阅读理解

　　It was Monday morning. Susie left home early that day because she was going to start a new job in downtown Manhattan. She was only eighteen and this was her first job. When she got to the bus stop, there were so many people waiting that she almost called a passing taxi. Later she was glad that she had waited for the bus because the traffic was so heavy that even a taxi would not have arrived much earlier. As it was, she was a few minutes late.

　　She took the elevator (电梯) to the eighth floor and went directly to the office where she had been interviewed (面试) by Mr Samson two weeks before. This was the man she was going to work for. She knocked on the door slightly and waited, but there was no answer. Just then she heard the sound of someone's voice coming from the next office. She opened the door and looked in. There Mr Samson was talking angrily to all the people in the office. He suddenly turned around and left the room. Later in the day, Susie found out what had happened. Because Mr Samson lived forty miles away in Westchester Country, he had to take the train to work and would normally arrive at the office around nine thirty. This morning, however, he happened to catch a late train, and when he arrived at the office, not a single person was working. They were all standing around smoking, chatting and telling jokes.

1．________made Susie go to work late on the first day.

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2．Mr Samson asked Susie to start working ________ at the interview.

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3．When she arrived, ________ was (were) in the room she wanted to enter.

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4．Mr Samson usually ________ to work.

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5．The man Susie was going to work for was angry on Monday because ________ .

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A．someone smoked at the office

B．only Susie arrived early

C．some people were chatting about his private things

D．none of his employees (雇员) was working

　　阅读理解

　　Venus (金星) is our nearest neighbor in space. It is only 42 million kilometers away. We know that in some ways Venus is like the earth. It is like the earth to go round the sun. It is almost as big as the earth, too.

　　Earth people can't live without air but our neighbor doesn't have this kind of air. There is very little water on Venus. Still, some scientists believe there may be lives on it. These scientists think that some microbes (微生物) may be able to live on Venus. They are not sure about this but one thing----earth people could not live on Venus.

1．Venus is ________ the earth in space.

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2．Venus is ________ our planet.

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3．Venus is ________ .

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4．There is no ________ on Venus.

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5．The scientists believe ________ .

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A．there are some lives on Venus

B．we can find some microbes on Venus

C．there is no life on Venus

D．we could not live on Venus

　　阅读理解

　　One morning Peter left his house with six donkeys to the market. After a time, he got tired and got on to one of them. He counted the donkeys, and there were only five. So he got off and went to look for the sixth: He looked and looked but didn't find it, so he went back to the donkeys and counted them again. This time there were six, so he got on to one of them again and they all started. After a few minutes he counted the donkeys again, and again there were only five! While he was counting again a friend of his passed, and Peter said to him, “I left my house with six donkeys; then I had five; then I had six again, and now I have only five! Look! One, two, three, four, five”

　　“But, Peter,” said his friend, “you are sitting on a donkey too! That is the sixth. And you are the seventh!”

1．What did Peter do one morning? He ________.

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A．left his house for the market

B．wanted to sell his donkeys in the market

C．wanted to sell both his donkeys and his goods

D．let his donkeys carry his goods

2．How many donkeys did he count after he got on to one of his donkey?

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3．What did he do then?

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A．He was surprised.

B．He cried out, “One of my donkeys is missing .”

C．They all started.

D．He got off and went to look for the sixth.

4．What did his friend answer?

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A．You have more than six.

B．The donkey you are sitting on is the sixth! And you are the seventh.

C．But, Peter, you should count them with care.

D．Perhaps you left your house with five donkeys.

5．How many donkeys did he have with him?

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　　Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace in England. Then workers were sent for it and a platform was made. With a worker's help, Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready.

　　Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he didn't know it because he was thinking of his pictures.

　　The worker saw everything. “What should I do?” he thought.“Thornhill is at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed.” So the worker quickly took some paint and threw it at the pictures.

　　“What are you doing?” cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.

1．Thornhill was an English ________.

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2．He was asked to ________.

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A．paint a picture for the king

B．paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace

C．have his pictures painted in the king's palace

D．paint for a worker

3．They worked for ________and at last the pictures were ready.

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4．The worker threw some paint at the pictures because ________.

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A．he didn't like the pictures

B．he wanted to save the painter

C．he was angry with the painter

D．he didn't think the pictures were beautiful

5．The writer wants to tell us ________.

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A．not to be frightened and to use your head in danger

B．a painter should pay full attention to his job

C．it's important for us to help each other at work

D．a friend in need is a friend indeed

　　阅读理解

　　Some people just cannot decide what to do all by themselves. They often take the advice of their friends, but they never do as their friends have said. My friend Jack is such a person, and he is always asking me for help. I try to help him as well as I can, but he never takes my advice. Yesterday 1 tried a new way to make him take my advice. It worked!

