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Sam had a dog.Its name was Tod.It was very helpful,but it ate too much..So he didn't like it.He wanted to kill Tod. He tied Tod in a bag and put it in the small boat.He rowed the boat to the middle of a big river. Just as he threw the poor animal into the river,the boat began to sink. Both began Sam and Tod fell into the river. Tod was able to swim,but Sam couldn't.The dog bit the rope and broke it. It tried its best to swim to save Sam. The man was saved,so he was very thankful to the dog .He didn't want to kill the dog any more .From then on, he gave the dog as much food as it wanted. 译文 萨姆有一只狗。他的名字叫Tod。它很有用，但是它食量很大。所以萨姆不喜欢他。萨姆想杀Tod。萨姆把Tod绑在一个袋子里，把它带上船。他把船划到一条大河的中央。就在他把这可怜的动物扔下河的时候，船开始下沉，萨姆和Tod都掉进河里面了。 Tod会游泳，但是萨姆不会。狗把绳子咬断。它经过试验这是游泳去救萨姆就好的方法。萨姆获救了，所以萨姆很感激Tod。他一点也不想杀它了。从那以后，小狗想要多少粮食萨姆给多少。 原文 It is well known that man is much cleverer than any animal. But which is the cleverest among the animals? Some scientists think it should be Alex, an African gray parrot. He is unlike any other animal. He can really talk with people! When he says "come here" , he really wants someone to come up to him. "Alex is as clever a child of 2 or 3 years old," says Dr. Pepperberg."He does not just repeat the sound he has been taught. He understands the words!" Alex can tell about 50 different things, name 7 colours and count from 1 to 6. Is the parrot actually thinking in the way man does? Nobody can say.But the question is very interesting. 译文 它是知名的人比所有动物聪明。 但在动物之中是最聪明的？ 有些科学家认为它应该是亚历克斯，非洲灰色鹦鹉。 他是不同于其他动物。 他可以与人真正地谈话! 当他说“来这里"时，他真正地要某人走近他。 "亚历克斯是作为聪明孩子2或3年"，Pepperberg博士认为。"他仅不重覆他被教了的声音。 他了解词! "亚历克斯能告诉大约50件不同事，命名7种颜色和计数从1到6。 鹦鹉实际上认为就像人的？ 没人能说。但问题是非常有趣。 （一） Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant(仆人） loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that. One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take of them.” With these words, he went out. But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself. ( )1.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much. A. the rich man B. the servant C. both A and B D. neither A and B ( )2.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food. A. the cat B. himself C. nobody D. the servant ( )3.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________. A. there was in fact poison in the bottles B. did not want the servant to drink his wine C. he wanted to kill the cat D. he wanted to kill the servant ( )4.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine. A. the servant B. cat C. the rich man D. nobody ( )5.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______. A. lazy B. bad C. clever D. kind 译文： 从前，有一个富翁。他有一个仆人（仆人） 。他和仆人（仆人）喜爱葡萄酒和良好的食物非常。每次富人离开家乡，仆人将喝葡萄酒，吃的所有食物中的好房子。财主知道他的仆人一样，但他从来没有被他的仆人这样做。 一天早晨，当他离家出走，他的仆人说， “这里有两瓶毒药（毒药）和一些不错的食品在家里。你必须采取什么样的。 “随着这些话，他走了出去。 但仆人知道，富人说是不真实的。在富人是远离家乡，他喜欢聚餐的空间。因为他喝太多，他是喝醉了倒在地上。当富人回来了，他无法找到自己的粮食和他的葡萄酒。他非常生气。他醒来的仆人了。但是，仆人告诉他的故事非常好。他说，猫吃了一切。他害怕受到惩罚，所以他喝毒药自杀。 （二） Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each. Children in the US will leave their parents’ home when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on holiday. Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves. Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid for doing some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use. ( )6.The size of most American families is ________ that of other countries. A. larger than B. smaller than C. as big as D. as small as ( )7.When children grow up, they leave their parents’ home to _________. A. get married B. be free C. find good jobs D. study ( )8.They visit their parents ________. A. on weekdays B. on weekends C. at any time D. on holiday ( )9.Which of the following statements is WRONG? A. Children have the freedom to choose their own job. B. Parents don’t ask their children to do the housework. C. Parents think it important for children to make their own decision. D. When children grow up, they usually live far away from their home. ( )10.Some parents pay their children for doing housework because ___________. A. children can learn how to make money for themselves B. their children required them to do so C. they are rich D. it is required by law 译文： 大多数美国家庭都小于家庭在其他国家。大多数美国家庭有一个或两个家长和一个或两个孩子。 孩子在美国将离开自己的父母家中长大后。他们通常远离他们的父母，因为他们想找到好工作。他们经常写信给他们的父母或电话他们。他们往往去访问他们的父母在度假。 父母通常让孩子选择自己的就业机会。美国人认为，重要的青年人来决定他们的生活本身。 儿童被要求做一些工作，他们的房子周围。而且在许多家庭，儿童是支付做一些家务劳动，使他们了解如何赚钱供自己使用。 （三） Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can’t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds. Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don’t study, but they travel together. Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say “welcome”when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play. They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People cannot hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them. Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium（水族馆）. People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely（孤独的）. There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don’t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this. 1. Dolphins show their feelings with ___________ . A. pictures B. words C. water D. sounds 2. People can’t hear the dolphin’s sounds because ________ . A. they are above the water B. they are under the water C. they are very high D. they are very low 3. Which one is true according to the passage? A. Dolphins swim together in a school because they want to study B. They don’t study, but they travel in a group C. Dolphins like to be away from their school on an island. D. Dolphins like to kill people 译文： 海豚可以谈话？也许他们不能谈论的话，但他们交谈的声音。他们表明自己的感情的声音。 海豚旅行的一组。我们呼吁一群鱼“学校” 。他们没有研究，但他们一起旅行。 海豚跟其他海豚在学校。他们提供资料。他们告诉当他们感到高兴的或悲伤或害怕的倾向。他们说， “欢迎”时，海豚又回到学校。他们谈到当他们发挥。 他们提出一些听起来水面。他们有更多的声音在水中。人们无法听到这些声音，因为它们是非常，非常高。科学家使磁带的声音和研究。 有时人们捕捉海豚的一个大型水族馆（水族馆） 。人们可以观看海豚表演。海豚不喜欢离开自己的学校，一座水族馆。它们是令人伤心和孤独（孤独的） 。 有许多故事海豚。它们帮助人们。有时候，他们拯救别人的生命。海豚肉是好的，但人们不喜欢要杀死他们。他们说，海豚带来好运。许多人相信这一点。 （四） All my friends at school smoked. My dad smoked; he didn’t want me to smoke but my friends kept saying I was stupid. They asked when I was going to grow up. So I started when I was sixteen and after a month I couldn’t stop. But two years later I could feel what smoking was doing to me. I couldn’t run far, and I coughed every morning. I got very ill and decided to stop. It wasn’t easy, but now I’ve done it, and I feel better. Now I have money for other things. If you smoke, you are twice as likely to die from a heart attack. And the more you smoke, the earlier the heart attack is likely to be. For example, a 50-year-old who smokes more than 20 cigarettes a day, is four times more likely to have heart disease than a non-smoker of the same age. What does smoking do to the heart? First of all, it makes the heart beat faster and increases the blood pressure. The cigarette smoke also reduces the amount of oxygen in the blood. Consequently, the heart has to work harder, with less oxygen. Finally, your arteries will narrow faster if you smoke. So if you want to reduce your chances of getting heart disease, the answer is easy –– not to smoke. Don’t copy your friends and other people who smoke. If you smoke, find out how to stop. Stopping isn’t easy, but you’ll be healthier, and .... 