A

One day Mr. White gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday — ten new pound notes. So Mrs. White went out shopping. She waited for a bus, got on it and sat down next to an o1d 1ady. After a while, Mrs. White noticed that the old 1ady’s handbag was open. Inside it, she saw a wad（叠）of pound notes exactly like the ones her husband had given her. So she quickly looked into her own bag — the notes had gone! Mrs. White was sure that the o1d lady next to her had stolen them. She immediately thought of calling the police. But as she disliked making a fuss（小题大作）, she decided to take back the money from the old 1ady’s hand bag and say nothing about it. She looked around to make sure nobody was watching. Then she carefully put her hand into the o1d lady’s bag, took the notes, and put them into her own handbag.

When she got home that evening, Mrs. White showed her husband the beautiful hat she had bought.

“How did you pay for it?” Mr. White asked.

“With the money you gave me for my birthday, of course” she answered.

“Oh? What’s that, then?” he asked, as he pointed to a wad of pound notes on the table.

1. Why did Mr. White give his wife ten pounds?

A. For a new hand bag. B. For new notes.

C. For her husband's birthday. D. For her birthday.

2. What did Mrs. White use the money given by her husband for? A. A new handbag. B. Stealing from an old 1ady.

C. Nothing. D. Going shopping.

3. What did Mrs. White decide to do when she found another ten pounds in her neighbor’s handbag on the bus?

A. She wanted to call the police.

B. She decided to talk with the o1d lady.

C. She decided to take away her own money.

D. She decided not to tell the 1ady and take the money away.

B

Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all, you probably sing when you are happy.

Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.

Do you know what a “territory” is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims (声称) as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there. No other families of the same species are welcome. Your house is your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.

If so, you have actually frightened the stranger away without having to fight him. A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting (筑巢) season. So he is screaming all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is what we call a bird’s song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.

4.Some scientists believe that most of the time bird’s singing is actually ________.

A．an expression of happiness B. a way of warning

C. an expression of anger D. a way of greeting

5.What is a bird’s “territory”？

A.A place where families of other species are not accepted.

B.A place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice.

C.An area for which birds fight against each other.

D.An area which a bird considers to be its own.

6.Why do birds keep on singing at nesting season?

A .Because they want to invite more friends.

B. Because their singing helps frighten outsiders away.

C. Because they want to find outsiders around.

D. Because their singing helps get rid of their fears.

7.How does the writer explain birds’ singing?

A. By comparing birds with human beings.

B. By reporting experiment results.

C. By describing birds’ daily life.

D. By telling a bird’s story.

8.What does the underline word “screaming” in paragraph 4 mean?

A. 哭喊声 B. 令人惊愕的 C. 尖叫声 D. 尖叫的

C

Arriving in New York

There are three airports in New York. When you arrive at one of them, you can take bus or taxi to any place in New York.

Eating out

There are many kinds of food in New York and you shouldn’t eat at McDonalds every day. There are good restaurants in Little Italy and Chinatown, for example.



Hotels

There are lots of good hotels in New York. The best is The Plaza on 5th Avenue but you don’t have to pay a lot to stay in the city; there are lots of smaller hotels and the YMCA near Central Park is great for young people.

Public Transport

In New York ,there’s a good bus and subway service. If you are planning to use the subway a lot, you should buy a subway ticket for the journey because it’s cheaper. But you don’t have to use public transport－there are lots of places you can go to on foot. The Empire Stale Building, 5th Avenue and Central Park. The New York taxis are a part of the city experience, so you should take at least one taxi during your visit!



Places to see

Finally, there are a lot of places to see in New York－Times Square, the Statue of Liberty. And you shouldn’t go home without climbing the Statue of Liberty to enjoy the scenery of the city.

Shopping

Shopping in New York is fun. There are big shops on 5th Avenue. They are open seven days a week. But be careful when you look at the prices; you have to pay a special 8% tax (税) on everything you buy in New York.



9. How many kinds of public transport are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

10. “ The Plaza” here is the name of __________________

A. a restaurant B. a hotel C. an airport D. a shop

11. How much do you have to pay if you buy a book of $10 in New York?

A. $ 10.8 B. $ 10.08 C. $ 18 D. $ 10

12. When you visit New York, you should ____________________

A. eat at McDonalds every day

B. take a taxi whenever you go out

C. stay at the best hotel

D. climb the Statue of Liberty

D

It's eight o'clock and the time for Morning New Highlights(最精彩部分). One person was killed and two were injured in a car accident just thirty minutes ago. Cause of the accident is not yet found out. A great fire swept through a storehouse next to the Fulton River early this morning, causing about $3,000,000 in damage. The fire which broke out at about 2:30 was finally put out at 5: 30. That was the Morning News Highlights, Dan Verne reporting.

13. According to the passage the car accident happened at _______.

A.8:00 B.7:30 C.2:30 D.8:30

14. How many pieces of news are reported in the short passage?

A. Two. B. Three. C. One. D. Four.

15. The above passage may probably appear _______.

A. in the newspaper B. in a magazine

C. on the radio D. on the telephone

二、七选五

16 You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how:

Plan your time carefully. When planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. 17 A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.

Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may by a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or televisions. When you sit down to study concentrate on the subjects.

Make good use of your time in class. 18 Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes, review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. 19 If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.

Develop a good attitude towards tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be over worried.

20 You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.

A. There are other methods that might help you with your studying.

B. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment.

C. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says.

D. No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard.

E. Maybe you are an average student.

F. Make full use of class time to take notes of what the teacher says in class.

G. This will help you understand the next class.

三、完形填空

Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact 21 she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 22 a driving offence (犯规，犯法).

　　Then one day she nearly 23 her record. A police car 24 her, and the policemen in it saw her 25 a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 26 that she would be punished.

　　27 Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was 28 old to drive a car, and that the 29 why she had not stopped at the red 30 was most probably that her eyes had become weak 31 old age, so that she had simply not seen it.

　　When the judge had finished what he was 32 , Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was 33 and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she 34 a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.

　　When she had 35 done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed 36 the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your 37 . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”

　　The judge took the 38 and tried to thread it. After half