My friend, David Smith, had pet birds. One day he called me and told me he would be  25  for a week. He asked me to feed the birds for him.

    Unfortunately, I did not  26  to feed the birds until the night before David was going to 27  . I ran to his house quickly and soon found the key he gave me,    28  I couldn't open the door! I kept thinking of  29  David would say when he came back.

Then I found that one bedroom window was  30  . I put a big stone (石頭)   31  the window, though it was very heavy. I made lots of noise, but in the end, I climbed up.

    I had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly found that   32  was shining  a flashlight (手電筒) up at  33  . I looked down and  34  a policeman and an old lady, one of David's neighbors. "What are you doing up there?" asked the policeman. Feeling like a fool, I answered: "I was just going to feed Mr Smith's birds."                                                                          

1.A. down           B. late            C. around          D. away

2.A. remember       B. decide           C. agree           D. hope

3.A. leave           B. finish              C. arrive               D. return

4.A. so             B. but                  C. and              D. or

5.A. what           B. how              C. when             D. which

6.A. clean           B. new             C. lost                 D. open

7.A. along           B. under          C. over            D. behind

8.A. anyone         B. everyone         C. someone          D. no one

9.A. us             B. me               C. them             D. him

10.A. visited         B. caught             C. saw              D. heard

 

The widespread number of food scandals(丑聞)in  China is making many people pause before they put their chopsticks in their mouths．They are wondering if the food they are eating is clean，healthy and nutritious(營養(yǎng)) or does it contain（包含） something harmful that will cause disease?
Most of the food we eat today is processed food(加工食品)．That means the foods we buy in stores and supermarkets，especially packaged foods，are prepared in factories．Chemicals are added to the foods in these factories to  make them look better，taste better and last longer on the shelf．The chemicals are supposed to be harmless and there are laws that regulate(控制) which chemicals can and cannot be used．Unfortunately，some producers do not obey the laws．
A producer of steamed buns(饅頭)in Zhejiang Province was recently discovered to be breaking the law．He was adding yellow dye and other banned chemicals to the buns．He was also taking old buns and using them to make new buns．Most of the buns were sold to schools and eaten by students…like you!
Why did he do it? Why did he break the law and endanger people’s  health? The answer is simple：he wanted to make more money．It was a moral failing，and this is at the heart of the food scandals in China．Too many people focus on making money and not on the effects their actions can have on others．
【小題1】Chemicals are added to the foods in the factories because

A．they want to make the foods look better，taste better and last longer
B．they want to make the foods contain something harmful
C．chemicals will cause disease	D．chemicals are harmless

【小題2】According to the passage，which is NOT true?

A．Most of the food we eat today is prepared in factories．

B．There are laws that regulate which chemicals can and cannot be used．

C．The food scandals in China are making many people worry about the food safety．

D．Most of the buns were sold to schools and eaten by students in Zhejiang Province．

【小題3】It was a moral failing，and this is at the heart of the foodscandals in China．Here what’s the Chinese meaning of“moral failing”?

A．精神崩潰

B．道德滑坡

C．質(zhì)量下降

D．心理失衡

【小題4】What is the main reason of the food scandals in China ?

A．Some products do not obey the laws.

B．The processed food is clean, healthy and nutritious.

C．Too many people pay attention to making money.

D．The chemicals are supposed to be harmless and can be used.

【小題5】According to the passage, most of the buns were sold to_______ .

A．factories

B．schools

C．hospitals

D．companies

Last month the manager of a jewelry shop (珠寶店) received a letter. As he was very busy then, the letter lay on his desk till tea-time. He opened it and a 10-pound note(票) fell out onto the desk. Within the note was a letter which said:

Dear sir:

In 1935 I got engaged(訂婚). But unfortunately I lost my job. At the time a lot of people were out of work. Six months later I got a job again, but of course I was very short of money. I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring(婚戒). The assistant took out some rings for me to look at, but she was called away for a moment, and I put one of the rings in my pocket. When she came back, I said I didn’t know the size of my girl’s finger. So I left the shop without buying a ring. My wife died a short while ago and the fact that I never paid for the ring has been heavy in my heart all these years. At that time, the ring cost 2 pounds so I think it is 10 pounds at today’s price and I’m sending 10 pounds.

Yours truly,

A customer (顧客)

1.When did the manager open the letter?

