D．we must find out the price.
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2013.5.19 Sunday Mr. and Mrs Wang are very forgetful. For example, Mr. Wang sometimes goes to work on Sunday morning, because he thinks it is 36 . And Mrs. Wang sometimes forgets to cook How did the Scots start to wear kilts? There are many stories about it. One story is that the kilt was invented in the 1720s by an English factory owner, Thomas Rawlinson. Rawlinson had a number of Scottish workers in his factory and he thought their clothing got in the way of their work. So he cut their long clothes into a shorter skirt. supper for the family.
One summer they planned to 37 to New York for their holidays. They got to the airport only ten minutes 38 the plane took off. So time was short. But 39 Mrs. Wang said she must tell Lingling, their daughter, not to forget to 40 the front door when she went to school. But Lingling then was at school. They couldn’t tell her about it by 41 . So they hurried to the post office. Mrs. Wang wrote a short 42 to Lingling, and Mr. Wang bought a 43 and an envelope. Soon the note was ready. They put the stamp on the envelope in a hurry and dropped it in the letter 44 , but suddenly Mrs. Wang began to cry. The short note was 45 in her hand. She had put the plane tickets in the 46 .
（ ）36. A. sunny B. cloudy C. Monday D. Sunday （ ）37. A. walk B. drive C. fly D. run
（ ）38. A. before B. often C. when D. because （ ）39. A. often B. ever C. always D. suddenly （ ）40. A. open B. lock C. close D. push
（ ）41. A. plane B. train C. telephone D. bus （ ）42. A. e-mail B. book C. note D. story （ ）43. A. note B. pen C. stamp D. letter （ ）44. A. envelope B. box C. / D. office （ ）45. A. still B. already C. always D. not （ ）46. A. plane B. envelope C. hand D. school
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It’s not just women who wear skirts. Men can wear them, too. In Scotland, men wear a kind of skirt called a kilt. The kilt is their national dress and an important part of their tradition.
A kilt is a colored skirt reaching down to the knee. It has checks （格子）on it with different colors, like red or blue. Each family in Scotland has its own colors.
Today, most Scotsmen see kilts as formal dress. They usually only wear them at weddings or big dinners. There are only a few men who still wear a kilt every day. Scots also wear kilts in parades （游行）when they play their traditional musical instrument: bagpipes （风笛）. The army still has kilts as the dress uniform, but they no longer wear them to fight. （ ）58. A kilt is ________.
（ ）59. In Scotland, different families have different _______. A. colors B. checks C. rules D. shapes （ ）60. When do Scotsmen wear kilts?
A. At weddings. B. At big dinners. C. In parades. D. All of the above
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To help you decide what might make a good pet, we have put together a pet checklist. We have named some of the animals that are often kept as pets. We’ve shown some good points and bad points about each. And we’ve told you which are OK or not OK to keep.
Which pet is for you? Pick-a-pet Checklist 21
Pets Good Points Bad Points OK to Keep Rabbits Easy to keep Hard to house-train Yes Enjoy being petted Drop lots of hair Good to hold Easily upset（不高兴）by high temperature RaccoonsCan be very interesting Against the law to keep in many No （小浣Can be friendly when young states 熊） Can get unkind when old Cats Easy to feed & care for May scratch furniture Yes Can live indoors or out little pets can be messy Fun to hold May kill birds Very friendly May make you sneeze Dogs Come in many sizes Can be smelly, messy, noisy Yes Can live indoors or out Need to be licensed & trained Fun to love & play with May make you sneeze Very friendly May bite if angry Can give safety Need lots of attention
（ ）61. _______ have the same bad point that will make you sneeze. A. Rabbits & raccoons B. Raccoons & cats C. Cats & dogs D. Dogs & rabbits
（ ）62. According to the checklist, a rabbit would not live in ________ weather. A. cold B. cool C. warm D. hot
（ ）63. What is the main purpose （目的）of this checklist?
A. To help pick the best pet for you. B. To tell how to take care of your pet.
C. To list the best pets. D. To list the worst pets.
（C）
My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it the
very day and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked well, but I found one of my husband’s socks missing. I looked everywhere for it, but I couldn’t find it anywhere. The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted （问候）them and told them what we were going to do that day. When I turned around to write on the blackboard, the class broke out a roar （大声笑）！
They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be in to see all this, I asked the class to stop, but the more I talked, the more they laughed. I decided to pay no attention to them and I went on writing on the blackboard. When I did this, they roared even more. Finally, the teacher who had the room next to mine came in to see what all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started laughing, too!
