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| Long ago, people in Rome (罗马) talked to one another in Latin (拉丁文). Pupils in school learned to read and write in Latin. Books are in Latin. Some Romans (罗马人) went to other parts of the world. They took their language with them. Soon Latin was used in many countries. It became a world language. People in other countries did not talk in Latin the same way. In each land, they changed the language a little. As time went by, they made more changes. At last they did not talk in Latin any more. New languages had come from the old one. People do not talk to one another in Latin today. But they still use many Latin words. You do, too. Street, wall, city, and salt are some of the Latin words we use. You are a pupil in school. Pupil is a Latin word. It means "little doll". |
| 1. Latin was used by people in _____. |
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| A. Rome B. the United States C. Greece (希腊) D. Texas |
| 2. The word in the story that means what people speak and write is ______. |
| 3. The story says, "People do not talk to each other in Latin today. But they still use many Latin words," The word "they" means ______. |
| 4. Which of the following does this story lead you to believe? |
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| A. It is not good to change a language. B. Pupils in schools today play with dolls. C. Not many people can read Latin today. |
| 5. What happened to Latin when it was taken to other countries? (which sentence is exactly like the one in your book?) |
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| A. In each land, people talked about each other. B. In each land, they changed the language a little. C. In each land, the children had to speak some Latin. |
| 6. The main idea of the whole story is that ______. |
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| A. Romans did not like to stay home B. people in old Rome talked a lot to each other. C. Latin changed as it moved from land to land. |
| 阅读理解。 |
| A Leg Walking Right Here are some signs + - x..., the signs are very different. They mean very different things. When you see them, you know what to do. This sign + means that you will add some numerals. This sign-means that you will take one numeral away from another. You will subtract (减去). What will you do when you see x and...? Our signs are easy to read. They are easy signs to remember. Look at these two signs….The ancient Egyptians used these signs. A picture of a leg walking to the left told them to add some numerals. A picture of a leg walking to the right told them to subtract. In the 1500s people used this printed (印刷的) sign & to add numerals. After a while the sign began to look like this... Later, the sign became +. How much is 2...2? |
| 1. What do you do when you see this sign +? |
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| A. Walk away B. Write a numeral C. Read a sign D. Add |
| 2. The word in the story that means to take one numeral away from another is _____. |
| 3. The story says, "Our signs are easy to read. They are easy signs to remember".The word "they" means _____. |
| 4. Which of the following does this story lead to believe? |
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| A. Egyptians could not add numerals together B. All Egyptians had two left legs. C. Our signs are not hard to understand |
| 5. What did the sign to add numerals begin to look like (which sentence is exactly like the one in your book)? |
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| A. After a while, the sign began to look like this... B. After a while, the sign began to look like this +. C. After a while, the sign began to look like this &. |
| 6. The main idea of the whole story is that _____. |
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| A. the signs for adding and subtracting have changed B. People could not write in the 1500s C. the old signs were good for Egyptians but not for us |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Mexico's neighbours are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico is Spanish. This makes Mexico the world's largest Spanish-speaking country. Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7349 feet high (2240 metres). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population, of Mexico City grows bigger every day. About thirty million people live there. It has more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo. Mexico also has its specialities. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize, avocados, tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous for its cactus (仙人掌) plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country. |
| 1. Mexico is ____ the USA. |
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| A. on the south of B. on the north of C. a part of D. as large as |
| 2. Mexicans speak ____. |
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| A. English C. French B. Spanish D. Latin (拉丁语) |
| 3. Which of the following is NOT true? |
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| A. Mexico City is the capital of Mexico. B. The population of Mexico City is 30,000,000. C. Tokyo is one of the cities with the largest population. D. Mexico City is the highest city in the world. |
| 4. Tomatoes were originally (最初) grown in _____. |
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| A. America B. Spain C. Tokyo D. Mexico |
| 5. The best title (题目) of the passage is ___. |
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| A. Mexico City B. Mexico's plants C. Mexico D. Mexico's population |
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| A Trip to the Forest One day Bob took two of his friends in-to the mountains. They put up their tents (帐篷) 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 start-ed 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 hap-pen 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! |
| 1. John and his two friends went to the forest to ____. |
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| A. build their camp B. find their way home C. enjoy the mountains in the snow D. watch the trees in the forest |
| 2. They could not find their way back be-cause ____. |
