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1.A young man who refused to give his name dived into the river yesterday morning to save a twelve-year-old boy. The boy was in danger in the river. He had been swimming in the river and caught his foot between two concrete posts under the bridge. He shouted out for help. At the time a young man was riding across the bridge on his bicycle. He quickly got down and dived into the river. He then freed the boy's foot and helped him to the river bank where a small crowd had collected. The boy thanked his rescuer sincerely, then ran off down the road. He was last seen climbing over a gate before disappearing over the top of the hill. The young man who was about 20 years of age said, "I don't blame the boy for not giving his name. Why should he? If he wants to swim in the river, that's his business. And if I want to help him, that's mine. You can not have my name either." He then ran back to the bridge, got his bicycle and rode away. The young man jumped into the river immediately when he saw the boy in danger. 选项： A:T B:F

2.A young man who refused to give his name dived into the river yesterday morning to save a twelve-year-old boy. The boy was in danger in the river. He had been swimming in the river and caught his foot between two concrete posts under the bridge. He shouted out for help. At the time a young man was riding across the bridge on his bicycle. He quickly got down and dived into the river. He then freed the boy's foot and helped him to the river bank where a small crowd had collected. The boy thanked his rescuer sincerely, then ran off down the road. He was last seen climbing over a gate before disappearing over the top of the hill. The young man who was about 20 years of age said, "I don't blame the boy for not giving his name. Why should he? If he wants to swim in the river, that's his business. And if I want to help him, that's mine. You can not have my name either." He then ran back to the bridge, got his bicycle and rode away. The 12-year-old boy had his foot caught between two concrete posts in the river. 选项： A:T B:F

3.A young man who refused to give his name dived into the river yesterday morning to save a twelve-year-old boy. The boy was in danger in the river. He had been swimming in the river and caught his foot between two concrete posts under the bridge. He shouted out for help. At the time a young man was riding across the bridge on his bicycle. He quickly got down and dived into the river. He then freed the boy's foot and helped him to the river bank where a small crowd had collected. The boy thanked his rescuer sincerely, then ran off down the road. He was last seen climbing over a gate before disappearing over the top of the hill. The young man who was about 20 years of age said, "I don't blame the boy for not giving his name. Why should he? If he wants to swim in the river, that's his business. And if I want to help him, that's mine. You can not have my name either." He then ran back to the bridge, got his bicycle and rode away. The young man was about 24 years old. 选项： A:T B:F

4.A rich American went into a shop in London. He wanted very much to get a nice-looking watch. He saw a watch and liked it so much that he decided to buy it. But the owner of the shop asked five hundred dollars for it.

21 the American was hesitating, a young man suddenly came into the shop, took 22 out of the owner's hand and ran out with it. It all happened in a few seconds. When the owner ran out 23 the street, the young man had already disappeared among the people.

The American went on. At the next corner, he saw the young man with the stolen watch in his hand, “Do you want to buy a fine watch, sir?” he said in a low voice, “It's only a hundred dollars.”

“The young man doesn't know I saw him stealing the watch just now,” he thought. The American paid at once and went happily back to his room with the watch. He told his friend about the fine watch.

His friend 24 a look at the watch and started to shout immediately. He said, “You are a fool. This watch is worth only ten dollars. I'm 25 the shop owner and the young man planned all this together.”

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5.1、Edison was a （ 1 ） American inventor. When he was a child, he was always trying out new ways. His （ 2 ） loved him very much. They called him Tom. Young Tom was in school for only （ 3 ） months. At school he liked asking his teacher many questions. Most of the （ 4 ） were not about his lessons. His teacher thought he wasn't bright and told his mother to take him out of school.

Edison's mother had to teach him （ 5 ） .Edison read a lot. Later he became quite interested in science and invented many important things.

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6.【排序题】Rearrange the following sentences so that they form a coherent paragraph in logical order: 选项：A、One day he saw a picture on his screen, so he rushed out to get someone he could “televise”. B、The boy, terrified, had put his head down. C、However, no image of the boy appeared on his screen.D、He worked at it for a long time, but he was not successful.E、That’s how television had been discovered.F、He found an office boy and took him back to his room.G、Television was invented by John Logie Baird.H、When he put it up again his picture appeared on the screen.

