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Christmas cards __21__ to her friends and to her husband's friends, and put them on the table in the living-room. Then, when her husband came home from work, she said to him, "Here are the Christmas cards __22__ friends, and here are some stamps, a pen and our book of address. Will you please write the cards __23__ I am cooking the dinner？"

Mr. Smith did not say anything, but walked out of the living-room and went to his study(书房). Mrs. Smith was very angry __24__ him, but did not say anything either.

Then a minute later he came back with a box full of Christmas cards. All of them had addresses and stamps on them.

"These __25__ last year," he said, "I forgot to post them."

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Christmas Gift

Mary didn’t know what to send to her grandparents for Christmas. It was always hard to choose a good Christmas present for them. They didn’t need much, and it was hard for her to be creative every year.

One year, she sent them a big wooden elephant. It sat on the counter for a year, but then it disappeared, probably into a closet somewhere. Another year, she made handmade soaps with nice smells, but they probably weren’t any better than store-bought soaps. Last year, she sent lots of nice pictures of herself in frames, but grandparents’ house was small, and they couldn’t hang up very many.

This year, she decided on fruit. She lived where it was warm and there was lots of nice fruit. Her grandparents lived up north, where it colder and they couldn’t get fresh fruit all year, or at least not oranges and grapefruit. Fresh fruit was healthy for her grandparents, too.

Mary went to a fruit store and sampled the red oranges. She really liked them and bought a kilogram. Then she tried three kinds of grapefruit. The white ones were sour. The star grapefruit were interesting, but the dark red grapefruit were great. So she got a kilogram.

Mary carefully packed the fruit in a box to keep them safe and dry in case one got smashed and its juice got everywhere. Then she wrote the address on the box and mailed it from the store. She felt happy with what she bought.

A few days later, Mary got a phone call from her grandparents, thanking her for the lovely fruit. They said it was a healthy, tasty, and very thoughtful gift. Mary had never felt sogood before.

1.Mary wastroubled because she___________.

A. had no idea for a holiday gift

B. we no creative in her work

C. could notafford Christmas gifts

D. found her grandma bard to please

2.What didMary send her grandparents last year_________.

A. A wooden elephant

B. Handmade soaps

C. Her own pictures

D. A store-bought closet

3.In se1ecting the gifts, Mary was ___________.

A. excited

B. impatient

C. exhausted

D. thoughtful

4.Which ofthe following did Mary buy for her grandparents this year_________.

A. Yellow oranges

B. Dark red grapefruit

C. White grapefruit

D. Star grapefruit

5. Mary’s grandparents___________.

A. loved her gift

C. wrote her a letter

B. sent her a card

D. put her gift away

pen until after midnight, because people came to drink and have meals while they were waiting for trains.

At two o'clock one morning, a farmer was still sitting at a table there.He was asleep.The wife of the owner of the restaurant was very sleepy and wanted to go to bed.She looked at the farmer several times and waited for him to wake and go, but each time she looked at the farmer, he was still there sleeping.Then at last she went to her husband and said to him, "You have wakened him six times now, but, why haven't you sent him away？ It's very late."

"Oh, no, I don't want to send him away," answered her husband."You see, whenever I wake him up, he asks for his bill, and when I give him the bill, he pays it and then goes to sleep again."

1.Who was the owner of the small restaurant？

AThe farmer

B.The wife

C.The husband

D.Both the men and the wife.

2.Why did people come to drink in the restaurant after midnight？

A.Because they liked the restaurant.

B.Because it was near the station and people could eat there while waiting for trains.

C.Because it was cheap to eat there.

D.Because you could sleep there after meal.

3.Why was the farmer asleep at a table？

A.Because he had missed the train.

B.Because he was too tired.

C.Because he was drunk.

D.The story does not tell us.

4.The wife wanted to send the farmer away because_____.

A.she was sleepy and wanted to go to bed

B.she didn't like him

C.she wanted to clean the table

D.she wanted the farmer to pay more

5.The husband didn't want to send the farmer away because each time he woke him up, he could get _____ money from him.

A.much

B.more

C.less

D.little

ork next week because I’ve got some work there.” “Where are you going to stay there？” his wife asked. “I don’t know yet.” Dick answered. “Please send me your address from there in a telegram,” his wife said. “All right,” Dick answered.

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it. In the evening he didn’t have any work，so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o’clock and said，“Now I’m going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner.”

