Jessie was driving home happily when a truck went past her car. The driver was moving much too fast. When Jessie neared her exit（出口）, she ___1___ something and stopped her car to the right of the highway（高速公路）. An accident had happened on the left side. The truck had ___2___ a car, but the driver was gone. Jessie thought that the people inside must be badly ___3___ and she should help them as much as she could.

Not thinking of the ___4___, Jessie hurried to the other side of the road, though few people dared（敢）cross such a busy road. Looking into the car, she saw five people —two women and three children. Jessie was ___5___ to see all of them moving.

Jessie pulled one of the car doors. It wouldn’t open. She went to the next door. ___6___, she couldn’t move it. She almost thought that all was ___7___ before she got one of the doors to open a little. “Please get the children out,” one of the women called. Jessie ___8___ a little boy from the car and moved him to a ___9___ place. Then she went to bring the other children to safety.

After the last child was out of the car, Jessie thought of the box in ___10___ car. She had something in it that could help get that door open. So she got the box quickly. As Jessie was ___11___ on the door, the driver said, “Not many people would do what you’re doing.” “Your just take it easy, and I’ll have you ___12___ soon,” said Jessie. She was as good as her word. As soon as she helped the women out of the car, it caught fire.

  1. A. did                   B. saw                  C. made                D. forgot

  2. A. hit                    B. met                   C. passed                     D. followed

  3. A. beaten               B. treated               C. needed                     D. hurt

  4. A. matter               B. trouble                     C. danger                     D. accident

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

  6. A. Again                B. Clearly              C. Perhaps             D. Exactly

  7. A. expected           B. missed                     C. lost                   D. found

  8. A. picked                     B. dropped             C. collected           D. pulled

  9. A. quiet                 B. cool                  C. safe                  D. clean

  10. A. their                B. her                    C. another             D. this

  11. A. working          B. turning              C. knocking           D. setting

  12. A. back               B. past                  C. over                  D. out

It was June. The sun was in the sky. It was very hot. Jim was tired of school. He wanted to be at the beach. He could not stay in his   1  . He could not   2   talking. While the teacher wrote on the board, Jim got up and talked to a friend. The teacher, Mr Smith, heard the   3  and said: "Jim, sit down and be quiet. "

    Jim sat down. Mr Smith   4   his lesson. Jim got up and talked to another friend. "Sit down and be quiet," said Mr Smith. He was very   5  .

    "OK," said Mr Smith.  "If you want to talk,  6  come to the front of the classroom and   7  the teacher. "

    "All right,"   8   Jim. He came to the front of the classroom and said:"Quiet,  9  . I am the new teacher. Class is over now. Let's have a   10  "

1.A. office           B. home           C. seat                     D. room

2.A. stop             B. enjoy           C. forget                   D. finish

3.A. news            B. story                     C. fact                      D. noise

4.A. got ready for    B. went on with      C. went over               D. was interested in

5.A. angry           B. sad              C. worried                 D. afraid

6.A. again            B. also              C. then                    D. next

7.A. hear            B. find              C. ask               D. be

8.A. asked           B. agreed                    C. guessed                 D. laughed

9.A. anyone         B. someone                  C. everyone               D. no one

10.A. lesson         B. break           C. try                      D. meeting

 

Basketball is a very popular game      the USA. People all 1ike it. Most(絕大多數(shù)的) people can       it. A basketball is a round and big ball. It’s       and      than a football. It’s heaviest of all the balls. There are       players in each team. Basketball is quite popular in China       . Children often take a       to school and play it after school. In China some girls can play basketball        than boys. NBA games are very        in the world. Many people like        them on TV.

1.A.in        B. on          C. from      D.to

2.A. have  B. play       C. watch    D. take

3.A. big     B. biger     C. bigger   D. biggest

4.A. heavy         B. heavier C. heaviest         D. the heaviest

5.A. two    B. four       C. five        D. eleven

6.A. again B. also       C. so D. too

7.A. basketball  B. football          C. volleyball      D. soccer

8.A. good  B. well       C. better   D. best

9.A. famous       B. interesting    C. boring   D. good

10.A. watching  B. seeing   C. looking D. playing

 

    Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Alps in 1865. What he wanted most in the world was to climb the   1   peak(山峰)　in the Alps. Rudi's mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop   2   and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not   3   his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber   4   was planning to climb the highest peak.

    Franz was very   5   when he found out what Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing,   6  . Franz also didn't want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top   7   him.

    Rudi turned out to be a very good climber,   8   as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and could go no farther. Franz   9   behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the   10   to the top. Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to   11   him to the top. When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident. Saxo was helpless and hurt. Rudi must   12   whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top.

    He decided Saxo's life was more 13  than his dream and helped him down. During that time, the Englishman and Franz 14  the climb, and finally they reached the top. Later, when they returned to the village, they told people that   15   was the real conqueror(征服者) of the mountain.

1. A. highest            B. farthest            C. biggest                   D. deepest

2. A. learning           B. playing             C. climbing                 D. talking

3. A. try out             B. give up             C. go over                  D. work out

4. A. what               B. which              C. whom                    D. who

5. A. tired                B. glad                 C. quiet                      D. angry

6. A. again               B. too                   C. once                      D. instead

7. A. after                B. behind              C. before                    D. over

8. A. but                  B. so                    C. or                          D. for

9. A. walked            B. rested               C. stayed                    D. watched

10. A. first               B. second             C. third                      D. last

11. A. take               B. beat                 C. push                      D. help

12. A. wonder          B. remember         C. ask                        D. decide

13. A. important       B. successful        C. popular                  D. interesting

14. A. stopped         B. continued         C. enjoyed                  D. finished

15. A. Franz          B. Saxo                 C. the Englishman         D. Rudi

 

An old farmer lived with his grandson. Each morning, the   16   got up early and read his Bhagavad Gita(薄迦梵歌).

    One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the book like you   17   I can’t understand it, and I forget it easily. What’s the   18   of reading it?”

   The grandfather said, “Take this coal(煤炭) basket down to the   19   and bring me back a basket of water.”

   The boy did as his grandfather   20   ,but all the water ran   21   he got home. The grandfather laughed, “You’ll have to move faster next time.”

   This time the boy   22   faster, but again the basket was empty. He told his grandfather that is was   23   to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead, but the old man said, “I just want a basket of water. You’re not   24   hard enough.”

   The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the   25   into the river and ran hard. But there wasn’t anything in it again. He said   26   ,“Look, grandpa, it’s useless!”

   “Watch the basket.” said the grandfather.

   For the first time the boy   27   the basket was different. It had changed from a dirty old coal basket into a   28   one, inside and out.

   “Boy, you might not understand or remember   29   when you read the book, but when you read it, you will be   30   ,inside and out. That’s what you got from it.”

1.A. son            B. father            C. grandfather             D. grandmother

2.A. so             B. but              C. or                     D. and

3.A. time           B. place             C. use                   D. habit

4.A. house          B. beach            C. lake                   D. river

5.A. said           B. saw              C. liked                  D. did

6.A. as             B. after             C. until                  D. before

7.A. ran            B. rode             C. drove                 D. flew

8.A. difficult        B. interesting        C. impossible             D. unimportant

9. A. hitting          B. trying            C. holding               D. studying

10.A. hand           B. bottle            C. basket                 D. coal

11.A. sadly           B. hopefully       C. excitedly                D. happily

12. A. forgot          B. realized        C. believed                 D. remembered

13. A. white           B. clean          C. new                    D. black

14.A. nothing         B. something      C. anything                 D. everything

15.A. different        B. relaxed         C. curious                  D. worried