A war broke out In the city of Jerusalem（耶路撒冷）in 1948 between the Arabs（阿拉伯人）and the Jews（猶太人）．An Arab woman。and her husband had to leave their home and never came back since then．In 1967，peace came．The Arab woman，who was now a widow（寡婦），wanted to see once more their house．

She knocked on the door of their old house，and a Jewish widow came to the door and greeted（打招呼）her．The Arab woman explained that she had lived there until 1948 and wanted to look around．She was invited in and offered coffee．The Arab woman said，“When I left here，I hid（藏）some gold coins．If they are still here，I will share them with you half and half．” The Jewish woman refused．“If they belonged to you and still here，they are yours．” The Arab woman found the coins under the door of the bathroom．

The two widows visited each other again and again，and one day the Arab woman told her，“You know，in the 1948 fighting here，my husband and I were so frightened（怕）that we ran away．We had a three-month-old son．I though my husband had taken him，and he thought I had．”

The Jewish woman turned white．After some time she said，“My husband was one of the Jewish soldiers that entered Jerusalem．He came into this house and found a baby on the floor．”

At that moment，a twenty-year-old soldier walked into the room，and the Jewish woman broke down in tears．“This is your son，” she cried．

Since then，the two mothers with their son lived happily together in the house．

1．When the Arab woman visited her old house，the Jewish woman invited her to some _______．

A．tea                      B．water                   C．coffee                    D．a(chǎn)pple juice

2．When the war broke out，the Arab woman and her husband forgot to ________．

A．a(chǎn)sk for help                                                B．take their baby away

C．take the gold coins away                             D．lock the door of their house

3．What did the Arab woman suggest when she told the Jewish woman that there might be some gold coins in the house?

A．Sharing them．                                       B．Keeping them．

C．Giving them away．                                   D．Hiding them again．

4．What did the Jewish woman’s husband find when he entered the house for the first time?

A．A baby．                B．A woman．         C．A soldier．             D．A cat．

5．At the end of the story，the two women _________．

A．lived together                                             B．were married again

C．visited each other often                               D．lived in different places

Once a man and his Wife worked for a businessman．There was a big box in the businessman's living room．The businessman pointed at the box and said，“There's only one thing you ___1___ do．Don't open the box．” After saying．this，he ___2___ the living room．

The woman said to her husband，“There ___3___ be something expensive in the box．Let's ___4_ it，shall we?” Her husband said no to her．

The woman didn't give up her ___5___．One day，she decided to find out what was ___6___ it．Her husband didn't stop 6cr．She opened the box and looked  ___7___．She found nothing in the box and tried hard to close it，___8___ she failed．

That evening the businessman came home and found the box was ___9___．He was very angry and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．

“But there was nothing in the box，” the woman said．“We haven’t taken anything ___10___．” The businessman shouted at them，“The box is not important．I cannot believe you．That’s important!”

1．A．needn't                  B．wouldn't              C．mustn't

2．A．entered                  B．left                      C．found

3．A．must                     B．will                      C．used to

4．A．open                     B．close                   C．clean

5．A．work                     B．ides                     C．box

6．A．near                      B．under                   C．in

7．A．inside                 B．outside                 C．up

8．A．so                         B．a(chǎn)nd                      C．but

9．A．lost                       B．open                    C．empty

10．A．a(chǎn)t all                    B．a(chǎn)t times                C．a(chǎn)t once

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　　Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.

　　One morning, he got up very 1 because his clock stopped. He 2 to shave quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed, he got blood all over his 3 . So he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean 4 ironing. While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to collect money for water. After he paid the water 5 and showed the man out, he found the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he 6 he couldn't go to work by bus. He 7 for a taxi to take him to work, the taxi arrived and Harry 8 in.

　　In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman 9 a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When Harry's taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman happened to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry's shirt, and took him to the police station. He was kept till 3 o'clock p. m. 10 the police found out that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about 4p. m., his boss took a look at him and told him to find another job.