2. Dreams and films are usually ____.



A. very long B. in colour



C. about work D. very sad



3. Why do some people often dream about their work?



A. Because they are tired in the daytime.



B. Because they are not interested in their work.



C. Because they may be thinking about their work all day.



D. Because they have too much work to do.



4. The main idea of the story is that ____.



A. what dream is B. people like to sleep



C. dreams are like films D. we always remember dreams



Key:1. B 2. B 3. C 4. A



（019）A Faithful Dog



More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert.



One day the Prince wanted to go hunt-ing with his men. He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle, which was like a small bed.



When the Prince came back from hunt-ing, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws on the Prince's chest. Then the Prince saw the blood on Gelert's jaws and head.



"What have you done?" the Prince said. He rushed into his house and looked for his baby son. The cradle was lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them.



"So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily. "You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword and killed the dog. Just as Gelert was dying, he managed to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog.



The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt. Near him was a dead wolf. Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended the baby and killed the wolf.



The Prince ran back into the house but he was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad indeed. Tears ran down his face when he realized 'he had killed his faith-ful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried him there. After this, the Prince never smiled again. Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's grave for a few minutes.



If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It reminds peo-ple of a brave and faithful dog.



1. Gelert was the dog of the Prince of ___.



A. Scotland B. England C. Ireland D. Wales



2. The Prince told the dog to _____ when he was leaving.



A. watch the door B. take care of his baby at home



C. welcome his friends D. stop the strangers



3. The dog was very ____ when his master came back from hunting.



A. glad B. fearful C. afraid D. tired



4. The Prince was surprised to see blood on Gelert's ____.



A. jaws B. paws C. head D. Both A and C.



5. The Prince never smiled again because __



A. the wolf was killed by Gelert



B. he had buried the dog on the top of mountain



C. he had killed his faithful friend Gelert



D. Gelert had killed his baby son



Key:l. D 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. C



（020） A Different Roast Every Day



Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really wanted to take a holiday.



He usually went to the seaside, but one day he saw an ad（广告） in a newspaper. " Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at Willow Farm. Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing. Good prices (价格)."



"This sounds like a good idea," he thought. "I'll spend a month at Willow Farm. I'll enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They'll make a change from sitting by the seaside."



Four days later he returned home.



"What's wrong with Willow Farm?" his friend Jack asked him. " Didn't you enjoy country life?"



"Country life was fine," Alan said, "but there was another problem."



"Oh, what?"



"Well, the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton (烤羊肉) for dinner." "Fresh meat is the best." "I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner." "Lucky you!" "You don't understand," Alan said. "On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner." "A different roast every day," Jack said. " Let me finish," Alan said, " on the fourth day the farmer died and I didn't dare to stay for dinner!"



(Words: 212 Minutes: 4)



1. Where did Alan work? He worked ___.



A. on a farm B. at a school



C. in a restaurant D. in an office in a city



2. Where did Alan usually go to spend his holiday?



He usually spent his holiday ___.



A. by the seaside B. in the country



C. in the mountains D. on an island



3. Why did Alan decide to spend his holiday at Willow Farm? Because ___.



A. he lived near there B. he had a good friend there



C. he thought it would make a change from sitting by the seaside



D. he wanted to enjoy the fresh air in the country



4. How many days did he stay on the farm?



A. A few days. B. A week. C. Three days. D. Four days.



5. What made Alan return so soon?



A. He fell ill.



B. The air there was not fresh.



C. The prices were too high.



D. He was afraid that they would have the dead man for dinner.



Key:1. D 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. D



（021） Mr Johns went into his tea shop again one morning, and sat on one of the seats at the counter (柜台). Many other people came in also, but most of them did not stay long. After fifteen minutes, a young man and a young woman came in. There were only two empty seats at the counter, one on Mr Johns' left, and the other on his right. The young man sat on one, and the young woman on the other, but Mr Johns immediately asked to change places with him so that the man and the woman could be to-gether. "Oh, that isn't necessary (必要)," the young woman said, but Mr Johns insisted (坚持). When the young man and the young woman were side by side, the young man said to her, "Well, this kind old man wanted us to sit together, so may I introduce (介绍) myself? My name's Jack. What's yours?"



