牛津译林版英语八上第一学期期中考试 (5)

八年级英语试题
（考试时间：120分钟满分：150分）
命题：吴婷校对：孙爱芳
成绩__________
请将答案写在答题纸上
第一部分选择题
一、听力部分（共30小题；每小题1分，计30分）
A. 听下面10段对话。

每段对话后有1道小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

（每段对
话读两遍）
（）1. What’s the boy’s favourite sport?
A. B. C.
A. B. C.
（）3. What does Jack look like?
（）4. How did Sally go to the Palace Museum?
A. B. C.
（）5. What subject is Andy good at?
A. Geography
B. Chinese
C. History
（）6. Why does the girl look tired today?
A. Because she went to bed too late.
B. Because she didn’t sleep last night.
C. Because she did homework all night.
（）7. Who went to the Temple of Heaven yesterday?
A. Lily and Tom.
B. Lily and her cousin.
C. Tom and his cousin.
（）8. What’s the man going to do first?
A. Go out to dinner.
B. Write a report.
C. Go for a school trip.
（）9. What’s the girl’s dream?
A. To travel around the world.
B. To climb famous mountains.
C. To be a singer.
（）10. What can we learn about Linda’s pencil box?
A. It’s bigger than Jim’s pencil box.
B. It’s the same size as Jim’s pencil box.
C. It’s smaller than Jim’s pencil box.
B. 听下面几段对话或短文。

每段对话或短文后各有几道小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳
选项。

（每段对话或短文读两遍）
听一段对话，回答第11～12小题。

（）11. How will Tom spend National Day?
A. He will go to see his parents.
B. He will visit the Great Wall with his parents.
C. He will help Kate with her Maths.
（）12. Why will Kate stay at home on National Day?
A. Because she has to look after her parents.
B. Because she has to help her friend learn English.
C. Because she has to study Maths at home.
听一段对话，回答第13～14小题。

（）13. Where does the woman want to go?
A. Factory.
B. Train station.
C. Museum.
（）14. Where is the place the woman wants to go?
A. Between a fruit shop and a bookshop.
B. Next to a fruit shop and a bookshop.
C. Behind a fruit shop and a bookshop.
听一段对话，回答第15～17小题。

（）15. How does the man seem to feel after this interview（面试）?
A. Nervous
B. Hopeful
C. Excited
（）16. How many people have been asked for a second interview?
A. 1
B. 4
C. 8
（）17. What does the man’s girlfriend want?
A. She wants to find a job near Mark.
B. She hopes Mark offered the job.
C. She hopes Mark will find a job near her.
听一篇短文，回答第18～20小题。

Wendy’s day
Morning ● She gets up at 7:30.
● She takes 18 and then a bus to go to work.
Afternoon She 19 .
Evening ● She has a rest at home.
● She goes to bed 20 .
（）18. A. the underground B. a taxi C. a train
（）19. A. visits other companies B. writes reports C. has meetings
（）20. A. at 11:30 p.m. B. before 11 p.m. C. later than 11:30 p.m.
听一篇短文，回答第21～25小题。

（）21.How many meals do Americans usually have a day?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
（）22.When do Americans have breakfast?
A. Before 8 a.m
B. At 8 a.m
C. After 8a.m
（）23.When do Americans have supper?
A. At 6 p.m
B. At 8 p.m
C. Between 6 p.m and 8 p.m
（）24. Where do Americans usually have breakfast and supper?
A. At home
B. In their offices
C. Near a workplace
（）25. What comes last after Americans have supper?
A. Vegetables
B. Meat
C. Dessert
听一篇短文，回答第26～30小题。

