It is said that people born under different star signs have different characteristics. Here are four people born under different star signs.

1.Who is from England and likes orange best?

A. Tom.  B. Jack.           C. Mary.             D. Lucy.

2.We can know that Jack is    according to the materials.

A. lonely  B. hard-working

C. clever  D. modest

3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “tightfisted” in Chinese?

A. 富裕的   B. 吝啬的   C. 奢侈的   D. 豁达的

4.What’s Mary’s star sign?

A. Taurus.    B. GeminiC. Cancer.  D. Virgo.

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the materials?

A. People born under different star signs have different characteristics.

B. Tom is an old English man with lots of money.

C. Jack believes that his star sign can decide his life.

D. Mary is hard-working and wants to be a scientist.

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George lived with his sick mother in a poor village. One bright sunny    in July, he went early to the forest two miles away. He was asked to   some wood. After working hard for half a day, he looked around for a    place to rest and eat his lunch. Suddenly some fine red wild _  caught his eye. “How good these will be with my bread and butter!” George thought. He at once began to    all the strawberries he could find, then sat down by the river, ready to enjoy them. Just then as he was putting the   strawberry into his mouth, he thought of his mother. “Shall I __  them for her?” He imagined how much they would make    happy, yet still looking at them with longing (渴望的) eyes.

“I will eat half, and take the other half to her,” he said. Then he divided the strawberries into two.   he found each half looked too small, so he put them together again. “I will only taste one.” Then he took the biggest one, butt soon put it back. Finally, he carefully them with leaves, deciding to keep them all     his mother.

When the sun was beginning to go down, George went home.   happy he felt that he had all his strawberries for his sick mother! The    he came to his home, the less he wished to taste them. As soon as he   , he ran to his mother and happily and offered his wild strawberries. Tears in eyes, she put her hand on his head and said   : “And you kept them for me, did you? God will bless you for all this, my child.”

Could the eating of the strawberries have given half the happiness he felt at the moment?

1.A. morning   B. noon         C. afternoon   D. night

2.A. set up B. pick up     C. put up     D. give up

3.A. hot      B. dark         C. cool        D. noisy

4.A. apples    B. strawberries C. pears       D. peaches

5.A. buy       B. grow         C. make       D. collect

6.A. first     B. last         C. other      D. next

7.A. cut       B. make         C. sell       D. save

8.A. him       B. them        C. her         D. it

9.A. But       B. So          C. If         D. Or

10.A. showed   B. locked      C. covered     D. washed

11.A. to      B. from         C. for         D. on

12.A. What     B. How          C. Why        D. Whether

13.A. nearer   B. farther     C. longer     D. later

14.A. got    B. reached      C. went        D. arrived

15.A. angrily  B. lovingly    C. worriedly   D. politely

— Do you really think wearing yellow can bring good luck?

— Well, I am not sure. But     have a try?

A. why don’t      B. why not you

C. what about    D. why not

He speaks ________ English ________ French. Instead, he speaks German.

A. either; or    B. not only; but also

C. both; and     D. neither; nor

Although many great people ever failed, they never _______ and tried to succeed.

A. showed off       B. stayed up

C. gave up         D. lose heart

The woman prefers to wear yellow to remind herself_______ a warm sunny day.

A. on             B. of             C.  from            D. for

He was _______ to wait for me for so long. He left alone.

A. so impatient      B. patient enough

C. too patient      D. too impatient

In order to improve my English, I bought lots of English test papers ______my brother’s advice.

A. listening to B. asking for

C. according to D. looking forward to

He often says, “I ______ one million smiles in my heart _______ one billion dollars in my pocket.”

A. don’t like; but      B. prefer; than

C. would rather; than     D. prefer; to

— An iPhone6 costs over 5,000 yuan, doesn’t it?

— Yes. I don’t know    it is worth the price. Maybe I can buy a Huawei or Miui (小米) phone.

A. how      B. what      C. whether       D. where