I have been trying to get sick．I don't wear a sweater when I should，and two days ago I walked in the rain without my boots and my feet got wet．But so far nothing has happened．Debbie once told me about a girl who liked to stay overnight in the infirmary（医务室）．She used to rub（摩擦）the end of the clinical thermometer（体温计）until it went up to 102．Then she'd stick it in her mouth and the nurse there would think she was really sick．

This morning I tried doing that but it never went above 94 and I rubbed it for ten whole minutes．So I held the tip（未端）of the thermometer next to the light bulb（灯泡）in my desk lamp and it went up to105．I thought I'd put it in my mouth and walk downstairs like that．Then my mother would take it out and she would be surprised when she saw what a high fever I had!

The only trouble was I didn't know the thermometer would be so hot．As soon as I put it into my mouth, I burned my tongue．Something terrible! I spit the thermometer out．It fell on the floor but it didn't break．I will have to think up a better way to get mother and father back together．I can't waste my time trying to get sick．

1、How did the author try to get sick?

A、She walked in the rain without her boots．

B、She didn't wear a sweater when she should．

C、She played in the hot sun．

D、Both A and B．

2、The girl Debbie talked about pretending to be ill         ．

A、so that she could have a rest

B、so that she could sleep in the infirmary at night

C、so that she would not work the next day

D、because she was mad

3、When the author put the hot clinical thermometer in her mouth,         ．

A、she dropped it down                                       B、it broke

C、her mouth felt cold                                     D、it burned her tongue

4、She has been trying to get sick because         ．

A、she doesn't want to go to school               B、she misses her parents

C、she hates her mother                                       D、she wants to go to hospital

Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really wanted to take a holiday.

He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an ad（广告）in a newspaper, “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at Willow Farm. Good food, fresh（新鲜的）air, horse riding , walking, fishing. Good prices.”

“This sounds like a good idea,” he thought , “I’ll spend a month at Willow Farm. I’ll enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They’ll make a change from sitting by the seaside.”

Four days later he came back home.

“What’s matter with Willow Farm?” his friend Jack asked him, Didn’t you enjoy country life?”

“Country life was fine,” Alan said , “but there was another problem.”

“Oh, what?”

“Well, the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast lamp（烤羊肉）for dinner.”

“Fresh meat is the best.”

“I know , but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”

“That’s good.”

“You don’t understand,” Alan said, “on the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”

“ A different roast every day,” Jack said.

“Let me finish,” Alan said, “on the fourth day the farmer died and I didn’t dare（敢）to stay for dinner!”

(   )6. Where did Alan work? He worked _____

A. on a farm   B. at a school   C. in a restaurant   D. in an office in the city

(   )7. Where did Alan usually go to spend his holiday ? He usually spent his holiday ____.

A. by the seaside   B. in the country   C. in the mountains  D. on an island.

(   )8. Why did Alan decide to spend his holiday at Willow Farm? Because___

A . he lived near there    

B. he thought it would make a change from sitting by the seaside .

C. he had a good friend there  

D. he wanted to enjoy the fresh air in the country.

(   )9. How many days later did he come back?

A. a few days later  B. Four days later  C. Three days later  D. a week later

(   )10. What made Alan come back so soon?

A. He felt ill.        B. The air there was not fresh    

C. The prices were too fresh

D. He was afraid that they would have the dead man for dinner.

 

Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really wanted to take a holiday.

He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an ad（广告）in a newspaper, “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at Willow Farm. Good food, fresh（新鲜的）air, horse riding , walking, fishing. Good prices.”

“This sounds like a good idea,” he thought , “I’ll spend a month at Willow Farm. I’ll enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They’ll make a change from sitting by the seaside.”

Four days later he came back home.

“What’s matter with Willow Farm?” his friend Jack asked him, Didn’t you enjoy country life?”

“Country life was fine,” Alan said , “but there was another problem.”

“Oh, what?”

“Well, the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast lamp（烤羊肉）for dinner.”

“Fresh meat is the best.”