（）26.What did Mrs Brown want to buy ?
A. A sweater.
B. A pair of jeans.
C. A coat.
（）27.Why didh’t Mrs Brown buy it at once ?
A. She didn’t like the colour.
B. She didn’t have enough money.
C. She was busy. （）28.Why didn’t her husband want her to buy it ?
A.She had so many sweaters.
B. It was too expensive.
C. It was not good enough. （）29.When did her husband agree to buy it ?
A. The next day.
B. After a week.
C. The third day.
（）30.Who bought the sweater at last ?
A. Mrs Brown.
B. Mr Brown.
C. Nobody.
二、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）
（）31. —Do you know ______ man on TV?
— Yes, he is _______ honest person. Now he is planning ____ one-day trip.
A. a, an, an
B. an, the, a
C. the, an, a
D. the, a, an
（）32. Please tell him to leave the window ________.
A. open
B. opened
C. is open
D. opening
（）33. The weather in Beijing is colder than ______ in Guangzhou.
A. that
B. it
C. this
D. One
（）34. — Mum, could you buy me a dress like this?
— OK, we can buy _____ one than this, but _______ this.
A. a better, better than
B. a worse, as good as
C. a more important, not as good as
D. a cheaper, as good as
（）35. He arrived ________ Nanjing _________ the evening of July 8th.
A. in, in
B. in, on
C. at, on
D. at, in
（）36. You must be tired now. Why not ___________ a rest .
A. to stop to have
B. to stop having
C. stop having
D. stop to have
（）37. Not only my friends but also I _________ interested in those plays.
A. are
B. am
C. is
D. were
（）38. Shanghai is bigger than_____ in Jiangsu province and bigger than_______ in China.
A. any city, any city
B. any city, any other city
C. any other city, the other cities
D. any other city, any city
（）39. I am spending as much time as I can for the mid-term exam these days.
A. practicing speaking English
B. practice speaking English
C.practicing to speak English
D.to practice speak English
（）40. There are many trees on side of the street, and of the trees is still increasing.
A. both; the number
B. either; the number
C. both; a number
D. either; a number
（）41. — What is your best friend like?
— .
A. He likes football
B. He is humorous and honest
C. He is 15 years old
D. He looks different
（）42. —I’d like to buy Guo Jingming’s Tiny Times.
— You had better his books. The stories he tells are far from real life.
A. don’t read
B. not to read
C. not reading
D. not read
（）43. We can put the prefix “un-” before the following words to give them the opposite meaning except（除了） .
A. correct
B. comfortable
C. certain
D. interesting
（）44. Daniel had one month last summer and he took a course DIY.
A. off; in
B. for; about
C. away; on
D. off; for
（）45. —Don’t play with fire.
—_________
A .It’s right. B. Sorry, I won’t do it again. C. It doesn’t matter. D.I know
三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）
Professional sports are very popular in the United States and they are big business. The most popular sports are basketball and football. 46 has its own season and millions of supporters. Professional teams are named for the
47 where they are located（位于）.When a team plays in a championship game, most people in the city 48 the game with 49 and enthusiasm（热情）.
Basketball is famous around the world. Professional basketball games in the US are played indoors during winter months. From November to April 50 can find a professional basketball game several nights a week in most large American cities. It is a national sport. There are basketball matches 51 every night of the week and 52 weekends as well. The season begins in April and 53 in the October.
Football 54 another popular professional sport in the US. It is played on Sundays 55 the fall. American football is different 56 international football, which is called 57 .
Both games need strength and skills（体能和技巧）. Many young people would like 58 professional players because a professional player can 59 millions of dollars for their playing skill. American best players may be 60 than the country’s president.
（）46. A. Every B. both C. Each D. All
（）47.A.cities B.games C.homes D.players
（）48. A. follow B. walk C. run D. jump
（）49.A. interest B. interesting C. interested D. interests
（）50. A. somebody B. one C. anyone D. everybody
（）51.A. nearly B. close C. closely D. near
（）52.A. for B. in C. on D. during
（）53.A. finish B. finishing C. finished D. finishes
（）54.A. became B. is become C. will become D. become
（）55.A. in B. while C. on D. at
（）56. A. of B. from C. with D. about
（）57. A. eraser B. soccer C. biscuit D. elevator
（）58. A. be B. to be C. do D. to do
（）59.A. make B. had C. gets D. receiving
（）60. A. happier B. poorer C. richer D. healthier
四、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，计30分）
A
In China, more and more villagers have left to make a living in big cities. As a result, their children have become left-behind children and they need more care. The survey below is from villages in Yongzhou, Hunan Province. Three hundred children were chosen to answer the questions.
What they want Love Money Freedom Control
Something
else 40% 18% 28% 10% 4%
Who to talk with Oneself Family members No one 27% 55% 18%
Communicate（交流）with their parents freely or not Yes A little difficult No 46% 44% 10%
The way they like to live Living with
parents
Living without
parents
No idea 58% 14% 28%
What they think of their parents’working in cities Bad Good No idea 20% 39% 41%
Happiest place School Home Friends’ homes 48% 34% 18%
（）61. In the survey, children were asked about many things except .
A. pocket money
B. places they like
C. their needs
D. their parents’ working in cities （）62. Of all the four things, the left-behind children need most.
A. love
B. money
C. control
D. freedom
（）63. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. About one out of every two children has no one to talk with.
B. All of the children prefer to stay at home without their parents.
C. About 1/3 of the children think their parents’ working in cities is bad.
D. More than half of the children think it is good to live with their parents. （）64. How many children think their happiest place is their school?
A. 48.
B. 102.
C. 144.
D. 156.
