Once the king ofEnglandasked Thornhill to paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace.
The king s 1 the palace to the painter and said ," You must paint your pictures round the walls of this palace near the ceiling."
Then workers came and m 2 a big platform.
Thornhill began to paint. He worked with a man who helped him. He painted on the platform near the ceiling. They worked for a year.
At last the pictures were r 3 Thornhill looked at the pictures and was happy. They were beautiful. He looked at them for a long time. How beautiful they were!He took one s 4 back and looked again. Now the pictures were more beautiful. He took another step,then another. Now he was at the very edge (邊緣) of the platform but he did not know it. He thought o 5 of his pictures.
The worker who helped him saw e 6
"What shall I do?" he thought, "Thornhill is at the very edge of the platform. If I c 7 out,he will take another step and will fall on the s8 floor. It will kill him."The worker q 9 took a pail of paint,ran to a picture and threw the paint at the picture. "What are you doing?" cried the painter,t 10 quickly back to his picture.
1. s 2. m 3. r 4. s 5. o
6. e 7. c 8. s 9. q 10. t
1. showed 2. made 3. ready 4. step 5. only 6. everything 7. cry 8. stone 9. quickly 10. turning
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Man,101,Passes Driver's Test Alden Couch celebrated (慶祝) his 101st birthday last Monday. He also c 1 another thing：he just p 2 his driver's test and got the driver's 1 3 (駕照) . "I haven't d 4 for 10 years,but I passed," he said.
Alden's friends h 5 a party for him. Couch drove his car to the party by h 6 ,After two cakes and a round of dancing,he drove home. Were there 101 c 7 on his cakes?
"No，no,not 101," he said on the telephone. "There would be a bonfire (篝火) with 101 candles."
Alden's son,64-year-old Bill Couch,said he sometimes f 8 his father in his car to make sure his dad drove s 9
"I feel a lot better about that,”Bill Couch said. Alden Couch's new license will e 10 in 2012. During his lifetime,Couch has owned 10 to 15 cars. The first car he drove was his parents' car.
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Do you like to eat fruit? How much fruit do you eat every day? Fruit is good for our h 1 Some days ago,more than 220,000 students from 350 primary schools of Hong Kong e 2 fruit at school on a Tuesday―to support Fruit Day.
Only around half of the 9 ,000 primary school students from 44 schools ate fruit twice or more e 3 day,a study in Hong Kong said. Many k 4 don't eat e 5 fruit every day.
As we know,fruit and vegetables could keep many diseases (疾病) a 6 from us,such as heart (心臟) disease. If you eat enough fruit and v 7 ,you will not get cancer (癌癥) . There are a lot of Vitamin C(維生素C) in fruit and vegetables. It can help your bones (骨骼) become s 8 . So children a 9 6 to 12 should eat one to two kinds of fruits a day to keep their health at its best.
Dr P. Y. Lam,a health doctor in Hong Kong,said at the Fruit Day party, "Schools and parents should help kids have the good habit of eating fruit. Every family can make a plan of healthy meals."
The schools have also promised (承諾;) to hold more than 270 activities (活動) to e 10 students to take more fruit.
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Each morning a rich man found a poor man s 1 on a park bench. The poor man always sat t 2 ,looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got o 3 of his car and said to the poor man ," Excuse me,but I just want to k 4 why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.""I am a failure (失敗者) .I have no money,no family. I sleep on this bench,and every night I d 5 that one day I'll sleep in that hotel. " The rich man said, "Tonight your dream will come true. I'll pay the best room in that hotel for a w 6 month."
A few days later,the rich man went by the poor man's room to ask him h 7 he was enjoying himself. To his s 8 ,he found that the man had moved out of the h 9 ,back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why,the poor man said, "You see,when I'm down here sleeping on my bench,I dream I'm up there. But when I was up there,I dreamed I was back to this cold b 10 . It was a terrible dream,and I couldn't get any sleep at all."
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A man fell out of his plane and fell back into it again. Two people rowed (劃) a small boat from New York to England in 56 days. One person was so big that he couldn't get into any hospital room. Would you believe these stories? Well,they may sound strange but they really happen. James Cornell has many strange but true stories like these in a book Very Strange People.
