Read the passages and do the following exercises(阅读并做题)

　　When Jimmy was a boy, he liked watches and clocks very much. When he was eighteen years old, he joined the army, and after a year he began to teach himself to mend (修理) watches. A lot of his friends brought him broken watches, and he mended for them.

　　Then his captain heard about this. One day he brought Jimmy a watch too, and said, “My watch has stopped. Can you mend it for me, please?”

　　Jimmy said,“Yes, sir, I can.” After a few days, he brought the watch back to the captain.

　　“How much should I pay you?” the officer said.

　　“One pound, sir,” Jimmy replied. Then he took a small box out of his pocket and gave it to the captain, saying,“Here are your three wheels(机轮) from your watch. I didn't find a place for them when I put everything back.”

　　Choose the best answer

1．Jimmy learned to mend watches and clocks when he was ________.

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2．Jimmy learned to mend watches and clocks ________.

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3．Once he wanted ________ to pay one pound after mending his watch.

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4．How did Jimmy mend the officer's watch?

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A．He didn't put everything back.

B．He mended it very well.

C．He didn't mend it, because it was quite all right.

D．He tried hard, but he didn't find the wrong place.

5．Jimmy put the three wheels ________.

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　　阅读理解

　　The great American writer Jack London was often in great need of money when he began to write his books. He worked very hard, but it didn't help.

　　Once he promised a New York magazine to write a story for it, but he was too busy at that time and could not keep his promise. The owner of the magazine wrote letters to Jack London several times asking him to send the story. At last he went to the hotel where Jack London lived. The owner sent him a note. It said, “Dear Jack London, if I don't get the story in twenty-four hours, I'll come up to your room and kick you downstairs, and I always keep my promise. ” Jack London read the note and answered, “Dear Dick, if I could do my work with my feet like you, I would keep my promise. ”

　　Choose the best answer

1．Jack London was a(n) ________ .

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2．Jack London ________ when he began to write his books.

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3．Once he ________ to write a story for a New York magazine.

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4．But he did not keep his word, because ________ .

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5．The owner of the magazine said if he did not finish writing the story, he would ________ .

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A．fight with Jack London

B．beat Jack London

C．hit Jack London in the face

D．kick Jack London from upstairs to downstairs

　　阅读理解

　　The elephant is the largest living land animal and one of the cleverest, and yet people can easily catch elephants. Elephants cannot see anything clearly if it is not close to them.

　　Man can get near elephants when he wants to catch them. When the elephant finds man, it would be angry and kill him. But man can run away easily from it.

　　There are two kinds of elephants in the world, the Indian (印度的) elephant and the African elephant. They have different ears and teeth. We can't easily catch the African elephant.

　　After we catch Indian elephants, we easily teach them how to work. They seem to become pleased and even happy when man is kind to them. An Indian elephant quickly learns to know the man's voice. They even know whether the man is pleased or angry by his voice.

A．Choose the best answer.

1．The story is about ________.

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A．catching elephants

B．some facts about elephants

C．teaching elephants to work

D．how elephants learn to understand man

2．The elephant is ________.

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A．the cleverest living animal

B．the largest living animal

C．one of the largest living animals

D．larger than any other animal

3．Which is not true? ________.

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A．Indian elephants are useful work animals

B．Indian elephants can soon learn to understand man's voice

C．African elephants are not easily caught

D．It is hard to get an Indian elephant to work

4．To get out of danger, why can man run away easily from the angry elephant?

Because ________.

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A．elephants cannot see far

B．elephants run much more slowly than man

C．elephants are too big to run

D．elephants are not so clever as man

B．Fill in the blanks.

5．The elephant is the largest living ________ animal, but it isn't the largest ________ ________the living animals.

6．The man's ________ can make an Indian elephant know ________ the man is happy or angry.

7．Everyone has seen an elephant at the ________, in a ________ or on TV programmes.

　　Read the passages and do the following exercises (阅读并做题)

　　Most children like to watch TV. It's very interesting. By watching TV they can see and learn a lot and know many things about their country(国家) and the world. Of course, they can also learn over the radio. But they can learn better and more easily with TV. Why? Because they can hear and watch at the same time. But they can't see anything over the radio.

　　TV helps to open children's eyes. TV helps to open their minds (智力), too. They learn newer and better ways of doing things. They may find world is now smaller than before.

　　Many children watch TV only on Saturday or Sunday evening. They are always busy with their lessons. But a few children watch TV every night. They go to bed very late. They can't have a good rest. How about you, my young friend?

　　Choose the best answer

1．A few children go to bed very late because they ________.

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2．Children can't see anything ________.

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3．TV helps to open children's ________.

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4．________ children watch TV only on Saturday or Sunday evening.

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5．Children can study better and more easily with TV because ________.

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A．they like to watch TV

B．they can hear

C．they can watch

D．they can listen to and see something at the same time

　　Read the passages and do the following exercises.(阅读并做题)

　　Mrs Brown is eighty, but she has a small car. She always drives to the shops on Saturdays and buys her food.

　　Her car is old. She doesn't drive fast, but she drives well, and never hits anything. Sometimes her grandson says to her,“Please don't drive the old car of yours, Grandmother. You're too old. We can drive you to the town.”

　　But she always says,“No, I like driving. I've driven for fifty years, and I'm not going to stop now.”

　　One Saturday she stops her car at some traffic lights when they are red. But it doesn't start again. The lights become green, then yellow, then red, then green again, but Mrs Brown's car can't start.

　　“What am I going to do now?” She says. But then a policeman comes and says to her with a smile(微笑),“Good morning. You like all of our colours, don't you?”

　　Choose the best answer

1．How many people are mentioned(提及) in the story?

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2．She always goes shopping ________.

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3．She begins to learn driving when she was ________.

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4．Her grandson asks her not to drive, because ________.

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A．her car is too old

B．she is too old

C．she can't start her car sometimes

D．Both A and B

5．One Saturday her car doesn't start because ________.

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A．she likes alt the colours of the traffic lights

B．there is something wrong with her car

C．the light turns red again

D．she is too old