Story 1
Julia said to Sam， "I will either ask you ten easy questions or one．really difficult question． Think well before you choose． If you behave well， I'll give you a candy．" Sam thought for a while and said， "My choice is one really difficult question．" "Now tell me this： ‘What comes first， Day or Night？，" Sam said with a smile， "It's Day， mom．"
"Why？" Julia asked．
"Sorry， you promised me that you will not ask me a SECOND difficult question!'
Story 2
Steve entered a doctor's room． He looked very unhappy．
"Doctor，" he said， "you must help me． I swallowed（吞）a cent a month ago．"
"Oh， my god!" said the doctor． "Why have you waited so long？ Why didn't you come to me on the day you swallowed it？"
"To tell you the truth， Doctor，" Steve replied， ‘‘I didn't need the money so badly then．"
Story 3
In a cinema during a performance Linda gets up， makes her way along the row of seats and goes out into the restroom．
A few minutes later she returns and asks the man sitting at the heading of the row，"Excuse me， was it your foot I stepped（踩）on when I was going out a moment ago？"
"Yes， but it doesn't matter． It didn't hurt at all．"
"Oh， no， it isn't that． I only want to make sure that this is my row．"
（1）What's the relationship between Julia and Sam？
A． Classmates．
B． Friends．
C． Sister and brother．
D． Mother and son．
（2）How long has the cent stayed in Steve's stomach？
A． For one day．
B． For one week．
C． For one month．
D． For one year．
（3）Linda asked the man the question in order to ．
A． say "sorry" to him
B． say "hello" to him
C． say "goodbye" to him
D． make sure that it was her row
An elephant and a crocodile were once standing beside river． They were disputing which was the better animal．
"Look at my strength， "said the elephant． "I can pull up a tree， roots and all， with my trunk．"
"Ah! But your skin is not nearly so thick as mine， "replied the crocodile． "No knife or tooth can cut through it．"
Just as they were coming to blows， a lion happened to pass．
"My dear friends !" said the King of all animals， going up to them． "Let me know the cause of your disagreement．"
"Will you kindly tell us which is the better animal？ "cried both at once．
"Certainly， "said the lion， pointing across the river． "Do you see the soldiers metal hat on that wall？"
"Yes! "replied the beasts．
"Well， then， "continued the lion， " go and get it， and bring it to me， and I shall be able then to decide between you．"
Upon hearing this， off they started．The crocodile， being used to the water， reached the opposite side of the river first， and was soon standing beside the wall．
Here he waited till the elephant came up． The elephant， seeing that the crocodile had no way of reaching their goal， raised his long trunk， and took down the hat quite easily．
They then made their way together back again across the river． The elephant was trying to keep up with the fast﹣moving crocodile in the water and became careless． When he was forced to turn sharply to avoid a floating tree branch， the elephant dropped the hat and it fell to the river bottom． The crocodile noticed the accident， so down he dived， and brought it up in his huge mouth． They then returned， and the crocodile laid the metal hat at the lion's feet． The King took it up， and turning to the elephant， said："You， because of your size and trunk， were able to reach the hat on the wall but， having lost it，you were unable to get it back． And you， said the lion to the crocodile， "although unable to reach the hat， were able to dive for it and save it． You are both wise and able in your own ways． One is no better than the other．"
（1）The underlined word"disputing"in Paragraph 1 means ．
A． playing
B． quarrelling
C． complaining
D． deciding
（2）What did the crocodile think was best about himself？
A． His big mouth
B． His strong skin
C． His swimming skill
D． His dangerous teeth
（3）How did the lion deal with the animals disagreement？
A． He ordered them to fight．
B． He made a quick decision．
C． He suggested a competition
D． He asked them to describe themselves
（4）What caused the elephant to drop the hat？
A． The hat got wet in the river．
B． He hit a floating tree．
C． He was trying to swim too fast
D． He wanted to fight the crocodile
（5）How were the elephant and the crocodile able to complete their task？
A． By working together
B． planning carefully
C． By sharing their ideas
D． By listening to the lion
Zak's grandfather，Stan， was very famous．Why？ Because he had a very，very，very long white beard．
One day Zak asked his grandfather，"When you sleep，do you put your beard over or under the quilt（被子）？""I'm not sure． I never care about that． "said his grandfather，"I'll look tonight．
Stan got into bed that night and pulled up the quilt． Then he remembered his grandson's question．Aha! His beard was under the quilt． But wait． Did that feel right？
He lifted his beard from under the quilt and put it above it． This also didn't feel right． So he put the beard under the quilt again． But he soon felt it would be better if it were out． The beard went in
and out﹣first under the quilt ，then over it，under ， over ， all night long．
Stan spent a sleepless night． In the morning ，he was so tired and unhappy that he cut his long beard right off!
