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24 Station Road

Hallam

November 14 , 1996

　　Dear Aunt Mary ,

　　Jane and I were very sorry to hear that Uncle John died last Thursday. Mother and father stayed with us Last Saturday and Sunday, and they told us the sad news. We knew Uncle John was not well, of course, and the cold weather during the past few weeks did not help him to get better, but the news came as a surprise , all the same.

　　We were most unhappy that we could not come and see you both ten days ago , on Uncle John's birthday. Mother told me that he was his old self , laughing and full of life. This is how , I am sure , Jane and I will always remember him. He was a good man and he was never too busy to read to us, play with us and listen to our stories when we were young. He was the kind of uncle every child loves to have.

　　We shall be at the church (教堂) next Friday, and of course we hope to see you again at Christmas , with all the others of the family.

　　With love and best wishes.

Yours ,

Robert and Jane

1．The letter was really written by ________.

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2．Uncle John was most probably (可能) Aunt Mary's ________.

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3．When Robert was young, Uncle John often read to him, played with him and listened to his stories ________.

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4．“He was his old self”means ________.

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A．he was reading to Robert and Jane, and played with them

B．he was still not well because the weather was bad

C．he was an old man then

D．he was as full of life as he always was

5．When might Robert and Jane be at the church?

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A．The next day after Uncle John's death.

B．Three days after Uncle John's death.

C．On December 21, Friday.

D．On November 22.

　　Napoleon liked to read newspapers. "I must read the news, " hesaid. "I have to know more about the world. "

　　Napoleon read both English and German newspapers. He readthese papers when he was having breakfast. But he didn't read French newspapers very often.

　　One day an editor（编辑）of a French newspaper came to thepalace. He gave a well-printed newspaper to Napoleon and said, "Please have a look at our paper and see if there is anything wrong."

　　Napoleon was not interested. He put the beautiful newspaper on the table and said, "No, I do not read French newspapers. Take it away."

　　The editor was surprised.

　　"But, but why?" he asked in surprise.

　　"Because everything in French newspapers is written according to what I said!"

　　判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。

　　1. Napoleon liked to read newspapers in three languages.

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　　2. He read newspapers after breakfast.

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　　3. He never read French newspapers.

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　　4. He asked the editor to take away the well-printed Frenchnewspaper because it wasn't interesting.

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　　5. In a French newspaper, all the articles （文章) were aboutNapoleon.

　　(　　)

Two old men lived in a room on the third floor of an old people’s home.   1   of the men were badly ill, and they spent 24 hours a   2   in bed in the room.

One of the old men had his bed by the window, and every day, he   3  hours telling his friend what he could see through the window. He told him about the traffic going by, the children playing in the park and the birds flying around．The old man far from the window got a lot of  4  from hearing about the world outside, but after a time, he began to get rather unhappy.   5  nice it would be, he thought, if he had the bed by the window and could see   6   himself.

    One night, the man by the window called his friend, “Quick! Pull the alarm by your bed—I don’t think I can go through the night!”   7   his friend, expecting an empty bed by the window, did nothing—he just closed his  8   and went back to sleep.

The next morning, the nurse found the man dead in his bed by the window.

    The old man was very   9  as they moved him into the empty bed by the window. He sat up, pulled back the curtain（窗帘）, looked out—but   10  , he saw only a wall.

（　 ）1. A．One                      B．Both                       C．All                          D．Neither

（　 ）2. A．day                       B．week                      C．month                    D．year

（　 ）3. A．paid                      B．took                       C．spent                      D．cost

（　 ）4. A．sadness                 B．knowledge              C．news                      D．pleasure

（　 ）5. A．What                    B．What a                    C．How                       D．How a

（　 ）6. A．everything             B．anything                  C．nothing                   D．somebody

（　 ）7. A．Because                B．So                          C．But                         D．Though

（　 ）8. A．hands                   B．arms                       C．eyes                       D．ears

（　 ）9. A．sad                       B．angry                      C．disappointed            D．excited

（　 ）10. A．to his surprise      B．by accident             C．to be honest            D．at last

　It was near Christmas during my first term teaching at a new school. I loved my small special class more than any group I had taught in the past. They were hungry for knowledge and I was enjoying teaching.

Other teachers had told me that our children were from poor families and not to expect any child to bring a Christmas gift. In fact, I wasn’t expecting any gifts.

Imagine my surprise when every child brought me a gift on the day before our holiday break. First, I got a much-loved toy monkey from a shy girl. I was told, “He is my favorite, but I love you and I want him to be with you, Miss Taylor.” How thrilled I was!

Next came a new set of Christmas tree lights that was “missing” from a mother’s cupboard(碗橱).

Finally, I came to one little boy’s gift which I had never received. It was an old, dirty and broken Christmas storybook. Just when I wanted to show my happiness, I was interrupted(打断) by the giver, “And see, it is new! It still has the price tag.”

　 When other children laughed at him, I stopped them and said, “Oh, books are good in that way. The story is always news if you have not read it before. Now, Let’s read one together.” Everyone listened quietly as I read the most wonderful Christmas story of my life.

　 I still keep those Christmas gifts. They always remind me of my lovely kids.

54. Miss Taylor loved her small special class so much because______________.

　 A. this was her first term teaching at a new school

　 B. these little kids were from rich families

　 C. the students studied very hard and she enjoyed teaching them

　 D. she didn’t get any Christmas gifts

55. ____________ brought Miss Taylor a Christmas gift.

　 A. Every child B. Most of the children C. Only three children D. No one

56. Miss Taylor felt __________ when she got the gifts from the children.

　 A. sad　　　　　　　　　　 B. scared　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. thrilled　　　 　　　　　　　　 D. tired

57. Many gifts were mentioned (被提及) in the article except____________.

　 A. a toy monkey B. an old storybook　　　　　　　　　　

C. a set of Christmas tree lights　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. a Christmas card