Martin is a writer and makes a lot of money by writing stories. Sometimes he writes true stories and has to (1) many facts (事实). This takes much time, and time is money.

　　Mr Martin likes making up(捏造)stories better than true ones. He doesn't have to (2) time to (3) out names and dates. Many people (4) his stories.

　　Mr Martin also likes to travel, especially(尤其是)when he runs out of(用完)story ideas. He always gets new ones easily because something always happens. On his last holiday something happened, but he didn't write a story about it.

　　He was (5) in a hotel, and there was a fire. Everyone ran out of the hotel quickly. Mr Martin stood outside (6) a man, and they (7) the fire.“When everyone ran out,”Mr Martin told the man,“they didn't close their doors. I saw some money on the desk in the room next to mine. The money was going to (8) . So I took it.”“You don't know me,”said the other man,“and you don't know the kind of job that I do. I'm a policeman.”Mr Martin thought quickly,“And do you know what kind of work I do?”“No,”said the policeman.“I'm a writer,”said Mr Martin.“I'm always making up stories about things that never happened.”

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Two men are walking in the park. One is Mr. Brown, a worker, the other is Mr. Black. Mr. Brown is going to a chair. It is next to the road. Mr. Black is after him. Mr. Brown finds Mr. Black. Now Mr. Black begins to walk faster (更快). Because he wants to get to the chair before Mr. Black. Now Mr. Black begins to walk faster because he also wants to get to the chair first. Then they both run. Mr. Black runs faster than (比) Mr. Brown. So he gets to the chair first and sits down on it. Mr. Brown runs after Mr. Black. When he gets to the chair. He sees Mr. Black sitting on it. He is sorry to show a notice(通知)with the words“Wet Paint(油漆未干)”to Mr. Black. Now Mr. Black knows why Mr. Brown is going to the chair.
【小题1】Where are Mr. Brown and Mr. Black?

A．In the garden

B．On the chair

C．In the park

D．Next to the road

【小题2】What are they doing? They are________

A．talking

B．walking to the chair

C．holding a notice

D．sitting on a chair

【小题3】________is after _________at first

A．Mr. Black , Mr. Brown	B．The worker, Mr. Brown
C．Mr. Brown ,Mr. Black	D．Mr. Brown The worker

【小题4】________get to chair first.

A．The worker

B．Mr. Brown

C．Mr. Black

D．A student

【小题5】Mr. Brown goes to the chair because__________.

A．he wants to sit there

B．it is his chair

C．he wants to talk to Mr. Black on the chair

D．he wants to tell people “Wet Paint”

阅读与回答问题。（本大题共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer. Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg. Every day Jeff puts on an artificial(man-made) leg. The leg was plastic. With the plastic leg, Jeff can ski, ride a bicycle, swim and play soccer. He can also run.
When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United States, from the East to the West. He started running in Boston on April 1. He stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 5,190 kilometres; that’s about 26 kilometres each day. Jeff wore out 36 pairs of running shoes and five plastic legs.
Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff. It was for the American Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society used the money to learn about cancer.
On the way to Los Angeles, Jeff talked to people about cancer. He also talked about being disabled. Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things: he skis, swims, plays soccer, and runs. He finished college and is studying to be a lawyer. Jeff says, “People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people. I ran for everybody.”
1. Why does Jeff have one leg left?
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2. What did Jeff do with the money he got on the way to Los Angeles?
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3. What does Jeff want to be in the future?
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4.How long did it take Jeff to run from Boston to Los Angeles?
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5. What does the story want to tell us?(请自拟一句话作答)
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Hans Bethe The late German-American physicist（物理学家）Hans Bethe once described himself as “the H-bomb’s midwife（氢弹的半路妻子）”. He left Nazi Germany in 1933, after which he helped develop the first atomic bomb（原子弹）, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1967 for his contribution to the theory of nuclear reactions（核反应）and advised controls over nuclear weapons（武器）for the peaceful use of the nuclear energy.

 

Francis Crick The late Francis Crick, one of Britain’s most famous scientists, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology（生理学）or Medicine in 1962. He is best known for his discovery with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins, of the double helix structure（双螺旋结构）of the DNA, though he also made important contributions in other fields. He died in 2004.

 

Peter Hall Sir Peter Hall’s life in the theatre has seen him running the Arts Theatre, founding the Royal Shakespeare Company when he was only 29, and directing the National Theatre. He also directed Akenfielf for London Weekend Television and runs the Peter Hall Company, which has 40 productions worldwide to its name.

【小题1】 The above information is about _________.

A．famous physicists

B．great people

C．great directions

D．Nobel Prize winners

【小题2】 Francis Crick won the Nobel Prize before ________ years of his death.

A．32

B．24

C．42

D．45

【小题3】 Peter Hall founded the Royal Shakespeare Company at the age of _________.

A．42

B．92

C．39

D．29

【小题4】 ________ has 40 productions all over the world.

A．The Peter Hall Company	B．The Royal Shakespeare Company
C．The Arts Theatre	D．The National Theatre