he had to take tests at school
he thought about his future
he had lots of sleepless nights
he searched for words of wisdom
第1题：
A、thought of
B、thought over
第2题：
A、he finished
B、he had finished
C、did he finish.
D、had he finish.
第3题：
At sixteen Ron Mackie might have stayed at school, but the future called to him excitedly. Get out of the classroom into a job, it said, and Ron obeyed. His father, supporting the decision, found a place for him in a supermarket.
You’re lucky, Ron, he said. For every boy with a job these days, there's a dozen without. So Ron joined the working world at twenty pounds a week.
For a year he spent his days filing shelves with tins of food. By the end of that time he was looking back on his school-days as a time of great variety(多样性) and satisfaction. He searched for an interest in his work, with little success.
One fine day instead of going to work Ron got a lift on a lorry going south. With nine pounds in his pocket, a full heart ad a great longing for the sea, he set out to make a better way for himself. That evening, in Bournemouth, he had a sandwich and a drink in a caf é run by an elderly man and his wife.
Before he had finished the sandwich, the woman had taken him on for the restof the summer, at twenty pounds a week, a room upstairs and three meals a day. The ease and speed of it rather took Ron’s breath away. At quite times Ron had to check the old man’s arithmetic in the records of the business.
At the end of the season, he stayed on the coast. He was again surprised how straightforward it was for a boy of 17 to make a living. He worked in shops mostly, but once he took a job in a hotel for 3 weeks. Late in October he was taken on by the sick manager of a shoe shop. Ron soon found himself in charge there; he was the only one who could keep the books.
(1)Ron Jackie left school at sixteen because _______.
A、his father made him leave
B、he didn't want to stay in school
C、he was worried about the future
D、he could earn a lot of money in the supermarket
(2)What did Ron’s father think about his leaving school?
A、He thought his son was doing the right thing.
B、He advised him to stay at school to complete his education.
C、He was against it.
D、He knew there was a job for every boy who wanted one.
(3)After a year, Ron to realize that ________.
A、he was interested in the job
B、his work at the supermarket was dull
C、being at work was much better than going to school
D、the store manager wanted to get rid of him
(4)Ron left the supermarket because ______.
A、he knew he would find work in Bournemouth
B、he took a job as lorry driver
C、he gave up the job because he felt unwell
D、he wanted to work at the seaside
(5)Ron was able to take over the shoe shop because ________.
A、he got on well with the manager there
B、he knew how to keep the accounts of the business
C、he had had experience of selling books
D、he was young and strong
第4题：
第5题：
______ his talk when Mary ran out of the lecture hall.
A. Hardly had he begun
B. Hardly he had begun
C. Hardly he has begun
D. He hardly had begun
第6题：
My grandfather was a completely different person before he had a stroke. He worked as a chief accountant, and he worked really long hours. People used to say that he was a workaholic. When he came home, he was always tired and this used to make him irritable. He didn't use to be sociable at all. He used to spend a lot of time alone working in the garden. I used to be frightened of him as a child. He used to shout at us all the time. Then, suddenly he became ill, and then the doctors told him he had to give up work. He changed almost overnight. His attitude to lots of things changed. He relaxed and spent time with his grandchildren. When he died, I think he was a really happy, relaxed man.
(1). My grandfather used to ().
A、drink a lot
B、work very hard
C、be the manager
(2). He was () when he came home.
A、 very pleasant
B、excited
C、easy to get angry
(3). When I was a child, I ().
A、 liked him very much
B、I hated him
C、was afraid of him
(4). Doctors asked him to ()after he had a stroke.
A、 stop working
B、change his attitude
C、work less
(5). When he died, he ().
A、 was feeling worried
B、was irritable
C、was a happy man
第7题：
Mr. Green, was worried because ______.
A. he was driving along a lonely road
B. he had taken a stranger in his car
C. he saw a police-car
D. he was afraid that the man might rob him
此题为细节信息归纳推理题。其中关键词是Mr．Green．．．worried because。第 1段第2句交代了Mr．Green had ￡100．00．．并且他得知搭车者曾因抢劫入狱(见第1段倒数第2句)。因此不难推断出D为正确答案。
第8题：
A.what he had seen
B.that he had seen
C.which he had seen
D.he had seen what
第9题：
A、news
B、idea
C、thought
D、report
第10题：
A、has learned
B、had learned
C、would have learned
D、learned