He found a taxi and the driver said，“Where do you want to go？” But Dick didn’t remember the name and address of his hotel.

“Which hotel are my things in？” he said，“And what am I going to do tonight？” But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram，and in it he wrote，“Please send me my address at this post office.” 11. Dick flew to New York because __________.

A. he went there for a holiday B. he had work there

C. he went there for sightseeing D. his home was there

12. Why did his wife want a telegram from him？

A. Because she didn’t know his address yet B. Because she wanted to go to New York，too C. Because she might send him another telegram

D. Because she couldn’t leave her husband by himself in New York 13. Where did Dick stay in New York？

A. In the center of the city. B. In a hotel. C. In a restaurant. D. At his friend's house.

14. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel？

A. The manager of his hotel. B. The police office. C. The taxi driver. D. His wife.

15. Which of the following is not true？

A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city. B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival. C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram. D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing.Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.

“I have two kids in college, and I want to say “come home,” but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education,” says Diana.

The Smith family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the school, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program.They will each graduate with a $20,000 debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.

With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to see more families like the Smiths.More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans.College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.

At the same time, tuition (学费)continues to rise.A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%.Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade.

“If we go on this way for another 25 years, we won’t have an affordable system of higher education,” says Patrick M.Callan, president of the center.“The middle class families have been financing it through debt.They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”

Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them.The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.

16.According to Paragraph 1, why did the Smith family’s plan fail？()

A.The twins wasted too much money

B.The father was out of work

C.Their sayings ran out

D.The family fell apart

17.How did the Smiths manage to solve their problem？()

A.They asked their kids to come home

B.They borrowed $20,000 from the school

C.They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs

D.They got help from the school and the federal government

18.Financial aid administrators believe that _____.

A.more families will face the same problem as the Smiths

B.the government will receive more letters of complaint

C.college tuition fees will double soon

D.America’s unemployment will fall

19.What can we learn about the middle class families from the text？()

A.They blamed the government for the tuition increase

B.Their income remained steady in the last decade

C.They will try their best to send kids to college

D.Their debts will be paid off within 25 years

20.According to the last paragraph, the government will _____.

A.provide most students with scholarships

B.dismiss some financial aid administrators

C.stop the companies from making student loans

D.go on providing financial support for college students

-a boy and a girl. For some years the poor man lived on alone (2) the children ,caring for them as best as he could;but everything in the house seemed to go wrong without a woman to look after (3) and at last he made up his (4) to marry again. feeling that a wife would bring pease and order to his household and take care of his (5) children.So he married, and in the following several (6) children were born to him;(7) peace and order did not come to the household.For the (8) was very cruel to the twins,and beat them,and half-starved them,and constantly drove them out of the house;for her one idea was to get them out of the way.All day she thought of nothing (9) how she could get rid of them;and at last an evil idea came into her head.She determined to send them out into the great gloomy wood (10) awicked witch lived.

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-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing.Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.

“I have two kids in college, and I want to say ‘come home,’ but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education,” says Jacobs.

The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款 ) program.They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.

With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like the Jacobs.More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans.College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.

At the same time, tuition (学费) continues to rise.A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%.Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade,

“If we go on this way for another 25years, we won’t have an affordable system of higher education,” says Patrick M.Callan, president of the center.“The middle class families have been financing it through debt.They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”

Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them.The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.

51.According to Paragraph 1 why did the plan of Jacobs family fail？

A、The family fell apart .

B、 The tuition was raised.

C、Their saving ran out .

D、The father was out of work.

52.How did the Jacobs manage to solve their problem？

A、They got help from the school and the federal government.

B、They borrowed a large sum of money from the school.

C、They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs.

D、 They told their children to drop out from the school.

53.Financial aid administrators believe that _______.

选项格式A、college tuition fees will double in the next decade

B、the government will receive more letters of complaint

C、more families will face the same problem as the Jacobs

D、they will have enough money to support poor students

54.What can we learn about the middle class families from the passage？

A、They blamed the government for the college tuition increase.

B、The earn enough to support their kids ’ college education.

C、They will try their best to send kids to college.

D、Their debts will be paid off within a decade.

55.According to the last paragraph, the government will .

A、provide most students with scholarships

B、cut down financial aid to college students

C、stop the companies from making student loans

D、go on providing financial support for college students

The rich lady was very anxious that her wounded husband______ (send)to the nearest hospital at once．

A.If

B.In case

C.No matter when

D.Even if