be in the cockpit(座舱) of a small fighter plane, and most of the new students felt nervous.

　　The officer who had to take the students up for their first flight allowed them to fly the plane for a few seconds if they wanted to and if they were not too frightened (害怕) to try, but he was always ready to take over as soon as the plane started to do dangerous things.

　　George was one of those who took over the controls of the plane when he went up in it for the first time, and after the officer had taken them from him again, George thought that he had better ask a few questions to show how interested he was and how much he wanted to learn to fly. There were a number of instruments(仪器) in front of him, so he chose one and asked the officer what it was.

　　The officer looked at him strangely for a moment and then answered, “That－is the clock. ”

1．What did George want to be?

2．Where did he manage to get to after some months?

3．What was the first thing that new students had to do?

4．What was the reason for taking new students up in a plane?

5．When did most of the new students feel nervous?

6．What did the officer allow the students to do?

7．When was he always ready to take over?

8．What did George do when he went up in the plane for the first time?

9．Why did George ask the officer a question?

10．How did the officer understand that George was really nervous?

　　Once there was a king. He liked to write stories. He thought his stories were good, so he liked to show them to people. As people were afraid of the king, they all said that his stories were very good.

　　One day, the king showed some of his best stories to a famous writer. He wanted the writer to say some good words for his stories. But the writer said that his stories were so bad that he should throw them into the fire. The king got very angry and set him to prison（监狱）.

　　After some time the king felt sorry for the writer. He set the writer free. When the writer returned home from prison, the king ordered his men to take the writer to his palace. Again he showed the writer some of his new stories and asked what he thought of them.

　　The writer read the stories and then be turned to the king and said, “Take me back to prison, please.”

A．the king was a famous writer

B．the king's stories were really interesting

C．they were afraid of being in trouble

D．they liked these stories very much

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　　 four-year-old girl is lying in the arms of a doctor. She has just lost her mother. Her pink clothes are full of blood and her eyes look at something only she can see.

　　Every day we see pictures like this on our televisions. We see Iraqi children begging for food and water from American and British soldiers as they move through towns and cities towards the capital, Baghdad. We see these children following parents, carrying bags of almost the same size as their small bodies as they escape from their homes in Baghdad.

　　They show just some of the young lives that have been turned upside down by ongoing war and the terrible price paid by Iraqi children.

　　“Dad, why are the Americans fighting against us? Are we going to be killed?” asks the son of Abu Singer, an Iraqi engineer. Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his eight-year-old son.

　　He tries to make him feel safe by saying,“The bombs are far away from us. The Americans are fighting the soldiers. We are going to be all right. ” Even though Abu knows it isn't always true, little else can be done. In Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to try and let them escape from the sound of bombs. And all the schools are closed.

　　Now things are worse, and the ongoing war makes it impossible to count the number who are hungry, sick ,hurt or even dead.

(1) What happens to the children in Iraq because of the war?

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A. The children will get better than before.

B. The children beg food and water from American and British soldiers.

C. The children in Iraq go away from their homes in Baghdad.

D. The children live a most terrible life.

(2) What does the word “ongoing” mean in Chinese?

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(3) The father doesn't tell the true thing to his child because________.

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A. he wants to make his child not feel dangerous

B. he and his child are afraid to lose each other in the war

C. he doesn't want his child to believe American soldiers

D. he will lose his country and his home

(4) The war in Iraq tells us that________.

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A. the Iraqi people in the war are much hungrier and worse

B. we should help the Iraqi people build their country again

C. nothing can be done except fighting

D. both A and B

(5) What would be the best title for the report?

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A. Iraqi Children during the War.

B. Sickness, Death in Iraq.

C. America and England Fight against Iraq.

D. A Girl in the War in Iraq.

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　　Once there 1 a king. He liked to write stories. He thought 2 stories were good. So he liked to show them to his people. As the people were afraid to criticize （批评） the 3 stories. they all said that his stories were very good.

　　One day, the king showed some of his best stories to 4 famous（著名的）writer. He wanted the writer to praise（赞成） these stories. But the writer said his stories were 5 bad that the king 6 very angry and sent him 7 prison（监狱）.

　　After some time the king had pity（可怜）on the writer and set him free. When 8 writer returned from prison, the king ordered him to come to his palace（宫殿）. Again he showed him some of his new stories and asked what he thought of 9 ．

　　After 10 them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said, “Take me back to prison, please.”

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