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　　Tom needed money for travelling, so he decided (決定) to get a job during the summer holiday. Some of his friends worked in shops for a few hours every week and the others helped farmers on farms, but Tom liked neither (兩者都不) of these jobs. He took a job painting (油漆) yellow lines down the middle of a highway (公路).

　　On his first day he painted ten miles, and his boss (老板) said, “keep it up and I'll give you more money.” The next day Tom did five miles, and the boss said, “well, five miles isn't as good as ten, but keep up the good work.” The following day Tom painted only one mile. The boss called Tom in and said, “first you did ten miles, then you did five miles, then you did one mile. You're not doing the work, so I have to let you go.”

　　As Tom walked away from the office, he said to himself, “but it is not my fault (過錯(cuò)). Each day I kept getting farther away from the paint can (罐).”

1．Tom decided to get a job because ________.

[　　]

A．some farmers needed help

B．he wanted to get some money

C．some friends worked in shops

D．he didn't need to go to school

2．On his first day of work Tom did ________.

[　　]

3．Tom had to leave at last because ________.

[　　]

A．he said something to the class

B．he was not doing his work

C．he was called into the office

D．he painted only one mile

4．Why did Tom paint only one mile on the third day? Because ________.

[　　]

A．he wasted (浪費(fèi)) too much paint

B．he was very far away from the can

C．he didn't like the job at all

D．he got too tired to work on

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　　The cinema was in darkness (黑暗) when we went in and it was no easy job making our way to our seats. An old man was walking in front of us. He was luckier as he had stick to help him find his way, just like a blind (瞎的) man.

　　“It's strange not to have any lights on before the film starts,” I said.

　　“And no music, either,” said my wife, “well, perhaps (也許) they want to save electricity (電).”

　　We were in one of the rows near the entrance (入口) when we heard other people pass by. But we could not tell how many people were at the cinema. It was crowed at that time of the day.

　　“It must be two o'clock already,” my wife said, “can you see your watch?”

　　My eyes had now got used to (習(xí)慣于) the darkness, and by bringing my watch close to my eyes, I could just make out it was a little after two.

　　Just then the film started, but we were disappointed to find that there had been a change (變化). It was not the film we wanted to see. They were showing an old film. My wife and I had seen it three times in the past two months!

1．Which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．The film had already started. when they got to the cinema.

B．There was music before the film started.

C．The old man with a stick in his hand knew it was dark in the cinema.

D．There were no lights on in the cinema.

2．Just then the film started, but we were disappointed to find that there had been a change. Here “disappointed” means ________.

[　　]

3．The film started ________.

[　　]

A．before two o'clock

B．a(chǎn)bout two o'clock

C．several minutes after two o'clock

D．a(chǎn)t half past two

4．What do you think the story-teller and his wife wanted to see?

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　　Just before Christmas in 1971, a German girl called Juliana was flying over a big forest of America. The plane was flying high in the sky.

　　Suddenly, there was a loud noise. Juliana found herself falling through the air. She closed her eyes. She was sure that she was going to die.

　　She fell 3,000 meters. When she opened her eyes again, she found that she had landed in a tree in the middle of the forest. She was not dead! To her surprise, she was not only alive (活著), but she wasn't even badly hurt. She was still in her seat. She was holding a bag of sweets.

　　She got out of the seat, and climbed down the tree. But she could see nobody else. She was alone except for a few dead bodies here and there.

　　She began to walk. At first she had nothing to eat except the sweets. Later she found a little fruit. She had never seen this kind of fruit before. She found the fruit was safe after she saw some monkeys eating it.

　　After four days, she came to a deep river. She walked by the side of the river for six more days and at last arrived at an Indian village. She was safe!

1．The air accident happened in the ________ of 1971.

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2．Juliana was from ________.

[　　]

3．The girl wasn't even badly hurt because ________.

[　　]

A．she was still sitting in her seat

B．she had landed in a tree

C．she had landed in a tree and was still sitting in her seat

D．she was not heavy

4．________ days after the accident, she arrived at an Indian village.

[　　]

5．The best title of this passage is ________.

