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Mr Smith was in trouble those days. He drove a car for Mr Black, a rich businessman. He worked hard and the shopkeeper liked him. But he couldn’t work when he drank too much.And once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge. Mr Black became angry and was going to send him away. He had a big family and was afraid of it and promised(许诺) he would stop drinking at once. The man told him to wait to be dealt with(处置).
One Monday morning Mr Smith came into the office with badly burned ears.
“What happened to your ears?” asked Mr Black.
“Well”, said the man. “I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing （熨）clothes. She had put the iron（熨斗）near the telephone before she went to cook supper.
Our team lost the game and I felt sorry for it. As soon as I went in the sitting-room ,the phone rang and I answered the iron !”
“And what happened to the other ear?”
“When I put the iron down the table ,the telephone rang again !”_____,so he almost drove the car into the river.
| A．Mr Smith was not careful |
| B．Mr Smith drank too much |
| C．Mr Smith forget they were on the bridge |
| D．Mr Smith couldn’t work in the morning |
Mr Smith went to watch the football match on _____.
A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Saturday D SundayWe can guess .
A. Mr Smith drank much after the match
B. Mr Smith was very angry with his team
C. Mr Smith didn’t drink those days
D Mr Smith watched the match those daysThe ______badly burned Mr Smith’s ears.
A.telephone B. drinking C.iron D ironsWhat would happen to Mr Smith ?
| A．He would go on driving for Mr Black |
| B．He would join his football team |
| C．He would never watch any matches |
| D．Mr Black would send him away |
Everyone has a dream job and we all hope our dreams can come true. Mr Black works as a reporter at a TV station. He wants to know what jobs teenagers are going to do when they grow up. He went to the Evergreen School to do a survey last Friday.
Mr Black asked the students to discuss with each other and then fill in the form with a pen. He told them to tell the truth. Mr Black thought most students would be teachers. The teacher is one of the best professions(职业) in the world. Maybe some students would be scientists. Rich knowledge would help them. A few students would be soldiers(士兵) because they could keep our country beautiful and peaceful.
Teachers helped Mr Black before school was over. They gave out one thousand eight hundred papers to the students. When the survey’s result came out, Mr Black and the teachers were surprised. Please look at the results.
| profession |
Proportion(%) |
| actor(actress) |
30 |
| scientist |
25 |
| teacher |
20 |
| Sports player |
15 |
| soldier |
5 |
| farmer |
5 |
From the first paragraph, we know this passage may talk about__________.
| A．teenagers’ dream jobs |
| B．Mr Black and his job |
| C．how dreams come true |
| D．how to make a survey |
What does Mr Black do?
| A．He is a teacher. | B．He is a reporter. |
| C．He is a soldier. | D．He is an actor. |
Why did Mr Black do a survey last Friday?
| A．Because he wanted to find a job for himself. |
| B．Because he wanted to know about students’dream jobs. |
| C．Because he was always interested in doing a survey. |
| D．Because he wanted to know how much money teenagers got a week. |
How many teenagers want to be teachers in the future?
| A．90. | B．360. | C．900. | D．1800. |
There was a robbery at City Central Bank last yesterday afternoon. Two men entered the bank at about 4 p.m. and told the bank teller on duty to give them $ 1,000,000. The robbers were carrying guns（枪） and wearing black masks（面具） to cover their faces. The robbers told all the customers （顾客）in the bank to lie down on the floor. Witnesses （证人）said that everyone in the bank was very frightened and did what the robbers told them.
The teller agreed to give them the money but told them they’d have to wait a few minutes. She said the bank manager would have to get the money out of the safety. As the robbers were waiting for the money. the teller tried to press an alarm button(按警报按钮) that was hidden under the counter. It was a silent alarm, so the robbers didn’t realize it had been set off.
Just as the manager arrived with the money, ten police officers entered the bank. The robbers were very surprised that the officers caught them easily. The robbers are now in custody（拘留） , and will appear in court next week.
