Three Boys and a Dad
Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother.Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favorite TV talk show on his first day off in months. “This will be like a walk in the park.”he’d told his wife.“I’ll look after the kids, and you can go visit your mom.”
Things started well, but just after eight o’clock, his three little “good kids”---Mike,Randy, and Alex --- came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted“breakfast,daddy.” When food had not appeared on within thirty seconds,Randy began using his spoon on Alex’s head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat(节拍) . Mike chanted“Where’s my toast,where’s my toast” in the background. Brad realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.
Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy’s underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their eyes. Someone named “Not me” had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started.
By ten o’clock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the fish bowl refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating（装饰）kitchen wall with his color pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the sitting room, but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realized that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.
At exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare center(日托所).“I suddenly have to go into work and my wife is away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?” The answer was obviously“Yes” because Brad was smiling.
1.When his wife left home, Brad expected___________.
A. go out for a walk in the park
B. watch TV talk show with his children
C. enjoy his first day off the work.
D. read the newspaper to his children
2.Which of the following did Randy do?
A. drawing on the wall B. eating apple jam
C. feeding the fish D. reading in a room
3.Why did Brad ask the daycare center for help?
A. Because he wanted to clean his house.
B. Because he suddenly had to go to his office
C. Because he found it hard to manage his boys
D. Because he had to take his wife back home.
4.The text is developed ____________.
A. by space B. by comparison C. by process D. by time
There is a small village named Bugu in the mountains of Shanglin County, Guangxi. The place is so small that it can’t be found in the map of the county of Shanglin. However, the place has strongly interested experts(专家) both at home and abroad.
There are altogether 81 families in the village with more than 540 people. Among them as many as 156 villagers have a university education. Take this year’s college entrance examination for example. Six out of nine students from the village who took the examination were taken into universities.
Going to school has been a great thing for the whole village. To encourage children to study hard and become useful people, the village has set up a special group made up of four old villagers. Every day, the four villagers go round the village. If they find any child who is not going to school, the child’s parents will be punished（惩罚）.
When university students come back to the village for the Spring Festival,the old villagers of the special group always ask them to make up test papers and let the children take the special “Village Test”. Those who are taken into university can receive money from the village’s education fund. The whole village also helps the poor families send their children to school.
1.The main idea of the news story is __________.
A. how Bugu villagers get education.
B. how Bugu villagers pay attention to education.
C. how many students go to university in Bugu village.
D. how Bugu villagers encourage children to study hard..
2.The four old villagers’ job is________.
A. to collect the children together in the village.
B. to go around the village to keep it safe.
C. to take care of children’s education.
D. to solve family problems in the village.
3.If a child who is not going to school is found by the four villagers,________.
A. his parents are punished
B. the child is punished
C. the four old villagers are punished
D. the child’s whole family members are punished.
4.We can infer from the last paragraph that _______.
A. The villagers respect those with knowledge
B. The villagers are rich enough in this village.
C. All the children prefer to go to university
D. Poor families are supported by the other villagers.
On their wedding day, a young farmer decided to give his wife a present.The present was a mirror,and it made his wife very 26 because she had never seen herself before 27 in the waters of a pond or stream. When she looked in the mirror and saw her lovely 28 , the young woman laughed with 29 .The farmer was joyful, too. He knew he was lucky to have such a beautiful 30 .
After a few years,the young wife gave birth to a baby girl. But the birth was 31 and the young woman died. The farmer felt 32 sad that he put all his wife’s things 33 in in a box, including her 34 mirror.
The mirror 35 in the box for many years.
The daughter 36 , and with each year she 37 more and more like her mother. One day, her father took her to a quiet garden and 38 her about her mother and the mirror she so loved. The girl was so __39__ what her father said that she could not control (控制) herself. She took out her mother’s old things and __40_the mirror. She 41 the mirror in front of her face and looked 42 into it:“Father,father,come here,”she 43 ,“It’s mother. Her face is in the mirror.”
The face in the mirror is the girl’s face, 44 her father didn’t say a word.
He could not 45 . Tears were streaming down his face.
1.A. concerned B. proud C. happy D. anxious
2.A. near B. except C. between D. from
3.A. picture B. face C. hands D. legs
4.A. kindness B. excitement C.joy D. sadness
5.A. decision B. present C. mirror D.wife
6.A. difficult B. long C. wonder D. usual
7.A. very B. so C. rather D. such
8.A.up B. away C. down D. off
9.A. favourite B. new C. strange D. broken
10.A. put B. held C. lay D. kept
11.A. thought B. studied C. worked D. grew
12.A. acted B. looked C. laughed D. sounded
13.A.told B. asked C. begged D. persuaded
14.A.amazed at B. frightened by C. tired of D.interested in
15.A. felt B. found C. cleaned D. watched
16.A. lifted B. tried C. dropped D. shook
17.A. carelessly B.clearly C. slowly D. carefully
18.A. answered B. cried C. asked D. smiled
19.A. but B. and C. as D. since
20.A. sit B.believe C. speak D. stand
---Are you free after school?
---Sorry, I’ve planned to treat a friend of mine to dinner___for his help.
A. in trouble B. in fact C. in total D. in return
You’d better go there by train. The train ticket is________ the airplane ticket.
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A．as cheap three times as |
B．as three times cheap as |
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C．three times cheaper than |
D．cheaper three times than |
—Shall I give you a ride as you live so far away?
—Thank you，________.
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A．it couldn’t be better |
B．of course you can |
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C．if you like |
D．it’s up to you |
