25、Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant（仆人）. He and the servant 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 the rich man left home, he said to the servant, “There are two bottles of poison（毒藥）and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them.” With these words, he went out.

But the servant knew what the rich man 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 man told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because _______.

A．there was in fact poison in the bottles

B．he 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．clever              C．stupid             D．kind

24、My friend, Dick, has a large police dog. Its name is Jack. Every Saturday afternoon, Dick takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.

One afternoon, a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for a walk. But the man was still（仍然）there. Jack became very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the man and looked at him. But the man kept talking. Finally Jack couldn’t stand it. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the man, but this time he held the man’s hat in his mouth.

1．From the story, we know that Jack is _______.

A．Dick’s good friend        　　  B．a(chǎn) large police dog 

C．a(chǎn) young man               　　D．a(chǎn) young man’s dog

2．Where does Dick walk his dog every Saturday afternoon?

A．In his room.    B．In the street.   C．In the park.  　　　D．In the field.

3．Jack became very worried one afternoon because ________.

A．Dick couldn’t take him out for a walk at the usual time.

B．a(chǎn) young man came to visit Jack that afternoon

C．Dick walked around his room several times.

D．he couldn’t find the young man’s hat

4．What does the underlined word “stand” mean in the passage?

A．站立         B．理解        C．支持       D．忍受

5．Why did Jack sit down again in front of the man with the hat in his mouth?

A．Try to make the man laugh.      B．Like the young man very much.

C．Ask the young man to leave.     D．Want to talk with the young man.

22、I am good at _______.

A．swim         B．to swim       C．swiming           D．swimming

21、My hair is ______ longer than yours.

A．very           B．too         C．much         D．quite

20、Thank you ______ me about it.

A．to tell          B．for telling            C．tells        D．on telling

19、Can you finish _____ the book in a week?

A．read           B．to read        C．reading         D．reads

18、Stop ______! Please listen to the teacher carefully.

A．talk            B．talks          C．to talk         D．talking

17、China is becoming ______ and _______.

A．strong, stronger     B．stronger, strong    C．strong, strong      D．stronger, stronger

16、I don’t hear the song clearly. Please turn _____ the radio.

A．on        B．off        C．up         D．down