　　“Look,” he said, showing me a letter. “What do you think I should do?”The letter told him that there was a good job for him. It seemed to be a good chance for a young artist. Jack would be sent to Australia to work. The job would pay very well, and he would be able to travel and visit many interesting places.

　　“How do you like this, Rose?” he asked. “If I take the job, I will have to stay in Australia for two years. I may have to stay a bit longer. But it would be a wonderful experience for me. What should I do, Rose?”

　　“Don't go,” I told him. “You'll suffer a lot there.”

　　“Don't go?” he looked surprised at my answer.

　　As yon have probably guessed, Jack went! I wonder if he found that I really wanted him to take the job.

1．According to the passage, some people ________ .

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A．never take their friends' advice in fact

B．always do as their friends have said

C．never ask their friends for advice

D．always decide things all by themselves

2．The writer ________ to make Jack take her advice every time.

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3．Jack ________ .

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A．was a teacher

B．went in for art

C．was a young actor

D．was an Australian artist

4．Jack ________ if he agreed to go.

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A．would be paid well

B．would pay a lot of money

C．would stay there for two months

D．would suffer a lot there

5．At last, ________ .

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A．the writer's idea worked

B．Jack took his friend's advice

C．the writer was sent to Australia

D．Jack sent his friend to Australia

　　Reading Comprehension

79 Mayfair Road

Plumton, Kent

October 10th

　　Dear Rosemary,

　　I was very glad to get your letter this morning. I really ought to have written to you----it was my turn , I know----but I have been terribly busy. The children seem to take up all my time. I am thinking of sending Ann to a nursery school. She'll be four next month. Baby has just started to walk and doesn't give me a moment's peace. But you know what it is like! How are all your children I'm sure they love living in the country.

　　I'm afraid we can't come over to see you next Sunday, as you suggest. Tom's mother is coming to spend the day with us. What about the Sunday after that----the twenty-second ?We are free that day and should love to come. We're longing to see your new house.

　　Let me know, then, if the Sunday after next suits you. May we come for lunch? We'd like to leave fairly early in the evening to avoid the heavy traffic on the roads.

Love from us all, Edna

1．Edna could not go to see Rosemary the following Sunday because ________ .

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A．she was afraid of the traffic

B．Tom's mother was coming to see them that day

C．she preferred to come on the twenty-second

D．she was terribly busy with the children

2．What doesn't give Edna a moment's peace?

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A．She was thinking of sending Ann to a nursery school.

B．Tom's mother would come soon.

C．She was thinking of going to see Rosemary's new house.

D．Baby had just started to walk.

3．From the passage, we know that Rosemary's family lived ________ .

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4．What day was the day on which Edna wrote tae letter?

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5．We can infer from the letter that Tom was ________ .

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　　Reading Comprehension

　　Doctors have known for a long time that extremely loud noises can cause hearing damage or loss. The noise can be the sound of a jet airplane or machines in factories or loud music or other common sounds found at home or at work. A person only needs to hear the noise for little more than one second to be affected.

　　An American scientist has found that using aspirin can increase the temporary (暂时的) hearing loss. He did an experiment using a number of students at a university who all had normal hearing. He gave them different amount of aspirin for different periods of time, then he tested their hearing ability. He found that the students who were given four grams (克) of aspirin a day for two days suffered much greater temporary hearing loss than those who did not use aspirin. The hearing loss was about two times as great.

　　The scientist said millions of people in the United States use much larger amounts of aspirin than those were used in his experiment. He said these persons faced a serious danger of suffering hearing loss.

1．Doctors have long known that ________ .

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A．one may become deaf when he hears a loud noise

B．loud noises can cause damage to the hearing of young people only

C．one may lose his hearing when hears a terribly loud noise

D．common sounds at home are not harmful to the ear

2．This passage suggests that one's hearing ________ .

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A．will be damaged even if he has heard a noise for only little more than one second

B．will be damaged even if he has heard a loud noise for only little more than one second

C．will not be damaged if he has heard a loud noise only little more than one second

D．will not be damaged if he has little more than one second to get ready

3．One conclusion you can draw from this passage is that aspirin ________ .

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A．should never be taken more than four grams

B．can damage one's hearing when it is given more than four grams daily

C．makes hearing damage from loud noise worse

D．always increase hearing loss by two times

4．Millions of Americans are in danger of suffering hearing loss because they ________ .

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A．often take air trips

B．like listening to loud music

C．have too much loud noises at home and at work

D．take too much aspirin

5．The American scientist did this experiment in order to find ________ .

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A．how much aspirin would affect a person's hearing

B．how much aspirin should be given in the treatment of the patients with hearing loss

C．whether aspirin would increase the temporary hearing loss

D．whether the person who had hearing damage should use aspirin

　　Reading Comprehension

　　Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.

