Mrs Smith is the owner of a house. She keeps one room for herself and rents the other rooms. Since her house is near a college, many students want to rent her rooms. Now Mrs Smith has to be careful about the use of the phone, water, and everything else,答案解析

Mrs. Smith is the owner of a house．She keeps one room for herself and rents the other rooms．Since her house is near a college，many students want to rent her rooms．

Now Mrs. Smith has to be careful about the use of the phone，water，and everything else，because she worries that the renters（租房人）will keep the bill（账）high．Last month's phone bill was very high．She wants to know if someone in the house makes long distance（长途）calls and doesn't tell her．So she decided to find out who it was．

She has waited behind the door for several nights．Just now she was glad to hear someone coming near the telephone desk．She couldn't hear what the person was saying，but she was sure it was a man's voice．“Why does this person speak in such a low voice?” thought Mrs. Smith．She decided that he was trying to hide something．She went to the room quickly so that she could catch the man right then．

But when she suddenly opened the door，she saw only the back of a man with his hand on the telephone desk．He was saying something in a low voice to a girl beside him．So Mrs. Smith still doesn't know who made the phone bill very high．

1．Mrs. Smith ________ a house of ________ rooms．

A．has；two             B．rents；several      C．has；several

2．Mrs. Smith can ________ rent the rooms to others，for her house is near a college．

A．easily            B．hardly                  C．only

3．Mrs. Smith pays attention to the u5e of the phone。water and other things，because ________．

A．she worries someone often makes long distance calls

B．she is afraid to pay more for the phone，water and other things

C．she has paid more for the phone，water and other things

4．Mrs. Smith waited behind the door to find out ________．

A．who made long distance calls                       B．who used more electricity

C．who took the expensive things away

5．The man in the room ________．with a girl in a low voice．

A．was phoning        B．was talking           C．was singing

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　　Mr White is the owner of a big company. He works very hard day and night. His wife loves him very much. And she doesn't want him 1 so tired.

　　“You are so 2 , dear,” she says, “let's go to China for a nice holiday. It can be 3 for your health.”

　　“But I have 4 work to do,” says her husband. “I can't get away.”

　　But Mrs White doesn't give up. Every morning she 5 on y about the holiday. So Mr White says, “OK, we go to China for a 6 .” Mrs White s very happy. But she wants to enjoy their holiday quietly, she goes to see her husband's secretary.

　　“My husband needs a good 7 ,” she says to the secretary, “so whatever happens, please don't tell him. Just wait till we 8 .”

　　They have a very nice time in China. And they love China very much. But Mr White receives a letter from his secretary. The secretary says in the letter, “There is something 9 with the business, but I don't want to tell you about it. I'll wait till you come back. Wish you a very 10 holiday.”

阅读对话及短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。有的需要加助动词或不定式符号。

Mr. White is the owner of a small newspaper. He always (1)           (try) to bring his readers the latest news.

    One day, he (2)            (receive) an exciting telephone call from a man. "There is a sudden flood somewhere in the north and several people (3)          (disappear)." Mr. White took it down at once. That evening the story (4)          (print) in his newspaper. Mr. White was very happy to see that no other paper had known the news.

But the next day, another person telephoned him and told him the news about the flood (5)____ (be) not true. So in the next day's paper he wrote, "We were the first and only newspaper to report yesterday that the sudden flood attacked the mountain Village in the north. Today, we are glad (6)

      (tell) you that we are also the first to report that yesterday's story was not true."

The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. “My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly,” said Mrs. Brown, a 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in a trailer park near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7-year-old cat, didn’t come home for dinner more than a month ago. The next morning he didn’t appear for breakfast either. After Clyde missed an extra-special lunch, she called the police.

When the policeman asked her to describe Clyde, she told him that Clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but was missing half of his left ear, and was seven years old and completely white. She then told the officer that Clyde was about a foot high.

A bell went off. “Is Clyde your child or your pet?” the officer suspiciously asked. “Well, he’s my cat, of course,” Mrs. Brown replied. “Lady, you’re supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS,” said the sppeadeotoned policeman. “Well, who can I report this to?” she asked. “You can’t. You have to ask around your neighborhood or put up flyers,” replied the officer.

Mrs. Brown figured that a billboard would work a lot better than an 8”x11” piece of paper on a telephone pole. There was an empty billboard at the end of her street just off the interstate（州际公路） highway. The billboard had a phone number on it. She called that number, and they told her they could blow up a picture of Clyde (from Mrs. Brown’s family album) and put it on the billboard for all to see.

“But how can people see it when they whiz（快速移动） by on the interstate?” she asked. “Oh, don’t worry, ma’am, they only whiz by between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. The rest of the day, the interstate is so full of commuters that no one moves.” They told her it would cost only $3,000 a month. So she took most of the money out of her savings account and rented the billboard for a month.

