People began making clocks over 500 years ago. The first clocks had only one hand---the hour hand. At a later time the clocks had the minute hand. The first clocks were big and heavy. Some rich people had servants (仆人) to carry the clocks when they were out. Time passed and clocks became smaller.

Bells became a part of some large clocks in cities and towns. They were for people unable to see the clock. Some clocks were in large towers（塔）. Some of them are 400 or 500 years old now. Big Ben in London is a very famous tower clock.

Now many people have alarm clocks (闹钟) to wake them up to go to work or go to school.

So clocks are the very important part of people’s life.

1.People began to make clocks ________ 500 years ago.

A. less than  B. for      C. more than  D. without

2.At the beginning the clocks had ________ .

A. one hand      B. two hands

C. three hands   D. four hands

3.Bells were made for ________ .

A. the old people                     B. everyone

C. the people unable to see the clock  D. the children

4.Alarm clocks can help people ________ .

A. work hard       B. wake up

C. see the time    D. go to bed

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Once a man and his wife worked for an old man. There was a big box in the old man’s living room. The old man pointed（指着）to the box and said, “There’s only one thing you      do. Don’t open the box.”       saying this, he left his home.

The woman said to her husband, “There must be      expensive in the box. Let’s open it, shall we?” Her husband said      to her. But the woman didn’t give up her       . One day, she decided to find out       was in it. Her husband didn’t stop her. She opened the box and looked inside. To her surprise, she found nothing in the box. She tried hard to close it, but she           .

That evening the old man came home and found the box was       . He was very      and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home.

“But there was nothing in the box,” the woman said, “We didn’t take anything at all.” The old man       them, “The box is not important, but I cannot believe you. That is important.”

1.A. may not     B. mustn’t     C. could not     D. needn’t

2.A. After       B. For         C. By           D. Before

3.A. nothing     B. everything   C. something     D. anything

4.A. no          B. yes         C. goodbye       D. much

5.A. work        B. box          C. way           D. idea

6.A.which        B. what         C. who           D. that

7.A. did         B. opened       C. failed        D. stopped

8.A. lost        B. open         C. empty         D. broke

9.A. general     B. happy        C. careful      D. angry

10.A. turned to B. listened to C. shouted at   D. smiled at

— My family and I will go back to the USA tomorrow.

— ____________

A. I’m sorry to hear that.  B. See you soon！

C. No problem.              D. Have a nice journey！

-- Must I do my homework right away?

-- No, you _____. You_____ do it later.

A. can’t, must            B. needn’t, may

C. may not, must           D. mustn’t, can

-- Don’t cross the road when the traffic lights are red.

--           .

A. No, I will.   B. Yes, I do.

C. OK, I won’t. D. No, I don’t.

Today she looks ______. Look ! She is looking _______  at his son.

A. happy; happy                B. happily; happily

C. happy; happily              D. happily; happy

Linda is willing      share things       her friends.

A. with, with     B. to, with

C. with, to      D. to, to

Mary is hard-working. She works harder than            classmates in her class.

A. any other      B. the other

C. other         D. any of the

When something        you, come to me        help.

A. worries; for           B. worries; to

C. worried; for           D. worried; to

We would like to recommend Jim for this year’s Most Hard-working Student Award.

We hope       the award.

A. him to get   B. him getting

C. he get       D. he will get