One day, I happened to talk to a stranger (陌生人) on the bus. When he found out that I was from Chicago, he told me that one of his good friends lived there and he wondered if I happened to know him. At first I wanted to say that it was foolish (愚蠢的) to think like that, for from all the millions of people in Chicago, I could not possibly know his friend. But, instead, I just smiled and said that Chicago was a very big city. He was quiet for a few minutes, and then he began to tell me all about his friend.

       He told me that his friend was an excellent tennis player and that he even had his own tennis court (网球场). He added that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools, but that he only knew two people in the country who had their own tennis courts. And his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several people like that, for example, my brother and my next-door neighbor. I told him that my brother was a doctor and he lived in California. Then he asked where my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that last year his friend spent the summer in Sacramento and lived next door to a doctor. The doctor had a tennis court. I said that my next-door went to Sacramento last summer and lived in the house next to my brother’s. For a moment, we looked at each other, but we did not say anything.

      “Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He laughed and said, “Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr. Ray Hunter?” It was my turn to laugh.

Which of the following is true?

     A. The story happened in Chicago.

     B. The writer’s brother lived in Sacramento.

     C. Both the writer and the stranger lived in Chicago.

     D. Both the writer and his brother lived in California.

The writer said that Chicago was a very big city. That means _____________.

     A. it was possible for him to happen to know the stranger’s friend

     B. he didn’t want to look for the stranger’s friend

     C. he didn’t know the stranger’s friend

     D. it was impossible to find the stranger’s friend

How many persons does the story involve (涉及)?

     A. Four.           B. Five.           C. Six.      D. Seven.

Which is the best title of the story?

     A. On a bus                                       B. Two tennis players

     C. One in a million                            D. Chicago is a large city

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（/\），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

  2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第十一处起）不计分。

Boys and girls,

Attention, please. I’ve got a good news for you. A new book How to Improve Your English is now on sell in a nearby bookstore. I think the book is great help to our English study and suitable for we middle school students. There are many practical examples in the book, included a lot of pictures. The price is five yuan each. Those who wants to buy the book, should go here as soon as possible and get your money ready for. By eleven o’clock tomorrow morning the money should be give either to me nor to our monitor. We’ll go to buy the books tomorrow afternoon.

I was too busy to watch the film last night．If I       time．I would have gone to watch it．

  A．had    B．had had    C．have  D．would have

Before the sales start, I make a list of ______my kids will need for the coming season.

A. why         B. which        C. how         D. what

The archaeologists found gold coins and pottery in the lowest level of the site____ they reached three months ago．

       A．what           B．for which      C．that            D．to which

A long time ago, there was a seed and because he was only a seed, nobody noticed him．Thus, feeling inferior （低等的）, the seed gave no importance to his existence （存在）．

       Then one day, a wind picked him up and threw him on an open field under the sun．Later, he was given rain．

       Years later he saw a traveler sitting by his side．“Thank God for this．I really need some rest,” he heard the traveler say．

       “What are you talking about?” the seed quickly asked．He thought the man was making fun of him．No one ever spoke to him like that．

       “Who just spoke?” the shocked man asked．

       “It is me．A seed．”

       `“A seed?” The man looked at the big tree．“Are you joking? You are not a seed．You are a big tree!”

       “Really?”

       “Yes! Why else do you think people come here?”

       “What do they come here for?”

       “To feel your shade （树荫）! Don’t tell me you didn’t know you had grown over time．”

       A moment passed before the traveler’s words brought him pride．

       The seed thought and smiled for the first time in his life．The years of torture （折磨） by the sun and the rain finally helped him grow up．

       “Oh! That means I’m not a little seed anymore! I was actually born to make people feel comfortable．Wow! That’s great!”

The seed didn’t realize the importance of his existence because ______．

       A．nobody looked after him B．he was thrown into the open air

       C．he was such a small seed  D．he didn’t believe in himself

The traveler sat by the seed’s side to ______．

       A．escape from the rain

       B．thank God for offering him a tree

       C．have a rest and enjoy the shade

       D．talk with the big tree

The author’s purpose of writing the passage is to ______．

       A．tell us that we should help each other

       B．praise the seed for his strength

       C．teach us not to laugh at others

       D．tell us never to lose hope

Where does the passage most probably come from?

       A．A history book．            B．A science book．

       C．A storybook．             D．A novel．

根据所给句子及横线后的汉语意思写出正确形式的单词。

Every day the chimneys of factories pour a great deal of smoke, _______________ (污染) the environment little by little.

There is no easy _______________ (治愈) for loneliness.

His company’s exports have increased _______________ (平稳).

A person is most _______________ (失望) when he is in despair.

The Russians were _______________ (责备) for the failure of the talks.

With no better way to express feelings of love and _________, it's easy to see why everyone turns to the flower shop on Mothers’ Day.

A. appreciation          B. inspiration           C. satisfaction          D. ambition

—How long have you________？

—It is about ten years since we________.

A．married；married                            B．been married；were married

C．got married；got married         D．been married；got married

It is an interesting old document but there are a lot of words I can”t           .

A. make up   B. made up of  C. make out   D. made of