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Unit 24:What were they doing?

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　Unit 24

　What were they doing?

　Passage 1

　　阅读理解一

　　Once there was a young man. He was travelling in the northwest of India. One evening he was returning to the tent. It was getting dark, and he was walking along a narrow path. On his right was a wide river and on his left, a thick, dark forest.

　　Suddenly he saw two green eyes looking at him from among the trees. A tiger was ready to jump on him.

　　What could he do? Could he jump into the river to save his life by swimming? He looked to the right. In the river there was a very big crocodile. It was waiting for him with its mouth wide open.

　　He was so afraid that he closed his eyes. He heard the branches moving as the tiger jumped, but felt nothing happened to him. He opened his eyes. Oh, how wonderful it was! The tiger had jumped right over him and was now in the mouth of the crocodile. He was out of danger!

　　注释

　　1. tent n.住处

　　2. path n.小径

　　3. crocodile n.鳄鱼

　　4. so...that如此……以致于

　　5. branch n.树枝

　　根据短文内容选择正确答案

　　( )1The story happened _____.

　　A. in the morning B. at noon C. in the evening D. at night

　　( )2The young man was walking _____ on his way to the living room.

　　A. alone B. quickly C. slowly D. lonely

　　()3 _____was looking at him among the trees.

　　A. A monkey B. A tiger C. A crocodile D. A stranger

　　()4In the river there was _____ waiting for him.

　　A. a fish B. a crocodile C. a tortoise D. a duck

　　()5In the end _____.

　　A. The tiger jumped on the young man and killed him.

　　B. The young man jumped into the water.

　　C. The crocodile jumped out of the water and killed the tiger.

　　D. The tiger jumped into the mouth of the crocodile and the young man was saved.

Passage 2

阅读理解二

　　One day in early March of 1993, Pauline and Tom Nichter and their 11year old son Jason, were shopping for a toy in Buena Park, CA. Suddenly, Pauline saw a wallet lying on the floor. When she looked inside, she found . The family, homeless and without work, knew that could change their lives. But they took the wallet to the nearby police station and turned it in. The wallet was found to have some other pockets, and more money in over ! The police station called the man who lost the wallet to pick it up. The man thanked the Nichters and shook their hands, but did not reward them. Luckily for the family, a TV news reporter filmed the story. People from all over the world heard the story and sent them letters, money, and even jobs. A businessman even let them live in his house for free for six months. So far, the family has received over 000.Now the Nichtersfuture is bright.

　　注释

　　1. homeless adj.无家可归的

　　2. reward n.报答，报偿

　　3. so for迄今为止

　　根据短文内容选择正确答案

　　( )1The best title(标题)of the reading would be_____ .

　　A. Money Is Everything B. From Poor To Rich

　　C. A Kind Businessman D. A lost Wallet And The Police

　　( )2Who found out the secret of the wallet?

　　A. The police. B. Jason.

　　C. Someone else in the shop. D. The man who lost the wallet.

　　( )3From the reading, we know many people _____.

　　A. work hard to change their lives

　　B. are friendly to the loser

　　C. are ready to help others

　　D. often have good luck

　　( )4The words"reward them" in the reading mean_____ .

　　A. speak to the Nichters B. give something to the Nichters

　　C. pay the police D. meet the news reporters

　　( )5Which of the following is true about the Nichters?

　　A. They got lots of money from a reporter.

　　B. They made friends with the loser of the money.

　　C. They posted letters to the people all over the world.

　　D. They became known to many people.

　Passage 3

　　完形填空

　　A Football Fan

　　A man was sitting in the doctor's office. He was telling the doctor about his __1___."I like football, doctor," he said."Please help me. My life has ___2__ been a good one since I became ___3__ in football and it is getting worse and worse. I can't even __4___ well at night. When I close my __5___, I'm out there in the football field _6___ after a flying ball. When I wake up,I'm more ___7__ than I was when I went to bed. What am I going to do?" The doctor sat back and said,"First of all, you ___8__ to do your best not to dream about football. Before you are falling asleep, try to ___9__ about something else. Try to think that you are at a party and someone is going to give you several million dollars.""Are you crazy?" the man shouted."I'll __10___ the ball!"

