Everybody in London knew Mr. Scrooge. He was very rich but also very mean. The most important thing in his life was money!
At six o'clock Bob Cratchit, Scrooge's clerk, went to Mr. Scrooge. "Excuse me. sir. Tomorrow is Christmas Day, can l stay at home?"
"Stay at home," shouted Scrooge. "I don't pay you to stay at home!" "But it is Christmas," said Cratchit. "Very well," said Scrooge. "but you must work double hours on Boxing Day!" "Yes sir, certainly sir, Merry Christmas, sir." "Get out," shouted Scrooge. "Christmas! Everybody talks about Christmas!" said Scrooge. "It's just an excuse not to work. People want money too. Always money! For doing nothing!" Scrooge put on his hat and coat and left the office.
It was Christmas Eve and everyone was shopping. It was dark and Scrooge was alone. He saw a person dressed in black.
"Are you the Spirit(幽灵) of Christmas to come?" asked Scrooge. The Spirit didn't speak. It pointed to a group of people. The people were talking. "Is he dead?" asked one man. "Yes. No-one will cry for him," said another. "He was a horrible, unkind man. He never gave money to us poor people. He wasn't a happy man." "Who's dead?" asked Scrooge. The Spirit pointed down. It was a grave(坟墓). There were no flowers and no people there. "Who is it?" asked Scrooge nervously. The Spirit pointed again. "No, I don't want to look, I want to go home." But the Spirit didn't move. Very slowly Scrooge rubbed the snow away. On the grave were the words EBENEZER SCROOGE.
It was morning. Christmas morning. Scrooge was in bed! "I'm alive, I'm alive, how wonderful!" He jumped out of bed, singing and dancing as he went around the room. "What a beautiful day it is. I love Christmas. I love everybody."
He went to the butcher's and said, "Take the biggest turkey you have to Bob Cratchit's house." Scrooge met the two men collecting money for the poor. "Please take this," said Scrooge to the men and gave them a big sum of money for the poor. From that Christmas Scrooge was a new man. He helped the poor and was kind to everyone. He became a happy man and everybody loved him. What kind of man was Scrooge in the past?
| A．A rich and happy man. | B．A rich but unkind man. |
| C．A poor but happy man. | D．A poor hard-working man. |
Why didn't Scrooge like Christmas?
A. It was too noisy on Christmas.
B. His workers stopped working on Christmas.
C, Christmas meant spending money.
D. He was always busier on Christmas.When Scrooge woke up the next morning, he_______.
| A．felt lucky to be alive |
| B．felt strange about the dream |
| C．was angry with the Spirit |
| D．was tired of being alone |
Why was Scrooge happy in the end?
| A．He had more money than before |
| B．He made good friends with the Spirit. |
| C．Other people all came to help him. |
| D．He helped others and others loved him. |
Scrooge became a new man because________.
| A．the Spirit of Christmas told him to do so |
| B．he was saved by the Spirit the next day |
| C．he saw how he was treated after death |
| D．he was afraid to see his own grave |
Mary Walker works at a bank. She begins working at eight in the morning. She has a break at noon for one hour. She stops working at five in the afternoon. At five the bank closes. Everybody goes home. Some people drive home. Some ride bikes. Some take the bus or the train. But Mary walks home. She likes to walk. She walks, and walks, and walks and walks. Mary lives eight miles(英里) from the bank. She walks for three hours. At eight in the evening, Mary is at home. She eats dinner. At ten she goes to bed. Mary is tired(疲劳的). She is 82 years old.What does Mary do?
| A．She is a nurse |
| B．She is a factory worker. |
| C．She is a worker at a bank. |
| D．She is a doctor. |
How many hours does Mary work in one day?
| A．About 9 hours. | B．About 8 hours |
| C．About 10 hours. | D．About 7 hours |
Which sentence is right?
| A．Mary rides home. | B．Mary takes a bus home. |
| C．Mary walks home. | D．Mary drives home. |
How far is it from Mary’s house to the bank?
| A．Five miles. | B．Six miles. |
| C．Seven miles. | D．Eight miles. |
Where does Mary eat dinner?
| A．At home. | B．At the bank. |
| C．In a shop. | D．In a restaurant. |
A young man is sitting by the road. He is eating something. A policeman is coming over. At once the man gets up quickly and runs down the road.
