36、My Uncle John used to live in a beautiful little house by the sea in Hong Kong．He was killed two years ago．Uncle John wrote novels and made a lot of money．

He used to work in a big room with the beautiful scenery of the sea．On his desk there was a huge computer．Uncle John loved this machine, and he had used it for about ten years．“I couldn’t work without this old friend,” he used to say．Uncle John’s books were all detective(侦探)novels．So, when he was found in his room one morning with a bullet (子弹)in his head, it seemed just like one of his own novels．After Uncle John’s death, I came to stay in his house to do something for the funeral (葬礼)．

I had been there for two days when 1 noticed a message on the screen of the old computer．I was very surprised, because I thought the computer had been turned off．The message said, “You have a new e--mail!” When I read it, I thought it looked like the beginning of a novel．It must be from one of Uncle John’s novelist friends．I decided I should reply to the e-mail to tell him or her that Uncle John was dead．However, the computer told me, “Invalid(无效) Address”．Every day for the next three weeks, more e-mails kept arriving．The story was about Jane Pendle, a young writer working on her first novel．

She sent her novel to lack Tanner, an older writer, and asked him to help her publish(出版)it．However, he published the novel himself and told others that he had written it．The novel was very successful．Tanner made a lot of money, and bought himself a house by the sea in Hong Kong．Then I realized “Jack Tanner” and “Jane Pendle” weren’t their real names, “Jack” was meant to be Uncle John．Three weeks later, I received the last one．It described how, after many years, Jane came to Jack’s house, they quarreled, and she pulled out a gun(枪) and shot him．

I did not know what to do with this story．Should I show it to the police or not? If it was true, it might help the police catch Uncle John’s killer．However, it also showed that Uncle John himself was a thief．

1．The writer went to Uncle John’s house         ．

A．to sell the house                                         B．to find out who had killed him

C．to help the police                                       D．to make plans for his funeral

2．The writer was surprised when he noticed a message on the computer because he thought         ．

A．the computer had been turned off

B．everyone knew Uncle John was dead

C．the computer had been broken

D．John’s e-mail address was invalid

3．What made the writer realize that Jack was meant to be Uncle John?

A．Uncle John had used his huge computer for about ten ),ears．

B．Uncle John's books were all detective novels．

C．“Jack Tanner” bought a house by the sea in Hong Kong．

D．Many e-mails kept arriving after Uncle John died．

4．The writer was not sure if he should show the e-mails to the police because he didn’t want people to know that         ．

A．he shot his uncle                                             B．his uncle was a thief

C．Jane was the killer                                     D．Jack shot himself

5．         is the best title(题目)for the passage．

A．Death of A Writer                                    B．Uncle John and His Computer

C．Some Strange E-mails                                D．A Successful Detective Novelist

35、Some people think only school children do not agree with their parents, however, it is not true．Communication is a problem for parents anti children of all ages．If it’s hard for you to communicate with your parents, don’t worry about it．Here are some advice for you to bridge the generation gap (消除代沟)．

Don’t argue (争辩)with your parents．Don’t get to your parents when you are angry．Your parents probably won’t consider your idea．If you are shouting at them, and you can’t express yourself well if you are angry．Go some place to cool off．Make sure you understand why you are unhappy．Then think about what you want to say to your parents, if you don’t think you can speak to them at the moment, try writing a letter．

      Try to reach a compromise (和解)．Perhaps yon and your parents disagree on something．You can keep your disagree and try your best to accept each other．Michael’s mother didn’t agree with him about buying a motorcycle．They argued over it．But they finally came to a compromise．Michael bought the motorcycle, but only drove it on certain days．

Of course, your parents might refuse to compromise on something．In these situations, it is especially important to show love and respect (尊敬) to them．Showing respect will keep your relationship strong．

Talk about your values．The values of yours parents are probably different first those of your own Tell your Parents what you care about and why．Understanding your values might help them see your purposes in life．

A good relationship with your parents can make, you a better and happier person．It is worth having a fry!

