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　　Rosa liked making up stories. She was so (1)______ that her classmates believed her from time to time. In fact, the whole class believed her! At first she supposed it was (2)______. Now, as she got up to (3)______ before the class, she knew that make –believe stories had some way of coming back to make you sad.

　　Rosa's parents were separated. Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer (4)_______, she went to her father's farm in Arizona.

　　The farm was great! Rosa rode horses and (5)________ with some farm work. Her father, however, was so (6)_____ that he couldn't find time to go places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would (7)______ her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went back to the (8)_____, he would always buy her a present.

　　When summer came to a close, Rosa (9)______ to her mother. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a (10)______ to talk about.

　　Not long after (11)_____ began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting (12)______, like England and Germany. When Rosa's friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not (13)_____. Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to (14)______!

　　When the class began studying England, Mr Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could (15)______ about her trip in England.

　　( )1. A. afraid B. worried C. sure D. happy

　　( )2. A. joke B. fun C. turn D. game

　　( )3. A. talk B. teach C. show D. travel

　　( )4. A. passed B. arrived C. lasted D. changed

　　( )5. A. made B. played C. helped D. did

　　( )6. A. weak B. pleased C. busy D. lonely

　　( )7. A. show B. visit C. meet D. send

　　( )8. A. farm B. city C. family D. school

　　( )9. A. wrote B. called C. moved D. returned

　　( )10.A. family B. friend C. teacher D. farm

　　( )11.A. meeting B. school C. summer D. talk

　　( )12.A. people B. cities C. languages D. places

　　( )13.A. interesting B. true C. long D. same

　　( )14.A. England B. Germany C. farm D. home

　　( )15.A. think B. see C. remember D. read

　　(2003，湖北省武汉市)

　　这是一篇记叙文，文章介绍了一个父母不在一起的孩子Rosa的生活。文章以时间为线索，通过具体的事实，向我们展现了Rosa的无奈。

　　1.C. 根据第一句话“Rosa liked making up stories.”可知Rosa会对自己感到很自信的。

　　2.B. 根据四个词的词义可知答案。

　　3.A. Rosa是一名学生，她面对同学们肯定是在讲话，而不是在做其他事情。这根据四个词的词义可知答案。

　　4.B. Rosa一年中有九个月和她妈妈在一起，只有在夏天才去她爸爸的农场这联系下文便知。

　　5.C. play with 的意思是“和……一起玩”，help with 表示“帮助做某事”。 根据后面的some farm work 可知答案。

　　6.C. 根据下句“he couldn't find time to go places with her”可知Rosa的父亲很忙碌。

　　7.C. 根据前面的时间状语从句“When she arrived each summer” 可知这是在Rosa来的时候，因此她父亲应该是去机场接她才对。

　　8.B. 这里所说的饿went back 是指返回她妈妈那里去。她妈妈住在“an apartment on Anderson Street”, 这应该是在城里。

　　9.D. 夏天结束时，Rosa 应是返回城里去。

　　10.A. 根据上句所提到的其他学生都和家人一起旅游时，Rosa最想要的肯定是一个完美的家。

　　11.B. 根据下句“Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library.”可知只有在暑假开学后，Rosa才能到学校的图书馆去看书。

　　12.D. England and Germany 都是地点。

　　13.B. 由于假期当中Rosa并没有跟父母外出，所以她所讲的不是真的。

　　14.A. 答案根据下一段第一句话“When the class began studying England.”可知答案。

　　15.C. 老师认为Rosa去了英国，所以让她讲述她能记得的事情。

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　　It was almost 9:00 p.m. when Mia Janson left her office to go home. It was (1)____. She started her car and she (2)______ down the dark road that led to her house in the country. She (3)_____ the radio and sang songs while she was driving. The heater(暖气机)wasn't working and singing helped to keep her (4)______.

　　The snow was heavy. Then Mia went across a small (5)_____. The bridge was covered with ice and the car went out of control. Mia hit her head on the steering wheel and lost consciousness(知觉).

