The city of Venice，in Italy，is one of a kind．It is built on more than 120 islands，just off arrival．After explaining where my new house was，I told him that I had left the key under the doormat．Since I knew it would be quite late before I could get back，I suggested that be make himself at home and help himself to anything that was kept in the refrigerator（冰箱）．
Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house．At the moment，he said，he was listening to some of my records after having had a nice meal．He had found the pan and meat in the refrigerator．Now，he was drinking a cup of tea and hoped that I would join him soon．When I asked him if he bad any difficulty finding the house，he answered that the only problem was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat，but luckily，the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in through the window．I listened to all this in great surprise．There is no apple tree outside my window，but there is one by the living room window of my next-door neighbor’s house！
1.When my friend arrived，I could not go to meet him because________．
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A．we were not good friends |
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B．I was busy at work |
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C．he had not told me that he would come |
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D．I did not want to see him |
2.A doormat is a mat______．
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A．used as a door |
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B．for cleaning the bottom of shoes |
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C．put up on a door as an ornament（装饰物） |
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D．near a door under which people put their keys |
3.I listened to my friend’s phone call in great surprise because____．
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A．he had not waited for me to eat together |
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B．he had eaten too much of the food |
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C．he mistook my neighbor’s house for mine |
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D．he had left the house with the window open |
4.At last my friend______．
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A．did not enter my house |
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B．entered my house after he opened the door |
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C．entered my house by climbing through the window |
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D．entered my house with the help of my neighbor |
5.The writer left the key under the doormat so that______．
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A．nobody would find it |
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B．he might not lose it |
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C．his family could use the same key |
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D．his friend could easily get it |
Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to se11 millions of models because be could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would be come a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford bad started his great motor car factory．This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year．Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has be come common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive．
1.Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars．
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A．cheap and strong |
B．cheap and long |
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C．fast and expensive |
D．strong and slow |
2.Ford was able to sell millions of cars，because_____．
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A．he made many greet cars |
B．his cars are many |
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C．he made lots of cars of the same kind |
D．both A and B |
3.The young man became a mechanic，_______．
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A．which was his father’s will |
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B．which was against his own will |
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C．which was against his father’s will |
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D．which was the will of both |
4.The “Model T” was very famous_____．
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A．before 1908 |
B．between 1982 and 1908 |
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C．before 1892 |
D．after 1908 |
5. Ford built his own car factory
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A．in 1903 |
B．in 1908 |
C．in 1913 |
D．in 1897 |
People need to relax and enjoy themse1ves．One way they can have a good time is to watch a baseball game or another sports event．Even thousands of years ago，groups of people gathered to watch skilled athletes（运动员）．
Over 2000 years ago in Greece，certain days in the year were festival days．These were holidays when people stopped work and enjoyed themselves．They liked to watch athletes take part in races and other games of skill．
The most important festival was held every four years at the town of Olympia．It was held in honor of the Greek god Zeus（Zus）．For five days，athletes from all parts of the Greek world took part in the Olympic Games．At the Olympic Games，people could watch them box，run，jump and so on．There was a relay race between two teams of men in which a lighted torch（火矩）was passed from runner to runner．The Olympic Games were thought to be so important that cities which were at war with one another had to stop fighting．People were allowed to travel to the games safely．Thousands of people came to Olympia from cities in Greece and from her colonies（殖民地）in Africa，Asia and Italy．They met as friends to cheer their favorite athletes and to enjoy themselves．
1.What happened in Greece over 2000 years ago？
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A．People stopped work and enjoyed themselves． |
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B．The cities there were often against one another． |
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C．People watched baseball games． |
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D．People didn’t go to any games at all． |
2.What were those countries in Africa？
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A．Friends． |
B．Enemies． |
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C．Colonies． |
D．Other cities． |
3.What did people do at the games？
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A．They fought． |
B．They just talked to friends． |
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C．They cheered for good athletes． |
D．They tried to find friends． |
4.Greek cities then were fighting so they_____．
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A．were weak |
B．were strong |
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C．couldn’t go to other cities freely |
D．could see each other |
5.The best title for the story is“_____”．
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A．Greece at War |
B．Together for the Games |
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C．Stop Fighting |
D．Sport |
Water costs money．In some places water is hard 16 ．What 17 when a town
has these problems？A small town in California found a happy 18 ．
Very 19 rain ever fell there．The town had no water 20 ．The water it used was 21 from a river 300 miles away．As more people 22 live in the town 23 water was needed．Now water 24 to be brought in from 600 miles away．All these cost 25 money．
The town 26 a plan．It found 27 to clean its “dirty” water．Once the cleaned water was reused 28 many ways．Five 29 lakes were built．Here people could swim and fish and go 30 ．They 31 have picnics in their new parks．Farmers had more water 32 their crops．New factories can be built，now that they have the promise of 33 ．
In most places，water is used and thrown 34 ．The town that saved 35 water has saved the town！
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A．A number |
B．A lot |
C．Lots |
D．The number |
We discussed where to go for a whole morning, but we decided to stay at home_____.
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A．at the end |
B．by the end |
C．in the end |
D．on end |
