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One day Mrs Black visited her family doctor, Mr Dodd. Mr Dodd was an old funny man with a beard. “What’s the problem ?” the doctor asked her. “I am very worried about my son, Jake,” Mrs Black said, “I can’t stop him from betting. He spends all his money betting on horse races. And even worse he’ll bet on everything. It doesn’t matter what it is.” The doctor said, “I’ve saved many people from gambling before. Send him to me.”
The next day Mrs Black sent her son to see the doctor. While they were talking , the boy was looking at the doctor’s beard. Suddenly he said, “I bet you $ 50 that your beard is not a real one.” “Oh, no, ” the doctor said. “Can I pull your beard and find out ?” the boy said. The doctor thought this is a good way to teach him a lesson; so he said, “Ok, if my beard is real , you will have to pay me $ 50.” The boy pulled it and soon found out it was real. The doctor laughed.
Two days later the doctor telephoned Mrs Black, “I think I’ve saved your son.” He told her the story. But Mrs Black said, “You’re wrong. You’ve made him worse.” “How can that be ?” the doctor asked . “Before he went to see you, he bet me $ 100 that you would ask him to pull your beard !”
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。Why did Mrs Black ask Mr Dodd to help her ?
| A．Because Mr Dodd was Mrs Black’s friend. |
| B．Because Mr Dodd was a funny man. |
| C．Because Jake believed Mr Dodd. |
| D．Because Mr Dodd was Mrs Black’s family doctor. |
What’s wrong with Mrs Black ?
| A．She had a bad cold. |
| B．She worried about her son. |
| C．Mr black’s son had a fever. |
| D．She worried about her money. |
Which of the following sentences isTRUE?
| A．Jake was badly ill and had to see the doctor. |
| B．The writer tells us that children mustn’t bet on horse races. |
| C．Jake’s problem was that he liked betting too much. |
| D．The doctor himself liked gambling, too. |
Who got money in the story ?
| A．The boy and his mother. |
| B．Nobody except the doctor. |
| C．The doctor and Jake. |
| D．Nobody except Jake. |
Which is the best title for the story ?
| A．Doctors Are Clever | B．The Expensive Beard |
| C．Horse Races Are Bad | D．An Unusual Bet |
Halloween was first celebrated over two thousand years ago in Great Britain and Ireland. They celebrated the end of the harvest and beginning of winter with a festival called Samhain（萨温节）. People wore masks and costumes during their celebrations to honor or mimic(模仿) ghosts. After that, holidays were added and changed. November 2nd became All Saints' Day, to honor saints. November 1st became All Souls' Day, or All Hallows' Day, to remember those who had died. Some children may know that is a holiday celebrated in many parts of Mexico. This holiday falls on All Souls' Day. October 31st became All Hallow's Eve, or the evening before All Hallows' Day. The name became shortened to Halloween.
Since Halloween falls near the end of the harvest, many traditional foods are associated with （与……相关联）the fall season, including pumpkins, apples, popcorn, and nuts. Candy "corn" is a nod to the fall harvest as well. There are many symbols on Halloween, such as skeletons （骷髅）, ghosts, black cats, witches, and a full moon.
Today, people still dress up for Halloween. They also give out food to trick-or-treaters, who come to their doors. While many trick-or-treaters receive treats or snacks, some also collect money for charities. Charity is a group that does good things for some people. And Halloween might be a good opportunity to help a charity.
A.Wearing costumes and going trick-or-treating,
B. Bobbing for apples and carving jack-o-lanterns.
C. Eating Moon cakes.
A.In Great Britain and Ireland.
B. In America.
C. In England.
A. November 1st.
B. October 31st.
C.December 1st.
A.Popcorn and nuts B.Chicken C.Apples
A.Trick-or-treat.
B. Dressing up the tree.
C.Eating pumpkin pie.
One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of rice to town. Suddenly the bag fell off his horse on the road. He didn’t know what to do about it because it was too heavy for him to lift by himself. He only hoped that somebody would soon pass by and help him.
Just at this moment a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer was very disappointed when he saw who he was. It was the great man living nearby. The farmer had hoped to ask another farmer or a poor man like him.
