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Many of you are studying English and you may be 1 why it is so difficult to learn. It’s actually not too difficult to learn 2 you know some 3 about the language and culture that it reflects (反映). Perhaps the first thing you need to know about English is that it is made up of several other languages 4 French, German, Latin, Greek and AngloSaxon. In addition, there are words 5 Spanish in English and many American Indian words and names, even some Chinese and Japanese 6 can be found in the English language. This borrowing of words 7 other languages is 8 of the key reasons 9 some of the difficulties that people meet with (遇到) 10 they are learning English.
1. A. knowing B. wondering C. earning D. hearing
2. A. but B. and C. if D. unless
3. A. news B. facts C. truth D. information
4. A. such as B. the same as C. so as D. for example
5. A. in B. off C. of D. from
6. A. words B. culture C. language D. letters
7. A. for B. to C. from D. out
8. A. that B. something C. one D. this
9. A. why B. if C. what D. for
10. A. when B. before C. after D. while
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Mr. Jackson was on duty that evening. It was 1 and there was
thick snow outside. So 2 people came to the hospital and he could __3 on the bed in his office and soon he went to 4 . Suddenly someone knocked at the door and it woke him up. He got up and 5 the door. In went an old man. His wife was 6 and he asked the doctor to go to look her over.
It was still 7 when Mr. Jackson came out. The old farmer
walked fast and he hardly 8 him. It was difficult for him to walk on the snowy roads. When he got to the man’s house, he was very 9 . He looked over the old woman and found she had a bad cold. He gave her some 10 and began to return to the hospital. The wind was blowing strongly and he had to walk 11 so that he wouldn’t fall over.
And when he was near the hospital, he had a 12 in his foot.
He walked slowly and at last he went into his office, He 13 his shoe and looked at his foot. There was much blood (血) on it. He 14 he stepped on (踩) a broken bottle. He looked at his shoe carefully and said to 15 , “Luckily, it didn’t prick(扎)my shoe!”
1. A. hot B. warm C. cool D. cold
2. A. few B. a few C. some D. many
3. A. play B. dance C. lie down D. sit down
4. A. work B. sleep C. study D. write
5. A. closed B. mended C. opened D. broke
6. A. healthy B. strong C. weak D. ill
7. A. snowing B. shining C. raining D. singing
8. A. got on well with B. caught up with
C. looked after D. listened to
9. A. sorry B. afraid C. strange D. tired
10. A. medicine B. food C. water D. sugar
11. A. quickly B. carefully C. noisily D. heavily
12. A. hole B. sock C. pain D. pill
13. A. took off B. put up C. burnt D. sold
14. A. forgot B. remembered C. understood D. was told
15. A. him B. her C. them D. himself
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A few minutes before six o’clock, Mr. Smith began to leave. He was about to start the car when a gunman (持枪者) 1 up from the back seat. He 2 a gun to Mr. Smith’s head,“Drive me to Paris!” he shouted.
“All right”Mr. Smith answered. He started the engine (发动机), pulled away from the side of the street and 3 down. Being 81 years old, he knew he could not 4 the gunman. He knew he needed help. Where were the police? As he drove 5 each crossing, he looked up and down the side streets, hoping to meet a police car. But he could see 6 .“Just my luck,” he thought. “If I was 7 too fast, there would be a police car on every corner.”
8 he pushed his foot down on the accelerator, and the car ran 9 faster. “What are you doing?” shouted the gunman.“Keeping off the police.” Mr. Smith answered.“I thought I saw a police car 10 there.”
He ran red lights, drove wrong on one-way streets. On the two-way streets, he drove on the wrong 11 of the road. Not one of the policemen saw him. Again Mr. Smith’s plan was not working. He had to try a 12 plan.
He 13 a corner and saw the police station in front. Then he drove his car as fast as he could towards the police gate. The car hit a police motorbike down and stopped. Mr. Smith shouted,“Help! Help!”Then he 14 back to grab the man’s gun. At the same time the policemen heard the 15 and quickly caught the gunman.
1. A. woke B. sat C. stood D. jumped
2. A. brought B. pointed C. held D. carried
3. A. drove B. left C. took D. pushed
4. A. fight B. lift C. keep D. hit
5. A. around B. over C. through D. towards
6. A. somebody B. anybody C. everybody D. nobody
7. A. driving B. moving C. getting D. walking
8. A. Slowly B. Suddenly C. Quietly D. Carefully
9. A. more B. much C. very D. quite
10. A. front B. near C. below D. back
11. A. street B. way C. side D. corner
12. A. new B. safe C. hard D. nice
13. A. found B. turned C. stopped at D. arrived at
14. A. got B. looked C. turned D. came
15. A. sound B. man C. voice D. noise
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It is a thousand kilometers across that desert (沙漠). The road is 1 nearly all the way. Sometimes there is a deep sand. A driver must then put his foot down hard and drive through! There are three small 2 along the way. Vick reached the first place at ten o’clock p. m. He had his 3 in a little restaurant (餐馆) there. It was a warm 4 in August. Vick wanted to 5 through the night. The nights are warm enough in August, but the days are very, very 6 .
He left the restaurant at 11: 30 and drove over 7 hours. There wasn’t a moon, but the 8 were wonderful. There was nothing else on die road. Vick thought, "It’s an empty desert. No tree, house, man. " He could 9 the endless, white road in the car’s headlights(车灯). A million stars looked down on him.
It was two o’clock in the morning. Vick stopped the car. He was two hundred kilo-meters from the 10 town: "I’ll light the cooker( 炊具)," he thought, "and make some tea. " He got out of the car.