The month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared. Because she has almost no money in savings, Mrs. Brown called the local newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the billboard for just one more month. She is waiting but, so far, no one has stepped forward.

1.How long has the cat been missing?

A．More than a month                      B．More than two months

C．More than three months                  D．It’s been back.

2.Who did the old lady finally turn to for help?

A．A billboard company                     B．The police

C．The phone company                     D．The interstate telephone line

3.How is the old lady like?

A．Stupid            B．Loving            C．Smart            D．Decisive(有决断力的)

4.The underlined word was mistyped（打错了）. But we can still guess it’s most probable meaning:____________.

A．angry            B．surprised          C．happy            D．excited

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A．An advertisement                       B．A missing cat

C．A pet’s story                          D．Life without cat

根据语篇内容。用方框中所给词的正确形式填空．使短文通顺、连贯。方框中有两个词为多余项。

    "Mommy, what are you doing?" asked Susie.

    "I   76   a dinner for Mrs. Smith next door.”

    "Why?" asked Susie, who was .only six years old.

    "Because Mrs. Smith is very sad; her daughter   77   in an earthquake and she has a broken heart. We need to look after her. "

    "Why, Mommy?"

    "You see, Susie, when someone is sad, they have trouble   78   the little things like cooking dinner or other chores. Because Mrs Smith is our neighbor, we .need to do some thing to help her. Mm Smith won't ever be able to talk with her daughter or do all those wonderful things   79     mommies and daughters do together. You are a very smart girl, maybe you'll think of some way   80   care of Mrs Smith. "

    Susie thought seriously about    81    she could care for Mrs Smith. A few minutes later, .Susie knocked on her door. Mrs Smith answered the knock with a "Hi, Susie.”

    From her sad look, Susie noticed that Mrs Smith must   82    for a long time. "What can I do for you, Susie?" asked Mrs Smith.

    "My mommy says that you lost your daughter and your heart is broken." Susie held her hand out shyly. In it was a Band-Aid(创可帖). "This is for your broken heart.” Mrs Smith burst into tears.    83    her tears she said, "Thank you, darling girl, this will help a lot."

    Mrs Smith accepted Susie’s   84   and she put Susie's Band-Aid in a small picture frame(相框). She feels a little   85   every time she sees it. She wisely knows that healing takes time and support.

根据语篇内容。用方框中所给词的正确形式填空．使短文通顺、连贯。方框中有两个词为多余项。

Mrs Smith has three children, Peter, Jenny and Linda. Jenny is the oldest and Linda is the youngest. Peter is in the     , but he is the tallest one. Peter is very     , so he is on a diet(节食). He tries not to      too much meat. He also      every day. He runs every day. Now Peter is becoming thinner and stronger. Jenny is a     . Maybe she is the busiest person in the family. She      rests(休息) at home and her family can often see her reporting news      TV. As a housewife, Mrs Smith is the      in the family. she can do everything she likes. she likes both      and taking pictures .      she often shows the pictures of the delicious food she cooks on her blog(博客). She has a lot of fans.

1.A. middle       B. front             C. black          D. late

2.A. short         B. thin              C. young        D. fat

3.A. sell          B. work             C. eat           D. drink

4.A. does housework B. does some shopping

C. does exercise   D. watches TV

5.A. teacher       B. reporter          C. doctor         D. actor

6.A. sometimes    B. always           C. almost         D. hardly

7.A. in           B. on              C. for            D. to

8.A. most important B. poorest          C. most beautiful   D. freest

9.A. cooking      B. singing          C. speaking        D. painting

10.A. But         B. So             C. If              D. Though

The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. “My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly,” said Mrs. Brown, a 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in a trailer park near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7-year-old cat, didn’t come home for dinner more than a month ago. The next morning he didn’t appear for breakfast either. After Clyde missed an extra-special lunch, she called the police.
When the policeman asked her to describe Clyde, she told him that Clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but was missing half of his left ear, and was seven years old and completely white. She then told the officer that Clyde was about a foot high.
A bell went off. “Is Clyde your child or your pet?” the officer suspiciously asked. “Well, he’s my cat, of course,” Mrs. Brown replied. “Lady, you’re supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS,” said the sppeadeotoned policeman. “Well, who can I report this to?” she asked. “You can’t. You have to ask around your neighborhood or put up flyers,” replied the officer.
Mrs. Brown figured that a billboard would work a lot better than an 8”x11” piece of paper on a telephone pole. There was an empty billboard at the end of her street just off the interstate（州际公路） highway. The billboard had a phone number on it. She called that number, and they told her they could blow up a picture of Clyde (from Mrs. Brown’s family album) and put it on the billboard for all to see.
“But how can people see it when they whiz（快速移动） by on the interstate?” she asked. “Oh, don’t worry, ma’am, they only whiz by between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. The rest of the day, the interstate is so full of commuters that no one moves.” They told her it would cost only $3,000 a month. So she took most of the money out of her savings account and rented the billboard for a month.
The month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared. Because she has almost no money in savings, Mrs. Brown called the local newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the billboard for just one more month. She is waiting but, so far, no one has stepped forward.
【小题1】How long has the cat been missing?