　　注释

　　1. million n.百万

　　2. crazy adj.发疯的

　　通读短文选出一个最佳答案

　　( )1A. problem B. family C. sport D. journey

　　( )2A. always B. already C. never D. often

　　( )3A. interested B. careful C. deep D. strong

　　( )4A. work B. play C. do D. sleep

　　( )5A. doors B. windows C. books D. eyes

　　( )6A. booking B. playing C. running D. waiting

　　( )7A. worried B. tired C. surprised D. pleased

　　( )8A. want B. hope C. have D. decide

　　( )9A. hear B. write C. talk D. think

　　( )10A. miss B. play C. catch D. pass

　Passage 4

　　判断正误

　　The police in a big city were looking for a thief. At last they caught him. But while they were taking photos of him-from the front, from the left, from the right, with a hat, without a hat-he suddenly hit the policemen and ran away. They tried to catch him, but he got away.

　　Then a week later, the telephone rang in the police office, and somebody said,"You are looking for Bill Cross, aren't you?"

　　"Yes."

　　"Well, he left here for Waterbridge an hour ago."

　　Waterbridge was a small town about 100 kilometers away from the city. The city police at once sent for different photos of the police in Waterbridge.

　　"We have caught three of the thieves to the men," they said proudly，"and we think we will catch the fourth this evening."

　　注释

　　1. take photos照相

　　2. proudly adj.骄傲地

　　根据文章内容判断正误

　　( )1The police in the big city took five photos of the thief.

　　( )2The police were told that the thief had gone to Waterbridge a week before.

　　( )3Bill Cross was the name of a policeman.

　　( )4The town police caught three people.

　　( )5From this story we know that the police in Waterbridge did a good job.

　　参考答案

　　Passage 1

　　1. C在文章第一段我们就知道故事发生在晚上。

　　2. A从文章内容判断出，小伙子是独身一人走到住处。

　　3. B第二段就介绍了是一只老虎从树林里看着他并准备跳到他的身上。

　　4. B从第三段知道，河里还有一个鳄鱼在等着他。

　　5. D最后一段告诉我们老虎在扑向小伙子时，碰巧跳进了河里鳄鱼的嘴里。

　　Passage 2

　　1. B从文章内容判断，主要是讲Pauline和Tom怎样得到许多钱的，所以选B。

　　2. A从文章内容来看，是警察发现了钱包的秘密。

　　3. C从Pauline和Tom捡到钱包送还失主来看，许多人是会帮助他人的。

　　4. Breward"报答，奖赏"的意思，所以选B。

　　5. Dthe Nichters出了名是真的。

　　Passage 3

　　1. A看病讲的应该是病情，所以选problem。

　　2. C根据句意"自从迷上足球后，生活就从没好过"，所以以选never。

　　3. Abecome interested in "开始对……感兴趣"，选此短语才符合题意。

　　4. D他的病肯定是重到连晚上也睡不好的程度。

　　5. D接上句意思解释了人睡不好的原因，所以选D，即"我闭上眼的时候"。

　　6. Crun after "追赶"。

　　7. B因为睡得不好，所以第二天会比睡觉前更疲劳。

　　8. Chave to不得不，必须。

　　9. D此句应该是"睡觉前，努力去想些别的事"。

　　10. A从此句判断，病人对足球达到痴迷的程度。"你疯了吗?"这个男的喊到，"那我就错过足球了!"

　　Passage 4

　　1. T第一段第三句介绍警察从前，从左，从右，戴帽子和不戴帽子照了相。

　　2. F对话中提到的时间是一小时前。

　　3. F应该是小偷的名字。

　　4. T抓到的是三个，另外一个是晚上才能抓到。

　　5. F只求数量了。

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