A．In the morning	B．When he received the letter
C．At lunch time	D．Till tea-time

2.The customer didn’t write the letter until_____.

A．he was dying	B．his wife’s death
C．he had enough money	D．he got a job again

3.What happened in 1935?

A．The jewelry shop lost some rings.

B．The customer married a girl.

C．The customer stole a ring for his wife.

D．The customer stole a ring for his girl friend.

4.Which of the following is Not true?

A．The customer was poor at that time.

B．The ring was bigger for his girl friend.

C．The shop assistant was careless.

D．The customer was too poor to buy a ring for his girl friend.

5.What do you think of the customer?

A．Honest	B．Forgetful
C．Dishonest	D．Careless

 

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

At least thirty times Bobby had tried to climb the snowy mountain, but he had never   36   the top. His friend old Peeper, who knew a lot about his failures,  37  Bobby to try again. He gave Bobby a pair of sunglasses and said, “If it starts clouding over, put on the glasses, or if your feet start hurting, put them on too. The glasses are very 38 . They’ll help you.” Bobby received the gift without much thought.

The day came when he was to have another   39 . About two hours after he started, he felt his feet hurting. Then he  40 what Peeper had said, and put on the glasses. The pain was pretty bad, but   41  the sunglasses he could clearly see the snow-covered mountain top, so he went on.

  42 , clouds were gathering. But this time Bobby could still see the  43 through the clouds. He kept climbing , leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his pain, and finally arriving at the top. It was certainly worth it. His feeling of   44  was extremely good, almost as great as that  45 view. The mountain below was surrounded by a sea of clouds. He couldn’t believe that the clouds were as thick as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and discovered the  46  . Peeper had engraved (鐫刻) the snow-covered mountain top on the sunglasses,  47  Bobby could see it when he was looking upwards!

Bobby __48  that the only difficulty to reaching the top had been losing   49  when he couldn’t see the mountain top. He was thankful that Peeper had used that little trick to help him see that his   50   was never impossible, and that it was still there, where it had always been.

1.                A．left            B．reached        C．jumped   D．ran

 

2.                A．encouraged     B．ordered        C．a(chǎn)llowed   D．warned

 

3.                A．real           B．safe            C．special   D．expensive

 

4.                A．try            B．start           C．test  D．training

 

5.                A．remembered    B．expressed       C．shouted  D．regretted

 

6.                A．under          B．with           C．for  D．a(chǎn)bout

 

7.                A．Happily         B．Hopefully       C．Unfortunately D．Luckily

 

8.                A．friend          B．top            C．climber   D．village

 

9.                A．success         B．decision        C．freedom  D．friendship

 

10.               A．strong         B．popular        C．bad  D．wonderful

 

11.               A．way           B．words          C．book D．secret

 

12.               A．a(chǎn)nd           B．or             C．if D．though

 

13.               A．suggested       B．realized        C．expected  D．hoped

 

14.               A．love           B．help           C．face  D．heart

 

15.               A．place          B．lesson          C．a(chǎn)im   D．story

 

 

閱讀短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題。（共10分，每小題2分）

Our cities are getting bigger and bigger as more people move from the country to the cities. There are lots of reasons why they do this—mostly it is easy to find work, because all the big companies are in the cities and they need lots of people to work there. When there are lots of people living and working in a city, they need things like restaurants, shops, hospitals and schools. There are more jobs that people need to do. There will be lots of transport in the city to move all the people around. Everything you want will be found in the city: government offices, museums and art galleries, cinemas, big restaurants and parks.

Unfortunately(遺憾地) the city is much busier, more expensive, and more dangerous than the country. The air is not as fresh as in the country because of all the cars and trucks on the roads. There are so many people that are not as friendly——you cannot get to know everyone as you do in the country, and people may get lonely. You do not have much room in the city——most people live in apartments——not houses, and they do not have gardens or lots of space, and because of all the people there is also a lot of noises.

The country is much cheaper to live and there are less dangerous people than you find in cities. Perhaps the best thing is that you can have a big house with a garden and it will be very quiet, but there are not many jobs or services there. There are also not many shops, schools or hospitals. It is hard to get around in the country.

Every person is different, but more and more people are choosing to live in cities because there are so many jobs to do there. What do you think about the city?

1. Are our cities getting bigger than before?

2.Why do people move to the city?

3.What is the best thing about the country?

4.What is the problem with the country?

5.What does the writer think about cities?