One evening Charlie was on his way home from the railway station. When he turned round a corner, he heard footsteps behind him and he thought someone was coming near. He began to walk fast. The footsteps came fast, too. He slowed down. The footsteps also slowed down. Now he was sure that someone must be going after him. He tried to hide. Still the steps followed him. He didn’t know how to save himself, so he jumped over some tall grass and hid himself in a cemetery(墓地). He threw himself down on one of tombs(坟墓).
The man behind came near. Charlie could hear the man jump over the grass. Thoughts of thieves and robbers filled his mind. Charlie stood up and faced the man. “What do you want? Why are you coming after me?” He asked.
“I say,” the stranger asked, “do you always go home like this, or are you taking some special exercise tonight? I want to go to Mr. Green’s and don’t know the way. The station master told me to follow you as you live next door. Excuse me for asking, but is there much farther to go before we get there?”
1.That day Charlie was .
A. leaving the station for a cemetery
B. walking slowly along the street
C. on his way to Mr. Green’s house
D. on his way back home
2.When he found someone following him, Charlie .
A. was too frightened to move
B. stopped to ask the man why
C. hid himself in a cemetery
D. knew clearly what to do
3.The stranger followed Charlie because .
A. he wanted to kill Charlie
B. he wanted to steal things
C. he wanted to go to Charlie’s place
D. he wanted to go to Mr. Green’s and he didn’t know the way there
、阅读短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
A woman saw three old men sitting outside the door. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something .”
“We don’t go into a house ”，they replied. “Why is that?” she asked.
One of the old men answered, “His name is Wealth(财富), this is Success, and I am Love.” Then he said, “Now go in and with your family which one of us you want in your house.”
The woman went in and told her family what had happened, she said, “Let’s invite Wealth. We are so .” Her husband disagreed, “My dear, why don’t we invite Success? Don’t you want me to be a successful man? Then her daughter asked, “Would it be to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with love!”
In the end the family decided to take the advice. The woman went out and asked, “ one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.” Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “ I invite Love. Why are you coming along? The two old men answered, “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have to stay out. But since you have invited Love, he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is Wealth and Success.”
1.A. to say B. to eat C. to use D. to drink
2.A. together B. alone C. crowdedly D. lonely
3.A. play B. exercise C. agree D. discuss
4.A. poor B. rich C. lucky D. happy
5.A. worse B. better C. less D. more
6.A. father’s B. mother’s C. daughter’s D. parents’
7.A. which B. who C. what D. whom
8.A. left B. followed C. stopped D. pulled
9.A. only B. hardly C. never D. almost
10.A. whenever B. whatever C. however D. wherever
—Can I use your bike for an hour? — .
A. Glad to hear that B. Not at all
C. That’s OK D. No problem
—Why not John a toy car for his birthday ?
—Good idea! He is crazy about cars.
A. buy B. buying C. to buy D. buys
Paul took exercise after school. He needed a good rest.
A. much too B. too much
C. too many D. many too
I by what you have told me.
A. am amazing B. am amazed
C. was amazing D. were amazed
