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  Sahil Saeed was taken by robbers armed with guns and grenades(手榴彈)who robbed the family, in the early hours on the last day of a short visit to see a sick grandmother in Jhelum, Punjab.The robbers tortured Raja Naqqash Saeed, 28, the child’s father, for five hours before demanding a £100,000 ransom that the family says it has no chance of raising the money.

  The boy’s mother, Akila Naqqash, 31, who did not join her husband on the trip, was waiting anxiously at the family’s home in Shaw, Oldham, for news.

  The big family in England share two neighbouring houses on a typical Oldham street.Mr Saeed is unemployed.His wife works at a nearby Iceland store.Mr Saeed was said to have been in a terrible state when he telephoned his brother in England yesterday to tell him of the attack.Sahil’s mother was told of the kidnap as she was serving breakfast to her daughters Anisha, 4, and Hafsah, 21 months.Her sister-in-law knocked on the front door at 7.45am and broke the news.“I just broke down and thought it cannot be true,” Ms Naqqash said.“I phoned my husband and he said it was.I just cried and cried.”

  Pakistani police suggested the robbers struck after the family opened the gates at their house when a taxi arrived to take them to the airport.Four men forced their way in and robbed the house, holding the family at gunpoint for some hours.The robbers stole cash and jewellery and kidnapped the child as they fled.The child speaks no Punjabi and may not be able to make himself understood.The kidnappers backed up their ransom demands with threats of harming the boy.His father said that he had been waiting by the phone but had not heard from the kidnappers since a deadline for payment of the ransom had passed.

  Shabaz Ahmed, a senior local police officer, said, “The robbers took away 150,000 rupees(£1,172)and some gold.When the family started crying, the robbers also took away the child.”

  Two people said to be “very close” to the armed raiders have been arrested, according to police in Pakistan, who told the BBC that they were now confident that Sahil would be found within 24 hours.Family in Oldham said they had been kept informed of the latest news from Islamabad but had been advised by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office not to comment on developments for the good of the child.

(1)

It can be inferred from the passage that _________.

[  ]

A.

Sahil Saeed was tortured for five hours before demanding a £100,000 ransom

B.

Police in England are sure to find Sahil within 24 hours

C.

Mr Saeed was said to have been in acrazy state when he was told the news

D.

The family where Anisha lives is worse off

(2)

Where did the kidnap happen?

[  ]

A.

Oldham

B.

Islamabad

C.

Iceland

D.

Jhelum

(3)

How many raiders carried out the robbery?

[  ]

A.

4

B.

5

C.

6

D.

unknown

(4)

According to the last paragraph, we know _________

[  ]

A.

Two people who were close to the crime scene have been arrested

B.

Sahil must be alive and can return home soon later

C.

No comment on the developments of the kidnap is good for Sahil

D.

The family will tell BBC the latest news from Islamabad

答案:1.D;2.D;3.A;4.C;
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  Mary did not understand such sentences as “She is blue Today”, “You are yellow”,“He has a green thumb (大拇指)”,“He has told a little white lie”and so on. And she went to her teacher for help.

  Mary : Mrs Smith, there is a colour in each of these sentences. What do they mean?

  Mrs Smith : In everyday English, Mary, blue sometimes means sad. Yellowafraid. A person with a green thumbgrows plants well. And a white lie is not a bad one.

  Mary : Would you give me an example for “a white lie”?

  Mrs Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cake. In fact you don't like it, but you won't say it. Instead, you say, “No, thanks. I'm not hungry.”That's a white lie.

  Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much.

1.Sometimes “yellow”means “afraid” in ________ English.

[  ]

A.correct
B.usual
C.spoken
D.written

2.The farmer doesn't have a green thumb, that is to say ________.

[  ]

A.he is not good at planting
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C.he should have a green thumb
D.he can't grow well like plants

3.John is ________ go to out alone at night. He's yellow!

[  ]

A.a(chǎn)fraid
B.brave
C.fear
D.frightening

4.Mary didn't want to tell me ________ of her serious illness.

[  ]She told me a white lie.

A.the cause
B.the reason
C.the truth
D.the news

5.If you fail to pass the exams, you'll be ________.

[  ]

A.yellow
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  In the United States, boys and girls start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school until they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they graduate from secondary school. Another name for secondary school is high school.

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[  ]

A.a(chǎn)t any time
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2.________ between secondary school and high school.

