Tom is a schoolboy. He is only seven years old, but he is very busy on weekdays. One Saturday he decided to relax himself, so he went to the cinema.
It was the first time for him to do that. He bought a ticket and then went in. But after two or three minutes he came out, bought a second ticket and went in again. After a few minutes he came out again and bought a third ticket. Two or three minutes later he came out and asked for another ticket. Then the girl in the ticket office asked him,“Why did you buy so many tickets? How many friends did you meet?”Tom answered, “No, I have no friends here. But a big boy always stops me at the door and tears (撕)my ticket.”
1.Tom wanted to buy when the girl asked him why.
A. a second ticket B. a third ticket
C. a fourth ticket D. a fifth ticket
2. The big boy stopped Tom at the door because .
A. it was the big boy’s job
B. the big boy didn’t like Tom
C. the big boy didn’t know Tom
D. Tom didn’t buy ticket at all
3.The big boy was at the cinema.
A. a bookseller B. a policeman
C. a shopkeeper D. a worker
4.From the story we know .
A. Tom had a lot of money
B. Tom knew little about the cinema
C. the big boy wasn’t friendly to Tom
D. the girl wanted to get more money
5.Which of the following is Not true?
A. Tom bought the tickets for himself
B. Tom hadn’t been to the cinema before
C. Tom was too young to make friends
D. Tom met no friend at the cinema
My uncle John used to live in a beautiful little house by the sea in Atlantic City. I say he “used to” live there he doesn’t live there any more. He was killed two years ago.
Uncle John wrote novels. He not only his job, but also made a lot of money doing it. When he died, he had $ 60 million in the bank.
After Uncle John’s death, I came to stay in his house for a while. I had been there for two days when a message on the screen of the old computer. I was very surprised, because I thought the computer had been . The message said, “You have new ! ” When I read it, I thought it looked like the of a novel. “This looks interesting,” I thought. “It must be one of Uncle John’s friends.” I decided I should make an answer to the e-mail to tell him or her that Uncle John was . However, the computer would not let me .
Every day for the next three weeks, more e-mail kept arriving. I printed of all of them. The story was about Jane Winterbourne, a young writer working on her first novel. She sent her novel to Jack Tanner, an old writer and asked him to her to publish it. However, he cheated her, and published the novel himself — pretending that he had it. The novel was very . Tanner made a lot of money, and bought himself a house by the sea in Atlantic City. It was then that I realized that “Jack Tanner” and “Jane Winterbourne” were names. “Jack was to be Uncle John.”
1.A. so B. because C. though D. once
2.A. lost B. finished C. changed D. enjoyed
3.A. sent B. noticed C. read D. typed
4.A. broke down B. turned off C. sold out D. put away
5.A. information B. post C. mail D. business
6.A. picture B. story C. end D. beginning
7.A. like B. about C. from D. to
8.A. dead B. sick C. out D. busy
9.A. play B. reply C. watch D. stop
10.A. copies B. pieces C. parts D. covers
11.A. teach B. help C. show D. refuse
12.A. missed B. corrected C. written D. bought
13.A. new B. expensive C. important D. successful
14.A. false B. true C. long D. beautiful
15.A. pointed B. spelt C. meant D. called
–Would you like to see the film with us tonight, Jim?
– .
A. Oh, no, that’ll be tired
B. I’ll stay at home
C. Yes, please
D. I’d love to, but I have lots of things to do
It’s nice to go a walk a spring evening.
A. for; on B. at; on
C. to; on D. to; in
The old man told the little boy that the sun in the east and sets in the west.
A. rise B. rises
C. rose D. rising
–Who ate my ice-cream?
–It by Eddie.
A. is eaten B. was eaten
C. was eaten D. has been eatten