Here is a part of the contents (目錄) of Very Strange People.
Very Strange People Chapter page One A Dog's Life ........................... 3
Two A Fallen Pilot ............................ 14
Three High Wire Act (走鋼絲) ................... 33
Four Fat Men ................. 41
Five Over the Falls ............................... 43
Six The Unending (無終止的) House .......... .................... 53
Seven Row,Row,Row Your Boat ....................... ... 60
Eight The Tower Builder ...................................... 85
Unlike many reference (參考;) materials,the stories are listed in the book according to when they happened.
( ) 1. In 1918,Captain Hedley fell off his plane in the sky,and soon he fell back into it again!You would most likely read about this story in Chapter .
A. 2 B. 3 C. 14 D. 6
( ) 2. One morning in New York City,people saw a man walking on a rope (繩子) between two tall buildings. You would most likely read this story in Chapter
A. 33 B. 3 C. 5 D. 6
( ) 3. The Earl feeds his dogs better than most people feed their friends. This story probably begins on Page .
A. 3 B. 33 C. 1 D. 53
( ) 4. Sarah thought she would die as soon as her house was finished. So she kept on adding more and more rooms. Her story most likely appears on Page .
A. 3 B. 43 C. 53 D. 85
( ) 5. Because of his great size,Robert could not enter any hospital room. Which story appears behind this one?
A. A Fallen Pilot. B. The Tower Builder.
C. High Wire Act. D. Over the Falls.
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When he was small,Hill was widely known as a bad boy.
At the age of 9,his father married his stepmother. At that time they lived poor in the countryside while his stepmother was from a wealthy family.
His father introduced Hill to his stepmother as he said, "Dear,I hope you notice in the whole country this is the worst boy,who has made me have no other way. Maybe before tomorrow morning,he will do a bad thing you will never imagine."
To Hill's surprise,his stepmother went up to him with a smile,held up his hands and looked at him carefully. She said to her husband, "You're wrong. He is not the worst boy,but the most intelligent and creative boy. Only he doesn't find a place to let out his passion."
His stepmother's words warmed his heart,tears almost rolling down. With this,he started building friendship with his stepmother. And this became the drive of his life,making him create 28 successful golden rules,which helped thousands of ordinary people set foot on the road to success.
Before his stepmother came,no one had ever praised him smart. However,his stepmother's words changed his life.
When Hill was 14 years old,his stepmother bought him a used typewriter and said to him, "I believe you will become a writer. " Hill accepted her gift and expectation,and started contributing to a local newspaper. He understood and enjoyed his stepmother's love while he saw with his own eyes she had changed his family with her love.
The strength from his stepmother led to Hill's imagination,inspired his creativity,helped him link with a lot of wisdom and made him a rich man and famous writer in the United States and one of the most influential persons in the 20th century.
Praise will never be unnecessary,especially for children. A sincere praise may be better than 10 ,000 severe blame.
( ) 6. What surprised Hill was that .
A. his father told his stepmother he was a bad boy
B. his stepmother had a great deal of money
C. his stepmother praised him when they first met
D. his father looked down upon him
( ) 7. According to the passage,the underlined phrase "let out" is the closest in meaning to .
A. finish B. express
C. describe D. cry
( ) 8. Which of the following was one of Hill's achievements?
A. He created 28 successful golden rules for the wealth.
B. He became a famous writer in theUnited Kingdom.
C. He became a wellknown typist.
D. He was one of the most important writers in the 20th century.
( ) 9. From the passage we can see that .
A. Hill's stepmother didn't regard him as what other people thought of him
B. It was Hill's mother that led him to become a famous writer
C. Hill's family was very rich all the time
D. Hill was always full of wonderful imagination and creativity
( ) 10. Which is the best title of the passage?
A. Hill―a Famous Writer
B. What Great Mother's Love
C. The Praise That Changed the Life
D. A Bad Boy Who Turned over a New Leaf
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A wise old gentleman retired and bought a small but comfortable home near a junior middle school. He spent his first few weeks of his retirement in peace. Then a new school year started. Every afternoon,three young boys came down his street,kicking happily every trash can (垃圾罐) they came across. The crashing noise continued day after day,until finally the wise old man decided it was time to take some action.
