Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.
One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes(蚊子) in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”
After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.
Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.
But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.
1.Many people liked Mark Twain because________.
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A．he was famous |
B．he liked to talk |
C．he was humourous |
D．he was a writer |
2.That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.
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A．to see one of his friends |
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B．because he wanted to do something there for his writing |
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C．because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there |
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D．to see one of his relatives |
3.The waiters felt sorry because _____.
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A．they did something wrong to Mark Twain |
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B．their hotel was too small |
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C．the room was not very clean |
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D．there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room |
4.All the people present laughed heartily because _____.
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A．the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room |
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B．the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number |
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C．Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents |
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D．Mark Twain made a joke |
5.From the story we know _____.
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A．no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night |
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B．the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night |
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C．Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night |
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D．there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer |
语法填空(共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为1—10的相应位置上。
Why is setting goals（目标） so 1________（importance）? 2________goals can help you do, and experience everything you want in life. Instead of just letting life happen to you, goals allow 3_____ to make your life happen.
4_______（success） and happy people have set lots of goals to help them reach their goals. By setting goals, you are taking control of your life. It’s like having a map to show you 5_____ you want to go.
Winners in life set goals and 6_______ (follow) through with them. Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by 7_________(make) plans and setting goals. Unsuccessful people just let life happen8____________ accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set, and they aren’t difficult 9_______(reach). It is up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are 10_________ one who must decide what to do and in what direction to aim your life.
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As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas __1__for her father.
She __2__that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was __3__satisfied with perfume(香水). Besides, shopping at this time of the year was a most unhappy job. People stepped on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost __4__ you over in their hurry in order to __5__ something cheap ahead of you.
Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter（柜台）, where some beautiful ties were on __6__. "They are __7__silk," the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to __8__her to buy one. But Edith knew from past __9__that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes(烟斗) on sale and the __10__were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father __11__ smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was __12__ to please him.
When she got home, with her small but __13__present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already at table. Her mother was in great __14__. "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she told her daughter happily. Edith was so __15__that she could not say a single word.
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The fact is ______ he has not been seen recently.
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Mrs White found her husband ________by letters and papers and________ very worried.
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A．surrounding ; looked |
B．surrounded ; looked |
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D．surrounded ; looking |
He told ______ should read.
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