Jennifer was sitting on the bench. After all she went through, it was just what she needed. ‘It’s getting   1 ,’ she thought. ‘I should go home.’

She wanted to know her   2  would react(反應(yīng)) when she   3  home after the three days she was missing.

It was really dark when she finally reached her front door. It seemed different to her.   4    took care of the outside garden for   5  days. She was surprised as her father usually worked hard to keep everything   6  and tidy. She couldn’t understand what was going on.

She entered the   7 . First, she went into the kitchen   8  she saw a note written by her father.  9  said, ‘Dear Ellen, here is some coffee. I am searching out.’ Ellen was her mother, but where is she?

She went to her parents’ room. She found her there. Her   10  was lying on the bed, fast asleep. Her face looked so   11 , as if she wasn’t asleep for days. Jennifer wanted to wake her up   12  she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her.

When Jennifer   13 , something was different: She wasn’t in her mother’s room and she wasn’t   14  the old clothes she ran away in. She was on her own bed.

It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice ask, ‘Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you   15  us all very, very afraid.

1.                A．early           B．late            C．warm D．a(chǎn)ngry

 

2.                A．father          B．mother         C．parents   D．teachers

 

3.                A．got            B．left            C．wanted   D．missed

 

4.                A．Everybody      B．Somebody       C．Anybody  D．Nobody

 

5.                A．many          B．lots of          C．a(chǎn) few D．much

 

6.                A．clean          B．dirty           C．quiet D．busy

 

7.                A．school         B．room           C．house    D．library

 

8.                A．what           B．when          C．who D．a(chǎn)nd

 

9.                A．They           B．It              C．He  D．She

 

10.               A．mother         B．father          C．friend D．sister

 

11.               A．happy          B．tired           C．a(chǎn)fraid D．relaxed(放松的)

 

12.               A．a(chǎn)nd           B．so             C．but   D．though

 

13.               A．got up         B．woke up        C．put up D．cleaned up

 

14.               A．putting on      B．dressing        C．wearing   D．taking

 

15.               A．had           B．let            C．made D．gave

 

 

As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He's very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other   31   in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked   32 . He was an actor.

Maybe it's interesting to hear that and that's  33  his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted  34  part. He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays of them   35  : Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful   36 __.Dickens' early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He   37   it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write   38 he died. When he died in 1870, he was  39   a story. But what a pity! We'll never know _40_ it ended.

1.A. cities           B. countries       C. towns          D. villages

2.A. reading         B. writing         C. acting          D. playing

3.A. what           B. how            C. when          D. why

4.A. the next        B. next            C. next to         D. next time

5.A. too            B. as well          C. as well as      D. also

6.A. book           B. story           C. play           D. film

7. A. hated          B. enjoyed         C. wanted         D. shamed

8.A. as             B. while           C. until          D. since

9.A. drawing       B. singing           C. writing        D. making

10.A. what          B. how             C. who          D. which

 

 

In Britain you’re allowed to drive a car when you’re seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can start. When you’re learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don’t have to go to a driving school --- a friend can teach you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take money for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.

Before you’re allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don’t pass the test, you’re allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons! When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it again, and you’re allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain’s oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.

Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn’t have to take a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.

1. A person can’t take money for driving lessons unless he __________.

A. has learnt to drive in a driving school

B. has a full driving license

C. has a full license and a teacher’s license

D. is given a special two-year driving license

2.In the driving test, one _______________________.

A. mustn’t drive his car, even though the car is fit for the road

B. is usually asked to drive on roads for some time

C. has to be examined(考查) only in car driving skills

D. must drive around for more than an hour

3.When can I take the driving test again if I don’t pass it?

A. a few years later                                      B. right after the first test

C. a few weeks later                           D. never

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. There is no limit (限制)to the age of an old man who drives a car.

B. One can take a driving test again and again until he passes it.

C. There was a speed limit to cars before 1878.

D. A car driver didn’t have to get a limit license until 1935.

5.The best title for the passage is _____________.

A. Driving Licenses in Britain　　               B. Tests for Britain People

C. Driving Cars　　　　　　　　                     D. Young Men’s Driving Licenses

 

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Police in America were looking for a thirteen-year-old boy, Ben. He was a middle school student. He was lost last Friday night.

Ben’s mother went to bed early that evening because she had a bad cold. She thought Ben was spending the night with his friend. However, Ben did not appear at the family lunch the next day. She became worried and called the police.

That evening, Ben left home to play baseball with two friends. They both said Ben went home after the game. Some neighbors said to the police they saw a UFO flying over Ben’s house that night. So they thought Ben might be taken away by aliens.

The police said they would not give up until they found him.

1.When was Ben lost?

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2.What did Ben do with his friends that evening?

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3.What might happen to Ben according to his neighbors?

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