On a Saturday morning．Detective Sara was called in for an investigation．Mr．Gooding had  41  suddenly from his home．

    Sara’s assistant answered the phone and got the   42  of Mr．Gooding’s house．The assistant told Sara that Mrs．Glen was expecting   43  in half an hour at 232 Parker Avenue．Mrs．Glen was the woman who helped Mr．Gooding to look after the house．

    Sara drove there．Right away she was  44  inside by Mrs．Glen．“Detective，I’m so  45  you come．The last place I saw Mr．Gooding was in his room  46  that would be your first question，”Mrs．Glen said a little bit nervously．She then wanted to lead Sara into the room．“Up here，”Mrs．Glen called from a stair lift．Just as Sara started  47  the stairs，the front door suddenly shut．“Oh，I left the   48  open，maybe．And then the wind  49  it，”Mrs．Glen said．Again they started up the stairs．

    Sara  50  a weathervane(風向標)through the window then．She  5l  the wind was blowing west．But it should be blowing east  52  the door was shut by the wind．Then Sara noticed for the first  53  that there was a third set of footsteps on the stairs．She  54  knew she had walked into a trap．

    Do you know  55  Sara knew she had walked into a trap?

 41．A．showed     B．slept        C．disappeared      D．played

 42．A．a(chǎn)ddress     B．size         C．date            D．height

 43．A．him        B．her          C．you            D．it

 44．A．pulled      B．forced        C．1ed           D．thrown

 45．A．glad        B．1ucky        C．a(chǎn)ngry          D．sad

 46．A．told        B．a(chǎn)sked         C．supposed        D．heard

 47．A．beside       B．in           C．down           D．up

 48．A．window      B．door         C．1ift            D．stair

 49．A．cheated     B．opened        C．closed          D．broke

 50．A．bought     B．noticed        C．put             D．stole

 51．A．a(chǎn)rgued     B．changed，     C．found           D．told

 52．A．a(chǎn)lthough    B．if            C．or              D．unless

 53．A．time        B．note         C．chance          D．step

 54．A．1uckily     B．happily       C．hardly           D．suddenly

 55．A．what       B．how           C．who            D．where

Once upon time, a man taught some monkeys how to dance. The monkeys were    16   clever that they began to dance well very soon.

The man was happy. He     17   the monkeys up in special clothes and masks(面具). Then he took them to   18  party. He wanted people  19  his dancing monkeys.

The dancing monkeys were very popular at the party.   20  knew they were monkeys, and everyone enjoyed   21   them dance.

Then a naughty boy threw some bananas in front of the dancing monkeys.  22   the sight of the bananas,the monkeys forgot all about    23 . They tore off   24  masks and rushed over to the bananas and began to eat.

All the people at the party began to laugh. "They aren't dancers at all," said one person. "They are just monkeys! I guess not everything you see is   25   it appe- ars to be!"

"And," said another, "you should never try to be something you're not."

1.	A．so B．very C．too D．such

 

2.	A．dress B．dresses C．dressed D．dressing

 

3.	A．a(chǎn)n B．a(chǎn) C．the D．/

 

4.	A．to admire B．a(chǎn)dmire C．a(chǎn)dmiring D．Admired

 

5.	A．Somebody B．Nobody C．Anybody D．Everybody

 

6.	A．watch B．watched C．to watch D．Watching

 

7.	A．In B．Under C．With D．At

 

8.	A．dance B．dances C．dancing D．to dance

 

9.	A．them B．they C．theirs D．their

 

10.	A．that B．how C．who D．what

 

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Jack is an English teacher at a college. He moved to New York City    1   all the members of his family. Jack is an excellent teacher, so we’ve all    2   him very much since he left. It was not long before Jack came back to North Carolina for a short    3  . The teachers and students held a small party for him.

At the party, people walked around and    4   with each other. I certainly would not give up that good chance to learn English. So I tried to think of all kinds of topics to talk with Grace, another _____5____teacher.

Just before I was about to run out of my topics, suddenly I    6   Jack say to others loudly, “I dig New York!” I immediately asked Grace, “Is it really difficult to find a    7   in New York? Why does Jack have to do    8  work since he is such a good teacher?”