　　When she (6)______, her head was bleeding, and she was shaking from the cold. She didn't know (7)_______ she was. Mia opened her car door and looked around. She was under the bridge, and her car was sitting on the (8)______ river! She felt very (9)_____. She knew the ice wouldn't (10)______ her car for very long. She (11)_____ to walk up the hill several times, but she kept falling in the snow. Mia tried (12)_______ time. She fell again, but this time she couldn't get up. She knew that (13)______ could see her car under the bridge. She was lying in the snow, and she couldn't (14)______. Mia closed her eyes and (15)_______ die.

　　Then she heard a voice. Mia opened her eyes. There was an old man standing over her. She stood up and walked up with the help of the old man. “That's my truck,” said the old man. “Get in and I'll take you home.”

　　( )1. A. raining B. cool C. snowing D. late

　　( )2. A. ran B. drove C. walked D. rode

　　( )3. A. turned on B. turned over C. turned off D. turned down

　　( )4. A. happy B. not alone C. warm D. not lonely

　　( )5. A. bridge B. village C. town D. farm

　　( )6. A. got up B. came back C. looked up D. woke up

　　( )7. A. how B. what C. why D. where

　　( )8. A. deep B. frozen C. wide D. cold

　　( )9. A. angry B. sad C. surprised D. afraid

　　( )10.A. keep B. pull C. take D. hold

　　( )11.A. tried B. wanted C. would like D. seemed

　　( )12.A. one B. one more C. other D. the other

　　( )13.A. someone B. anyone C. everyone D. no one

　　( )14.A. feel B. hear C. move D. go

　　( )15.A. waited to B. had to C. was able to D. decided to

　　(2003，江西省)

　　这是一篇记叙文，文章介绍的是Mia 在驾车出事后的具体想法和行为以及后来获救的情况。

　　1.C. 根据第二段“The snow was heavy.”这句话可知天在下雪。

　　2.B. 根据前面“She started her car” 可知Mia是驱车回家的。

　　3.A. 只有打开收音机才能听到声音的。

　　4.C. 由于前面说到“The heater wasn't working.”因此, Mia唱歌是为了让自己暖和点。

　　5.A. 根据下句可知答案。

　　6.D. 上一段最后的“Mia hit her head on the steering wheel and lost consciousness.”已经告诉我们Mia失去了知觉。因此只有在醒来时，才能发现自己受伤的情况。

　　7.D. 根据下句“Mia opened the car door and looked around.” 可知当时Mia已经不知道她在什么地方了。

　　8.B. 根据前面的动词sitting可知Mia是坐在河上的，只有河面结冰后才能如此。

　　9.B. 在当时的情况下，Mia肯定是非常难过的，这是一个人最基本的反映。

　　10.D. 这是一个常识，由于汽车太重，冰面不会很长时间地托住它的。

　　11.A. 这是人的本能。在危机时刻总是尽最大努力去争取维护自己的生命。

　　12.B. 她已经尝试了很多次，而不是一次，但都没有成功。

　　13.D. 由于Mia是在桥的下面，所以她认为没有人会来救她的。

　　14.C. 由于她已经尝试过很多次，所以她已经没有太多的力气在往前移动了。

　　15.A. “She closed her eyes” 告诉我们Mia已经绝望了。只有等待死亡了。

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　　People like artists and writers usually work on their own, with no one else around. Most of my friends all work (1)______ other people in shops and so on, and they tell me that they would never get things done if they work alone. I'm not (2)_____ that all artists and writers do, either.

　　I was born in a small village in the country where everyone knew (3)_____ else: that is, they knew everyone except a writer who (4)______ himself to himself. By the time I was (5)______ enough to learn people's names, he had been living in the village for at least twenty years, but the villagers still regarded him as a (6)_____! Every morning he would walk down to the local shops to do his (7)______, and although he had to greet everyone he met, only two or three would (8)_______ his greeting. Just occasionally, someone would ask him (9)_____ he was doing, and every time his answer would be the same: “I'm still writhing the book.” And that was all we (10)______ learned about him.

