Henry was a carpenter（木匠）of our village. Once I asked him to make a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I arrived home that evening, Henry was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for his work.. My wife said to me, quietly，“That’s his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said loudly, "It's a beautiful table，dear，isn't it?" "I won't decide about that until I see that bill.” I said.
Henry laughed and gave me his bill for the work. It said：
BILL
One dining table June 10，1995
Cost of wood 17.00
Paint（油漆） 1.50
Work，8 hours（1 an hour) 8.00
Total（总计） 36.50
When I was looking at the bill，Henry said，"It’s been a fine day，hasn’t it?” “ Quite sunny.” "Yes，”I said. "I’m glad it is only the 10th of June.” "Me too，” said Henry, "You wait--it'll be a bit hotter by the end of the month.” "Yes. Hotter--and more expensive. Dining tables will be 20 more expensive on June 30th，won't they，Henry?”
Henry looked hard at me for half a minute. There was a little smile in his two blue eyes. I gave his bill back to him. "If it isn't too much trouble，Henry，”I said，"Please add it up again. You can forget the date.”
I paid him 26. 50 and he was happy to get it. Why did Henry talk about weather when the writer was looking at the bill?
| A．Because it was a fine day indeed, |
| B．Because he wanted the writer to look at the bill carefully. |
| C．Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like. |
| D．Because he didn't want the writer to go through the bill carefully. |
Why did the writer say that dining tables would be 20 more expensive
by the end of June?
| A．Because he thought Henry would almost certainly add the date to the cost of the dining table. |
| B．Because it was difficult to make dining tables in hot weather. |
| C．Because paint would be more expensive. |
| D．Because the cost of wood would be more expensive. |
The writer thought Henry would ask for______if he made a dining table on the last day of June.
| A．26.50 | B．56. 50 | C．46.50 | D．20.00 |
Mr. Smith was in trouble those days．He drove a car for Mr. Black, a rich businessman．He worked hard and the shopkeeper liked him．But he couldn’t work when he drank too much．And once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge．Mr. Black became angry and was going to send him away．He had a big family and was afraid of it and promised（许诺）he would stop drinking at once．The man told him to wait to be dealt with（处置）．
One Monday morning Mr. Smith came into the office with badly burned ears．
“What happened to your ears?” asked Mr. Black．
“Well”, said the man．“I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing （熨）clothes．She had put the iron（熨斗）near the telephone before she went to cook supper．
Our team lost the game and I felt sorry for it．As soon as I went in the sitting-room ,the phone rang and I answered the iron !”
“And what happened to the other ear?”
“When I put the iron down the table ,the telephone rang again !”_____,so he almost drove the car into the river．
| A．Mr. Smith was not careful |
| B．Mr. Smith drank too much |
| C．Mr. Smith forget they were on the bridge |
| D．Mr. Smith couldn’t work in the morning |
Mr. Smith went to watch the football match_____．
| A．Monday | B．Tuesday | C．Saturday | D．Sunday |
We can guess ．
| A．Mr. Smith drank much after the match |
| B．Mr. Smith was very angry with his team |
| C．Mr. Smith didn’t drink those days |
| D．Mr. Smith watched the match those days |
The ______badly burned Mr. Smith’s ears．
| A．telephone | B．drinking | C．iron | D．irons |
What would happen to Mr. Smith ?
| A．He would go on driving for Mr. Black |
| B．He would join his football team |
| C．He would never watch any matches |
| D．Mr. Black would send him away |
Mr. Rock has some apple trees in his garden(花园). He looks after them carefully(细心). Now there are very good apples on the trees and Mr. Rock is happy.
This afternoon when he looks out of the window, he sees a boy in one of his apple trees. He is eating the nice apples!
Mr. Rock opens the window and shouts. “Hey! What are you doing there? Come down and go away, or I’ll go to see your father!”
“Dad！” the boy looks up and cries(叫道), “ Mr. Rock wants to see you!”Mr. Rock has some ___________ in his garden.
| A．pear trees | B．banana trees |
| C．apple trees | D．orange trees |
Mr. Rock is happy that _____________.
| A．his apples are very good |
| B．he has some trees |
| C．a boy is in the tree |
| D．he looks after the tree carefully |
The boy in the tree _____________.
| A．is looking at the apples |
| B．is looking after the apples |
| C．is looking for his father |
| D．is eating the apples |
Mr. Rock wants the boy __________.
| A．to see his father | B．to come down |
| C．eat the apples | D．to be in the tree |
Which is right?
| A．The boy is happy to see Mr. Rock. |
| B．The boy’s father is in the apple tree, too. |
| C．Mr. Rock knows the boy’s father is eating the apples. |
| D．The boy doesn’t like eating apples. |
It is a fine Saturday morning. Lily and Lucy get up at six thirty. They want to go to the Great Wall（长城） with their mother. At seven fifty they are in a big bus to the Great Wall. There are forty people in it. Some of them are Americans, some are English. There are two Chinese in the bus, too. One is a woman. She is driving the bus. The other is a young man. He’s now talking about the Great Wall in English. They are listening to him. At about nine o’clock, they get to the Great Wall.Lily and Lucy want to go to the Great Wall ____.
| A．on Saturday morning | B．on Sunday morning |
| C．in a fine day | D．in a cloudy morning |
There are ______ English people in the bus.
| A．forty | B．two | C．some | D．one |
The young Chinese man is _____.
| A．driving the bus | B．talking to the people |
| C．listening to him | D．doing nothing |
They get to the Great Wall at about ________.
| A．nine o’clock | B．seven fifty |
| C．ten o’clock | D．eight o’clock |
There are two _______ in the bus.
| A．Americans | B．English girls |
| C．Chinese | D．Chinese women |
Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience (耐力).
Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’ singing, but as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing. In fact, I hated it at that moment, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there at the top, can you see all of the nice things, just like in life.”
At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got new hope and confidence . I found myself standing at the top of the sky, which was as clear as crystal (水晶).The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was ________ for Father and Son.
| A．hard | B．enjoyable |
| C．painful | D．comfortable |
The word “quit” in the passage means “________”.
| A．carry on | B．put off |
| C．give up | D．pick up |
Which of the following is similar in meaning to the father’s words in the second paragraph?
| A．You will get all you need at the top of the mountain. |
| B．The sky is always as clear as crystal. |
| C．You can find life is full of nice things. |
| D．Never give up half-way. |
We can infer (推断) from the last paragraph that ________.
| A．the writer was very successful in his life |
| B．the writer didn’t reach the top of the mountain |
| C．though the writer was young, he could understand his father |
| D．the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain |
The best title for the passage is“________”.
| A．Reaching the Top of the Mountain |
| B．Enjoy the Beautiful Views |
| C．Conversations between Father and Son |
| D．Father and I |
If you want to order pizzas, you can ______.
| A．call at No. 348 | B．call at 65369877 |
| C．call at 28145588 | D．call at No. 67 |
What type of pizzas does Mr. Smith order?
| A．Hawaiian and Supreme. | B．Vegetarian and Supreme. |
| C．Supreme and coffee. | D．Hawaiian and Vegetarian. |
How long is the business time every day?
| A．3 hours. | B．8 hours. |
| C．14 hours. | D．15 hours. |
Where will the pizzas be delivered(送)?
| A．No. 348 Beijing Road. | B．No.67 Beijing Road. |
| C．No.67 Nanjing Road. | D．No. 348 Nanjing Road. |
What else does Mr. Smith order besides pizzas?
| A．Coffee. | B．Coke. | C．Orange. | D．Tea. |