【正文】 cinema2. The farmer didn’t sell out his vegetables until the evening because _______. A. they were too bad B. they were very expensiveC. it rained hard that morning D. people wouldn’t go out on such a bad day3. As _______, the farmer decided to help the person to stand up. A. he was ready to help others B. the person was one of his friendsC. he thought the person would thank himD. he thought the person had drunk too much4. The farmer ran away quickly because _______. A. the policemen were ing towards himB. his wife was waiting for him at homeC. he was afraid to see a dead manD. it was so late that he couldn’t stay there any longer5. The officer tried the farmer to _______. A. know who had killed the manB. know if he had seen the dead manC. ask when he saw the dead manD. ask if he had seen the knife【答案與解析】本文講述了一個膽小的農(nóng)民遇到一個死人，而被警察傳訊的故事。4. C。s houses告訴了我們他們之所以舉辦宴會的原因，據(jù)此可選C項。1. B。5. B。4. D。out3. A。for2. B。而他回到旅店發(fā)現(xiàn)他的手表安然無恙地躺在桌上。5. D。3. D。(6)A couple from Miami, Bill and Simone Butler, spent sixtysix days in a liferaft(救生艇) in the seas of Central America after their boat sank.Twentyone days after they left Panama in their boat, Simony, they met some whales(鯨魚). “They started to hit the side of the boat,” said Bill, “and then suddenly we heard water.” Two minutes later, the boat was sinking. They jumped into the liferaft and watched the boat go under the water. For twenty days they had tins of food, biscuits, and bottles of water. They also had a fishingline and a machine to make salt water into drinking water — two things which saved their lives. They caught eight to ten fish a day and ate them raw(生的). Then the line broke. “So we had no more fish until something very strange happened. Some sharks(鯊魚) came to feed, and the fish under the raft were afraid and came to the surface. I caught them with my hands.”About twenty ships passed them, but no one saw them. After fifty days at sea their liferaft was beginning to break up. Then suddenly it was all over. A fishing boat saw them and picked them up. They couldn’t stand up. So the captain carried them onto his boat and took them to Costa Rica. Their two months at sea was over. 1. Bill and Simone were traveling _______ when they met some whales.A. in a liferaft B. in Miami C. in Simony D. in Panama 2. The whales hit the side of the boat, and then _______.A. they brought in a lot of waterB. they broke the side of the boat C. they pulled the boat D. they went under the water 3. After their boat sank, the couple _______.A. jumped into the liferaft B. heard waterC. watched the boat go under water D. stayed in the liferaft 4. During their days at sea, _______ saved their lives.　　 A. tins of food and bottles of water B. a fishingline and a machine C. whales and sharks D. Twenty passing ships 5. When they saw the fishing boat which later picked them up, _______.A. they were too excited to stand up B. they couldn’t wait to climb onto the boatC. their liferaft was beginning to break up D. they knew their two months at sea would be over 【答案與解析】這是一篇關于一對夫婦如何遇到海難，然后在海上的救生艇上生活了66天后獲救的小故事。5. D。Lao Yang 很早就喜歡寫作，多次投稿卻沒有回音，于是他認為幫他女兒寫作文是個很好的實現(xiàn)理想的機會，因此選 C。細節(jié)題。1. C。5. C。根據(jù) …Mr. Hunt decided to go to the town and see what was happening with the young men 可知答案為 B。推斷題。1. C。4. C。推斷題。根據(jù)原文可知 John 的姐姐生了個男孩，取名 Francis，F(xiàn)rancis 是男孩名，而 Frances 是女孩名。根據(jù)原文 John 說的話 Yes, I’ve been a uncle since yesterday noon可知 Kate 是問 John 他的姐姐生了小孩沒有。根據(jù)正文第1段 That night one leg of the table broke while my wife was putting our dinner on it. It fell on one of the chairs, and that broke too 可知答案為 A。細節(jié)題。1. D。5. B。根據(jù) His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police 可知答案為 A。推斷題。1. C。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第1段第3句話 His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home 可知答案為 B。4. A。語義理解題。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)正文最后一段第2句 I do not want to receive another bill for the furniture which I returned 可知答案為 B。(3) Kate: Has your sister’s baby arrived yet? John: Yes, I’ve been an uncle since yesterday noon. Kate: Congratulations! Is it a boy or a girl? John: An eightpound boy. They named him Francis. That’s spelled with an “i” before the “s”, you know. Kate: That’s right. Frances with an “e” is a girl’s name. But they are both pronounced the same. Why did they name your nephew Francis? John: I don’t know. They considered a lot of other names, like Richard, Edward, Philip, David, and several others. Kate: What if the baby had been a girl? Didn’t they have any girl’s names in mind? John: They couldn’t agree on any. Whenever he suggested a girl’s name, she said, “I hate that name!” Some people have very strong feelings about names. Kate: I think most people do. Sometimes I decided not to like someone I haven’t even met, just because I don’t like his name. John: That reminds me of something I read a few days ago. Somebody had found out that school children with certain names get low marks in school just because of their names. Kate: Their family names? John: No, their first names. That’s what the article said. 1. The first sentence “Has your sister’s baby arrived yet?” means _______. A. Has your sister’s baby e here yet? B. Has your sister’s baby reached your home yet? C. Has your sister’s baby been sent to you yet? D. Has your sister given birth to that baby yet? 2. Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage? A. Francis is boy’s name. B. Frances is a girl’s name. C. Francis and Frances have the same pronunciation. D. There is no difference between Francis and Frances. 3. According to the passage, we can infer that a nephew is _______. A. a baby boy B. a baby girl C. the son of one’s brother’s or sister’sD. the daughter of one’s brother’s or sister’s. 4. Reading the passage, we can know _______. A. Americans