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　　It took George quite a while to find a parking place (停車場(chǎng)) for his car and in the end he had to leave it in a narrow street, some way from the dentist's (牙科診所). As he got out, he took a look at his watch: his appointment (約定) was at five and he still had twenty minutes to go. He crossed into the square (廣場(chǎng)) and sat down on a chair, partly to enjoy the last of the afternoon sun, but also to take a rest. He didn't like these visits to the dentist.

　　As he sat there, watching the children at play and listening to people talking to each other, he was surprised to see a red sports car like his own come out of the street from the parking place. The car ran fast and was soon lost to sight (視野) . George felt in his pockets for his keys: they were not there.

　　“ My car! ” he shouted, the voice made several people look at him. He got up and ran across the square, then down the narrow street. His car was not to be seen ---- but then he found it behind a large one. He was too pleased to find his keys, still in his car.

　　By the time he reached the dentist' s, it was already after five. “ I had a very strange story, ”he said to the dentist to explain (解釋) his lateness. “I thought my car had been stolen. ”“ It's quite all right, sir,” said the dentist. “ As a matter of fact I have only just got here myself. ”

1．George left his car ________.

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A．a(chǎn)t the end of the street

B．quite a long way from the dentist's

C．in the dentist's way

D．in a car park

2．In the square George ________ .

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A．took an interest in people around him

B．talked to some people

C．was busy looking for his keys

D．enjoyed his walking alone

3．When George saw a car like his own come out of the street, he ________.

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A．dropped his keys

B．was very pleased

C．was interested

D．was surprised

4．George' s car ________.

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A．was hidden from seeing

B．had been borrowed by the dentist

C．was damaged (損壞)

D．had been changed

5．When George got there the dentist ________.

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A．was not in a hurry

B．listened with great interest

C．had waited for him for a long time

D．had not waited long

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　　Now satellites are helping to forecast (預(yù)報(bào)) the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere (大氣), because this is where the weather forms (形成). They send these pictures to the weather station. So the scientists there can see the weather of any part of the world and tell how the weather will change.

　　Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries can receive satellite pictures. When they receive the new pictures, they compare (比較) them with the earlier ones. Perhaps they may find, that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, they can tell people about it.

　　So the weather satellites are of a great help to the scientists at the station. In the past they could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours earlier. Now they can make good forecast for 3 or 5 days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead.

1．The weather forms ________.

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A．in any part of the world

B．in the atmosphere

C．in space

D．on the ground

2．Changing clouds in the atmosphere means ________.

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A．it is a rainy day

B．it is a windy day

C．the weather will change

D．it is a sunny day

3．Without satellites, scientists could forecast the weather for ________ ahead.

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A．a(chǎn) week or more

B．one or two days

C．3 or 5 days

D．two weeks

4．The main idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in ________.

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A．taking pictures of the atmosphere

B．many ways

C．receiving pictures of the atmosphere

D．weather forecasting

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　　Roast (燒烤) is very famous in Brazil (巴西). Customers (顧客) just sit, waiting for waiters to send them all kinds of meat. If you like, you take one; if you don't, the waiters pass you. If you don't give any messages (信息) of stopping sending, they will go on.

　　One day when I was in Brazil, I went to a restaurant to try the roast. After I took my seat, the waiter gave me a sign (牌子) with the colour “red” on one side and “green” on the other. I said “thank you”, then the waiters began to serve me. My plate was already full, but the waiters still kept on serving me more. I thought I had to eat more quickly. But to my surprise, the waiters still kept on serving more. Then a waiter found out the reason. He helped me turn the sign over, with red outside. When I finished, I found the waiter didn't serve me, just passed me. If I didn' t call them, they didn't take a look at me. Do you know why? It's just like the traffic lights in the street. How wonderful!

1．The waiters gave me a sign ________.

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A．a(chǎn)fter I went into the restaurant

B．when I sat down

C．when I tried the food

D．when my plate was full

2．When I began the meal, the colour red was ________.

[　　]

A．inside

B．outside

C．not seen

D．not on the sign

3．How did the waiter know you wanted food?

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A．Put the “green” side outside.

B．Take the sign away.

C．Put the “red” side outside.

D．Keep the waiters away.

4．Why didn't the waiters serve me? Because ________.

[　　]

A．I didn't call them

B．I didn't want more

C．the “red” was outside

D．they didn't like me

5.Which is the best title of his passage?

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A．How angry I was!

B．The sign.

C．Enjoy toast.

D．The traffic lights on the table.

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　　A man and his wife had a small restaurant near a station. The restaurant often stayed open until after midnight, because people came to drink and have meals while they were waiting for trains.

　　At two o'clock one morning, a farmer was still sitting at a table there. He was asleep. The wife of the owner of the restaurant was very sleepy and wanted to go to bed. She looked at the farmer several times and waited for him to wake and go, but each time she looked at the farmer, he was still there sleeping. Then at last she went to her husband and said to him, “You have waken him six times now, but why haven't you sent him away? It's very late.”

　　“Oh, no. I don' t want to send him away,” answered her husband.“You see, whenever I wake him up, he asks for his bill (帳單), and when I give him the bill, he pays it and then goes to sleep again.”

1．Who was the owner of the small restaurant?

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A．The farmer.

B．The wife.

C．The husband.

D．Both the men and the wife.

2．Why did people come to drink in the restaurant after midnight?

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A．Because they liked the restaurant.

B．Because it was near the station and people could eat there while waiting for trains.

