Passage  37

A pretty, well-dressed young lady stopped a taxi in a big square, and said to the driver, "Do you see that young man at the other side of the square?"

 "Yes," said the taxi driver. The young man was standing outside a restaurant and looking impatiently at his watch every few seconds.

   "Take me over there," said the young lady.

There were a lot of cars and buses in the square, so the taxi driver asked, "Are you afraid to cross the street?"

"Oh, no!" said the young lady. "But I promised that I would meet the young man for lunch at one o' clock, and it is now a quarter to two. If I arrive in a taxi, it will at least seem as if I had tried not to be late."

一位穿着较好的漂亮年轻女士在大广场上拦了辆出租，并对司机说“你能看到广场对面那个男子吗？”

司机回答道“是的”。那个男子正在餐厅外面站着，时不时的不耐烦的看看表。

     女士说道“载我过去。”广场上有很多小汽车和巴士，所以司机问道“你害怕横穿马路是吗？”

 “噢，不是的”女士说道。“但是我答应他一点和他一起共进午餐，但现在已经差一刻就两点了。如果我乘出租车到那，至少给他感觉我其实是试着不会太晚到的。”

1.The story doesn't tell us how the young woman got to the square. 故事中没有告诉我们女士是怎么到达广场的。

A：T                       B：F

2.The lady stopped the taxi because she was afraid of walking across the street. 女士拦下出租车是因为她想坐着出租过马路。

A：T                       B：F

3.The young man at the other side of the square had probably been waiting for a long time.男人等了她很久。

A：T                       B：F

4.The young lady was clever at making excuse. 这位女士在找借口的时候很聪明

A：T                       B：F

5.The young lady was just pretending that she had tried. 她只是在假装自己很努力不迟到

A：T                       B：F

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Passage  38

Younger people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about life, work and play. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in peace. Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. The aim is not just to keep busy but rather to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make furniture and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.

There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photography or painting. Others sit around talking and singing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.

When people live together, rules are always necessary. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. The group discusses the problem. They ask, "Why did it happen? " "What should we do about it? "

One of the teenagers has this to say about the experience: " You stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group. "

年轻人和年纪大的人的意见并不总是一致。有时候，他们对生活，工作和学习的理解是不同的。但是，在纽约州一个特殊的项目里，成年人和少年和平共处。每年夏天，200名少年和50名成年人作为特殊工作组的成员生活在一起8周。每个人每天都工作几个小时。目的不仅仅是为了忙碌，更是为了找到工作的意义和乐趣。一些少年在树林里或在附近的农场里工作。一些孩子学做家具和造房子。而成年人叫他们如何做好这些事情。

每天都有几个小时的空闲时间。周末也休息。在空闲时间内，一些孩子学习摄影和画画，其他人坐在附近聊天唱歌。每个人尽情的根据自己的喜好来度过空闲时间。

没有规矩不成方圆。在这个项目里，少年和成年人一起制定规则。如果有人违反，大家共同面对。通过小组讨论这个问题，他们会问：为什么会发生这样的问题？我们该怎么办？

其中一个少年这样描述这个经历：你不再仅仅关注自己，你得站在整个小组的立场考虑问题。

1.The passage is mainly about how adults and teenagers live together in a special group. 这篇文章主要是关于成人和青少年共同生活在一个特殊的群体。

A：T                       B：F

2.The special program offered every winter in New York city. 这个特别的项目每年冬天都在纽约市举办。

A：T                       B：F

3.People will make more rules when someone breaks a rule. 当有人违反了规则人们会设立更多的规则

A：T                       B：F

4.To find a way to solve the generation gap is NOT stated directly in the passage as a purpose of the program. 没有说要找到一种方法来解决代沟是该计划的直接目的

A：T                       B：F

5.Some teenagers learn photography when they are free. 一些青少年学摄影时,他们都是免费的

A：T                       B：F

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Passage 39

    There was once a large, fat woman who had a small, thin husband. He had a job in a big company and was given his weekly wages every Friday evening. As soon as he got home on Fridays, his wife used to make him give her all his money, and then she used to give him back enough to buy his lunch in the office every day.

    One day the small man came home very excited. He hurried into the living-room. His wife was listening to the radio and eating chocolates there.

    "You'll never guess what happened to me today, dear," he said.

    He waited for a few seconds and then added, "I won ten thousand pounds on the lottery!"

