[单项选择]There is little learning involved when one is reprimanded two or three months after the deed.
A. recommended
B. reproached
C. recompensed
D. reversed

[单项选择]There was an ______ silence, when no one knew what to say.


A. alive
B. absent
C. awkward
D. apparent

[单项选择]What should one do when one intends to learn how to communicate with others

[单项选择]The parents always kept the little girl out when the father was painting women without any clothes on, because ______.

[单项选择]The little girl trembled when she saw a big dog.
A. ran
B. cried
C. shook
D. wept

[单项选择]The little boy first took off one shoe and then took off（）
A. another
B. other
C. the other
D. each other

[单项选择]Which should one avoid doing when traveling


A. Keeping vigilant all the time.
B. Walking on the streets late at night.
C. Withdrawing cash on ATM machines.
D. Thinking about the occasional volcano.

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Passage Three
When Walt Disney was drawing one night, he suddenly heard a strange sound. The sound came from the waste basket. Walt looked at it and saw a family of mice eating pieces of bread in it. For many nights, they played there. And Walt began to like them.
Walt liked one little mouse better than any of the others. This little animal gave him some new ideas for his drawing. He began to draw it. But in the picture, it did not look like a mouse, but more like a funny man. He showed it to his wife and she liked it very much, too.
Walt named this little mouse "Mickey Mouse". He hoped his Mickey Mouse would be different from the other pictures of his. He wanted to make Mickey talk. He put his fingers on his nose and made a strange sound. Then he recorded the voice this way. Later he sold his sound pictures to a cinema. When the film was shown, many people went to see it. Mickey Mouse in the film sang and danced and did all kinds of fun n
A. some mice
B. the waste paper
C. the basket
D. Walt Disney

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Passage One
Richard lived with his mother when he was young. He didn’t know who his father was. The woman did some washing for the rich and could buy only some bread for her son. So the boy was short and thin.
One cold morning there was much snow in the streets. A truck hit the woman and the policemen took her to the hospital. Dying (临死) , she said to her son, "Your father forsook (抛弃) me before you were born. It’s his name and address."
Richard found his father, Mr. Cook, in. another city. It was one of the richest shopkeepers and he had to receive his son. From then on the boy lived a happy life. He ate all kinds of delicious food and wore beautiful clothes. But people often laughed at his rudeness (粗鲁).
Once his father took him to a party. He saw a newspaper lying on the floor and picked it up while others were talking about a film. He had a look at it and found a car’s wheels were upward (向上). He called out,&q
A. the man was very rich
B. the man forsook his mother
C. his mother left the man
D. the man didn't like him

[单项选择]When the little son came back to his father _____________.


A. he had the other pair of shoes in his hands
B. he had only one shoe in his hands
C. he had nothing in his hands

[单项选择]When ______ behind, the little girl always cries for Mum.
A. leaving
B. being left
C. leave
D. left

[单项选择]The little girl could not ______ her tears when her mother was dressing the wound.


A. hold out
B. hold up
C. hold back
D. hold forth