阅读短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.

In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."

He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.

"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."

Choose the right answer

1. Dick flew to New York because ___.

A. he went there for a holiday                 B. he had work there

C. he went there for sightseeing (观光)          D. his home was there

2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

A. Because she didn't know his address yet    

B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too

C. Because she might send him another telegram

D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York

3. Where did Dick stay in New York?

A. In the center of the city.                  B. In a hotel.

C. In a restaurant.                         D. At his friend's house.

4. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

A. The manager (经理) of his hotel.                  B. The police office.

C. The taxi driver.                                D. His wife.

5. Which of the following is not true?

A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.

B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.

C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.

D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

阅读短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They're both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why.

Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (价格)。They felt unhappy and returned to their village.

"I can't understand why we sustained (蒙受) losses in business while others always profit (盈利)" Uncle Li asked one day.

"The tractor was too small " Uncle Wang said without thinking. "We'll carry more apples on a truck next time!"

"I agree!" said Uncle Li. "How foolish (傻的) we were !"

1. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because __________.

A. they hope to save money                   B. they're both poor

C. their farms are at the foot of the mountain     D. they're not far from their farms

2. The two farmers carried the apples to the city to _________.

A. make a journey                      B. visit some places of interest

C. meet their friends                  D. make a profit

3. the tow farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ________.

A. theirs weren't as good as the others'        B. theirs were much less than the others'

C. a lot of apples had been already carried to the city   D. they forgot to carry them on a truck

4. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because _________.

A. they had sustained losses in business             B. they had lost some money in the city

C. something was wrong with the tractor            D. other people profited in the city

5. Which of the following is true?

A. The two farmers found out why they were poor.    B. The two farmers will soon get rich.

C. Neither of the farmers is clever.              D. The two farmers decided to buy a truck.

阅读短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A Trip to the Forest

One day Bob took two of his friends in-to the mountains. They put up their tents (帐篷) and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.

In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp(营地), it start-ed to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?

Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would hap-pen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather!

It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!

1. John and his two friends went to the forest to ____.

A. build their camp                   B. find their way home

C. enjoy the mountains in the snow      D. watch the trees in the forest

2. They could not find their way back be-cause ____.

A. there was only one road to their camp

B. they couldn't decide which of the two roads led to their tents

C. there were no roads in the mountains at all

D. everything was covered by the white snow

3. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to ____.

A. John's house        B. the camp              C. the forest          D. the mountains

4. The horses stopped because____.

A. it was getting late                       B. they were tired after running for a long way

C. they knew that they had got to the camp     D. they had seen John's house

5. The story happened ____.

A. on a cold winter day                 B. on a dark snowy evening

C. in a cold camp far from villages        D. at night when nothing could be seen

Mr. Hunt came from a poor family. He had three brothers and two sisters. His father worked hard but wasn’t paid much. And his mother did all the housework at home. They were both able but they couldn’t get enough money for their family.

Mr. Hunt was in school for only three years and he had to stop to help his parents though he was good at his lessons. When he was sixteen, he came to the city and began to work in a small factory. He learned from an old worker and became a skilled worker. The old worker liked him and married his daughter to him. The young man did not have his own house and had to live with his parents-in-law(岳父母). His mother-in-law always thought he was poor and often chattered(唠叨). So the young man tried to save everything and hoped to have his own house.

It was one fine Sunday. The old woman wanted to have a picnic on the top of the hill. She told Mr. Hunt to drive her car. But sometimes she told him to turn left and sometimes to turn right. The young man had to listen to her. At a crossing the lights were red but she made him turn left. The policeman stopped them and told the young man to give his license to him.

“If I did wrong, sir,” said Mr. Hunt, “It was my mother-in-law’s fault(过错). She was driving the car though she sat behind me!”

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

(   )1. The Hunts were poor because ____.

       A. they were lazy                    B. they were too weak to work

       C. they couldn’t make enough money  D. they weren’t able enough

(   )2. Mr. Hunt left the school because ____.

       A. he didn’t like studying          B. his family was poor

       C. he wasn’t clever                 D. he hoped to stay at home

(   )3. ____, so the old man married his daughter to him.

       A. Mr. Hunt became a skilled worker     B. Mr. Hunt was friendly to him

       C. Mr. Hunt was paid much in the factory D. Mr. Hunt worked for six years there

(   )4. The old woman was ____ to Mr. Hunt.

       A. good           B. bad             C. friendly         D. useless

(   )5. Which of the following is wrong?

       A. The old woman herself drove the car that day.

       B. It was the old woman’s fault.

       C. Mr. Hunt hated his mother-in-law.

       D. The old woman told Mr. Hunt to run the red lights.

It was summer and I was with my new colleagues. I’d graduated from college just two months earlier and relocated (搬家) to Chicago to work there. I barely knew Chicago, but luckily, my co-workers were friendly. We became so close that 13 of us spent a weekend together at the lake and rented a boat.

On our last morning, I wanted to get back into the boat after swimming for a bit. But as I approached it, a force pulled me in. Within seconds, the lower half of my body was stuck between the boat’s propellers (螺旋桨). I reached down as the water around me turned deep red. Instead of feeling the flesh of my leg, my hand touched exposed muscle and bone.

It took nearly 45 minutes for help to arrive. Until then, a few of my friends worked together to keep me alive. The next morning, I woke up in a hospital room. I later learned that when I arrived at the hospital, a team of 20 specialists tried to save my leg, but the damage was too extensive (广泛的). They amputated it above the knee. At least I’m alive, I thought.

One year, six major surgeries (手术), and countless hours of physical therapy later, I began to walk again. I tried my best to be upbeat (乐观的) and positive while relearning to walk, but even the simplest tasks made me frustrated. Sometimes, I just thought “Why me?”

I continue to try to embrace my new life, but I’ve had to make adjustments. I’d actually been training for the Chicago half-marathon before the accident. I still plan to get back into training for it, but for now, I’m just grateful I can walk.

I avoided showing my prosthetic leg (假肢) in public at first, but now, I wear shorts and dresses, whether I’m going out with friends or heading to the office. The only time I don’t wear the leg is in bed.

While my accident may have flipped (颠覆) my world upside down, I’m still me.

1. What do we know about the author from the first two paragraphs?

A. She didn’t like Chicago.                   B. She couldn’t swim at all.

C. She enjoyed working with her colleagues.     D. She often made careless mistakes.

2. What does the underlined word “amputated” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. treated        B. removed      C. broke        D. fixed

3. How does the author feel about her prosthetic leg now?

A. She avoids showing it.        B. She accepts it as it is.

C. She complains about it a lot.   D. She is unwilling to wear it.

4. Which of the following words can best describe the author?

A. Enthusiastic and kind.        B. Cooperative and generous.

C. Ambitious and independent.   D. Courageous and optimistic.