Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are children, __21__ students are young people. Why do all these people want to learn __22__? It is not __23__to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school. It is one of their __24__. Many people learn English because it is __25__ in their work. Some young people learn English __26__their higher studies because some of their books are __27__ English. Other people learn English because they want to __28__ newspapers in English. Some people learn English because they want to __29__ in the USA, England or Australia. English is very __30__ in our life .
       One evening, Mr. Black stopped his car at the south end of Woolwich Ferry and took a walk along the street. He met some old friends and they went to a restaurant together. There they drank a lot and talked a lot. At closing time, Mr. Black was so excited that he forgot his car. He went home by train.
       The next morning Mr. Black suddenly remembered his car and rushed to the ferry station. He explained to an official there what had happened the day before. The official looked at him for a moment and then shouted to another official, "Oh, Charlie, your suicide has come back to life! "
31. Mr. Black went to a ferry station by boat one evening.
       John is a paper boy. He delivers newspapers to different houses in his street every day. He has about 80 customers. Half of his customers only take the newspapers on weekdays, and about half take the newspapers on weekdays and on Sundays. Two of John's customers only take the newspapers on Sundays.
       John has to get up at 4:30 every morning to deliver his newspapers. It takes longer to deliver the newspapers on Sundays. The Sunday newspapers are twice as heavy as those on weekdays.
       John is saving his money to buy a new bicycle. He is also saving money for college. He has already saved 500 dollars.
   A.a newspaper
   B.a new bag
   C.a house
   D.a new bicycle
C
       An old woman went shopping last Tuesday. She came to a bank and saw a car near the door. A man got out of it and went into the bank. She looked into the car. The keys were still in the lock.
       The old woman took the keys and followed the man into the bank.
       In the bank, the man took a gun out of his pocket and said to the clerk. "Give me all the money!" but the old woman didn't see this. She went to the man, put the keys in his hand and said, "Young man, you're foolish! Never leave your keys in your ear. Someone's going to steal it!''
       The man looked at the old woman for a few seconds. Then he looked at the clerk and then he took his keys, ran out of the bank, got into his ear and drove away quickly, without any money.
41. Last Tuesday an old woman went out ______.
41 答案:C
   A.to visit a friend of hers
   B.to look for a clerk
   C.to buy something in shops
   D.to meet a man
42. She was surprised to find ______.
42 答案:D
   A.a car near the bank
   B.a man out of the bank
   C.a gun in the man's pocket
   D.the keys in the lock
43. "Did she know who the man was?" " ______."
43 答案:B
   A.Yes, she did
   B.No, she didn't
   C.Yes, but a little
   D.No, she knew he was
44. The man ______.
44 答案:A
   A.didn't take any money away
     B.took little money away
   C.took much money
                D.didn't dare to take any money
      You may think there is nothing but sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert we can (1) stones. We can see hills, too. There is a little rain in the (2), but it is not (3) for most plants.
      The animals are (4) to the desert people in many ways. The desert people eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use their skins to (5) shoes, water bags and even tents. They use the camels(骆驼) for (6) things.
      The people of the desert have to keep (7) from places to place. They must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in the tents. When there is mo more food for their animals, they take down their tents, put them on the camels and move to (8) place. The desert people are very (9). No man in the desert would ever refuse to help the people in (10) and give them food and water.
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      The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. As one of the traditional Chinese festivals, it has been very popular in China. Usually, people will come home for a family reunion and have a celebration of the festival no matter how far away or how busy they are. The moon at that night looks the brightest in the whole lunar month. What people love most is the time their families spend together enjoying the full moon. With the beautiful moon up in the sky, people sit together and eat moon cakes and fruit.