Elsie Eiler is the head of Monowi， a tiny town in northern Nebraska， U．S．A．，and that isn't her only job． She is also the town secretary， the town treasurer， the librarian， and she works in the café．Why has she got a lot of different jobs？ Because there's nobody else to do them．
Monowi has got a population of one ﹣ Elsie．
Monowi is an unusual sight． There are about twelve old wooden houses there． They are all empty and are surrounded by a few trees， several old cars and lots of rubbish． The town is silent．An old yellow school bus， with no wheels or seats， stands next to the small school． The school closed 40 years ago．Opposite Elsie's café is an old building， filled with rubbish． It was a shop but it closed in the 1950s．
The busiest time for Monowi was in the 1930s．Then，the population was 150，and was made up of mostly farmers and their families．There was a railway too．However，the farmers couldn't compete（竞争）with the large industrialized（工业化的）farms， and left the town to look for other work． In 1971， the railway closed and the town began to die． Three years ago， the last people that lived there， except Elsie's family， moved away． Then， Elsie's husband died， and then her son and daughter left to find work in bigger towns， leaving Elsie the only person in the town．
（4）_______． Her food is good，her beer is cold，and farmers and truck drivers travel a long way to eat at her café．"One day Monowi will just be memories，and it will probably turn to dust，" she says．"But I like it， and as long as I can take care of myself， I will stay here．"
（1）What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us about Elsie Eiler？
A． She is the only person living in Monowi．
B． She has a good time living in Monowi．
C． She can do different kinds of jobs．
D． She will leave Monowi soon．
（2）Mostly and their families lived in Monowi in the 1930s．
A． railway workers
B． shopkeepers
C． truck drivers
D． farmers
（3）The article tells us about Monowi EXCEPT ．
A． what it looks like
B． whether there is train there
C． when people first lived there
D． why people started to leave it
（4）Which of the following can be filled in the blank in the last paragraph？
A． Elsie believes Monowi will have a bright future．
B． Now Elsie wishes her kids to return to Monowi．
C． Elsie will leave Monowi in a couple of years．
D． Now Elsie lives alone but she isn't lonely．
Jack went to a barber's shop and had his hair cut, but when he came out, he was not happy with the result(结果). When his friend Bob saw him, he laughed and said, "What has happened to your hair, Jack?"
Jack said, "I tried a new barber's shop today, because I wasn't quite satisfied with my old one, but this one seems even worse."
Bob agreed(同意). "Yes, I think you're right, Jack. Now I'll tell you what to do when you go into a barber's shop next time: look at all the barber's hair, find out whose hair looks worst, and then go straight to him."
"Why shall I go to him?" Jack asked. "But that would be foolish!"
"Oh, no, it wouldn't," answered Bob. "Who cut that man's hair? Just think it. He couldn't cut it himself, could he? Another of the barbers cut it. So you know he can't be the worst barber."When Jack went out of the barber's shop, he was not happy because ____.
| A．nobody had cut his hair |
| B．the barber hadn't cut his hair well |
| C．the barber had cut his hair carefully |
| D．he was not satisfied with his old barber |
"I tried a new barber's shop today." means ____.
| A．this barber's shop was a new one |
| B．this was the only barber's shop in this town |
| C．Jack often went to this barber's shop |
| D．Jack had not been to this barber's shop before |
After Jack had his hair cut, he thought ____.
| A．the new barber's shop was the best one |
| B．the old barber's shop wasn't so good as the new one |
| C．the new barber's shop was worse than the old one |
| D．the old barber's shop was the worst one |
Bob told Jack to find out which barber's hair looked the worst and then go straight to him. Why?
| A．Because he was certainly the best barber. |
| B．Because he was free all the time. |
| C．Because he was the worst barber. |
| D．Because he wasn't the worst barber. |
From the story we know that ____.
| A．it's foolish to have one's hair cut at a barber's shop |
| B．barbers cut each other's hair |
| C．barbers never have their hair cut |
| D．a barber always cuts his hair by himself |
Little Tom likes cartoons very much .When the cartoons begin on TV, he does nothing until they’ re over. Sometimes he’d rather wait for a long time and go to bed late. In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he will be late for school.
Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, as soon as he got up, he turned the television, but didn’t receive the programme. He had to have breakfast and then went to school. After school he ran home while his mother was cooking supper in the kitchen (厨房). He hurried to the sitting room and turned on the television again, but he couldn’t find the cartoon. He rushed into the kitchen and asked his mother to help.
“It’s only five now,” said the woman. “Your programme will be after supper.”
“Well, let’s have supper right now!”Tom goes to bed late sometimes, so______ .
| A．he’s late for school |
| B．he goes to school by bus |
| C．he can’t wake up himself in the morning |
| D．he has to go to school without breakfast |
Tom spends much time _____ when he is free.
| A．playing football |
| B．watching football matches on TV |
| C．doing his homework |
| D．watching cartoons on TV |
Tom _____,so he turned on the television after getting up this morning .
| A．thought he had some time left |
| B．didn’t know when the cartoon would begin |
| C．wanted to know the important news |
| D．hoped to watch TV play |
Tom was afraid _____, so he ran home.
| A．to miss the interesting cartoon |
| B．to miss the last bus |
| C．he would be hungry |
| D．he had little time to finish his homework |
Tom thought _____.
| A．supper should be ready |
| B．his mother’s watch was slow |
| C．the cartoon would be as soon as he finished supper |
| D．his mother cooked super too late |
电视已经走进了千家万户，是我们生活的重要组成部分。每个人都有自己最喜爱的电视节目。下面是五个人的描述，请根据他们的描述从A-F中为他们选择合适的电视节目。I am 73 years old. I often watch TV in my free time. Of all the programs, I like the news best. Through the TV, I can learn what is happening in our country and in the world. At seven every evening , I always sit in front of the TV.
