Mary likes to invent things. She creates a new language and teaches it to her friend, Jean. Mary and Jean like to talk to each other in their own language because they think no one understands them and it is funny. When they go shopping, they say things like: “Look! He is fat.” “This CD is awful.” “I want to eat free hamburgers.” A clerk comes but he can’t understand what they say. He asked them: “May I help you?” Mary and Jean just laugh. What fun it is to create something new.
1.Which is Mary’s invention?
A. Teaching her friend.
B. A new language.
C. Go shopping.
D. Making hamburgers.
2.Why does Mary like speaking her new language with her friend Jean?
A. Because they can talk but no one knows what they say.
B. Because it’s easy to speak new language.
C. Because her friend Jean likes it.
D. Because she wants free hamburgers.
3.What do they do in the store?
A. They buy some things.
B. They talk with the clerk.
C. They want to understand what people say.
D. They use their new language and talk about people and things.
4.The clerk may think that ________, so he comes to help them.
A. maybe they need help
B. they talk about him
C. they laugh at him
D. they invent things
5.According to the passage, creating something new is _____.
A. boring
B. interesting
C. hard
D. easy
Mr White works in an office. He liked reading in bed when he was at school. It was bad for his 41 and now he has near sight (近视). But he wouldn’t want 42 to know about it and he never wears a pair of glasses. It often 43 him some trouble.
One winter morning he was sent to a village school on business. He 44 a bus at a stop in a small town. Then he had to walk there. The road to the village wasn’t smooth(平坦). He fell over some times and it 45 his clothes dirty. 46 he got to the village. Suddenly it began to blow and it got colder. He was looking for the school while his 47 was blown off. He began to run after it but he couldn’t get it. He couldn’t understand why his hat ran into a house as if(似乎) it had 48 . And he ran into the house, 49 .
A woman stopped him and shouted angrily, “ 50 are you running after my hen for?”
1.A. ears
B. nose
C. mouth
D. eyes
2.A.anybody else B.
nobody
C. woman
D. somebody
3.A. follows B. takes
C. brings
D. carries
4.A. tookoff
B. got off C. got on
D. came on
5.A.let
B. made
C. gave D. felt
6.A. At first
B. At home
C. At times
D. At last
7.A. clothes
B. bag
C. hat
D. glasses
8.A. legs
B. hands
C. shoes
D. arms
9.A. always
B. also
C. either
D. too
10.A. What
B. Why
C. Which
D. Who
His talk had __________ me.
A. a big effect to |
B. a deep effect on |
C. a deep effect for |
D. a deep affect on |
Do you know that special remedy ____ a cold?
A. of |
B. in |
C. for |
D. to |
_______ a concert next Sunday?
A. There will be |
B. Will there be |
C. There will have |
D. Will there have |
-- Do you often get online?
-- Yes, I ______ a lot time on it. It’s a good way to kill time.
A. cost |
B. spend |
C. pay |
D. take |