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　　Mr Brown was a teacher at a school in a big city in England. He usually went to France of Germany for a few weeks during his summer holidays and he spoke French and German quite well.

　　But one day Mr Brown said to one of his friends, "I'm going to have my holidays in Athens（雅典）this year. "

　　"But you can't speak Greek（希腊语）. How can you go? " asked his friend. "Well, I'm going to take Greek lessons for a month before I go, " said Mr Brown.

　　He studied very hard for one month. Then his holidays began and he went to Greece（希腊）.

　　When he came back a few weeks later, his friends asked him, "Did you have any trouble（困难）with your Greek when you were in Athens? "

　　"No, I didn't have any trouble with it, " answered Mr Brown. "But the Greeks（希腊人）did! "

　　根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

　　1. What did Mr Brown do?

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　　 A. He was a school teacher.

　　 B. He was a Greek teacher.

　　 C. He was an English student.

　　2. Which two foreign languages（外语）did Mr Brown speak quite well?

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　　 A. English and French.

　　 B. German and Greek.

　　 C. German and French.

　　3. Why did Mr Brown have Greek lessons?

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　　 A. Because he liked learning foreign languages.

　　 B. Because he wanted to visit Greece.

　　 C. Because he thought Greek was easy to learn.

　　4. How long did Mr Brown stay in Greece?

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　　 A. A month　　B. A few months　　C. A few weeks.

　　5. What can we learn from the passage?

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　　 A. Mr Brown's Greek was good.

　　 B. Mr Brown's friends thought his Greek was good.

　　 C. Mr Brown did not speak good Greek.

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The students were having their chemistry (化学) class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “What’s water?” No one spoke for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again, “Why don’t you answer my question? Didn’t I tell you water is like?” Just then a boy put up his hand and said, “Miss Li, you told us that water has no color and no smell. But where to find such kind of water? The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell.” Most of the children agreed with him. “I’m sorry, children.” Said the teacher,

“Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That’s a problem.” 

1. The students were having their　　　　 class.　　　　　　　　　　　　  

A. English　　   B. Chinese　　    C. chemistry　　    D. math

2. Miss Li was telling the children what　　　　 was like.　　　　　　　　  

A. water　　　　 B. air　　　　    C. earth　　　　    D. weather

3. A boy said, “The water in the river behind my house is always.”　　　　　　 

A. white　　     B. black　　　　 C. clean　　　　    D. clear

4 Most of the children　　　　 the boy.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

A. agreed with    B. wrote to　　  C. heard from　　    D. sent for

5. The water in the river has color and smell because it is getting.　　　　　　

A. more and more　　　　　　    B. less and less

C. cleaner and cleaner　　　　　　 D. dirtier and dirtier