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　　John liked to wear his hair very long. Some of his friends thought that it looked like a girl's hair, but they never made jokes about it, because John was a big, strong young man, and he did not think jokes about his hair funny.

　　John always went to the barber's (理發(fā)店), twice a month to have his hair cut and washed, and one day the barber said to him, “Now why don't you let me cut most of this hair off and make your head tidy? Nobody would recognize (認(rèn)出) you if I did that, I'm sure.”

　　John said nothing for a few seconds, and then said, “Perhaps you are rightI am sure that nobody would recognize you either if you did that to my hair.”

1．John kept long hair because ________.

[　　]

A．John was a girl

B．the barber wouldn't like to cut it short

C．John liked it to be long

D．the hair grew too fast

2．His friends never made jokes about the hair because ________.

[　　]

A．the hair wasn't funny

B．John didn't like jokes about his hair and they were afraid of him

C．John was big and very strong

D．John liked his hair very much

3．A barber is a ________.

[　　]

A．man who makes clothes for people

B．shop where one's hair can be cut and washed

C．doctor who treats head sickness

D．person who cut man's hair

4．The barber advised (建議) John ________.

[　　]

A．to have his hair cut short

B．to cut off most of his hair

C．to be cut off his long hair

D．not to be recognized by his friends

5．John's answer was ________.

[　　]

A．right

B．a(chǎn) great joke

C．a(chǎn) threatening (威脅) to the barber

D．a(chǎn) great praise to the barber

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　　Daniel Williams became a doctor in Chicago in 1882. After graduation, he taught at North-West University's medical school. He was asked by the president (總統(tǒng)) of the United States, Grover Cleverland, to go to Washington D. C. to head the Freeman's Hospital. It was one of the few hospitals for blacks in the country.

　　He went back to Chicago to help set up Provident Hospital before it opened, Chicago's black doctors could not practise patients. Doctor Williams also helped to set up a training school in Chicago for black nurses.

　　In 1893 he operated on a man who was dying from a wound in the heart. Such a wound had always meant death. Without X-ray he opened the man's chest (胸) and saved his heart and the man remained alive for quite a long time.

1．According to the passage, he helped set up ________.

[　　]

A．Freeman's Hospital in Washington D. C.

B．Provident Hospital in Washington D. C.

C．a(chǎn) training school for black nurses

D．North-West University

2．The hospital he helped set up was greatly needed because ________.

[　　]

A．there were no doctors for blacks at that time

B．blacks got poor treatments in other hospital

C．black doctors had to treat patients at home

D．black doctors needed a hospital in which to train nurses

3．In the famous operation Dr. Williams ________.

[　　]

A．mended the patient's heart

B．changed the patient's heart

C．cut open that man's chest

D．mended the man's heart

4．The writer of this passage told us that a wound in one's heart was sure to die ________.

[　　]

A．by the end of the nineteenth century

B．a(chǎn)fter 1891

C．by the end of the eighteenth century

D．without X-ray

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　　Dan Robinson has been worried all week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Dan wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried any 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. Dan was most surprised when he heard the news, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Dan was a boy of fifteen!

1．Dan was worried because ________.

[　　]

A．he received a letter

B．the police wanted him

C．he went to the station yesterday

D．he didn't know why the police wanted him

2．Dan ________.

[　　]

A．had probably forgotten all about his bicycle

B．probably expected to find his bicycle again

C．probably expected to get a letter from the police

D．was probably sorry to learn that his bicycle had been found

3．Where was the bicycle picked up?

[　　]

4．Someone ________ it twenty years ago.

[　　]

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　　The cinema was in darkness when we went in and it was not easy making our way to our seats. The old man in front of us was luckier: he had a stick to help him find his way, like a blind man.

　　“It's very strange not to have any lights on before the film starts,” I said to my wife.

　　“And no music, either,” she said. “Well, perhaps they are economizing (節(jié)約)!”

　　We were in one of the rows nearest to the entrance. We heard other people pass by but we could not tell how big the cinema was. It seemed that the cinema did not get very crowded at the time of day.

　　“It must be two o'clock already,” my wife said. “Can you see your watch?”

　　My eyes had now been accustomed (適應(yīng)于) the darkness and by bringing my watch close to my eyes. I could just find out that there had been a change. The second of the two films started first. We were not interested in that one.

1．When the man and his wife got to the cinema they ________.

[　　]

A．couldn't find their seats

B．had not got seats

C．got lost in the dark

D．were in trouble in finding their seats

2．The old man in front of them used his stick in the cinema because ________.

[　　]

A．it was dark

B．he was blind

C．he was too old to find his seat

D．people were in his way

3．Perhaps there were no lights ________.

