About a hundred yards along the path, we came to a deep valley (山谷). On the far side of it, the path
led into some very thick bushes, rather than push through up again and rejoin the path on the far side of the
bushes.
     As I climbed down into the valley a bird flew off a rock on which I had put my hand. On looking at the
spot from which the bird had risen I saw two eggs. They were a kind that I did not have in my collection,
so I placed them carefully in my bag, wrapped in a little dry grass.
     As we went further down the valley the sides became steeper (陡峭) and not far from where I had
entered it came to drop of about twelve to fourteen feet. The water that rushed down all these small valleys
in the rainy season had worn (磨損,沖刷) the rock as smooth as glass. As it was too deep to climb down,
I handed my gun to one of them and slid down it. My feet had hardly touched the sandy bottom when the
two men jumped down, one on each side of me. They quickly gave me the gun and asked me if I had heard
the tiger. In fact, I had heard nothing, possibly because of the noise I made sliding down the rock. The men
said they had heard a tiger growling (咆哮) somewhere nearby, but they did not know which direction the
noise had come from.

A. the writer decided to cut down the thick bushes
B. the writer decided to walk along the valley
C. the writer wanted to stop climbing
D. the writer tried to find two eggs

2. When the writer found the eggs, he _______.

A. wrapped them in dry grass and left it on the rock
B. wrapped them in dry grass and took them with him
C. tried to find the bird
D. made the bird fly off

3. The reason why the rock was hard to get down was that _______.

A. it had been worn smooth
B. there was no grass on it
C. it was wet and slippery (滑)
D. it was soft and sandy

4. At the end of the story, the writer knew that _______.

A. a tiger had run away
B. a tiger was close to them
C. the men had seen a tiger
D. a tiger had seen them

     George and Carol were medical students at the same college and like many other college students,
they enjoyed playing jokes on people. Both of them smoked, but they knew that their professor was
strongly against it, because smoking was dangerous to one's health. One day they decided to play a
joke on their professor.
      At one of their medical lectures (講座) there was always a skeleton (骨架模型) in the room so
that the professor could show the students the different bones in the human body.
      That afternoon. Carol and George put a cigarette (香煙) in the mouth of the skeleton that was
to be used for their next lecture.
     When the professor came in. he began talking and then noticed the cigarette. He went up to the
skeleton, took the cigarette out of its mouth and said. "You really should give them up, old boy. Look
what they're doing to you!"

1.What do the professor's words mean _______.

A. It's only a joke to put a cigarette into a skeleton's mouth.
B. He would persuade the skeleton to give up smoking.
C. Smoking is really dangerous. It may even cause death.
D. Students should not learn from the skeleton to smoke.

2. To whom did the professor really say these words?

A. To George and Carol only.
B. To the skeleton which he called "old boy".
C. Only to himself.
D. To all the students who attended his lecture.

3.The underlined word "they" in the passage means _______.

A. George and Carol
B. the students
C. the bones
D. cigarettes

4.What do you think of the professor?

A. Serious but humorous.
B. Honest and foolish.
C. Kind and polite.
D. Hard to get along with.

     For many years Henry had been a journalist. He had worked on many international newspapers and
magazines and traveled all over the world.
     Henry had witnessed wars and natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes and erupting volcanos
(火山爆發(fā)).
     He had reported on serious accidents such as major fires and airline crashes.
     He had seen every kind of terrible crime and strange event there was.
     He had met and written about some of the most unusual people in the world.
     In fact, there wasn't much that Henry had not seen or done.
     Now he was retired from journalism (新聞業(yè)). He owned a very expensive restaurant and spent
his days talking to his wealthy and important customers. He liked to say that nothing surprised him.
     One day he was sitting at the bar in his restaurant when a big gorilla walked in and asked for a table.
     Henry showed no surprise. He took the gorilla to a table and handed him a menu. He treated him
politely and pretended there was nothing at all strange about having a gorilla in his restaurant.
     The gorilla looked through the menu and ordered a salad.
     Henry served the gorilla his salad personally, knowing that his waiters and waitresses would be too
frightened.
     At last the gorilla finished his salad and asked for the bill.
     Henry wrote out the bill and handed it to the big animal.
     The gorilla studied it, shook his head sadly, then gave Henry fifty dollars.
     "Thank you", Henry said, and then to make conversation he added,"We don't get many gorillas in this
restaurant."
     "At fifty dollars for a salad," the gorilla said,"I'm not surprised."

1. What does the underlined word "witness" mean?

A. to see or notice something by being present when it happens
B. to be a sign of
C. to tell and prove what happened in court
D. to feel unhappy with

2. According to the story, Henry had _____.

A. had the most exciting experiences
B. told the tallest stories
C. made history
D. caused accidents

3. One day when a gorilla came into the restaurant, Henry was _____.

A. very surprised by the gorilla
B. not disturbed by the gorilla
C. very interested in the gorilla
D. scared of the gorilla 

4. From the sentence "Henry served the gorilla his salad personally, knowing that his waiters
    and waitresses would be too frightened" you learn that: _____.

