Ⅲ. 完形填空。(10%)

Mr Black works in a hospital (医院). As a good  1  , the people in the town like him. He’s often  2  to the patients (病人) and looks them over carefully.  3  he’s always busy and has little time to rest.

One morning Mr Black got to the hospital and saw there was a fat woman in the  4  . He called her into his office and asked, “  5  , madam?”

“It was my birthday yesterday, sir”, said the woman. “My husband gave me a  6  . But I couldn’t push my way in (挤进) it.”

“  7  , madam,” said Mr Black, “You must lose some weight (减肥). You’ll be able to  8  your coat, if you do all that I say.”

“You’re  9  , sir,” said the rich woman. “He bought me not a coat, but an expensive  10  .”

(    ) 1. A. doctor    B. farmer    C. teacher    D. cleaner

(    ) 2. A. bad      B. fine       C. cold      D. kind

(    ) 3. A. Or       B. But       C. So        D. Then

(    ) 4. A. classroom  B. waiting room  C. park   D. zoo

(    ) 5. A. How do you do    B. How are you

C. What’s the matter  D. How old are you

(    ) 6. A. house     B. coat       C. shop      D. present

(    ) 7. A. It doesn’t matter    B. It’s a pleasure

C. I have no idea     D. It’s my favourite

(    ) 8. A. put       B. wear      C. buy       D. wash

(    ) 9. A. right      B. wrong     C. easy      D. safe

(    ) 10. A.. bike     B. bus       C. car       D. truck

Ⅳ.阅读理解。(30%)

(A)

Here is a story told an American general (将军) who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the Untied States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes.

Soon after the war the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist (牙医) and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in curiosity shops (古玩店) at $5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label (标签) with the name of the general and words, “Buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home.” The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth.

The officers went out and visited every curiosity shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth.

(    ) 1. The general’s teeth were sold in ____.

A.      the museum

B.      the special shops selling some rare and interesting things

C.      the department store

D.     the hospital

(    ) 2. In the evening, the officers went back with all the teeth which cost _____.

A. $785   B. $1, 050   C. $157   D. $875

(    ) 3. The general felt ____ when he heard his teeth were sold.

A. happy   B. excited   C. sad   D. angry

(    ) 4. There was the general’s name on the label of each tooth. This shows that _____.

A.      the general’s name was known by most of the people in Washington

B.      the shop-keeper wanted to have more customers buy the teeth

C.      the shop-keeper tried to make the general more popular

D.     Both A and C

(    ) 5. The general ordered his men to____.

A.      look for his teeth and buy all of them

B.      arrest the dentist at once

C.      make all the shops stop selling teeth

D.     buy all the teeth in all the shops

(B)

An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after a day’s hard work. When he was not far from his house, the light on the cart went out. He tried but could not mend (修理) it.

He was near his home, and so he went along the road without a light. When a policeman saw this, he stopped the old carter.

“Where is your light?” asked the policeman. “No man may take a cart along the road at night without a light. You know that. You have broken the law (法律).” “I had a light, but it has just gone out,” said the old man.

“I don’t believe that story,” said the policeman. He took out a book and got ready to write. What’s your name and where do you live?” he asked.

“Please don’t take my name,” said the old man. “My home is just there. You can see it from here. I had a light nearly the whole way. I haven’t come far without a light.”

“You came all the way without a light. What’s your name?”

The carter quickly took the policeman’s hand and put it down on top of the light. The light was still hot and burnt the policeman’s hand. The policeman jumped and he was very angry. “Now, what do you think?” said the carter. “Did I come all the way without a light?”

(    ) 6. In the passage the word “cart” is ____.

A.      something like a car

B.      something like a light

C.      something pulled by a horse

D.     something with a light

(    ) 7. The old man drove home ____.

A.      on the back of his horse

B.      late one night

C.      very late every night

D.     with a policeman

(    ) 8. Where did the policeman stop the old man?

A.      Near the old man’s home.

B.      At the traffic lights.

C.      Under a road light.

D.     Far from the old man’s home.

(    ) 9. The cart was stopped by the policeman because ____.

A.      the old man didn’t have a light

B.      the policeman didn’t believe the old man’s words

C.      the old man didn’t want to tell his name

D.     the light on the old man’s cart was not on

(    ) 10. What made the policeman believe the old man’s words?

A.      He made the policeman touch the light.

B.      He jumped and shouted angrily.

C.      He made the policeman angry.

D.     The light burnt the policeman’s hands.