A young man was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when he noticed an old lady following him round. Thinking nothing of it, he continued.
Finally, he went to the check-out line, but the old lady got in front of him. "Excuse me," she said, "I’m sorry if my staring at(盯着看) you has made you feel uncomfortable,it’s just because you look like my son, whom I haven’t seen for a long time"
"What a pity," replied the young man, "is there anything I can do for you?"
"Yes," she said, "as I’m leaving, can you say ’Good bye, mother’? It would make me feel so much better."
"Sure," answered the young man. So, when the old woman was leaving, he called out, "Goodbye, mother !"
As he stepped up to the check-out counter(收银台), he saw that his total was $127. 50. "How can that be?" he asked, "I only buy a few things!"
The clerk replied, "Your mother said that you would pay for her. "The young man was __ that day.
A. doing some shopping B. having a walk C. visiting his motherThe old lady stood__ the young man on the check-out line.
A.beside B.behind C.before__ wasn’t an honest person in this story?
A. The clerk B. The old lady C. The young man At last, what the young man had to pay was __ what he expected.
A. more than B. less than C. as much as We know from the story that the old lady__
A. liked shopping B. had a son C. paid nothing
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It was three o’clock. A man was walking down a street in the north of England. He was wearing a dark suit and carrying a suitcase. His name was Terry and lived away from home for twenty years. In fact, he was in prison (监狱) abroad.
Terry was feeling totally depressed because everything in his hometown changed. The park where he used to play was now a car park. The house where he was born disappeared and in its place, ironically (具有讽刺意味地), was a bank. Terry wanted to have a cup of coffee in the old small restaurant where he used to go with his friend after school, but it became a fast food restaurant. He entered it, sat down, and asked for a cup of coffee. Then he felt sadder when he thought of what he saw.
While paying for the coffee, he found an old ticket in his wallet. It was for a pair of shoes he took to be repaired the day before killing someone 20 years ago. The shoe repairer was an old man then, so Terry was sure that he must be dead. But when he turned to the corner of the street, he couldn’t believe his eyes. The shop was still there! And it was the same shoe repairer! He looked about a hundred years old. Terry was so happy! Terry told him that he had lived in Australia for the past twenty years and that he forgot to pick up the shoes before he left England. The shoe repairer disappeared into the back of the shop. After ten minutes he came back.
“Yes!” said Terry, excitedly.
“I haven’t repaired them, ” the shoe repairer said slowly. “________________”The underlined words “totally depressed” in the passage probably means _______.
A．very happy
B．very unhappy
C．very excitedActually, Terry was in _______ before he went back home?
A．America
B．England
C．AustraliaWhich of the following sentences is TRUE?
A．Terry was in prison because of a stealing.
B．The repairer was about eighty years old 20 years ago.
C．Everything has all changed besides the shoe repairer.Why was Terry sent to prison? Because he .
A．killed a man
B．hit a woman
C．stole a bank“______________” can be the missing sentence in the passage.
A．I have thrown them away.
B．You can take them tomorrow afternoon.
C．I known you have gone abroad.
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Have you ever wondered how and why a fall leaf changes color? We first have to understand what leaves are and what they do.
Leaves are the world’s food factories. Plants take water from the ground and take CO2 from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and CO2 into glucose(葡萄糖). Glucose is a kind is a kind of sugar. Using it as food, plants get energy and grow. Plants using sunlight to turn water and CO2 into sugar is called photosynthesis(光合作用). ChlorophyII helps photosynthesis. It gives plants their green color.
As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter, and trees “know” to begin getting ready for winter.During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis. Trees rest during this time and live on the food they store during the summer. They begin to shut down their food—making factories.As the green chlorophyII disappears from the leaves, we begin to see yellow and orange leaves. These colors have been in the leaves all the time. We just can’t see them in the summer, because they are covered up by the green chlorophyII.
The bright reds and purples in leaves are made mostly in autumn. In some trees, glucose is caught in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn this glucose into a red color. The brown color of trees is made from waste left in the leaves. It is mixture(混合物) of all these things. It makes the beautiful leaves during autumn.The underline word “chlorophyII” in the passage means “_________” in Chinese.
A．胡萝卜素
B．叶绿素
C．氯霉素When they rest in winter, trees live on the food they store during the _________.
A．summer
B．autumn
C．winterPicture_______ shows how food—making factories work according to the passage.
A．
B．
C．
Which of the following is not true according to the passage?
