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Some people believe that dreams can tell them what will happen in the future.     Nobody knows why this is so, but there are many stories about people. The people make their dreams  1  . One of these people was a man called John Chapman, who lived in Swaffham in England many years ago. John Chapman dreamt that he    stood on London Bridge and a man told him how to become rich. John Chapman was a poor man and he needed  2   , so the next day he decided to leave for London.  3     was 100 miles（英里） from Swaffham to London. He walked for two days and at last he  4    London Bridge. There were many people on the bridge, but they weren’t   5     in John Chapman. No one talked tohim. After three days, John Chapman decided to go home.And before he could do this, a shopkeeper came up to him. “I am watching you these days,” he said. “Are you   6   someone?” “Yes,” said John. “I had a dream about a man here. He would help me to get much

money.” “Oh,” said the shopkeeper. “You shouldn’t believe in dreams.   7    I believe in dreams, I’d be in Swaffham right now. I had a dream a few days ago about a man called John Chapman from Swaffham. He had   8   in his garden, near an old apple tree.” John Chapman felt   9   by what the shopkeeper said. At once he went home and dug near an old apple tree. He soon found many pieces of gold. He was so happy that he   10   some of the gold to his poor neighbours. What a kind man he was! For the rest of his life, he was a rich man.

1. A. come out   B. come up      C. come true     D. come to

2. A. dream      B. future       C. money        D. apple

3. A. This        B. It          C. That          D. Its

4.A. reached     B. arrived      C. got           D. went

5.A. interes      B. interests     C. interesting     D. interested

6. A. waiting for   B. asking for   C. waitting for    D. looking after

7. A. When       B. Where      C. If            D. How

8. A. money      B. apple       C. tree           D. gold

9.A. angry       B. surprised    C. interested      D. sad

10.A. borrowed    B. gave       C. brought        D. got

Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Others think it is terrible.
　　One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr Coates works in an office in Brighton, England.
　　On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got on the lift(电梯), it stopped between floors. Mr Coates could not get out of the lift. He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coats remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday.
　　There was nothing for him to do. He had to wait until one of his workmates came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr Coats ended up sleeping for most of the day.
　　Now Mr. Coates says, "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."
【小题1】Mr. Coates thinks working on the weekend is_____.

One Friday Mrs. King asked her class to write a story after class. “Use your imagination!” she cried, “You can write your story about anything.” Kenny looked worried. “A story?” he thought, “What could I possible have to write about? I don’t know any stories.” The bell rang and all the kids went home.

The next day, Kenny sat at his desk at home, thinking and thinking. The warm sun was shining through the windows, making him drowsy. And soon he fell fast asleep. As he slept, Kenny began to dream about fantastic things.

First he dreamed that he was a world-famous doctor, saving whole cities and curing diseases. Then he dreamed that he was in a UFO. He was talking to strange but friendly space creatures. Then he dreamed that he had become as small as a mouse by a bad scientist. He had to find a way to stop the plot（阴谋）of the mad scientist!

Kenny dreamed wonderful and exciting things until his little brother woke him up. “What were you dreaming about?” he asked. Kenny told his brother the wonderful dreams. His brother enjoyed the stories. Suddenly, Kenny knew that he had his kinds of stories in his imagination.

1.What did the teacher ask the students to do as homework?

A. To act as a doctor?????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. To read some stories?

C. To help family members????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. To write a story

2.How many dreams did Kenny have?

A. One????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. Two??????? ????????????? C. Three?????????? ????????????? D. Four

3.What was Kenny in his first dream?

A. A great doctor????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. A mad scientist?

C. A visitor on a spaceship?????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. A good student

4.The underlined word “drowsy” means_______.

A. unhappy????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. sleepy??????? C. upset??????? ? ????????????? ????????????? D. awake

5.The best title for this passage is _______.

A. A strange dream??????????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. Mrs. King's class??

C. Writing a story with imagination?????? ????????????? ????????????? D. An evil scientist

An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for him to go back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he didn’t go to dinning room, saying that he was not feeling very well.

　　The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel(争执).

　　“Bring me the bill,” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise. “There isn’t any bill. On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.

1.The story happened _________.

A. in England?????????

B. on a ship from Norway to England

C. in Norway????????

D. on a ship from England to Norway

2.The traveler didn’t go to the dinning room first because __________.

A. he had no money???????????????? B. he didn’t feel very well

C. he didn’t want to eat anything????? D. he didn’t hear the sound of the bell

3.The traveler went to the dinning room to eat something because __________.

A. his friend had given him some money

B. the waiter had asked him to change his mind

C. he learned that there was no bill on the ship

D. he was too hungry

4.After the traveler finished eating, __________.

A. he had a quarrel with waiter over the bill

B. he drank a lot

C. he asked the waiter to bring him the change(零钱)

D. he came to know that travelers on the ship had free meals

Returning a father's love

     He was a single father, raising a 5-year-old boy by himself. He was often worried about his son growing up without a mother to care for him.

One day, he went away on business, leaving the child alone. He worried about the child all the way, not knowing if he had eaten. But his child always told him not to worry. He went home after he finished his work.

When he got home, the child was deep asleep. He was tired out. He was about to sleep when he was surprised to find an overturned（翻倒） bowl of noodles under the quilt, （被子）

  He hit his sleeping son angrily ,”Why are you so careless , making the quilt dirty ? Who will wash it ?” It was the first time that he had hit his boy after his wife’s death .

   “sorry , but ....” the child explained with tears in his eyes , “This is your supper ,Daddy .” In order to let his father eat dinner the moment he got home , the child prepared two bowls of noddles : one for himself , the other for his father . He was afraid that his father’s noodles would get cold , so he placed them under the quilt .

  Hearing this , the father hugged his boy tightly without saying a word .

根据短文内容填空，每空填一词。

1.The father often              about his son because the son's mother was_________ .

2.The_________ cooked the noodles and put them under the quilt to keep them_________ .

3.When the father _________ an overturned bowl of noodles under the quilt , he got __________ .

4.After             what his son explained, the father felt__________

5.The boy was so             , but he knew how to__________his father's love.