Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote the story of the detective(侦探) Sherlock Holmes, was having a trip in Europe. One day he got out of the railway station and climbed into a taxi. Before he could say a word, the driver turned to him and asked, “Where can I take you, Mr. Doyle?”
Doyle was rather surprised. He asked the driver if he had ever seen him before. “No, sir,” the driver replied, “I have never seen you before.” Then he explained, “This morning’s newspaper had a story about your being on vacation in Marseilles. This is the taxi stop where people who return from Marseilles always come. Your skin color tells me you have been on vacation. The ink spot on your right fingers suggests to me that you are a writer. Your clothes are very English, not French. Adding up all those pieces of information, I conclude that you are Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.”
“This is truly surprising!” the writer cried out. “You are a real-life copy to my fictional(虚构的) story, Sherlock Holmes!”
“And there is one other thing,” the driver added, with a smile on his face.
“What’s that?”
“Your name is on the front of your suitcase.”
1.The conversation between the two people took place________.
A. at a bus stop B. in a taxi
C. in Marseilles D. in a railway station
2. Doyle was rather surprised because ________.
A. the driver had seen him before
B. the driver could call him by his name
C. the driver was waiting for him
D. the driver answered no questions from him
3.After he heard the driver’s analysis, Doyle concluded that ______.
A. the driver was Sherlock Holmes
B. the once wrote a story about the driver
C. he had met the driver long before
D. the driver was a real life-copy to his story
4. From what the driver said, we could know ________.
A. Doyle was from England
B. Doyle could not speak French
C. Doyle liked English very much
D. Doyle was writing a French story
5.The driver knew the writer’s name because _______.
A. Doyle told the driver himself
B. it was on the front of his suitcase
C. the morning’s newspaper had said that
D. the detective let out the information
完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Children like to copy what they hear. They copy their parents，their friends and even the TV. This teaches them ____ to speak the language. They don’t practice grammar, ____ use the language to talk about things that interests them. They don’t worry about their ____ or poor grammar. They can find ways to ____ themselves，and they do it successfully.
Copying also good for students to learn a foreign language. When you listen to foreigners speaking English，____ what they say as loudly as you can. You should also pay your attention to communication. Look for chances to ____ with native speakers of English. If you can’t find a ____ to talk to, talk with other students in English ____. You can also join an English club or go to an English corner to talk about music, movies or __ __interests you.
Don’t worry about making ______. The aim is to learn how to communicate(交流) easily and comfortably. Remember that you can communicate successfully even with a small vocabulary.
1.A. how B. where C. when D. why
2.A. so B. or C. but D. nor
3.A. course B. vocabulary C. passage D. composition
4.A. express B. understand C. teach D. remind
5.A. prepare B. master C. hold D. repeat
6.A. walk B. camp C. talk D. help
7.A. foreigner B. teacher C. classmate D. parent
8.A. too B. instead C. though D. since
9.A. whichever B. wherever C. whatever D. whenever
10.A. tricks B. noises C. notes D. mistakes
–Rose, I’ve just written a poem. Want to read it?
-- _______? Come on.
A. What for B. How come
C. Why not D. So what
Hi, Jack. Nice to see you here. I _____ you would come to the party.
A. don’t know B. didn’t know
C. haven’t known D. hadn’t known
– Why did you start out so early yesterday morning?
-- _________ there on time.
A. To get B. Getting C. Get D. Got
–How did you like your trip to the mountain village last Sunday?
--It couldn’t be worse. My bicycle _______ several times on the way.
A. got down B. broke down
C. slowed down D. settled down
