25、Maria is a cashier（收银员）in a big shop in New York．People can buy medicine，watches，sweets，and many other things．They pay Maria for the things they buy．

At the shop people can also buy lottery tickets（彩票）．They pay one dollar for a lottery ticket．There are pictures on the tickets．Some pictures are winning pictures，and some pictures are losing pictures．Most people win nothing．Some people win two dollars．Only a few lucky people win thousands of dollars．

One day Maria was working at the shop．She sold three lottery tickets to a woman．The woman looked at the pictures on the tickets．Then she threw the tickets on the counter and left．“These are losing tickets，” she said to herself．

Maria picked up the tickets and looked at them．To her great surprise，one of them was a winning ticket!

“Excuse me!” Maria called to the woman．“You won $50,000!”

The woman came back to the counter．She took the winning ticket and looked at it carefully．“I can't believe it．” she said，“I won $50,000．” The woman walked away slowly，looking at the ticket again and again．Then she turned around，“Thank you! Thank you very much!” she said to Maria excitedly．

Why did Maria give the woman the ticket? Why didn’t she keep the ticket? Didn't she want the $50,000?

“Of course I wanted the money．” Maria said，“but it was her ticket，not mine．”

“Well，I'm sorry that you aren't rich，” her mother said，“But I'm happy that you're so honest．”

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1．What does Maria do at the big shop?

A．She receives and pays out money．

B．She buys medicine，watches and many other things．

C．She helps people choose things．

D．She carries things for old people．

2．How much does a lottery ticket cost?

A．Nothing．    B．Three dollars．        C．Two dollars．         D．One dollar．

3．Why was the woman lucky?

A．Because all her three tickets were winning tickets．

B．Because all her three tickets were losing tickets．

C．Because Maria found the winning ticket and gave it back to her．

D．Because she found the winning ticket herself．

4．Maria didn't keep the winning ticket because                 ．

A．she won $50,000，too

B．her mother told her not to do so

C．she didn’t want to have anything that didn’t belong to her

D．her mother was very rich

5．What do you think of the woman who bought lottery tickets?

A．She is a rich lady．                                  B．She is a generous（慷慨的）lady．

C．She is a careless lady．                               D．She is a near-sighted lady．

23、用括号里所给动词的适当形式填空，

It is said that walking under a ladder means bad luck，and it's the same with black cats．People    1   （say）if a Mack eat crosses before you，it   2  （bring）you bad luck，too．But I didn't think so until I heard my student Sam's story this afternoon．Ever since then，I  __3  （1Jegin）thinking about whether it is true．

This afternoon，Sam walked down the street thinking about when   4  （hold）a party for his girlfriend，so he didn't notice where he was going．When he   5   （walk）right under a ladder standing against a building，a black cat ran out of a door，which surprised him and made him   6  （fall）over．His head hit the ladder．The man who was cleaning the window at the top of the ladder fell down，and the dirty water   7  （go）down through the air．Poor Sam! He got wet all over．

22、根据短文内容，选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文意思完整。每个选项至多使用一次，有两项剩余。

Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs．They loved each other and played together so often that they had made a path（小路）through the grass of the field    1    their houses．

One evening Brownie's family noticed that Brownie didn't return home．They went looking for him    2  ．Brownie didn't show up the next day，and the next week．

Spotty went to Brownie's house alone．He barked loudly．But Brownie's   3   were too busy to care about him．Finally，one morning Spotty   4    to take “no” for an answer．He followed Ted，Brownie's owner，everywhere he went．He barked，then rushed toward a nearby empty place and back，as if to say．“Follow me!”