He heard some sounds, ten or fifteen meters 11 . He could not see anything in the darkness(黑暗). A man said, "Good morning. It’s a 12 morning, isn’t it?" The man came forward (向前),out of the darkness; out of the desert. Vick did not move. The man said, "You are going to 13 some tea, aren’t you? I often get a cup of tea at this time. It’s two o’clock. Cars always 14 near here at this time. Sometimes I get a 15 . Now listen, and I’ll tell you a story. Then you’ll give me…"
1. A. short B. good C. busy D. well
2. A. cities B. hotels C. villages D. towns
3. A. tea B. supper C. lunch D. breakfast
4. A. night B. day C. season D. month
5. A. live B. stay C. drive D. walk
6. A. cold B. cool C. hot D. warm
7. A. two B. seven C. ten D. fourteen
8. A. trees B. animals C. stars D. clouds
9. A. see B. ride C. pass D. find
10. A. home B. other C. next D. last
11. A. about B. from C. far D. away
12. A. noisy B. lovely C. sleepy D. sunny
13. A. eat B. make C. cook D. drink
14. A. leave B. stop C. meet D. run
15. A. bread B. car C. rest D. meal
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A thirsty bee went to a river to drink. As it was drinking, the bee was 1 away by the running water.
A kind bird saw that the bee was in 2 . It picked 3 off a tree and threw 4 into the water in front of the bee. The bee climbed 5 the leaf, and it was brought 6 to the land. The bee thanked the bee a lot and then 7 .
Not 8 that, the bird was sitting 9 the branch of a tree. It did not know that a man was shooting at it. But the bee saw 10 the man was doing. So it flew into the man’s 11 and stung(刺蜇) him. The 12 in the man’s eye was so great that he was not able to 13 the bird, and the bird flew away.
14 the bee, 15 life had been saved by the bird, was able to save the life of the bird.
1. A. flying B. brought C. flowing D. carried
2. A. trouble B. a trouble C. danger D. dangerous
3. A. a leaf B. leaves C. leaf D. the leaf
4. A. them B. one C. it D. this
5. A. onto B. on C. to D. at
6. A. safety B. safe C. saved D. safely
7. A. climbed away B. ran away C. flew away D. got away
8. A. long before B. before long C. after long D. long after
9. A. in B. on C. at D. by
10. A. that B. what C. which D. when
11. A. eye B. nose C. mouth D. ear
12. A. pain B. bee C. bird D. earache
13. A. shoot B. shoot at C. shoot to D. shoot on
14. A. In the way B. On the way C. In a way D. In this way
15. A. her B. the C. whose D. its
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I’m glad it’s Sunday again. I can stay in bed 1 I like, drinking tea and 2 those thick newspapers that are brought 3 the newsboy through the letterbox at 8:30. In this way, I can catch up with all the 4 I haven’t got time to read during my work time.
When I 5 the papers, I then prepare my bath. The Sunday morning bath is 6 of the week. There’s no need to hurry because there’s no bus to 7 and my friends are told not to call me up before noon on Sundays, so there is no danger of 8 by the telephone.
9 spend the afternoon after lunch is always a bit of problem. In summer I can go to the park and sit in a chair 10 boys playing football, while in winter I sit in front of the fire and 11 when reading a book, sometimes I turn on the television and sleep through an old film.
Then there’s the 12 ahead of me. Perhaps I’ll call on some friends or go to the cinema 13 a new film I want to see or to town for a concert. Oh, there are 14 pleasant ways of passing Sunday evenings. The only sad thing is that Monday morning is getting 15 .
1. A. as long as B. as soon as C. as well as D. as much as
2. A. read B. reading C. to read D. am reading
3. A. from B. with C. and D. by
4. A. things B. books C. information D. knowledge
5. A. am reading B. have read C. had read D. read
6. A. the much pleasant B. the more pleasant
C. the most pleasant D. the very pleasant
7. A. sit B. catch C. get in D. take
8. A. trouble B. being troubled C. troubling D. to be troubled
9. A. What to B. How to C. When to D. Where to
10. A. looking B. seeing C. looking at D. watching
11. A. fall asleep B. go to sleep C. go to bed D.get to sleep
12. A. supper B. friend C. evening D. work
13. A. whether there’s B. if there will be C. when there has D. if there will be
14. A. so many B. such many C. a lot D. quite few
15. A. busier B. longer C. near D. away
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Policemen were called by a shop in Southland early on Christmas morning. When they 1 they found two burglars (偷盗者) were kept in a lift with a heavy box of money. The two men were in their twenties. They 2 an office in the 3 and took the money box and ran 4 the lift. They did not see the sign on the door saying that it 5 no more than two people.
“They were kept between the 6 because they 7 a heavy box,” the police officer said, “they 8 there for six hours, 9 on what they hoped to be their Christmas 10 . They were doing this at a time when people were at 11 for the Christmas with their families. It was a very special 12 when the policemen 13 the door and they walked 14 , holding out arms. They said they had never been 15 pleased to see policemen. The policemen said they were pleased to see them too.
1. A. reached B. got C. arrived D. were
2. A. broke up B. broke out C. broke D. broke into
3. A. street B. station C. shop D. box
4. A. out B. into C. inside D. off
5. A. runs B. drives C. makes D. carries
6. A. earth B. ground C. floors D. floor
7. A. lifted B. took C. brought D. made
8. A. were kept B. kept C. were taken D. were hit
9. A. sits B. sit C. sat D. sitting
10. A. box B. tree C. present D. money
11. A. work B. home C. ease D. place
12. A. happy B. hurry C. moment D. worry
13. A. opened B. closed C. turned D. shut
14. A. away B. off
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