One day an old man is selling (卖) a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “Don't say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.” “All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant's bad ears?” “I didn't find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asked the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”

根据短文选择正确的答案

(　 )11. ________  the elephant.

　　　 A. The young man sells     B. The old man sells

　　　 C. The two men sell        D. The old man buys

(　 )12. The young man is looking at the elephant slowly.

He wants to find out ___________.

　　　 A. which foot of the elephant is bad B. how heavy it is

　　　 C. which ear of the elephant is bad D. what it looks like

(　 )13. The young man   ______________.

　　　 A. knows the elephant has bad ears B. wants to buy the elephant

　　　 C. looks after the elephant D. gets some money from the old man

(　 )14. The young man  ______________.

　　　 A. is not interested in elephants B. knows what an elephant looks like

　　　 C. has seen some elephants before D. has never seen an elephant before

(　 )15. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably(很可能)be ____________.

　　　 A. angry （生气）      B. happy     C. dangerous      D. hungry

 

It is said that about half of the people in China smoke. Many young boys and girls have the habit of smoking, though they are middle school students.
More and more people have come to realize how serious this problem is. But they are never bored with it. ①Some people think it is a kind of fashion, some think it is of great fun and others think that smoking can relax themselves.
Smoking causes many illnesses. A lot of people always cough(咳嗽)②______ ______smoking. The most serious illness caused by smoking is lung cancer. At the same time smoking is a waste of money. Beside, careless smokers may cause dangerous fires.
It’s known that smoking does harm to our health. We should get rid of(摆脱) the bad habit of smoking.
【小题1】在②句空白处填上恰当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺：________  ________
【小题2】将①句译成中文:
_______________________________________________________________
【小题3】回答问题：What’s the most serious illness caused by smoking?
_______________________________________________________________________________
【小题4】在文中找出与下列句子意思相近的句子: We all know that smoking is bad for our health.
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【小题5】找出文中最能表达该短文主题的句子。
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One day a dentist was starting his morning work. Suddenly a man ran in. His face was red and he could only say “Quick! Quick!” The dentist thought he must be very ill. His assistant helped to make the poor man sit in a chair. The dentist gave the man some medicine to make him sleep. Then, he looked into the man’s mouth and pulled out all the bad teeth. As soon as the man woke up, he said in a low voice, “Quick, doctor, quick.”

“It’s all right now,” the dentist told him. “It’s over.”

“You don’t understand,” said the man, “I came to tell you your house is on fire.”

根据短文内容,判断下列句子正（T）误（F）。

(    )1.The story took place (发生) in the afternoon.

(    )2.When the man ran in, the dentist thought he must be ill.

(    )3.The man went to sleep after he took some medicine.

(    )4.The dentist pulled all the teeth out of the man’s mouth.

(    )5.The man ran in to tell the dentist that his house was on fire.

 

Everybody except the two young boys __________ shocked by the bad news. People looked at each other in __________.

A. was; silence  B. were; silence                 C. was; silent                        D. were; silent

 

用方框中所给的单词的适当形式填空，使短文正确、通顺。每词限用一次。

hot   wish   last   hand   know  people   break   other   bring   celebrate

Thailand's most celebrated festival is the Songkran Festival. It starts on April 13 and1._____________for three days. Songkran is a Thai word which means "move" or change places" as it is the day whenthe sun changes its position. It is also2._____________as the "Water

Festival" because people believe that water will wash away the bad luck.

The Thai people3._____________ this festival with water . Everyone gets wet and since it is the4._____________season of the year, the custom is quite enjoyable. Songkran is a Public Spring Cleaning Day , supported by the local5.____________. Anything old or useless must be thrown away or it will6._____________the bad luck to the owner.

During the festival, young people put scented (有香味的)water into the7._____________of elders and parents as a kind of respect. The elders in return8._____________the young people good luck. People also pour water over each9._____________

Thailand is almost completely an agricultural society and this has also been a perfect time to take a10._____________from hard work.