第四组（共3篇）：
( A )
There is a bar （酒吧）in our town with the name “The White Horse”. It is Mr. Webster’s. Few people went to the bar last year, but things are quite different now.
There was a picture of a white horse on the door of the bar. Then a stranger came in one day, drank something, looked around the bar, and then said to Mr. Webster, “Few people come here. Take down the picture of the white horse and put a picture of a black horse instead. ”
“But the name of the bar is ‘The White Horse’. ”Mr. Webster said.
“Yes, but do it. ”the man said. Then he went out of the bar
Mr. Webster went to an artist and said, “I want a picture of a black horse. ”
The next day a picture of a black horse was on the door of the bar instead of that of the white horse. Soon after the door opened, a man came in and said, “There’s a mistake on the door of your bar, and the picture is different from the name. ”The man looked, sat down and drank something.
Then another man came in and said the same, and then another and another. A lot of people came in and said, “The picture on your door is wrong. ”and they all stopped and drank in Mr. Webster’s bar.
（ ）1. The stranger told Mr. Webster to take down the picture of the white horse because he knew ______.
A. a picture of a black horse showed good luck
B. the picture of the white horse wasn’t good for the bar
C. people would understand the picture different from the name
D. people would come in and tell the picture was different from the name
（ ） 2. Mr. Webster agreed with the stranger _______.
A. though he wasn’t ready to do it like that at first
B. though he didn’t like the black horse
C. because he knew he was an artist
D. because he also wanted to change the picture
（ ）3. More and more people came to the bar because _______.
A. it had changed its name
B. the black horse was better than the white one
C. the bar had a black horse
D. they wanted to show the mistake
（ ）4. The stranger _______.
A. was cleverer than Mr. Webster
B. didn’t like the white horse at the beginning
C. knew Mr. Webster and the artist
D. got much money by teaching Mr. Webster
（ ）5. From the story we have learnt that _______.
A. if your business is not good, you’d better change the name or the picture
B. if you are in trouble, you should take others’ ideas
C. when you have difficulty, don’t give up
D. when a good name is given, it can cause success
( B )
A four-year-old girl is lying in the arms of a doctor. She has just lost her mother. Her pink clothes are full of blood and her eyes look at something only she can see.
Every day we see pictures like this on our televisions. We see Iraqi （伊拉克的）children begging for food and water from American and British soldiers as they move through towns and cities towards the capital, Baghdad（巴格达）. We see these children following parents, carrying bags of almost the same size as their small bodies as they escape from their homes in Baghdad.
They show just some of the young lives that have been turned upside down by ongoing war and the terrible price paid by Iraqi children.
“Dad, why are the Americans fighting against us? Are we going to be killed? ”asks the son of Abu Singar, an Iraqi engineer. Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his eight-year-old son.
He tries to make him feel safe by saying, “The bombs（炸弹）are far away from us. The Americans are fighting the soldiers. We’re going to be all right. ”Even though Abu knows it isn’t always true, little else can be done. In Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to try and let them escape from the sound of bombs. And all the schools are closed.
Not things are worse, and the ongoing war makes it impossible to count the number who are hungry, sick, hurt or even dead.
（ ）6. What happens to the children in Iraq because of the war?
A. The children will get better than before.
B. The children beg for food and water from American and British soldiers.
C. The children in Iraq go away from their homes in Baghdad.
D. The children live a most terrible life.
（ ）7. What does the word “ongoing”mean in Chinese? ______.
A. 正在进行的 B. 非正义的 C. 未授权的 D. 影响恶劣的
（ ）8. The father doesn’t tell the true thing to his child because ______.
A. he wants to make his child not feel dangerous
B. he and his child are afraid to lose each other in the war
C. he doesn’t want his child to believe American soldiers
D. he will lose his country and his home
（ ）9. The war in Iraq tells us that ________.
A. the Iraqi people in the war are much hungrier and worse
B. we should help the Iraqi people build their country again
C. nothing can be done except fighting
D. both A and B
（ ）10. What would be the best title （标题）for the report?
A. Iraqi Children during the War
B. Sickness, Death in Iraqi
C. America and England Fight against Iraq
D. A Girl in the War in Iraq
(C )
The Guidance Department （教导处）at Berryville High School has a staff （员工）of eleven teachers. Most of their work is done with the students. But the staff sees a lot of parents, too.
“Parents meetings make clear monthly diagram （图表）. ”says Mildred Freman, head of the Guidance. “This diagram stays much the same from year to year. The busy months are October, March and May. ”
September, the beginning of a new school year, starts rather slowly. Few parents come in. Most of these want to talk about the schedules （日程安排）. October brings many problems caused by some students. Some parents are called in. Others come by themselves. Things quiet down in November. December is a quiet month. “It’s the holiday. ”Ms Foreman says, “People want to come in, I know, but they decide to wait until after New Year’s Day. ”
Report cards go home just before Christmas holidays. Bad marks （分数）bring parents in as school opens again. This happens again in March, another report card month. May is always the year’s busiest month. That’s when parents begin to think that their children may be asked to stay in the same grade again. They come in to see if anything can be done before things are decided in June.
（ ）11. The teachers in the Guidance Department usually _______.
A. do most of their work for the students
B. answer all the questions from parents
C. help other teachers get along with students and parents
D. only bring report cards to students and parents
（ ） 12. In December parents usually _______.
A. stay at home with their children for their holidays
B. wait for the teachers to bring report cards to their children
C. wouldn’t like to visit the teachers in the Guidance Department
D. let teachers have a good rest during their holidays
（ ） 13. _____ teachers working in the Guidance Department at Berryville High School.
A. 55 B. 35 C. 15 D. 11
（ ）14. Why do some parents come to school in March? Because ______.
A. they want to see their children’s teachers after Christmas holidays
B. they are called by the teachers of Guidance Department
C. bad marks have them do it
D. it’s the beginning of a new school year
（ ）15. Which of the following is right?
A. In June the school decides who will stay in the same grade again.
B. Almost all the parents come to meet Mildred Foreman every month.
C. April is also the second busiest month for the staff.
D. The parents help to do most of the work for the staff.
答案
第四组（共3篇）：1--- 5 D ADA B 6---10 . D AAD A 11---15 AADCA
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