During recent months, dense pollution has frequently blanketed many cities in China. Sometimes visibility drops to less than 1 kilometre, causing serious traffic jams, flight delays and highway closures. In some parts of Henan Province in Central China, the fog has reduced visibility to 200 metres. At least 109 flights have been canceled.
A rapid increase in the number of hazy days has been seen over eastern China. Hazy weather is often associated with pollution and composition of aerosols responsible for haze is rather complicated.
Protecting the environment is becoming more and more important to humans. How to protect the environment has become one of the biggest problems in the world. As students, what should we do to improve our environment? Then let’s do something from the little things. For example, we must protect forests because they are animals’home. We must plant more trees and grass, because they can make the world greener. And, no matter where we live, we should do something to keep our neighbourhood clean and tidy. We can collect waste paper or other waste things for recycling. We shouldn’t leave rubbish everywhere and spit in public places. Let’s use the air-conditioners and cars less, because they produce waste gas.
I think if everyone tries his best to protect the environment, the world will become much more beautiful, the hazy weather will be less and less, and our life will be better and better.
Gregg Bleakney’s trip
Gregg Bleakney’s dream was to travel the Americas from top to bottom. He got the idea after he finished a long bike ride. Gregg’s friend, Brooks Allen, also liked riding a bike. The two friends talked and made a plan. They would travel from Alaska to Argentina—by bike.
To pay for the trip, Gregg and Brooks worked to save money for a long time. Once they were on the road, they often camped outdoors and ate cheaply. In many places, local people opened their doors to the two friends and gave them food.
On their way, there were deserts, rainforests and mountains. They visited modern cities and ancient ruins such as Machu Picchu in Peru. And they made many friends from all over the world.
In May 2007, two years, twelve countries, and over 30,500 kilometres
later—Gregg finally reached Ushuaia, Argentina. Near Guatemala, Brooks had to go back and Gregg continued without him.
The trip taught both men a lot about travelling. What did they learn? Here is some of Gregg’s advice:
Travel light. You should not carry useless things with you.
Be flexible. Don’t plan everything. Then you’ll be more relaxed and pleased especially if there are problems.
Be polite. One traveller told Gregg, “Nobody wants to fight or cheat a nice man.”It’s true.
The blues music
During the 1800s, African Americans worked long days in the fields of the American South. They sang songs that they had brought from Africa while working. One person sang a line. Then a group of workers repeated it. The song’s words told about the hardships that people suffered. They clapped their hands and stomped their feet to the music.
In the 1860s, the music changed greatly. African American music took new forms. It was also influenced by dance music, which had great rhythm. Banjos became popular. A blues singer usually sang a line and then played the banjo in reply. By the early 1900s, the guitar had taken the place of the banjo in the blues music.
The blues music has many obvious characteristics. One of them is that the musical notes are often “bent”. That is, they are chang ed slightly to give a song more strength.
Lyrics are the words of a song. Blues lyrics describe everyday life. The lyrics are often about the relationships between men and women. They tell about sadness and overwork. They tell about finding and losing love, having money or being poor, being happy or sad and lonely. They almost always use the rhythms of everyday speech. A group of blues lyrics usually has three lines. The second line repeats the first line. The third line has different words.
By the 1940s, large numbers of African Americans moved to Chicago. There, a new kind of “Chicago” blues began. The new music was excellent dance music. Chicago blues led to the birth of a new music style—rock and roll.
Choose the best answer:
( ) 1. What information does the passage Not provide?
A. How the blues music developed as time went by.
B. What the blues lyrics are mostly about.
C. When African Americans moved to the American South.
D. How long the banjo was popular in the blues history.
( ) 2. Which of the following is the most likely taken from a blues song?
A. You have to help me. I’ll die if you don’t. You have to help me.
B. You have to help me. You have to help me. I’ll die if you don’t.
C. I’ll die if you don’t help me. You have to help me. You have to help me.
D. I’ll die if you don’t help me. You have to help me. Please help me.
( ) 3. What fact does the passage lead you to believe?
