Agatha Christie used to go out at night. She will never forget the night when she met a robber many years ago.
That evening she was invited to a birthday party which lasted till 2 o’clock in the morning. Without company Agatha walked home along the quiet street. Suddenly from the shadow of a dark building, a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good morning, Lady.” the man said in a low voice, “I don’t think you wish to die here!” “What do you want?” Agatha asked.
“Your earrings. Take them off!” Agatha suddenly had a bright idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar(衣领) of her overcoat while she used the other hand to take off both of her earrings, and then she quickly threw them on the ground.
“Take them and let me go.” she said. The robber was uncertain. He saw that the girl didn’t care for the earrings at all, only trying to protect the necklace. He realized the necklace would cost more, so he said, “Give me your necklace.”
“Oh, sir. It’s not worth much. Please let me keep it.”
“Stop talking rubbish. Quick!”
With shaky hands, Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber disappeared, she picked up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to her home.
The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost only six pounds ten shillings.
1.What did Agatha come across one night?
A.She met a robber. B.She had a birthday party.
C.She went out running. D.She bought a necklace.
2.Why did she try to protect her necklace?
A.She would rather have it robbed. B.It was more expensive than the earrings.
C.She didn’t want the robber to notice it. D.It was worth keeping because of its value.
3.How did Agatha protect her earrings?
A.Hid them under the collar of her coat. B.Pretended not to care about them.
C.Threw them away in the rubbish. D.Persuaded the robber to give them up.
4.What word can be used to describe Agatha?
A.Generous. B.Foolish. C.Sensitive. D.Smart.
5.Why will Agatha never forget the night?
A.She was robbed of her earrings. B.She had such a nice time at the party.
C.She was robbed but she fooled the robber. D.It is dangerous for a girl to walk alone at night.
The quick action of Nick helped five people escape a fire on Hope Road. Nick said he usually left his house about 5:30 a.m. to do morning exercises, but that day he decided to stay at home to get his daughter ready for school. As he looked at his neighbor’s house, he realized that it was on fire. “I saw smoke and flames and ran over and started beating on the side of the house, shouting, ‘Your house is on fire! Your house is on fire!’” Nick remembered it was at about 9 a.m. that the firefighters put out the fire.
Beverly Penny and her husband, Clark, along with their younger daughters, were sleeping in the living room next to the kitchen when they heard Nick beating on the walls. She opened the bedroom door and black smoke came in. She managed to get her kids out. Her dog tried to hide under the bed, but Penny caught it by the leg and threw it out of the door. However, chickens in one of the rooms weren’t so lucky.
Firefighters got the call at about 7:05 a.m. “When we arrived with our fire trucks, there were heavy flames outside on the house.” Jerry said. He called Nick a hero, saying that without his quick responses, the result could have been much worse. “The firefighters were fast,” Nick said, “They arrived here within about three minutes.”
“They did a great job and I can’t thank them enough.” Penny said, then looked at what remained in the house and shook her head as tears rolled down in her eyes. “Everything I have is gone. Luckily nobody was hurt in the fire.” She said the fire could have been caused by an electrical problem. “We’ve been having problems with mice, so that we could have had something to do with it.” she added.
1.What do you know about Nick?
A.He left house at 5:30 am that day. B.He has a son who goes to school.
C.He lives next to Beverly Penny. D.He had a day off on Thursday.
2.Which of the following is true?
A.Clark got hurt in the fire. B.Penny’s dog saved her kids.
C.Penny’s dog was killed in the fire. D.Penny’s chickens were killed in the fire.
3.When did the fire break out?
A.At about 5:30 am. B.At about 7 am.
C.At about 8 am. D.At about 9 am.
4.We can infer that ____ __.
A.Jerry is a firefighter B.Jerry found the fire
C.Jerry called the police D.Jerry helped Nick escape the fire
5.According to Penny, which of the following might be criticized(批评) for the fire?
A.Her dog. B.Her husband. C.Her chickens. D.Some mice.
Lying comfortably upon a sofa. Harker Brayton smiled as he read that book “Marvels of Science”. Suddenly something in a dark corner of the room___________ his attention. In the shadow,___________ the bed, he noticed two _________of light about an inch apart, shining with a greenish glow. His ___________ was now directed fully to those shining points. There, almost ___________under the foot-rail of the bed he saw the body of a large ___________. The points of light were its ____________! Its ugly head was turned ___________ his direction. The eyes were no longer merely meaningless points of light; they looked into his eyes with evil strength and hate.
Brayton rose to his feet and prepared to back softly away from the snake. At that moment,__________, he felt strangely unwilling to do so. Instead of moving backward as planned, he took a step___________ and then another! The man cried out. The snake made neither sound nor motion, but its evil eyes were shining as if electrified, sending needles of light through the shadows. Something struck his face and chest. He had ___________ to the floor. Brayton lay upon his stomach.
When the doctor was pulling Brayton away, he chanced to look under the ___________. “Good God!” he cried. “A snake!”
He _________out his hands and pulled out the snake, and ___________it to the centre of the room, where it lay without motion. It was a snake made of cloth and filled with cotton. Its eyes were two __________.
1.A.paid B.realized C.attracted D.followed
2.A.on B.in C.by D.under
3.A.points B.rays C.shadows D.room
4.A.way B.attention C.hands D.feet
5.A.right B.left C.very D.much
6.A.mouse B.cat C.dog D.snake
7.A.heads B.eyes C.legs D.hands
8.A.to B.in C.of D.by
9.A.but B.and C.however D.therefore
10.A.forward B.leftward C.rightward D.toward
11.A.dropped B.fallen C.put D.threw
12.A.shoes B.bed C.quilt D.roof
13.A.went B.got C.arrived D.reached
14.A.moved B.carried C.threw D.followed
15.A.bottoms B.buttons C.needles D.rolls
英语课上，同学们正在准备举行以“真实的自我”为主题的演讲活动。请你以李华的名义写一篇演讲词，向同学们介绍一下自己。
提示:(1) What are your strong points?
(2) How do you improve yourself?
(3) What is your dream for the future?
注意:1. 短文须包括所有提示内容，可适当发挥；
2. 文中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名；
3. 词数:80个左右。(开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数)
将所给词语连成句子，标点已给出。
要求:符合语法，语句通顺，大小写正确，词语不得重复使用。
1.biggest, to, happy, be, our, is, goal
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2.friends, you, are, your, kind, are, to
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3.to, book, please, me, the, pass
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4.teacher’s, she, the, advice, took
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5.a, is, what, day, it, wonderful
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根据短文内容所给提示，在文中的横线上填写一个正确的单词。
When I was tidying up my room yesterday, I found an old box of my father's. He gave it1. me two years ago. It was2.(real) interesting to discover something about my father's life as a child. He once told me about his hobbies as a child. He 3. (write) to people from all over the world, and they sent him letters back. As a result, he had 4. book of stamps. From these s5., he learned a lot a6. famous people and history. People also gave him things from different 7. (country), such as a silk fan from China, a little model car from Germany 8.a small model ship from Australia. My father even kept the tickets from his 9.(one) football match. The box made me think about 10.(I) hobby. I want to keep my old picture books and magazines for a long time , too.
