In China, many people are leaving the countryside to find jobs in the cities, because the countryside is much poorer than the city, and often there isn’t much work there. Services such as hospital and transport are usually much better in the city than in the countryside. They hope that their lives will improve when they move to the city.
① But in the big cities of Europe like London or Paris, people are moving out of the city. These rich families want to live a quieter life. They are tired of (厌倦) the noise and the dirt of the city, and they are tired of the crowded streets, crowded trains and buses. They don’t want to live in the cities any more. They want a house with a garden in the countryside, and breathe the fresh air there. ②
So they move out of the cities. Some don’t go very far, just a little way out of the city, to the towns near the cities. Other people move to the real countryside with sheep, cows and green fields. There, they start new lives and try to make new friends.
③ After two or three years, many people who have done this feel that it was a big mistake. They don’t make so much money and there isn’t much work to do. People in the countryside are very different and aren’t always very friendly. ④
So quite a lot of people who have moved to the countryside move back to the city. “It’s wonderful to see crowds in the streets and cinema lights.” they say.Which is NOT the reason for people moving to the cities in China?
| A．The countryside is much poorer than the city. |
| B．People in the countryside have nothing to eat. |
| C．People in the countryside don’t have much work to do. |
| D．Services in cities are better than those in the countryside. |
Some rich families in Europe move to the countryside because______.
| A．they hope to find good jobs |
| B．they are tired of living in the city |
| C．they can make more money |
| D．they like to feed sheep and cows |
Where should the sentence “Not all those who move from the city to the countryside are happy.” be put?
| A．① | B．② | C．③ | D．④ |
This passage mainly talks about ______.
| A．a happy life in the countryside |
| B．living in the city |
| C．moving out or moving back |
| D．living in the countryside |
It had been snowing very hard for days. Jigs and Reads had nothing to eat for a day. They know that things weren’t right at home. So yesterday morning they wanted to go out. Bob helped them get out through a window, because the snow was so deep outside that he couldn’t open the door. Last night, they didn’t come back. Bob said to himself, “They are only five months old. This weather will kill them.” But just then Bob heard them calling him. He looked out and could not believe ----they were drawing a big hare through the snow. They dropped it through the window into Bob’s hands. A hare(野兔) for dinner. Jigs and Reads in the story were _________.
| A．Bob’s children | B．dogs | C．hares | D．neighbours |
They know that things weren’t right at home. It means that they know _______.
| A．Bob had no food to give them | B．Bob could open the door |
| C．it wasn’t very cold outside. | D．they were too young to eat anything |
Finally, Jigs and Reads returned with a big _________.
| A．fox | B．dog | C．hare | D．pig |
.The story says that Jigs and Reads ____________.
| A．wanted out to play with rain | B．asked to look for money outside |
| C．ate much more than Bob did | D．were a great help to Bob |
. Choose the right order according to the story.
①They caught a hare in the snow.
②They went out and stayed outside for the night.
③They brought the hare home.
④They felt hungry and wanted to find food.
| A．4321 | B．1432 | C．4213 | D．2413 |
Nasreddin woke up in the middle of the night and saw something white in his garden. It seemed to be moving towards the house.
That is a thief(小偷)! He thought, and he took his gun and shot(开枪) at him. Then he went back to bed, because he was too frightened害怕) to go out of the house in the dark.
The next morning Nasreddin went out and saw one of his white shirts hanging on the clothes-line in the garden, his wife had washed it the day before and hung it out to dry. Now it had a bullet- hole right through middle of it.
My God, said Nasreddin, I was lucky last night. If I had been wearing that shirt, the bullet would have killed me! And he called his neighbours together and asked them to thank God for saving him.. At midnight, Nasreddin saw _____in his garden.
| A．something strange | B．a thief | C．something white | D．a ghost |
. Nasreddin was so frightened that he ______.
| A．cried out for help | B．dared(敢)not go out of the house |
| C．dared not stay in his house | D．couldn't say a word |
The next morning Nasreddin found________ .
| A．his wife in the garden | B．the clothes-line |
| C．the thief dead | D．a bullet-hole through the white shirt |
.Nasreddin was a _______ man.
| A．kind | B．cheerful | C．foolish | D．clever |
He called his neighbors together in order to_______.
| A．make a speech | B．tell the story | C．thank God | D．thank them |
An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course , when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.
‘My money has finished and my friends have gone’, said the young man. ‘What will happen to me now?’ ‘Don't worry, young man’, answered Nasreddin. ‘Everything will soon be all right again. Wait , and you will soon feel much happier.’
The young man was very glad. ‘Am I going to get rich again then?’ He asked Nasreddin.
‘No, I didn't mean that’, said the old man. ‘I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends.’An old man died and left his son_______.
| A．nothing | B．some gold | C．much money | D．only a house |
When the son was ________, he went to see Nasreddin.
| A．short of money | B．quite poor and sick |
| C．in trouble | D．quite poor and alone |
The young man was very glad because Nasreddin said that________.
| A．he would become rich again | B．he would soon feel much happier |
| C．he would become clever | D．he would have more friends |
.Nasreddin meant the young man______.
| A．would get rich again | B．would get used to having nothing |
| C．would get used to being unhappy | D．would get out of poorness |
What this story tells us is________.
| A．that money is everything |
| B．that money makes the mare go |
| C．to save each penny |
| D．that misfortune(不幸) tests the sincerity of friends |
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