One evening two young men were walking in the street together. They tried to find a chance to steal something. The clock struck twelve. Most of people went to bed. Quietly they came to a house. There were no lights in the house and it seemed that everyone in the house had fallen asleep. Standing at the front door gate, one said in English in a low voice, “You wait here. I’ll go round to the back door and then get into the house…” Suddenly out of the house ran a dog, barking at them. The two men were very frightened and ran away as fast as they could. They dare not stop until they got into a lonely place. The man said: “It’s too bad. I hadn’t expected that the dog could understand English.”
【小题1】The two young men were ________.
A. workers     B. doctors      C. thieves
【小题2】There were no lights in the house because _______.
A. the people in the house had been out
B. nobody lived there.
C. It seemed that everyone was asleep.
【小题3】“One said in English to the other in a low voice.” Here means _______.
A. he knew English
B. he didn’t want to let anyone else understand what they would say
C. both A and B
【小题4】“Did the dog understand English really?” _______.
A. Yes, it did.   B. No, it didn’t.   C. No, but it wanted to understand.
【小题5】The dog ran out of the house and barked at them only because ________.
A. it understood English    B. it heard them talking    C. the two men frightened it

An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. “What’s that strange building?” asked the visitor. “That’s the Tower of London.” “I see. How long did it take to build it?” “About 500 years.” “In my country we can build it in five months,” Shortly after that they came to St. Paul’s Cathedral(大教堂). “Very interesting!” said the visitor. “How long did it take to build it?” “Near forty years.” said the Englishman. “In my country we can finish it in forty days at most,” said the visitor. This went on all day.

They visited most of the best known buildings in the city. Every time they saw a new one, the visitor asked what it was and how long it took to build it. Then he said that they could do the same thing much faster in his country.

At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it. Several days later they came to the House of Parliament(议会)and the visitor asked his usual question, “What is that?” The Englishman answered, “ I have no idea. It wasn’t there last night.”

1.The Englishman showed the foreign visitor around _______ one day.

A. The Tower of London

B. St. Paul’s Cathedral

C. Some famous buildings in the city

D. The whole city of London

2.The visitor said that in his country it would take them ____ to build the Tower of London.

A. less than half a yearB. forty daysC. five hundred yearsD. fifty days

3.It took them a few days to see ______.

A. some of the best known buildings in England

B. several best known places in England

C. many famous houses in the city of London

D. most of the best known buildings in London

4.The Englishman was angry by the end of the day, but he ______.

A. didn’t want to say anything

B. tried to show it to the visitor

C. had no time to tell the visitor

D. tried not to show it to the visitor

5.The Englishman’s answer to the question of the last place showed_____.

A. he was sorry that he hadn’t seen the building before

B. he could say nothing because he didn’t know anything about it

C. he was angry and didn’t want to tell the visitor its name

D. he didn’t know how to tell the visitor the name of the building

One Saturday afternoon, Kate went to buy something for her sister and herself.

  ? As Kate was coming out of a____, a young lady walked towards her. She said she was Miss Green --- a good friend of Kate’s sister. Kate believe her. Then she called a taxi to send Kate home. She told the driver where she should go. Kate was _____ that it was not in the direction of her home.

   “ Why?” Kate asked. The lady smiled.

  ? When they came to a quiet road, a big rough man appeared on the road. He stopped the taxi driver, knocked him down, and threw him out of the taxi . At the same time, Miss Green took out of a knife and pointed it at Kate. She asked Kate to keep______. The man then started the taxi.

   “ Oh, my God! I’m being kidnapped(绑架),” Kate said to herself.

   She tried to escape , but not succeeded. Suddenly an idea came to her. She took out a lipstick(口红) from her pocket, wrote ‘_____’ on the window, and covered the word with her back.

  ? A few minutes later, a police car ____and the policemen saw the sign. When the kidnappers saw the policemen, they stopped the taxi, jumped into the grass, and ran away.

   The policemen then picked Kate up and sent her home. When her parents knew what had happened, they were greatly surprised. But they were also happy because their daughter had finally come back safely.

1.A. school     ? ? B. taxi       ? ?? C. shop       ?  ?? D. friend’s

2.A. sure        ??? B. excited     ? C. surprised    ?? D. pleased

3.A. healthy       ? B. alive      ? ? C. relaxed       ?? D. quiet

4.A. THANKS      B. SORRY       C. SOS       ? ??? D. OK

5.A. stopped       B. left         ?? C. passed        ?? D. turned

完成句子（共10分，每小题2分）

根据中文意思完成句子。

1.为什么不找老师谈谈呢？

______________ have a talk with our teacher?

2.Kimi的父母是到中国后才认识的。

Kimi’s parents ___________________they came to China. (U6)

3.对于我们来说区分好与坏还算容易。（U9）

_____________________ distinguish between the “good” and the “bad”.

4.Ms Holt 打算教我们如何把南瓜做成有趣的南瓜灯。

Ms Holt was going to  ______________ pumpkins into funny Jack-o’-lanterns.

5.这座桥真长，我们坐车通过也得20分钟。U3

The bridge is _____________________________________________ by car.