Do you like to see many beautiful colours beside you? If you do, you should visit New England during the fall（秋季）. The weather starts to get cold and most of the leaves on the trees change colours. In summer they are green, but in the fall they turn red, yellow, orange, and brown. Every fall New Englanders drive through（穿过）the county and walk through the forests（森林）to see the beautiful colours again the bright blue sky. They enjoy the colourful leaves.

　　It is interesting to find a narrow country road（狭窄的乡村小路）. It goes up into the mountains. Them you can see many small animals running through the fallen leaves. The air smells fresh and good, and there are still many flowers in bloom（开着）. It makes you happy. You will think you live in a beautiful place－it has four different seasons.

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(1) In New England, the leaves change colours in ________.

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A．spring

B．summer

C．autumn

(2) People like to travel in New England in fall to see ________.

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A．all kinds of colours

B．the colourful leaves

C．all kinds of animals

(3) In fall, the weather gets cold and ________.

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A．all the leaves and flowers are fallen

B．some of the flowers are in bloom

C．all the animals go under the earth

(4) Which of the following is true?

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A．Many people go to New England because there are many hotels there.

B．The leaves of the trees in New England change their colours all the time.

C．The leaves of the trees in New England turn colour because the weather is getting cold.

(5) Which is the best title（标题）of the passage?

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A．Fall Leaves.

B．Beautiful New England.

C．Different Seasons.

　　Do you like to see many beautiful colours all around you? If you do, you should visit New England during the fall(秋季). The weather starts to get cold, and most of the leaves on the trees change colours. In the summer they are green, but in the fall they turn red, yellow, orange, and brown. Every fall New Englanders drive through the country and walk through the forests to see the beautiful colours against the bright blue sky. All the hotels, especially(特别) in New Hampshire and Vermont, are crowded with visitors. They have come to enjoy the colourful leaves.

　　It is interesting to find a narrow country road, it goes up into the mountains. There you can see many small animals running through the fallen leaves. The air smells fresh(新鲜的) and good, and there are still many flowers in bloom(开着). It makes you happy that you live in such a beautiful area(地区) where there are four different seasons.

1．In New England the leaves change colour in ________.

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2．People like to travel in new England in fall to see ________.

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A．all kinds of colours

B．the colourful leaves

C．all kinds of animals

D．the different seasons

3．In fall the weather gets cold and ________.

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A．all the leaves and flowers are fallen

B．some of the flowers are in bloom

C．all the animals go under the earth

D．the mountains are covered with snow

4．Which of the following is true?

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A．Many people go to New Hampshire and Vermont because there are many hotels there.

B．The leaves of the trees in new England change their colours all the time.

C．The leaves of the trees in New England turn colour because the weather is getting cold.

D．The visitors can find animals everywhere in New England.

5．Which is the best title(标题) of the passage?

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A．Fall Leaves

B．Beautiful New, England

C．Different Seasons

D．Beautiful Colours

　　Dr. Johnson worked in a h 　1　. Three years ago, when he was sixty-eight years old, he retired(退休). But a lot of patients came to ask him to l 　2　 them o 　3　. He was very b 　4　 and tired in the day-time and he wanted to have a good r 　5　 at night.

　　Half a year ago a young man moved in the room upstairs. At first he was q 　6　. The old man was s 　7　 with him. But before long several friends often came to see him in the evening. They talked loudly, sang and danced u 　8　 late at night, Dr. Johnson was u 　9　, but he didn't say anything.

　　It was the young man's birthday yesterday. All his friends came at seven in the evening. They drank a lot, s 　10　 songs, danced and made a lot of n 　11　 The old man couldn't fall a 　12　 the whole night. The next morning, as soon as he got up, he went u 　13　 and began to knock at the door. The young man opened the door and let the old man go in.

　　“Did you hear me b 　14　 on the ceiling(天花板) last night, young man?” asked Dr. Johnson.

