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　　Mrs. Jenkins, a fifty-year-old woman, lives in a small town. Her husband died several, years ago. Her son, Robert, works in an office in London. And her daughter is in the same town with her, but she lives in her husband's house. Only the old woman stayed in the old house by herself.

　　One day Mrs. Jenkins received a letter from Robert. The young man missed (想念) her very much. He hoped she would go to the capital soon. The woman was happy and decided to start the next morning. She took a bus to the railway station (火車站) and bought a ticket. Before she was going in, suddenly she remembered she had not locked (鎖) the gate of the house. As she forgot her daughter's telephone number, she hurried to the post office and bought a stamp and an envelope. In her letter she told her daughter to go to lock the gate right now. Then she put the envelope into the post box.

　　At the entrance (進(jìn)站口) a man stopped her and said,“Your ticket, please!”

　　Mrs. Jenkins had a look at her hand. She began to cry: she was holding the letter in her hand!

1．Robert missed his mother because ________.

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A．he wanted her to look after him

B．she was too old to look after herself

C．he was afraid she would be ill at home

D．he thought she felt lonely (孤單的) at home

2．Mrs. Jenkins decided to go to London ________.

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3．Mrs. Jenkins told her daughter to go to lock the gate because ________.

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A．she was more careful than her

B．she knew where her mother lived

C．she believed nobody except her

D．only she was ready to help her

4．The word“envelope”in the passage means ________ in Chinese.

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5．Mrs. Jenkins began to cry at the entrance because ________.

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A．the man didn't let her in

B．she has lost her ticket

C．she had put the ticket in the envelope

D．she forgot to put the letter in the envelope

完形填空

　　A mother camel __1__ with __2__ through the desert. They were looking for water and grass.

　　The son asked his mother __3__ water and grass looked like. the mother replied that water looked __4__ the sky, blue and clear, while __5__ was green, fresh and nice.

　　After they had walked a day and a night, her son cried,“Look, mother, there's water and grass over there!”

　　“What foolish talk, child!”

　　The water and grass were on the left, while the desert was on the __6__. Because the mother camel had been blind in her left eye since she was a baby, she saw only __7__ of yellow sand __8__ her right eye.

　　After they had gone on another day and night, the young __9__ found a second oasis（綠洲）. But his mother still did not believe him, she said that was not an oasis, but a desert. she said she knew more than her son and couldn't be wrong.

　　Her son got angry. When he saw an oasis for the __10__ time, he left his mother without telling her. He ran into the grass and ate his fill.

(1）A．walk	B．walks
C．was walking	D．is walking
(2）A．her husband	B．her daughter
C．her son	D．her parents
(3）A．what	B．where
C．how	D．that
(4）A．like	B．love
C．as	D．enjoy
(5）A．sea	B．tomato
C．grass	D．forest
(6）A．wrong	B．blind
C．right	D．lame
(7）A．sea	B．sky
C．star	D．moon
(8）A．with	B．in
C．without	D．on
(9）A．friend	B．boy
C．fox	D．camel
(10）A．second	B．third
C．first	D．twice

　　One morning Mrs. Black was going to do some shopping with her daughter, Mary. When they were walking in the street, Mrs. Black was knocked down by a fast car and was quickly sent to hospital.

　　The next day the driver came to the hospital to see her with a beautiful flower. But Mrs. Black was weak and could hardly speak, so her daughter went in and spoke in a low voice to her mother, “Mother, the young man who knocked you down is waiting outside. Can he come in?”

　　“Yes,” Mrs. Black also spoke in a low voice, “if he is on foot.”

(1) Mary was going to do some shopping with her ________.

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A．husband

B．son

C．daughter

D．mother

(2) Mrs. Black was knocked down by a ________.

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A．tractor

B．truck

C．car

D．bus

(3) The driver went to see Mrs. Black in hospital with ________.

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A．a lot of food	B．many sweets
C．a nice flower	D．all kinds of fruits

A 2-year-od boy is being described as a hero after using Face Time to save his mother after she was badly hurt.
According to a report from KGUN, Laura was trying to stop a fight between two dogs when one of the dogs bit(咬) part of her middle finger almost completely off.
Laura tried to call 911 herself, but she said her hands were too badly hurt to make the call. “ I asked my daughters to call 911, and they’re four, and they were quite afraid to even touch the phone, because it was covered in my blood(血),” Laura told KGUN.
The mother continued to lose a lot of blood and thought she would go into a deep sleep—until her 2-year-old son Bentley came up with a dishcloth from the kitchen. After cleaning some of the bold off his mother’s iPhone, Bentley continued to use Face Time to call Laura’s friend Connie.
“All I could see was his little forehead. I said ‘Hi Bentley’ and it was quiet for a little bit. Then I heard Laura shouting,” Connie told KGUN.
Connie then called 911, and Bentley unlocked the door to let firefighters into the house.
Laura told KGUN she is very thankful for her little hero and has since taught all of her children how to call 911.
【小題1】Laura was badly hurt when she was _______.

A．opening the door	B．cooking in the kitchen
C．making a phone call	D．trying to stop a dog fight

【小題2】Through Face Time _______ learned about the accident and called 911 at last.

A．Laura’s son	B．Laura’s daughter
C．Laura’s friend	D．Laura’s husband

【小題3】The passage is probably taken from _______.

A．a(chǎn) newspaper	B．a(chǎn) poster
C．a(chǎn) science magazine	D．a(chǎn) guidebook

完型填空

No visitor was left in the museum now, and John was walking around to check if everything was all right. __1__ he saw a beautiful painting lying on the floor. John _2_ and gave it to the curator (館長).

The curator called several museums to check if it was a stolen painting _3_ no one claimed (認(rèn)領(lǐng)) it. So the curator decided to hang it. __4__ said it was beautiful and had a very deep meaning. The curator was __5__ to have such a painting in his museum and congratulated John on his discovery.

Some weeks later a woman and her __6__ came to the museum. While they were looking at that painting, the little boy began to __7__. The curator went over and asked what was making him so sad.

The child pointed to __8__ and said, “That’s my painting and I want it back.”

“Yes,” said his mother. “He __9__ it on the floor a few weeks ago. If you look carefully, you can see the name on the painting.” The curator __10__ believe his ears when he heard the truth.

1.	A．Suddenly B．Actually C．Usually D．Quickly

 

2.	A．set it up B．picked it up C．tried it out D．put it down

 

3.	A．because B．so C．or D．but

 

4.	A．Everyone B．Someone C．No one D．None

 

5.	A．nervous B．lucky C．proud D．worried

 

6.	A．husband B．son C．daughter D．friends

 

7.	A．cry B．shout C．smile D．laugh

 

8.	A．John B．his mother C．the painting D．the curator

 

9.	A．put B．drew C．found D．left

 

10.	A．might B．could C．might not D．couldn’t