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When Mary was fourteen, her mother gave her a beautiful ring. It was a birthday present, and Mary was very pleased. But a week later, she was very sad, because when she was working in the kitchen, she lost the ring. She looked everywhere, but she couldn't find it. She even looked in the drain(排水溝) outside the kitchen, but the ring was not there. That evening her brother Tom was eating some cakes. “Who made these cakes?” he said. “They are excellent.” “I made them.” Mary said. She was pleased that her brother liked them. Mary liked cooking very much. “Are there any…?” Tom started to ask. Then he stopped suddenly. He opened his mouth and took a ring out. “Where does this come from?” he asked, “This is a strange(奇怪的) type of cake!” Mary was pleased. “My ring!” she said. She took it to the kitchen. She washed it and then went back and thanked her brother. “I'm sorry you had a surprise,” she said. “But thank you very much for finding my ring. I'll cook some more cakes for you tomorrow as a reward(酬謝).”

1．Mother gave Mary a beautiful ring ________.

[　　]

A．on her birthday

B．because Mary liked rings

C．a(chǎn)s a reward

D．because she had last one

2．Mary lost her ring ________.

[　　]

A．on her birthday

B．when she ate a cake

C．soon after her birthday

D．when her mother was out

3．When Mary looked in the drain ________.

[　　]

A．she fell in the drain

B．she didn't find her ring

C．she found a cake

D．she found her ring

4．Tom said the cakes Mary made were ________.

[　　]

5．Mary washed her ring and returned ________.

[　　]

A．to cook cakes again

B．to thank Tom

C．to give it to her mother

D．to eat another cake

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Mr Green is a teacher of English. He comes from America. He teaches English in China. He speaks English quite well. He reads a lot of books and his wife Mrs Green often writes books for the students. He leaves home at ten to six. He begins the first lesson at 8:00. He teaches English every day except Sunday. At ten to twelve he finishes his lessons. Ten minutes later he has lunch. In the afternoon he often plays games with his students at about four o'clock. Sometimes he teaches his students at his office. Supper time is at about six. After that he reads newspaper and watches TV. At about ten to eleven he goes to bed.

1．Mr Green is ________.

[　　]

2．He leaves home at ________.

[　　]

3．The students come to school every day except ________ in a week.

[　　]

4．He has lunch at ________.

[　　]

5．He watches TV or reads newspaper ________.

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　　Dear Brenda,

　　I have just come back from France. It was the first time I had ever been there. We spent one day at Disneyland Park. We all had a good time there as it is a very exciting place. I've got lots of news to tell you.

　　When we arrived in Paris, my brother John was very excited. He wanted to go straight into the park, but my mother told him that he would have to wait until we had to check into the hotel.

　　About an hour later, we bought some tickets and John and I ran into the park. We got on a streetcar. It took us along a road called Main Street USA. The street is like an old American street with old-fashioned shops. Next we went to Adventureland. We went to see the Swiss Family Robinson who were having a picnic in their tree house. Before long, we were all hungry so we had lunch in a lovely American restaurant. The food was very delicious.

　　After that we went to Fantasyland. I thought it was great. It was my favorite part of the park. I talked with Alice and had tea and cakes. John went to see Sleeping Beauty's castle in the hope of seeing Sleeping Beauty. Unluckily, she was sleeping so he wasn't able to see her.

　　We decided to go to Discoveryland next. On our way we saw Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. They are well-known cartoon characters. They were very big. They were much bigger than I had thought. It was late in the afternoon, but we thought we had just enough time to visit Discoveryland when John found he had lost a button from his shirt. We looked everywhere for the button, but we couldn't find it. When we arrived at the entrance to Discoveryland, there was a big sign on the gate that read “CLOSED”. We were too late. We were disappointed, but I agreed we had had a wonderful time.

　　I hope that we will go back soon.

Love,

Jenny

注釋：castle n．城堡　　character n．人物

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1．Which of the four statements is right?

[　　]

A．Jenny's family had a bad time in Disneyland.

B．Jenny's family were very disappointed about their trip.

C．Jenny's family checked into a hotel before visiting Disneyland Paris.

D．Jenny's family didn't visit Fantasyland in Disneyland.

2．Jenny's family visited ________.

[　　]

A．Main Street USA first

B．Fantasyland first

C．Discoveryland last

D．Sleeping Beauty's castle first

3．The family thought that ________.

