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The Long Night This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years. Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and … |
Hard Work This exciting story is Joanna’s twentieth. Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop… |
Hospital or Cinema Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year. Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do? |
1.The Long Night was written by _________.
A. David Reilly B. Maha C. Joanna D. Marcie Jacome
2.The story of Hard Work happened in _______.
A. Australia B. Thailand C. India D. England
3. From the passage we can see Tina is_________.
A. a doctor B. a film star C. a writer D. a college(大学) student
4._______ is about a difficult journey.
A.Hospital or Cinema B. Hard Work C. The Long Night D. Harry Potter
5.The passage above is___________.
A. an advertisement B. a story C. a novel D. a diary
Some people have very good memories and can easily learn quite long poem（诗歌）by heart. Some people have 51 memories and can only 52 things that they have said again and again.
The 53 English writer Charles Dickens said that he could walk down 54 street in London and then tell you the name of every shop on 55 sides of the street. Great men in the world have wonderful memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns 56 language by remembering what he hears 57 he is a small child. Some children live with their parents in foreign countries and they seem 58 two languages as 59 as one. In school it is not so easy to learn foreign languages 60 students have little time 61 it and they are busy with other subjects as well.
A man's mind is quite like a camera but it 62 photos of what we see and it can also take photos of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo 63 a camera there is much work 64 before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. 65 the same way there is much work to do before we can keep a picture forever in our mind.
1. A. wonderful B. better C. poor D. badly
2.A. speak B. study C. know D. remember
3.A. nice B. beautiful C. famous D. kind
4.A. any B. some C. many D. the
5.A. every B. each C. both D. all
6.A. her B. his C. one’s D. their
7.A. when B. since C. if D. as soon as
8.A. to keep B. to get C. to learn D. to take
9. A. badly B. hard C. easily D. happily
10.A. because B. why C. what D. when
11.A. like B. for C. to D. in
12.A. leaves B. takes C. gets D. receives
13. A. in B. by C. with D. through
14. A. to do B. to have C. to start D. to stay
15.A. In B. On C. With D. As
It took Andy two hours ____ his homework yesterday evening and I spent ____ mine. .
A. doing; less time finishing B. doing; more time to finish
C. to do; more time to finish D. to do; less time finishing
Peter is ______honest boy and he often tells me ______.
A. a; anything true B. /; something true C. an; true something D. an; something true
We all know that doing morning exercises ______.
A. is good for our healthy B. are good for our healthy
C. are good for our health D. is good for our health
John arrived _____ London _____ a cold morning.
A. on; at B. at; at C. in; on D. at; in