A. His staff were not brave people
B. Henry didn't normally serve customers
C. The gorilla had eaten there before
D. The gorilla was careful with his money

5. The gorilla was _____.

A. angry with the salad
B. still hungry after his salad
C. not surprised by the cost of the food
D. surprised by the prices

     Lisa was running late. Lisa, 25, had a lot to do at work, plus visitors on the way: her parents were
coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started
to feel uncomfortably warm. By the time she got to the platform, Lisa felt weak and tired-maybe it hadn't
been a good idea to give blood the night before, she thought. She rested herself against a post close to the
tracks.
     Several yards away, Frank, 43, and his girlfriend, Jennifer, found a spot close to where the front of the
train would stop. They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying.
     But when he heard the scream, followed by someone yelling, "Oh, my God, she fell in!" Frank didn't
hesitate. He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails. "No! Not
you!" his girlfriend screamed after him.
     She was right to be alarmed. By the time Frank reached Lisa, he could feel the tracks shaking and see
the light coming. The train was about 20 seconds from the station.
     It was hard to lift her. She was just out. But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so
that bystanders could hold her by the grins and drag her away from the edge. That was where Lisa briefly
regained consciousness, felt herself being pulled along the ground, and saw someone else holding her purse.
     Lisa thought she'd been robbed. A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood
pouring from her head. And she tried to talk but she couldn't, and that was when she realized how much
pain she was in.
     Police and fire officials soon arrived, and Frank told the story to an officer. Jennifer said her boyfriend
was calm on their 40一minute train ride downtown-just as he had been seconds after the rescue, which
made her think about her reaction at the time. "I saw the train coming and I was thinking he was going to
die," she explained.

1. What was the most probable cause for Lisa's weakness?

A. She had run a long way.
B. She felt hot in the subway.
C. She had done a 1ot of work.
D. She had donated blood the night before.

2. Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend?

A. Because they would miss their train.
B. Because he didn't see the train coming.
C. Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lift.
D. Because she was afraid the train would kill him.

3. How did Frank save Lisa?

A. By lifting her to the platform.
B. By helping her rise to her feet.
C. By pulling her along the ground.
D. By dragging her away from the edge.

4. When did Lisa become conscious again?

A. When the train was leaving.
B. After she was back on the platform.
C. After the police and fire officials came.
D. When a man was cleaning the blood from her head.

5. The passage is intended to _____.

A. warn us of the danger in the subway
B. show US how to save people in the subway
C. tell US about a subway rescue
D. report a traffic accident

     During summer vacations, I would work at a hospital for pets, so I'd seen a lot of dogs. Minnie was
by far the funniest-looking dog I'd ever seen. Thin curly hair barely covered her sausage-shaped body.
Her bugged-out (凸出)eyes always seemed surprised. And her tail looked like a rat's tail. She was brought
to the hospital because her owners didn't want her anymore. I thought Minnie had a sweet personality,
though."No one should judge her by her looks," I thought.
     She was quite fit and didn't need any treatment. So I advertised Minnie in the local paper:"Funny-looking
dog, well behaved, needs loving family."
     When a young man called, I warned him that Minnie was strange looking. The boy on the phone told
me that his grandfather's sixteen-year-old dog had just died. They wanted Minnie no matter what. I gave
Minnie a good bath and fluffed up(使松散) what was left of her poor hair. Then we waited for them to
arrive.
     At last,all old car pulled up in front of the vet's. Two kids raced to the door. They took Minnie into their
al ms and rushed her out to their grandfather, who was waiting in the car. I hurried behind them to see his
reaction(反應(yīng)) to Minnie.
     Inside the car, the grandfather held Minnie in his arms and touched her soft hair gently. She moved her
mouth over his face. Her rat tail moved from side to side so quickly that it looked like it might fly off her
body. It was love at first lick (舔).

1. The dog's owner didn't like the dog probably because of _____.

A. the dog's curly hair
B. the dog's personality
C. the dog's poor health
D. the dog's strange look

2. From the passage, we know the dog was _____ to see her new owner .

A. pleased
B. surprised
C. disappointed
D. frightened

3. What would probably happen after grandfather saw the dog?

A. Grandfather would hate the dog's personality.
B. Grandfather would feel sad at the dog's rat tail.
C. The dog would be cared for by grandfather.
D. The dog would have to wait for another family.

     In the summer of 1980 a Spanish tourist, Gaspar Carner, went to Great Britain on holiday. When
he was travelling in Scotland, he decided to visit Loch Ness, the famous lake where people say there
is a monster (怪物). But while he was going across the lake in a boat, his bag fell into the water. In
the bag were his passport (護(hù)照), car keys, pen, and all his money. Loch Ness is 150 metres deep, so
he didn't expect to see the bag again! 　　
     Fourteen years later, in 1994, some scientists decided to explore the lake. They looked for the Loch
Ness monster. Suddenly one of them saw something black in the water. They carefully went nearer.
They thought the black thing was the monster. They went nearer and nearer. It was a bag. They took
the bag out of the lake. They found that the photo on the passport was still clear. One of the scientists
knew Gaspar Carner. So the bag was returned to him.

1. Carner visited Loch Ness_______.

A. on business
B. on holiday
C. for exploring
D. for money

2. Why is the lake famous? Because ______.

A. it's very deep
B. there's a bag in it
C. there may be a monster
D. it's in Scotland

3. What's in Carner's bag?　　

A. A monster.
B. Something black.
C. Many useful things.
D. Some photos.

4. How did the explorers know the bag was Carner's?　　　

A. Carner recognized the bag
B. One of the explorers knew Carner
C. Carner was very famous
D. They expected it was the monster