Grace didn’t seem to    9   what I said, “Why do you think that?” she asked.

“Haven’t you heard him say that he is digging New York?  Is he building an underground passage (地下通道)?” I asked.

When she finally realized (明白) what I meant, Grace laughed to tears. She then asked us whether (是否) we    9   the meaning of “I dig New York.” All of    10   shook heads and said no. So Grace asked Jack to explain it to us.

It turns out that “ I dig New York.” means “I love New York.” in American slang (俚語). Though few people say that now, we still hear it from time to time. 

1. 

A．a(chǎn)fter

B．with

C．of

D．in

2. 

A．missed

B．loved

C．liked

D．thought

 

3.	A．trip B．holiday C．talk D．visit

 

4.	A．talked B．spoke C．helped D．danced

 

5.	A．Chinese B．English C．maths D．music

 

6.	A．heard B．listened C．made D．told

 

7.	A．teacher B．job C．work D．book

8. 

A．busy

B．free

C．heavy

D．easy

 

9.	A．knew B．got C．thought D．heard

 

10.	A．her B．them C．you D．us

 

One day a big cat was going into a forest to find something to eat. On his way he met his friend, the old owl(貓頭鷹).  The owl greeted him, “Good morning, my dear friend. Where are you going?”  “I’m going to the forest to look for some birds to eat.” The cat answered. “But be careful not to catch any of my children.” The owl said to the cat. “OK,” the cat said. “But what do your children look like?” “Oh,” the owl said, “they are the most beautiful birds in the forest.”

“All right, I know that.” The cat said and walked on to the forest.

The cat entered the forest and saw many beautiful birds here and there. He remembered what the owl had told him and went away. Then after a long time, he saw some ugly birds in a nest. He sat down and ate them one by one. When the owl came back to her nest, she found it was empty.

1.The cat went to the forest            .

A．to meet his friend	B．because he was hungry
C．to see the tree	D．to visit the owl

2.The old owl        the cat.

A．knew

B．a(chǎn)te

C．didn’t like

D．didn’t see

3. When the cat saw the beautiful birds, he           .

A．didn’t eat any of them	B．a(chǎn)te only a few of them
C．caught some but let them go	D．a(chǎn)te all of them

4.The old owl’s children were           .

A．beautiful

B．ugly

C．nice to the cat

D．the cat’s friends

5.The owl’s nest was           .

A．near the cat’s home	B．in a small tree
C．on the ground	D．in the forest

 

A woman is going shopping. She is going  46  boat. The boat is going across（穿過）the river. Her basket is empty（空的）. Oh dear! Look! Her basket is in the  47  .“Help!”she says.“Look! My basket is in the river.”

A boy sees the basket. He says, “Don’t worry! I can  48  it! I’m a very good swimmer.” He takes off his shoes and shirt. “Look  49  my shirt and shoes, please!” he says and then jumps into the river.

A  50  sees the basket. “I can go by basket!” it thinks. It gets to the basket. The boy  51  in the river. “Where’s the basket?” he calls:“It’s over there!” calls the woman. “It’s behind you!” It’s  52  that duck! The boy gets to the basket.“Go away!” he says to the duck. The duck  53  out of the basket and swims away. The boy takes the basket to the land. “Oh, thank you!” says the woman. “Thank you very much!”

“Not at all!” says the boy.“  54  you like to give me my shirt and shoes?”

“Yes, here you are. Oh, what’s in the basket? It’s the duck’s  55  .”

1.	A．on B．in C．by D．to

 

2.	A．water B．boat C．ship D．tree

 

3.	A．clean B．buy C．do D．get

 

4.	A．a(chǎn)fter B．a(chǎn)t C．for D．like

 

5.	A．dog B．chicken C．duck D．monkey

 

6.	A．is fishing B．is swimming C．is playing D．is flying

 

7.	A．beside B．under C．on D．behind

 

8.	A．climbs B．comes C．jumps D．walks

 

9.	A．Are B．Do C．Would D．Could

 

10.	A．meat B．hair C．hand D．egg