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Long， long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal the bell on his neighbor’s door, he walked up to the door， took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea， “Ah, I'll put some cotton in my ears。 Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbor， and took hold of the bell。 This time he pulled even harder。 The bell rang loudly， but the thief did not hear anything。 With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbor came running out.
“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson,” the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell。 “Why did he come out just then？” he wondered.
1．The neighbor hit the thief to punish him for stealing.
A： T
B: F
答案： A
2．The neighbor ran out probably because he knew his doorbell was being stolen.
A： T
B： F
答案： A
3．The thief put some cotton in his ears so as not to hear anything.
A： T
B: F
答案： A
4． The thief thought the neighbor couldn’t hear the noise of the bell。
A： T
B: F
答案： A
5． The thief was trying to get his neighbor's doorbell。
A： T
B： F
答案: A
Let's watch the weather forecast on television。 We may go to Scotland, we may go to Wales or London。 We can decide after the forecast。
“Good morning, and here is the weather forecast for tomorrow。 Northern Scotland will be cold, and there may be snow over High Ground. In the north of England it will be a wet day and rain will move into Wales and the Midlands during the afternoon. East Anglia(英格兰）will be generally dry, and it will be a bright clear day with sunshine， but it may rain during the evening。 In the southwest it may be foggy during the morning, but the afternoon will be clear。 It may be windy later in the day。"
1. The speaker is planning to go traveling within the country。
A:T
B：F
答案：A
2。 The speaker can fly to Northern Scotland tomorrow morning， because it won’t be foggy there tomorrow.
A：T
B：F
答案:A
3。 It will be a bright clear day in East Anglia tomorrow.
A：T
B:F
答案:B
4。 The forecast mainly tells us the whole country will have fine weather tomorrow。
A：T
B：F
答案：B
5。 You can infer from the passage that none of the places offers ideal weather tomorrow for travel。
A：T
B：F
答案：A
A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl。 Soon she became his fiancée(未婚妻）。 The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to make her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money。 The next morning he went to a shop。 There were many fine things there： gold watches， diamond… but all these things were too expensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyes off。 It was a beautiful vase。 That was a suitable present for his fiancée. He had been looking at the vase for half an hour when the manager of the shop noticed him. The young man looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager asked what had happened to him.
The young man told him everything. The manager felt sorry for him and decided to help him。 A bright idea struck him。 The manager pointed to the corner of the shop。 To his great surprise the young man saw a vase broken into many pieces. The manager said: “When the servant enters the room， he will drop it。"
On the birthday of his fiancée the young man was very excited。
Everything happened as had been planned. The servant brought in the vase， and as he entered the room， he dropped it。 There was horror on everybody's face. When the box was opened, the guests saw that each piece was packed separately。
1. The story took place in the United States。
A：T
B:F
答案： B
2. The young man’s family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich, according to the passage.
A:T
B:F
答案： A
3。 The young man wanted to buy a present as a Christmas gift for the girl。
A:T
B：F
答案： B
4。 The shop manager came to talk to the young man, because he was poorly dressed.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
5. On the birthday of his fiancée， the young man was excited because the girl was in love with him。
A:T
B：F
答案: B
Our child's behavior is greatly influenced by the way we react to what he has done。 Our reactions help to determine whether our child will repeat his behavior or whether he will do something different。 This statement is a very important part of a principle of behavioral psychology.
The principle states that a behavior is influenced or affected by how the environment -——- people， places and things ———- immediately responds to the behavior。 Perhaps without realizing it， you have used this principle many times。
On the occasion when you told your child what a good boy he was after he cleaned up his room， you used the principle。 When you sent your child to his room for fighting with his brother, you used the principle. When I gave Kim a cookie after she started to cry， I used the principle. In each of these examples, a particular behavior occurred first -—-- cleaning up a room， fighting, and crying.
In addition， there was a reaction to each behavior -——- the child was praised， sent to his room， or given a cookie. By these actions, we have influenced the previous behaviors and have helped to determine whether those behaviors will occur again in the future.
1。 The lecture is mainly about Children's behavior and our response。
A：T
B：F
答案： A
2。 The lecture is based on the principle in behavioral psychology.
A：T
B：F
答案: A
3. The audience at this lecture might be social workers.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
4。 According to the lecture， the child was sent to his room as a kind of reward.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
5. People， places and things are elements of “environment" meant by the lecturer.
A：T
B：F
答案: A
Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s。
King was born on January 15， 1929 in Atlanta， Georgia。 When he was young， he was strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi’s idea of non-violent resistance. Having received a Ph. D （Doctor of Philosophy) from Boston University, he became a political and religious leader of the non—violent civil relights movement in 1955。 On August 28， 1963， he led over 250，000 Americans on a march in Washington D.C. to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for all people， and delivered his best known speech “I Have a Dream”before the Lincoln Memorial。 The “dream” is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White. Thus， he was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1964， but he was murdered four years later.
Though he died, he was greatly respected and loved by the Americans, both the white and the black. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday in Luther King’s honor。 He lives in people's hearts forever.
1。 Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old。
A:T
B:F
答案：A
2。 Martin Luther King was a black minister only。
A：T
B:F
答案：B
3。 Martin Luther King’s Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years.