　　Mrs Smith is very p______ of her house, as it is always cleanand tidy. But one day as she was washing, she saw a little mouser______ in the dining room. She had always told o______ that no mice would be seen in her house. She c______ her son and told him what she had seen a few minutes before.she d______ to get rid of it at once.

Craig Calfee, was the owner of a bicycle shop, who lived in Santa Cruz, California．On a shining morning one year ago．he was watching his dog, Luna, as it chew （撕咬） a piece of bamboo．But it could not break the bamboo with its powerful jaws （双颚）．In other words, this natural material was strong enough for a good new use．Calfee had an idea．He knew what to do．He set to work making a bicycle out of bamboo．

   Today, he describes his invention as “a little rough”．The bike did work, however．The inventor thought that the bamboo bike might be easy to make and sell in developing countries．He showed his bike on the Internet．Then,  he was contacted by David Ho of the Earth University．The two men travel to Ghana （a country in Africa） to try to produce the bike there．"It's just at the very beginning．We might fail, but it might take （奏效）．" Calfee said．

1．When did Mr. Calfee set to work making a bicycle out of bamboo?

2．Why can bamboo be used to make bicycle?

3．With whom did Mr. Calfee travel to Ghana?

4．Is Ghana a developing country ?

 "Hi, Mommy, what are you doing?" asked Susie.

    "I'm making a cake for Mrs. Smith next door," said her mother.

    "Why?" asked Susie, who was only six years old.

    "Because Mrs. Smith is very sad; she  32   her daughter and she has a broken heart. We need to take care of her for a little while."

    "Why, Mommy?"

    "You see, Susie, when someone is very, very sad, they have trouble  33  the little things like making dinner. Because we're part of a community and Mrs. Smith is our neighbor, we need to do some things to help her. Mrs. Smith won't ever be able to talk with her daughter or hug her or do all those   34   things moms and daughters do together. You are a very smart girl, Susie, maybe you'll  think of some way to help take care of Mrs. Smith.”

    Susie thought   35   about it and how she could do her part in caring for Mrs. Smith. A few minutes later, Susie knocked on her door. After a few moments Mrs. Smith answered the knock with a "Hi, Susie."

    Susie noticed that Mrs. Smith didn't have that   36   musical quality about her voice when she greeted someone.

    "My mommy says that you lost your daughter and you're very, very sad with a broken heart.” Susie held her hand out shyly. In it was a Band - Aid（创可贴）．“This is  37  your broken heart." Mrs. Smith  38  her tears. She knelt down and hugged Susie, saying "Thank you, darling girl, this will   39   a lot."

    Mrs. Smith accepted Susie's act of   40   and took it one step further. She bought a small key ring with a picture frame（相框）.She put Susie's Band - Aid in the frame to  41  herself to heal （治疗）a little every time she saw it．

32. A. killed        B. beat        C. lost         D. missed

33. A. to make           B. to do       C. making     D. doing

34. A. wonderful   B. terrible      C. bad         D. harmful

35. A. highly       B. hardly    C. seriously  D. poorly

36. A. familiar    B. surprising C. strange    D. ordinary

37. A. of             B. for          C. in                  D. beyond

38. A. went back         B. put back    C. kept back D. held back

39. A. make        B. have        C. help        D. give

40. A. kindness    B. words           C. idea        D. medicine

41. A. warn        B. forgive    C. remind    D. make

Mrs. Smith is a teacher. Her house is not far from her school and she always walks there in the morning. All the students in the school are very young. Mrs. Smith walks to school on a cold windy morning. The cold wind goes into her eyes, and big tears begin running out of them. She gets to the school, open the door and goes into the hall（大厅）.It is nice and warm there and Mrs. Smith is happy. But then a small boy looks at her for a few seconds（一会儿）, put his arms round her and says,    “Don’t cry, Miss. School isn’t bad.”

1. Mrs. Smith works in ___.

A. an office     B. a school     C. a museum         D. a shop

2. Mrs. Smith lives _____ the school

A. in              B. near           C. far from            D. west of

3. Mrs. Smith always goes to work ___.

       A. on foot       B. by car        C. by bus                     D. by train

4. What’s the Chinese for the underlined（划线的）word “tears” ?

       A. 水滴         B. 尘埃         C.睫毛                  D.眼泪

5. Big tears begin running out of Mrs. Smith’s eyes because ______.

       A. she is very tired        B. she is too excited

       C. she is too happy        D. the cold wind goes into her eyes