（）65. We can learn from the survey that .
A. most left-behind children want more freedom without their parents
B. over 40% of the children have difficulty talking to their parents freely
C. all the left-behind children dream of making money in big cities
D. most villagers prefer living a peaceful life in the countryside
B
A group of classmates got together to visit their old teacher.
These classmates all had good jobs and made lots of money. They talked happily. Then their talk soon turned to complaining about the stress（压力）in work and life. The teacher went to the kitchen and came back with a large pot of coffee and many cups—china（瓷制的）ones, plastic ones and glass ones. Some are plain（朴素的）looking, some are expensive and some are lovely. The teacher told them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said, “Can you notice that all of you took nice-looking expensive cups, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones? You want only the best for yourselves, and that is the source（根源）of your problems.”
“What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you went for the best cups and then began looking at each other’s cups.”
“Now think about this: life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position（位置）in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold, and do not change the life. Sometimes, by caring only about the cups, we fail to enjoy the coffee. So don’t let the cups drive you, and enjoy the coffee instead.”
（）66. What did the group of classmates get together for?
A. Visiting their old teacher.
B. Enjoying coffee.
C. Complaining about their stress in work and life.
D. Showing each other’s good jobs.
（）67. What cups did the teacher give to his students?
A. All china cups.
B. Plastic and glass cups.
C. Beautiful cups.
D. Different kinds of cups.
（）68. In their teacher’s eyes, why did they have so much stress?
A. Because they cared too much about things that were not important.
B. Because they understood the meaning of life.
C. Because they knew about life itself and enjoyed it.
D. Because they drank too much coffee.
（）69. What is the best title（标题）of this passage?
A. Coffee or Cup
B. An Old Teacher
C. Stress in Your Life
D. Enjoy the coffee
（）70. What can we learn from the teacher’s words?
A. We should use the plain and cheap cups to drink coffee.
B. We should think much of cups.
C. We should care about life itself instead of unimportant things.
D. We should learn how to work out problems in our work and life.
C
Soon it would be the holidays. But before that, there were the end of year exams. All the students worked hard for some time. If they didn't pass, they would have to take the exams in September again. Some students failed, but Kate decided not to be one of them. She worked hard all day, but just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister was worried about her. She was staying up too late（熬夜）. The night before the first exam, Barbala insisted（坚持）that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised（许诺）to wake her in the morning.
As she was falling asleep, Kate was worried in case（万一）she over-slept. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of the pill, she fell asleep. she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper.
She couldn't answer any of the questions. Everyone round her was writing pages and pages. However hard she thought, she couldn't find anything to write about. She kept looking at her watch. Time was running out. There was only one hour left. She started one question, wrote two sentences, gave up and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started crying. Her whole body shook（摇晃，震颤）. It shook so much that it woke her up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible dream. A minute later, Barbala called her name.
（）71. Which of the following is true?
A. All the students were usually successful in their exams.
B. Not all students passed the year exams.
C. Every one of the students could pass the end of year exams.
D. None of the students would take the exams again in September.
（）72. When you prepare for an exam,________.
A. you go over（复习）your lessons.
B. you read new books.
C. you take the exam again and again.
D. you look through the exam.
（）73. Kate worked very hard before the exams for ______.
A. she was very poor at her lessons.
B. she decided to be the best one in her class.
C. she didn't work hard all year.
D. she didn't want to fail in them.
（）74. Why did Barbala insist that Kate should take a sleeping pill?
A. Because she thought Kate should oversleep before the first exam.
B. Because Kate was so worried about her exams that she couldn't go to sleep at all.
C. Because Barbala hoped her sister would have a good sleep before the first exam.
D. Because she had promised to wake her up the next morning.
（）75. Kate dreamed a terrible dream simply because ______.
A. she had taken a sleeping pill.
B. she was too worried about her exams.
C. her sister had forgotten to wake her up.
D. she did not pass the exams.
第二部分非选择题
五、词形变化（每空1分，计15分）
1. Last weekend, Jack didn’t play computer games but read some books, _________.（反而，却）
2. No one knows_________（确切地）when Chinese first grew watermelons.
3. At Halloween, children have fun __________（敲击）on each door.
4. Lucy with her parents _________an important meeting every weekend.（出席）
5. You’ll do nothing if you follow his ______________.（指令）
6. This mountain is 5540 meters in _______（high）.
7. He took medicine（药）, but he felt even ______（bad）.
8. He plans to go abroad for ___________ study after he finishes his college.（far）
9. After waiting for a long time, Tom became _________（patient）and left _______（angry）.
10. Taylor Swift is famous for her country music. She is one of ______（hot）singers in the USA.
11. Do you know all the ________names on the list ?（win）
12. How amazed I was __________（see）the main sights of the world in just one day!
13. If you answer the question ___________（correct）, you will lose the game.
14. Sandy______ a pet dog as her good friend when she was young.（choose）
六、任务型阅读（20分）
A. 阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。

