A lawyer，an artist and a musician got lost in the woods．At last they came to a farmer’s house and asked if he could let them stay for the night．

“Sure，”the farmer said．“But I’ve got room for only two of you in the house．The other one will have to sleep in the barn（牲畜棚）with the animals，and the smell is very bad there．”“I’ll sleep in the barn，”the artist said．

Half an hour later，a knock was heard on the farmer’s house door，and there stood the artist，saying，“I can’t take the smell．”“All right，”said the lawyer．“I’ll sleep in the barn．”And he went off．

In a while them was another knock on the door．“I felt terrible with the smell from the animals，”the lawyer said in an angry way．

“You are two sissies（女人氣的男人）．”said the musician．“I’ll sleep in the barn．”Thirty minutes later，came another knock．

When they opened the door，there stood all the animals from the barns．

1．The lawyer，the artist and the musician came to a farmer’s house because they ________．

A．couldn’t find their way in the woods            B．wanted to visit the farm

C．were very hungry and thirsty                             D．preferred to stay in the farmer’s house

2．One of them had to sleep in the barn for the reason that ________．

A．the farmer didn’t have enough room for the three of them

B．the farmer wanted one of them to look after the animals

C．one of them liked to sleep in the barn

D．the farmer wanted to make fun of them

3．The artist wanted to sleep in the barn as he ________．

A．liked to be quiet and sleep alone

B．didn’t like to sleep with the other two

C．didn’t think that the smell was so terrible

D．loved animals and wanted to sleep with them

4．From the story we see that the musician was ________．

A．stupid                     B．foolish                    C．clever                    D．selfish

Tom walked into a shop．It had a sign outside: "Second-hand clothes bought and sold．" He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop, "How much will you give me for these?" The man looked at them and then said: "Two dollars．"

"What!" said Tom, "I had guessed they were worth (價(jià)值) at least five dollars．"

"No," said the man, "they aren't worth a cent more than two dollars．"

"Well," said Tom, taking two dollars out of his pocket．"Here's your money．These trousers were hanging outside your shop．The list price of them was six dollars and a half．But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth．"

Then he walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers and disappeared before the shop owner could think of anything to say．

1．At first the owner of the shop thought that Tom             ．

A．wanted to steal the trousers                     B．wanted to sell the trousers

C．wanted to fool him                                 D．wanted to buy the trousers

2．The owner of the shop                  for the old trousers．

A．would give Tom two dollars                           B．would pay three dollars

C．would pay five dollars                             D．would give Tom six dollars and a half

3．The shop owner insisted(堅(jiān)持) that the trousers were worth only two dollars because      ．

A．he wanted to sell them cheaply(廉價(jià)的)      B．he wanted to buy them cheaply

C．he didn't like the trousers                        D．they were old and dirty

4．In fact, the trousers         ．

A．were hanging inside the shop                  B．were stolen by Tom from the shop                        

C．had been the shop owner's                            D．had been Tom's

5．From the story we know that          cheaper than the list price．

A．the owner sold the trousers two dollars

B．Tom sold the trousers one dollar and a half

C．the owner bought the trousers three dollars

D．Tom bought the trousers four dollars and a half

Here are reports of three attacks．The three swimmers were attacked by sharks because they didn't obey（遵守）the safety rules for swimmers．

Which rule didn't each of the following swimmers obey?

1．Report 1: Colin was swimming with two friends very late at night．He was attacked by a shark and died．

2． Report 2: Ann was a very good swimmer．She bought a new, bright red swimming suit．She was swimming with some friends when a shark attacked her．

3．Report 3: Jack was on holiday in Australia．He cut his foot on the beach．He went swimming the same day and got attacked．

My sister's home is________ from here.

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A．half an hour on foot

B．three kilometers far

C．10 minutes far

D．two hours