Matt grow the best vegetables in the village．He grows fruit too--big , sweet apples and oranges．And what else ? Well , the biggest and the prettiest flowers．Things grow in Matt' s garden all through the year．He cuts some flowers for his sitting room table ; and of course , he eats some fruit and vegetables．But he sells everything else in the market．Matt is not a poor man．
He knows a few other gardens ; but he does not have any friends．You might ask , " What is that ? Why doesn ' t he have friends ? "
I will tell you．People do not understand him．And they do not understand his garden, " Why not ? " you will ask．" It' s a very good garden , isn' t it ? "
It is a wonderful garden．Matt plants things in spring , summer and autumn and winter ．After that he does very little work．He sits in the garden with his small radio ．And everything grows ．
People ask , " How does Matt grow these wonderful things ? He waters the plants sometimes , but he doesn' t do anything else ．He just sits under an orange tree with his radio ．He listens to music nearly all day ! " And that is all quite true , people cannot understand it , and so they don' t like it very much ．
Matt likes music ．But what about the garden ? Who does the work ? I will tell you another true thing : the music does the work ．All plants love music ; and Matt knows that .
Do you want big vegetables and the loveliest flowers ? Well , just give your plants a lot of music ,
1.There are not only vegetables and flowers , but also ______ in Matt' s garden ．
A．plants B．fruit trees C．ants D．crops
2.Matt makes a living by _______.
A．selling his vegetables , fruit and flowers
B．growing trees in his garden
C．working in the market
D．helping other people growing plants
3.Everything in Matt' s garden grows well because _____
A．he has a good garden
B．he is good at growing things and likes listening to the radio
C．music helps his plants a lot
D．he is very hardworking
4.People think that ______ .
A．Matt' s garden is better than theirs
B．Matt works harder than they
C．Matt knows how to grow vegetables well
D．the radio helps Matt to grow veveything well in his garden
5.People don' t like Matt because ____.
A．he doesn' t give thim any vegetables or fruit
B．he listens to the radio too much
C．they are jealous（嫉妒的） of him
D．Matt doesn' t let them listen to his radio
When Dean Arnold got his first job, he was miserable (痛苦的), Each time he went to work, he coughed and he couldn’t breathe．Working in a bakery(面包房) when you are allergic to (对…过敏) flour can be painful.
But Arnold stayed with the National Biscuit Company for ten years．He was a businessman and he helped them improve production．At last his health problems became too serious．He left and formed his own company.
With his wife and mother, he founded Arnold Bakery．They tried new recipes (配方)．changing the kind and amount of flour used．This enabled Arnold to work there without too much pain．The bread, made with unbleached flour (标准粉), was baked in a brick oven (烘炉).
They began by baking two dozen loaves．The bread was sold door to door for fifteen cents a loaf．Winning customers to his unusual, old-fashioned bread took time．But Arnold, struggling against his allergy, built his bakery into one of the largest in the United States.
1.A good title for this passage would be .
A．A Sick Baker B．A Brick-oven Bread Baker
C．An Old-fashioned Baker D．How to Overcome Allergy
2.Dean left the National Biscuit Company because he _______．
A．suffered from allergy to flour B．didn’t like the job
C．wanted to make more money D．wanted to form his own company
3.During his stay in the National Biscuit Company, _______.
A．he founded Arnold Bakery
B．he tried a new method of baking
C．he helped the company improve their production
D．he became successful in his business
4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A．Arnold’s bread was baked in a brick oven.
B．Arnold’s bread was made with unbleached flour.
C．Arnold’s bread was sold at a low price.
D．Arnold’s bread was of poor quality.
5.From the passage we can conclude that Arnold was ________.
A．determined B．brave C．usual D．unhealthy
One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine．He is a teacher at one of London’s big medical schools, He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人体骨骼) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子)．At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper．He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake．He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
1.Who wrote the story?
A．Rupert’s teacher. B．The neighbour’s teacher.
C．A medical school teacher. D．The teacher’s neighbour.
2.Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?
A．He needed it for the summer term in London.
B．He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.
C．He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.
D．He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.
3.What happened at the airport?
A．The skeleton went missing. B．The skeleton was stolen .
C．The teacher forgot his suitcase. D．The teacher took the wrong suitcase .
4.Which of the following best tells the teacher’s feeling about the incident?
A．He is very angry . B．He thinks it rather funny .
C．He feels helpless without Rupert. D．He feels good without Rupert .
5.Which of the following might have happened afterwards?
A．The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.
B．The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.
C．The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.
D．The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.
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。
Once upon a time there was an old general (将军)．He liked to drink wine better than anything else. He always __1__ several bottles of good wine in his house. He __2__ go out one day, but he was _3___ his servant would drink his wine. Then he thought of a way to __4_ him doing so.
"I'm going out for the day ." he __5__ his servant. "Please _6___ the house for me．There are some meat and two bottles of _7___ in the kitchen .There is also a hen there．But be careful not to _8___ it because it is poisonous.__9___ you drink it ,it will kill you."
But as soon as he left, his servant killed the hen and __10__ it for dinner. He then ate __11__ the hen and the meat, drank the two bottles of wine and went to bed. The general returned home late that evening．He was __12__ to find that the hen, the meat and the two bottles of wine were gone. He then saw his servant __13___ asleep in bed. There were two empty bottles beside him．He woke the servant up.
"What was happened?" he asked.
"I'm very sorry. "His servant replied." After you __14___,a cat jumped in _15___ the window and ate the meat. A dog took the hen away．I know you would be __16___ with me when you returned,__17___ I tried to _18____myself by drinking the poison ．Please __19__ me." The general didn't believe __20__ he said but there was nothing he could do.
1.A．bought B．stole C．kept D．carried
2.A．had to B．had better C．should D．could
3.A．talking B．writing C．pleased D．worried
4.A．stop B．keep C．notice D．thank
5.A．ordered B．told C．asked D．invited
6.A．take care of B．leave C．sell D．buy
7.A．wine B．milk C．water D．ink
8.A．touch B．kill C．forget D．drink
9.A．Before B．If C．Because D．Since
10.A．hid B．threw C．washed D．cooked
11.A．both B．all C．some D．either
12.A．sure B．disappointed C．surprised D．sorry
13.A．dying B．lying C．singing D．crying
14.A．left B．returned C．knew D．drank
15.A．near B．onto C．under D．through
16.A．thankful B．angry C．satisfied D．strict
17.A．but B．so C．though D．that
18.A．fool B．teach C．kill D．wake
19.A．excuse B．drink C．help D．kill
20.A．when B．that C．what D．How
--How long are you staying ?
-- I don't know ．______.
A．It depends． B．That's OK． C．Never mind． D．It doesn't matter.
The Olympic Games are held _____.
A．for four years B．each four year
C．every four years D．every fourth year