Police congratulated Miss Alston , the bank teller , on brave act. The bank manager said that he would give Miss Alston a week’s vacation to thank her.Everyone in the bank did what the robbers told them because _________.
| A．they were frightened |
| B．the robbers were very polite |
| C．the bank manager told them to |
| D．they knew the police were coming |
The bank teller said the money was __________.
| A．under the counter | B．on the floor |
| C．in custody | D．in the safety |
What did the bank teller do ?
| A．She telephoned the police |
| B．She didn’t want to give the money to the robbers |
| C．She got the money out of the safe. |
| D．She pressed an alarm button. |
The police caught the robbers so easily because the robbers didn’t ________
| A．know who the police officers were |
| B．get the money |
| C．expect the police arrived at the bank so quickly |
| D．expect the money to be in the safe |
Have you ever been ill? When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot, and there are pains all over your body. You don’t want to work, and you stay in bed, feeling very sad.
What makes us ill? It is germs(细菌). Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you can’t find them with your eyes, but you can see them with a microscope(显微镜). They are very very small and there could be hundreds of them on a very small thing.
Germs are always found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. So your father and mother will not let you drink dirty water.
Germs can be found not only in water but also in air and dust(灰尘). If you cut your finger, if some of the dust from the floor goes into the cut(割开处), some of the germs would go into your finger. Your finger would become big and red, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs would go into all of your body, and you would have pain everywhere. Which of the following is true?
| A．If things are very very small, they are germs. |
| B．If things can’t be seen, they must be germs. |
| C．Germs are only in dirty water. |
| D．Germs are everywhere around us. |
Why don’t your parents let you drink dirty water?
| A．You haven’t looked at it carefully. |
| B．Water can’t be drunk in this way. |
| C．There must be lots of germs in it. |
| D．Water will make you ill. |
What’s the main idea of the passage?
| A．Germs may make us ill. |
| B．Germs are in dirty water. |
| C．Don’t drink dirty water. |
| D．Take care of your fingers. |
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Imagine a normal day: you go to work, return home, and maybe buy somethings on your way home.. For a large number of people, the answer to that question is zero.
Ever since the Industrial Revolution（工业革命）began, many changes have taken place in our world..
Want to buy a pair of shoes? An MP3 player? A book? It’s only a few clicks(点击) away. Need a computer? A gift? A tennis racket? Click. No need to even leave your house.And the quality of crops that are grown and harvested(收割) by computers is getting better.
You are probably booking (预定) your hotel room online. When can we choose our own rooms and get our keys by ourselves? We also hope that everything we want to buy at the supermarket will be ready for us when we arrive.Researchers have already designed a robot to correctly find your preferred beer and bring it to you.
Will human jobs be completely done by robots? We don’t know. But computers are doing more and more jobs for humans.How many examples of ways of doing things does the author pick up to show the advantages of computers?
A. Five. B. Four. C. Six. D. Three.
| A. On the farm, machines are used, and more and more farm jobs can be done by machines. B. In a factory, workers are busy making products. C. Many jobs done by humans in the past are now being done by technology(技术) instead. D. How many people do you have to talk with to do those everyday tasks? E. In fact, a restaurant in China recently started using some robots to serve people. |
One day, there was a blind man called John sitting on the bench（长条椅）with a hat by his feet and a sign that read,“I am blind. Please help me.”
A creative publicist(广告员) named Tom was walking by the blind man and stopped to see that the man only had a few coins in his hat. He put a few of his own coins in the hat. Without asking for permission, he took the sign, turned it around and wrote a new message. Then he put the sign by the feet of the blind man, and left.
Later that afternoon the publicist returned to the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost full of bills and coins. The blind man recognized（认出，识别出）his footsteps and asked if it was he who had changed his sign. He also wanted to know what the man wrote on it.
The publicist said,“I just wrote the message a little differently.”He smiled and went on his way.
The new sign read,“Spring has come, but I can’t see anything.”What’s the blind man’s name?
| A．Tom. | B．John. |
| C．Tony. | D．Sorry, I don’t know. |
Who wrote a new message?
| A．The blind man. | B．The teacher. |
| C．The publicist. | D．The farmer. |
How did the blind man recognize the publicist?
| A．By his sign. | B．By his footsteps. |
| C．By his voice. | D．By his coins. |
When did the story happen?
| A．In spring. | B．In summer. |
| C．In autumn. | D．In winter. |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．Publicists are always friendly and helpful. |
| B．We can get more money by changing a sign. |
| C．The blind man was very stupid, so he had little money. |
| D．The power（力量）of language is great. |
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