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　　Tim likes playing in a river. But there isn't a 1 near his new house. He is not very 2 .

　　One day, he asks 3 mother. “ 4 a river near here?” “No, there 5 ” his mother says, “But 6 new house has a garden.” “I don't like 7 ” says Tim.

　　One morning, his mother says, “ 8 is a beautiful park near here, Tim, and there 9 two pools in it. We'll go there this afternoon.” Tim is very happy.

　　After lunch, Tim and his mother 10 the park, and he plays in one of the pools. He has a very good time.

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Alice was a beautiful girl. She liked nothing except dressing __1__ and dancing when she was at school. Of course she wasn’t good at her __2__. But the boys were ready to help her with her lessons __3__ they liked to dance with her. And after she finished middle school, she __4__ found work in a big shop. The __5__ had a son and he wanted the girl to marry him. Alice __6__ though the young man wasn’t clever enough. And she __7__ all kinds of clothes and shoes. She lived in the beautiful house with a big garden and she __8__ did anything at home. She didn’t love her __9__ but she lived a city life.

Once Mrs. Evans called Alice. The woman said she bought a few __10__ pictures and asked her to appreciate（欣賞）them. She __11__ nothing about the art but she was afraid to be laughed at and got there in time. She saw several women there. They were __12__the pictures when she went in. She thought for a long time and said, “Look! They’re all __13__. Why didn’t you buy the new ones?”

The women looked at each other but they tried not to __14__. And when they were appreciating a picture “Tramp（游浪漢）”, she said, “I don’t think the artist could draw! Such a__15__ man had no money to have a portrait taken（請人畫像）!”

1.	A．him B．himself C．her D．herself

 

2.	A．classes B．English C．maths D．language

 

3.	A．when B．while C．because D．a(chǎn)fter

 

4.	A．hardly B．easily C．no longer D．happily

 

5.	A．bookseller B．shopkeeper C．gatekeeper D．policeman

 

6.	A．a(chǎn)greed B．hated C．preferred D．failed

 

7.	A．sold B．was sold C．gave D．was given

 

8.	A．a(chǎn)lways B．sometimes C．never D．often

 

9.	A．husband B．son C．brother D．uncle

 

10.	A．cheap B．expensive C．terrible D．strange

 

11.	A．liked B．interested C．watched D．knew

 

12.	A．looking up B．looking for C．talking about D．hearing from

 

13.	A．old B．clean C．dirty D．thin

 

14.	A．stop B．smile C．laugh D．lie

 

15.	A．busy B．clever C．rich D．poor

 

閱讀理解：閱讀下面短文，從每題的A、B、C、D中選擇能正確回答下列問題或完成句子的那一項

　　Mr Clarke was born in a poor family. He was in school for only two years. When he was sixteen he left the poor mountain village and walked to the capital. He had worked in a garden, in a workplace. When he reached the biggest city in the country, nobody gave him any work. He had to beg (乞討) in the street.

　　One day he was looking for some food while a bag fell off a motorbike. But the rider didn't find it and left quickly. He picked it up and found there was plenty of money in it. There was nobody except him there. He sat by the road and waited for the loser. About half an hour later an old man came back by motorbike and looked for something. The young man returned the bag to him. The old man thanked him very much and told him to work in his shop.

　　Mr Clarke worked hard and watched everything carefully. He learned a lot. With the old man's help , he had a shop. He never fooled anybody and was friendly to the shoppers. And people liked to do the shopping in his shops. Of course he got a lot of money. Now he had several shops, a beautiful house, a few cars and other valuable (值錢的) things. He went to his village and brought his parents, wife and children to the city. How happy they were all when they moved into the beautiful house!

　　Before Mike , their thirteen-year-old son , went to a middle school. Mrs Clarke said ,“Try to be modest (謙虛的) , son. Don't tell anybody that we're rich.”“OK', Mummy,”answered the boy.

　　That morning the teacher told his students to write a composition “My Family”. Mike remembered what his mother had said. So he wrote ,“My family is large. Here're thirteen people in my family. They are; my grandpa, grandma, father, mother, sister, two cooks, two drivers, three servants (傭人) and I. My family is poor. Our cooks , drivers and servants are all poor!”

1．Mr Clarke went to the capital on foot when he was young because ________.

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A．he wanted to visit the places of interest

B．he wanted to find work on his way

C．he had no money

D．there was no bus at that time

2．At first Mr Clarke begged in the capital because ________.

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A．he couldn't find any work there

B．he didn't know anybody there

C．the people there were all kind

D．he wanted to know the city well

3．As ________ , the old man told Mr Clarke to work in his shop.

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A．he thought the young man was able

B．the young man was worth trusting (信賴)

C．the young man helped him D. he needed a helper

4．Mr Clarke became ________.

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5．The Clarkes were happy because ________.

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A．they left the poor mountain village

B．they said goodbye to the hard life in the mountain village

C．they had their own shops

D．they did nothing at home