7.Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea." "OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then. Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening. The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more." The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?" "Burnt yesterday evening." The paper was burnt. 选项： A:T B:F

8.Last year I went to China from London. One evening I got a telephone call from a young Chinese friend. “I’ve just got married,” said the young man. “My wife and I would like you to come to our new house for a meal next Saturday evening.” “That’s great,” I said, “I’d like to see you and your wife very much.” “She isn’t beautiful, and she can’t cook well. But I hope you’ll come.” When I heard this, I was very much surprised. Was he already tired of his wife? He got married only a few days ago. Why was he saying this to me? But when I went to their new house and saw his wife at the door, I found she was a quite beautiful young woman. Only then did I realize that he wasn’t saying bad words about his wife. He was just being modest (谦虚的) in Chinese way.

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9.阅读下列文章，选出以下3道题的最佳选项。A very new, young officer was at a station. He was on his way to visit his mother in another town, and he wanted to telephone her to tell her the time of this train, so that she could meet him at the station in her car. He looked in all his pockets, but he did not have the right money for the telephone, so he went outside and looked around for someone to help him.At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said, “Have you got change or ten pence（便士）?”“Wait a moment,” the old soldier answered. He began to put his hand in his pocket, “I’ll see whether I can help you.”“Don’t you know how to speak to an officer?” the young man said angrily. “Now let’s start again. Have you got change for ten pence?”“No, sir,” the old soldier answered quickly.(1) He looked around for help because he _______. 选项： A: had no money to make the phone call B: did not know where to make the phone call C: needed some change for the phone call D: wanted to get change from the old soldier

10.Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea." "OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then. Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening. The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more." The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?" "Burnt yesterday evening." A man came to visit the boy's father on the fifth day. 选项： A:T B:F

11.[单选题]Passage 2 Once upon a time there was a poor boy who lived in Denmark. His father, a shoemaker, had died, and his mother had married again. One day the boy went to ask a favor of the Prince of Denmark. When the Prince asked him what he wanted, the boy said," I want to write plays in poetry and to act at the Royal Theater."The Prince looked at the boy, at his big hands and feet, at his big nose and large serious eyes, and gave a sensible answer. "It is one thing to act in plays, another to write them. I tell you this for your own good; learn a useful trade like shoemaking." So the boy, who was not sensible at all, went home .There he took what little money he had , said good-bye to his mother and his stepfather and started out to seek his fortune . He was sure that someday the name Hans Christian Andersen would be known all over Denmark. To believe such a story one would have to believe in fairy tales! Hans Christian knew many such tales. He had heard some of them from his father, who had worked hard at his trade, but liked to read better than to make shoes. In the evenings, he had read aloud from The Arabian Nights. His wife understood very little of the book, but the boy, pretending to sleep, understood every word. By day, Hans Christian went to house where old woman worked as weavers .There he listened to the tales that the woman told as they worked at their weaving .In those day, there were almost as many tales in Denmark as there were people to tell them.What did Andersen do after hearing what the prince of Denmark said? A He gave up his dream. B He was so sad that he gave himself up. C He was so sad that he left home. D He went on with his dream.

12.A boy asked his mother to buy him a bar of chocolate when they were shopping for groceries. The boy's mother told him he could not have any chocolate because he had been naughty. When the boy's mother turned to continue her shopping. the boy took a candy bar and stuffed it into his pocket. As the boy and his mother were leaving the till with their groceries, a store clerk stopped them and demanded the boy turn out his pockets. The boy did as the clerk asked, and the chocolate was discovered.Which of the following is the minimum age at which the boy could be held criminally responsible for his action in England and Wales? 选项： A:8 B:10 C:12 D:14 E:16

13.Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea." "OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then. Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening. The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more." The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?" "Burnt yesterday evening." The man was very surprised because he thought the child's father was dead. 选项： A:T B:F

14.Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea." "OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening. The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more." The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?" "Burnt yesterday evening." Question 11. Mr. Brown told his son that _____. 选项： A:he would be away from home for four days. ; B:he would be back in seven days.; C:he would be back in a month. ; D:he liked a cup of tea. ; E:he would be away from home for seven days.

15.Son’s HelpMr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling(赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him.It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Lang didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, daddy,” said the boy, “so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.” （1） Mr. Lang was paid much because _______. 选项： A:he was a driver B:he worked in a factory C:he had a lot of work to do D:he had worked there for a long time

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An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent 1 money, so that he had nothing left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends 2 him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles. "My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man. "What will 3 to me now?" "Don't worry, young man," answered Nasreddin. "Everything will soon be all right again. Wait and you will soon feel 4 happier." The young man was very glad. "Am I going to get rich again then?" "No, I 5 mean that," said the old man. "I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and having no friends."