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| 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 |
| 3. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to ____. |
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| A. John's house B. the camp C. the forest D. the mountains |
| 4. The horses stopped because____. |
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| 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 |
| 5. The story happened ____. |
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| 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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| 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. |
| 1. The two farmers were _____. |
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| A. going home B. going to the field C. going to work D. going to see their friend |
| 2. The two farmers _____ on that day. |
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| A. had a holiday B. didn't work C. worked hard D. wanted to quarrel with each other |
| 3. When there are black block clouds in the sky, _____. |
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| A. it will rain soon B. it will be fine C. it will get hot D. the sun is shining brightly |
| 4. The two farmers fought in words because _____. |
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| 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 |
| 5. The third farmer came with and said to the other two. He _____. |
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| 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 |
| 6. How many farmers said that the rain would be helpful? _____. |
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| A. None B. One C. Two D. Three |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Ali, who was working a long way from home wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night. At last he found the house of a letter writer whose name was Nasreddin. Nasreddin was already in bed. It is late, he said. What do you want? I want you to write a letter to my wife, said Ali, Nasreddin was not pleased. He thought for a few seconds and then said, Has the letter got to go far? What does that matter? answered Ali. Well, my writing is so strange that only I can read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of money. Ali went away quickly. |
| 1. Ali wanted to ____ to his wife. |
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| A. get something B. have a letter written C. bring a flower D. say good-bye |
| 2. At last he found the house of ____. |
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| A.a writer B.a seller C.an old man D.a letter-writer |
| 3. When Ali told what he wanted to do Nasreddin was ____. |
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| A.not pleased B.pleased C.excited D.angry |
| 4. Nasreddin said that his writing was ____. |
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| A.easy for anyone to read B.strange for anyone to read C. too strange for anyone to write D.difficult for anyone to read |
| 5. This story tells us ____. |
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| A.not to ask anybody for help B.not to trouble others at night C.not to ask for help without money D.not to trust others |
| 阅读理解。 |
| An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles. My money has finished and my friends have gone, said the young man. What will happen to me now? Don't worry, young man, answered Nasreddin. Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier. The young man was very glad. Am I going to get rich again then? He asked Nasreddin. No, I didn't mean that, said the old man. I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends. |
| 1. An old man died and left his son ______. |
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| A.nothing B.some gold C.much money D.only a house |
| 2. When the son was ______, he went to see Nasreddin. |
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| A.short of money B.quite poor and sick C.in trouble D.quite poor and alone |
| 3. The young man was very glad because Nasreddin said that ______. |
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| A.he would become rich again B.he would soon feel much happier C.he would become clever D.he would have more friends |
| 4.Nasreddin meant the young man ______. |
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| A.would get rich again B. would get used to having nothing C.would get used to being in trouble D.would get out of poorness |
| 5. What this story tells us is ______. |
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| A.that money is everything B.that money makes the mare go C.to save each penny D.that misfortune tests the sincerity of friends |
| 阅读理解。 |
| A man was travelling abroad in a small red car. One day he left the car and went shopping. When he came back, its roof was badly damaged. Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it. The man did not believe them, but they took him to a circus which was near there. The owner of the elephant said, I am very sorry! My elephant has a big, round, red chair. He thought that your car was his chair, and he sat on it! Then he gave the man a letter, in which he said that he was sorry and that he would pay for all the damage. When the man got back to his own country, the customs officers would not believe his story. They said, You sold your new car while you were abroad and bought this old one! It was only when the man showed them the letter from the circus man that believed him. |
| 1.A man was travelling abroad ______. |
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| A.in a big bus B.in a green jeep C.in a red car D.in a red taxi |
| 2.The car was damaged because ______. |
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| A.there was a traffic accident B.the circus man broke it C.it rushed into a shop D.the elephant sat on it |
| 3.The circus man said that ______. |
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| A.he would pay for part of the damage B.he would pay for all of the damage C.he wouldn't pay for the damage D.he would buy a new car |
| 4.When the man got back to his country, the customs officers ______. |
