Passage One

Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant. He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison and some nice food in the house. You must take of them.” With these words, he went out.

But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself.

( )1. In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.

A. the rich man

B. the servant

C. both A and B

D. neither A and B

( )2. The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

A. the cat

B. himself

C. nobody

D. the servant

( )3. The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________.

A. there was in fact poison in the bottles

B. did not want the servant to drink his wine

C. he wanted to kill the cat

D. he wanted to kill the servant

( )4. In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

A. the servant

B. cat

C. the rich man

D. nobody

( )5. From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.

A. lazy

B. bad

C. clever

D. kind

【答案解析】

1. C。本题的线索在于He and the servant loved wine and good food very much，说明二人都很喜欢酒和美食，故选C。

2. D。本题的线索在于The rich man knew what his servant did，此处的did就指代他的仆人偷吃美食和酒的事情，故选D。

3. B。本题为理解题，虽然富人说有两瓶毒药，但是仆人知道这是假的，所以可以推测出本题选B。

4. A。本题的答案在Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground，这里的he指代的就是servant，故选A。

5. C。综合理解，这个仆人和富人说一只猫吃光了所有的食物，他觉得自己失职，所以他要喝毒药自杀，编了一个非常完美的故事，所以他很聪明，选C。

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Passage Two

Everyone likes living in a clean and comfortant environment. If the envionment are bad, it will affect our body, and make us not feel well. Sometimes we may be terribly ill. At that time we don’t want to work, and we have to stay in bed and rest at home. So the envrionment is very important to us.

It’s germs that makes us ill. There are germs everywhere. They are very small and you can’t find them with your own eyes, but you can see them with a microscope. They are very small and there may be hundreds of them on a very small thing, Germs can always be found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. Germs can also be found in air and dust. If you cut your finger, some of the dust from the floor may go into it, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs will go into all of your boby, and you will have pain everywhere.

To keep us healthy, we should try to our best to make our environment become cleaner and tidier. This needs us to act together.

( )1. The writer tell us that________.

A. we like working when we are ill

B. germs can’t live in the water.

C. we can’t feel ill if the environment is bad.

D. we feel well when the environment is good.

( )2.Germs are________.

A. very small things that you can’t see with your eyes.

B. the things that don’t effect people.

C. the things that you can find with your eyes.

D. the things that are very big.

( )3. Where can germs be found? They can be found______.

A. on the small thing

B. in air and dust

C. only in dirty water

D. everywhere

( )4.How will you feel if germs go into the finger that is cut?

A. I will feel nothing.

B. I won’t mind.

C. I will feel tense.

D. I will feel painful.

( )5. From the passage we know that________.

A. environment doesn’t affect our life

B. we don’t need to improve our environment

C. germs may make us ill

D. if the environment is better, germs will be more.

【答案解析】

1. D。本题的答案在If the envionment are bad, it will affect our body, and make us not feel well，如果环境不好，人们就会觉得不舒服，即环境好的话人们就会觉得身体很好，故选D。

2. A。本题的答案在They are very small and you can’t find them with your own eyes，选A。

3. D。本题的线索在于There are germs everywhere，言外之意即病菌到处都有。

4. D。本题的线索在于If you cut your finger, some of the dust from the floor may go into it, and you will have much pain in it，选项中用painful（疼痛的）代替了pain。

5. C。本题为综合理解题，文章的主要内容即在于病菌让人生病，故选C。