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001Little Tom down the street calls our dog "The keep dog".Zip is a sheep dog. But when Tom tries to say" Seep", it comes out "keep". And in a way Tom is right. Zip is always bringing things hoem for us to keep! I'll tell you about some of them.Zip's first present was a shoe. It was made of green silk.We didn't know how Zip found the shoe. But after a moment Mary, my big sister, told me the shoe had a strange smell. I nodded<点头>and held my nose. "What do you think it is?""It smells like something for cleaning. I think someone tried to clean a spot <污点> off the shoe. Then he put it at the door to dry.""Along came Zip. And good-bye shoe!" I said."We should take it back.""We can't ".said my sistter."Maybe little Tom is right," Mary said. "Maybe Zip is a keep dog!"1.The writer and Mary didn't know_.A. what Zip's first present was B. how Zip carried its first present homeC. who owned Zip's first present D. what Zip's first present was made of2.Tom calls Zip "the keep dog" because _.A. the dog likes keeping things B. the dog likes playing with shoesC. he doesn't know the dog's name D. he can't pronounce the word " sheep" well3.What made the shoe strange was _.A. its colour        B. its smell C. its size          D. that it was a silk one4.The word "keep"in the last sentence means "_"A. keeping things for itself B. bringing things for other to keepC. not letting it run about D. taking care of a small child5.We can know from the reading that the dog _.A. likes to give presents to people B. has been kept in at the writer's homeC. has brought some trouble D. likes to be called "the keep dog"Key: 1.C  2.D  3.B  4.B  5.C002An old lady in a plane had a blanket毯子over her head and she did not want to take it off . The air hostess spoke to her, but the old lady said, "I have never been in a plane before , and I am frightened. I am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back on the ground again !"Then the captain came. He said, "Madam, I am the captain of this plane. The weather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, and everything is going very well. "But she continued to hide.So the captain turned and started to go back. Then the old lady looked out from under the blanket with one eye and said, "I am sorry, young man, but I dont like planes and I am never going to fly again. But Ill say one thing, "She continued kindly, "You and your wife keep your plane very clean!"1. An old lady had _ .A. glasses    B. a blanket over her head    C. a coat    D. a basket2. A. She didnt want to _ .A. take it off    B. turn it off    C. get on    D. talk about it3. _ spoke to her .A. The air hostess    B. The man next to her     C. her husband    D. one of her friends4. The old lady had never been _ before .A. abroad    B. home    C. in a plane     D. in hospital5. The woman didnt like planes and she was never going _ .A. to fly again     B. to travel    C. to go abroad    D. to go homeKey: 15 BAACA 003Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York 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 <电报>," 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 <出租车> 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."Choose the right answer1. Dick flew to New York because _.A. he went there for a holiday B. he had work thereC. he went there for sightseeing <观光> D. his home was there2. 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, tooC. Because she might send him another telegramD. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York3. 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.4. Who would send him t