A：T
B:F
答案：A
4. The underlined word “delivered” in the second paragraph could be replaced by “gave”.
A：T
B:F
答案：A
5. The best title for this passage is “"Civil Rights Law”.
A：T
B：F
答案：B
Taking away a city's rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it。 Most rubbish is made up of things we can't eat or use. If we kept these things, we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.
In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside the city to a dump。 Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole。 The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage（污水，排水）system. The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs and other places。
To keep mice and flies away， some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land。 Finally， a house or a school may be built there， and then you’d never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump。
In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything except the metal。 Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus（腐殖质)， which looks like black earth. It is rich with the kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.
1。 You can most probably read this kind of passage in a telephone book.
A：T
B:F
答案:B
2。 The main idea of the passage is to tell people to take useful things out of rubbish.
A：T
B：F
答案:B
3. The underlined word “sewage” in the second paragraph means laundry。
A：T
B:F
答案：B
4. According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again to feed plants.
A:T
B:F
答案：A
5。 We should take care of a used metal box by reusing and recycling it。
A:T
B：F
答案：A
Mr. White lived in a small village。 His parents hadn't enough money to send him to school. He had to help them to do something in the fields。 But he didn’t like to live in the poor place。 When he was sixteen， he got to the town and found work in a factory。 Three years later he became tall and strong. So he was sent to Africa as a soldier. He stayed there for five years and got some money. Then he came back to England and bought a shop in a small town。 No people in the town went to Africa except him. And he hoped they thought he was a famous man and that they could respect him。 The children often asked him to tell them some stories and his life in Africa.
One day a few children asked him to tell them something about the animals in Africa。 He told them how he fought with the tigers and elephants. His stories surprised them all and some policemen and workers went to listen to him. It made him happier。 Just a man who taught geography in a middle school passed there。 He stopped to listen to him for a while and then said， "Could you please tell us a rare animal， sir?”
”Certainly," said Mr. Turner。 ”One day I met a rhinoceros（犀牛) by a river…"
"Please wait a minute, sir，" said the man. "There aren't any rhinoceros in Africa at all!"
”It's rare just because there aren’t any!”
1. Mr. White was born in a farmer’s family。
A：T
B:F
答案：A
2. Mr. White hoped to be respected because he was the richest man in their town.
A：T
B:F
答案：B
3. The children often asked him to tell them something interesting because he knew more than any other person in the town.
A：T
B：F
答案：A
4。 All people believed Mr。 White except the children。
A：T
B:F
答案：B
5。 Mr. White wouldn't like to admit that he was wrong。
A：T
B:F
答案:A
The workers who brought the girl to the orphanage （孤儿院） knew little about her. The streets where they found her had been her home for many years。 Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage， the girl, like all the children there， was taught to read and write。 While she was studying at the orphanage， she learned something else－to be independent。 At twenty—one，she left the orphanage and began work as a secretary。 And then, in 1975， while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special happened。 She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life。 Now her name,Mary Cheung，was known to everybody.
Mary entered the competition because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager。 When she was working as a manager，she had trouble with her reports. “My English just wasn't good enough." she says. Luckily，she had a boyfriend (who later became her husband） to help her。
Mary studied management at Hong Kong Polytechnic and graduated in 1980. She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the University of Hong Kong. Since 1987，she had spent a lot of time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many places－China, New Zealand and Paris。 She still found time， however， to work on TV， write for newspapers and bring up her family.
1。 Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage，she had lived in the streets for many years。
A：T
B：F
答案： A
2。 The sentence “”orphanage girls could be something” means that orphanage girls could be popular and successful.
A：T
B：F
答案： A
3. Her life changed in 1985。
A：T
B:F
答案： B
4. This passage is probably taken from a novel.
A：T
B:F
答案: B
5. Mary's boyfriend was good at English.
A：T
B:F
答案： A
Do you still get free plastic bags from the supermarkets? Things have changed.
China has banned free plastic bags at shops and supermarkets, and people have to pay for using plastic bags. The rule started on June 1. It came because our country tried to make litter less. Making super-thin plastic bags has also been banned。
The Chinese once used about 3,000,000,000 plastic shopping bags a day， and they have caused pollution of the environment。 The bags have become a main cause of plastic pollution because they are not easy to break and people throw them away here and there. So the Chinese people are encouraged to bring their own bags for shopping。
What kind of shopping bag is the best to bring？ Some students in Chongqing have a good idea. They make their own shopping bags。 They use old clothes to make cloth bags， and send them to their parents as presents。 They also ask their parents and friends to use cloth bags instead of plastic ones。 They think it is their duty to protect the environment.
1。 People in China have to pay for using plastic bags at shops and supermarkets now。
A：T
B:F
答案：A
2。 China made this rule because plastic bags were bad for the environment。
A：T
B:F
答案：A
3。 The Chinese people are encouraged to bring their own bags for shopping.
A：T
B：F
答案：A
4。 Some students in Chongqing buy cloth bags for their parents。
A:T
B：F
答案：B
5。 The main idea of the article is the bags have become a main cause of plastic pollution。
A:T
B：F
答案：B
Some British and American people like to invite friends and colleagues for a meal at home。 You should not be upset （心烦意乱） if your English friends don’t invite you home。 It doesn't mean they don't like you。
Dinner parties usually start between 7 and 8 p.m。, and end at about 11。 Ask your hosts what time you should arrive。 It’s polite to bring flowers， chocolates or a bottle o