Long ago there were two people--- a young father and an old neighbor. One day the young father was visiting the old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, talking about children. The young man said, “How strict should parents be with their children?”
The old man pointed to a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one．“Please untie（解开）that string，” he said．The young man untied it, and the young tree bent over to one side. “Now tie it again，please,” said the old man, “but first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again.”
The young man did so．Then the old man said，“There，it is the same with children. You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on．If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away.”
1.The story is about ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A． how the young father should get on with his old neighbor
B． how to tie and untie the string
C． how to take care of young trees
D． how strict parents should be with their children.
2.The young man untied the string ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A． only to find that the thinner one bent over to one side
B． in order to let the old man teach him
C． in order to throw it away
D． so that both of the trees would grow straight
3.When can the string be taken away？＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A． When the young man has untied it next time
B． When the young tree grows strong enough
C． When the old man has left
D． After you have untied it
4.At last the old man told the young man ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not yet stand alone
B． that he should be hard on them
C. that he should tie his children until they are ready to stand alone
D． that he should always be strict with his children
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
I still remember my first job in the city center. The was large, dark and old the physics lecture room was on the second floor. , it wasn’t a lecture room at all, it was an ordinary room, but it had “LECTURE ROOM’ on the . The students were sixteen or seventeen years old, several years younger than me. , some of them looked and acted older than me sometimes.
The room was directly the street, and had the window looking out over the street and many houses. One day, I was some words on the blackboard when I heard a sudden change in the noise behind me. There was a man standing in the room with an apple in his hand. He looked .
“Who threw this?” he asked, looking round the class.
“I beg your pardon? What is the matter?” I said. “ threw this apple out of the window,” he said. “It on my car.”
“Who threw an apple out of the window?” I to the class. There was no answer.
“I the fellow who threw this.” said the man. “I will be outside for you.” And then he left, closing the door behind him.
was silence and I continued with the lesson. At the end of every lesson, usually the class were all before the bell finished ringing, leaving me saying “That’s all for today” to an empty . This time, when the bell went for the end of the lesson, no one . “That’s all for today,” I said. “You go first, sir,” said one of the boys. It made a nice change, I being out first.
1.A. room B. building C. floor D. city
2.A. and B. as C. so D. but
3.A. Happily B. Luckily C. Properly D. Actually
4.A. floor B. ground C. door D. window
5.A. over B. only C. up D. almost
6.A. In fact B. In the end C. After all D. As a result
7.A. more B. less C. very D. even
8.A. on B. above C. below D. in
9.A. getting B. making C. taking D. putting
10.A. hardly B. almost C. half D. such
11.A. angry B. kind C. sorry D. happy
12.A. Anyone B. One C. Who D. Someone
13.A. hit B. defeated C. landed D. arrived
14.A. asked B. said C. talked D. told
15.A. hate B. find C. get D. want
16.A. waiting B. looking C. finding D. seeing
17.A. It B. There C. This D. That
18.A. walked B. left C. gone D. ended
19.A. lesson B. class C. room D. lecture
20.A. heard B. finished C. spoke D. moved
Although Xiamen is a gorgeous city, Harry still decided that he would drive all the way home instead of _____ at a hotel for the night.
A. putting down B. putting off C. putting on D. putting up
—Mary，new copies of Harry Potter are on sale now．
—Great! Let’s go and buy this afternoon．
A．it B．that C．any D．one
They have a small apartment______ the third floor of a _____ apartment block.
A. in ; five- storey B. on ; five-storey
C. on; five storeys D. in ; five storeys
Mr Smith likes traveling _______ ，but his wife enjoy _______ .
A. by train; taking a taxi B. on train; by taxi
C. by train; by taxi D. on train; taking a taxi