　　One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one's own.

　　Then, in the country one can rest from the noise and hurry of the town. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardening, one can spend one's free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature.

　　Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theaters, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight's (两周) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want, and the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.

1．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

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A．People who like country things prefer to live outside the city.

B．Some people who work in London prefer to live in the country.

C．Because of certain disadvantages of living outside London, some people who work in London prefer to live outside London.

D．Because of certain advantages of living outside London, many people who work in London prefer to live outside London.

2．One can spend some money buying a little house with a garden in the country, but with the same money he can oily ________ in London.

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A．get a small flat with a garden

B．have a small flat with a garden

C．rent a small flat without a garden

D．buy a small flat without a garden

3．When the flowers and vegetables in the garden come up, those have the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature.

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A．who live in the country

B．who have spent time working in the city

C．who have a garden of their own

D．who have been digging, planting and watering

4．People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that ________ if they had to live outside London.

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A．their life was meaningless

B．their life was invaluable

C．they didn't deserve a happy life

D．they were not worthy of their happy life

5．“… the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those…”. The underlined words refer to ________.

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A．the rest time

B．the rest people

C．the rest of the country

D．the rest of the parks and of the sea

　　Reading Comprehension

　　Kate spent the whole of the first day making friends with the children. She sat beside them on the desks, asked them questions and encouraged them to talk of themselves. She has already gained some experience and knew how to interest children from the start. She took a book with gray lines. “You can look at it from morning to night and see nothing else there. But if you learn to read and learn about history, geography, and arithmetic and other things, a book like this will suddenly come to life…”

　　She remembered with what curiosity the eyes of the little boys and girls used to listen in her school in Vladimirskoye, especially when she told them about King Saltan:

　　“You begin to learn ABC, then to write letters on the blackboard, then to spell out words and then read words out loud ---- it must be loud ---- one after another from full stop to full stop. But suddenly, one fine day, the lines will disappear and instead of lines in a book you will see a blue sky and waves running up the beach and you will even hear the waves break on the shore and forty soldiers will come out of the sea water in iron chain-mail and helmets, and with them will be Uncle Chemomor with his moustache…”

1．Kate spent her first day ________.

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A．answering the children questions

B．encouraging the children to talk about themselves

C．both A and B

D．gaining some experience

2．What did she already know? She ________.

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A．knew how to interest children from the beginning

B．took a book and opened it

C．learned to read and write

D．make friends with children

3．When she told the children about King Saltan, they ________.

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4．The children saw ________ when they could look at the book from morning till night.

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A．a story book

B．the lines in a book

C．a blue sky and waves running up the beach

D．letters on the blackboard

5．If children were well educated, they would ________.

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A．find the lines to come over

B．hear the waves break on the shore

C．see forty soldiers come out of the sea water

D．both B and C

　　Reading Comprehension

　　I was walking along Orchard Road when I realized a tall young man wearing a jacket and tie was following me. I noticed him because not many people wear a jacket and tie in the middle of a hot summer day, and I had already seen this man four times that afternoon.

　　To make sure he was following me, I walked on quickly and then stopped to look in a shop window. Soon, the man appeared and stopped at another shop window. 1 walked on and stopped several times. When I stopped, he stopped, too.

　　I began to be rather worried and decided to get rid of this strange man. When I saw a taxi coming, I jumped into it. As I was telling the taxi driver where to go, I found the man got into another taxi, which then followed mine. As the two taxis slowly made their way along the Orchard Road, I looked back at the taxi behind, and saw that the stranger was looking out at me.

　　At MRT station I told the taxi driver to stop and I got out. As I was paying my fare, I saw that the man was getting out of his taxi.

　　By now I got angry, so I turned and walked straight to him. I asked him why he was following me. At first he said he was not following me at all, but when I threatened to call the police, he admitted he was. He then told me that he was a journalist and that he was writing an article on how elderly people in the United States spend their time. He said he was observing me to gather materials for his article.

1．The writer noticed that a stranger was following him because ________.

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A．the stranger was very tall

B．the stranger seemed nervous

C．the stranger wore too much on a hot day

D．the stranger's jacket and tie looked attractive

2．The writer got into a taxi in order ________.

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A．to go to another shopping center

B．to go to MRT station

C．to follow the stranger

D．to get rid of the stranger

3．What did the stranger do when the writer jumped into a taxi?

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A．The stranger tried to get into the same taxi.

B．The stranger tried to stop the writer's taxi.

C．The stranger got into another taxi and left immediately.

D．The stranger got into another taxi and continued his following.

4．The writer was probably ________.

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5．Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．The writer got tired, for he walked a long way.

B．The writer asked a policeman to stop the stranger.

C．The stranger followed the writer only to find where he lived.

D．The stranger admitted what he was doing only after the writer threatened to call the police.