1. One morning Mr Johns came into the tea shop and ____.



A. sat close to the counter



B. found no seat for him to sit on because many people came also



C. seemed to stay longer than all the other people



D. gave his seat to the young man and the young woman



2. After the young man and the young woman came in, ____.



A. Mr Johns thought they came too early



B. Mr Johns thought they were friends or husband and wife



C. the young man asked Mr Johns to change places



D. they wanted to be together



3. When the young woman said, "That isn't neces-sary.", Mr Johns ____.



A. didn't understand her B. knew well what she meant



C. was afraid not to change places with her



D. decided to stay a little longer



4. __ before Mr Johns met them in the tea shop.



A. The young man got to know the young woman outside



B. The young man and the young woman didn't know each other



C. The young man and the young woman knew each other well



D. The young man and the young woman want-ed to have some tea together



5. Which of the sentences is true?



A. Mr Johns came to this tea shop for the first time.



B. Most of the people didn't leave the shop until it was closed.



C. There were no other empty seats at the counter except the two beside Mr Johns.



D. It seemed that the young woman wanted to change places with Mr Johns.



KEY: 1-5 ABABC



（022）　Most people have flown a kite or have seen one ride and dip(下降) in strong spring wind. Not so many people know that kites were first made in China thousands of years ago. The ancient (古代的) Chinese were making and flying kites even before they were writing.



A long time ago, the Chinese made kites to use in wars. They would fly these war kites in the dark. The kites were fixed (固定) so that they made strange sounds. Men who were at war with them would hear these sounds and run away. They thought those strange sounds were made by gods(神) in the sky.



The ancient Chinese also flew kites to bring good luck and to make their crops grow rich and tall. Sometimes they tied long strings (细绳) and hooks (钩) to their kites. Then they would fly the kites over water, letting the hooks hang down to catch fish.



The Chinese use sticks, strings and paper for their kites. Some of these kites look like animals or trees. Others look like birds or houses.



1. The main idea of the first paragraph（段落) is that



A. kites were first made in China



B. most of us have flown or seen a kite



C. the ancient Chinese were making kites before they were writing



D. the ancient Chinese were good at making kites



2. In ancient China kites could be used for ___.



A. catching fish B. helping people fly



C. watering the crops D. helping people walk in the dark



3. The ancient Chinese used kites in wars because the kites ____.



A. could bring good luck B. looked like animals



C. could help them win a war D. could fly high



4. The Chinese usually use ____ for their kites.



A. sticks, strings and grass B. strings, hair and wood



C. paper, strings and sticks D. paper, ropes and hooks



5. What is the best title (题目) of this passage?



A. Lucky Kites. B. Strange Kites.



C. Beautiful Kites. D. Chinese Kites.



KEY: 1-5 AACCD



（023） We are all busy talking about and using the In-ternet (因特网), but how many of us know the his-tory of the Internet?



Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks (网络) didn't work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system (系统) had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information（信息）could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on working all the time.



At first the Internet was only used by the gov-ernment (iEfeJ^), but in the early 1970s, universities (大学), hospitals and banks (银行) were allowed (允许) to use it too. However, computers were still very expen-sive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software (软件) that made "surfing" (浏览) the Internet more convenient (方便).



Today it is easy to get on-line (上网) and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mail (电子邮件) is more and more popular among students.



The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people's life.



1. The Internet has a history of more than ___ years.



A. sixty B. ten C. thirty D. twenty



2. A new network system was set up to ____.



A. make computers cheaper



B. make itself keep on working all the time



C. break down the whole network



D. make computers large and expensive



3. At first the Internet was only used by ______.



A. the government B. universities



C. hospitals and banks D. schools



4. ______ made "surfing" the Internet more conve-nient.



