One day when Jack was walking in the park, he saw a woman he knew sitting on a bench(长椅)with a dog beside her. The dog was looking up at the woman.
Jack walked up to the woman and said, “Hello. Sue, how are you? May I sit and talk with you for a while?”
“Of course, please sit down,” Sue said.
Jack sat down next to Sue on the bench, and they talked quietly together. The dog continued to look up at Sue, as if waiting to be fed.
“That's a nice dog.” Jack said, pointing(指向)at the animal.
“Yes, he's handsome. He's a bit of a mixture,(混合) but that's not a bad thing. He's strong and healthy.”
“And hungry.” Jack said. “He hasn't taken his eyes off you. He thinks you've got some food for him.”
“That's true,” Sue said, “But I haven’t.”
The two friends laughed and then Jack said, “Does your dog bite?”
“No,” Sue said. “He's never bitten anyone. He's always gentle and good-tempered(好脾气).”
Hearing this, Jack decided to pet the dog. He put out his hand and touched the animal's head. Immediately it
jumped up and bit him.
“Hey!” Jack shouted. “You said he didn't bite.”
“No, I didn't.”Sue replied. “You asked if my dog bit, and I said no.”What did Jack do when he saw the woman? _________.
A.He walked past her. | B.He asked to sit next to her. |
C.He spoke angrily to her. | D.He spoke to her dog. |
The dog looked_________.
A.angrily at Jack | B.sick |
C.as if he would bite Sue | D.hungry |
Jack thought that the dog _________.
A.was ill | B.belonged to(属于) Sue |
C.was terrible | D.belonged in a zoo |
The underlined word “pet” should be ________in Chinese.
A.宠物 | B.喜欢 | C.敲打 | D.抚摸 |
From the story, we can know________.
A.Jack and Sue talked about the same dog |
B.Jack knew the owner of the dog in the park, but Sue didn’t. |
C.Jack wasn’t bitten by the dog in the park. |
D.Sue has a gentle dog. |
Everyone would like to be remembered. A few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do. These people sometimes have their names recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled(用浆划)a bathtub(浴缸)145 kilometers for 24 hours. This group had 13 members. They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford, Great Britain on May 28 and 29, 1983. A month later, a racing team of hospital bed pushers in Avon ,Great Britain, pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes! However, the distance record for hospital bed pushing is still held by the men of Brunt field Bedding Center. This team from Edinburgh pushed a hospital bed 5,203 kilometers in 1979. It took the team 35 days to cover the distance.
Another group of record makers held the highest dinner party in the world. Nine people from Sydney, Australia, climbed Mountain Huascaran on June 28 1989.The climbers carried a dinner table, chairs, and a meal up the mountain .When they reached the top, they all put on warm suits for dinner.
People all over the world are trying hard to do something unusual to make a record. It should be understood; however, that now not all the records will be kept in the Guinness Book of Records.According to the passage, what record was made near Ashford in May, 1983?
A.A record for paddling a bathtub. |
B.A record for climbing a mountain. |
C.A record for pushing a hospital bed. |
D.A record for swimming across a river. |
What was unusual about the highest dinner party held by the nine people in the passage?
A.The people who held the dinner party all came from Sydney. |
B.Only nine people held the highest dinner party. |
C.They had a meal on the mountain. |
D.They carried a dinner table and chairs up the mountain to hold the dinner party. |
Which of the following show the right order(顺序)of what happened in the passage?
a. A group of 13 members paddled a bathtub on a river near Ashford.
b. A team from Edinburgh made a distance record for hospital bed pushing.
c. A group of nine people from Sydney had a dinner party on the top of Mountain Huascaran.
d. A racing team pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes in Avon.
A.a-b-c-d | B.d-b-c-a | C.a-d-b-c | D.b-a-d-c |
Which of the following is mentioned(提及)in the passage?
A.Hospital bed pushing was a popular sport in Edinburgh. |
B.People living in Ashford usually used a bathtub to carry things. |
C.Two different records for hospital bed pushing were given. |
D.Hospital bed pushing was held twice a year in Avon, Great Britain. |
Shen Hao was born in 1964. He was the former first secretary of Party branch(原党支部第一书记)of Xiaogang Village, Fengyang County, Anhui Province. He died on November 6, 2009. From 2004 to 2009, he had done many good things for villagers. For the development of Xiaogang Village he had made great contributions. So he was respected by all the villagers.
