When I was in the middle school, my  1  did an exchange(交流) with a French school.Some of my classmates and I went to  2  in France.The school was in a small and beautiful town.One of my  3 , Robin, was staying with a family.The family had a yard of  4 .One evening, Robin’s host mother asked him which his  5  chicken was.Robin looked at the chickens, and  6  a lovely one.So he pointed(指) at it.
 7  that evening, dinner was ready, and it was a roast chicken（烤鸡）.The host mother was very proud(骄傲的) and asked.“ 8  do you like your chicken?” At that time, Robin 9  what “favorite” meant.Oh, my poor chicken! After that, Robin felt  10  for days because he thought he made the chicken die(死).He also thought it was very delicious, though.

When I was in the middle school, my  1  did an exchange(交流) with a French school.Some of my classmates and I went to  2  in France.The school was in a small and beautiful town.One of my  3 , Robin, was staying with a family.The family had a yard of  4 .One evening, Robin’s host mother asked him which his  5  chicken was.Robin looked at the chickens, and  6  a lovely one.So he pointed(指) at it.

 7  that evening, dinner was ready, and it was a roast chicken（烤鸡）.The host mother was very proud(骄傲的) and asked.“ 8  do you like your chicken?” At that time, Robin 9  what “favorite” meant.Oh, my poor chicken! After that, Robin felt  10  for days because he thought he made the chicken die(死).He also thought it was very delicious, though.

1.                A．teacher        B．school          C．parents   D．house

2.                A．study          B．work           C．live  D．play

3.                A．sisters          B．classmates       C．students  D．cousins

4.                A．dogs           B．cats            C．chickens  D．ducks

5.                A．favorite        B．famous         C．own D．best

6.                A．took           B．saw            C．made D．had

7.                A．Later          B．After           C．Before   D．Ago

8.                A．What          B．Which          C．How D．Why

9.                A．said           B．knew           C．heard    D．spoke

10.               A．happy          B．excited         C．surprised  D．sorry

阅读理解

　　Man has always wanted to fly. Even as long as eight hundred years ago, an Englishman had tried. He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers and fixed them to his head. Then he jumped from a tall building. As you can imagine, he did not fly very far. Instead he fell to the ground and broke several bones.

　　The first real attempt (尝试) at flying took place in France in 1783. The two Mentgolifier brothers knew that hot air rises. If they could fill a large balloon with hot air, they thought it would rise into the air and fly. They were right. They made a very large hot air balloon of cloth and paper. It measured ten metres in diametre (直径). They filled it with hot air and the balloon rose two hundred metres into the air. It fell to earth about three kilometres away. At the next attempt, they arranged (安排) for the balloon to carry passengers. We do not know what the passengers felt about the trip as they were a cock, a duck, and a sheep. But we do know that the trip lasted eight minutes and the animals landed safely.

1．From the first paragraph we may learn ________.

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A．that the Englishman enjoyed himself in his flying

B．that the Englishman failed to fly

C．that the Englishman was badly wounded in his fly

D．both B and C

2．The two Mentgolifier brothers had ________ at flying.

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3．The two Mentgolifier brothers were very ________.

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4．Which of the following is right?

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A．The two Mentgolifier brothers flew with the help of a large hot air balloon.

B．The balloon rose into the air and soon was out of sight.

C．The Mentgolifier brothers watched the balloon rising into the air and flying.

D．The balloon landed where it was.

5．The proper title of the passage is ________.

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A．A Brave Englishman

B．The Two Mentgolifier Brothers

C．The First Hot Air Balloon

D．Man's First Attempt at Flying

Tom was a poor boy．He made a living by cleaning leather 1 .s _____for others in the street．Tom was also a 2. b _____boy．One day，a rich man 3. n _______Miser appeared in front of Tom．

He watched his 4 .d ________ shoes for a while，and then，looked at Tom．Tom knew this kind of people well．They love money but hate to spend it．

Tom said，“Let me 5 .b  _____your shoes，sir．Only two pence，sir．Mr．Miser shook his head and walked away．Tom thought for a second and then called out，‘‘I’d like to clean it for nothing．”This time 。Mr．Miser agreed．And soon one of his shoes was shining brightly．

When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool，Tom said he wouldn’t clean it for him 6.

u _______ he was paid two pence for his work．Mr．Miser was very 7.a ______ He refused to pay

anything and went away．

But to his 8. s _______, the well－cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even

dirtier．Mr．Miser looked round．People in the street were 9. l  _____at him．

Finally the rich man 10. a _____ and gave Tom two pence．In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly．

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Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November 30, 1835, in a small town in Florida, the USA. He grew up with a few naughty boys who later appeared in his stories. Perhaps you are familiar with some of his books, as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. At the age of 12, his father died, and he began to work, first as a printer, then a pilot on a river boat. Those years on the boat went into his book Life on the Mississippi.

    During the Civil War he worked as a reporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name. The stories he wrote in this period made him famous and popular. He made a lot of money by writing, lecturing and running his own publishing house. But he spent all of it on his high living and unsuccessful business.

    Mark Twain was known as a world-wide famous writer and a humorist, which means funny man. But in fact, he took a serious view of life. Many sad things happened in his own life. All his experiences helped to shape his stories which showed the dark side of the society. He died as an old man of 75 in 1910.  (200)

1.What did Mark Twain do when he was 12?

2.Did Mark Twain write himself and his friends in his stories?

3.When did Mark Twain become famous?

4.What is Mark Twain’s writing style?

5.What does the passage mainly tell us and what does the writer think of Mark Twain?