A. Computers B. Scientists C. Software D. Information



5. Which of the following is true?



A. In the 1960s, computer networks worked well.



B. In the early 1970s, the Internet was easy to use.



C. Sending e-mail is now more popular among students than before.



D. Today it's still not easy to get on-line.



KEY: 1-5 CBACC



（025） Pollution



The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modem traffic and modern commu-nication means (通讯设备). Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution (污染). To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.



Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, Man moved to another place. But this is no longer true. Man is now slowly pol-luting the whole world.



Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drink-ing water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.



Many countries are making rules (法规) to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal (煤) in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air.



Pollution by SO2 is now the most dan-gerous kind of air pollution. It is caused (引起) by heavy traffic. It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.



The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must take care of the rise in population at the same time.



(Words: 266 Minutes: 5.5)



1. Our world is becoming much smaller ___.



A. because the earth is being polluted day and night.



B. thanks to science development



C. because of the rise in population



D. because the earth is blown away by the wind every year



2. Thousands of years ago, life was ____ it is today.



A. much easier than B. as easy as



C. as hard as D. much harder than



3. Pollution comes in many ways. We can even hear it. Here "it" means ____.



A. water pollution B. air pollution



C. noise pollution D. rubbish (垃圾)



4. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because ____.



A. it's bad for all living things in the world



B. it makes much noise



C. it makes our rivers and lakes dirty



D. it makes us angry more easily



5. Which of the following is NOT true?



A. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.



B. The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world's population does.



C. If people could go to work by bus or bike instead of car or motorbike it would be helpful in fighting against the problem of SO2.



D. The problem of pollution is not so se-rious because there are not so many people living on the earth.



[Key] 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. D



（026） Can we live without salt? Salt is very important to us. We need salt in our food. Animals need it, too. Most of the salt in our country comes from the sea. People dig very big pools(池塘)and let sea water in. When the sun dries(弄干)up the water, people can get salt from the ground. The salt is white, clean and beautiful.



There are a lot of salt wells(井)in Sichuan. A salt well is much like a water well. People bring the well water up to the ground and then dry it in big jars(坛子)over fire. In this way the get salt We can also get salt from salt mines(矿).A salt mine may be found under the ground. Some years ago, people in Jiangxi found a big salt mine and soon opened it. People here need salt from other places no more.



In the northwest of our country, there are many salt lakes. Some of these lakes are very big. The salt in a big lake will be enough for our people for centuries.



1.We can't live without salt, so



A. we need more B. it is very important to us



C. we have to drink sea water D. there is salt in all our food



2.We get most of the salt from _____.



A. salt lakes B. sea water C. salt wells D. salt mines



3.People in Sichuan get salt from _____.



A. jars B. fire C. salt wells D. water wells



4.Not many years ago, a big salt mine was found and opened _____.



A. in Sichuan B. in Jiangxi C. in the northwest D.beside the sea



5.The best title(标题)of the article(文章) is "______".



A. Salt B. Why We Need Salt



C. Salt Is Important D. We Need Salt



KEY: 1-5 BBCBA



（027） This is a talk by a London taxi(出租车)driver.



"I've been a taxi driver for nearly ten years. Most London taxi drivers have their own taxis."



"It's a nice job most of time. you meet a lot of people. I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day. I live twenty miles(英里)outside London and I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon."



"I usually go home between 2 and 3 in the morning."



"Some very strange things happened late at night .The other day I was taking a woman home from a party .She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows."



"I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on .I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief(小偷).



Luckily the woman came downstairs(下楼).She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog!"



1.The driver always worked at night because it was easier to _____.



A. drive B. make money  C. climb in through the window



D. meet a lot of people



2.The woman climbed in through the window because _____.



A. she wanted to have a sleep



B. her husband didn't open the door for her



C. she didn't want to pay the driverD. she couldn't find her key



3.The story happened _____.



A. early in the morning B. late at night



C.20 miles outside London D. near the police station



4.Which of the following is wrong?



