George had worked for the bank of Ruritania for ten years and was still a clerk.He was not satisfied with the position(職位)and wanted to find something better.Yet he didn’t want to lose his position in the bank before he had got another one, so he prepared a letter about himself, with the words “HELP!I AM A PRESOMER(犯人)OF THE BANK OF RURITANIA!” in big letters across the top.Then he sent it to several other banks, asking them for a job.

  A few days later, one of these letters came into the hands of George’s boss at the bank.Someone had given it to him at a party.On the next morning, George’s boss asked him to come into his room and said:“George, I have some very good news for you.The bank of Ruritania is setting you free!”

(1)

George was not happy because ________.

[  ]

A.

he did not like to work in a bank

B.

he had hoped to have a higher position in the bank

C.

he had worked in the bank too long.

D.

he was a prisoner in the bank

(2)

From the first paragraph, we know that ________.

[  ]

A.

George was looking for a better job

B.

he got a new job

C.

he wrote a letter to himself.

D.

he was a prisoner in the bank.

(3)

George did not want to leave the Bank of Ruritania immediately because ________.

[  ]

A.

his work was going well there

B.

he had not found a better job yet

C.

he hoped that his boss would give him some good news

D.

he was waiting for the bank to set him free.

(4)

What probably happened in the end?

[  ]

A.

George’s boss gave him a better position.

B.

George was no longer a prisoner.

C.

George was very happy to get a better job.

D.

George lost his job.

答案:1.B;2.A;3.B;4.D;
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科目:初中英語 來源:江蘇省張家港市2010-2011學(xué)年八年級下學(xué)期期末考試英語試題 題型:053

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  George Stephenson is my f  1   inventor.He was b  2   in 1781.He was f  3   a poor English worker's family.His father was too poor to s  4   him to school.He began l  5   his ABC when he was seventeen.On his 18th birthday he could write his o  6   name.

  George had to work when he was o  7   a small child.He worked twelve h  8   every day.But he worked and studied very h  9 。As he studied hard, he invented many things.The locomotive(火車頭)was the g  10   one among them.

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