He ____ at home, because I saw him just now.

A. can be            B. must be           C. can’t be           D. may be

He __________ be at home now because I saw him in the office just now.

When I was ten, my sisters and I were amazed at our neighbor’s Christmas tree. We returned home from their house and decided that we must have one of our own. In our house we never had enough money for a Christmas tree.
In fact, we insisted so much that my father had no choice but to agree. “Yes!” he finally said.“This year we will have a Christmas tree.” Our mouths dropped open at the thought of having our own tree. Then Dad said,“I’ll do it myself.”
We followed him around the house as he gathered up the materials he would need, We all sat close to him, carefully watching everything he did. He passed the thread around the first nail on the corner of a box, then back down to the second nail on the box, and up again to the nail, until right there before our eyes a green Christmas tree began to take shape. He carefully did the same with all of the 50 nails in the box and when he had finished, he said,“Now you can decorate it.”
I don’t remember where the decorations came from, but they were red and small and to us they just looked so beautiful and perfect for our tree. When we finished decorating it, we proudly invited all our friends over to see our Christmas tree. We were so happy, not only because it looked so pretty, but because my father had made it himself. It truly was the most beautiful Christmas tree we had ever seen.
Years later, things got better and Dad was able to buy a proper Christmas tree which we would happily decorate. However, my sisters and I will never forget the night when we got our first Christmas tree.
【小题1】What do we know about the writer?

Alan is a schoolboy. He is good at all his subjects .He thinks computers can help him with his homework. So Alan wanted a computer last week. He asked his parents     _ the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He    _ about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors. But this was not     _ . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens      _he had no tools to do the work with.

     Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送)  newspaper. I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer      __ away. I could pay for it a little each week. He ran to      __ up with Dick. Alan asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was     _ to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took about three hours each night. Dick     him the phone number of the newspaper manager Alan almost flew home. After he had told his mother      _he thought, she smiled “I think it is a  great idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper….”

         “Wait, Mum,” Alan said, “I’ll call. After that, I’m going to be a businessman now.”

        Alan’s mother smiled     _ . We should learn from him.

1.A. in            B. at              C. with         D. for 

2.A. said           B. told          C. thought      D. spoke

3.A. spring       B. summer      C. autumn      D. winter

4.A. when         B. because      C. while        D. after

5.A. now           B. right           C. just          D. only

6.A. take           B. catch          C. carry        D. put

7.A. friendly     B. kind            C. wrong      D. possible   

8.A. taught        B. gave           C. made         D. asked

9.A. that            B. when          C. what        D. where

10.A. sadly        B. happily      C. politely     D. happy

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　　It was a cold wet night. The taxi driver hadn't had any passenger all day. When he went by the bus station, he saw a young man from the country coming out, carrying two big bags. “Aha!” thought the taxi driver. “Here's the right person to make good this bad day.” He quickly stopped the taxi and opened the door.

　　Driver：Where do you want to go, sir?

　　Young Man：To the Park Hotel.

　　The taxi driver felt very sorry when he heard that. The Park Hotel was hardly two kilometers away. The young man would give him fifty cents(美分) at most. Only fifty cents! Then he had an idea of taking the young man by a longer way－going all around the city and then back to the Park Hotel. This he did, and after a long time the taxi arrived at the hotel at last.

　　Driver：You should pay me fifteen dollars, sir. Young Man：What? Fifteen dollars? Do you think I'm a fool? You're trying to cheat(欺骗)me.

　　Driver：How can you say I…

　　Young Man：You must think I don't know my way around.

　　Driver：But…

　　Young Man：Only last week I took a taxi from the station to this hotel, I know how much I should pay.

　　Driver：Oh…Oh…all right. Now…now look…oh…

　　Young Man：I think I should call the policeman.

　　Driver：Oh, no! Please don't do that! I have four hungry children and my wife is ill in bed.

　　Young Man：All right! This time I'll forget it.

　　Driver：Oh, thank you, sir. And you are right. You needn't pay that much.

　　Young Man：You don't have to tell me that. I come from the country, but I'm as clever as you city people.

　　Driver：Yes, sir.

　　Young Man：I just won't he cheated. I won't pay you a cent more than I paid the other taxi last week…thirteen dollars!

1．Why did the driver feel sorry when he heard the young man was going to the Park Hotel? Because ________.

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A．it was a long way

B．he couldn't get much money

C．it was cold and wet at night

D．he had to go home to look after his wife and four children

2．Why did the driver tell the young man he had four hungry children and his wife was ill in bed? Because ________.

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A．he wanted to make friends with the young man

B．he was going to ask the young man to take his taxi again

C．he didn't want the young man to call the policeman

D．he wanted to borrow some money from the young man

3．From the story we know that the young man ________.

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A．was as clever as the city people

B．knew how much he should pay

C．didn't want to pay money at all

D．was cheated by another taxi driver

4．The taxi driver got ________ more dollars from the young man.

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5．Which of the following would be the best title of the story?

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A．A Good Taxi Traveller

B．A Kind Young Man

C．A Clever Man or a Fool

D．City people and the country People