Mr. and Mrs. Black opened a small restaurant. In order to attract customers, they put a notice in front of the restaurant that said “Meals on the House for Three Days.”
A foreign student who didn't know much English happened to pass by the restaurant on the second day. It was lunchtime and he felt very hungry. “ Well, here is a restaurant. I am going to have something to eat.” He walked towards the restaurant when he saw the notice. “ American people are really strange. They even eat dinners on their houses! But how can I get up to the top of the house?” he said to himself. He looked around and found a ladder against a tree nearby. He started climbing up. But as he reached the top, he heard someone shouting at him. “Hey, what are you doing up there?” Mr. Black shouted at him. Next to him was a policeman. “ Doesn’t your notice say ‘Meals on the House for Three Days’? Is it just a joke?” the foreign student answered.
On hearing this, both Mr. Black and the policeman laughed. “ Do you know what ON THE HOUSE means? Look it up in the dictionary,” the policeman said.
1.How did Mr. and Mrs. Black attract customers?
A.They played jokes on them.
B.They offered them meals 24 hours a day.
C.They let them enjoy meals on the top of their house.
D.They put up a notice in front of their restaurant.
2.How much English did the foreign student know?
A.A lot B.A little C.None D.An average（平均）amount
3.The foreign student decided to have __________at Mr. Black’s restaurant.
A.breakfast B.lunch C.dinner D.nothing
4.The phrase “ on the house” probably means “ _____________ ”.
A.美味的 B.屋顶上的 C.家常的 D.免费的
5.Mr. Black and the policeman laughed at the young man because _____________.
A.he climbed up trees B.he was very hungry
C.he misunderstood the notice D.he was a foreign student
Every year, there are many people going home by long-distance buses during the Spring Festival and the Tomb-sweeping Day . There are more walkers on their way home or to work on the roads. So there are more and more traffic accidents on the roads. Thanks to the efforts of the traffic police, it is said that this year the number of traffic accidents across China was 25.2 percent fewer than the year of 2018 during the three-day Tomb-sweeping Day.
Tomb-sweeping Day, also known as Qingming Festival. It is an important occasion for Chinese to honor their ancestors（祖先）. Most people go home in memory of（纪念）their ancestors on that day. About 9.78 million Chinese visited cemeteries to honor their ancestors or relatives during the holiday. A few people also spent the three-day holiday on leisure trains. So transportation safety is a big problem. On the other hand, it is said that Chinese have made 112 million trips during the holiday, up 10.9 percent from last year’s holiday. For the traffic accidents, some people lost their lives. This year, traffic accidents caused 10 deaths during the three-day Tomb-sweeping Day. The fewer traffic accidents are all from the efforts of the police and our government. With the development of society and the government’s efforts, I believe everything will change better.
1.Why are there more traffic accidents during the holidays?
A.Because people have to go home for the holidays.
B.Because people want to honor their ancestors.
C.Because people hurry to work after the holidays.
D.Because there are more people on the roads.
2.During the three-day Tomb-sweeping Day, the number of traffic accidents was about _______ fewer than 2018.
A.a half B.a quarter C.two thirds D.three fifths
3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “cemeteries” ?
A.教堂 B.墓地 C.景点 D.溶洞
4.Which one is correct according to the passage?
A.Tomb-sweeping Day is different from Qingming Festival.
B.About half of Chinese honor their ancestors on Qingming Festival.
C.More and more people like traveling during their holidays.
D.Most traffic accidents happened on the Tomb-sweeping Day.
5.Where can you read the passage?
A.In a guide book. B.On a story website.
C.In a newspaper D.On a science website.
In June, 2013, I started my work at the animal shelter's Adoption (领养) Department. Over the years, more than 50000 animals have _______ the doors of the shelter (收容所). Sometimes there are _______ animals, who touch me so deeply that I could never forget them. Tabby was such an animal.
Tabby was an ancient Cooker Spaniel, probably 14 years old. What's more, she was blind and deaf. Tabby's chances of adoption seemed small. We all thought that Tabby would live out the rest of her life at the _______.
One day a woman named Loretta came to the shelter. Her son, Gary, was interested in Tabby! What could a young child possibly see in a 14-year-old dog who was both blind and deaf? Most boys would want a dog who could grow with them and _______ through grassy fields on summer days. Tabby would _______ be able to do that. But after meeting her, Loretta and Gary decided that she was the right dog for their family. They adopted Tabby!
If Tabby′s story simply ended with her ________ adoption, it would still have been something very special indeed. ________, it was what happened after her adoption that people might think to be "magic". Gary had seizures (癫痫).Since Gary and Tabby met, they have been friends. They became so "in tune" with one another that Tabby began to tell Gray's seizures ________ they appeared, giving his family a(n) _______ that one was about to strike (到达). What's more, Gary seemed to be having fewer and fewer seizures since Tabby arrived.
How could it be? Nobody could explain ________ Tabby did it. But those of us who were lucky enough to know her family and witnessed the magic, know that it has its roots in love.
1.A.broken B.passed C.locked
2.A.strange B.special C.active
3.A.hospital B.farm C.shelter
4.A.run B.get C.break
5.A.often B.exactly C.never
6.A.successful B.normal C.sad
7.A.However B.Moreover C.Perhaps
8.A.unless B.before C.since
9.A.explanation B.warning C.suggestion
10.A.when B.why C.how
—I just came back from Shanghai Disneyland. Can you guess ________ ?
—I’ve no idea. But it can’t be cheap. I’ve heard everything is very expensive there.
A.how I came back home
B.how many days I stayed there
C.how much I paid for the Mickey Mouse toy
— Class, you should be thankful to those people ________ helped and supported you.
—We will, Miss Chen.
A.which B.whom C.who
The 24th Winter Olympic Games________ in Beijing and Zhangjiakou in 2022, from February 4th to 20th.
A.is held B.will be held C.was held