A. African Americans sang songs after a long day’s work to relax in the 1800s.
B. The blues singers in the 1860s usually played the guitar while singing songs.
C. It is not difficult to tell the blues music from others from its musical notes.
D. Rock and roll was the most popular blues music in Chicago in the 1950s.
Are you going to get off?
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words:
Mr King is a tall and strong man. He teaches P.E. in a middle school. He wears a long beard and
t 1 good care of it.
It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on the playground in the centre of the city. Mr King likes f 2 very much and of course he was going to watch it. W 3 his friends’ help he got a ticket a few days ago. After breakfast he hurried to the bus stop, but there were a 4 a lot of people waiting there. A bus came and he managed to get on after a hard struggle.
There were plenty of people in it and it was
d 5 for them to put their feet. H
e had to hold onto the back o
f a chair. At the next stop a boy got on the bus. He was short and couldn’t grip anything. S 6 the bus stopped when the driver saw a bicycle in front of the bus, and the boy nearly fell to the f 7 . He looked around and saw Mr King’s beard and gripped it. The man found it at once and called out, “Let go off my beard, boy!”
“Are you going to get off, sir?” asked the boy.
1. ________________
2. ________________
3. ________________
4. ________________
5. ________________
6. ________________
7. ________________
Overshoot (I)
1. Up in the air
Ron was out on a training flight. It was 1939 and he was training to be a Spitfire pilot. He was learning on a plane called the Miles Master. Sometimes the Miles Master had a problem with its tailplane. The tailplane was at the back of the plane, with two small wings linked to it. All planes need a tailplane or they can’t fly.
It was not often that there was a problem with the tailplane but it still made Flying Officer King very twitchy. A few years ago King had crashed in a Miles Master. He had ended up in hospital.
King had been working in a bank before the war. He had been a pilot, but it had only been a hobby. He had only flown planes in peace time and he would never make a good combat pilot. He was too old to learn to fly the new planes. The RAF were using him to give basic training to young pilots like Ron.
The Miles Master was a two-seater plane. Both seats had joysticks, so the plane could be flown by the pupil or the teacher. This was very handy when the pupil made a mistake because the teacher could take the controls. This often stopped the pupil crashing when they first flew the plane.
Ron had been doing well on his training. He was nearly ready to take his final test. He was proud of his flying. He had learned a lot in a short time. He was looking forward to the time when he could be a combat pilot in his own Spitfire. He knew the Nazis had plans to send bombers over to England. He wanted to help shoot them down. He could not wait to join the other pilots in his squadron.
(To be continued)
Body
When we say a body, we mean a whole person or animal. But the word may just refer to the trunk (躯干) of the body, without the head, arms and legs.
Some people believe that a person has both a body and a soul. Have you ever come across this saying: Little bodies may have great souls (人小志气大)? It would be great if you could prove this to be so in your own case.
阅读训练A ★
Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once:
A. stopped
B. at once
C. heavily
D. waiting
E. car
F. way
G. arrived H. hands I. get out
One night about nine o’clock, Dr Eyck, a surgeon (外科医生), had a phone call from Dr Haydon at the hospital in Clens Falls. The surgeon was asked to go there 1 to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself while playing with a gun.
The doctor was soon on his 2 to Clens Falls. It was 60 miles away. And it was snowing 3 in the city. The surgeon thought he could get there before 12 o’clock. A few minutes later, the doctor was 4 by a man in an old black coat. Gun in hand, the man ordered the doctor to 5 . Then the man drove the car down the road, leaving the doctor in the falling snow.
It was after 2 o’clock in the morning when the doctor 6 at the hospital in Clens Falls. Dr Haydon told him that the boy had died an hour before.
The two doctors walked by the door of the hospital 7 room. There sat the man in the old black coat with his head in his 8 .
“Mr Cuninghan,” said Dr Haydon to the man, “This is Dr Eyck. He is the surgeon who walked all the way from Albany to save your boy.”
1. ________
2. ________
3. ________
4. ________
5. ________
6. ________
7. ________8. ________
阅读训练B ★★
Once a small boy lived on a farm which seemed so far away from everywhere.