During the six years, he repaired the village roads, built a building for a number of villagers. He rented a house in the village and thought about how to get the villagers to get rich all day. Even in the New Year, he still got together with his villagers. At last, under his leadership, Xiaogang Village was out of poverty. Now the villagers are leading a rich life.
He is a very filial(孝顺的)son, but he had almost no time to get together with his over 90 year-old mother. But she never complained. His wife works in the bank and she is very busy. They both have little time to look after their daughter.
Although he did not do what he should do to his mother, wife and daughter, all the villagers will remember their good secretary forever.Why was Shen Hao respected by all the villagers?
A.Because he repaired roads. |
B.Because he built a building for some people. |
C.Because he is a filial man. |
D.Because he has made great contributions for the development of Xiaogang Village |
What did Shen Hao think about all day?
A.He thought about how to mend the road. |
B.He thought about how to build houses. |
C.He thought about how to make the village rich. |
D.He thought about how to get together with his family. |
The underlined word “poverty” means________ in Chinese.
A.贫乏 | B.贫穷 | C.虚弱 | D.贫瘠 |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Shen Hao was only 45 years old when he died. |
B.Shen Hao spent much time in taking care of his daughter. |
C.Shen Hao helped the villagers a lot. |
D.Now in Xiaogang Village, people are leading a rich life. |
A poem
You meet me or not Still there I am standing Not sad not happy You miss me or not Still there my emotions(感情) Not coming not leaving ________①_______ Still there my love Not less not more |
You follow me or not Still there my hands in yours Not abandoning (抛弃) Coming into my arms Or Let me stay in your heart Quietly in love ___②___in peace |
The underlined word “yours” means ___________.
A.your hands | B.your heart | C.your emotions | D.your love |
The missing sentence in ① is ___________.
A.You love me | B.I love you |
C.You love me or not | D.I love you or not |
The missing word in ② is ________.
A.Sad | B.Sadly | C.Happy | D.Happily |
Sandy and Sue usually get up early every day, but today it is a ______.
It is a _____ to nine. Sandy and Sue usually go to school in the morning,
but this morning they are ______to the park Sandy and Sue usually go to bed early at night,
but_____ they are playing a game.Miss Williams is _____ her car to school.
Suddenly, she _____."That’s funny,” she says."What’s the ______?"Mr Crisp asks.
"Look!” Miss Williams says.” A flat tyre."Monday mornings are usually terrible.
Father always gets up late and he’s always _____ ______ _____.On Friday Miss Jones always gives Sandy his piano lesson
Sandy doesn’t like it ______ ______!Here is the weather _______ for tomorrow.
It’s going to _____ in the North and it’s going to rain in the South. Never _____, children.
We can go to the cinema______.What are you doing, dad?
I’m _____this clock.Is it nearly _____now, Jim?
No, Betty. I can’t ______ all these pieces _______!
There are four girls. They go to school by car every day. Their parents drive them all to school.
One day, after the girls arrive at school, Angie says, “Let’s go to class an hour late. I don’t want to take the math test today.” The other three girls think it is a good idea, because they all don’t want to take the test. Angie says, “But our teacher will be angry if we come late. So we need a good excuse(借口).” “Oh, that’s easy,” says Susan. “ We just tell the teacher that my mother’s car has a flat tire(轮胎坏了). So we are late.” All the girls think it is a good excuse. When the girls arrive at the classroom an hour later, the math test is over. The teacher is very angry. “Why are you late?” asks the teacher. Susan says, “My mother’s car has a flat tire and we have to wait for her to repair it.” Then the teacher says, “Sit down, girls. Take out a piece of paper and a pen. Write down which tire is fault(出故障) on the paper.” The four girls look at each other and they don’t know what to write.
根据短文内容,判断下列句子正误,正确写T,错误写F。The four girls go to school by bus.
Only Angie doesn’t want to take the math test.
One day, the four girls were late because their mother’s car had a flat tire.
When the four girls arrived at the classroom, the math test was over.
.The math teacher is very clever.