阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后面每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳的一项。

　　Mr. Johnson wanted to join in a bicycle race. He said he would win. Mrs. Johnson only smiled. She knew he could not be in the race. But she also knew he would try. Mr. Johnson went to see the judges(裁判). But they did not let him race. “You're too old,” said one of the judges. “The men go from one end of the country to the other. That's more than one thousand miles. You would never make it. ”

　　“We'll see, ”said Mr. Johnson.

　　At last the race began. Fifty strong young men got on their bicycles. One of the judges fired a gun. And the young men were off!

　　Close behind them came Mr. Johnson. His long beard waved in the wind. “You can keep me out of the race, ”he said to himself. “But you can't keep me of the road. ”

　　And then Mr. Johnson rode in front m me fifty strong young men!

　　After a while he came to a small town. The street was lined with people. They cheered when Mr. Johnson rode by.

　　“Look, Daddy,” said a small boy, “There goes Super grandpa!”

　　A newspaperman heard the boy. He took a picture of Mr. Johnson and wrote a story about him. From then on everybody in the country was cheering for “Super grandpa. ”

　　For more than six days Super grandpa rode on.

　　At last he crossed the finish line ----a day ahead of the strong young men. All the town was there to meet him. Everybody cheered and cheered. Children danced around Super grandpa.

　　People all over the country now knew him. And they loved him. He was their SUPER grandpa!

1．Mr. Johnson went to see the judges because ________.

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A．he wanted to join in a bicycle race

B．he wanted to join in a swimming race

C．he wanted to find a job

D．he wanted to work for one of the judges

2．The race is to ride ________on a bike.

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A．five hundred miles

B．one hundred miles

C．more than one thousand miles

D．two thousand miles

3．Which of the following is true?

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A．The judges agreed that Mr. Johnson would join in the race.

B．Mr. Johnson rode with the fifty strong young men on the road.

C．Mr. Johnson was the last man to cross the finish line.

D．Mr. Johnson's grandson cheered for him.

4．People all over the country loved Mr. Johnson because ________.

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A．he did a lot of good deeds for them

B．a newspaperman knew him

C．he didn't stop when he passed a small town

D．he was the first to cross the finish line although he was the eldest

--Where is your dictionary?

---I’m not sure. It_________ be in the desk

A. can             B. may             C. must     D. would

If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It may save your life. This is the surprising advice of a British cook.
One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from the table, and suddenly a snake appeared... and bit him on the hand.
A few days earlier, the snake came to the restaurant from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and hid under the dish.
"I went to try to pick it up and it bit me again. I threw it across the kitchen, and it landed in the fridge. So I closed the door," Mr. Jackson said.
Anyway, Mr. Jackson stayed cool and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his hand began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn't say what was wrong because they didn't know what kind of snake it was.
Then Mr. Jackson remembered his mobile phone photo. The doctors sent it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake, they could give Mr. Jackson the right medicine, and he left hospital the next day.
"So my advice is this: if a snake bites you, pick up your phone. Take its photo first and then show the photo to the doctors," suggests Mr. Jackson. "Oh, and if the snake doesn't smile for its photo, don't worry."
【小题1】The doctor gave Mr. Jackson the right medicine when _________________.

Once there was a parrot on sale in a pet store. It was a beautiful red and blue bird. It sat on a perch in the middle of the store, so that everyone could see it when they came in. The owner was very proud of it and asked a high price for it.

     One day a man went into the store. "That's a beautiful bird,"he said to the pet store owner, "But why is it so expensive? Is it unsual bird?"

     "No, it's not very unusual. It's expensive because it can talk," the pet store owner said.

     "I see. How can I make it talk?" the man asked.

     The pet store owner asked him, "Do you see those string tied to each of the bird's legs?"

     "Yes," the man answered.

     "Well, you pull those strings," the pet store owner told him."That will make the parrot talk."

     The man asked,"Do you mind if I try?"

     "Not at all," the pet store owner said.

     The man walked up to the parrot and pulled the string on its left leg. The parrot said, "Good morning."

     The man pulled the string on the parrot's right leg. This time the parrot said, "How are you today?"

      "That's not very interesting, " said the man. "Any parrot could do that." Then he laughed, "But what wold happen if I pulled both strings at the same time?"

     "I'll fall off my perch, you fool!" the parrot said.

1.The parrot was expensive because________.

A.it was pretty beautiful

B.it could talk with the people

C.it was a very unusual bird

D.it was in the middle of the store

2.The parrot would talk when _________.

A.people came into the pet store

B.it was the pet store owner

C.people said it was beautiful

D.people pulled the strings on its legs

3.Which is the first sentences that the parrot said to the man?

A.Good morning.

B.How are you?

C.That's wasn't interesting.

D.I'll fall off my perch, you fool.

4.From the story we know the parrot was_______.

A.kind     B.silly    C.clever    D.crazy

5.The best title for the passage should be _________.

A.Unusual Parrot     B.Parrot Talk      C.Silly man    D.Clever Owner