He needed to get up before sunrise every morning to help his father on the farm. During sunrise he would take a break and climb up on the fence along the side of the farm. He could see a house with golden windows. “If they could afford golden windows, then there must be other nice things inside the house.” He imagined how great it would be to live there. Then he promised himself, “Some day I will go there and see this wonde rful place.”
One morning, his father would go to the town and told him to stay at home for a rest. Knowing that this was his chance, he took a sandwich and headed across the
field towards the house with golden windows.
As the afternoon went on, he began to know how wrong he was. The house was much farther than he had expected. As he went near the house, he saw no golden windows but instead a place in bad need of a painting. A small girl very close to his age came out of the poor house and stood by the broken fence. He asked her if she had seen the house with the golden windows. The girl said, “Sure, I know.”And she invited him to sit on the porch (门廊). As he sat there, he looked back from where he just came. There he saw the sunset turned the windows of his house to gold! Now he understood that everyone had his own house with golden windows.
Choose the best answer:
1. During his break every morning, the small boy would ________.
A. fix the fence
B. eat sandwiches
C. climb up on the fence
D. walk around the farm
2. When knowing he would stay alone, the boy thought it was a chance for him to ________.
A. go to the town
B. play on the field
C. go to see the house with golden windows
D. make the golden windows
3. What did the boy find when he got there?
A. No golden windows were in the house.
B. Nobody lived in the poor house.
C. The house was nearer than he thought.
D. The house was as old as he expected.
4. To the girl, ________ was the house with the golden windows.
A. the palace
B. the farm
C. the mountain
D. the boy’s house
5. The story tells us that people some-times may have the thought ________.
A. like father, like son
B. the grass is greener somewhere else
C. every dog has its day
D. love me, love my dog
6. Which is the best title of the passage?
A. Golden Windows
B. Father and Son
C. A Wonderful Place
D. A Boy’s Promise
阅读训练C ★★
Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage:
People believed for a long time that the heart was the centre of a person’s emotions. That is why the word “heart”is used in so many expressions.
One such expression is to “lose your heart”to someone. When that 1 , you have fallen in love. But if the person who “won your heart”does not love you, then you are sure to have a “broken heart.”You may think that the 2 you loved is “hard-hearted,”and in fact, has a “heart of stone”.
You may decide to “pour out your heart”to a friend. Telling someone about your personal 3 can often make you feel better.
If your friend does not seem to understand how painful your broken heart is, you may ask her to “have a heart”. Your friend “has her heart in the right place”if she says she is 4 , and shows great concern (关心) for how you feel.
When you are worried, your“heart is in your mouth”. You might say, 5 , that your heart was in your mouth when you asked a bank to lend you some money to pay for a new house. If that bank says 6 to you, do not “lose heart”. Be “strong-hearted”. Sit d own with the banker and have a “heart to heart” talk. The bank may have a “change of heart”. It may agree to lend you the money. Then you could stop worrying and “put your heart
at rest”.
1. A. losesB. reports
C. happens
D. makes
2. A. personB. heart
C. story
D. family
3. A. problemsB. scores
C. successes
D. notices
4. A. pleasedB. surprised
C. excited
D. sorry
5. A. of courseB. for example
C. in all
D. and so on
6. A. yes B. noC. helloD. goodbye
新世纪教材Unit 3阶段复习题（二）
V. Choose the best answer：（15分）
( ) 26. Who can play ________ violin best in your class?
A. a
B. /
C. an
D. the
( ) 27. I would ________ read these magazines, because they are useless.
A. rather
B. rather not
C. rather to
D. rather not to
( ) 28. Since I had ________ money, I can’t afford this coat.
A. little
B. a little
C. a few
D. few
( ) 29. They will start doing the work ________ their parents return home.
A. while
B. until
C. as soon as
D. if
( ) 30. I like that host, because his ________ is
so sweet.
A. noise
B. sound
C. voice
D. hear
( ) 31. ________ does that computer camp cost?
A. How many
B. How much
C. How heavy
D. How nice
( ) 32. Beethoven saw the girl ________ the piano when he walked outside.
A. play
B. played
C. playing
D. to play
( ) 33. The light is out. Our teacher ________ at home.
A. can’t be
B. must be
C. can be
D. should’t be
( ) 34. The Beatles is ________ in the world.
