On February 9th, 2013, Sarah Darling was walking along the street when she met a homeless man named Billy Ray Harris. She reached into her change purse, emptied out all the coins she had and gave them to the homeless man. Neither of them realized that this small generous act would change their lives. 
Sarah didn’t realize that she had given Billy not only all her change but also her diamond ring that she had put in her change purse earlier until the following morning. She and her husband, Bill Krejci, rushed to see if they could find Billy. The homeless man was not only in the same place, he also immediately returned the ring. The grateful couple paid him back for his honesty by emptying out their pockets of all the money they had.
Bob Krejci, a web designer, felt that he needed to do something more for this amazingly honest man. So on February 18th, he set up a special page to raise money for him. In just four days, Billy received over $85,000 and there seems to be no end yet.
That is not enough. Billy is living with a person who is generous instead of living in the streets. And that’s not all—Thanks to the news report, he got together again with his older brother, Edwin Harris who he had been unable to find for 27 years.
All the good luck is just because Billy did the right thing—returning something that did not belong to him.When did Sarah realize that she had also given Billy her diamond ring?
| A．On February 9th, 2013 | B．On February 10th, 2013 |
| C．On February 18th, 2013 | D．On February 22nd 2013 |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Billy is living with a generous person.
Billy has found his brother.
Billy bought a diamond ring.
Billy appeared in the news reportThe underlined word “That” in Paragraph 4 refers to(指代) “________”.
| A．returning the ring | B．setting up a page |
| C．living in the streets | D．receiving money |
What’s the best title of the passage ?
| A．Generous Woman Changed Her Own Life |
| B．Kind Man Set Up Special Page |
| C．Homeless Man Returned Diamond Ring |
| D．Many People Donated Much Money |
In many English homes people eat four meals a day. They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge(粥) eggs or bread and drink tea or coffee at breakfast. Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soup, then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After they eat some other things, like bananas, apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very simple.Many English people have ______ meals a day.
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
People may have _______ for their breakfast according to the passage.
| A．tea and eggs | B．hamburgers and tea |
| C．coffee and salad | D．eggs and fish |
People have lunch at _______.
| A．any time | B．nine | C．five | D．one |
People don’t have _______ for their dinner.
| A．bananas and apples | B．soup and meat | C．meat and fish | D．porridge |
Most Englishmen have dinner ________.
| A．at one | B．at any time | C．at noon | D．in the evening |
Tony and Anna are brother and sister. They are Americans. Tony likes sports very much. He can play soccer, basketball and volleyball. Anna likes music(音乐) very much. She can't play ball games. But they both(两者都) like playing on computers.
They like eggs, bread and milk for breakfast. For lunch, Anna likes eating vegetables and fruit, but Tony likes chicken and fish(鱼). They both like hamburgers. But they don' like ice cream or dessert.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。(10分)Anna is Tony’s _____ and they are _____.
| A．sister; Chinese | B．sister; Americans |
| C．friend; Americans | D．Friends; Chinese |
Tony likes ______ and he can play ______.
| A．sports; tennis | B．music; basketball |
| C．sports; volleyball | D．music; tennis |
Tony and Anna both like _____.
| A．vegetables | B．soccer | C．playing on computers | D．music |
For breakfast, they like _____.
| A．eggs, bread and milk | B．vegetables and fruit |
| C．chicken and fish | D．chicken and milk |
They don’t like _____ or _____.
| A．ice cream; vegetables | B．ice cream; dessert |
| C．hamburgers; dessert | D．Fish ; ice cream |
Miss Li is a teacher. She teaches in a middle school. She gets up at half past five in the morning. She has breakfast at 6:00.After that she goes to school by bike. She gets there very early. She cleans her desks and chairs for other teachers. Classes begin at 8:00.She and the other teachers work hard. She goes home at 4:00 in the afternoon. Then she does some housework .After dinner she reads books and goes over the students’ homework. She goes to bed at about ten.Miss Li works _______
| A．in a shop | B．in a middle school | C．on farm | D．in a factory ' |
She get up at _______ in the morning..
| A．5:l0 | B．5:20 | C．5:30 | D．5:45 |
She goes to work_______.