I am a grandma. I like Chinese traditional opera. From Monday to Thursday, I usually turn on the TV at half past seven. The programs from CCTV7 are my best.
I am a basketball fan. I like playing basketball very much. But I am too busy. So I have to watch it on the TV. Every night, I watch the match till midnight.I am crazy about it , especially NBA
I am a housewife. I do the housework all day, I’d like to watch TV at night. I prefer to see soap operas like ‘palace”, “meteoric garden” and so on.Because they can make me feel relaxed.
I am the only son in the family. I am in Grade Five. I like cartoons best. I often watch cartoons on the TV after doing the homework.
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New York is one of the last large American cities to have some of its policemen on horseback. The New York police have 170 horses working in certain parts of the city. The horses are expensive to feed, but it is even more expensive to look after them. Because the horses must walk on the streets, they need special horseshoes. In fact , they need more than 8,000 of them each year. Every police horse in New York gets new shoes every month. Keeping these shoes in good repair is the job of six blacksmiths. There are only about thirty-five of these blacksmiths in the whole United States.
The cost of shoing a horse is between twenty dollars and thirty-five dollars, and it takes a good blacksmith two or three hours to do the job.
A blacksmith’s job is not an easy one. He must be able to shape a shoe from a piece of metal and then fit it to the horse’s foot. The blacksmith must bend over all the time when he is fitting the shoe and must hold the weight of the horse’s leg while he works. Clearly, a blacksmith must be very storng. But even more important, he must be able to deal with horses---for before the blacksmith can begin his work, he has to get the horse to lift its leg.
One of the blacksmiths in New York is James Corbin. He came to the country from Ireland in 1948. He not only makes horseshoes for the police but also works for a group of horse owners near the city. Corbin became interested in blacksmithing because his father did it, and,as the puts it, “It’s a good way to make a living.” According to the reading passage, a blacksmith must be likely a______ man.
| A．clever | B．rich | C．strong | D．lucky |
James Corbin became a blacksmith because he__________.
| A．was interested in horses | B．was needed by the policemen |
| C．drew a picture of the horseshoe | D．had a make a living |
In the reading passage “to shape a shoe” is to__________.
| A．fit it on the horse’s foot |
| B．use it for two or three hours |
| C．make the from of a horseshoe from a piece of metal |
| D．draw a picture of the shoe |
The best title for the passage is “__________”.
| A．Policemen on Horseback | B．Blacksmiths and Horseshoeing |
| C．James Corbin, a Blacksmith | D．Horseshoeing is a Good Way to Make a Living |
Which of the following is true?
| A．Only a few large American cities have some policemen on horseback. |
| B．New York is the only city in America to have some policemen on horseback. |
| C．Policemen on horseback enjoy travelling around the United States. |
| D．Policemen on horseback are less expensive than those in cars. |
Lisa never had the chance to know her father. He and her mother divorced when she was just a young child. Even though he didn’t move far, he never came to visit his children.
Lisa often wondered about her father. What did he looked like and what he was doing. All she knew was his name: Jeff White.
After Lisa grew up, she became a nurse at a hospital, where she would help provide medicine and comfort for patients in their final days. A few weeks ago, she receieved a new patient whose name was Jeff White.
When Jeff came into his room, Lisa asked him if he had any children. Jeff told her that he had two daughters, Lisa and Elly. Lisa couldn’t hold her tears back. She told him, “ I am Lisa, your daughter.”
Jeff embraced her, saying that he was not a good father. And the daghter held his hand and kissed him. Then Jeff began to sing This Magic Moment.
Jeff could have just weeks left to live, so Lisa wanted to make the most of the time she had with him. Lisa also brought her kids to the hospital to meet their grandfather. The kid made cards for him with the words, “ I love you.”
Forgiveness is also a kind of love.what happened to Lisa when she was young?
| A．Her father lost his job. |
| B．Her mother died. |
| C．Her family moved to another country. |
| D．Her father left the family. |
What did Lisa know about her father?
| A．Her father’s looks |
| B．Her mother’s name |
| C．Her father’s hobby |
| D．Her father’s job |
What does the underlined word “patient” mean in this passage?
| A．医生 | B．病人 | C．家属 | D．手术 |
From the passage we know that__________
| A．Lisa has a brother. |
| B．Lisa hates his father. |
| C．Lisa has a sister. |
| D．Lisa’s father hates her daughter. |
This passage mainly tells us that _______
| A．Kids should love their father. |
| B．The father should love his kids. |
| C．Forgiveness is also a kind of love. |
| D．Fathers shouldn’t leave their families. |