One day a man went to a fish store to buy a fish for his dinner. He picked up a fish and after examining it carefully, he held it up to his nose and smelled it.

“Here! What’s this?” cried the shopkeeper. “Why do you smell that fish? Do you think it has gone bad?”

“I didn’t smell it,” answered the man.

“Then what were you doing with your face so close to the fish?” asked the shopkeeper.

“I wasn’t smelling the fish. I was only talking to it,” said the man.

“Talking to it?” said the fish seller, “Why, what did you say to it?”

“I asked him if there was any news from the sea, and that’s all,” answered the man.

“Well, what did the fish say?”

“He said he didn’t know the latest news, because he hadn’t been in the sea for more than two weeks.”

(   )36.What does “examine” mean?  It means “            “.

A. Look at closely    B. looked after closely   

C. look for closely     D. look up closely

37.Why did the man hold the fish up to his nose?

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(  )38.What did the fish say, do you think?

A. It said it was out of the sea.        B. It said it didn’t know the latest news.

C. It said it hadn’t been in the sea      D. It said nothing.

(  )39. What happened at the end of the story?

A. The shopkeeper got angry with the buyer

B. The buyer left the shop without buying the fish.

C. The buyer fought with the shopkeeper.

D. The buyer got some bad news from the fish.

(  )40.what does“l(fā)atest”mean?

A.遲到 B.最新的 C.最長的 D. 流行的

There was a small bridge over a river. One day, a goat was crossing this bridge. Just at the middle of the bridge, he met another goat. There was no room for them to pass, so one goat said to the other, "Go back. There is no room for both of us to cross. " "Why don't you go back?" said the other goat. "You must go back", said the first goat," because I am stronger than you. " "You are not stronger than I," said the second goat. "We will see about that," said the first goat, and he put down his horns(羊角 )to fight. “Stop !”, said the second goat. "If we fight, we will both fall into the river and drown (淹死). I have an idea--I shall lie down, and you may walk over me. " Then the second goat lay down on the bridge, and the first goat carefully walked over him. So they passed each other, and went on their ways.

1  Where did the two goats meet?

A. In a field.                 B. On a farm.

C. Under a bridge.             D. At the middle of the bridge.

2 If the two goats fought, they would_______.

A. fall into the river         B. get badly hurt

C. run away quickly            D. shout at each other

3 The underlined word "passed" probably means “________” in Chinese.

A.經(jīng)（通）過       B.遞給         C.及格         D.傳遞

4 What happened at the end of the story?

 A. They had a big fight.      

B. The first goat fell into the river.

C. The second goat fell into the river.

D. Both of them didn't fall into the river.

5 After reading the passage, we can know that the second goat was______. A. silly        B. strong        C. clever        D. sad

Peter Judd wanted very much to be a soldier when he was a child．So he joined the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught how to be a good soldier．He did quite well in everything except shooting．One day he and his friends were practicing their shooting, and all of them were doing quite well except Peter．After he had shot at the target(靶子)nine times and hadn't hit it once, the officer who was trying to teach the young soldiers to shoot said, “You are quite hopeless, Peter!Don't waste your last bullet(子彈)!Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!”Peter felt ashamed(羞愧的)．He went behind the wall and a few seconds later, the officer and the other young soldiers heard the sound of a shot．“Oh, dear!”the officer said．“Has that silly man really shot himself?”He ran behind the wall as quickly as he could, but Peter was all right．“I'm sorry, sir, ”he said, “but I missed again．”What happened at the end of the story?

1. A.
   Peter became a good soldier．
2. B.
   Peter killed himself behind the wall．
3. C.
   The officer was pleased with Peter in the end．
4. D.
   Peter missed the target for the tenth time．

There was a small bridge over a river. One day, a goat was crossing this bridge. Just at the middle of the bridge, he met another goat. There was no room for them to pass, so one goat said to the other, "Go back. There is no room for both of us to cross. "

"Why don't you go back?" said the other goat.

"You must go back", said the first goat," because I am stronger than you. "

     "You are not stronger than I," said the second goat.

     "We will see about that," said the first goat, and he put down his horns(羊角 )to fight.

“Stop !”, said the second goat. "If we fight, we will both fall into the river and drown (淹死). I have an idea--I shall lie down, and you may walk over me. "

Then the second goat lay down on the bridge, and the first goat carefully walked over him. So they passed each other, and went on their ways.

(    )6. Where did the two goats meet.'?

     A. In a field.

     B. On a farm.

     C. Under a bridge.

     D. At the middle of the bridge.

(    )7. If the two goats fought, they would_______.

     A. fall into the river       B. get badly hurt

     C. run away quickly       D. shout at each other

(    )8. The underlined word "passed" probably means “________” in Chinese.

      A.經(jīng)過;通過        B.遞給   C.及格           D.傳遞

(    )9. What happened at the end of the story?

     A. They had a big fight.

     B. The first goat fell into the river.

     C. The second goat fell into the river.

     D. Both of them didn't fall into the river.

(    )10. After reading the passage, we can know that the second goat was______.

      A. silly      B. strong     C. clever     D. sad