exam and went on playing football and watching TV.
But this morning, when the boy was going to dress himself, he couldn?t find his shirt.
He jumped off the bed and began to look for it everywhere, but he failed. His mother brought his breakfast in and found his bedroom was in a fearful mess[4]. She asked in surprise, “What?s the matter, son?\
“I can?t find my shirt!\
“You wore it for a week and I washed it when you fell asleep last night.\ “Who let you wash it?\
Notes:[1]hint/hInt/v. 暗示 [2]point/pInt/n.点 main point 要点
[3]wristband/`rIstbnd/n. 衬衣袖口 [4]in a fearful mess 零乱不堪
1.Phillip is in Class T______.
2.Phillip has learned n______ in history class. 3.Mr Beckman is Phillip's history t______.
4.Phillip was afraid he would f the history exam. 5.Phillip l_______ playing football very much.
6.Usually Sally helped Phillip to p_____ the history exams before. 7.Phillip thought everything was r_____ and didn?t review history. 8.Phillip?s mother washed his shirt when the boy went to s_______. 9.The woman thought Phillip?s shirt d______ and washed it. 10.Having heard his mother, Phillip was a______ with her.
参考答案：1.Three 2.nothing 3.teacher 4.fail 5.likes 6.pass 7.ready 8.sleep 9.dirty 10.angry
阅读理解(15)
Mr Brown was born in a poor family. He couldn?t go to school when he was young.
Now he?s a porter[1] and works at a station. He doesn?t think it?s necessary[2] to know some knowledge[3] of science. His son, Bill began to go to school last year. The boy likes nothing except playing. He doesn?t listen to the teachers in class and can?t do his homework after class.It?s the hardest thing for him to do maths exercises. And he wants to drop it.
Last evening Mrs Brown heard Bill crying in the next room while she and her husband
were watching TV. She came up to him and asked,“What?s the matter, Bill?”
“I can?t do my maths homework,”said the boy.“I won?t go to school tomorrow! “No,no, don?t do that!”said the woman.“Maybe your father can help you.”
Then she asked her husband to help their son with his maths. Mr Brown said,“But I
don?t know maths, either.”
“It doesn?t matter,”said his wife.“You?ll only coax him out of crying.”
Mr Brown had to do as his wife said.The next afternoon Bill came back and showed his
exercise?book to his father.The man had a look at it and shouted to his wife,“Come here quickly,dear!I got an A in maths!”
Notes:[1]porter /`pt/n.搬运工 [2]necessary/`nesIsrI/adj.必要的 [3]knowledge/`nlId/n.
知识
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。 1.Which of the following is true?
A．Mr Brown was going to be a porter when he was young. B．Mr Brown?s parents were too poor to send him to school. C．Mr Brown wasn?t interested in science when he was young. D．There was no school in Mr Brown?s hometown. 2.Bill can?t do his homework because _______ . A．his father wouldn?t help him B．he doesn?t listen to his teachers
C．he doesn?t like studying D．he wants to drop maths 3.Bill cried to_______.
A．get his parents’ help B．go to bed earlier
C．get something to eat D．watch TV with his parents
4.The phrase “coax sb. out of crying” in the story means_______ . A．制止某人哭泣 B．惹得某人哭泣 C．阻止某人叫喊 D．哄某人停止哭泣 5. is good at maths in their family.
A．Bill B．Mr Brown C．Mrs Brown D．None
6.When he had a look at Bill?s exercise-book,Mr Brown was_____. A．sorry B．happy C．worried D．sad
参考答案：1.B 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.D 6.B
阅读理解（16）
In the United States and Canada，people often invite friends over for a meal，a party，or just
coffee．
Here are the kinds of things people always say．“Would you like to come over for dinner
tonight？”“Hey，we're having a party on Friday．Can you come？To reply to an invitation，either say thank you and accept（接受），or say sorry and give an excuse（藉口）．Sometimes，however（但是），what people say is like invitations but which are not real invitations．For example：“Please come over for a drink sometime．”“Let's get together for lunch soon．”They are not real invitations because they don't talk about the date or time．They just show that the person is trying to be friendly．To reply to this，people just say“Sure，that would be great．”or“OK，thank you．”So next time you hear what is like an invitation，listen carefully．Is it a real invitation or is the person just being friendly？
根据短文内容回答问题。
1．Do people in the US often invite friends to dinner？
2．If you get an invitation，what would you say first？
3．Is it a real invitation，when people say“Come over for a coffee sometime，please．
4．Why do people say this if they don't really want to invite their friends to come？
参考答案：1．Yes，they do．2．Thank you．3．No，it isn't．4．They just want to be friendly．
阅读理解（17）
根据短文内容，完成下面的句子。
Can we live without salt（盐）？No， salt is very important to us．We need salt in our
food．Animals need it，too．Most of the salt in our country comes from the sea water．People dig very big pools（池塘） and let sea water in．When the sun dries up（晒干）the water，people can get salt from the ground．The salt is white，clean and beautiful．