　　Because no one had ever visited his house, I (11)_______ once walking up to the house with three or four other boys to see (12)______ we could see what he did. We climbed up to the (13)______ and looked in, expecting to see our writhing typing (14)_______ his desk. Instead, he was sitting in an armchair (15)______ a book.

　　( )1. A. without B. around C. with D. for

　　( )2. A. sure B. afraid C. glad D. sorry

　　( )3. A. someone B. no one C. one D. everyone

　　( )4. A. talked B. kept C. taught D. paid

　　( )5. A. young B. old C. tall D. strong

　　( )6. A. stranger B. writer C. friend D. fool

　　( )7. A. washing B. cooking C. shopping D. typing

　　( )8. A. hear B. like C. return D. hate

　　( )9. A. what B. how C. why D. where

　　( )10.A. always B. still C. hardly D. ever

　　( )11.A. finish B. enjoy C. remember D. plan

　　( )12.A. that B. if C. when D. whom

　　( )13.A. chimneys B. doors C. windows D. walls

　　( )14.A. off B. on C. in D. at

　　( )15.A. reading B. writing C. coping D. selling

　　(2003，浙江省杭州市)

　　这是一篇记叙文，文章作者主要介绍artists 和writers 的工作情况，通过作者的一次亲身经历，使人们了解了这一真实情况。

　　1.C. 在商店中人们肯定是在一起工作的，这是一个事实。

　　2.A. 根据所给的四个词的意思可知答案。

　　3.D. 在小村庄里，由于面积很小，人们互相之间都是彼此认识的。这是一个事实。

　　4.B. 句中的except就已经将文章的a writer 除外了，由于别人都互相认识，所以只有他一人独处了。

　　5.B. 这里作者的说的是年龄大了，才知道人们的名字。

　　6.A. 由于that writer经常独处，所以虽然他已经在这个村子里住了20多年了，但人们还是将他当做陌生人的。

　　7.C. 到商店肯定是买东西。

　　8.C. 由于人们不认识他，所以即使他主动与别人打招呼，也很少有人回复他的。所以这里用return 最佳。

　　9.A. 根据答语“I'm still writhing the book.” 可知人们所问的应该是动作。

　　10.D. 人们对the writer 了解的唯一一件事情就是他在写书，这也是人们曾经得到的关于他的唯一的情况。

　　11.C. 下面所讲的都是作者能记住的当时的事情。

　　12.B. 孩子们带着好奇心去看那位作家究竟在做什么。

　　13.C. 孩子们爬到窗户旁才能看到that writer的动作的。选择其他词语不如windows 确切。

　　14.D. at 在这里是“在……旁”的意思。

　　15.A. instead表示转折，说明that writer 并没有写书，而是坐在armchair上看书。

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　　Mr Green was ill and went to the hospital. A doctor (1)______ and said, “Well, Mr Green, you're going to (2)______ some injections, and you'll feel much better. A nurse will come (3)_____ give you the first one this evening, and then you'll (4)_______ get another one tomorrow evening.” (5)______ a young nurse came to Mr Green's bed and said to him, “I'm going to give you your (6)_____ injection now, Mr Green. Where do you want it?”

　　The old man was (7)______. He looked at the nurse for a (8)______, then he said, “(9)_____ has ever let me choose that before. Are you really going to let me choose now?”

　　“Yes, Mr Green,” the nurse answered. She was in a hurry. “Where do you want it?”

　　“Well, then,” the old man answered (10)______. “I want it in your left arm, please.”

