Last week, I bought an alarm system for about $ 450. It consisted of a control unit with three small units. I put the control unit in the sitting-room and fastened the other units by the front door, back door and living-room windows. The instructions told us to choose three numbers, so we chose 491, the last three numbers of our telephone number.
Now I will explain how the alarm works:
1. There is a power siren in the control unit. It makes a very loud noise.
2. Each of the small units sends out beams or rays in different directions. If anything moves, it breaks a beam. This sends signal to the control unit. The siren makes a noise which you can hear 50 meters away.
3. When we go to bed, I press the three buttons numbered 4, 9 and 1. Then we have 30 seconds to get out of the room before the alarm starts to work. That night I slept soundly because I was sure that no burglar could get into our house. However, at about 2:10 a. m. , I woke up and heard the siren.
"There must be a burglar in the house?" Mary said, "What shall we do?"
"I'll go and see who's there," I said, "Stay here. Don't make a noise. "
I went down stairs quietly. When I reached the living-room, I switched on my torch and looked round the room. Then I turned the light on. I switched the siren off and searched the rooms downstairs. There was nothing wrong except that the back door was unlocked. I locked it, re-set the alarm and went back to bed.
About an hour later, the alarm started again. I jumped out of bed, fell over a chair in the dark and bumped into the bedroom door. Mary woke up and started hitting me with a torch. "Hey! Wait a minute!" I whispered, "It's only me. I'm going downstairs to see what's wrong."
I went down into the living-room and listened for a moment. The only sound I could hear was the siren. I tamed on the light and switched the siren off. As I did so, I glanced across at the curtains in front of the windows. I saw a house lizard (a kind of small animals)(壁虎) disappear behind the curtains.
"Oh!" I said to myself. "That's our burglar.”
When the lizard moved, it started the siren. I guessed the alarm had been made in Europe, where there are no house lizards.
Well, I won't finish this story but if you want an alarm system free of charge, let me know. I'll send you ours. We bought a dog this morning. It knows the difference between a lizard and a burglar(强盗).
1.The writer bought an alarm system to_________.
A. make sure that he got up early every day
B. warn him when there were lizards in his house
C. frighten burglars and tell him that somebody had got into the house
D. make Mary feel safe to live in the large room
2.The writer used numbers 4, 9 and 1 to________.
A. set the alarm system
B. make a telephone call
C. give numbers to each of the three units in the downstairs rooms
D. name his alarm system
3.The purpose of the three units was to_________.
A. sound their own siren when the control unit told them to
B. send a message to the control unit and start the siren
C. check that the control unit worked properly all the time
D. give them enough light
4.If the writer set the alarm and remained in the room for more than half a minute,__________.
A. nothing would happen
B. the control unit would not work
C. the siren would make a noise
D. the dog would bark
5.The purpose of the writer in writing the passage is to__________.
A. tell us that the alarm system doesn't work
B. make it clear that he wants to give away his alarm system
C. show us how the alarm system works
D. tell us an interesting experience
I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.
Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed（解散）. As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized（强调） the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating（欺骗） themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously（认真地） about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.
Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued（继续） to believe that I had cheated on the test.
1.The story took place（发生） exactly ____ .
A. in the teacher’s office B. in an exam room
C. in the school D. in the language lab
2.The girl wanted to borrow a pen, because ____ .
A. she had not brought a pen with her
B. she had lost her own on her way to school
C. there was something wrong with her own
D. her own had been taken away by someone
3.The teacher saw all this, so she asked the boy ____ .
A. to go on writing his paper
B. to stop whispering
C. to leave the room immediately
D. to stay behind after the exam
4.The thing(s) emphasized in her talk was(were) ____ .
A. honesty B. sense of duty
C. seriousness D. all of the above
5.The boy knew everything ____ .
A. the moment he was asked to stay behind
B. when the teacher started talking about honesty
C. when he was walking out of the room
D. only some time later
At 18, many American young people go off on their own. They go away to college or find full-time jobs, and they often rent their own apartments. Some get married and start families. This independence(独立性) is learned from childhood.
From an early age, American children learn responsibility（责任感）. Children as young as 2 begin to put away their toys and dress themselves. At 3, many children do simple chores like setting the table.
Using money wisely is also taught early. As soon as a child understands the value of money, he or she receives a weekly allowance. This is used for things the child wants, like toys or treats. The child can spend or save it, usually with little guidance（指导） from parents. If the child wants money besides his or her allowance, it must be made by doing extra chores.
Children are taught early in life to think for themselves. They are allowed to make some decisions—and make mistakes. Failure（失败）often teaches more than success.
1.Many American young people begin to live on themselves __________.
A. at eighteen years old B. from childhood
C. after they get married D. from an early age
2.An American child learns to __________ at the age of 2.
A. find a full-time job
B. rent an apartment
C. put on his or her own clothes
D. do lots of chores
3.The word “allowance”（in paragraph 3）means __________ in Chinese.
A. 零花钱 B. 奖品 C. 财产 D. 礼物
4.A child can get some more money by __________.
A. understanding the value of money
B. helping the rich
C. reading many books
D. doing extra chores
5.The passage is mainly about __________.
A. the guidance from parents
B. the value of money
C. the independence of American children
D. failure and success of American children
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项.
My ears are recently full of joyous remarks from my friends such as, “oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool, that I can’t help falling in love with him!” Or “what perfect skills he has!” Yeah, I agree some degree, though I sometimes do want to ask them how much they Beckham, apart from his appearance and how much they know about football scoring goals. It seems funny that we are crazy for things, with which we are unfamiliar or we are uncertain, but we all, my friends I, consider this .
We need these pleasures to brighten up our lives. But that doesn’t amount to craziness nonsense（胡闹）. As an old saying : “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” We should not anything from its appearance. We should all know, it is one’s good character and great contribution that one a star and unforgettable. Therefore we’d better say about Beckham’s good looks.
If we close our eyes, in deep thought, we can find that the things us to be in truth happy, sad or moved a clear meaning. If we don’t go deeper and just satisfied with superficial（表面的）things, we will find that we have not really gained anything our first impression has blinded and misled us, and we’ll remain ignorant（愚昧无知的） we realize that and make some changes.
It is believed that thinking and going deeper than before is sign of great . If one day we are willing to go deeper into everything, no matter how much it us, we will finally prove how much we have grown up, how much more sensible (明智的), mature, and intelligent we have .
1.A. at B. on C. in D. to
2.A. learn from B. learn C. know D. know about
3.A. apart from B. except for C. except D. rather than
4.A. with which B. about that C. about which D. which
5.A. not B. as well as C. rather than D. but
6.A. one of life’s pleasuresB. pleasures of lifeC. one of life’s sorrow D. one of life’s regrets
7.A. nor B. or C. and D. or else
8.A. speaks B. talks C. tells D. goes
9.A. take B. judge C. accept D. conclude
10.A. makes B. causes C. builds D. create
11.A. more B. much C. less D. worse
12.A. fell B. fallen C. falling D. fall
13.A. that move B. that moves C. move D. moves
14.A. lack B. have C. include D. cover
15.A. in fact B. indeed C. in a while D. sooner or later
16.A. because B. even though C. so D. although
17.A. even if B. although C. unless D. if
18.A. joy B. progress C. effort D. work
19.A. cares B. pains C. worries D. minds
20.A. become B. made C. had D. come
-------- Do you have anything more _________, sir ?
-------- No. You can have a rest or do something else.
A. to be typed B. to type
C. typed D. typing
I was ________ in the middle of my call because I had no more coins to put in the box .
A. broken in B. hung up
C. cut off D. put down
