One morning, Ann’s neighbor Tracy found a lost dog wandering around the local elementary school. She asked Ann if she could keep an eye on the dog. Ann said that she could watch it only for the day.
Tracy took photos of the dog and printed off 400 FOUND fliers（传单）, and put them in mailboxes. Meanwhile, Ann went to the dollar store and bought some pet supplies, warning her two sons not to fall in love with the dog. At the time, Ann’s son Thomas was 10 years old, and Jack, who was recovering from a heart operation, was 21 years old.
Four days later Ann was still looking after the dog, whom they had started to call Riley. When she arrived home from work, the dog threw itself against the screen door and barked madly at her. As soon as she opened the door, Riley dashed into the boys’ room where Ann found Jack suffering from a heart attack. Riley ran over to Jack, but as soon as Ann bent over to help him the dog went silent.
“If it hadn’t come to get me, the doctor said Jack would have died,” Ann reported to a local newspaper. At this point, no one had called to claim the dog, so Ann decided to keep it.
The next morning Tracy got a call. A man named Peter recognized his lost dog and called the number on the flier. Tracy started crying, and told him, “That dog saved my friend’s son.”
Peter drove to Ann’s house to pick up his dog, and saw Thomas and Jack crying in the window. After a few moments Peter said, “Maybe Odie was supposed to find you, maybe you should keep it.”
1.What did Tracy do after finding the dog?
A. She looked for its owner
B. She gave it to Ann as a gift.
C. She sold it to the dollar store.
D. She bought some food for it.
2.How did the dog help save Jack?
A. By breaking the door for Ann.
B. By leading Ann to Jack’s room.
C. By dragging Jack out of the room.
D. By attending Jack when Ann was out.
3.What was Ann’s attitude to the dog according to Paragraph 4?
A. Sympathetic B. Doubtful C. Tolerant D. Grateful
4.For what purpose did Peter call Tracy?
A. To help her friend’s son. B. To interview Tracy
C. To take back his dog. D. To return the flier to her.
5.What can we infer about the dog from the last paragraph?
A. It would be given to Odie.
B. It would be kept by Ann’ family.
C. It would be returned to Peter.
D. It would be taken away by Tracy.
Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843, and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age five with her family. While her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had a(an) in medicine. At 18 she married and a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a . Her husband supported her decision.
, Canadian medical schools did not women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to her medical degree.
Upon graduation, Charlotte to Montreal and set up a private . Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte herself operating on damaged limbs and setting bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.
But Charlotte had been practicing without a license. She had a doctor’s license in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was . The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all-male board, wanted her to her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887, she appeared to the Manitoba Legislature to a license to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte to practice without a license until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73.
In 1993, 77 years after her , a medical license was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor “this courageous and pioneering woman.”
1.A. raising B. teaching C. nursing D. missing
2.A. habit B. interest C. opinion D. voice
3.A. invented B. selected C. offered D. started
4.A. doctor B. musician C. lawyer D. physicist
5.A. Besides B. Unfortunately C. Otherwise D. Eventually
6.A. hire B. entertain C. trust D. accept
7.A. history B. physics C. medicine D. law
8.A. improve B. save C. design D. earn
9.A. returned B. escaped C. spread D. wandered
10.A. school B. museumC. clinic D. lab
11.A. busy B. wealthyC. greedyD. lucky
12.A. helped B. found C. troubled D. imagined
13.A. harmful B. tired C. broken D. weak
14.A. put away B. taken over C. turned in D. applied for
15.A. punished B. refused C. blamed D. fired
16.A. display B. change C. preview D. complete
17.A. leave B. charge C. test D. cure
18.A. sell B. donate C. issue D. show
19.A. continued B. promised C. pretended D. dreamed
20.A. birth B. death C. wedding D. graduation
There was a pet store and the owner had a parrot. One day a walked in and the parrot said to the man ,“Hey you!” The man said, “What!?” The parrot said, “Your is really ugly.” The man got very and went to the store owner and said, “Your bird just my wife. It said she was ugly.”
The owner stormed over, the bird, took it into the “black room,” shook it a bit, out a few feathers, and said, “Don’t ever, ever say anything to my customers again. You got that！！！”
With that he took the bird and put it back into its cage. The old bird shook out its and relaxed in its cage. A couple of weeks and in walked this guy and his wife again. The parrot said, “Hey you!” The guy said, “What!?” The parrot answered, “You know that.”
1.A. group B. team C. couple D. crowd
2.A. wife B. sister C. mother D. daughter
3.A. curious B. nervous C. guilty D. angry
4.A. greeted B. puzzled C. offendedD. scared
5.A. hugged B. seized C. trained D. rescued
6.A. sent B. handed C. pulled D. dug
7.A. touch B. amuse C. cheat D. embarrass
8.A. warning B. comment C. suggestion D. request
9.A. eyes B. feathers C. fur D. skin
10.A. lasted B. arrived C. appeared D. passed
A company ______profits from home markets are declining may seek opportunities abroad.
A. which B. whose C. who D. why
It’s standard practice for a company like this one______ a security officer.
A. employed B. being employed C. to employ D. employs
—Is Anne coming tomorrow?
—_____.If she were to come, she would have called me.
A. Go ahead B. Certainly C. That’s right D. I don’t think so
