阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　What do you know about the sea? Everybody knows that the sea 　1　 beautiful when the sun is shining 　2　　 　it. But it becomes very terrible when there is a strong wind. If you study the map of the world, you'll 　3 　that about three quarters of the world is the sea.

　Have you ever been at sea? The sea is very deep. In some places the sea is much deeper. The 　4 　mountain in the world is about 9 kilomertres high while the deepest place of the sea is 　5　　 　11 kilometres 　6　　 　.

　The sea can be very cold. At the top of the sea the water may be 　7 　. But if you go down it becomes colder and colder. In most places of the sea, there are lots of 　8 　and plants. Some live near the top of the sea. Others live deep down.

　You know the sea water is salty （咸味的）. The water of the Dead Sea is very very salty. It is so salty 　9 　fish can't live in it. 　10 　a strange sea!

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

(1)  A．looks	B．sees	C．watches	D．looks at	[　　]
(2)  A．in	B．on	C．into	D．to	[　　]
(3)  　　 A．guess	B．learn	C．know of	D．feel	[　　]
(4)  　　 A．high	B．tall	C．higher	D．highest	[　　]
(5)  A．near	B．almost	C．nearby	D．near by	[　　]
(6)  　　 A．deeply	B．deep	C．deepest	D．wide	[　　]
(7)  　　 A．cold	B．warm	C．cool	D．colder	[　　]
(8)  　　 A．fishes	B．beasts	C．things	D．crops	[　　]
(9)  　　 A．what	B．then	C．no	D．that	[　　]
(10)  　　 A．Too	B．How	C．What	D．So	[　　]

Reading Comprehension(阅读理解)：

　　Geoffrey Payne talks for the first time about the night his wife was killed. The judge thought it was he who killed his wife. Now he wrote to a magazine from the prison(监狱) about what happened on the night of 13 October 1999.

　　I had to stay late at the hospital that night to do an operation. I finally left at about 11 p.m. I drove home slowly because the weather was terrible－the wind was blowing and it was raining heavily. I was turning into our road when a man suddenly ran in front of my car. I almost hit him but I stopped just in time. I was frightened and the man looked frightened too. I got out of the car but he ran away before I could ask if he was all right. It was very strange.

　　When I got home, the lights were on but it was very quiet. I called to my wife but there was no answer. Then I remembered that she was out at a concert.

　　I was still very upset about what happened on the road, so I made myself a drink. Then I went upstairs to have a bath. I saw that the window in the bedroom was open. This was strange because my wife always locked the doors and windows before she went out. She was afraid of burglars(夜盗者). When I went to close it, I found Ellen. She was lying on the floor. There was blood everywhere. I rushed over and felt for her pulse but she was dead. I sat on the floor beside her body and was too frightened to do anything.

　　The next thing I knew, the sky was getting light. I can't remember a thing about that night. In the morning I phoned the police. They arrived about half an hour after I phoned them. But it seemed like hours. During that time I tried hard to remember anything I could about the night before. I couldn't stop thinking about the man in the road. What was he doing at that three of night in our quiet neighbourhood? Why did he look so frightened Why did he run away?

Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示，填入括号内)：

1．Geoffrey Payne was a ________.

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2．________ while Payne was turning into his road that night.

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A．A man suddenly ran in front of his car

B．His wife called him from the concert hall

C．A man stopped him and asked him the way

D．A man hit Payne's car with a big stone and ran away

3．When Payne got home, he found ________.

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A．Ellen waiting for him

B．the bedroom window closed

C．Ellen lying on the floor, blood all over

D．a burglar in his house

4．After he found Ellen dead, Payne ________.

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A．called the police at once

B．called out for help

C．tried to find out who killed his wife

D．sat beside his wife's body without knowing what to do

5．Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

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A．Payne called the police the next morning.

B．Payne could remember clearly what had happened.

C．The policemen arrived thirty minutes after Payne's call.

D．Payne wondered what the man was doing in his neighbourhood that night.

6．In this passage Payne tried to ________.

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A．say something about his family

B．show he was very sorry for his wife's death

C．tell why his wife was killed that night

D．make people believe the man in the road probably killed his wife

根据短文内容填入所缺单词，首字母已给出

　　One day a crow f　　 a piece of meat. She picked it up in her mouth and flew to a tall tree. She was just going to e　　 the meat when a fox saw her. He came and stood u　　 the tree and said, “H　　 pretty you are! You must be the prettiest bird in the world(世界).”

　　The crow was very p　　 with these words. Then the fox spoke a, “I can see your pretty face, but I have not heard your voice. W　　 don't you sing a song?” This pleased the crow again. She opened her mouth and b　　 to sing. As she opened her mouth, the meat dropped d　　. The fox picked up the meat at once and went away w　　 it.