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　　 A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.
　　Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…”He hesitated.
　　Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
　　“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”
　　“Oh yes, I’d love that.”
　　After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”
　　Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbours that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.
　　He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
　　“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it …then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
　　Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
　　注：urchin顽童, hesitate犹豫, neighbour邻居, crippled残疾,cent 美分

( 　) 1. The street urchin was very surprised when _______________

A. Paul received an expensive car 　　B. Paul told him about the car
　　C. he saw the shining car 　　　　 　D. he was walking around the car
( 　) 2. From the story we can see the urchin _______________
　　A. wished to give his brother a car
　　B. wanted Paul’s brother to give him a car
　　C. wished he could have a brother like Paul’s
　　D. wished Paul could be a brother like that
( 　) 3. The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ____________
　　A. to show his neighbours the big car
　　B. to show he had a rich friend
　　C. to let his brother ride in the car
　　D. to tell his brother about his wish
( 　) 4. We can infer（推断） from the story that___________
　　A. Paul couldn’t understand the urchin
B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother

C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother

　　D. the urchin’s wish came true in the end
(　 ) 5. The best name of the story is ____________
　　A. A Christmas Present　　 B. A Street Urchin
　　C. A Brother Like That 　　　D. An Unforgettable Holiday Ride

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　　A meteorite (陨石) almost hit an 80-year-old man named Arthur Pettiffer in Britain when he was working in his garden. The meteorite was the biggest in the past 26 years in Britain.

　　The meteorite weighed one kilo, and might be over four thousand million years old.

　　“I heard the big noise in the air. I looked up and I saw the tops of the trees coming and going,” he said. “I didn't know what it was.”

　　Meteorites are small things from the small planets in space. About 3,500 meteorites may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found. Mr Pettiffer's meteorite is the fifth to fall in Britain since the Second World War.

　　Mr Pettiffer is glad. “When you think about it coming from so far away, it really is something strange.”

1．The meteorite was ________ Mr Pettiffer when it fell down.

[　　]

A．close to

B．far from

C．hitting

D．coming to

2．The meteorite was already ________ years old.

[　　]

A．40,000,000,000

B．40,000,000

C．400,000,000

D．4,000,000,000

3．Mr Pettiffer found the tops of the trees coming and going because ________ .

[　　]

A．the trees were afraid

B．the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops moving

C．it was going to rain

D．the moving was made by wind

4．________ people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth often eachyear.

[　　]

A．Quite a few

B．Some

C．Few

D．Many

5．Mr Pettiffer was ________ to see the falling of the meteorite.

[　　]

A．happy

B．afraid

C．sorry

D．angry

完形填空：阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　The Grapes(葡萄)Are Sour(酸)

　One day a fox 　1　 very hungry. He went out to look 　2 　something to eat. By he 　3 　to a wall, He stopped and 　4 　up. The wall was rather high. But 　5 　the top of the wall there are some beautiful grapes. He said to himself, “I must get those grapes. They look so sweet. I 　6 　I can jump up and get them.”

　So the fox jumped up to 　7 　the grapes. He jumped and jumped. But just couldn't jump high enough. The wall was too high for him. After trying and 　8 　many times, he went away, 　9 　,“I don't want these grapes. They are green. I don't think they are sweet. They 　10 　be sour.”

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

1． 　　 A．felt	B．feels	C．feeled	D．fell	[　　]
2． 　　 A．at	B．to	C．for	D．up	[　　]
3． 　　 A．come	B．reached	C．jumped	D．came	[　　]
4． 　　 A．look	B．looked	C．looking	D．saw	[　　]
5． 　　 A．to	B．for	C．at	D．in	[　　]
6． 　　 A．wish	B．think	C．want	D．say	[　　]
7． 　　 A．reach	B．see	C．look	D．bring	[　　]
8． 　　 A．failed	B．fail	C．falling	D．failing	[　　]
9． A．said	B．speaking	C．saying	D．talking	[　　]
10． A．can	B．must	C．will	D．have	[　　]

阅读理解：阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　When man began to search(探索) the skies, he saw a lot of things. In the universe, the earth seemed to be just a small bit of dust. It is only a small planet, and travels around the sun. The sun, together with its planets, travels in the Milky Way(银河), our galaxy(星系). The Milky Way has about thirty billion stars like our sun, and is one of about a hundred million galaxies in the universe.

　Because the space is so great, it is difficult to work out how far away a star is. Instead of kilometres, we have light - years. A light year means how far light travels in one year. Our nearest neighbour galaxy is more than 900,000 light - years away from the earth.

(1)  Man has known that .

[　　]

A．the Milky Way is the only galaxy

B．other galaxies are near ours

C．the sun is a large star in the Milky Way

D．the earth is a small part

(2)  A galaxy is the name of .　　　

[　　]

A．a large group of stars

B．the sun

C．planets like the earth

D．the universe

(3)  In the Milky Way we can see many .　　　

[　　]

A．galaxies　　　　　 　　B．suns like ours

C．stars like our sun　　　　D．Both B and C

(4)  We use to work out how far a star is from us.　　　

[　　]

A．kilometres　　　　   　B．metres

C．light - years　　　　　　　   D．months and years

(5)  Our galaxy's nearest neighbour is as far away as light can travel in .　　　　　　　　　

[　　]

A．a year　　　　　　 　B．900,000 years

C．3 seconds　　　　  　D．9 million years