Pip meets a stranger
My first name was Philip, but when I was a small child, I could only manage to say Pip. So Pip was what everybody called me. I lived in a small village in Essex with my sister, who was over twenty years older than me, and married to Joe Gargery, the village blacksmith (铁匠). My parents had died when I was a baby, so I could not remember them at all, but quite often I used to visit the churchyard, about a mile from the village, to look at their names on their gravestones (墓碑).
My first memory is of sitting on a gravestone in that churchyard one cold, grey, December afternoon, looking out at the dark, flat, wild marshes divided by the black line of the River Thames, and listening to the rushing sound of the sea in the distance.
“Don’t say a word!” cried a terrible voice, as a man jumped up from among the graves and caught hold of me. “If you shout, I’ll cut your throat (喉咙)!” He was a big man, dressed all in grey, with an iron chain (铁链) on his leg. His clothes were wet and torn. He looked tired, and hungry, and very fierce (凶狠的). I had never been so scared in my whole life.
“Oh! Don’t cut my throat, sir!” I begged in fear.
“Tell me your name, boy! Quick!” he said, still holding me. “And show me where you live!”
“My name’s Pip, sir. And I live in the village over there.”
He picked me up and turned me upside down. Nothing fell out of my pocket except a piece of old bread. He ate it in two bites, like a dog, and put me back on the gravestone.
“So where are your father and mother?” he asked.
“There, sit,” I answered, pointing to their graves.
“What!” he cried, and was about to run, when he saw where I was pointing. “Oh!” he said. “I see. They’re dead. Well, who do you live with, if I let you live, which I haven’t decided yet?”
“With my sister, sir, wife of Joe Gargery, the Blacksmith.”
“Blacksmith, you say?” And he looked down at his leg. Then he held me by both arms and stared (注视) fiercely down into my eyes.
“Now look here. You bring me a file. You know what that is? And you bring me some food. If you don’t, or if you tell anyone about me, I’ll cut your heart out.”
“I promise I’ll do it, sir,” I answered. I was badly scared and my whole body was shaking.
“You see,” he continued, smiling unpleasantly, “I travel with a young man, a friend of mine, who roasts boys’ hearts and eats them. He’ll find you, wherever you are, and he’ll have your heart. So bring the file and the food to that wooden shelter over there, early tomorrow morning, if you want to keep your heart, that is. Remember, you promised!”
I watched him turn and walk with difficulty across the marshes, the chain hanging clumsily around his leg. Then I ran home as fast as I could.
—Taken from Great Expectations
1. What does the writer want to tell us in Paragraph 1?| A．What Pip liked to do in the village at present. |
| B．How Pip’s parents lost their lives many years ago. |
| C．When Pip’s sister married to the village blacksmith. |
| D．Why the story happened in the churchyard near the village. |
| A．Excited. | B．Afraid. | C．Relaxed. | D．Worried. |
| A．A coat that can keep the man warm. | B．A tool that can carry the man run away. |
| C．A tool that can break the man’s chain. | D．A knife that can help the man eat food. |
| A．Pip would do as what the man told him to do. |
| B．Pip would hide himself far away from the village. |
| C．Pip would try his best to fight against the two men. |
| D．Pip would tell everything about the man to his sister. |
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The astronauts did many experiments while they were on the moon. They also took some pictures of the moon. The astronauts left an American flag on the moon. Now the flag is still there. Someday moon travel may be common, and people will visit the place of the first moon landing.
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| C．The Apollo 11 mission | D．The Apollo 17 mission |
①Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon.
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④The astronauts left an American flag on the moon.
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| A．talk about Neil Armstrong |
| B．show how to become an astronaut |
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| D．show how difficult it is to travel in space |
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“I like Chinese. It is easy. I like English because my English teacher likes me very much. I can’t stand math. It is serious (严肃的) and sad.”
“Do you mean your math teacher is serious and sad?”
“No, it is math, not the math teacher.”
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1. The mother likes all the subjects except (除了) ________.| A．music | B．history | C．English | D．science |
| A．Very good. | B．Very kind. | C．Very bad. | D．Very easy. |
| A．Because it is not interesting. | B．Because it is not easy to learn. |
| C．Because there are many problems in it. | D．Because her teacher is serious and sad. |
| A．problem | B．math | C．learning math | D．study |
| A．Eyen is in Grade Three in a middle school | B．Eyen doesn’t like his math teacher at all. |
| C．The mother is good at Chinese because it’s easy. | D．Eyen doesn’t like working on math problems. |
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“Why can’t you be like my colleague’s son?” she bemoans all the time. Her colleague’s son received a four-year scholarship (奖学金) and is now making 70,000 dollars a year as an engineer. I don’t know what to answer except that I just can’t be like Mr. Perfect. I can’t be like him. I want to choose a job because I love it, not because of honor or money
I understand why my mother is worried about my future major. I’ve seen my mother struggle (挣扎) to raise me on her little money and work long hours. She leaves the house around 6: 30 a.m. and usually comes home around 5 p.m. or even 6 p.m. However, I want her to know that if I become a doctor, it doesn’t mean I’ll be successful. I’d rather follow my dreams and create my own future.
1. The writer and his mother often talk about ________.| A．the English lessons | B．wars around the world |
| C．delicious food | D．the writer’s future job |
| A．enjoys talking with the writer | B．doesn’t want the writer to major in English |
| C．gets along very well with the writer | D．helps the writer to realize his dream |
| A．称赞 | B．大喊 | C．安慰 | D．抱怨 |
| A．He wants to be an engineer. | B．He likes to find a job in his community. |
| C．He hopes to do something he likes in the future. | D．He prefers to be a successful doctor. |
| A．the writer’s mother works very hard for the family | B．the writer knows what his future will be like |
| C．the writer believes being a doctor is a good job | D．the writer follows his mother’s advice |
One day, Jerry sold me to a baker with the words, “The food is good there and the work is fair. But I often carried very heavy loads（负荷）. In the end they bought a younger horse, and sold me to a cab owner.”
