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　　Every morning, Steve goes to work by train. As it's a long way to go, he always buys a newspaper and that helps to make the time pass more quickly. One morning, he turned to the sports page. He wanted to read the report on an important football match. The report was so interesting that he forgot time. When he heard the conductor, it was already the last station of the train. He got off the train and had to wait a long time for the train coming back. Of course, he got to the office very late. His boss was very angry when he told him why he was late.

　　"Work is more important than football match!" he shouted.

(1)Steve goes to work by train every day.

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(2)He lives far from his office.

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(3)He always buys a newspaper because he likes reading newspapers.

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(4)He should get off the train at the last station.

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(5)One day he was asleep on the train and forgot to get off the train.

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(6)He liked the report of the football match very much.

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(7)The boss thinks that work is more important than football.

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(8)Steve is never late for work.

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阅读理解

　　A man and his wife had a small restaurant near a station. The restaurant often stayed open until after midnight, because people came to drink and have meals while they were waiting for trains.

　　At two o'clock one morning, a farmer was still sitting at a table there. He was asleep. The wife of the owner of the restaurant was very sleepy and wanted to go to bed. She looked at the farmer several times and waited for him to wake and go, but each time she looked at the farmer, he was still there sleeping. Then at last she went to her husband and said to him, “You have waken him six times now, but why haven't you sent him away? It's very late.”

　　“Oh, no. I don' t want to send him away,” answered her husband.“You see, whenever I wake him up, he asks for his bill (帐单), and when I give him the bill, he pays it and then goes to sleep again.”

(1) Who was the owner of the small restaurant?

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A．The farmer.

B．The wife.

C．The husband.

D．Both the men and the wife.

(2) Why did people come to drink in the restaurant after midnight?

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A．Because they liked the restaurant.

B．Because it was near the station and people could eat there while waiting for trains.

C．Because it was cheap to eat there.

D．Because you could sleep there after meal.

(3) Why was the farmer asleep at a table?

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A．Because he had missed the train.

B．Because he was too tired.

C．Because he was drunk.

D．The story does not tell us.

(4) The wife wanted to send the farmer away because ________.

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A．she was sleepy and wanted to go to bed

B．she didn't like him

C．she wanted to clean the table

D．she wanted the farmer to pay more

(5) The husband didn't want to send the farmer away because each time he woke him up, he could get ________ money from him.

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Go and watch the baby when he is asleep，see how his chest(胸)rises and falls，then rises and falls again．

He does not know what he is doing，but he breathes(呼吸)as well as the oldest and cleverest man in the world．He began to breathe when he was born，and he will not stop until he dies，still he does it without thinking about it．

See how long you can hold your breath．

In some places men dive(潜水)in the sea for pearls (珍珠)．They pick up shells(贝壳)that hold the pearls，and the longer they stay under water，the more pearls they can find．For the reason(原因)they hold their breath as long as they possibly can．Yet even these pearl divers can't go without breathing for a long time．

Watch to see how many times a man draws his breath every minute．Some men breathe fifteen times a minute．An elephant breathes only eight times．It was told that a mouse breathes a hundred and twenty times each minute．

No one needs to tell us that what we breathe every minute of every day is air．It is around us everywhere，like wonderful sea that we can not see．

1．Everyone began to breathe ________． (　)

A．when he is old

B．when he is clever

C．when he was born

D．when he was a child

2．What do the men dive in the deep sea for? (　)

A．They want to hold their breath．

B．They want to make their bodies stronger．

C．They want to find pearls．

D．They want to find reasons for breath．

3．A mouse breathes ________ times more than an elephant every minute． (　)

A．105

B．120

C．112

D．15

4．The word “It” in the last paragraph(段)means ________． (　)

A．wonderful sea

B．air

C．a mouse

D．an elephant

5．Which of the following is NOT TRUE in thepassage? (　)

A．We can't live without air．

B．The babies also need to breathe．

C．The dead also need to breathe．

D．Animals need to breathe every minute．