Dear Disney,      Last weekend, the four members of my family spent an enjoyable holiday at the Magic Kingdom - Disneyland. And one event made our visit seem truly magical. We got to the front of the line at Space Mountain, only to find out that our little daughter Gloria couldn't take her ice-cream on the ride. We were so excited that we all forgot ice-cream was not allowed on the ride.    Gloria broke into tears and we all had no idea what to do. Then Murphy, one of the staff(員工) members, came over. She bent down and told Gloria that she would hold the ice-cream for her and give it to her when she finished the ride. Gloria said, "Promise?" Then she gave Murphy her ice-cream, and she completely enjoyed the ride.      Sure enough, as we walked out the exit, there was Gloria's new friend with "her" ice-cream. Now you and I both know what happened, because we know that an ice-cream won't last twenty minutes on a summer afternoon in Florida. Murphy knew' what time we would get off the ride; she went to the nearest shop and bought a brand-new ice-cream thirty seconds before we walked out the exit. Gloria said, "Thank you," but I'm sure she thought it was the same ice-cream.       We know that someone tried hard to make our visit special. Thanks so much for going above and beyond! Your fan, Carmen Rivera

1.The family's visit to the Magic Kingdom was ________.

      A) helpful       -   B) awful             C) frightening         D) amazing

2.Before the ride, Gloria cried because _________.

      A) she couldn't find her parents in the line

B) she was too little to take the ride

      C) she couldn't take her ice-cream on the ride

D) she had to wait for twenty minutes

3.Murphy was waiting for Gloria ___________ after the ride.

      A) in the ice-cream shop                      B) at the exit

      C) in the front of the line                      D) at the entrance

4.In order to keep the promise, Murphy __________.

      A) took Gloria to the nearest shop

B) asked her new friend to help Gloria

      C) helped Gloria get off the ride

D) bought a new ice-cream for Gloria

5.The underlined word "someone" in the last paragraph refers to (指的是) _________.

     A) Murphy           B) Disney             C) Gloria             D) Carmen

6.Carmen Rivera wrote the letter to __________.

     A) order ice-creams                          B) promise to visit again

     C) express her thanks                        D) give some suggestions

 

Sally was a student in a small town. It was going to her mother’s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not e       1.  .

She went s     2.  after a quick and simple lunch. After she looked for about forty minutes, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas, and she d   

      3.   to take a black one. She thought, “Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of  a       4.  color.” So she bought a lovely black umbrella and took it to school with her until her classfinished. On her way home on the train she felt h   

 5.. So she went to the buffet car (餐車(chē)). She left the umbrellaon her s    6. . But when she returned, it had gone. Sally began to cry. The orher passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them the black umbrella she bought for her mother had gone, and she had to get off at the next station. After the three passengers h    7. this , they asked her for her mother’s  a    8. so that they could send the umbrella to her if someone took it by mistake (弄錯(cuò)) and brought it b     9..

And now a week passed. Sally got a letter from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely g   10., but why do you send me three black umbrellas?”

 

In Britain you’re allowed to drive a car when you’re seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can start. When you’re learning,someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don’t have to go to a driving school --- a friend can teach you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take money for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.

Before you’re allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don’t pass the test, you’re allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons! When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it again, and you’re allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain’s oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.

Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn’t have to take a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.

1.In the driving test, one _______________________.

A．mustn’t drive his car, even though the car is fit for the road

B．is usually asked to drive on roads for some time

C．has to be examined(考查) only in car driving skills

D．must drive around for more than an hour

2.When can I take the driving test again if I don’t pass it?

A．a(chǎn) few years later

B．right after the first test

C．a(chǎn) few weeks later

D．never

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．There is no limit (限制)to the age of an old man who drives a car.

B．One can take a driving test again and again until he passes it.

C．There was a speed limit to cars before 1878.

D．A car driver didn’t have to get a limit license until 1935.

4.The best title for the passage is _____________.

A．Driving Licenses in Britain

B．Tests for Britain People

C．Driving Cars

D．Young Men’s Driving Licenses

 

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容．選擇正確答案。

Betty and I are best friends. Our birthdays are on the same day, so every year we have a birthday party together. But this year, we had a costume party instead.

      While we were writing the invitations, my mum came in and asked, "Why not invite John?” John had been in our class for only a few months, but he was already getting better grades in math than anyone else in class. I wrinkled(皺起) my nose, “Mum, he wears the same pants to school every day. How could he even afford a costume?“ Mum said nothing. The next day. mum gave me an envelope with a shopping certificate in it. “I thought it would be nice for you to give this to John.” Mum said. But how? We didn't want to make John embarrassed. We discussed it for a long time. Finally, Betty and I had a good idea.

     On the day of our party, kids arrived, dressed differently. John arrived, in an old sheet (床單), but still in the same brown pants as usual. We danced, ate snacks and played games in groups. Before eating the birthday cake, Betty said in a loud voice, "Now it's time for the great prize game. It’ s the following riddle..." It was a math game. None of us was surprised when John came up with the right answer first and walked off with the envelope.

     Everything went on well as we planned. John wore a new pair of pants and a new shirt the next week. He felt happy. So did we.

     When we help others, we need to find a proper way, or we may hurt them in another way.

1.The two girls and John were in the same________

            A. group        B. family              C. team              D. class

2.John' s family may be very              according to the passage.

            A. far          B. poor               C. rich               D. small

3.How did John get the prize, during the party?

            A. By helping others.                  B. By asking for help.

            C. By getting good grades in study.       D. By winning the math game.

4.John _________with the shopping certificate after the party.

            A. watched a basketball match          B. saw a movie

            C. bought something to wear           D. made a phone call

5.The two girls felt ______when they found John wearing his new clothes.

            A. happy       B. sorry               C . sad             D. angry

 

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問(wèn)題。

One day an old man sells(賣(mài)) a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly(慢慢地). The old man goes up to him and says near his ear. “Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it, then you can get some meat.”“All right.”says the young man.

After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man some meat and asks, “How can you see the bad ears of the elephant?”“I don’t see the bad ears，”says the young man. “Then why do you look at the elephant slowly?”asks the old man. The young man answers, “Because I want to see what an elephant looks like.”

1.What does the old man sell?

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2.Does the young man want to buy the elephant?

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3.What does the young man get at last(最后)?

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4.Does the elephant have two bad ears?

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5.將文中劃線的句子譯成漢語(yǔ)。

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