“Good heavens, ”I said, “Will someone please tell me what is so funny?”
“Oh, God, ”said the teacher, “You have a brown sock stuck （粘，贴）to the back of your skirt! ”
So that’s how I found my husband’s missing sock. “Oh, well,”I said to the class, “Let’s just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity（静电）.” （ ）64. What was the writer?
A. A washer. B. A student. C. A headmaster. D. A teacher.
（ ）65. What happened when the writer turned around to write on the blackboard? A. The class roared with anger. B. The class began to laugh loudly.
C. Another teacher came in. D. There was a loud noise outside the room. （ ）66. Why did the teacher from the next room laugh? A. Because the whole class laugh. B. Because he saw the writer fooled by the class. C. Because he found a sock on the back of the writer’s skirt. D. Because he saw some of the students making faces.
（ ）67. What did the writer do when she got to know why her students laughed? A. She did nothing but laugh. B. She explained （解释）the matter in a clever way.
C. She did nothing. D. She got angry with the class.
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（D）
American and British people both speak English, of course, but sometimes it does not seem like the same language. In fact, there are some important differences between British and American English.
First of all, they sound very different. Often, Americans don’t say all the letters in each word especially the sounds like “t”and “d”. However, the British usually in the word “can”.
B. The American English is different from British English only in grammar.
C. Learners of British English may have some difficulty in understanding American English.
D. French is not only spoken in France but in some other countries as well.
pronounce their consonants （辅音）more carefully.
Also, some letters have different sounds. For example, Americans say the “a”in “half”like the “a”in “cat”, but the British say the “a”in “half”like the “o”in “soft”. The “r”is sometimes said differently, too. When an American says “farmer”, you can usually hear the “r”. But you can’t hear the “r”in British English. The British say “fahmah”.
Sound is not the only difference. The two languages have different words for some things, for example, the words for clothing are different. Americans use the word“sweater”, but the British say“jumper”.
Many expressions（短语）are also different in the two countries. In England, if you are going to telephone friends, you “ring them up”. In America, you “give them a call”. There are also some differences in grammar. These differences can be confusing （令人疑惑）if you are learning English. But there is a reason for the difference. Languages change over time. When the same language is used in different places, it changes differently in each place. This is what happened to English. It also happened to other languages, such as French. Many people in Canada speak French, but their French is different from the French spoken in France. （ ）68. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. The differences between British and American English.
B. The two different languages, British and American English. C. The changes of the English language.
D. Why American English is different from British English. （ ）69. Which of the following is Not true?
A. In American English, the “a”in the word“can’t”sounds the same as the “a”
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2013.5.20 Monday Food is very important. Everyone needs to ____1____ well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is _____2____. We begin to get knowledge even when we are very young. Small children are ____3____ in everything around them. They learn _____4____ while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to ____5____ story books, science books?, anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and ____6____ to find out the answers.
What is the best ___7___ to get knowledge? If we learn ____8____ ourselves, we will get the most knowledge. If we are always getting answers from others and do not ask why, we will never learn well. When we study in the _____9_____ way, we will learn more and understand _____10_____. 1. A. sleep B. read
C. drink
D. eat 2. A. sport
B. exercise C. knowledge
D. meat 3. A. interested B. interesting
C. weak
D. better 4. A. everything B. something
C. nothing
D. anything 5. A. lend B. read
C. learn
D. write
6. A. try B. have C. swim D. wait
7. A. place B. door C. way D. lessons 8. A. on
B. with
C. to
D. by 9. A. wrong
B. right
C. bad
D. difficult
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10. A. harder B. much C. better D. well
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Do you keep goldfish?
A goldfish has two eyes. It has a mouth. A goldfish has fins. It has one fin on its back. It has a tail. Its fins and tail help it to swim. Fish swim in water and the water has some air in it. Goldfish eat fish-food. They don’t eat a lot. Little worms（虫）are good for goldfish but bread is not. They will eat bread but it is not good for them. So don’t feed goldfish on bread.
Goldfish have to have clean water. Green water weeds（水草）help to make water clean. Baby goldfish are not red. They are brown. But when they are big, they will be gold or orange or red.
1. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. A goldfish has two eyes. B. A goldfish has a mouth. C. A goldfish has only one fin. D. A goldfish has a tail. 2. Goldfish swim ___________.