But to his surprise, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came near. He said to the farmer, “I see you need help, friend. How good it is that I’m here just at the right time.” Then he took one end of the bag, the farmer took the other. They together lifted and put it on the horse.
“Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?”
“It’s quite easy,” the great man answered with a smile, “wherever you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him.”
A. His horse’s leg was hurt
B. The bag fell from his horse.
C. The farmer lost his bag.
A. the bag was broken
B. the farmer was too old
C. the bag was too heavy for him to lift
A.Because he thought the great man couldn’t help him.
B.Because he thought the great man could take away his bag.
C.Because he thought the great man couldn’t see him.
A. The great man.
B. Another farmer.
C. A poor man like him.
A. I’ll give some help if I know him or her.
B. I won’t give any help unless he or she pays me money.
C. I’ll volunteer to help him or her.
Survey: What were you scared of when you were a kid?
| I was scared of spiders but I didn’t let my friends know because all of them liked catching these spiders. I was terrified but I just acted cool. — Buding, still afraid of spiders |
| I was scared of the dark because I didn’t know if there was something scary inside the room. As a result, I always liked sleeping with my back facing the wall because it made me a little comfortable. — Gerard, not so afraid of the dark anymore, but still sleeps with his back facing the wall |
| Strange as it probably sounds, I was scared of shadows (影子). Not the shadows themselves, but what they formed (形成). Because I was near-sighted, the shadows I saw formed into the scariest things I saw in my mind. — Jean, no longer afraid of shadows |
| I was afraid of the old woman who lived alone right in front of us. Very large trees covered the front part of her small house. The few times I saw the old woman, it scared me because she looked like a witch (女巫). Once I was playing volleyball with my friends and the ball flew into her house. We all ran home quickly and decided that it was okay to lose the ball instead of seeing her come out of the house. — Mac, who has already moved to a different house |
A. the dark B. spiders C. shadows
A. with the light on
B. with his parents
C. with his back facing the wall
A. legs B. back C. eyes
A. by herself
B. with her daughter
C. with her husband
A. ran home quickly
B. asked her for it
C. broke into her house
Yan won the Nobel Prize for literature(文学) in 2012. He was also the first Chinese writer who got this prize in history. When he was interviewed, he said he was only a normal person who could tell stories. He especially thanked his mother. He thought his mother had a strong influence on him.
Mo Yan was born in a poor family in China’s rural area. When he was young, he was a little bit shy because he thought he wasn’t good-looking. His classmates often played jokes on his look. That made him very upset. His mother encouraged him to face the fact bravely. She told him not to look down on himself. She said it didn’t matter if a person didn’t have a good look. She hoped that his son would be a useful person in society.
Mo Yan didn’t let her mother down. He worked hard at writing. He wrote many famous novels, such as Hong Gao Liang and Wa. His success tells us a truth,“Nobody can beat you unless you beat yourself.”Hold on to your dream and your dream will come true in the end.No Chinese writer won the Nobel Prize for literature before Mo Yan.
Mo Yan thought of himself as the best writer in China.
Mo Yan's mother taught him how to write when he was young.
Mo Yan wrote two novels all his life.
We should learn never to give up from Mo Yan.
Sonia has a sports collection. She has ten tennis rackets, seven basketballs, four volleyballs and five soccer balls. She plays tennis every day and she is in the school tennis club.
Susan also has a sports collection. She has five baseballs, six volleyballs, three ping-pong bats and many ping-pong balls. Oh, she also has two soccer balls. But she doesn't play sports. She only watches them.
Sandy doesn't play sports, and she doesn't have any(任何的) balls.Sonia hasvolleyballs.
| A．4 | B．6 | C．10 | D．12 |
Sonia playsevery day.
| A．pi.ng-pong | B．tennis |
| C．baseball | D．soccer |
Susan doe.sn't have a .
| A．volleyball. | B．basketball |
| C．baseball | D．ping-pong ball |
has two soccer balls.
| A．Susan | B．Sonia |
| C．Sandy | D．Susan and Sonia |
Sandy hasball(s).
| A．5 | B．7 | C．0 | D．12 |