[　　]

A．American food was tasteless

B．American food was unhealthy

C．Chinese food was better than American food

D．American food was good

4．What does the underlined word “disappointed” mean?

[　　]

5．Put the following events in the right order.

a．Jenny's family went to visit Adventure land.

b．Jenny's family took a streetcar in Disneyland

c．Jenny's family arrived in Paris.

d．John went to see Sleeping Beauty's castle.

[　　]

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　　Mark Shackleton's opinion on people who keep pets has received a lot of comments from our readers. Here are two of them.

　　Kungsbacka

　　Sweden

　　Dear Lucy,

　　In my opinion, animals like cats or dogs are good company for old and lonely people. But in the past dogs were good helpers for hunters, they watched the house, and so on. The cats who lived on the farms helped the farmers to kill rats and keep other small animals out of the farm. I agree with Mark about the danger of keeping animals in big cities and houses and giving them plastic bones and bad food, etc. I hope we can give them the old life back again so they can live in natural environment but also close to people.

Yours sincerely,

Hans Borjesson

　　Broager Central Skole

　　Denmark

　　Dear Lucy,

　　We are some pupils who don't like Mark's opinion about pets in the October issue of Modern English. We disagree with him because we think that children have a lot of fun with pets and they learn how to treat animals. Many old people usually live alone and they love to talk to pets, they depend on them.

　　And what would happen if you let the pets go free? Very soon there would be more cats and dogs in the world than people. Or the animals would die because they weren't able to manage on their own. Look at the alleycats nowadays! They weren't taken care of. Finally, we don't think that Mark has a pet himself or else he would have known better.

Yours sincerely,

Pupils from Broager Central Skole

　　注釋：comment n．評(píng)論　　issue n．(報(bào)刊的)一期　　depend vi．依賴

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1．________ agrees with Mark Shackleton's opinion on people who keep pets.

[　　]

A．Lucy

B．Hans Borjesson

C．Pupils from Broager Central Skole

D．No one

2．In Mark Shackleton's opinion, ________.

[　　]

A．it's not good to keep pets in big cities

B．it's necessary to keep all the animals in the zoo

C．it's good for the old to keep pets

D．it's possible to make the dogs watch the house and make the cats kill rats

3．According to the pupils from Denmark, ________.

[　　]

A．it's good to let the pets go free

B．children will learn how to be kind to their pets

C．children shouldn't take good care of alley-cats

D．there will be more cats and dogs than people one day

4．The Swedish thinks since most people like animals, they ________.

[　　]

A．should keep them in their house

B．should let them live a nature life

C．should keep them in the zoo

D．should be taken better care of

5．Modern English in this passage is a ________ for English learners abroad.

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　　take phrasal verbs

　　take after sb, phr. v [T not in progressive form]to look or behave like (an older relative): Mary really takes after her mother; she has the same eyes, nose and hair.

　　take off phr. v

　　1．[T](take sth, off) to remove (esp. clothes): Take your coat of f. opposite put on.

　　2．[I](of a plane, spacecraft, etc.) to rise into the air at the beginning of a flight.

　　3．[T](take sb. off) informal to copy the speech or manners of (someone), esp. for amusement; mimic: The actor made everyone laugh by taking off the members of the royal family.

　　4．[T](take sth, off) to have a holiday from work on (the stated day) or for (the stated period): I'm taking Thursday off because 1'm moving house./Take a few days off, Michael.

　　5．[I]to begin to become successful, popular, or well-known: It was at this point that her acting career really took off.

　　6．[I]informal to go away, esp. on a journey or to leave in a hurry: She just took off without saying goodbye to anyone.

　　take (sth.) over phr. v

　　[I; T]to gain control over and be responsible for (something): Who do you think will take over now that the governor has Left./I'm feeling too tired to drive any more; will you take over?

　　take to sb./sth. phr. v

　　[T]to feel a liking for, esp. at once: I took to Paul as soon as we met./I'm not sure if he'll take to the idea.

　　take sb./sth, up phr. v [T]

　　1．to begin to spend time doing; interest oneself in：John took up acting while he was at college. [+-ving]Alfred's just taken up playing the guitar.

　　2．(of things or events) to fill or use (space or time) esp. in a way that is unpleasant：The job took up most of Sunday./These boxes of yours are taking up too much space.

