An old engineer went suddenly blind. She promised a doctor a lot of money if he could make her see again. “If you fail,” she said, “you’ll get nothing.” The doctor agreed.
The doctor soon discovered what was wrong with her, but he decided not to cure her right away. Instead each time he visited, he secretly took some of her things. When he had taken away everything, he wanted to cure her blindness and asked for the money.
Now the old woman could see again, she noticed that all her things had gone and she refused to pay the money. So the doctor took her before a judge(法官).
“What the doctor said is true,”she said to the judge. “But I say I was not well cured, because I still can’t see any of the things in my house.”
The old woman won the case and the doctor went away unhappily without getting his pay.
1.What did the engineer promise(允诺) the doctor if he failed to make her see again?
A. A lot of money B. Half of the money
C. No money D. A little money
2.The underlined word “discovered” in Paragraph 2 means .
A. found B. caught
C. heard D. covered
3.What can you infer(推测) from the story?
A. The old engineer lived alone.
B. The old engineer lived with a servant.
C. The old engineer lived with her children.
D. The old engineer lived with a judge.
4. What’s the result of the case?
A. The engineer failed.
B. The doctor failed to get the pay.
C. The doctor returned the things.
D. The old engineer forgot her promse.
5.What kind of person was the old engineer?
A. She was foolish. B. She was kind.
C. She was clever. D. She was polite.
This story is about a young man. He worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. At last, he became ill, so he couldn’t go to sleep. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. But the more he tried, the more he stayed awake.
After a while he decided to visit the doctor. “I just can’t go to sleep at night. What should I do?”
“I have a suggestion,” said the doctor. “Try counting numbers. By the time you reach one thousand, you’ll be asleep. I’m sure of it.”
The next day the man returned to the doctor’s office. “Well,” said the doctor, “how are you today? Did you try my suggestion?”
The man still looked tired. “Yes,” he said, “I tried counting one, two, three…up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn’t fall asleep.”
1.The young man couldn’t go to sleep because .
A. he hadn’t finished doing his lessons
B. he had worked too hard and became ill
C. he was worried about his homework
D. there was a lot of noise there and he couldn’t have a good rest
2.The doctor asked the young man .
A. to count numbers before he went to bed
B. to put all numbers from 1 to 1,000 together
C. to count numbers while he was lying in bed
D. to take some medicine and go to bed earlier
3.The young man returned to the doctor’s office the next day because .
A. he wanted to thank the doctor
B. he was better and wanted some more medicine
C. he wanted to ask the doctor how to count the numbers
D. he still couldn’t go to sleep at night
4.The young man .
A. counted from 569 to 1,000
B. counted from 1 to 569 and fell asleep
C. counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea
D. counted from 1 to 1,000 and fell asleep
5.The young man in fact.
A. didn’t understand the doctor’s suggestion
B. was not able to count numbers
C. didn’t try the doctor’s suggestion
D. wasn’t ill at all
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