Stan's wife was so happy． She advised Stan to cut that beard off many times，but he never did it． Now a simple question made him do that．
（1）Why was Stan very famous？
A． Because he had a big family．
B． Because he was very old．
C． Because his grandson was very clever．
D． Because he had a very ， very， very long white beard．
（2）Did Stan have a good sleep that night？
A． Yes．
B． No．
C． Maybe．
D． Sure．
（3）What did Stan do with his beard at last？
A． He put his beard over the quilt．
B． He put his beard under the quilt．
C． He cut his beard off．
D． He cared about his beard after that．
（4）How did Stan's wife feel when she noticed her husband's short beard？
A． She was very happy．
B． She was worried．
C． She was angry with him．
D． She didn't care about it．
（5）From the passage ， which of the following sentences is true？
A． Stan's wife asked him a question one day．
B． Stan never cared about Zak ， his grandson．
C． Stan was sleepless that night because of his beard．
D． Stan listened to his wife's words to cut his beard off．
Mr． Smith is telling two funny stories of his police work．
Story A
I remember catching a"thief"in a clothes shop once． It was strange． The man was hiding a yellow sweater inside his coat． I thought he had stolen it， so I caught him． We found later that his wife gave him the sweater for his birthday， but he hated it． He just wanted to return it to the shop for money， but he didn't want his wife to see him! We soon let him go．
Story B
Another day， a man called Bob went into a bank on Sixth Street． He wrote on the back of an envelope， "Give me the money! Or I'll kill you． and gave it to the bank clerk． She gave him ＄100，000 and the man ran away． Then we received a phone call from the bank clerk． She told us to go to the man's house in Candy Town and get him． We caught him as soon as he got out of the elevator． He couldn't believe that we found him so quickly． We told him that his name and address were on the front of the envelope he used!
（1）What does Mr． Smith do？
A． A policeman．
B． A bank clerk
C．A thief
D． A teacher．
（2）Mr Smith caught the man in the clothes shop ．
A．by exchange
B．by chance
C．by mistake
D． by accident
（3）Why did the man want to return the sweater to the shop？
A． Because he didn't want his wife to see it．
B． Because he hated it．
C． Because he liked money more than the sweater．
D． Because he liked money best．
（4）Bob was caught so quickly because ．
A． the police had guns
B． he received a phone call from the bank clerk
C． the police waited for him outside the elevator
D． his address was found on the envelope he used
（5）What do you think of Bob？
A． He is brave
B． He is careful
C． He is careless
D． He is clever
Once upon a time，there was a forest where all the animals lived happily together．One day a family went to spend the day in the countryside，and one little boy left his socks there．Soon after the family left，a goose came by and found the socks．（71） They fit so well，and he liked them so much that he wouldn't take them off．He spent his days walking through the forest in the socks．
（72） And some of them were a bit envious（嫉妒的）that he was getting so much attention．Before long，in that forest，there began appearing monkeys in shirts，a rabbit with a hat on，and even a little pig who wore a pair of glasses!
