Jack was ten years old and he was a very lazy boy. He didn’t like doing any work. He had to go to school, of course, but he didn’t study hard there and tried to do little work. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that their son would become a doctor, too, when he grew up.

　　But one day Jack said to his mother, “When I finish school, I want to be a cleaner.”

　　“A cleaner?” his mother asked. She was very surprised. “That’s not a good job. Why do you want to become a cleaner?”

　　“Because I would only have to work one day a week,” Jack answered at once.

　　“Only one day a week?” his mother said. “What do you mean? And how do you know it?”

　　“Well,” Jack answered, “I know that the cleaners come to work on Thursday every week, because I only see them on that day.” And then his mother laughed and said, “The cleaners go to work on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday in other streets.”

　　根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

　　( )1. How was Jack at school?

　　A. He did well in his lessons.

　　B. He liked his school.

　　C. He was to lazy to study.

　　( )2. Where did Jack’s parents work?

　　A. On a farm B. In a school C. In a hospital

　　( )3. What did Jack’s parents want him to be?

　　A. A doctor B. A student C. A cleaner

　　( )4. How many days did the cleaners work a week?

　　A. One day B. Three days C. Five days

　　I’ve been a taxi driver for nearly ten years. Most London taxi drivers have their own taxis.

　　It’s a nice job most of time. You meet a lot of people. I always work at night because there is too much traffic during the day. I live twenty miles outside London and I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon.

　　I usually go home between 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning.

　　Some very strange things happened late at night. The other day I was taking a woman home from a party. She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through a window.

　　I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell without answering I decided to find out what was going on. I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They though I was a thief.

　　Luckily the woman came downstairs. She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about the dog and me!

　　根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

　　( )1. The driver always worked at night because it was easier to .

　　A. drive B. make money

　　C. climb in through the window D. meet a lot of people

　　( )2. The woman climbed in through the window because .

　　A. she wanted to have a sleep

　　B. her husband didn’t open the door for her

　　C. she didn’t want to pay the driver

　　D. she couldn’t find her key

　　( )3. The story happened .

　　A. early in the morning B. late at night

　　C. 20 miles outside London D. near the police station

　　( )4. Which of the following is WRONG?

　　A. The driver worked until between 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning.

　　B. The police made a mistake.

　　C. The woman had no money to pay the driver.

　　D. The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.

　　( )5. The driver climbed in through the window to .

　　A. get money from the woman

　　B. return the dog to the woman

　　C. see what was happening in the house

　　D. phone the police

　　Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

　　A farmer, Mr Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over and hour. “I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”

　　Mrs Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.

　　“There was no time to take anything.” She said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”

　　Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded area and the welfare department brought them food, clothes and shelter.

　　根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

　　( )1. How many homes were damaged in the storm in all?

　　A. Fourteen B. Twenty-one C. Twenty-nine D. Thirty-six

　　( )2. Where was Mr Tan when the storm first began?

　　A. He was in bed B. He was inside the house

　　C. He was outside the house D. He was on the roof

　　( )3. Mrs Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because .

　　A. her husband knew there would be a storm.

　　B. they were all outside the house when the storm became worse.

　　C. she felt the house was moving and ran out of the house.

　　D. the welfare department helped her.

　　( )4. The underlined work “shelter” in this passage means .

　　A. something to eat B. something to wear

　　C. somewhere to study D. somewhere to stay

　　( )5. Which of he following may be the best title for this passage?

　　A. A Terrible Storm B. A Lucky Woman

　　C. Good Soldiers D. Clever People

　　参考答案：

　　1C 2C 3A 4C

　　1A 2D 3B 4C 5C

　　1D 2B 3C 4D 5A