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A few days later, one of these letters came into the hands of Herman's boss at the bank; someone had given it to him at a party. The next morning, Herman's boss asked him to come into his room and said, "Herman, I have some very good news for you. The bank of Ruritania is setting you free!"

1）、Herman was not happy because he was in prison in the bank.

选项： A:正确 B:错误">17.Herman had worked for the bank of Ruritania for ten years and was still only a clerk. He was not satisfied with the position and wanted to find something better. Yet he did not want to lose his position in bank before he had got another one, so he prepared a letter about himself, with the words "HELP! I AM A PRISONER OF THE BANK OF RURITANIA!" in big letters across the top. Then he sent it to several other banks, asking them for a job.

A few days later, one of these letters came into the hands of Herman's boss at the bank; someone had given it to him at a party. The next morning, Herman's boss asked him to come into his room and said, "Herman, I have some very good news for you. The bank of Ruritania is setting you free!"

1）、Herman was not happy because he was in prison in the bank.

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18.As a young boy, Rob (1) his parents talking about helping his father do the milking early every morning. He realized that he had (2) his father's love so on Christmas morning he (3) very early and (4) downstairs and did the milking all alone. When his father discovered what he had done. he(5) the boy in his arms. Now, as an older man, Rob decides to (⑥) the Christmas tree and tie his present and letter to his (7) wife before she gets up.

19. Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea." "OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening. The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more." The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?" "Burnt yesterday evening."Question 12. Mr. Brown wrote the words down on ________. 选项： A:the wall.; B:the door.; C:a piece of paper. ; D:his son's pocket. ; E:a cup.

20.材料题BIn the fall of 1924 Thomas Wolfe，fresh from his courses in play writing at Harvard joined the eight or ten of us who were teaching English composition in New York University．I had never before seen a man so tall as he，and so ugly．I pitied him and went out of my way to help him with his work and make him feel at home．His students soon let me know that he had no need of my protectiveness．They spoke of his ability to explain a poem in such a manner as to have them shouting with laughter or struggling to keep back their tears，of his readiness to quote in detail from any poet they could name．Indeed，his students made so much of his power of observation that I decided to make a little test and see for myself．My chance came one morning when the students were slowly gathering for nine o‘clock classes．Upon arriving at the university that day，I found Wolfe alone in the large room which served all the English composition teachers as an office．He did not say anything when I asked him to come with me out into the hall，and he only smiled when we reached a classroom door and I told him to enter alone and look around．He stepped in，remained no more than thirty seconds and then came out．“Tell me what you see．”I said as I took his place in the room，leaving him in the hall with his back to the door．Without the least hesitation and without a single error，he gave the number of seats in the room，pointed out those which were taken by boys and those occupied by girls，named the colors each student was wearing，pointed out the Latin verb written on the blackboard，spoke of the chalk marks which the cleaner had failed to wash from the floor，and pictured in detail the view of Washington Square from the window．As I rejoined Wolfe，I was speechless with surprise．He，on the contrary，was wholly calm as he said，“The worst thing about it is that I‘ll remember it all．”Which of the following is NOT said in the passage 选项： A:Wolfe‘s students praised Wolfe’s power of observatio B:The author made an experiment on Wolfe‘s abilit C:Wolfe‘s students asked the author to have a test of their abilit D:Wolfe did not feel angry when he was teste

21.There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so ___21___.

The mother decided that she would herself have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a book a week and do a book report for her.

One day, in Ben's ___22___, the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him ___23___. "Why did Ben put up his hand?" his classmates wondered. "He never said anything. What could he possibly want to say?"

Well, Ben not only ___24___ the rock, but also said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew where the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were surprised. Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book reports.

Ben later went on to the __25___ of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.

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22.I thought about those small bits of self-confidence that were so painstakingly built in boyhood, and how they were being crushed at the counter. 选项： A:

I thought about how the young man had gradually managed to build his self-confidence as a boy and how it was now being destroyed at the counter.

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I thought about how a boy could be so shy and felt so much pain as he grew up and why he was feeling even more afraid to talk at the counter.