　　( )1. A. looked for him B. looked him over

　　C. looked after him D. looked him up

　　( )2. A. get B. give C. make D. hold

　　( )3. A. so B. but C. or D. and

　　( )4. A. must B. can C. had better D. have to

　　( )5. A. In the morning B. In the afternoon

　　C. In the evening D. In the end

　　( )6. A. first B. one C. two D. second

　　( )7. A. confident B. surprised C. full D. hungry

　　( )8. A. hour B. minutes C. year D. moment

　　( )9. A. Somebody B. Anybody C. Nobody D. People

　　( )10.A. with a smile B. in time

　　C. in surprise D. with tears in his eyes

　　(2003，福建省福州市)

　　这是一篇记叙文，文章讲述的是在医院里发生的一件有趣的事情-----护士让病人选择打针的地方。

　　1.B. 在医院里医生应该为病人检查身体，根据所给的四个短语的意思即可知道答案。

　　2.A. 根据所给的词语的词义可知答案。其中如果用give的话，应该用被动语态，所以用get 最好。

　　3.D. and是表示动作衔接的连词，but表示转折，so表示结果，or则表示某一动作带来的反面结果。所以这里用and为最佳。

　　4.D. 这四个词语中，只有have to 可以用在将来时态中。

　　5.C. 根据上面医生所说的话可知答案。

　　6.A. 由于是在当天晚上，所以Mr Green 应接受第一次注射。

　　7.B. 当Mr Green 听到让自己选择注射部位时，一定灰感到吃惊的。这是一个常识，谁打针可能也没有遇到过这种情况。

　　8.D. 根据所给词语的词义可知答案。

　　9.C. 根据前面Mr Green已经感到吃惊可知以前没有人让他选择过注射部位。

　　10.A. 根据文章最后一句可知，Mr Green是在和护士开玩笑的。所以应该面带微笑去说话。

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　　Mr and Mrs Harris had always spent their summer holidays in a small hotel at the seaside near their hometown. One year, however, Mr Harris made a lot of (1)_______ in his business, (2)______ they decided to go to a foreign country and stay at a really good(3)______.

　　They flew to Rome, and (4)______ at a5-star hotel in the evening. They thought that they would have to go to bed hungry, because in that (5)______ hotel they had been used to stay in the past, no meals were served (6)_____ seven in the evening. They were (7)______ to be told that the hotel served dinner until ten.

　　“Then what are the times (8)_______ meals?” asked Mrs Harris.

　　“Well, madam, we serve breakfast from seven to eleven, lunch from twelve to three, (9)______ from four to five, and dinner from six to ten.”

　　“But that hardly (10)______ any time for us to see the city!” said Mrs Harris.

　　( )1. A. mistakes B. time C. friends D. money

　　( )2. A. but B. so C. though D. yet

　　( )3. A. hotel B. place C. city D. restaurant

　　( )4. A. stayed B. got C. arrived D. reached

　　( )5. A. small B. big C. foreign D. good

　　( )6. A. on B. after C. during D. until

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

　　( )8. A. with B. on C. at D. of

　　( )9. A. drink B. tea C. beer D. food

　　( )10.A. takes B. does C. has D. leaves

　　(2003，广东省广州市)

　　这是一篇记叙文，文章主要介绍了 Harris夫妇在宾馆里发生的一件趣事。

　　1.D. 根据下句的意思，只有Mr Harris挣了很多钱才能去国外旅游。

　　2.B. 前面挣钱是原因，这里用连词so表示结果。

　　3.A. 由于他们有了钱了，所以肯定去住好的宾馆。

　　4.C. get to, arrive at (in)，reach 都可以表示”到达”。请注意其中的reach 是及物动词，可以直接带宾语; get, arrive带宾语时都要加介词。

　　5.A. 这里他们是在回忆过去在小宾馆里的情况，而不是现在。

　　6.B. 根据文章的意思，过去他们住过的小宾馆在七点后就不提供晚餐了。不过这次在这家大宾馆在十点之前就会有饭吃。这从下句话中可以看到这种对比。

　　7.C. 当Harris夫妇听到十点还有饭吃，绝对会吃惊的。这是一个简单的推理。

　　8.D. 这里用介词of 表示所属的含义，time of meals 的意思是”用餐时间”。

　　9.B. 在下午四，五点种英国人有喝下午茶的习惯。

　　10.D. 根据用餐时间安排，好象留下的空余时间不多了。但这是Mrs Harris 的错误理解，她认为在这些时间都去吃饭了。