A. one of most popular band
B. one of the most popular band
C. one of the most popular bands
D. one of the popular bands
( ) 35. Rock’n’roll became old-fashioned
________.
A. in early 1960s
B. in the early 1960s
C. in early 1960
D. in the early 1960
( ) 36. My father has two meetings to ________ this weekend.
A. join
B. attend
C. take part in
D. go in for
( ) 37. —When shall we go to the Science Camp, this Saturday or Sunday?
—________ is OK. I’m free these days.
A. Both
B. All
C. Either
D. Neither
( ) 38. To my ________, he can finish the work in two minutes.
A. surprise
B. surprised
C. surprising
D. in surprise
( ) 39. We all want to know ________ during the summer holidays.
A. when we go
B. when will we go
C. where we will go
D. where do we go
( ) 40. —Do you mind my smoking here?
—________. Look at the sign. It says,
“No Smoking”.
A. Never mind
B. Of course not
C. No, I don’t
D. You’d better not
VI. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once: (6分) （本题请见本期F面第VI.题）
VII. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms: (5分)
47. Zhang Yimou is one of the most famous
________ in China. (direct)
48. Have you seen the ________ Cats? (music)
49. The bridge broke ________ when a firecracker truck exploded. (sudden)
50. She was ________ to see the film Harry Potter III. (frighten)
51. The boy was welcomed because of his ________ deeds. (hero)
VIII. Rewrite the following sentences as required: (10分)
52. There is something wrong with the girl’s eye. （改为否定句）
There ________ ________ wrong with the girl’s eye.
53. We enjoyed the music very much. (保持句意基本不变)
We ________ ________ in the music.
54. He can’t play the piano any more. (保持句意基本不变)
He can ________ ________ play the piano.
55. He learned English by listening to the news. （对划线部分提问）
________ did he ________ English?
56. I saw Tom yesterday. He was walking with his friends. （两句合并为一句）
I saw ________ ________ with his friends yesterday.
Module 3 Unit 6 重点句子练习（下）
根据汉语意思，翻译下列句子。
1. 这本词典使你能很好地理解英语词汇。
2. 这是他昨天买的钢笔。(which)
3. 我曾在英国的一所中学教美术。
4. 狗能在很多方面帮助人们。
5. 艾伦想在今年夏天去国外深造。
France is calling（II）
Review the text, and then fill the missing words in the following passage.
France, like China, is (1)________ for its food. In our city, we can see the
(2)________ of France in some ways. Some bakeries (3)________ French bread and cakes. Other popular French (4)________ are cheese and wine.
France is a (5)________ in art and culture too. A lot of young students from different countries go to France to
(6)________their studies. Every year, French film festivals, exhibitions and concerts are (7)________ throughout the world.
and，but和so小练
I. 用and或but连接Ａ，B中的句子。
1. ________
2. ________
3. ________
4. ________
ＩＩ. 用括号中所给单词造句。写一下你昨天做了什么。
1. (but)
2. (and)
3. (so)
Module 3 Unit 6 重点句子讲解（下）
1. One of the most scenic areas is the Loire Valley, where you can visit the old castles in which the kings and queens of France used to live. 卢瓦尔河山谷是风景最美的地方之一，在那里你可以游览法国国王和王后曾经居住过的古老城堡。
（1）在复合句中，修饰一个名词或代词的从句叫定语从句，引导定语从句的词叫关联词，常见的关联词有关系代词that，which，who，whom，whose和关系副词where，when，why等。在定语从句中，如果修饰的对象是物，那么我们就可以用which或that来引导；如果修饰人，则用who或that来引导。另外，我们可以将一些介词放到which的前面，本句中which前面的in是跟后面的动词live搭配的。如：
The school in which he once studied is very famous. 他曾经学习过的那所学校
非常出名。
（2）used to do sth. 表示“过去常常做某事”。而be used to do sth. 意思是“被用来做某事”，相当于be used for doing sth.；be used to doing sth. 表示习惯于做某事。如：
I used to swim in the river when I was a child. 我小时候常常去河里游泳。
Bamboos are used to build houses there. 竹子在那里被用于建造房屋。
I am used to eating the food here. 我习惯于吃这里的食物。
2. In our city, we can see the influence of France in some ways. 我们城市中也可以看到在某些方面受到法国的影响。
句中way的意思是“方面”，in some ways表示“在某些方面”。除此之外，way还可以表示“方法；方式”。如：
Do it in your own way. 按你自己的方法做吧。
3. A lot of young students from different countries go to France to further their studies. 许多来自不同国家的青年学生去法国深造。
本句中的further是动词，意为“促进；使……更进一步”。同时，further 也可以作为far的比较级，与另一个比较级farther有区别。farther一般只用于表示有形距离的“更远”；而further既可表示有形距离的“更远”，还可表示抽象意义“进一步的，深层次的”。如：
We can’t go any farther / further without a rest. 我们不休息就不能再走了。
If you need further information, I suggest you go to the library. 如果你需要进一步的资料，我建议你去图书馆查查。
and，but和so连连看
这三个连词常用来连接两个句子。它们可以把两个短句子合并为一个长句子。如：
1. and / but
We and she are not necessary here.