My new master, Nicholas Skinner, was horrible. He had black eyes and a large nose. His horses didn’t have a rest on Sundays, even in summer in the city, when it was very hot.
Still, I did my best. But my life was now so bad that I wanted to die. And one day my wish nearly came true. We collected a family from the railway station. My driver put case after case on top of the cab. The load was very heavy, and I was hungry and exhausted（极其疲惫的）. I did my best, but I fell to the ground. I really thought that I was going to die.
The vet came to look at me. He checked me very carefully and said, “This horse is not ill. He is simply too exhausted from overwork. Give him a rest for six months and he’ll be fine.”
Nicholas Skinner said, “If he can’t work, I need to sell him.” And so twelve days after the accident they took me to the horse fair. I held my head high, and hoped for the best.
—Taken from Black Beauty
1. What was Nicholas Skinner?| A．A baker. | B．A driver. | C．A cab owner. | D．A vet. |
| A．He was hurt by the driver. | B．He was too tired and hungry. |
| C．He was badly ill. | D．He was too old to stand. |
| A．The horse felt sad and hopeless. | B．The horse was looking up at the sky. |
| C．The horse wanted to meet Jerry again. | D．The horse hoped for a better future. |
One winter morning after breakfast, I went to the garden and was very surprised. I saw my father’s big footprints in the snow. I knew those footprints well. I didn’t know what to do-I need help.
When I got back to my room I opened the door…and there was my father, sitting on my bed!
The man sitting on my bed was about fifty and had long, dirty black hair and a black beard - he was my father. His clothes were very old and dirty, and his face was terribly white and thin. His shoes had holes in them and his hat did, too. He looked terrible.
“I see you’re wearing nice new clothes,” he said, looking at me.
“Widow Douglas bought them for me,” I said.
“And look at this nice bed and soft blankets (毛毯), and I have to sleep with the pigs!” he said. “I know that she’s sending you to school, and you probably think you’re better than your father, don’t you?”
“Maybe I do and maybe I don’t,” I answered without thinking.
“Remember, Huck, I’m your father, not that Widow Douglas,” he cried, looking at me angrily. “Now I’m here and you’re my son again, and sons do what their fathers tell them. I’ve never been to school and your mother couldn’t read or write when she died. You don’t need to learn anything. I don ‘t want to see you near a school! Is that clear?” He saw a book near my bed and threw it across the room.
I was really afraid and said, “Yes, father.”
I couldn’t look at him. He got up and said, “ I know Judge Thatcher has your money. It’s my money now because I’m your father.” He got up from the bed and left. I knew that he was going to get drunk (喝醉酒的).
The next morning he was drunk and he went to Judge Thatcher’s house. He tried in every way to get my $6,000 but Judge didn’t give it to him. Judge Thatcher wasn’t afraid of my father andthatmade me happy.
*Widow Douglas was Huck’s adoptive mother (养母).
(Adapted FromAdventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain)
1. The third paragraph tells us something about Huck’s father by describing ________.| A．what he says | B．what he does | C．what he thinks | D．what he looks like |
| A．surprised - afraid - happy | B．angry - surprised - happy |
| C．angry - afraid - happy | D．surprised - happy - afraid |
| A．Huck has got $6,000. |
| B．Huck’s father was drunk. |
| C．Huck’s father went to Judge Thatcher’s house. |
| D．Judge Thatcher didn’t do as Huck’s father required. |
| A．Huck’s father was a poor but kind man | B．Huck was excited about his father’s return |
| C．Huck’s father came back for Huck’s money | D．Huck’s father wanted Huck to study at school |
The Law of the Jungle(丛林) says very clearly that when all cubs(幼崽) are old enough to stand on their feet, their mother and father must show them to the Pack Council(委员会). There is usually a Pack Council once a month at full moon. After the council the cubs are free to run where they want. No excuse is accepted(接受) if a grown adult wolf(成年的狼) of the pack kills one of them before they kill their first deer. The punishment(惩罚) for killing a wolf cub is death.
Father Wolf waited till his cubs could run a little. Then on the night of the Pack Meeting he took them and Mowgli and Mother Wolf to the Council Rock. The Council Rock was on the top of a hill. The hill was covered with stones and rocks and a hundred wolves could hide there. The leader of the pack was Akela, the great grey Lone Wolf. He was strong and cunning(狡猾的). Now he was standing on his rock. More than forty wolves of every size and colour sat below him. There were old grey wolves who could kill a deer on their own. And there were young black three-year-old wolves who thought they could. The Lone Wolf became their leader a year ago. When he was young, men caught him in a trap, and they beat him and left him for dead. So he knew the manners and customs of men. There was very little talking at the Rock.
The cubs played in the centre of the circle where their mothers and fathers sat. Now and again a older wolf went quietly up to a cub and looked at him carefully. Then he returned to his place on noiseless feet. Sometimes a mother pushed her cub into the centre of the circle to be sure that the senior wolves could see him. Akela from his rock shouted, “You know the law-you know the law. Look well, wolves!” And the anxious mothers answered his call, saying, “Look-look well, wolves!”
—-from the Jungle Book
1. There is usually a Pack Council ________ at full moon.| A．monthly | B．weekly | C．daily | D．yearly |
| A．the village | B．the Pack Council | C．Shere Khan | D．people |
| A．friend | B．rabbit | C．deer | D．pig |
| A．Excited. | B．Sad. | C．Angry. | D．Nervous. |
