A
It was terribly hot that night. Jack kept the windows ___1___. He fell ___2___ soon. Before long, something touched his neck. He thought it was a hand－someone was going to kill him.
But it was claws(爪子)－a rat!
Jack was ___3___ afraid to open his eyes ___4___ he is afraid of mice or rats. He is in ___5___ when he sees them dead or ___6___. If there is a mouse in his home, his wife will ___7___ them out of the house.
Now he was going to get bitten(咬) by a rat. He tried his best to throw the rat with everything he could get. When the light happened to be turned ___8___ by something. He found it was a cat instead ___9___ a rat. He didn’t feel frightened ___10___ more. The cat jumped out of the window and disappeared into the night.
1. A. opens B. opening C. open D. openly
2. A. asleep B. sleepy C. sleepily D. sleeping
3. A. so B. such C. too D. very
4. A. but B. because C. so D. and
5. A. surprise B. sad C. happy D. tear
6. A. live B. lives C. alive D. living
7. A. drive B. stay C. keep D. let
8. A. off B. up C. down D. on
9. A. in B. of C. for D. on
10. A. much B. some C. little D. any
B
Some people have very ___1___ memories and can easily learn quite long poems by ___2___. Those are ___3___ people who can only remember things when they have said them over and over.
Charles Dickens, the famous ___4___ writer, said he could remember al the names of the shops in London. Many great men of the world have had wonderful memories.
A good memory is a great help in ___5___ a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child. Some children－who live abroad with their parents－seen to learn___6___languages almost as ___7___ as one. In school it is not easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so ___8___ time for it, and they are busy with other subjects as ___9___.
The human mind is like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do before the photo ___10___and ready to show to o friends. In the same way there is much work to be done before we can make a picture remain forever in the mind.
Memory is the diary that can be carried with us.
1. A. bad B. good C. helpful D. helpless
2. A. heart B. hand C. eye D. mouth
3. A. another B. others C. the other D. other
4. A. American B. Australian C. Japanese D. English
5. A. speaking B. saying C. learning D. telling
6. A. one B. two C. three D. four
7. A. easily B. easy C. easier D. easilier
8. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
9. A. good B. better C. best D. well
10. A. finishes B. finished C. is finished D. is finishing
C
What is your name? Most of us have at ___1___ two names, a last name and a first name. Last names are called surnames, or ___2___ names. First names are called ___3___ names.
Your given name was chosen by your parents. They may have selected the name of someone they loved or read about.
People did not always have surnames. They began to use them for different reasons. Maybe there were too ___4___ Marys and Nicks. ___5___ people wanted others to know where they lived. A family might have taken the surname ___6___ because they lived on a hill.
Some people took their surnames from their parents. Jack’s son might be called Jackson.
Some family names came from ___7___. Smith is an English surname. It is ___8___ for “blacksmith”, the job of working with iron. A woodcutter might take the name Wood.
It is not always easy to tell what a surname once meant. Ask older members of your family or check the library for ___9___ of names.
Your name can tell something about your past. But it is you who really give your name its meaning. Be ___10___ of it.
1. A. most B. all C. last D. least
2. A. father B. mother C. family D. family’s
3. A. give B. giving C. be given D. given
4. A. few B. a little C. much D. many
5. A. But B. Or C. And D. So
6. A. Hill B. Water C. Tree D. Fire
7. A. hobbies B. interests C. jobs D. favorite
8. A. long B. short C. wide D. broad
9. A. mean B. means C. meaning D. meanings
10. A. happy B. sad C. proud D. sorry
答案及解析：
A篇
1．C 因为天热所以应开窗睡觉，keep sth. open强调状态。
2．A fall asleep 睡着
3．C too...to... 太...而不能...
4．B 因为害怕所以不敢睁眼睛
5．D be in fear处于害怕、恐惧之中
6．C 和前面dead呼应，应为一种状态
7．A drivr sth. out of… 把…赶出去
8．D 灯应被打开了，所以才能看到那是一只猫
9．B instead of… 而不是…
10．D not…any more 不再
B篇
1．B 下文有easily remember,故推出应有好的记忆力
2．A by heart 用心
3．D 指的是另一类人们
4．D Dickens是英国作家
5．C 后一句有提示learn his own language，故推出前为学习一门语言
6．B 随父母出国的小孩在家讲自己的母语，在外讲所在国的语言
7．A learn为动词，应当用副词easily来修饰
8．C time作为时间是不可数名词，而本文中需要表示没有时间了，故用little
9．D as well 也
10．C 此处应用被动鱼台
C篇
1．D at most 至多 at all 根本不 at last 最后 at least 至少
2．C 姓即family name
3．D given name 表示名
4．D Marys and Nicks表示很夺人叫Mary和Nick，这里当作复数，而且是肯定的意思
5．B 西方姓氏有很多的来源，几种情况用“或者”来连接
6．A 根据住的地方起姓氏，住在山上就姓“山”
7．C 后有提示，根据职业起姓氏
8．B short for 简称
9．D meaning是可数名词，图书馆里可以查到名字所代表的含义
10．C be proud of... 以…为荣