Sally was a student in a small town. It was going to her mother’s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not e 1. .
She went s 2. after a quick and simple lunch. After she looked for about forty minutes, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas, and she d
3. to take a black one. She thought, “Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of a 4. color.” So she bought a lovely black umbrella and took it to school with her until her classfinished. On her way home on the train she felt h
5.. So she went to the buffet car (餐车). She left the umbrellaon her s 6. . But when she returned, it had gone. Sally began to cry. The orher passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them the black umbrella she bought for her mother had gone, and she had to get off at the next station. After the three passengers h 7. this , they asked her for her mother’s a 8. so that they could send the umbrella to her if someone took it by mistake (弄错) and brought it b 9..
And now a week passed. Sally got a letter from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely g 10., but why do you send me three black umbrellas?”
1.The kangaroo lives in Australia and eat grass and .
2.Although the little girl at the age of 10, she studied English by herself t home.
3. She closed the door because the baby was sleeping in the room.
4. No student this kind of computer games.
5.My aunt has moved to London, but she calls us .
6.I my old friend last Sunday when I was walking in the park.
7.The main land thousands of small island, and it is very beautiful.
8.He went o with his work the heavy rain.
9.Many new schools already in Wenchuan.
10.William Shakespear became a actor and wrote many great plays.
A：Have you ever read the novel Jane Eyre?
B： 1. .
A：What a pity！It’s a wonderful book, you know.
B：Well, I’ve been wanting to read for a long time, but I can’t get a copy. The library has only three copies and 2. .
A：Well, 3. If you like, I’ll lend it to you.
B：Tahnk you. 4. By the way, when can I get it?
A： 5. Will you please come to my house after school?
B：OK. I’ll go as soon as school is over.
The word “sport” first meant somethin that people did in their free time. Later it often meant hunting (捕猎) wild animals and birds.
About a hundred years ago the word was first used for organized games. This is the usual meaning of the word today. People spend a lot of their spare time playing football, basketball, tennis and many other sports. Such people play because they want to. A few people are paid for the sport they play. These people are called professional sportsmen. They may be sportsmen for only a few years, but during that time the best one can earn a lot of money.
For example, a professional footballer in England earns more than ＄3000 a year. The starts earn a lot more. International golf and tennis champions (网球锦标赛) can make more than ＄50000 in a year. Of course, only a few sporsmen can earn as much money as that. It is only possible in sports for individuals (个人的) like golf, tennis and motor-racing. Perhaps the most surprising thing about sportsmen and money is that: the star can earn more money from advertising than from sport. An advertising for sports equipment (设备) does not simply say “Buy our thing”. It says “Buy the same shirt and shoes as …”. Famous sportsmen can even advertise things like watches and food. They allow the companies to use their name or a photo of them and they are paid for this. Sport is no longer just something for people’s spare time.
根据上文内容判断正（T）误（F）
1.A “professional” sportsman is someone who likes sports very much.
2. The word “sport” now usually means “organized ” games.
3. An advertisement for sports equipment just says “Buy our thing”.
4.The sport stars can earn as much money from advertising as from sport.
5.This passage mainly talks about sport and money.
I felt very sad not to be able to get the ticket for the film Titantic last Friday. I learned in the newspaper that ticket could be bought at the cinema box office (售票处) in Richland Hill every day between 10:00 and 4:00. Because I work from 9:00 to 5:30, the only time I could go to the cinema was during my 45-minute lunch time. It is a pity that the cinema is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round(往返) trip in 45 minute.
Last Monday I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes, waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip---- so I had to go back to the office. The same thing happened on Wednesday. On Thursday my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the cinema in twenty minutes. But when I got there, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for fifty-five minutes. I found that I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and went back across the town.
By Friday I understood my only hope was to make the trip by car.it was not cheap,but I felt it would be worth ot to see the film. The trip by car only took 10 minutes, but it felt like one hour to me. When I reached the cinema, I was delighted to see that nobody was waiting in line. But quickly found out that it was because they had already sold all the tickets.
1. It seems that the writer of the story works .
A. in a small town B. in Richland Hills
C. on a farm near the town D. at a bus service Center
2. He tried to go to the cinema bo buy a ticket but really got there .
A. five times B. four times C.three times D. twice
3.The underlined word “delighted” means .
A. sure B. sorry C. surprised D. pleased
4. Which of the following is true according to the story?
A. The writer was too busy to have time for a rest during the day.
B. The buses running between his office and Richland Hills were always on time on Thursday.
C. He could buy the tickets neither before nor after work hours.
D. It always took him about twenty minutes to get to the cinema by bus.
5.What’s the title of the story?
A. How to Get a Ticket B. Tickets Sold out
C. A Wonderful Film D. The Way to the Cinema
Monkeys are clever and lively, but they are naughty and greedy (贪婪的) as well. Whenver they find delicious food, they will eat enough. What’s more, they will take it when they leave. They have suffered (吃亏) a lot because of this. But they never change this way.
In India, people use monkey’s greed to catch them. Do you know how they can catch monkeys? Here are some instructions.
◆ Make a hole in a big pumpkin (南瓜). The hole must be just right ----neither too big nor too small.
◆ Put some jujubes (枣) in the hole.
◆ Leave the pumpkin under a tree. Make sure there are some monkeys in the tree.
◆ Hide yourself and watch the monkeys.
As soon you leave, the monkeys can’t wait to come down to the pumpkin. When they find a hole in the pumpkin, they don’t know what’s in it and one of them can't help putting its hand into the hole to find what on earth there is. When it touches the jujubes, it will clench (攥紧) some of them in its hand. As a result, it isn’t able to take its fist (拳) out of the hole. You can’t come close until this time. Will the monkey drop off the pumpkin? Don’t worry. It prefers the pumpkin than its life. It will run with the pumpkin, clenching its fist more tightly. In the end, it is caught helplessly.
1.Monkeys haven’t changed their way of doing with nice food because they are
.
A. clever B. lively C. greedy D.naughty
2.“The hole must be just right” means it is .
A. big enough for the monkey to put its hand in
B. smaller than a monkey’s hand
C. bigger than a monkey’s fist
D. bigger than a monkey’s hand but smaller than its fist
3.Seeing the hole in the pumpkin, a monkey will .
A. be interested in B. be afraid of
C. run away at once D. take the pumpkin away in arms
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Indians often catch the monkeys in this way.
B. sometimes monkys are stupid.
C. as soon as the monkeys comes to the pumpkin, you can rush to catch it.
D. In India,monkeys like pumpkins every much.
5. What should we learn from the passage?
A. weshould catch monkeys in this way.
B. One mustn’t be greedy.
C. We should protect monkeys.
D. Come up with another way to catch monkeys.