[　　]

A．because it was afternoon

B．to make the seats cheaper

C．because there was something wrong with the line

D．to save money

4．The man ________.

[　　]

A．could see the time easily

B．tried hard to see the time

C．could hardly see the time

D．just tried and succeded (成功) in seeing the time

5．The man and his wife wanted to see ________.

[　　]

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　　Our village carpenter (木匠), John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for the work.

　　My wife said to me quietly, “That is his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said, in a loud voice, “It's beautiful table, dear, isn't it?”

　　“I'll decide about that when I see the bill.” I said.

　　John laughed and gave me his bill for the work. I read:

　　One dinning table 10 November 1989

　　Cost (成本) of wood $ 17.00 Paint (油漆) $ 1.50

　　Work, 8 hours ($ 1 an hour) $ 8∶00 Total (合計(jì)) $ 36.50.

　　When I was looking at the bill, John said, “It's been a fine day, hasn't it? Quite sunny.”

　　“Yes,” I said, “I'm very glad it's only the 10th of November.”

　　“Me, too,” said John. “You waitit'll be a lot colder by the end of the month.”

　　“Yes. Colderand more expensive! Dining tables will be $ 20 more expensive on Nov. 30th, won't they, John?”

　　John looked hard at me for half a minute, was there a little smile in his two blue eyes. I gave his bill back to him.

　　“If it isn't too much trouble, John,” I said, “please add it up (加起來(lái)) again. You can forget the date ….”

　　I paid him $ 26.50 and he was happy to get it.

1．Why did John talk about the weather while the writer was looking at the bill?

[　　]

A．Because he didn't want the writer to go through (檢查) the bill carefully.

B．Because it was really a find day.

C．Because he wanted to talk with the writer.

D．Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like.

2．Why did the writer say that dining table would be $ 20 more expensive on Nov. 30th?

[　　]

A．Because it was difficult to make dining table in cold weather.

B．Because paint would be more expensive in November.

C．Because wood would be hard to buy in cold days.

D．Because he thought John would add the date to the cost of the dining table.

3．The writer thought John would ask for ________ if he made a dining table on the last day of November.

[　　]

4．From the story we know that ________.

[　　]

A．John made a mistake in the bill

B．John tried to get more money from the writer

C．John didn't write the bill until the writer came back

D．John got $ 10.00 more than what he should get

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　　In Mount Berry, Georgia, people find a group of schools built specially for mountain children. The schools and the mountain itself are both named after Martha Berry, a daughter of a Georgian mountaineer (山區(qū)人).

　　Martha Berry was born in 1866. Luckier than most Georgian children, she received an education, but she never forgot other children of the mountains, their parents couldn't send them to school. In 1902 Martha Berry started a school for these children. It was a small wood house and only five pupils came. Now, eighty years later, there are over ten Berry schools in the mountain-area (地區(qū)), with one thousand students in them.

　　Martha Berry in her later years received many honours (榮譽(yù)) for what she had done for the poor mountain children of Georgia, and in 1931 she was named one of the twelve most important women in the United States. She never stopped working for the mountain till her death in 1942.

1．Georgia is the name ________.

[　　]

A．of a mountain in the U. S. A.

B．of a school in the U. S. A.

C．of the mountain people in the U. S. A.

D．of a state in the U. S. A.

2．The Berry schools have a history of ________.

[　　]

A．half a century

B．a(chǎn)bout a quarter of a century

C．over three quarters of a century

D．a(chǎn) whole century

3．The first Berry school was founded ________.

[　　]

A．in 1900

B．in the city

C．in Martha's own house

D．by the efforts (努力) of Martha Berry

4．The Berry schools have expanded (擴(kuò)大) ________.

[　　]

5．Martha Berry was named one of the twelve most important women in the U. S. A. because ________.

[　　]

A．she had received many honours

B．she had never stopped working till her death

C．she had helped one of the poorest areas in the U. S. A.

D．she had helped some of the cities in the U. S. A.

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　　An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. “What's that strange building?”asked the visitor. “That's the Tower of London.” “I see. How long did it take to build it?” “About 500 years.” “In my country we can build it in five months,” said the visitor. A short time after that they came to St. Paul's Cathedral (大教堂). “Very interesting!” said the visitor. “How long did it take to build it?” “Nearly forty years,” said the Englishman. “In my country we can finish it in forty days,” said the visitor. This went on all day. They visited most of the best known buildings in the city. Every time they saw a new one, the visitor asked what it was and how long it took to build it, then he said that they could do the same thing much faster in his country. At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it. A few days later they came to the House of Parliament (議會(huì)大廈) and the visitor asked his usual question, “What's that?” The Englishman answered, “I've no idea. It wasn't there last night.”

