A man went out with the wrong boots, one with a thick sole（后跟）and the other with a thin one. As he began to walk, he felt uncomfortable, for one foot was higher than the other. He felt very strange and said, “ Is there anything wrong with my legs today? Why is one of my legs long, and the other short? ”

A passer-by told him that he was wearing the wrong boots. He look down and found that it was really so. At once he asked his servant(仆人) to go back home and get another pair.

After a while the servant ran back to him. There was nothing in his hand. So he was angry and shouted at him, "Why didn't you get me the right boots?" “There's no need to change them," the servant said. "The pair at home is the same, one with a thick sole and the other with a thin one."

1. Why did the man feel uncomfortable when he began to walk?

A．Because the road was too bad.

B．Because he didn’t know the way

C．Because he wore the wrong boots.

D．Because he had no boots.

2.The man's legs themselves _____.

A．were shorter than before

B．were longer than before

C．were broken on his way

D．were right as usual

3.What does the word “passer-by" mean in Chinese?

A．路人             B．智者             C．皮匠             D．老者

4.What did the servant get him back?

A．He got the right boots quickly.

B．He got nothing when he came back

C．He got the same boots back.

D．He got the different boots back. :

5.From the short passage, we know the servant was_______.

A．right             B．careful            C．foolish            D．clever

Boris was a teacher. He taught science at a high school. For he needed some books for his lessons, he went to a bookshop to buy some. After he put them in his car in a quiet street, he went to buy some other things at other shops. When he came back to his car, one window was open and the books were gone. Boris drove home sadly.
That night he called a newspaper. The next day people read an advertisement in the newspaper:
Books: Have you got any old books? I buy old and modern books. Open all day on Saturdays. Boris 82 West Road.
And then he went to the police station with the Wednesday newspaper at once.
The first weekend, when Boris was staying at home, his first visitor came at 8:30 in the morning. Boris took him to the kitchen. At about ten o’clock another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.
As soon as he saw Boris, he asked, “Are you Boris?”
“Yes, I am,” Boris said. “What can I do for you?”
“Look! I have got some good books here. You buy books, don’t you?”
“Yes. Bring them in. Let me have a look at them.”
Soon the books were taken in and showed on the dinning-table. “Sir, come out now,” Boris called. “And take the list with you.”
A policeman appeared in the dinning-room. He read the names on the books, and then read the names on the list in his hand. He found that they were the same.
“Come with me, sir,” the policeman said to the man.
【小题1】Boris bought some books. They are        books.
A．science              B．old                  C．cheap
【小题2】Boris probably bought the books on       .
A．Tuesday              B．Friday               C．Saturday
【小题3】Boris’        was open on Saturdays.
A．shop             B．school               C．house
【小题4】Boris looked at the books on the dinning-table and might think, “They’re all       .”
A．mine             B．his                  C．theirs
【小题5】The second visitor was taken away by        at last.
A．Boris                B．the first visitor            C．a policewoman

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(he,  the,  grow,  high,  until,  one,  fail,  loud,  speech,  when)
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953 he climbed and measured 【小题1】__________ highest mountain then known to man—29,000 feet straight up. He was spoken 【小题2】__________ of for his efforts when he came back. He even made advertisements for big companies. However, 【小题3】__________ we read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success.
You see, in 1952 he tried to climb Mount Everest, but【小题4】__________. A few weeks later a group in England asked him to give a 【小题5】__________ to its members. Hillary was given a warm welcome【小题6】__________ walking on stage. People there thought him as a hero, but Edmund Hillary saw 【小题7】__________ as a failure. He moved away from the microphone and walked to the side of the stage.
He lifted one hand and pointed at a picture of the mountain. He said in a【小题8】__________voice, “Mount Everest, you beat me the 【小题9】__________ time, but I’ll beat you the next time because you’ve 【小题10】__________all you are going to grow, but I'm still growing!”

Mr. Perkin did not like to be different from other people, so he always tried to wear the same clothes, eat the same food, and do the same things after work as others.

One day Mr. Perkin stood at the bus-stop. As he watched the cars go by, he noticed that many of them were new Beta 400s and most of them were yellow.

The following week, Mr. Perkin bought a new bright yellow Beta 400s. He was very pleased with it, and drove to work in it the next day. He was even more pleased with his new car, when he saw all the other Beta 400s, in front, behind, and on both sides of him.

Mr. Perkin parked his car near his office, and walked the rest of the way. But when he came back at five o’clock, there were so many bright yellow Beta 400s that Mr. Perkin didn’t know which car was his. He tried his key in some of the cars, but people gave him a strange look which he didn’t like, so he stopped.

  Poor Mr. Perkin had to wait nearly two hours until there was only one yellow Beta 400S left.

1.Beta 400s is a _____of car.

A. size               B. plate            C. part       D. number

2._____, so he bought a new bright yellow car.

A. Mr. Perkin hated his car to be the same as others.

B. Mr. Perkin liked his car to be the same as others

C. Mr. Perkin wanted his car to be different from others

D. Mr. Perkin liked driving a car

3.Mr. Perkin was even more pleased with his new car when he was ____.

A. in front of other cars               B. Behind other cars

C. on both sides of other cars          D. in the middle of other cars like his

4.Mr. Perkin tried his key in some of the cars _____.

A. because he wanted to find his car in this way

B. because he wanted to steal a car like his

C. because he wanted to make jokes with others

D. because he had got a wrong key

5.Finally Mr. Perkin _____.

A. lost his car                     B. got a wrong car

C. stole a car                      D. found his own car