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?

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

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

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

词汇? （每小题1分，计15分）

1.It’s　i______ for? you? to? fly? to? the? sun

2.It is so dry here that you cannot find a d_____ of water.

3.The ? local g_____ has? taken? actions? to? protect? wild? animals.

4.The? girl? s_________??? when? she? saw? the? snakes.

5.Look! Those boys are f_______ again!

6.Zhalong is a nature? r _______ in Heilongjiang.

7.The lowest t_______ will be below zero.

8._______(不幸), little Yueyue died at last. All people feel sad about her.

9.He has a good m______ ,? he can learn things? quickly.

10.Many students don’t know the_______(重要) of English.

11.I often hear him _______(sing) in the next door.

12.The students are busy _______(read) books.

13.It was too cold and I ________(catch) a bad cold.

14.Help _____(you) to some fruit, children.

15.He rushed into the kitchen______ (save) the old man.

 Dean Bluey is 14-year-old boy from the USA. He became a hero after he saved(救)the life of a girl in another country.

   A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．

   One day，he  46  an email to a friend on the Internet．To his surprise, he received a message, saying “Help! Pain! Help!”．"The   47   was from Finland(芬兰)， thousands of  kilometers away from America．Later Dean said to a reporter,  “I didn't know   48   I should do.  It was really difficult to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first．  49   the message kept coming．Now it was easy to see that someone was in trouble. He   50   and found that the sender was a student called Tarja,   51   was ill, alone in a university library. What was   52  , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean telephoned the   53    immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance(救护车) rushed to the library   54   , she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.

　“I'm glad she's OK,” Dean said. “It's hard to believe, but   55  saved her life.”

1. A. brought      B. lent         C. sent            D. bought

2.A. speech       B. message     C. music           D. telephone

3. A. how         B. what        C. where          D. when

4.A. So           B. And        C. But            D. Or

5. A. replied        B. ran        C. walked          D. played

6.A. He           B. She        C. It              D. I

7.A. worse        B. better       C. harder          D. easier

8. A. teacher       B. friend       C. doctor          D. police

9.A. Badly        B. Hardly      C. Luckily         D. Carefully

10. A. fax          B. better       C. flight           D. e-mail

Mike always loves ships. When he was older, he said, “I’m going to be a soldier.” But his eyes were not very ___1_____, and he did not get in.

　　Then he said,“I’m going to   2   a small boat and I’m going around the world.”But boats were very expensive, and Mike did not have enough   3    .

　　Last summer Mike found a swimming   4     near his house. The lessons did not cost very   5    , and Mike began going to the school at every end of the week and having   6   . Now he is a good swimmer.

　　Last week a little boy said to him,“You’re a very good swimmer. How do   7   learn to swim so well?”

　　“I’m not good at all,”Mike said and he smiled.“  8   I’m in the water, I say to myself, There are   9   fishes behind me! Then I’m very afraid, and I    10    quickly.”

(       ) 1. A. big        B. beautiful   C. good         D. strong

(       ) 2. A. buy        B. make     C. borrow        D. draw

(       ) 3. A. food       B. work      C. time          D. money

(       ) 4. A. park       B. school     C. farm          D. factory

(       ) 5. A. much      B. little       C. many         D. any

(       ) 6. A. meals      B. lessons      C. talks         D. games

(       ) 7. A. I          B. they        C. we         D. you

(       ) 8. A. If         B. When       C. Though      D. Where

(       ) 9. A. interesting  B. nice       C. dangerous     D. different

(       ) 10. A. run       B. jump      C. swim         D. fly

Mr Smith was ill and he went to see a doctor． The doctor asked  him to put out his tongue（舌头）， and then he said， “OK， You can put your tongue back now． There’s nothing wrong with you， but I’m afraid you have a problem． You hardly ever take exercise．”

　 “But， doctor，” Mr Smith said， “I don’t think so．”

　 “Don’t tell me what you think，” the doctor said， “I know    what you need．　I see a lot of people like you． None of them goes  any exercise． They sit in offices all day and in front of the        television in the evening． You must walk quickly for at least（至少）20 minutes a day．”

　 “I don’t want to hear any excuse（借口），” the doctor said． “You must find time for exercise． If you don’t， you will get fat and have health problems．”

　 “But I walk every day，” Mr Smith said．

　 “Oh， yes， and I know what kind of walking that is． You walk a few meters to the bus stop from your house， a few more meters from  the bus stop to your office， and a few more meters from your office  to your dining–room for lunch and back． That’s not a real walk．  I’m talking about a walk in the park or by the lake for twenty      minutes every day．”

　　“Would you please listen to me， doctor? Mr Smith said， getting a little angry with his doctor．

　　“I’m a postman，” Mr Smith went on， “and I walk for nearly（几乎）seven hours every day．”

　　For a moment the doctor was silent（沉默的）， then he said      quietly， “Put out your tongue again， will you?”

　　根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

 1. Where did Mr Smith work?

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2.How did the doctor look over Mr Smith?

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3. What did the doctor ask Mr Smith to do?

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4.Did Mr Smith take enough exercise every day?

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 5.What do you think of the doctor?

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