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| A.would check his new car B.only checked his car C.searched him D.wouldn't believe what he had said, |
| 5.It was only ______ that made the officers believe him. |
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| A.the letter from the circus man B.a newspaper from the country C.the certificate of his D.the letter from the government |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Nasreddin was cutting a branch off a tree in his garden. While he was sawing, another man passed in the street. He stopped and said, "Excuse me, but if you continue to see that brancd like that, you will fall down with it." He said this because Nasreddin was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk of the tree. Nasreddin said nothing. He thought, "This is some foolish person who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do." The man continued on his way. Of course, after a few minutes. The branch fell and Nasreddin fell with it. "My God!" he cried. "That man knows the future !" and he ran after him to ask how long he was going to live. But the man had gone. |
| 1.One day Nasreddin was cutting a branch ______ a tree in his garden. |
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| A.on B.in C.at D.off |
| 2.While Nasreddin was sawing, another man ______. |
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| A.told him to stop working B.told him he would fall down C.would borrow something from him D.would help him saw that branch |
| 3.After the man went away, Nasreddin thought that ______. |
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| A.that was a silly fellow B.that was a wise person C.that was a proud person D.that fellow cheated him |
| 4.What happened to Nasreddin after a few minutes? |
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| A.The brancd fell. B.Nasreddin fell down to the ground. C.Nasreddin was hurt himself. D.Both A and B. |
| 5.This story is about ______. |
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| A.a foolish man B.a wise man C.cutting a tree D.the necessity of taking good advice |
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| It was half-past eight in the morning. The telephone bell rang and Mary went to answer it. It's me-Peter. Hello, who's that? she asked. Peter was a friend of Mary's eight-year-old brother, Johnny. Oh hello, Peter. What do you want? said Mary. Can I speak to Johnny? No, said Mary, you can't speak to him now. He is busy. He is getting ready for school. He is eating his breakfast. Grandmother is combing his hair. Sister is under the table, putting his shoes on. Mother is getting his books and putting them in his school bag. Goodbye, I've got to go now. I have to hold the door open. The school bus is coming. |
| 1.Who went to answer it when the teltphone bell rang? |
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| A.Johnny's sister B.Peter C.Johnny D.Johnny's mother |
| 2.Whom did Peter want to speak to? |
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| A.Mary's brother B.Mary's sister C.Mary's grandmother D.Johnny's mother |
| 3.Johnny couldn't speak to Peter because Johnny ______. |
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| A.was combing his hair B.was putting his shoes on C.was getting his books D.was busy eating his hreakfast |
| 4.How do you say to a stranger who is answering your telephone? |
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| A.Who are you? B.Anything to say? C.Who is it? D.Please |
| 5.From this story we know that Johnny was _____. |
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| A.a lazy boy B.a clever boy C.a busy boy D.a hungry boy |
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| Nasreddin put two big baskets of grapes on his donkey and went to market. At midday it was very hot, so he stopped in the shade of a big tree. There were several other men there, and all of them had donkeys of grapes too. After their lunch they went to sleep. After some time, Nasreddin began to take grapes out of the other men's baskets and to put them in his basket. Suddenly one of the men woke up and saw him. What are you doing? he said angrily. Oh, said Nasreddin, don't worry about me. I am half mad, and I do a lot of strange things. Oh, really? said the other man. Then why don't you sometimes take grapes out of your baskets and put them in somebody else's baskets? You did not understand me, said Nasreddin.I said that I was half mad, not quite mad. |
| 1.Nasreddin went to market ______. |
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| A. to sell his donkey B. to buy something C. to sell his grapes D. to find a job |
| 2.Nasreddin stopped ______. |
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| A.under a big tree B.near a big tree C.around a big tree D.in a big tree |
| 3.As Nasreddin was taking away the other men's grapes one of the men ______. |
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| A.pretended not to see him B.saw him and got angry C.woke his fellows up D.came at him |
| 4.Nasreddin said that he did a lot of strange things because ______. |
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| A.he was clever B.he was quite mad C.he was foolish D.he was half mad |
| 5.In this story Nasreddin was ______. |
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| A.a selfish man B.a strange man C.a friendly man D.a foolish man |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Nasreddin woke up in the middle of the night and saw something white in his garden. It seemed to be moving towards the house. That is a thief (小偷)! He thought, and he took his gun and shot (开枪) at him. Then he went back to bed, because he was too frightened (害怕) to go out of the house in the dark. The next morning Nasreddin went out and saw one of his white shirts hanging on the clothes-line in the garden, his wife had washed it the day before and hung it out to dry. Now it had a bullet-hole right through middle of it. My God, said Nasreddin, I was lucky last night. If I had been wearing that shirt, the bullet would have killed me! And he called his neighbours together and asked them to thank God for saving him. |
| 1.At midnight Nasreddin saw _____ in his garden. |