A. The driver worked until between 2 and 3 in the morning.



B. The police made a mistake.



C. The woman had no money to pay the driver.



D. The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.



5.The driver climbed in through the window to



A. get money from the woman



B. return the dog to the woman



C. see what was happening in the house



D. phone the police



KEY: 1-5 ADBCC



（028） People often asked Allan for his telephone number. But he didn't get a telephone, so he told them to ring him at work. Why didn't he have a telephone? He thought the telephone was expensive and he preferred to write a letter. There weren't many people he wanted to speak to in the evening and he didn't want to speak to anyone at breakfast time. When he wanted to use the telephone in the evening, he could always use the telephone box at the end of the road.



1. People wanted to know ___.



A. where Allan came fromB. how many friends Allan had



C. what Allan's telephone number was



D. which factory Allan worked in



2. Allan didn't get a telephone because ___.



A. the telephone wasn't cheap B. he couldn't use the telephone



C. his neighbour had got one D. the telephone was helpless



3. People could call Allan to the telephone only ___.



A. in the evening B. when he got back home



C. at breakfast time D. when he was at work



4. From the text we know Allan often kept in touch with others by ___.



A. going to see them B. writing letters



C. leaving messages D. talking on the telephone



5. There must be a telephone box ___.



A. next to Allan's roomB. at the end of the road



C. outside Allan's houseD. in front of Allan's office



KEY: 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. B



（029） Long, long ago there were only a few thousand people in the world. These people move form place to place over the land, hunting animals for food.



No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed. They did not have to look for food any more. They could stay in one place and grow it.



People began to live near one another. And so the first village grew. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big. When machines appeared(出现), life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities grew very big.



Today some people are moving back to small towns. Can you tell why?



1. The best title(题目)of the text should be ___.



A. Cities or Villages B. Back to Towns



C. How Cities Grew D. People and Animals



2. The underlined word "they" in the second paragraph refers to(指的是) ___.



A. villages B. animals C. cities D. people



3. When factories were built, ___.



A. more people live near the factories



B. people began to live in the factories



C. many people began to work in villages



D. many machines appeared in big factories



4. We can learn from the text that ___.



A. people like to work only in big cities



B. some people don't like to live in big cities



C. there will be no small towns in the future(将来)



D. it is better to live in cities than in villages



5. In what order did people do the following things?



A. Worked in villagesB. Lived near the factories.



C. Learned to grow food.D. Built factories.



E. Began to live near each other.



A. d, b, a, e, c B. e, a, c, d, b,



C. c, e, a, d, b D. a. c. d. e. b



KEY: 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. C



（030） At the Barber's Shop(理发店)



Jack went to a barber's shop and had his hair cut, but when he came out, he was not happy with the result(结果). When his friend Bob saw him, he laughed and said, "What has happened to your hair, Jack?"



Jack said, "I tried a new barber's shop today, because I wasn't quite satisfied with my old one, but this one seems even worse."



Bob agreed(同意). "Yes, I think you're right, Jack. Now I'll tell you what to do when you go into a barber's shop next time: look at all the barber's hair, find out whose hair looks worst, and then go straight to him."



"Why shall I go to him?" Jack asked. "But that would be foolish!"



"Oh, no, it wouldn't," answered Bob. "Who cut that man's hair? Just think it. He couldn't cut it himself, could he? Another of the barbers cut it. So you know he can't be the worst barber."



1. When Jack went out of the barber's shop, he was not happy because ____.



A. nobody had cut his hair



B. the barber hadn't cut his hair well



C. the barber had cut his hair carefully



D. he was not satisfied with his old barber



2. "I tried a new barber's shop today." means ____.



