the secret”. There is an old interesting story about it. Long ago, when people sold things in big cloth（布）bags, a woman asked a man for a pig. The man held up his cloth bag. There seemed to be a little pig in it. The woman asked to see it. When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a pig! The man's secret was out and everyone knew it. Now when someone lets out（泄漏）a secret, he \And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from. 根据短文选择正确答案。 11. The phrase “to let the cat out of the bag” came from_______. A. a woman and a pig B. a man and a cat C. a pig and and a cat D.an interesting story 12.The woman wanted to buy_____. A. a cloth bag B. a little pig C. a black cat D. a bag and a pig 13.The man knew there was ___ in his cloth bag. A. a bag B. a pig C. a cat D. nothing 14.At the end of the second passage\man's bag B. the woman bought a cat 因为用心 所以更好 - 7 -
C. the cloth bag D. the man's cat 15.John \A .makes everyone know a secret B. puts the cats away from the bag C. buys a cat in the bag D.sells the cat in the bag D In some foreign countries, some people don't like the number 13. They don't think 13 is a lucky number. For example, they don't like to live on the thirteenth floor. My friend Jack has got the same idea. He doesn't like the number 13, either. One day, he asked some friends to dinner. When all of his friends arrived, he asked them to sit around the dinner table. He began to count the people in his mind while they were having the delicious food. Suddenly, he cried out, \people here!\smile on his face, \Mrs Brown will have a baby in a few weeks. She's in the family way now. \became happy again. \the nice food and had a good time that evening. 根据短文，完成下面句子。 16. Some foreigners think the number 13 is . 17. Mr and Mrs Brown were . 18. Everybody’s face turned white when . 19. The sentence \them became happy again because . E HOUSE FOR SALE：Comfortable（舒适的）
family home with a large garden on the north side of town. Three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom. Pay ￥280,000 for it. The Browns are looking for a new house. Mr Brown wants to live on the north side of the town near his work. Mrs Brown wants a house with four bedrooms. Their children don't care the house is like but the garden is big enough. 因为用心 所以更好 - 8 -
DRIVER WANTED for busy restaurant. Some evening and weekend work. All meals free. Call 3320178. Jack wants to drive. He thinks it's very interesting. The work is hard but he doesn't mind. He has to work in the evenings and weekends, but he can get some weekdays off. It's not very well paid, but he never minds. JOIN OUR FOOTBALL TEAM. Boys and girls wanted to play for a local（本地的） football team. Aged 9～13. Meet in Green Park on Friday at 3 pm. Tom: There is a new football team starting in the village, Mum. I'm old enough to play it. School is over at half past three, so I’d have a lot of time. Mum: Well. I'm sure you could do your homework in the evenings. But look, Tom, You don’t read the paper carefully. You can’t possibly play for this team. 21. What do you think of the house? 22.Does Mr Brown want to buy the house? Why? 23.Why didn't the Browns buy the house in the ad？ 24.Why does Jack want to get the job in the restaurant? 25.Why can't Tom play for the new football team? 参考答案： 1．ABDCB 2．BBDAC 3．DBDAC 4．DCBAB 5．BCCBA 1－5TFTFF 6－10BBCDD 11－15DBCBA 16. unlucky 17. J ack's friends 18. they heard the number 19. she is going to have a baby 20. the number of the people was 14 not 13 21. It’s very
comfortable/big/expensive. 22. Yes, he does. Because he wants to live near his work. 23.Because Mrs Brown wants to buy a house with four bedrooms. 24.Because he wants to drive./Because the work is very interesting. 25.Because he doesn’t read the paper carefully. 因为用心 所以更好 - 9 -
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