Doctor Bear shook his head，telling people，"（73） Animals don't wear clothes，and we don't need them．"But the rabbit didn't listen to him．（74） One day，the rabbit tried to fit into his hole without first taking his hat off．He was stuck in that hole all day．Those who listened to the Doctor's advice didn't have any accidents．
（75） Wearing them had been very silly，They had only done it to make others envious of them，and to get attention．
把A﹣E五个选项填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确．
A．This can't be good．
B．The goose decided to try them on．
C．He said Doctor Bear was just old﹣fashioned．
D．The animals realized that they didn't need clothes at all．
E．All the animals talked about the goose's new look．
An old gentleman whose eyesight（视力）was falling came to stay in a hotel room with a bottle of wine（酒）in each hand．On the wall there was a fly which he took for a nail（钉子）．So as soon as he hung them on，the bottles fell broken and the wine split all over the floor．
When a waitress discovered what had happened，she felt really sorry for him and wanted to give him a hand．
So the next morning when he was out taking a walk in the garden，she put a nail on the wall exactly where the fly had stayed．
Now the old man entered his room．The smell of the split wine reminded him of the accident．When he looked up at the wall，he found the fly was there again!He walked to it carefully and hit it with all his strength．
On hearing a loud cry，the waitress rushed in．To her great surprise，the poor old man was there sitting on the floor，his face was pale and a lot of blood was running on his right hand．
37．We know from this passage that ．
A．the old man had poor eyesight
B．the old man's hands weren't so strong
C．the bottles of wine were too heavy
38．Picture was the thing the old man saw on the wall for the first time．
39．The nail was put on the wall by ．
A．the old man
B．a gardener
C．the waitress
40．The waitress must be a girl．
A．careless
B．kind﹣hearted
C．dangerous
41．The old man's hand was badly hurt because ．
A．the hotel's service was terrible
B．he drank too much wine
C．he mistook the nail for a fly．
There were three big fish in the lake．One of them，Demo，was wise；another one，Jimmy，was half﹣wise；Martin，the third one，was stupid．
Some fishermen came to the bank of the lake with their nets．The three fish saw them．
Demo decided at once to leave，to make the long and difficult trip to the ocean．He thought，"I won't discuss with these two about this．They love this place so much that they call it home and will stay on．How silly they are!They still haven't realized we are in great danger now．Their ignorance will cost them their lives．"
Seeing the wise fish had left，Jimmy thought，"My guide has gone and now I've lost my chance to escape．"He felt sorry for it and then thought，"What can I do to save myself from these men and their nets？Perhaps I should pretend （假装）to be already dead，giving myself totally to the water．"So he did that．He went up and down with the water，helpless，within arm's reach of the fishermen．
"Look at this!The best and biggest fish is dead．"One of the men lifted him by the tail，and threw him up on the ground．He rolled （滚动）over and over and moved secretly toward the water，and then，back in．
The third fish was aimlessly jumping about，trying to escape with his speed and cleverness．The net，of course，finally closed around him，and as he lay in the hot frying﹣pan bed，he thought，"If I get out of this，I'll never live again in the limits of the lake．Next time，the ocean!I'll make it my home．"
56．The passage is a
A．diary
B．story
C．notice
57．The underlined word"ignorance"in the passage means" "in Chinese．
A．冲动
B．勇气
C．愚昧
58．Jimmy thought that he could escape from the fishermen by ．
A．traveling to the ocean
B．pretending to be dead
C．jumping here and there
59．Who was caught by the fishermen at last？
A．Demo
B．Jimmy．
C．Martin．
60．What can we learn from the passage？
A．It is important to make proper changes in time．
B．Good chances are always given to the honest．
C．The stupid can also succeed with great efforts．
Every year animals all around the world take part in some wonderful journeys．Here are the stories of two amazing animal travelers．
Humpback whales （ 座 头 鲸 ） prefer a slow journey．The humpbacks，
which travel over 10，000 kilometers on their journey from Alaska to Hawaii，swim at a relaxing speed of
about 1.6 kilometers an hour．Although they don't swim fast，humpback whales travel farther than any other kinds of whale．
Every August a fantastic sight can be seen in the skies above Ontario and Montreal﹣﹣millions of amazing
Monarch butterflies （ 帝 王 蝶） beginning their 4，000﹣﹣kilometer journey from Canada to Central Mexico．In fact，the journey，
which takes about 3 months，is longer than the average （ 平 均 的 ） life of the butterfly．Finally many
of the butterflies reaching their final place are the great grandchildren or even the great great grandchildren of the butterflies who began the journey in Mexico the year before．
任务一根据文章内容，完成下列句子．（每空不超过3个单词）
Humpback whales swim at a speed of （1） an hour from Alaska to （2） ．They travel slowly but （3） among all whales．Monarch butterflies spend（4） flying from Canada to Central Mexico．It lasts longer than their average life．The ones which arrive at the final place are （5） or even the great great grandchildren．
任务二请用英语简要概括出本文的主旨大意，不超过10个单词．
The passage is mainly about ．
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