A. this barber's shop was a new one



B. this was the only barber's shop in this town



C. Jack often went to this barber's shop



D. Jack had not been to this barber's shop before



3. After Jack had his hair cut, he thought ____.



A. the new barber's shop was the best one



B. the old barber's shop wasn't so good as the new one



C. the new barber's shop was worse than the old one



D. the old barber's shop was the worst one



4. Bob told Jack to find out which barber's hair looked the worst and then go straight to him. Why?



A. Because he was certainly the best barber.



B. Because he was free all the time.



C. Because he was the worst barber.



D. Because he wasn't the worst barber.



5. From the story we know that ____.



A. it's foolish to have one's hair cut at a barber's shop



B. barbers cut each other's hair



C. barbers never have their hair cut



D. a barber always cuts his hair by himself



KEYS: 1-5 BDCDB



（031）Mr Perkin's New Car



Mr Perkin stood at the bus-stop and watched the cars go by. Many of the cars were new Beta 400s, and most of them were yellow. Mr Perkin always wore the same clothes as other men, ate the same food as other people, and did the same things after work, and at the end of the week, Mr Perkin did not like to be different.



The following week, Mr Perkin bought a new, bright yellow Beta 400s. He was satisfied with it, and drove to work in it the very next day. He was even more satisfied with his new car, when he saw all the other Beta 400s, in front, behind, and on both sides of him.



Mr Perkin parked(停车) his car in a big car-park(停车场) near his office, and walked the rest of the way. But when he came back at five o'clock, there were so many bright yellow Beta 400s in the car-park that he did not know which car was his. He tried his key in some of the cars, but people passing by gave him a look he didn't like. So he stopped.



Poor Mr Perkin had to wait nearly two hours until his was the only yellow Beta 400s in the car-park.



1. Mr Perkin wanted a new yellow Beta 400s because



A. the bus did not come.



B. he liked new clothes, food and cars.



C. he liked to do the same as other people.



D. he liked to be different from others.



2. He drove to work in his new car



A. the very next day. B. the day he bought it.



C. a week he bought in.



D. on the day he first watched the cars passing.



3. He was satisfied with his new car because



A. no one else had a yellow one.



B. it was the same as other cars all around him.



C. he was in front of all the other cars.



D. other cars were not as bright as his.



4. At five o'clock Mr Perkin



A. walked home. B. drove his car out of the car-park.



C. came back to the car-park.



D. did not know which was his car-park.



5. People gave him a look because



A. he had a nice new car. B. he could not open the door of his car.



C. he was in the wrong car-park.



D. he was trying to open more than one car.



6. Mr Perkin had to wait until



A. there was only one yellow Beta 400s in the car-park.



B. there was only one car in the car-park.



C. there were no bright yellow cars in the car-park.



D. there was no one about to look at him.



KEYS: 1-6 CABCDA



（032）Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace in English.



Then workers were sent for and a big platform(平台) was made.



With the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready.



Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge(边缘) of the platform, but he did not know it because he was thinking of his pictures.



The worker saw everything. "What should I do?" he thought. "Thornhill is at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed." So the worker quickly took some paint(颜料) and threw it at the picture.



"What are you doing?" cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.



1. What was Thornhill? He was an English ____.



A. writer B. king C. worker D. artist



2. What was he ordered to do? He was ordered to ____.



A. paint a picture for the king



B. paint some pictures on the walls of the knig's palace



C. have his pictures painted in the king's palace



D. have his pictures painted on the walls



3. The story leads us to believe that



A. the worker had to pay for the picture.



B. the painter could not forgave(原谅) the worker.



C. the worker was really sorry for what he did.



D. the painter thanked the worker for what he did when he got to know why.



KEYS: 1-3 DBA



（034）A long time ago people thought that the sun went round the earth. In some countries people even said that the sun was a god(神). They thought the god drove across the sky each day on a golden horse. Now we know the earth goes round the sun. It takes the earth a year to go all way round the sun. Today men even know how far it is for the earth to go round the sun. They tell us that the earth travels over a thousand miles a minute on its journey round the sun.



The sun is really a star. It is much bigger than the earth and it is very hot. Some people have been to the moon but we know that no one can ever go to the sun. It is far too hot for people to live anywhere near it. The sun is three hundred thousand times heavier than the earth and more than million times larger.



1. A long time ago, people said the sun was ____.



A. a golden horse of god B. a god on a golden horse



C. a god with golden dress D. a god and

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