A．Glucose is a kind of sugar and plants use it as food for energy and growing.
B．Leaves turn red because sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn glucose into a red color.
C．We can’t see yellow or orange leaves in summer because the two colors are not in leaves.What’s the main meaning of this passage?
A．What’s photosynthesis?
B．How and why leaves change colors?
C．Different kinds of leaves.
It was a cold winter afternoon before Christmas. My parents and I sat on the bench in Washington, D.C. Union Station, waiting for the train. Inside the waiting hall were many people.
A boy sat nearby. His worn jacket, pale face, dirty hands all seemed to tell me that he was homeless.
“He must be cold and hungry. Maybe I should help him,” I said to myself.
Just at that moment, a well-dressed young couple walked towards him.
“Excuse me,” the man bent down. “My wife and I bought two meal boxes but one was enough for us. We hate to waste good food. Can you help us out and put this to use?” he handed the boy a meal box.
The boy thanked them and opened the box with joy and care. Suddenly he stopped. In the direction to which he looked, I saw an old man in rags in a worn sweater, worn trousers and open shoes, entering the hall.
Putting the meal box aside, the boy stood and helped the old to his seat. He took off his jacket and covered it on the old man’s shoulders, saying, “A gentleman brought me this warm meal but I just finished eating. I hate to waste good food. Can you help me out?” He placed the still-warm meal box in the old man’s hands without waiting for an answer.
“Sure, son, but if only you share that sandwich with me. It’s too much for a man at my age. ”
We were all touched. Dad went away and soon returned with cups of hot chocolate and a big pizza. Mum and dad went up to those rags, “Excuse me…”
I rushed into a KFC and took out my pocket money. It was so cold that afternoon but I felt much warmer than I had ever thought possible.Who gave the boy a meal box?
| A．The young man. | B．The old man. |
| C．The young woman. | D．Mum and Dad. |
Why didn’t the boy have the meal?
| A．He was not hungry. |
| B．He wanted to help the old man. |
| C．He didn’t like the food. |
| D．He saw a sandwich in the meal box. |
What did the writer most probably do at the end of the story?
A. He bought some food for the homeless.
B. He told his story to the people in the KFC.
C. He gave his pocket money to the homeless.
D. He asked the other passengers to help the homeless.The underlined words “in rags” means________.
| A．用破衣服的 | B．衣衫褴褛的 |
| C．衣着华丽的 | D．衣着整洁的 |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．A Poor Boy | B．A Worn Jacket |
| C．A Big Pizza | D．A Warm Meal Box |
Once a king got two nice falcons(猎鹰)from his son. He had never seen such beautiful falcons before. He loved them so much and he ordered the best falconer to train them to fly.
After several months, the king came to see how the training was going on. He found that one falcon had already been able to fly high in the sky, while the other was staying on the branch(树枝) of a tree quietly, just keeping still.
The king called all his falconers together and ordered them to try every way they could to make the other falcon fly. But none of them succeeded. One day, while the king was taking a walk in the forest, an idea came to his mind. Maybe someone who knew the natural environment well could solve this problem. He sent for a farmer who lived in the forest into his palace to train it at once.
The next morning, the king saw the other falcon flying above in the sky freely. “It is unbelievable!” shouted the king. How could you make it happen?”
The farmer replied, “It’s very easy. I just cut off the branch where the falcon rested.”
It is always the same to human beings. We all have “two flying wings” in our hearts as well, but we often seem not to notice them and stay where we just for safety and comfort. We won’t realize we can fly so high and freely until the “branch” we are resting on breaks.What did the king do after he got the two falcons?
| A．He kept them on the branch of a tree. |
| B．He sent them to a farmer in the forest. |
| C．He made the best falconer train them to fly. |
| D．He set them free and let them fly in the sky. |
Why did the king call all his falconers together?
| A．Because he wanted to get more falcons. |
| B．Because he wanted the other falcon to fly. |
| C．Because he wanted them to see his falcons. |
| D．Because he wanted to know more about his falcons. |
Who finally made the other falcon fly in the sky?
| A．The king. | B．The king’s son. |
| C．The farmer. | D．The best falconer. |
How did the king feel when he saw the other falcon fly freely in the sky?
| A．Excited. | B．Moved. |
| C．Worried. | D．Relaxed. |
What is the best title for the text？
| A．The Wise King | B．The Nice Falcons |
| C．The Best Falconer | D．The Flying Wings. |