One evening, a country maid (年轻姑娘) was walking along the path with a can (罐)of milk on her head, when she fell into the following imaginations. “I shall sell the milk. And I shall get some money. The money will help me to buy more than three hundred eggs. Maybe some of the eggs will go bad, or will be destroyed by vermin (害虫), but the good ones will produce at least two hundred and fifty chickens. If the poultry are always dear, I will carry all the chickens to the market and sell them. By the new year, I can have enough money to buy a new dress. I like green, and green fits me best. OK, green the dress shall be. In this dress I will go to the party, and all young men there will want to invite me to be a partner of them. And I shall refuse every one of them, going away without looking at them.”

   When she was excited at this idea, she could not help moving her head. She shook her head again and again. Suddenly, the milk on her head poured down. And all her imaginary(想象的) happiness disappeared in a moment.

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66. The country maid was _______ when the story happened.

A. going to cook at home                    B. going to buy a new green dress

C. going to buy some chickens     D. going to sell the milk

67. The girl wanted to buy ______ with the money that she could get from the milk. 

A. some eggs    B. some chickens     C. some ducks           D. a dress

68. What does the underlined word “poultry” mean in Chinese? 

A. 豆制品      B. 肉类                  C. 禽类                D. 乳制品

69. Why couldn’t she help shaking her head at last?

A. Because she was tired.

B. Because she was too excited to remember the can on her head.

C. Because she saw someone.

D. Because the can was too heavy.

70. What is the main idea of the story?                    

A. If you work hard, you can get what you want.

B. We should take the chance to do everything we want to do.

C. Don’t plan too much before it happens.

D. A beautiful girl has a good chance to do everything.

People all over the world write to Big Ben. They even send birthday presents to it. One of the presents was a bottle of oil—to help keep Big Ben running. Big Ben isn’t a person. It is a famous bell in a clock in London. Big Ben’s story began in 1834. In that year , the old Parliament Building (议会大厦) was destroyed (被破坏) by fire. Its clock tower fell to the ground. There had to be a new building and a new clock.

   Plans were made. The clock had to be the biggest in the world and it had to keep good time. The big clock was made in two years. Five years later, a tower was build and the bells were put in place in it. The clock rang out for the first time in July, 1859.

1. Big Ben is ______.

A. a clock in London    B. a man in London   C. the name of a shop   D. a street

2. In 1834, the old Parliament Building________.

A. was built

B. was put up

C. was destroyed by fire

D. was pulled down by a man

3. People planned to make the clock________.

A. the biggest all over the world   B. keep good time 

C. the most beautiful                   D. both A and B

4. The big clock was made in ________.

A. five years      B. two years     C. three years     D. more than five years

5. The clock rang out for the first time in ________.

A. June, 1899     B. July, 1859     C. June, 1958      D. July, 1958

Big ocean(海洋)fish have almost disappeared from the world since the start of business fishing in the 1950’s．The scientists found that the number of large fish has dropped by 90 percent in the past fifty years．The study took ten years．The researchers collected records from fishing business and governments around the world．The magazine Nature published the findings．
The scientists say the common way called longline fishing is especially harmful to large fish．This way includes many fishing lines that are connected to one boat．If these lines are joined together，they can reach one hundred kilometers．They hold thousands of sharp metal hooks to catch fish．Longline fishing is especially common in the Japanese fishing industry．Records show that Japanese boats used to catch about ten fish for every hundred hooks．The study says longline fishing boats now might catch one fish per hundred hooks．
The scientists say business fishing can destroy groups of fish much faster than in the past．The study suggests that large fish can disappear almost completely from new fishing areas within ten to fifteen years．Ocean life system could be destroyed．
It’s not the only worry that the number of large fish is becoming smaller and smaller．What’s worse．they are smaller in size than their ancestors(祖先)．
【小题1】The magazine Nature published the findings．The word“published”here means________．

A．发表

B．发现

C．研究

D．调查

【小题2】The number of big ocean fish has become smaller because_________．

A．the oceans are polluted

B．the ways of fishing go into practice

C．the scientists pay little attention to them

D．Japanese fishing boats catch one fish per hundred hooks

【小题3】What do you think of the business fishing?

A．It should be encouraged．

B．It can balance ocean life system．

C．It needn’t be cared about．

D．It may bring harm to ocean fish．

【小题4】Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A．Longline fishing

B．Japanese fishing industry

C．Modem fishing ways

D．Worrying situation of big ocean fish