A .late B at night C. earlyD. on footShe does some housework ______
| A．at 4:30 | B．before 4:40 | C．after 4:00 | D．in the morning |
After supper she ____.
| A．reads books | B．goes over the students' homework |
| C．both A and B | D．watches TV |
Four girls were at the same school. They were good friends, so they often studied and played together. They went to school every day by taxi.
One day one of the girls said, “There is a test this morning. Let’s go to school late. Then we won’t have to take the test.” “What can we tell the teacher?” One of the girls said. “He’ll be angry. We’ll need a good excuse.”
The girls thought for several moments, then one of them said, “Let’s tell him that our taxi had a flat tire(爆胎).” “That’s a good idea,” the other girls said. “We’ll tell him that.”
They arrived at school an hour later. The test was finished.
“Why are you late?” the teacher asked. “You miss the test.” “Our taxi had a flat tire,” one of the girls said.
The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, “Sit down, one of you in each corner of the room.” The four girls did this. Then the teacher said, “Write the answer to this question on a piece of paper: Which tire was flat?”The four girls went to school every day by ________.
| A．bus | B．taxi | C．subway | D．bike |
One day the four girls got to school late because they ________.
| A．didn’t like their teacher | B．got up late in the morning |
| C．didn’t want to take the test | D．had an accident on the road |
What’s the meaning of the word “excuse” in Chinese?
| A．对不起 | B．请假 | C．借口 | D．请示 |
The teacher asked the four girls to sit down like Picture ________.
| A． | B． | C． | D． |
The passage implies(暗示) that ________.
| A．the teacher was always angry with his students |
| B．the teacher would get the same answer to the question from the four girls |
| C．the four girls always have good ideas |
| D．the teacher was strict with his students |
Except for a few times, Americans are not big present-givers. There’s no exchange of presents among business people, and if one American tries to give another a present, it may look like that he wants to bribe (贿赂) him. Americans have learned that in some other countries people like to give presents to others, but among ourselves we don’t see the need for presents.
Even friends may never exchange presents. When I go to foreign countries, I try to bring back little things for close friends, but nobody would feel unhappy if I didn’t. I don’t often remember a friend’ s birthday, and few people outside of my family remember mine. If someone gave me presents too often, I’d get unpleasant. But a present from a foreigner — that kind from his or her homeland — won’t go wrong, except to government employees (政府职员) who can’t be given presents.
You usually open a present at once and in front of the person who gives it except Christmas and birthday presents. You should only say, ‘It’s so nice. Thanks…’when you get Christmas or birthday presents.
You may want to bring a bottle of wine (葡萄酒) or flowers to a dinner party, but you’re never asked to. Nobody will mind if you bring wine, but your friend may not use it that evening.
At Christmas we often give presents to our family and sometimes our friends. We also give presents to people who have been helpful during the year like doormen, babysitters, housecleaners , newspaper senders — anyone who has often helped us.What do the underlined words ‘close friends’ mean in the passage?
| A．The friends who are very kind. |
| B．The friends who live close to each other. |
| C．The friends who were once classmates. |
| D．The friends who you like most. |
What kind of presents don’t Americans usually open in front of the givers?
| A．The small presents |
| B．Christmas or birthday presents. |
| C．The expensive presents. |
| D．The presents for dinner party. |
Why do Americans also give presents to housecleaners at Christmas?
| A．To pay them. |
| B．To help them. |
| C．To thank them. |
| D．To make them work harder. |
Which of the following do you think is right?
| A．American business people don’t want presents because they are rich enough. |
| B．The writer of this passage must be an American. |
| C．Everyone must give presents to one’s family and friends at Christmas. |
| D．Government employees can get little presents from a foreigner. |
What is the main idea of the passage?
| A．Present-giving in the United States. |
| B．Customs (习俗) in the United States. |
| C．American people and present-giving. |
| D．When and how to give presents. |