　　3．to continue：I'll take up the story where I finished yesterday.

　　注釋：amusement n．娛樂活動(dòng)　　gain vt．獲得

　　mimic adj．模擬的　　responsible adj．有責(zé)任的

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1．Which “take off” in the following sentences has a different meaning?

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A．I took a week off in October and I'm taking off Thanksgiving, too.

B．Everyone takes Christmas off.

C．She used to take off her teacher to make her friends laugh.

D．You need a break. Why not take a fortnight off from work?

2．Melissa ________ her father in being generous.

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3．“Today, we are to ________ Unit 11, Planting trees.” Our teacher said to us at the very beginning of the class.

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4．He will ________ my job while I ________ a week ________ for New York.

[　　]

A．take after, take…to

B．take up, take…after

C．take to, take…over

D．take over, take…off

5．I ________ her the moment I met her.

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　　It's very common for students' marks to fall. Sometimes it is because of situations outside of school, such as problems at home. Sometimes it is simply because the tests get harder as you get older.

　　If you can think about what was happening when your marks started to fall, you may be able to solve this problem.

　　Stop comparing yourself with other people. It does not matter if other students get higher test marks than you. What is important is that you do your best.

　　Try to talk to a friendly teacher. He or she will be able to help you with the subjects you find difficult.

　　Before each test, you should go through your notes from class. You should remember the most important things you have written in a shorter form.

　　Pictures can also be helpful. Write the subject in the center of a page, and then surround(圍繞) it with main related(有關(guān)的) points.

　　Look through your shorter notes and pictures again just before the test, You will be surprised when you find you remember so much.

　　It may take hard work. And your marks may not improve straight away. But let your confidence rise by every mark.

　　Soon they should begin to climb again.

1．What does the writer think of the marks to fall?

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A．It's very hard to believe it's a common thing.

B．It's not possible for the hard working students' marks to fall.

C．It's sometimes because of the problems outside the school and the more difficult tests.

D．When the students get older, it's very common for their marks to fall.

2．If your marks fell in the tests, you should ________.

[　　]

A．compare with the others and find out how they can get higher marks

B．find out how difficult the subjects are

C．think about when your marks started to fall

D．do your best to learn the subjects with the help of friendly teacher

3．If you want to stop your marks from falling, you should ________ before the tests.

[　　]

A．remember the most important points you have written in a shorter form

B．draw pictures in the centre of a page in and after class

C．write down all the important points you have learned

D．he surprised that how much you will remember

4．After you do your best and work hard, ________.

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A．you'll find your marks may be straight improved

B．you'll find your confidence rising by every mark

C．you'll begin to climb trees again when you are free

D．you'll soon catch up with the others by getting high marks

5．This passage is maybe the most helpful for ________.

[　　]

A．a(chǎn) good student to win the first place in his tests

B．a(chǎn)ll the students in trouble to pick up their confidence and good marks

C．only a few poor students in study to catch up with the others

D．few students to find better ways to do well in the tests

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　　Dear Earthmen,

　　I have enjoyed my stay on your interesting planet. I think I understand the life on earth now and I would like to give my impressions(印象).

　　First of all you live in boxes. Every morning you leave your big boxes and get into smaller boxes on wheels(輪子). All these small boxes run around and around, and finally stop to rest. You leave these boxes on wheels and go to very large tall boxes.

　　After resting all day you get back in your little boxes and return to your big boxes. There you sit and look at very small glowing boxes with moving pictures on the front.

　　There is only one thing I don't understand. I went to a football game one day. A group of angry boys fought a little round ball. Everyone shouted but they kept fighting. They were angry, because they had been kept in boxes all day. I think.

　　Thanks you earthmen for this chance to get to know you.

Yours

The man from Mars

1．“Your interesting planet” means ________.

[　　]

2．“Big boxes” means ________.

[　　]

A．large wooden boxes for goods

B．streets

C．houses for people to live in

D．factories

3．“small boxes on wheels” means ________.

[　　]

4．“very small glowing boxes with moving pictures on the front” means ________.

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5．The man from the Mars ________.

[　　]

A．was afraid of fighting

B．enjoyed playing football

C．didn't understand football at all

D．understand football very well