在表示多个并列关系词语时，前面各项之间用“，”间隔，最后一项前面用“and”。
★I got home, had something to eat, sat down to watch TV, and fell asleep.
★Amy is at work, Sue goes shopping, and Chris is playing football.
2. so
（本面讲解相关练习见H面）
Module 3 Unit 6 重点单词讲解（下）
1. landmark n. 陆标
【例句】①They can see familiar landmarks. 他们能看到熟悉的陆标。
②The book is one of the landmarks in the field of science. 这本书在科学领域里是一本划时代的巨作。
【归纳】landmark常用作可数名词，意为“界标；陆标”（如例句①）；还可指“划时代的重大事件；里程碑”（如例句②）。
【拓展】landmark是由land(陆地) 和mark (痕迹；标记)构成的合成词。像这样的合成词还有：landlaw (土地法)，landlord (地主)，bookmark (书签), blackboard (黑板), weekend (周末), housework (家务)等。
2. influence n. 影响
【例句】①My advice has no influence on his actions. 我的劝告没有影响他的行动。
②Television has a strong influence on people. 电视对人有很大的影响。
③The weather influences the crops. 天气影响农作物。
【归纳】influence 作不可数名词，意为“影响；势力”（如例句①）;influence 用作可数名词，意为“有影响的人或事”（如例句②）；influence还可用作动词，意为“影响；感化”（如例句③）。
【拓展】固定搭配：under the influence of在……的影响下；be influenced by new ideas 受新思想的影响
派生词：influential adj. 有影响的；有权势的
Module 3 Unit 6 同步验收练习题（二）
Part 1 Listening （第一部分听力）（共25分）
I. Listen and choose the right picture: (6分)
1. ________
2. ________
3. ________
4. ________
5. ________
6. ________
II. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear: (7分)