　　“It doesn't matter, sir,” said the young man. “I don't m 　15　 It was very noisy in my house too.”

Here are two stories from different parts of the world. They seem strange but, believe it or not, they re all true!

John Lee was an Englishman who refused to be hanged! In 1884 the police said Lee had killed an old woman who he used to work with. There was nothing to show that Lee had killed the woman. Lee told the police he hadn't done it, but no one believed him and he was going to be hanged. On the day of the hanging, however, the door in the floor, through which Lee's body would fall, did not open. They tried three times but each time the door stayed closed, even though it had worked well the day before. In the end they sent Lee back to prison, where he lived for the next twenty-two years. At all times, John Lee said he hadn't killed the woman, and he believed it was the "hand of God" that had saved him from death by hanging.

The police in Venezuela (委内瑞拉) in South America followed a man home one night. He was the thief they wanted to catch. However, half of his house was standing in Venezuela and the other half was standing in Colombia (哥伦比亚). Venezuela's neighbor. When the police entered the house, the man ran upstairs to his bedroom, which was in Colombia, and called his lawyer (律师). The Venezuelan police were not allowed to enter Colombia so they could not enter the bedroom. They asked the police in Colombia to help. The Colombian police refused to help because the man's crime (罪行 )was not a crime in Colombia. In the end, the Venezuelan police gave up and went back to the police station.

1.The underlined（下划线) word "hanged" in this passage probably means _.

A. shut in a room » 

B. questioned by the police

C. killed by putting a rope around the neck

D. kept in a place

2. What do we¹ know about the door in the floor?

A. It had opened the day before the hanging.

B. It had been broken a long time.

C. After three times, it opened.

D. John Lee's dead body fell through it.

3.From the story we know that the thief's bedroom was____.

A. in Venezuela B. in Colombia

C. in neither Venezuela nor Colombia I), in both Venezuela and Colombia

4.Why didn't the Venezuelan police go into the man's bedroom?

A. They didn't know where it was.

B. The Venezuelan police were not allowed to enter Colombia.

C. The police in Colombia told them that (hey would help.

D. The police in Colombia told them not to go inside.

5. The police in Colombia didn't help the police in Venezuela to catch the thief because

A. they didn't know where he was

B. the police in Venezuela didn’t ask for help

C. the man's lawyer told them not to help

D. the man's crime was not a crime in Colombia

 

Mr. Johnson worked in a hospital. Three years ago, when he was sixty-eight, he retired. But a lot of people come to ask him to look them over. He’s very busy in the daytime and he wants to have a good rest at night.
Half a year ago a young man moved in the room upstairs. At first he was quiet. The old man was satisfied with him. But now he has several friends. They often came to see him in the evening. They talked loudly, sang and danced. Mr Johnson was unhappy, but he didn’t say anything.
It was the young man’s birthday yesterday. All his friends came at seven in the evening. They drank too much and made a lot of noise. The old man couldn’t fall asleep the whole night. This morning, as soon as he got up, he went upstairs and began to knock at the door. The young man opened for him and asked him to come in.
“Did you hear me beat the ceiling(天花板) last night, young man?” asked Mr Johnson.
“It doesn’t matter, sir,” said the young man, “ I don’t mind it. It was very noisy in my room, too.”
【小题1】Mr Johnson is a ________.

A．teacher

B．policeman

C．doctor

D．gatekeeper

【小题2】A lot of people come to ask Mr Johnson to look them over because ________.

A．he’s kind to them	B．he’s very polite
C．they don’t pay him for it	D．his medical skill is good

【小题3】Mr Johnson was ________ last night.

A．angry

B．happy

C．sad

D．strange

【小题4】Which of the following is true?

A．The young man thought Mr Johnson came to say sorry to him.

B．Mr Johnson wanted to drink with the young man.

C．Mr Johnson hoped the young man to move in another house.

D．The young man was afraid to meet Mr Johnson.