Two thieves came to a house to steal something. They dug a hole in the wall of the house. There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the moonlight saw a mouse crawl into the house.“Look！In comes one，”she said to the man in the house. The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside，“She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didn’t believe him，so he said，“Let us two try to crawl into the house together.”At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house，too. The woman saw the mice and shouted，“In come two，catch them！” The two thieves were terribly frightened. The man in the house said，“You saw them come in but where are they？ I will catch them tonight.”The two thieves started running away at once.
The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house. The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields.
The rein（缰绳）broke and the woman came home for a rope. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She picked out two which looked like mice. At the time the man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said，“How they look like the two of last night.”The man said，“I asked you to fetch a rope，why don’t you hurry for it？”The two thieves ran away quickly without their sweet potatoes.
1.The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because ________.
A．they were found out
B．they were frightened by what they had heard in the house
C．they didn’t work together well with each other
D．mice stopped them from doing so
2.From the last paragraph, we know that ________.
A．the two thieves were famous selling sweet potatoes
B．the woman recognized the two thieves
C．the woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and made fun of them
D．the two thieves didn’t know that they were not found at all
3.“________”is the best title for this passage.
A．Two Clever ThievesB．Terrible Mice
C．Hit the Mark by a FlukeD．A Clever Couple
4.Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A．The two thieves not only failed to steal things but also lost their sweet potatoes.
B．Whenever they found mice，the people in the house would try to catch them.
C．The two thieves ran away at once，because they thought the woman had seen them.
D．The man let the woman go home for a rope，which would be used for catching the thieves.
认真阅读下面短文，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Few Americans stay in one place for a lifetime. We ________ from the city to the suburbs, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job ________, from the home where we ________ our children to the home where we plan to live in ________. With each move we are ________ making new friends, who become part of our new life.
For many of us the ________ is a special time for forming new friendships. Today, millions of Americans go on vocation ________, and they go not only to see new sights but also — in those places where they do not feel too ________— with the hope of meeting new people. No one really ________ a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friendship is possible. Surely in every country people ________ friendship.
The word “friend” to American people can be ________ to a wide range of relationships — to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a close business companion, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a ________ colleague. There are real ________ among these relations for Americans — a friendship may be ________, casual, situational or deep and lasting. But to a European, who sees only our surface behavior, the differences are not clear.
As Europeans see it, all kinds of “friends” flow ________ of Americans' homes with little ceremony. They may be parents of the children's friends, house guests of neighbors, members of a committee, business associates from another town or even another country. ________ as a guest into an American home, the European visitor finds no ________ differences. The atmosphere is ________. Most people, old and young, are called ________ first names. Americans’ characteristic openness to different styles of relationship makes it possible for us to find new friends abroad with whom we feel ________.
1.A. driveB. commuteC. moveD. settle
2.A. abroadB. elsewhereC. somewhereD. nowhere
3.A. deliverB. protectC. educateD. raise
4.A. retirementB. deathC. illnessD. sadness
5.A. mostlyB. mainlyC. rarelyD. forever
6.A. winterB. summerC. springD. autumn
7.A. alongB. freelyC. togetherD. abroad
8.A. aloneB. strangeC. scaredD. remote
9.A. allowsB. desiresC. expectsD. imagines
10.A. formB. developC. ignoreD. value
11.A. usedB. appliedC. stuckD. dedicated
12.A. kindB. generousC. trustedD. helpful
13.A. differencesB. varieties
C. distinctionsD. diversities
14.A. informalB. reliableC. shallowD. fragile
15.A. in and outB. on and onC. by and byD. up and down
16.A. MovingB. FlowingC. GoingD. Coming
17.A. obviousB. heavyC. explicitD. strong
18.A. weirdB. stressedC. relaxedD. strange
19.A. withB. onC. forD. by
20.A. at bestB. at homeC. at heartD. at hand
—I’ve nothing on me except this ten yuan to donate, I’m afraid.
—Never mind. ________. We really appreciate your assistance.
A. Every little helps
B. The more, the better
C. It’s better to give than to receive
D. No one is perfect
Life is full of ups and downs. ________ that we are optimistic and take a positive attitude, we will be more likely to enjoy our life to the fullest.
A. ConcernedB. ProvidedC. ConsideringD. Concerning
—The manager has come back from his business trip. He is asking you for the report.
— Oh，my god ! I haven’t finished it yet. But he ________ back at the company tomorrow.
A. was expectedB. will expect
C. expectedD. will be expected
On hearing the news, the girl rushed out without hesitation, ________ the luggage ________ on the floor, and ________ in the dark.
A. left, lied, disappeared
B. leaving, lying, disappeared
C. leaving, lie, disappeared
D. left, lay, disappear