7. A. Only coins.
B. Both coins and stamps.
C. Only stamps.
D. Neither stamps nor coins.
8. A. In Mary’s desk.
B. On Mary’s desk.
C. In Tom’s desk.
D. On Tom’s desk.
9. A. 0931-*******.B. 0931-*******.
C. 0931-*******.
D. 0931-*******.
10. A. It will be warm.
B. It will be windy.
C. It will be dry.
D. It will be cooler.
11. A. She got a “B”.B. She got a “C”.
C. She got an “A”.
D. She got a “D”.
12. A. At 8.45.B. At 9.15.
C. At 8.15.
D. At 9.45.
13. A. Red.B. Black.
C. Brown.
D. Green.
III. Listen to the passage and say whether the following statements are true or false: (5分)
14. The doctor told Mrs Brown not to eat meat and cakes because she was very fat.
15. The next morning Mrs Brown made a cake for herself.
16. After her husband left, Mrs Brown ate the other half of the cake.
17. Mrs Brown bought another cake from the shop.
18. When Mr Brown saw the cake, he thought Mrs Brown didn’t eat it.
IV. Listen and complete the sentences: (7分)
19. Mary is running a ________.
20. Since it is quite a distance from her home to the supermarket, she usually takes the
________.
21. On ________, in the morning and afternoon, she works in her office.
22. She usually does some reading in the even-ing or listens to ________.
23. She often ________ 9 o’clock news.
24. She usually does some housework or goes to a ________.
25. Sometimes she goes on a ________ for two days.
Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar （第二部分词汇和语法）（共36分）(注：使用《新世纪》教材的同学请做H面“New Century Exercises”栏目中
的此部分习题。)
V. Choose the best answer: (15分)
26. My hometown is Manning and it is
________ city with many places of interest.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. /
27. My wish is to become a scientist. What is ________?
A. you
B. your
C. yours
D. yourself
28. A mobile phone is a good thing to have ________ some ways.
A. on
B. at
C. in
D. of
29. —May I take the newspaper out of
the reading room?
—No, you can’t. You ________ read it here. It’s the rule.
A. would
B. must
C. may
D. can
30. Work hard, ________ you will pass the coming entrance exam.
A. or
B. but
C. as
D. and
31. ________ Tony ________ Frank likes the CD. They think the music is too noisy.
A. Both, and
B. Either, or
C. Not only, but also
D. Neither, nor
32. Did your parents ________ food and clothes for you in the university?
A. provide
B. produce
C. promise
D. protect
33. The Whites are thinking ________ taking a vacation to the USA next summer.
A. with
B. to
C. about
D. for
34. ________ you are feeling better, you can go back to work tomorrow.
A. Now that
B. Although
C. Before
D. So
35. I ________ Mike since he moved to another town with his family.
A. didn’t see
B. don’t see
C. won’t see
D. haven’t seen
36. We’ll never get there on time if he
________ up.
A. won’t speed
B. doesn’t speed
C. hasn’t sped
D. hadn’t sped
37. I used ________ my mother had magic powers when I was young.
A. believe
B. believed
C. believing
D. to believe
38. —What are you searching the Internet for?
—I’m trying to find out ________.
A. which is the way to the nearest park
B. what’s the difference between H1N1 and Bird Flu
C. what can we do for people in trouble
D. where will we meet this Saturday
39. —Big animals can be a lot of trouble. Maybe you should get a small pet, like
a goldfish.
—________
A. That’s all right.
B. That’s a good idea.
C. You’re welcome.
D. Never mind.
40. —I’m going to a party on Thursday night at Jimmy’s house.
—________
A. It’s kind of you.
B. That’s too bad.
C. Enjoy yourself.
D. Don’t be silly.
VI. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once: (6分)
A. kind
B. visited
C. what
D. why
E. develop
F. good at
G. at the same time
The students in a high school have a flower-arrangement (插花) lesson every week. The course is the first of its 41 among middle schools in Shanghai. It helps the students to enjoy the beauty of flowers better. That’s 42 the course has become very popular among the students.
The teachers of the course are all specially trained. They are 43 this art and work hard at passing on the skill to the students. So far, many students in the school have won a lot of prizes in this field. In order to further 44 the students’ skills, the teachers usually play music while the students are arranging flowers. Students are pleased with the music, and they come up with more good ideas for flower-arrangement.
Besides, the teachers always teach the students other skills 45 . For example, they ask the students to write compositions about flowers. In this way, students not
only get art education but also improve their writing skills.
Several months ago, some foreign teachers 46 the school. When they saw common flowers become more lively and meaningful, they were amazed and interested. They made videos and would play them in class for their own students after they returned home.
VII. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms: (5分)
47. You should learn a little French before you go to ________. (French)
48. A good English dictionary ________ you to understand English words better. (able)
49. Some people think too many ________ may bring harm to our environment. (tour)
50. I’d prefer to visit some ________ spots with my uncle on Saturday. (scene)
51. With the help of this machine, we can make a new ________. (produce)
VIII. Rewrite the following sentences as required: (10分)
52. I took some notes in every class last term. (改为否定句)
I ________ ________ any notes in every class last term.
53. The teacher tells the students to study by working with a group. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________ the teacher tell the students to study?
54. The little girl near the lake looks as old as my daughter. (保持原意)
The little girl near the lake looks the ________ ________ as my daughter.