The next afternoon,he walked out to meet the young kids as they walked their way down the street. Stopping them,he said, " You kids are a lot of fun. I like to see you show your energy like that. I used to do the same thing when I was your age. I'll give you each a dollar if you promise to come around every day and do your thing."
The kids were very pleased and continued to do their job on the trash cans. After a few days,the old man greeted the kids again,but this time he had a sad smile on his face. "The day before yesterday,I got a lot of money stolen," he told them. "From now on,I'll only be able to pay you 50 cents to kick the cans."The noise makers were clearly unhappy,but they did accept his offer and continued their afterschool work.
A few days later,the old man approached to them again as they kicked their cans down the street.
"Look," he said. "My TV set didn't work last week. It cost much money to have it repaired,so Fm not going to be able to give you more than 25 cents. Will that be okay?"
"Just a quarter?"the biggest kid shouted. "If you think we're going to waste our time,kicking these cans around for a quarter,you are nuts!No ways,master. We quit!"
( ) 10. Why did the three kids kick trash cans after school?
A. Because they could make some money to do so.
B. Because it was the work that the old man gave them to do.
C. Because they wanted to have something interesting to do on the way home after school.
D. Because they wanted to draw the old man's attention.
( ) 11. Which do you think is the best title of this reading？
A. Less and Less Money
B. Kicking Trash Cans
C. A Good Way for Peace
D. An Old Man and Three Kids
( ) 12. What do you think of the old man?
A. He stopped the kids making noise in a clever way.
B. It was not right of him to cheat the kids.
C. He was too lazy to kick the cans himself.
D. It was unnecessary for him to waste so much money asking the kids to kick the cans for him.
( ) 13. What does the underlined phrase " approached to" mean in the passage?
A. Shouted at. B. Came close to.
C. Came across. D. Got away from.
( ) 14. The reading doesn't say,but we can infer that at last .
A. the old man got very angry
B. the old man lived a peaceful life for the rest of his days
C. the three children would not be able to enjoy themselves any more
D. the three children thought the old man paid them too little
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An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation could save him now and there was no one to lend them the money.
When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother, "Only a miracle can save him now"，the little girl went to her bedroom and pulled her money from its hiding place and counted it carefully.
She hurried to a drugstore with the money in her hand.
"And what do you want?" asked the salesman. " It's for my little brother," the girl answered. "He's really,really sick and I want to buy a miracle." "Pardon?" said the salesman.
"My brother Andrew has something bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle cost?" "We don't sell a miracle here,child. Fm sorry," the salesman said with a smile.
"Listen,if it isn't enough,I can try and get some more. Just tell me how much it costs."
A welldressed man heard it and asked, "What kind of a miracle does your brother need?"
"I don't know,"she answered with her eyes full of tears. "He's really sick and Mum says he needs an operation. But my daddy can't pay for it,so I have brought all my money."
"How much do you have?"asked the man. " $1. 11,but I can try and get some more," she answered.
He took up the girl's hand and said, "Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let's see if I have the kind of miracle you need."
That welldressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong,a famous doctor. The operation was successful and it wasn't long before Andrew was home again. .
How much did the miracle cost? ( ) 丄1. What was the trouble in the little girl's family?
A. Her brother was seriously ill.
B. They had no money.
C. Nothing could do to save her brother.
D. Both A and B.
( ) 12. In the eye of the little girl,a miracle might be .
A. something interesting B. something cheap
C. some wonderful medicine D. some healthy food
( ) 13. The little girl said, "I can try and get some more. " That shows .
A. she had still kept some money
B. she hoped not to be refused
C. there was no need to worry about money
D. she thought money was easy to get
( ) 14. made the miracle happen.
A. The girl's love for her brother B. The doctor's words
C. The medicine from the drugstore D. The girl's parents
( ) 15. From the passage we can infer that .
A. the doctor didn't ask for any pay
B. a miracle is sure to happen if you keep on
C. the little girl is lovely but not so clever
D. Andrew was in fact not so sick as they thought
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( ) 8. —Excuse me. Could you tell me the way to the ？I want to buy some stamps.
―Sure. Follow me,please. I'll go there too.
A. restroom B. post office
C. laboratory D. drugstore
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