1．The passage tells us       have a communication problem．

A．Parents anti other People                          B．school kids and their Parents

C．teachers and their students                               D．parents and children of all ages

2．Your parents probably won’t consider your ideas if you      ．

A．don’t get to them often                                 B．write a letter to them

C．don’t speak to them politely                        D．express yourself well

3．The underlined phrase “cool off” in the passage means “     ”

A．to make yourself happy．

B．to get you quiet and relaxed．

C．to have a good rest．

D．to hide yourself quickly．

4．If there’s really a generation gap between you and your Parents, you’d better      ．

A．have a talk with them often

B．keep away from them

C．agree with them all the time

D．know about their values

5．From the passage we learn that      ．

A．parents anti children should not have a generation gap

B．parents should show love and respect to their children

C．there are some good ways to bridge the generation gap

D．there are so many serious problems in families today

34、My favorite great book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyers by Mark Twain．Tom lives with his aunt Polly in a quiet street of St Petersburg, Missouri．He’s a lively and clever young boy, and he finds himself in many exciting adventures (冒险)．He runs away with his two friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days．With Huck he goes looking for treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave, and finally, they find a box of gold．

My favorite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead．He decides to go to his own funeral．He hides and watches for a time, and then suddenly he appears．Everyone is surprised to see him but they’re also pleased to see him alive．

Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important characters．Huck is an outsider and everyone is afraid of him．Becky is pretty with fair hair, Joe is Tom’s best friend, and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story．

The theme of the story is about children growing up．It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America．Finally, it talks about freedom, social rules and how people are punished (惩罚)for bad behavior．

Why do I think The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a great book? Mark Twain wrote the starry in 1876, but it’s still read anti loved by people all over the world today．And although it’s only a story, Twain wrote it in the everyday English of the southern states of America in the 19th century, so it sounds very real．Today it’s thought to be one of the greatest books in American literature．Go on—read it! I know you’ll enjoy it, too．

1．Where does Tom run away with his two friends?

A．To a quiet street．                                    B．To a small town．

C．To an island．                                            D．To a forest．

2．Who is the bad man in the story?

A．Huck Finn．          B．Injun Joe．            C．Becky．                 D．Polly

3．How did people feel when Tom appeared at his own funeral?

A．They were surprised and pleased．

B．They were surprised and sad．

C．They were worried and excited．

D．They were frightened and happy．

4．The whole book is mainly about         ．

A．freedom and social rules

B．children’s bad behavior

C．the growth of young children

D．strangers in American small towns

65．The writer writes the article to         ．

A．ask us to read the fork

B．tell us how popular the book is today

C．tell us when Mark Twain wrote the story

D．tell us why the story sounds very real

33、Do you have any hobbles? If students don’t have any interest except school work, they may become boring people．And that can influence their studies．

      Studying without relaxing isn’t good for health．(A)We can’t get good grades if we have bad health．We should make use of our free time．We should do something we like．Some people like singing, taking photos and drawing pictures．Other people prefer collecting stamps, reading or shopping．I have a few hobbies, but my favorite one is collecting stamps．

I like it best because I can learn a lot of things from stamps．

Some people collect stamps because they can make money, from the stamps．But I am just interested in collecting them and enjoy looking at ~hem when I am free．

(B)Stamp collecting is becoming more and more popular all over the World．I know an Australian boy and a French girl, through the Internet．They all like collecting stamps．We show our stamps to each other online．That is so cool．

1．What’s the writer’s hobby? Why does he like it best?

2．What do people collect stamps for?

3．将划线部分(A)译成汉语

4．将划线部分(B)译成汉语

5．The best title for the passage is：

30、    A man called Jake is too fat for him to walk and run fast．He is twenty-four years old and doesn’t have a girlfriend．The problem is that no girls like to make friends with him．He feels very sad and goes to the doctors for help．The doctor told him to eat less and run more so as to(以便)lose weight．(重量)

  One day，Jack was sitting by the mad．He was eating something with his dog．A policeman came over．Jack got up and ran down the road．throwing the fast food．The policeman ran after him at once．

  Jack ran very quickly this time．But the policeman ran faster．After a few minutes the policeman caught (抓住)him．“Where are you going?”said the policeman．“You must be a criminal(罪犯)because you rail like that when you saw a policeman．”“Oh．No，”said the young man．“I’m Just too fat，you see．The doctor told me that I must run very fast eating．”

    “Oh，I see．”said the policeman．“You are running to help yourself to lose weight．That’s so  good．”then the policeman ran after the young man again to help him．

    根据短文内容，选择正确的答案。

1．The man wants ___________．

 A．to be good at running           B．to run faster than the policeman

 C．to catch up with the policeman    D．to help himself lose some weight

2．First the policeman found the young man___________

  A．was sitting and playing near the fiver

  B．was playing with his dog at the roadside

  C．was sitting and eating something at the roadside

  D．was running very fast along the river．

3．Who runs faster than the other one?

A．The fat man    B．The policeman．    C．They both    D．The dog

4．Which of the following is NOT right?