A. with the help of its fins and tail B. with the help of its mouth C. with the help of its tail only D. with the help of its fins only 3. This passage tells us not to feed goldfish on _________. A. fish-food B. bread C. little worms D. water
4. When goldfish are small, they are ________.
A. red
B. gold
C. yellow
D. brown
5. Goldfish ____________.
A. eat a lot B. have to live in clean water
C. don’t eat little worms D. have to live in green water (B)
One day Mrs. Perry said to her husband, “Jack, I’m going to a ladies’ luncheon（午宴）. I know you won’t cook. So I’ll leave you some food for your lunch. Is that
all right?”
“Oh, yes,”her husband answered. “That’s quite all right. What are you going to leave for my lunch?”
“This tin of fish,”Mrs. Perry said. “And some potatoes and peas, too.” “Good,”Mr. Perry answered, “I’ll have a good lunch.”But he was not so sure about the food, for he knew his wife quite well. She liked to buy faked（假的）things because the price was low.
So Mrs. Perry went to her party and at three o’clock she came home. “Was your fish nice, Jack?”she asked. “Yes, but my feet got hurt,”he answered. “But how? And why?”
“Well, I followed the words on the tin and got hurt.”
Mrs. Perry looked at the instruction on the packaging: ‘Open this tin and stand in hot water for five minutes. It was clear that there was a word missing in the instruction, and this showed that it was a faked product（假货）. Mrs. Perry felt very sorry.
Mr. Perry laughed, “I was joking, dear. I went to China Town and enjoyed fish and rice.”
（ ）66. Where was Mrs. Perry going that noon?
A. She was going to see some ladies. B. She was going to buy something for lunch.
C. She went to eat at a ladies’ restaurant. D. She went to eat lunch with some women.
（ ）67. Where did Mr. Perry have lunch that day?
A. In a restaurant. B. In his work place. C. At home D. No one knows. （ ）68. What did Mr. Perry eat for lunch?
A. Fish. B. Potatoes and peas. C. Rice. D. Both A & C. （ ）69. Which of the following is RIGHT?
A. Mr. Perry ate the tin of fish and fell ill. B. Mrs. Perry bought the tin of fish for a lot of money.
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C. Mr. Perry was not sure if the tin was good enough. D. Mr. Perry didn’t know how to eat tin food.
（ ）70. Which is the instruction on the tin packaging of real fish product? A. Open this tin and stand in hot water for five minutes. B. Open tin and stand in hot water for five minutes.
C. Open this tin and stand it in hot water for five minutes. D. Open this tin and stand in hot water for a short time.
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2013.5.21 Tuesday Do you know the history of bowling（保龄球）? Scientists think that a game like bowling was 41 in Egypt thousands of years ago. Things look like the balls and bowling pins were found buried（埋葬）with a child who 42 around 5,200 B. C.
People who study history know that the game was popular in Germany around 200-300 A.D. It was played in some churches in order to 43 that they were very good Christians. When people bowled poorly, they had to go to church more 44 than the others.
The first bowling place was built inside a very big building and 45 in England in 1455. Then the game was taken to the United States where most people played it outside just for fun.
During the 1800s, many people in the United States began to bowl for 46 , so several cities made the game illegal（违法的）. And later, a group 47 the American Bowling Congress（ABC） began around 1900. The job of this group was to clean up（整顿）bowling and make it a gentleman’s game again. At that time, the game was mostly played by men. If women played, they 48 a curtain up so that the men were not able to see them.
Then, in 1916, a woman’s 49 named the Women’s International Bowling Congress（WIBC） made a point of showing that the game was fine for 50 men and women. （ ）41. A. done B. played C. seen D. watched
（ ）42. A. died B. was dying C. dead D. death
（ ）43. A. tell B. show C. look D. say
（ ）44. A. possible B. often C. time D. chance
（ ）45. A. closed B. built C. opened D. stopped
（ ）46. A. fun B. pleasure C. money D. health
（ ）47. A. calling B. calls C. naming D. named
（ ）48. A. hanged B. hang C. hung D. hunged
（ ）49. A. party B. group C. class D. kind
（ ）50. A. between B. both C. all D. whole
（A）
When I was walking down the street one day, I found a small bag on the ground. I picked it up and opened it to see if I could find out the owner's name. There was nothing inside it except some dollars and a picture of a woman and a young girl about twelve years old. I put the photo back and took the bag to the police station. Before I left, the policeman wrote down my name and address. He thought the owner might want to thank me.
That evening I went to have dinner with my aunt and uncle. They had also asked a young woman to have dinner with us. Her face was familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen her. During our talk, the young woman happened to say that she had lost her bag that afternoon. All at once I remembered where I had seen her. She was the young girl in the photo, though she was now much older. She was very surprised, of course, when I told her about the bag.
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