【正文】 letter to another thief Pat. But the police got the letter. It reads: BNLD ZS LHCMHFGS ZMC GZUD SGD SGHQSX ONTMCR VHSG XNT. What’s it about? How can you read it? The policemen were quick. They studied the letter carefully and soon found out what they want. Now let’s suppose you were a policeman. Can you read Denis’ letter? Maybe you need some help: When Dennis wanted a letter, he wrote down the letter before it in the alphabet. Now can you read Denis’s letter? What must Pat do? When? And what did Denis want? 1. The letter before B and C are A and B. The letter before A and B are _____. A. C and B B. Z and A C. A and Z D. Z and B 2. In the letter Dennis asked Pat to go at _____. A. noon B. midnight C. five o’clock D. eight o’clock 3. ―The policemen were quick.‖ This sentence means the policemen _____. A. read the letter soon after they got it B. could run very fast C. were very bright D. were very careful 4. Suppose Pat asked Denis to ―meet at the railway.‖ What would he write? ______. A. LDDW XS WKH UDLDZDB VSZSHNM B. LDDS CV VJG TCKNYCA VCVKQPY C. LDEU BU UIF QZHKVZX TUVUJPO D. LDDS ZS SGD QZHKVZX RSZSHNM 5. Which of the four is the best title? ______. A. A Strange Letter B. A Clever Thief C. The Clever Policemen D. How to Read a Letter 六 、 改錯(cuò) A poor boy became a rich and a good had family , two sons and two daughters. One day he said his wife ,”O(jiān)ur children must not have a hard life as we must help them more than our parents helped we.”The wife agreed. So the parents send their children to fine school. They enjoyed everything in life except work..They didn’t know what to work .Later the children could do everything .The man said to his wife .”where did we go wrongly?” ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 七 、 完形填空 Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero! Whoosh! There is a great roar(轟鳴 ) and a rocket(火箭 ) starts 1 journey into space(宇宙 ). Who was the first man to go 2 into space? Do you know? A Russian, Yuri Gagarin, was the 3 man. That was on April 4th, He traveled once round the earth and his journey 4 108 minutes. The next man that went up was an 5 , John Glenn. He went round the earth three 6 . That was 7 February 20th, 1961. There have been many flights into space 8 1961. But we shall always 9 the first man who went on this 10 and exciting journey. 1. A. their 2. A. up 3. A. last 4. A. lasted 5. A. America 6. A. years 7. A. on 8. A. since 9. A. fet 10. A. safe B. it B. down B. first B. is B. B. months B. at B. on B. remember B. happy C. it’s C. in C. second C. are C. Chinese C. times C. in C. at C. laugh at C. easy D. its D. on D. third D. has D. American D. time D. for D. for D. leave D. dangerous 八 、 完形填空 The sun is about 93 million miles away 1 the earth. The radiant energy(輻射能 ) from the sun travels out into space 2 of 186000 miles a second. This means that it 3 about minutes for sunlight to travel 4 . The light from 5 stars far out in space takes even 6 to reach the earth. 7 the great distances(距離 ) in space, scientists have used the speed(速度 ) of light 8 a measurement(測量 ) of distance. This measurement 9 a light year and is the distance that light can travel in one year. Light 10 about 6 trillion(兆 ) miles a year. 1. A. from 2. A. bu a speed 3. A. spends 4. A. from the earth to the sun 5. A. others 6. A. longer time 7. A. As well as 8. A. for 9. A. is called 10. travel B. on B. in a speed B. pays B. from the sun to the earth B. another B. long time B. For B. as B. is named B. traveling C. in C. at a speed C. costs C. from cloud to cloud C. the other C. a longer time C. Because of C. like C. called C. should travel D. to D. with a speed D. takes D. from stars to the moon D. other D. for a long time D. Since D. at D. named D. travels 九 、 閱讀理解 Mary did not understand such sentences as “She is blue today.” “He has a green thumb(大拇指 ).” “He has told a little white lie.” And she went to her teacher for help. Mary: Mrs. Smith, there is a colour in each of these sentences. What do they mean? Mrs. Smith: In everyday English, Mary, blue sometimes means sad. Yellow … afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants(植物 ) well. And a white lie is not a bad one. Mary: Would you give me an example for “a white lie”? Mrs. Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cake. In fact you don’t like it, but you won’t say it. Instead, you say, “No, thanks. I’m not hungry.” That’s a white lie. Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much. 1. Blue sometimes means sad in ____ English. A. good B. spoken C. usual D. poor 2. I don’t have a green thumb, so all my plants ____. A. die off B. grow well C. look nice D. are good 3. Tom is ____ to climb the tree. He’s yellow. A. happy B. clever C. glad D. afraid 4. He didn’t like me to know ____ of the accident. He told me a white lie. A. the reason B. the true story C. the meaning D. the answer 5. He is ____ today. He is told his father is ill. A. blue