At two o’clock a bank robber stole in. “This is a hold-up,” the man said loudly. He took a gun from under his jacket, pointing to George. “Hand it over!” George reached into his money-box and took all the bills from the top part --- close to six thousand dollars. The robber took them and turned to leave. Then, while everyone watched the robber, George calmly lifted the top part of the money-box, took bills from the bottom part and put them into his own pocket secretly. The door was shut and the bank robber was gone. George fainted（晕倒）. As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door, George counted the money. He had eight thousand dollars. He was very happy.

The next morning, while the others were checking the bank’s records, George was asked to go to Mr. Burrow’s office and was introduced to Mr. Carruthers, who used to be president of the bank.

　　“Good morning, George, I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our small bank can be robbed, too. I have retired （退休）, but I am always thinking of our bank. That’s why I played my little game yesterday, just to keep everyone on his toes（趾）. Now, I have put the money back in your money-box all six thousand.”

1. Which of the following do you think is TRUE?

A．George wanted to protect the money for the bank.

B．George had been thinking of taking money away.

C．This bank had been robbed several times.

D．Nobody knew the bank would be robbed that day.

2.Why was George asked to go to Mr. Burrow’s office?

A．His stealing money was known to all.

B．Mr. Burrow wanted to say sorry to him.

C．Mr. Carruthers wanted to explain the whole thing to him.

D．Mr. Burrow wanted to tell him the money had been put back.

3. In this article “to keep everyone on his toes” means _________.

A．to make everyone work hard

B．to keep everyone standing straight

C．to make everyone do a kind of exercise

D．to keep everyone preparing for the coming danger

4. Which sentence can be used to end this story?

A．George turned cold with fear.

B．George turned red with anger（愤怒）.

C．George was pleased with the end.

D．George was excited with the end.

 

My work keeps me in Hong Kong most of the year，but I try to get away for a month in summer，usually in July．Now as you probably know，that’s the main　1　season in Europe．The favorite places for vacations and the famous cities are usually very　2　． But I’m not seeking(寻求) the sun—I can get lots of 　3　in Hong Kong—and I’m certainly not seeking the crowds！So　4　I go on vacation，I buy a Train Pass(a kind of train ticket) that allows me first-class travel on most of the railways of Western Europe．First-class compartments(车厢) are　5　crowded and they are very comfortable．If you’re going on　6　trip, you can take a sleeping train for an extra charge．There are usually dining cars(餐车) in the train．

I find that train travel is restful and　7　．There’s always　8　to see．I particularly(特别地) enjoy　9　through Switzerland and Italy．You can get a very good　10　of what a country is like from a train because you don’t go too fast and you stop quite often．Also train travel is very safe，and I am never sick on a train　11　I am on a ship. Then there are always people to　12　to if you feel like a chat.

The reason that I seldom(很少) travel by plane is quite　13　: because train stations are usually built in the centre．I don’t have to　14　transport(运输工具), transport can be a problem when arriving by　15　．

1.                A．vacation        B．visiting         C．cloudy   D．windy

 

2.                A．quiet          B．useful          C．exciting   D．crowded

 

3.                A．pleasure        B．daylight         C．sunshine  D．money

 

4.                A．when          B．where          C．what D．which

 

5.                A．always         B．hardly          C．certainly  D．nearly

 

6.                A．summer        B．overnight       C．day-time  D．vacation

 

7.                A．cheap          B．expensive       C．interesting D．lonely

 

8.                A．something      B．nothing         C．anything  D．everything

 

9.                A．running        B．walking         C．driving   D．travelling

 

10.               A．view           B．idea           C．seat  D．trip

 

11.               A．rather than      B．or             C．as    D．even though

 

12.               A．talk            B．speak          C．tell   D．say

 

13.               A．easy           B．wrong          C．right  D．simple

 

14.               A．find out        B．worry about     C．wait for   D．take away

 

15.               A．ship           B．train           C．air   D．car

 

 

补全对话

A：Have you read today’s newspaper?

B:No,I haven’t.　1　

A:China has sent up another new satellite into space.

B:　2　

A:It was sent up the day before yesterday.

B:What’s in it?　3　

A:It’s made of instruments(仪器) and when it goes round the earth it sends back messages about all kinds of things.　4　

B:　5　

A:I don’t know really,I think it’s about a thousand mile out in space.

A.I’ve read a piece of good news in today’s paper. B.How far is it away from the earth? C.I think it’s very interesting,isn’t it? D.What good news? E.Scientists can tell the weather with the help of it. F.What’s this one used for? G.When was it sent up?

 

根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。

（Mary Hand—M；Chen Hui—C）

M: Help yourself to some chocolates. Chen Li brought them from Shanghai.

C: 　    1.    　  I can’t eat anything sweet. It’s my teeth.

M: I’m sorry to hear that.　    2.    　

C: I did. He told me that I have to have one tooth out and two filled. But I can’t find time for it.

M: 　    3.    　

C: But I’m busy now. I think I’ll go next week.

M: I’m afraid you’d better go right now. The sooner you do something about it, the better.

C: 　   4.   　 Can you please tell our head that I’ll be back by lunchtime?

M: 　  5.   　

C: Thank you very much. See you this afternoon.

M: See you.

A. If I were you, I’d take care of them right away.

B. You’d better not worry about yourself.

C. I agree with you.

D. Thanks.

E. With pleasure.

F. Here you are.

G. Did you see a dentist?