“I know , but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”

“That’s good.”

“You don’t understand,” Alan said, “on the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”

“ A different roast every day,” Jack said.

“Let me finish,” Alan said, “on the fourth day the farmer died and I didn’t dare（敢）to stay for dinner!”

(   )6. Where did Alan work? He worked _____

A. on a farm   B. at a school   C. in a restaurant   D. in an office in the city

(   )7. Where did Alan usually go to spend his holiday ? He usually spent his holiday ____.

A. by the seaside   B. in the country   C. in the mountains  D. on an island.

(   )8. Why did Alan decide to spend his holiday at Willow Farm? Because___

A . he lived near there    

B. he thought it would make a change from sitting by the seaside .

C. he had a good friend there  

D. he wanted to enjoy the fresh air in the country.

(   )9. How many days later did he come back?

A. a few days later  B. Four days later  C. Three days later  D. a week later

(   )10. What made Alan come back so soon?

A. He felt ill.        B. The air there was not fresh    

C. The prices were too fresh

D. He was afraid that they would have the dead man for dinner.

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　　Agatha Christie was born on September 15th, 1890. She didn't go to school because her mother wanted to teach her at home. She studied the piano and singing in Paris.

　　She got married(结婚) in 1914 to a pilot and they had one daughter. During the First World War(战争), when she was working as a nurse, she began to write detective novels(侦探小说). In the hospital, she learned a lot about drugs, and she used these in her novels.

　　She wrote her first novel in 1920. The hero(主人公) was a detective, Hercules Poirot. The book soon became a best-seller and made her famous.

　　In 1928, Agatha Christie was lost. The police found her two weeks later. She didn't know anything. This was front page news in all the newspapers in Britain, and even today nobody knows what happened to her during those two weeks.

　　In 1929, Agatha Christie went on holiday to the Middle East. She came home to England in 1930.

　　After that, she travelled with her husband to the Middle East many times, and a lot of her later stories took place there, for example, Murder On The Nile. She also wrote the detective in the West End of London in 1952, and still on later.

　　During her life she wrote nearly eighty detective stories. She also wrote other novels under the pen name of May Westmacott. She died in January 1976 at the age of eighty-six.

　　Agatha Christie's detective novels are famous for their surprising endings.

1．Christie began to write detective novels ________.

[　　]

2．What may the word “drugs” here mean ________.

[　　]

3．Why was Christie lost for two weeks in 1928?

[　　]

A．Because she was ill.

B．Because she got married.

C．Because she wanted to write novels herself.

D．Nobody knows.

4．Who is Mary Westmacott?

[　　]

5．Why did her detective novels interest so many readers? Because ________.

[　　]

A．they have a sad ending

B．they have an unusual ending

C．there is always a murder in her novels

D．Christie was very famous

Tom was eight years old. He was a good boy. But he could not get up early. He slept until nine or ten o’clock in the morning. He was often late for school.

   Tom’s mother didn’t want him to be late for school. So she bought him an alarm clock. She said to Tom, “You must get up when you hear the clock ring.”

  “Yes, Mum,” said Tom. After that Tom got up at seven thirty when he heard the clock ring.

  One day his mother forgot to make the clock get ready to ring. And the next morning Tom didn’t get up at seven thirty. It was time for breakfast. Mother went to see him. Tom was in bed and his eyes were open.

  “Why didn’t you get up?” Mother was angry.

  “You told me to get up when I heard the clock ring. So I am waiting for the bell.”

43. Tom was a _________ .

  A. teacher           B. student       C. worker        D.writer

44. Tom’s mother bought him a clock because _________ .

  A. he couldn’t get up on time        B. it was very beautiful  

  C. it was Tom’s birthday that day     D. It's very cheap

45. What happened that day?

   A. The clock was broken.        B. Tom was ill.           

   C. The clock didn’t ring.       

46. Tom didn’t get up on time that day because he ________ .

   A. was waiting for the bell in bed  B. didn’t want to go to school 

   C. didn’t want to have breakfast   D.thought it was Sunday .