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An old engineer went suddenly blind. She promised a doctor a lot of money if he could make her see again. “If you fail,” she said, “you’ll get nothing.” The doctor agreed.
The doctor soon discovered what was wrong with her, but he decided not to cure her right away. Instead each time he visited, he secretly took some of her things. When he had taken away everything, he wanted to cure her blindness and asked for the money.
Now the old woman could see again, she noticed that all her things had gone and she refused to pay the money. So the doctor took her before a judge.
“What the doctor said is true,” she said to the judge. “But I say I was not well cured, because I still can’t see any of the things in my house.”
The old woman won the case and the doctor went away unhappily without getting his pay.
What did the engineer promise the doctor if he failed to make her see again?

A．A lot of money

B．Half of the money

C．No money

D．A little money

The underlined word “discovered” in paragraph 2 means _______.

A．found

B．caught

C．heard

D．covered

What can you infer from the story?

A．The old engineer lived alone

B．The old engineer lived with a servant.

C．The old engineer lived with her children.

D．The old engineer lived with a judge.

What’s the result of the case?

A．The engineer failed

B．The doctor failed to get the pay.

C．The doctor returned the things

D．The old engineer forgot her promise.

. What kind of person was the old engineer?

A．She was foolish.

B．She was kind.

C．She was clever

D．She was polite.

Is there something strange high up in the world’s tallest mountains? If so, is it a big bear? Is it a monkey? Or is it a kind of man?
No one knows this mystery（谜）has puzzled the world for years.
In 1887, a mountain climber found large footprints（脚印）in the snow. They looked like the footprints of a very large man. But men don’t walk without shoes in the snow!
In 1906, another climber saw more than footprints. Far off, he saw a very large animal standing on two legs. When he watched, it ran very quickly.
Fifteen years later, newspaper had new stories about the “something”. A mountain climber said he had seen the “Snowman” walk slowly across the snow, far below him. He said it looked like a very large man.
From then on, more and more people had stories to tell. But not until 1951 did a mountain climber bring back pictures of large footprints. The pictures showed clearly that the Snowman walked on two legs. So it was not a bear or a monkey? Could it be an ape man? The mystery grew! And the mystery keeps growing. Somebody we may find out just what it is that makes the large footprints.
The passage is about _________.

A．some mountain climbers	B．some strange animals
C．some large footprints	D．the mystery of the Snowman

Why were people interested in the footprints?

A．They were footprints of a large bear.

B．They looked like the footprints of a large man.

C．People found them in the snow.

D．People found them in the world’s tallest mountains.

A mountain climber took the pictures of large footprints in_______.

A．1887

B．1906

C．1921

D．1951

Why did the mystery grow when a mountain climber brought back pictures of large footprints?

A．They were footprints of an ape man.

B．They were footprints of a Snowman.

C．The pictures showed clearly how the Snowman walked.

D．The pictures showed clearly how an ape man walked on two legs.

Since a mountain climber first found the large footprints in the snow, the mystery of the Snowman has puzzled the world for over _______years.

A．one hundred and ten

B．ninety-five

C．eighty

D．fifty

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A Trip to the Forest
One day Bob took two of his friends into the mountains. They put up their tents and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.
In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp（营地）, it started to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?
Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather!
It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they?
None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!
John and his two friends went to the forest to ________.

A．build their camp

B．find their way home

C．enjoy the mountains in the snow

D．watch the trees in the forest

They could not find their way back because ________.

A．there was only one road to their camp

B．they couldn’t decide which of the two roads led to their tents

C．there were no roads in the mountains at all

D．everything was covered by the white snow

It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to _______.

A．John’s house

B．the camp

C．the forest

D．the mountains

The horses stopped because _______.

A．it was getting late

B．they were tired after running for a long way

C．they knew that they had got to the camp

D．they had seen John’s house

The story happened _______.

A．on a cold winter day

B．on a dark snowy evening

C．in a cold camp far from villages

D．at night when nothing could be seen

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Quick Work
Ted Robinson has been worried all the week.Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police.In the letter he was asked to call at the station.Ted wondered why he was wanted by the police,but he went to the station yesterday and he is not worried at more.
At the station,he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found.Five days ago,the policeman told him,the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away.It is now being sent to his home by train.
Ted was most surprised when he heard the news.He was amused (感到有趣），too,because he never expected (指望）the bicycle to be found.It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen.
Answer the questions:
What happened last Tuesday?

What was he told at the station?

What are the police doing with the bicycle?

Why was he surprised and amused?

How old was Ted when his bicycle was stolen?

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Two farmers were on their way home one evening after a hard day's work. Both were tired. They happened to look up at the sky and saw a black cloud overhead.
"Ah!" said one farmer, "tomorrow we shall have rain and the rice will grow well." The second answered, "Nonsense (胡说), the rain will only kill the crops (庄稼)."
So they began to quarrel (争吵). Just then a third farmer came along and asked them why they were quarreling. Both farmers explained about the black cloud.
"What cloud?" asked the third farmer. They all looked at the sky. The cloud was no longer there.
The two farmers were _____.

A．going home	B．going to the field
C．going to work	D．going to see their friend

The two farmers _____ on that day.

A．had a holiday	B．didn't work
C．worked hard	D．wanted to quarrel with each other

When there are black block clouds in the sky, _____.

A．it will rain soon	B．it will be fine
C．it will get hot	D．the sun is shining brightly

The two farmers fought in words because _____.

A．they were hungry

B．it rained

C．one said the rain would do good to the crops and the other didn't think so

D．they both hoped for rain

The third farmer came with and said to the other two. He _____.

A．wanted to make friends with them

B．joined them in the quarrel

C．wanted to know why they were quarreling

D．had nothings to do

How many farmers said that the rain would be helpful? _____.

A．None

B．One

C．Two

D．Three

A．the librarian	B．Josie Jones
C．Alison Lester	D．Susan Chan

A．Alison Lester	B．Bob Graham
C．Simon James	D．Sheena Knowles

A．22nd, January.	B．23rd, January.
C．24th, January.	D．25th, February.