1. Who is more likely to have heart disease? A. A smoker B. A non-smoker C. A 50-year-old person 2. What does the writer think of smoking? A. It is good for his health B. Smoking is bad for him C. Is it neither good nor bad for his heath 3. What happens after the writer stopped smoking? A. He becomes rich B. He has more friends C. He becomes healthier and has money to do other things. 译文： 我的所有朋友在学校吸烟。我爸爸抽烟，他不希望我抽烟，但我的朋友不停地说我是愚蠢的。他们问我要长大。所以我就开始当我还是16和一个月后，我不能停止。但两年后，我能感觉到什么吸烟正在给我。我不能远，我每天早上咳嗽。我病得很重，并决定停止。这是不容易的，但现在我已经做到了，我感觉更好。现在，我有足够资金用于其它事上。 如果你吸烟，你的两倍，可能死于心脏病发作。和你越是烟雾，越早心脏病发作可能。例如，一个50岁谁吸烟超过20支，每天的4倍更可能有心脏病比不吸烟的年龄相同。 吸烟是什么做的心？首先，它使心跳速度和增加血压。在香烟烟雾中也减少了血液中的氧气。因此，心脏必须加倍努力，以较少的氧。最后，您将动脉狭窄更快如果你吸烟。 因此如果您想降低您的机会越来越心脏病，答案是很简单-不要吸烟。请勿复制您的朋友和其他人谁烟雾。如果你吸烟，了解如何停止。停车是不容易的，但你会更健康，并.... （五） In the USA, there are many types of restaurants. Fast food restaurants are very famous. You can find McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken in many countries around the world. You look at a menu above the counter, and say what you’d like to eat. You pay the person who serves you. You take your food and sit down or take it away. There’s no need to leave a tip. In a coffee shop you sit at the counter or at a table. You don’t wait for the waitress to show you where to sit. She usually brings you coffee when you sit down. You tell her what you’d like to eat and she brings it to you. You pay the cashier as you leave. A diner is like a coffee shop but usually looks like a railway carriage. In a family restaurant the atmosphere is casual, but the waitress shows you where to sit. Often the waitress tells you her name, but you don’t need to tell her yours. If you don’t eat everything, your waitress gives you a doggy bag to take your food home. You add an extra fifteen percent to the bill as a tip. In top class restaurants, you need a reservation and you need to arrive on time. The waiter shows you where to sit. If you have wine, he may ask you to taste it. You can only refuse it if it tastes bad, not if you don’t like it. When you get your bill, check it and then add fifteen to twenty percent to it as a tip for the waiter. 1. There are ______ types of restaurants here. A. three B. four C. five D. six 2. We should sit ______ in a coffee shop. A. near the door B. in the corner C. at a counter D. on the floor 3. In what kind of restaurant does the waitress often tell you her name? A. In a top class restaurant B. In a fast food restaurant C. In a coffee shop D. In a family restaurant 4. How much do you need to tip in a top class restaurant? A. Ten percent B. Fifteen percent C. Thirty percent D. Forty percent 译文： 在美国，有许多类型的餐馆。快餐店是非常有名的。你可以找到麦当劳和肯德基在世界各地许多国家。你看看上面的菜单柜台，并说要吃饭。你付出的人谁为您服务。你和你的食物坐下或是否可以离开。没有必要留下小费。 在咖啡店你坐在柜台或在桌子上。你不要等到服务员向您显示在坐。她通常会带给您咖啡当你坐下来。你告诉她你想要吃饭，她把它给你。您支付本票作为你离开。饭店就像一个咖啡馆，但通常看起来像车厢。 在一个家庭餐馆的气氛是轻松，但服务员告诉您在哪里坐。往往是服务员告诉你她的名字，但你不必告诉她你的。如果你没有吃的一切，您的服务员为您提供了一种狗袋采取的粮食回家。您添加额外的百分之十五的法案作为小费。 在一流的餐厅，你需要保留的，但您必须按时到达。服务员告诉您在哪里坐。如果您有酒，他可能会要求您品尝它。您只可以拒绝它，如果口味不好，而不是如果你不喜欢它。当您收到您的帐单，检查，然后放入15至百分之二十，以它作为一种提示侍者。 答案：（一）CDBAC （二 BCDBA （三）DCB （四）ABC （五）BCDB