There are a lot of salt wells（井）in Sichuan．A salt well is much like a water well．People
bring the well water up to the ground and then dry it in big jars（罐子，坛子）over fire．In this way they get salt．
We can also get salt from salt mines（矿）．A salt mine may be found under the ground（盐
矿石可能会在地下被找到）． Some years ago，people in Jiangxi found a big salt mine and soon opened it．People there need salt from other places no more．
In the northwest of our country ，there are many salt lakes．Some of these lakes are very
big．The salt in a big lake will be enough for our people for centuries（世纪）。
1．We can't live without salt，so ____________ ． 2．We get most of the salt from ____________ ． 3．People in Sichuan get salt from ____________ ．
4．Some years ago，People ____ found a big salt mine and soon opened it． 5．In ____ of China，there are many big salt lakes．
参考答案：1）it is very important to us 2）sea water 3）salt wells 4）in Jiangxi 5）the northwest
阅读理解（18） 28 High Road Oxford
Sept．27，2002 Dear John，
Thank you very much for your letter．I'm glad that you enjoyed your holiday with me．
We enjoyed having you and your sister here．We hope that you will both be able to come
again next year．Perhaps you'll be able to stay longer next time you come．A week is not really long enough，is it？
I hope you are both working hard now that you're in Grade Three．I shall have to work hard
next year when I am in Grade Three．Tom and Ann will be in Grade Three the year after next．
They went on a picnic yesterday but I didn't go with them because I hurt my foot and I
couldn't walk very well．They went to an island and enjoyed themselves there．Do you still remember the island？That's where all five of us spent our holiday．
Tom，Ann and I send our best wishes to Betty and you．We hope to see you soon． Yours sincerely Michael
阅读此信，回答下列问题。
1．How long did their holiday last this year？ 2．Who stayed with Michael for the holiday？ 3．When did Michael write the letter？ 4．Who is in Grade Two now？
5．Why didn't Michael go to the island for picnic？
参考答案：
1．It lasted only a week．
2．John，Betty，Tom and Ann．
3．He wrote it on September 27，2002． 4．Michael is in Grade Two now．
5．Because he hurt his foot and he couldn't walk very well．
阅读理解（19）
根据短文内容判断下列各句正（T）、误（F）。（5分）
Two old men，Bob and Alf，were waiting in line outside the stadium（体育场）．They were
waiting to get into watch a football game．
They were both poor and could not buy tickets for seats in the best part of the stadium．They
were standing in line to get into the cheapest section（部分）．
They both liked football．Every week they watched the game．Today when they got to the
gate of the stadium，a man was checking the tickets．Bob showed his ticket and went in．Alf started looking for his ticket，first in his trousers pockets，then in his jacket pockets and his shirt pockets．The man became angry．
“What's that in your mouth？he asked．
“Oh，it's my ticket．I knew I had it somewhere．”
He took the ticket out of his mouth and showed it to the man at the gate． “OK．．．．OK．．．．?the man at the gate said．“You can go in．?
When Alf went in side the stadium， Bob said，“That's not the place to keep your ticket．? “Yes，but when I took the old ticket out of my mouth，the date came off（脱落）too！”
1）Alf was poor and Bob was rich．（ ） 2）Both of them liked football games．（ ） 3）Alf really didn't know where he put his ticket．（ ） 4）Bob bought a ticket．（ ）
5）Alf didn't buy the ticket，he had an old one．（ ）
参考答案：1）F 2）T 3）F 4）T 5）T
阅读理解（20）
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
The clock struck（敲）eight，but I was still on the bed．I could hear it was blowing
strongly．“It must be windy outside，” I thought．
I came to the small town a week ago． I sold some clothes to a shop．Christmas was coming
and I hoped to buy some presents for my family and friends．So I tried to meet the manager and ask him to pay for（付款）them．I was out of luck（运气不好）．He went to London and I had to wait for him here．There was no theatre here but a cinema．The films were all too old．I preferred staying in the small hotel to sitting in the cold cinema（我宁愿待在小旅馆里，也不愿坐在冰冷的电影院里）．
Half an hour later，I felt hungry．I had to get up．It was white everywhere and some children
were skiing down the hill．On my way to the small restaurant，I saw a boy fall on to a rock（岩石）．I ran to him quickly and carried him to a hospital．Soon his parents came here．Now I knew the boy was just the manager's son．He thanked me very much and gave me the money after we had a dinner．
1）What was the weather like today？ ______________________________
2）What did the writer（作者）come to the town for？ ______________________________
3）Why did the writer prefer staying in the hotel？ ______________________________ 4）When did the writer get up？
______________________________ 5）Why did the manager thank the writer？ ______________________________
参考答案：
1）It was a windy day today．
2）He came to the town to ask the manager to pay for the clothes．