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here a young woman jumped into the sea in the darkness of the night. When she was taken up from the sea, nothing could make her come to life. From then on, the people in the village began to pay more attention to each of the visitors. If someone looked unhappy or worried, they would watch him all day long with care. They would never let the same thing happen again.
A week later, came several visitors. Among them there was a young woman of twenty years old. One day she looked different from others. She went out alone at night. She was found just by a villager. The villager made no noise and followed her. When the young woman was walking to the beach, the villager rushed at her and tried hard to pull her back. “Let me go. Don’t pull me!” cried the young woman, “I was playing on the beach this afternoon. Now I can’t find the key to my
suitcase. I think it must be left here.” “But why won’t you look for it tomorrow morning?” said the villager. “Tomorrow morning I’ll leave here and catch the early bus to New York. I must leave before the day breaks.”
(1) The small village was_____ the sea.
A.far from B.near
C.from D.to .
(2) _____ of the visitors came to this village in order to die.
A.Few B.Little C.A little D.Several .
(3) Why did a young woman go out alone at night one day? A.To go for a walk. B.To go swimming. C.To look for her key. D.To end her life. .
(4) The villager rushed at the young woman because he wanted to_____ . A.save her
B.ask her for something C.kill her D.frighten her .
(5) The woman looked for the key at night because_____ . A.she couldn’t get up early the next morning. B.she had something important to do
C.she had little time to look for it the next morning D.she wanted to leave the village at once . 6.
Joe was going into his usual bar before lunch when he saw a poorly dressed man fishing in a small pool or rain-water about five centimeters deep outside it.
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Joe stopped and watched the man for a few minutes. He saw that most of the people who passed by him believed he must be rather mad.
Joe pitied the man, so after a while he went up to him and said kindly. “Hello, would you like to come into the bar and have a drink with me?”
The fisherman was delighted to accept his offer. Joe bought him a few drinks and finally said to him, “You’ve been fishing outside here, haven’t you? How many did you manage to catch this morning, if I may ask?”
“You are the eighth,” the fisherman answered merrily.
(1) Before lunch Joe usually had _____ . A.drink at the bar B.tea at the bar C.dinner at the bar
D.a drink with the fisherman .
(2) Who took pity on the fisherman? A.Nobody. B.Only Joe.
C.Everyone who passed by him.
D.Most of the people who passed by him. .
(3) The poorly dressed man _____ . A.must be mad B.must be hungry C.must be thirsty D.was not mad at all .
(4) The fisherman pretended _____ . A.to be mad B.to be fishing C.to be poor D.to have no job .
(5) The fisherman fooled_____ . A.all the people B.most of the people
C.Joe as well as the other seven people D.eight people except Joe .
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7.
The following is a true story. It happened in a small village in Australia, where some dangerous animals live in the forest.
Lisa, a 33-year-old mother, went to cook lunch in the kitchen, her 3-year-old son, Barney, playing by himself in the garden.
Suddenly, a loud cry of Barney came into the mother’s ears. Lisa rushed into the garden in a hurry and found a big snake entwining (缠绕) the little boy with its terrible body and trying to eat the boy. It was a boa (蟒). Lisa was terrified and quite angry. She made up her mind to save her son from the snake’s mouth.
It was great mother’s love that made Lisa forget what she faced. She took up a hoe from the ground and beat the boa as hard as she could.
One…two…with the hoe, Lisa beat the snake repeatedly, but useless. The little boy’s voice and breath were getting weaker and weaker. Lisa’s heart was broken and she got nearly mad.
Suddenly Lisa put away the hoe and threw herself to the boa, opened her mouth and bit (咬) into the boa’s back. Lisa was really mad.
The boa was so badly hurt that it let go of Barney and moved into the forest hurriedly. It had never known how a woman had such terrible sharp teeth. On half way home, the boa died.
It was great mother’s love that saved the little boy.
(1) When she came into the garden, Lisa found_____ . A.her son was in danger of losing his life B.her son was playing with a big snake C.a boa was eating her son
D.Barney was fighting with a boa .
(2) In this passage the writer mainly wants to tell us _____. A.a boa was a dangerous animal
B.the boy was too young to fight against the boa C.how sharp the mother’s teeth were D.how great mother’s love was .
(3) The underlined word “terrified” means _____ in Chinese.
A.激动的 B.平静的 C.惊恐的 D.难过的 .
(4) Lisa failed in fighting against the boa at first just because _____ . A.she was worried about her own life
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B.the boa was so strong C.she was too old
D.she was afraid that what she did would hurt her son .
(5) Lisa bit the snake because_____ .
A.she hadn’t got any other way to beat the snake B.she thought her teeth much sharper than the hoe C.her son was entwined by the boa D.she was mad .
8. An American magazine wanted to see how hard it would be to put a bomb (炸弹) on an airplane. A reporter put a suitcase on the floor of the airport. Security officers (保安人员walked by the bag but didn’t stop. Two airplanes arrived and left. A janitor (清洁工) swept the floor around the bag three times. Three people tripped (绊倒) over it. Finally, after three hours, the reporter took his bag away.
The magazine said it would be easy for a terrorist (恐怖分子) to put a bomb on an airplane in America. Suitcases aren’t x-rayed unless you carry them on the airplane. You can put a suitcase on an airplane even you don’t have a ticket for the plane.
Terrorists use plastic bombs the size of a small radio that can blow up (炸毁) an airplane while it’s in the air. The government is building a new $900,000 machine that can find a plastic bomb.
The people who check the bags that Americans carry with them on the plane aren’t paid much money. The magazine asked one of them what would happen if he made a mistake and an airplane exploded (爆炸). He said if it happened once, he would have to have some more training. If it happened again, he said he might be fired.
(1) The main idea of the article is_____ . A.people who check bags are very careful
B.it’s not hard for a terrorist to put a bomb in an airplane C.the magazine wrote an interesting article about airplane D.janitors are likely to find bombs in airports .
(2) A reporter left a suitcase in the airport because _____ . A.he wanted to see if anyone would check it B.he was going on a trip
C.his magazine ordered him to D.it had a bomb in it .
(3) In most American airports, suitcases are _____. A.always x-rayed before they are put on airplanes B.not allowed on airplanes unless you have a ticket C.given tickets to get on airplanes
D.not checked unless they are carried on airplanes .
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