[  ]

A.There is no difference
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C.There is some difference
D.There is much difference

3.Most parents in the US ________ for their children's education.

[  ]

A.pay the school
B.pay nothing
C.pay little to the school
D.don't pay the school

4.Some students at a state university don't have to pay much money for their higher education because ________.

[  ]

A.tax money supports some colleges and universities

B.their parents live in that state

C.they earn money

D.their family are not rich

5.Students from poor families ________.

[  ]

A.stop studying after secondary school

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(1)

The author uses the example of the robot in space exploration to tell us ________.

[  ]

A.

the differences between robots and men

B.

the reason why men need to sleep

C.

about the need for robots to save power

D.

about the danger of men working at night

(2)

Evolution has programmed man to sleep at night chiefly to help him ________.

[  ]

A.

keep up a regular pattern of life

B.

prevent trouble that comes looking for him

C.

avoid danger and inefficient labour

D.

restore his bodily functions

(3)

According to the author, we cannot sleep well when we ________.

[  ]

A.

are worrying about our safety

B.

are overworked

C.

are in a tent

D.

are away from home

(4)

Cats sleep much more than horses do partly because cats ________.

[  ]

A.

need more time for restoration

B.

are unlikely to be attackers

C.

axe more active than homes when they are awake

D.

spend less time eating to get enough energy

(5)

Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?

[  ]

A.

Evolution has equipped all creatures with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking.

B.

The study of sleep is an important part of the evolutionary theory.

C.

Sleeping patterns must be taken into consideration in the designing of robots.

D.

The sleeping pattern of a living creature is determined by the food it eats.

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  Our boat floated on, between walls of forest too thick to allow us a view of the land we were passing through, though we knew from the map that our river must from time to time be passing through chains of hills which crossed the jungle plains.Nowhere did we find a place where we could have landed:where the jungle did not actually spread right down into the river, banks of soft mud prevented us going ashore.In any case, what would we have sailed by landing?The country was full of snakes and other dangerous creatures, and the jungle was so thick that one would be able to advance only slowly, cutting one’s way with knives the whole way.So we stayed in the boat, hoping we reached the sea, a friendly fisherman would pick us up and take us to civilization.

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(1)

What they could see in the boat was only ________.

[  ]

A.

high wall

B.

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vast land

D.

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They couldn’t land because ________.

[  ]

A.

the mud on the shore was too soft

B.

the forest was too thick to let them go through

C.

they could not find the mark on the map

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they could not find anyone to lead them out of the forest

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The passage infers that the forest was ________.

[  ]

A.

rich of fruits and animals to be served as food

B.

not very thick as they could advance slowly by cutting the branches

C.

full of various dangerous beings

D.

full of ancient trees

(4)

The most proper title for this passage might be ________.

[  ]

A.

Escape

B.

Scenes of a River

C.

How to Survive on a boat

D.

A New Experience

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  Our boat floated on, between walls of forest too thick to allow us a view of the land we were passing through, though we knew from the map that our river must from time to time be passing through chains of hills which crossed the jungle plains.Nowhere did we find a place where we could have landed:where the jungle did not actually spread right down into the river, banks of soft mud prevented us going ashore.In any case, what would we have sailed by landing?The country was full of snakes and other dangerous creatures, and the jungle was so thick that one would be able to advance only slowly, cutting one’s way with knives the whole way.So we stayed in the boat, hoping we reached the sea, a friendly fisherman would pick us up and take us to civilization.

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  One day we passed another village, but fortunately nobody saw us.We did not wish to risk being taken prisoners a second time:we might not be so lucky to escape in a stolen boat again.

(1)

What they could see in the boat was only ________.

[  ]

A.

high wall

B.

villagers from time to time

C.

vast land

D.

heavy woods

(2)

They couldn’t land because ________.

[  ]

A.

the mud on the shore was too soft

B.

the forest was too thick to let them go through

C.

they could not find the mark on the map

D.

they could not find anyone to lead them out of the forest.

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The passage infers that the forest was ________.

[  ]

A.

rich of fruits and animals to be served as food

B.

not very thick as they could advance slowly by cutting the branches

C.

full of various dangerous beings

D.

full of ancient trees

(4)

The most proper title for this passage might be ________.

[  ]

A.

Escape

B.

Scenes of a River

C.

How to Survive on a boat

D.

A New Experience

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