"That's wonderful!" said his wife delightedly. But then she thought for a few seconds and added angrily, "But wait a moment! How could you afford to buy the lottery tickets?"

从前有一个很胖的女人，却有一个很瘦小的老公。他在一个大企业工作，每周五都会发工资。周五他一到家，她的老婆就会让他交出所有的钱，然后给他一小部分，仅仅够他买他每天在办公室的午饭。

有一天他回家的时候非常激动，他冲进了卧室，她的老婆正在那里一边听收音机一边吃巧克力。

“你绝对猜不到今天我发生了什么事，亲爱的”他说

他停顿了几秒然后补充说“我买彩票中了一万英镑”

“太爽了！”他的老婆高兴地说，但是接下来她思索了几秒之后又生气地补充说

“但是，等一下，你是哪来的钱买彩票呢？！”

1.The small man was allowed to keep just enough to buy his lunch in the office every day.       小男人被允许保留一点足够的每天在办公室吃午饭的钱。    

A：T                       B：F

2.The man won a lottery one day.          小男人一天赢得了彩票                     

A：T                       B：F

3.The woman is good-natured.        女人脾气很好。

A：T                       B：F

4.The woman was pleased yet suspicious when her husband won a lottery.   这位妇女还没怀疑的时候，很高兴她的丈夫赢得彩票。             

A：T                       B：F

5.The man had to give almost all his money to his wife every week.      该名男子，每星期几乎把他所有的钱都给了他的妻子。                              

A：T                       B：F

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Passage  40

    Ramon was very proud of his dog Blackie. Whenever he got a chance, he would ask his dog to amuse his friends with some tricks.

    One day Ramon went to visit his friend Frank who was sick at home with a bad cold. "How are you feeling?" asked Ramon. "Worse than yesterday," replied Frank. "I have a terrible cough, and there's not a drop of medicine in the house."

    "Cheer up, Frank. I'll send Blackie to the local drugstore for some cough syrup (糖浆). He'll be back in a minute, before you know it." Ramon put a five-dollar bill in Blackie's mouth and the dog ran down the street. "And keep the change," Ramon shouted after him.

    "Oh, Ramon, don't be silly. You know that dog won't be back with any medicine." "Oh yes, he will," replied Ramon. Half an hour later, however, Blackie had not returned. Ramon was feeling embarrassed, and felt angry at his friend's little smile.

    "Something has happened to him, I'm sure," said Ramon. "He obeys me as a rule." Just then Frank saw Blackie at a distance. He hurried to open the door and let him in. Frank was shocked to see a bottle of medicine in the dog's mouth.

"Good boy," said Ramon, "but what took you so long?" Blackie ran over to the window, barking and wagging (摆动) his tail. Ramon glanced out and saw a bone outside.

Ramon非常以他的狗Blackie为荣，他只要有机会，就会要他的狗去用一些恶作剧去取悦他的朋友。

有一天，Ramon去看他的因为重感冒而生病的朋友。你感觉怎么样？Ramon问他的朋友弗兰克。“今天比昨天更糟糕了。”弗兰克说道。“我得了一场重感冒，而且房间里没有药物。”

“开心点，弗兰克，我会让Blackie去药店去买咳嗽糖浆。他会很快回来的。Ramon把五美元钱放在Blackie的嘴里，狗就跑到街上去了。把零钱拿回来，Ramon对着狗喊道。

“Ramon，不要笨了，你知道狗是买不回药的。Ramon说，不会的，它能买回来药的。然而半小时后，狗没有回来。Ramon感觉不好意思，对他朋友的笑感觉有点生气。

我确定，狗肯定发生什么事情了，Ramon说道，狗很听我的话的。正在这时，弗兰克看到狗在不远处，他迅速开了门让他进来，弗兰克很惊讶发现，有一瓶药在狗的嘴里。

“好孩子” Ramon说道，但为什么去了这么久的时间？狗跑到窗户旁边，摆动他的尾巴，Ramon跑出去一看，看到外面有一根骨头。

1.Frank's cold had worsened and he had no medicine at home.                           

A：T                       B：F

2.Ramon called for a doctor.                           

A：T                       B：F

3.Ramon felt embarrassed when Blackie was late.             

A：T                       B：F

4.Blackie barked at the bone outside the window because he wanted to have it.      

A：T                       B：F

5.The story mainly implies dogs are after all dogs, however clever they are.                      

A：T                       B：F

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