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| A.something strange B.a thief C.something white D.a ghost |
| 2.Nasreddin was so frightened that he _____. |
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| A.cried out for help B.dared not go out of the house C.dared not stay in his house D.couldn't say a word |
| 3. The next morning Nasreddin found _____. |
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| A.his wife in the garden B.the clothes-line C. the thief dead D.a bullet-hole through the white shirt |
| 4.Nasreddin said that if he had been wearing that shirt _____. |
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| A.he would be killed B.he would die C.he would have killed D.he would have been killed |
| 5.He called his neighbors together in order to _____. |
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| A.make a speech B.tell the story C.thank God D.thank them |
| 阅读理解。 |
| A judge was working in his room one day when a neighbour ran in and said, If one man's cow kills another's, is the owner of the first cow responsible? It depends, answered the judge. Well, said the man, your cow has killed mine. Oh, answered the judge. Everyone knows that a cow cannot think like a man, so a cow is not responsible, and that means that its owner is not responsible either. I am sorry, Judge, said the man. I made a mistake. I meant that my cow killed yours. The judge thought for a few seconds and then said, When I think about it more carefully, this case is not as easy as I thought at first. And then he turned to his clerk and said, Please bring me that big blackbook from the shelf behind you. |
| 1.The neighbour asked the judge ______. |
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| A.whether the first cow was responsible B.whether the owner of the first cow was responsible C.whether both cows were responsible D.whether both the owners were responsible |
| 2.When the neighbour reported that the judge's cow had killed his, the judge answered that ______. |
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| A.a cow was reponsible B. its owner was not responsible C.neither a cow nor its owner was responsible D.his cow was responsible |
| 3.When the neighbour heard this, he told the judge that ______. |
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| A.there was nothing happened B. his cow had been killed C.it was his cow that had killed the judge's D.both cows had been killed |
| 4.When the judge heard that his cow had died, he ______. |
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| A.got angry B.said nothing C.put his neighbor into prison D.changed what he had said at first |
| 5.In this story the judge was ______. |
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| A. a clever judge B.a humorist C.unfair D.foolish |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Uncle Wang works in a book shop in the middle of the city. The shop is not far from his home. It is about one kilometre away. So Uncle Wang seldom (很少) goes to work by bus. He usually goes there by bike, sometimes on foot. It takes (花费) him twenty minutes to get there by bike and forty minutes on foot. Today his bike is broken. He wants to walk there. Now he is having breakfast. He leaves home at ten minutes to eight and he walks to work twenty minutes earlier. His work starts at half past eight in the morning and finishes at a quarter to five in the afternoon. |
| 1. What does Uncle Wang do? |
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| A. He sells books. B. He grows flowers. C. He makes shoes. D. He works in a hospital. |
| 2. Why does he seldom go to work by bus? Because . |
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| A. there is no bus B. his shop is not far from his home C. he likes riding a bike D. his shop isn't in the middle of the city |
| 3. How long does it take him to walk to his book shop? |
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| A. Twenty minutes B. Forty minutes C. Ten minutes D. Half an hour |
| 4. What time does he usually leave home by bike? |
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| A. At ten minutes to eight B. At half past eight C. At ten minutes past eight D. At twenty minutes past eight |
| 5. He usually gets back home from work at in the afternoon. |
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| A. 4:45 B. 5:15 C. 4:55 D. 5:05 |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Sandwich was an Englishman. He lived in the 18th century (世纪). Sandwich was rich (有钱的), but he liked to play cards (纸牌) for money. He often played for 24 hours, and didn't even stop to have his meals. He ordered (命令) his servants (仆人) to bring him some meat and bread. He put the meat between (在两者 之间) the two pieces of bread and held the food in his left hand while he played cards with his right hand. People liked Sandwich's idea, and from then on they ate bread and meat as Sandwich did. From the name of the man, Sandwich, we have the word of the food sandwich today. |
| 1. Sandwich was the . |
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| A. name of a servant B. name of a man with a lot of money C. poor man who lived on playing cards D. name of food which was liked by the rich |
| 2. Sandwich . |
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| A. was so interested (兴趣) in playing cards that he often had no time to have his meals B. often brought some bread with him to play cards C. never ate anything when he played cards D. had no money to play cards with at last |
| 3. People liked Sandwich's idea because . |
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| A. bread, together with meat was cheap B. he always won when he played cards C. they liked Sandwich himself D. when they ate with one of their hands they could do something with the other |
| 4. Today, sandwich is . |
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| A. also a name of a rich man B. two pieces of bread with meat in between C. not interested in playing cards D. not liked by most of the people |
| 5. As food, sandwich . |
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| A. is usually made of (用...制做) bread and chicken B. sometimes smells (闻) good, but sometimes not C. is made of bread and meat D. is easy for us to play |