C．Because it was cheap to eat there.

D．Because you could sleep there after meal.

3．Why was the farmer asleep at a table?

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A．Because he had missed the train.

B．Because he was too tired.

C．Because he was drunk.

D．The story does not tell us.

4．The wife wanted to send the farmer away because ________.

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A．she was sleepy and wanted to go to bed

B．she didn't like him

C．she wanted to clean the table

D．she wanted the farmer to pay more

5.The husband didn't want to send the farmer away because each time he woke him up, he could get ________ money from him.

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　　Basket is still a young game. It's over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college (學(xué)院) was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn't play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights time to time.

　　Some of the teachers at the college asked Dr Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play at. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors, and the court (院子) was not very large.

　　Dr Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score, the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet above the floor on the wall. At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That's how the game got its name.

1．The students felt unhappy because ________.

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2．Who asked Dr Naismith to invent a new game?

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3．Which of the following is not true?

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A．When the students played this game, they needed to kick the ball.

B．When the students played this game, they needed to run and jump.

C．When the students played this game, they needed to pass the ball.

D．When the students played the game, they needed to throw the ball.

4．When a student threw a ball into a basket, ________.

[　　]

5．The game got its name from ________.

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A．the ball itself

B．the basket itself

C．both the basket and the ball

D．neither the basket nor the ball

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　　Mr and Mrs Jones seldom (很少) go out in the evening, but last Saturday, Mrs Jones said to her husband, “There is a good film at the cinema tonight. Can you go and see it?” Mr Jones was quite happy about it, so they went, and both of them enjoyed the film.

　　They came out of the cinema at 11 o'clock, got into their car and began driving home. It was quite dark. Then Mrs Jones said, “Look, Bill. A woman is running along the road very fast, and a man's running after her. Can you see them?” Mr Jones said, “Yes, I can.” He drove the car slowly near the woman and said to her, “Can we help you?”

　　“No, thank you,” the woman said, but she didn't stop running. “My husband and I always run home after the cinema, and the last washes the dishes (餐具) at home!”

1．Mr and Mrs Jones went out to see a good film ________.

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2．The Jones went back ________.

[　　]

3．When did the film end?

[　　]

4．________ ran home after the film.

[　　]

5．They ran home as quickly as possible because ________.

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A．both of them enjoyed washing dishes

B．one of them was afraid of falling behind

C．they wanted to catch up with Jones' car

D．neither of them enjoyed doing the housework

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　　Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long long ago, there were only a few thousand people in the world. These people moved from place to place. They moved over the land, hunting (捕獵) animals for food.

　　No one knows how or where these people learned to grow food. But when they did, their lives changed. They did not have to look for food any longer. They could stay in one place and grow it.

　　People began to live near one another. And so the first villages grew. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big.

　　When machines came along, life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities grew very big.

　　Today, some people are moving back to small towns. This is strange, isn't it?

1．Long long ago, there were ________ people in the world.

[　　]

2．Before villages began, people ________.

[　　]

3．People didn't have to move from one place to another after ________.

[　　]

A．factories were built

B．machines came along

C．more and more villages grew into cities

D．life in the villages changed

4．The cities grew very big because ________.

[　　]

A．more and more people came to work in the factories and lived around

B．villages needed more people

C．more and more villages grew into cities

D．life in the villages changed

5．Some people are moving back to small towns possibly because ________.

[　　]

A．the cities are growing smaller

B．the cities do not need them

C．they like to live in quieter places

D．they don't like their friends in big cities

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　　Nearly two hundred years ago, in France, two brothers stood watching smoke rise in the air. “If we put some of that smoke in a big bag, perhaps the bag would rise,” said one. “Yes,” said the other. “And if the bag were big enough, it might even lift us right up into the air, too.”

　　The boys built a huge bag of paper and cloth. Underneath (在……下面) it they made a fire. Soon the bag began to fill out into a great round ball. It was the first balloon (氣球) in the world.

　　“We were right,” shouted the boys. “A bag of smoke will rise!” But they found out later that it was not the smoke that made the balloon go up. It was the hot air from the fire.

1．The balloon talked about in the story was made ________.

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2．The boys thought about making a balloon by watching ________.

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3．The boys' balloon was made of ________.

[　　]

4．At first, the boys thought their balloon went up because of the ________.

[　　]

5．The boys' balloon really went up because ________.

[　　]

A．the hot air from the fire made it rise

B．it was in France

C．the smoke made it rise

D．it was a big balloon

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Sam and Tom are twins. They are in the same clothes. I don't know them. Look! I think Sam is there. But I am wrong. He is Tom. Sam is not fine today. He can not go to school. He is at home. His mother can look after him. We go to the classroom together (一起).

1．Tom and Sam are ________.

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2．Today Sam is ________.

[　　]

3．________ are at school now.

[　　]

4．________ can look after Sam at home.

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5．Which of these is right? ________.

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A．The twins are in different clothes.

B．Today I can see Sam at school.

C．Sam is not OK today.

D．Tom's mother can look after me.

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I am a middle school student. My name is Tom. My good friend is Jack. We are in the same grade of the same school. But we are in different classes. I'm in Class One. He's in Class Four. We go to school and go home together. We go to school at seven o'clock in the morning. And we go home at five o'clock in the afternoon. Now it's four o'clock in the afternoon. We must go and play games.

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1．Tom and Jack are ________.

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2．They're in the same ________.

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3．Jack is in Class ________.

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4．They ________ together.

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5．They go and play games at ________ o'clock.

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