One day newly wedded Nancy lost her ring while helping to plant potatoes. Friends were called and the field was searched long but in vain(徒勞). Later, when the potatoes were harvested, Everyone looked out for the ring but it remained lost. Another year came round and all the farmers working in the field kept their eyes open. The following year was the same. And year after year, whoever had business in the field always had Nancy’s ring in his mind.
Then the farm changed hands but it went no farther than to cousins. So the memory of the lost ring remained alive until thirty-eight years had passed. Then came a spring day when a man was ploughing the field behind a pair of horses. Even after thirty-eight years he still looked out for the ring, and knew just which part of the field Nancy had lost it in. At this time, when he came there, he found it .He picked it up, put it carefully into his pocket, left his horse, and ran all the way down to the village and placed it into Nancy’s hand.
【小題1】 How did Nancy come to lose her ring?

A．She lost it while helping to harvest tomatoes in the field

B．She lost it while watering the plants in the field.

C．She lost it while working in the field.

D．She lost it while helping to plant potatoes in the field.

【小題2】 Why did people keep looking for the ring even after the farm changed hands?

A．It was a very expensive ring	B．They all wanted to solve the mystery.
C．They all loved Nancy.	D．Everybody wanted to have this ring.

【小題3】 What did the ploughman do after finding the ring?

A．He picked it up and put it in his pocket.

B．He ran back to tell everybody in the village.

C．He placed it in a secret spot.

D．He returned it to the owner.

【小題4】. What can you infer from the story?

A．The ring was invaluable.

B．People on the farm were honest and helpful.

C．The ring’s disappearance was the work of supernatural power.

D．Nancy no longer expected that her ring would be found again.

One day newly wedded Nancy lost her ring while helping to plant potatoes. Friends were called and the field was searched long but in vain(徒勞). Later, when the potatoes were harvested, Everyone looked out for the ring but it remained lost. Another year came round and all the farmers working in the field kept their eyes open. The following year was the same. And year after year, whoever had business in the field always had Nancy’s ring in his mind.

Then the farm changed hands but it went no farther than to cousins. So the memory of the lost ring remained alive until thirty-eight years had passed. Then came a spring day when a man was ploughing the field behind a pair of horses. Even after thirty-eight years he still looked out for the ring, and knew just which part of the field Nancy had lost it in. At this time, when he came there, he found it .He picked it up, put it carefully into his pocket, left his horse, and ran all the way down to the village and placed it into Nancy’s hand.

1. How did Nancy come to lose her ring?

A. She lost it while helping to harvest tomatoes in the field

B. She lost it while watering the plants in the field.

C. She lost it while working in the field.

D. She lost it while helping to plant potatoes in the field.

2. Why did people keep looking for the ring even after the farm changed hands?

A. It was a very expensive ring     B. They all wanted to solve the mystery.

C. They all loved Nancy.          D. Everybody wanted to have this ring.

3. What did the ploughman do after finding the ring?

A. He picked it up and put it in his pocket. 

 B. He ran back to tell everybody in the village.

C. He placed it in a secret spot.           

 D. He returned it to the owner.

4.. What can you infer from the story?

A. The ring was invaluable.          

 B. People on the farm were honest and helpful.

C. The ring’s disappearance was the work of supernatural power.

D. Nancy no longer expected that her ring would be found again.

 

As we all know, most children don’t like eating vegetables, no matter how the vegetables are prepared. But if they were frozen, and made 36 ice cream, what would happen? Two mothers and restaurant owners have made the first vegetable ice cream.

　 But do you know how the two mothers 37 the idea? At first, they created the vegetables ice cream to help their daughters 38 from illness. Last year, the girls spent months in the London Children’s Hospital because of malnutrition(營養(yǎng)不良). The doctors 39 they both eat more fresh vegetables. 40 , the girls didn’t like eating vegetables. The two mothers tried all kinds of ways to 41 their daughters to eat vegetables, but in vain(徒勞). The girls’ 42 food is ice cream, not vegetables, so the mothers thought “ Why not put the vegetables into ice cream?”

　 Seeing their daughters 43 eat up all the vegetable ice cream, they made up their minds to get more children to change their bad eating 44 , and set up an ice cream restaurant to sell these 45 ice creams.

　 They also planned to publish a recipe book telling mothers 46 to cook vegetables in different ways. The two mothers, Deborah Kershaw and Rachel Peck, 47 famous in London for their vegetable ice cream.

36. A. into　　　　　 B. from　　 　　　 C. up　　　　　　 D. out

37. A. thought over　　 B. thought of　　　 C. looked for　　 D. looked into

38. A. recover　　　　 B. separate　　　　 C. benefit　　　　 D. remove

39. A. realised　　　　 B. hoped　　　　　 C. suggested　　 D. showed

40. A. However　　　 B. Otherwise　　　 C. Moreover　　　 D. Therefore

41. A. allow　　　　　 B. frighten　　　　 C. forbid　　　　 D. persuade

42. A. favorite　　　 B. healthy　　　　　 C. delicious　　　 D. worthy

43. A. seriously　　　 B. happily　　　　　 C. slowly　　　　 D. simply

44. A. habits　　　　 B. ideas　　　　　　 C. manners　　　 D. decisions

45. A. especial　　　　 B. special　　　　　 C. ordinary　　　 D. common

46. A. what　　　　　 B. when　　　　　　 C. how　　　　　 D. which

47. A. become　　　　 B. had become　　　 C. have become　 D. has become