1．The Englishman showed the foreign visitor around ________.

[　　]

A．the Tower of London

B．St. Pau's Cathedral

C．some famous buildings in London

D．the whole city of London

2．The visitor said that in his country it would take them ________ to build St. Paul's Cathedral.

[　　]

3．The Englishman's last answer showed he ________.

[　　]

A．was sorry that he hadn't seen the building before

B．could say nothing because he didn't know anything about it

C．was not happy and decided to give him a surprising answer

D．didn't know how to tell the visitor the name of the building

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　　Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench (長(zhǎng)凳). The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir,” said the poor man, “I am a failure. I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I'll sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said, “Tonight your dream will come true. I'll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month.”

　　A few days later, the rich man went by the poor man's room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “You see, when I'm down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I'm up there, in that big hotel. It's a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn't get any sleep at all.”

1．The poor man lived in ________ before he met the rich man.

[　　]

2．Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and ________.

[　　]

A．waited for the rich man

B．looked at the rich man's hotel

C．looked at the rich man's car

D．enjoyed the clean air

3．The poor man moved out of the hotel because ________.

[　　]

A．he didn't want to live in such a fine room

B．he didn't like the rich man

C．he couldn't pay for the room

D．he couldn't get any sleep at all there

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　　One day a lawyer's (律師) wife fell ill and the lawyer went to get a doctor. The doctor went to see the woman, but before he went into the house he stopped. He knew that the lawyer never paid his bill (賬單). So he said to the lawyer. “But if I cure (治愈) your wife, I am afraid you may not pay me.”

　　“Sir,” replied the lawyer, “here I have 500 dollars. Whether you cure my wife or whether you kill her, I will give you all this.”

　　The doctor was now sure of the payment (報(bào)酬) and went into the house. When he reached the woman's bedside, he knew at once that he could do little. She was badly ill, and though he gave her some medicine to take, she soon died.

　　He told the lawyer he was very sorry, and then asked for the money.

　　“Did you kill my wife?” asked the lawyer.

　　“Of course, I didn't.” said the doctor.

　　“Well, did you cure my wife?” asked the lawyer.

　　“I'm afraid that was impossible.” replied the doctor.

　　“Well then, since you neither killed her nor cured her, I have nothing to pay you.”

1．Before the doctor went into the lawyer's house, he stopped because ________.

[　　]

A．he knew well that it was impossible to cure the lawyer's wife

B．the lawyer was too poor to pay his bill

C．he was afraid that the lawyer would not pay him

D．he wanted to get five hundred dollars first

2．When the doctor reached the woman's bedside, he ________.

[　　]

A．found it impossible to cure her

B．did nothing for her

C．examined her carefully

D．gave her some bad medicine to kill her

3．The doctor was very sorry because ________.

[　　]

A．he killed the lawyer's wife

B．the lawyer paid nothing for his work

C．he didn't cure the lawyer's wife

D．he had asked for so much money

4．After the lawyer's wife died, the doctor ________.

[　　]

A．got nothing but the money for the medicine

B．got his pay as the lawyer had promised

C．got no money at all

D．did not dare (不敢) to ask for the money

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　　From a plane we can see the fields, cities, mountains or seas below. If we go into space, we see more and more of the earth. People and man-made satellites have been sent out into space to look at the earth carefully and people have learnt more about the earth in the last few years.

　　The sea looks very beautiful when the sun is shining on it. But it can be very terrible when there's strong wind. The sea is very big.

　　It nearly covers three quarters of the earth. The sea is also very deep in some places. There is one place and at that place the sea is about 11 kilometres deep. The highest mountain in the world is about 9 kilometres high. If that mountain was put into the sea at that place, there would be still 2 kilometres of water above it!

　　In most parts of the sea, there are many kinds of fishes and plants. Some live near the top of the sea. Others live deep down. There are also a lot of small living things, and lots of fishes live by eating them.

　　The sea can be very cold. When people go down, the sea becomes colder and colder. Only some men can go down into the deep sea. But, in 1970, five women scientists lived in the deep sea for fourteen days.

1．This passage is ________.

[　　]

2．The sea covers about ________ of the earth.

[　　]

3．________ are not mentioned in this passage.

[　　]

4．Which of the following is not true?

[　　]

A．The sea is usually beautiful when the sun is shining.

B．The sea is always very terrible when the wind blows hard.

C．The highest mountain is in the deepest place of the sea.

D．The deeper the people go into the sea, the cloder they will feel.

5．The last sentence “But, in 1970s, five women scientists lived in the deep sea for fourteen days” means that ________.

[　　]

A．women wanted to live in the deep sea for a long time

B．women could go deeper into the sea than men

C．women liked living in the deep sea better than men

D．women could do the same work as men