Finally，Ted followed the dog across the empty place．The little dog   5   the man to a tree half a mile from the house．There Ted found Brownie alive．one of his legs was crushed（压住）in a trap（老鼠夹）．Ted wished he had come   6  ．Then Ted noticed that，in a circle around the injured dog，a lot of   7   was left over after lots of meals．

Spotty had been visiting Brownie every day．He had stayed with Brownie to protect him，snuggling（依偎）with him at night to keep him   8   and nuzzling（用鼻子爱抚）him to keep his spirits up．

20、Tourist Visiting Singapore

A group of 68 Australian tourists are staying at a hotel in Singapore．Today is Thursday．

Their leader put up this notice in the hotel．

1．Mrs. Johnson wants to go to the National Museum．Then we know that she will Not visit                  ．

A．Mount Faber                                           B．the Aquarium

C．the Crocodile farm                                     D．Jurong Bird Park

2．On 21 July，they will leave the hotel room at about                   ．

A．8：20 a．m．    B．8：40 a．m．         C．8：55 a．m．        D．9：10 a．m．

3．The last day for showing that a tourist wants to go on the tour is                     ．

A．Wednesday          B．Thursday                C．Saturday                D．Sunday

4．Each tourist will pay                  for the tour．

A．$14．                  B．$12.20                 C．$8.80                     D．nothing

5．In note（b），‘punctual’ means                  ．

A．happy                  B．very early             C．on time                  D．awake

19、When people visit Switzerland for the first time，they look with great interest，not only at the mountains but also at a type of clock—a Cuckoo-clock，on sale there．Cuckoo-clocks are very popular with tourists looking for a souvenir．A Cuckoo-clock has a small painted cuckoo that comes out near the top of the clock every half an hour and says，“Cuckoo”．Every hour it comes out and says “Cuckoo” the right number of times．It does not get a sore throat at midnight or mid-day! Children find these clocks wonderful．Adults gradually get annoyed because the cuckoo never misses an hour or a half hour，and this makes a short sleep in an armchair rather difficult．

In Europe，the cuckoo's call is a welcome sign that summer is on the way．This is the time when the mother cuckoo flies round，looking for a nest（巢）to lay one of her eggs．She chooses a nest belonging to another bird which already has eggs．When the nest is left unnoticed for a minute or two，the cuckoo rushes down，lays an egg and hurries off．In this way，she may lay her eggs in as many as four different nests．not one of which has been built by herself．

When a cuckoo egg hatches（孵化），the baby bird is bigger and stronger than the other nestlings．Step by step，it pushes other baby birds and any unhatched eggs out of the nest．In this way，it receives all the food from its foster-parents（养父母）and has a better chance of surviving．

1．When tourists first visit Switzerland，                  ．

A．they are impressed by the mountains

B．they do not find the mountains interesting

C．the Cuckoo-clocks are more interesting to them than the mountains are

D．they find neither the mountains nor the clocks interesting

2．Which of the followings is NOT true?

A．Cuckoos often lay eggs in other birds' nests．

B．If it's exactly 12 o'clock now，the cuckoo will say “cuckoo” twelve times．

C．The cuckoo does not say “cuckoo” at midnight and mid-day．

D．The adults don't like the Cuckoo-clocks as much as the children．

3．Tourists like to buy Cuckoo-clocks                ．

A．to remind them of a visit

B．because they can tell time exactly

C．to amuse their children

D．because they are cheaper than other clocks

4．Why are Europeans happy to hear the call of the cuckoo?

A．They like to catch and eat this large bird．

B．The bird has a beautiful way of singing．

C．This bird is used to tell the time in Switzerland．

D．It makes them think that warmer weather is coming．

5．What may other birds think when a cuckoo lays an egg in their nest?

A．They push it out of their nest．

B．It seems that they don't know what has happened．

C．They don't like it but cannot do anything about it．

D．They welcome the egg and the young cuckoo．

17、There are few          in the fridge．Let's go and buy some potatoes，carrots and broccoli．

A．eggs                    B．meats                         C．vegetables              D．fruits

16、--Excuse me，is this          watch?

--No，it's not         ．It's Tom's．

A．your；yourself    B．yours；mine        C．your；my              D．your；mine