  A．Jack remembers what the doctor told him to do．

  B．The policeman thinks the man is a criminal at first

  C．The doctor told the man to run after the policeman．

  D．The policeman understood Jack and went on running after Jack．

5．At last the policeman rail after man because he_________．

   A．wanted to help Jack to lose weight    B．found Jack ran faster than he

   C．wanted to be a good policeman      D．found he could catch Jack

29、  Once there was a farmer．He worked for a landlord(地主) ．The landlord made the man work all day long but paid him very little money and didn’t give him enough food to eat．

  One day when the man was having breakfast．the landlord came and said to him．“it's too much trouble to go work and come back for supper．So I want you to have breakfast and lunch and supper now，before you go to the fields．”

  “How can I eat three meals at the time?”the man thought．But he said．“All right．”He finished his breakfast and went out．

    Two hours later，the landlord went out for a walk．Now what did he see？He saw that the man was sitting under a tree and smoking．The landlord was very angry．“Why aren’t you working in the fields?”he said The man said with a smile．“I’ve had my supper and you know very well what I should do after supper．”

  根据短文内容，选择正确的答案。

1．The landlord gave the farmer___________．

A．very little sleep  B．very little work  C．much food to eat  D．very little money

2．The farmer had three meals together because___________．

A．it was good for the landlord     B．it was good for the farmer

C．the landlord was very kind      D．he smoked under a tree

3．Two hours later．the landlord saw the farmer___________．

A．working hard on the farm      B．sleeping under a tree

C．having his lunch under a tree    D．smoking under a tree

4．The farmer told the landlord that after supper it was time___________．

A．work    B．to rest    C．to smoke    D．smoking under a tree

5．The farmer was very___________．

A．lazy    B．angry    C．clever    D．foolish

28、  Mary is an American schoolgirl，She is now in Beijing with her parents．Mary doesn’t know Chinese．But she is trying to learn and speak it．She often tries to speak Chinese to her Chinese friends．Sometimes they don’t understand because she can’t speak Chinese very well．It’s Sunday morning．She goes out．She is walking in the street．She is going to the zoo to see the elephants and monkeys，but she doesn’t know how to get there．She stops a Chinese schoolboy and ask him the way．The boy can’t understand her．She looks worried．Then she finds a way to express what she wants to say．She takes out a pen and some paper．She draws an elephant on it and show the picture to the boy．The boy has a careful look at the picture，reads it and smiles and then he shows Mary to the zoo．

  根据短文内容，选择正确的答案。

1．This article mainly tells us a story of___________．

A．the picture to the boy          B．the way to the zoo

C．how to learn Chinese in China   D．an American girl Mary in Beijing

2．The underlined words“understand her”in the text means ___________ in Chinese．

A．理解她当时的心情  B．认识她    C．明白她说的话    D．帮助她

3．The underlined word“express”in the text can be replaced by“___________”

A．guess    B．keep    C．write    D．show

4．Why does Mary stop a schoolboy in the street? ___________．

      A．Because she wants the boy to see her picture

      B．Because she wants to have a talk with a Chinese boy

      C．Because she schoolboy is on his way to zoo

      D．Because she wants to know the way to the zoo from him

5．She draws an elephant and shows it to boy，because___________．

      A．she is good at drawing

      B．she wants the boy to know where she wants to go

      C．she doesn’t know how to say“elephant”in Chinese

      D．she wants to help the boy say“elephant”in English

27、    One Friday afternoon，Tony saw an ad in a window．It said．“Wanted．The Best Salesman in the world，Top Pay．”

    Tony thought he was a great salesman and went to ask for the job．“I am the best salesman in the world．”he said to the manager，“Give me the job．”

  “You must prove(证明)you’re the best，”said the manager．

  “OK I will!”Tony answered．

  “Good!”The manager took a box of chocolates out of his desk．“Last week I bought a thousand boxes．If you are able to sell them all before the end of the week．you can have the job，”said the manager．

  “That’s easy,”Tony said．He took the boxes of chocolates and left the office．Every day he went from shop to shop，trying to sell them．But he couldn’t sell one．The chocolates were too bad for him to sell．At the end of the week he went back to the manager．“I’m sorry，Sir．”he said．“I was wrong about myself．I’m not the best salesman in the world．but I know who is．”

  “Oh．”asked the manager,“Who?”

  “The person who sold you a thousand boxes of these chocolates，”said Tony．

根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F)

1．Tony thought that he was the best salesman after he saw an ad．

2．The manager made him buy a thousand boxes to prove what he said．

3．At first Tony felt it difficult to sell these chocolates．

4．Tony sold none because the chocolates were too bad．

5．At last he thought the best salesman was the person who had sold the manager the chocolates．