The policeman runs after him. Te man runs very fast, but the policeman runs faster.
After a few minutes, the policeman catches him. “Where are you going?” says the policeman. “You must be a criminal（罪犯）if you run like that when you see a policeman.”
“No, no,” says the man. “I’m not a criminal. I’m just too fat, you see, and the doctor tells me I must always run fast after eating.”
“I see,” says the policeman. “You’re running to help to lose weight.”A young man is sitting by the road and ______ something.
| A．looking | B．seeing |
| C．eating | D．drinking |
A ______ is coming.
| A．bus | B．man |
| C．friend | D．policeman |
What does the young man do when he sees the policeman?
| A．He says “hello” to him. |
| B．He gets up and runs. |
| C．He is waiting for him. |
| D．He doesn’t go away. |
The policeman runs after the young man because _______.
| A．he is catching a bus |
| B．he knows him |
| C．he thinks he is a bad man |
| D．the young man is a criminal |
---Why does the young man run?
---Because _______.
| A．he wants to catch a bus |
| B．he is a criminal |
| C．he remembers something |
| D．the doctor tells him to run after eating |
阅读表达（共5小题，计10分）
阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。
Wang Xiaojun, a 12-year-old boy, lives in the countryside in Hubei Province. Today is his birthday. His parents will have a nice dinner with him, but the boy says, “I won’t have dinner because after dinner, today is over, and my parents are leaving for Shenzhen tomorrow. I don’t want to let them go”.
For Xiaojun, this is the first time to spend his birthday with his parents during three years. In the past three years, his parents have worked in Shenzhen to make money. Tomorrow, they have to leave for Shenzhen again.
Xiaojun is not the only left-behind child(留守儿童). In China, there are more than 20 million（百万）children staying at home without their parents. Left-behind children face a lot of problems. Most of them stay with their grandparents. They get less care from their parents. They feel very lonely. Some of them don’t learn well because their parents can’t help them with their study.
The Chinese government cares about the children very much and is trying to solve their problems now.
A.根据短文内容简要回答下列问题What is left-behind children?
What problems do left-behind children face?
B.将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。_________________________________________________________
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C. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。________________________________________________________
综合填空（共10空，计10分）
阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词，使短文完整、通顺。
Maybe you are more interested in sports than history. You probably think you will never be a top student. In f_______anyone can become a better student. If you can use your time well, you may improve your study without m _________
work. Here’s how:
Plan your time. When you plan your week time, you s_______make a list of things that you have to do. First, w _______
down the time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Of course, studying shouldn’t take all of your time. Don’t f______
to leave yourselves enough time for hobbies.
Find a q______place to study. Make sure no noise. When you sit down to work, think only a______
the subject!
Make good use of your time in class. Listen c_______to what the teacher says. You also need to take notes in class, because it can make it e________
for you to learn well.
Here, there are only a f________ways to help you with your studying. I believe you find many other ways besides these.
“Cool” is a word with many meanings. It means a little cold at first. As time changes(改变), the word gets many different meanings. We can use “cool” when we talk about something wonderful or somebody looking smart. For example, when you see a beautiful and expensive car in the street, you can say, “It is cool.” You may think the famous film star Liu Dehua is cool. You can also use the word to mean something new and surprising. Here is an example. One day, a teacher took the students to a farm and then asked them to write something about the visit. One of her students just wrote, “The farm is so cool.” Because he thought “cool” was the best word to show what he saw and felt. It also shows some people don’t have enough words. Without “cool”, they seem to have no other words to use. Can you think of any other words like “cool” with so many meanings? If you can, you are also very “cool”.The meaning of the word “cool”______.
| A．is always the same |
| B．changes a lot |
| C．is “wonderful or smart” |
| D．is “new and surprising” |
You may think “the famous star Liu Dehua is cool”. Here “cool” means_____.
| A．a little cold | B．a little hot |
| C．new and surprising | D．good-looking |
“It also shows some people don’t have enough words” Here “it” means_____
| A．the example | B．the student |
| C．the word “cool” | D．the visit to the farm |
When some people use “cool” everywhere, they don’t have other words, the writer seems a little______.
| A．excited | B．happy |
| C．surprised | D．worried |
The best title is ______.
| A．Something about the word “cool” |
| B．“Cool”, the best word to use |
| C．People use “cool” too much |
| D．“Cool” is a new word |
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