Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5: 30．and at 6: 30 she was expected to be chairing a meeting of the tennis club. At last, the traffic was moving. She swung quickly racing to her house. As she opened the door, she nearly fell over Sheba.
“Hey, Sheba,” she said, “I've got no time for you now, but I'll take you out as soon as I get back from tennis club.” Then she noticed Sheba seemed to be coughing or choking obviously, she could hardly breathe. Immediately, Joanne realized she would have to take her to the vet (兽医). When she got there, the vet was just about to close for the day. Seeing the state of Sheba, Dr. Sterne brought her quickly into his office.
“Listen, doctor, I'm really in a rush to get to a meeting, can I leave her with you, and go to get changed? I'll be back in ten minutes to pick her up, and then I'll take her on to the meeting with me. Is that OK?”
“Sure.” said the doctor.
Joanne made the quick trip back to her house in a couple of minutes. As she was once more entering the hallway, the phone by the door began to ring.
“This is Dr. Sterne,” said an anxious voice. “I want you to get out of that house immediately,” said the doctor’s voice. “I'm coming round right away, and the police will be there any time now. Wait outside!”
At that moment, a police car screeched to a stop outside the house. Two policemen got out and ran into the house. Joanne was by now completely confused and very frightened. Then the doctor arrived.
“Where’s Sheba? Is she OK?” shouted Joanne.
“She’s fine, Joanne. I took out the thing which was choking her, and she’s OK now.”
Just then, the two policemen reappeared from the house, half-carrying a white-faced man, who could hardly walk. There was blood all over him.
“My God, ”said Joanne, “how did he get in there? And how did you know he was there?”
“I think he must be a burglar.” said the doctor. “I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was stuck in Sheba’s throat, it turned out to be three human fingers.”
1.What was Joanne supposed to do at 6: 30？
A. To walk her dog.
B. To see her doctor.
C. To attend a club meeting.
D. To play tennis with her friends.
2.Joanne wanted to get back to her home again______.
A. to dress up for the meeting
B. to phone the police station
C. to catch the badly hurt burglar
D. to wait for her dog to be cured
3.From the passage, we can infer that______.
A. Sheba fought against the burglar
B. the police found the burglar had broken in
C. Joanne had planned to take her dog to the meeting
D. the doctor performed a difficult operation on the dog
4.In this passage, the writer intends to tell us that the dog is______.
A. clever B. friendly C. frightening D. devoted
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A father sat at his desk poring over (细读) his monthly bills when his young son rushed in and 1, “Dad, because this is your 2and you’re 55 years old, I’m going to give you 55 3, one for each year!” When the boy 4carrying out his word, the father exclaimed (呼喊), “Oh, Andrew, don’t do it now; I’m too 5!” The youngster immediately fell silent as tears 6in his big blue eyes. Apologetically the father said, “You can finish 7. ”
The boy said nothing 8quietly walked away, 9written over his face. That evening the father said, “Come and finish the kisses now, Andrew!” But the boy didn’t 10.
11, a few days later after this 12, the boy had an accident and was drowned. His heartbroken father wrote: “If only I could tell him how much I regret my 13words, and could be assured that he knows how much my heart is 14. ”
Love is a 15street. Any loving act must be warmly 16or it will be taken as rejection and can 17a scar (疤痕). If we are 18busy to give and receive love, we are too busy! Nothing is more important than responding with love to the cry for love from those who are near and 19to us. Because there may be no 20at all as in the case of the little boy.
1.A. questioned B. thought C. announced D. asked
2.A. vocation B. birthday C. workday D. holiday
3.A. kisses B. touches C. shakes D. presents
4.A. enjoyed B. finished C. imagined D. started
5.A. busy B. nervous C. shy D. tired
6.A. fell B. flowed C. gathered D. moved
7.A. recently B. later C. immediately D. quickly
8.A. and B. or C. yet D. but
9.A. excitement B. disappointment C. surprise D. satisfaction
10.A. answer B. reply C. respond D. move
11.A. Unfortunately B. Luckily C. Surprisingly D. Hopefully
12.A. discussion B. incident C. argument D. adventure
13.A. considerable B. powerful C. helpful D. thoughtless
14.A. aching B. beating C. losing D. willing
15.A. two-way B. heart-shaped C. man-made D. one-way
16.A. wanted B. believed C. accompanied D. accepted
17.A. stay B. leave C. remain D. keep
18.A. so B. very C. quite D. too
19.A. rare B. scarce C. precious D. bare
20.A. need B. difficulty C. chance D. risk
It ______ last night ______ Tom saw an interesting film in Dongfeng Cinema.
A. is; that B. was; that C. was; which D. was; who
Only when class began ______that he had left his book at home．
A. will he realize B. he did realize C. did he realize D. had he realized
— How was your job interview?
— Oh, I couldn’t feel ______. I hardly found proper answers to most of the questions they asked.
A. better B. easier C. worse D. happier
—Have you found the problem with the computer ?
—Sorry. It ______ .
A. is checked B. is being checked C. has checked D. was being checked