55. Mr Smith wanted to know where he could get the information. (改成简单句)
Mr Smith wanted to know ________ ________ get the information.
56. Jack hardly knows anything about the car accident. (改为反意疑问句)
Jack hardly knows anything about the car accident, ________ ________?
Part 3 Reading and Writing （第三部分读写）（共39分）
IX. Reading comprehension: (29分)
A. Choose the best answer: (6分) ★
An old and very rich friend of mine told me he had an unpleasant experience. He went to a famous jewelry (珠宝) shop and asked to be shown some gold necklaces (项链). After examining several, he decided to buy a gold necklace with a precious stone, and asked if he could pay by cheque (支票). The assistant said that was quite in order, after my friend signed his name, he was invited into the manager’s office.
The manager was very polite, but he explained that someone with exactly the
same name had given them a worthless (没有价值的) cheque not long ago. My friend got very angry when he heard this and said that he would buy a necklace somewhere else. When he got up to go, the manager told him that the police would arrive at any moment and he had better stay unless he wanted to get into serious trouble.
Sure enough, the police arrived soon afterwards. They were polite, too, but explained that a person who had used the same name as his was guilty (有罪的) of a number of recent robberies. Then the police asked my friend to copy out a note which had been us ed by the thief in a number of stores. The note read, “I have a gun in my pocket. Ask no question and give me all the money in the dra wer.”
Luckily, my friend’s handwriting was quite unlike the thief’s. He was not only allowed to go without further delay (延误), but also to take the necklace with him.
57. The man wanted to buy a ________ in the jewelry shop.
A. precious stone
B. necklace
C. gold ring
D. big vase
58. When the man asked if he could pay by cheque, the assistant ________.
A. refused to take any
B. invited him into the manager’s office
C. said that was all right
D. said something was wrong with a cheque
59. The man was invited into the manager’s office because ________.
A. his handwriting was like a thief’s
B. a thief had used the same name as his
C. he didn’t sign his name correctly
D. his cheque was different from others
60. After the man heard what the manager said, he ________.
A. got very angry
B. thought that he had nothing to do with the stealing
C. wanted to stay until the police came
D. went out to buy a necklace somewhere else
61. The police were polite because ________.
A. they didn’t think the man was a thief
B. the man was old and very rich
C. they were not sure whether the man was the thief they wanted
D. they thought that the man was respon-sible for recent robberies
62. Which of the following is True accord-ing to the passage?
A. The man had some trouble, but he was still happy about the experience.
B. Nobody noticed the man take the necklace with him.
C. The manager never thought an old man would be a thief.
D. The thief always stole things in famous jewelry shops.
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage: (6分) ★
Today I felt unhappy with my head full of problems, so I decided to take a walk even though I didn’t know where I would go. The most 63 thing happened when I was walking along the street.
I saw an old man, over seventy years old, sitting on a chair. He was a seller of second-hand shoes. He seemed so helpless and nobody was 64 his shoes. Then, a little girl came towards him. I heard the girl say in a polite voice, “Grandfather, may I c lean your shoes?” That old man agreed and passed her a shoe. The girl said, “I do this
65 I want to save some money to buy my brother a new school uniform.”
I heard this and tears came to my eyes. To my surprise, the old man said, “Oh, little girl, just stop doing this. Come with me and I will buy one for you.”To see what would happen, I 66 . They walked to a shop and there the old man really got her a uniform, which must have cost him a lot. The girl was 67 and said, “Thank you so much for doing this. May God bless you.”Then she left, leaving the old man smiling.
As the old man decided to leave, I stopped him and whispered in his ear, “You are really a great hero! Thank you for your 68 !”My own sadness had gone. I began to realize that a little act can brighten up someone’s day.
63. A. strangeB. amazing
C. unlucky
D. interested
64. A. cleaningB. finding
C. buying
D. taking
65. A. ifB. until
C. because
D. though
66. A. leftB. followed
C. stayed
D. guessed
67. A. relaxedB. interested
C. tired
D. excited
68. A. kindnessB. support
C. money
D. suggestion
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words: (7分) ★★
Modern life is impossible without travelling. The fastest way of travelling is by