写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。

（每空一词, 共10空；每空1分，计10分）
Have you ever wondered what an American high school is really like? This article will describe a typical（典型
的）high school and its students.
A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students. Every student is given a locker. When students first arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would like to loan（租借）instead of buying them. Students must pay back if they lost any of them.
American students have different types of school transport. They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn passing grades in the class and also pass their state driver’s exam, they can begin driving themselves to school.
Each day, students take six or seven classes. They must take science, math, English and social studies. They can choose art, homemaking, fashion design and other classes. In some schools students are required to take one or more of the following special classes: health education, physical education or foreign language studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because each teacher has their own classroom. There is a five-minute break between classes, to give the students the time to hurry to their next class.
The regular school day usually ends early in the afternoon. After school more than half of the students take part in after-school activities. These activities include sports-especially football, basketball, baseball and soccer or clubs, such as yearbook, speech, school newspaper, photograph or student government.
Title: 1 in an American High School
Outline Details
Introduction ◇It gives an overview of a typical American high school and its 2 .
Lockers and textbooks ◇Every student has a locker for textbooks and 3 clothes. ◇They like loaning textbooks better than 4 them.
5 transport ◇Students usually go to school by bus or on foot. Sometimes their
6 send them to school by car.
◇They can 7 themselves to school when they are over 16 and have passed the required tests.
Classes and classrooms ◇Students have to take main classes, elective classes and sometimes one or more
8 classes.
◇They go to 9 classrooms for each subject.
After-school activities[ ◇After school most of the students 10 in their favourite activities, including sports and clubs.
1. ___________
2. ___________
3. ___________
4. ___________
5. ___________
6. ___________
7. ___________
8. ___________
9. ___________ 10. __________
B. 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

（10分）
Now and then we all get ill. Then we usually go to see a doctor. Doctors know a lot about what makes us ill. They may give us something to take. The medicine often makes us well again. But sometimes the doctor's medicine doesn't work. A sick person does not get well. The pain（疼痛）will not go away. This happened to one man. He was in hospital, but he was not getting well. Then he found a new“doctor”inside himself. This new“doctor”was his own sense of humor. He saw funny films. He read funny books. And something wonderful happened. Laughing took away his pain. Then he was able to sleep and rest. His own happy feeling helped him to feel well again. He said laughing was his best“medicine”.His doctor thought so, too.
Another man was also ill, and he had a terrible pain in his back. The doctors could not stop it from hurting. So the man began to “Picture”his pain. In his head he“drew”a picture of a dog. He imagined（想象）it as a real dog. And he
made friends with the dog. And his pain went away!
These stories may surprise you. But more and more people are getting well in this way. So visit the “doctor” inside your own head and you can stay happy and well.
1. Does medicine always work?
____________________________________________________________________________
2.How many sick men are mentioned（提及）in this passage?
____________________________________________________________________________
3. Who was the first sick man's new“doctor”?
____________________________________________________________________________
4. Who made the second sick man well again, the doctor or the“dog”in his head?
____________________________________________________________________________
5 .Why does the writer ask us to visit the “doctor”inside our head?
____________________________________________________________________________
七、首字母填空。

（每空一词，计10分）
China is a large country with a long h 1 . Our ancestors（祖先）created（创造）excellent cultures for us. Once China was the s 2 country in the world, especially in Tang Dynasty. But for more than one hundred years China has fallen behind other countries for some r 31 . Other countries s 4 no respect（尊重）to our nation and even invaded（侵犯）China.
H 5 ,Chinese people are hard-working and peace-loving. Under the lead of the Communist Party of China. China is now the s 6 largest country in economy（经济）in the world. In the past , great changes t 7 place in our country. Whenever people ask me a 8 my feeling of China. I can say proudly, “I’m proud of being a Chinese.” As s 9 , we should study hard to serve（服务）our country. The harder we study, the b 10 we can serve our country in the future.
1. ___________
2. ___________
3. ___________
4. ___________
5. ___________
6. ___________
7. ___________
8. ___________
9. ___________ 10. __________
八、书面表达（计1５分）
假设你有一名叫南希的好朋友。

请根据以下信息以My best friend为题，用英语写一篇介绍她的短文。

要求：语言流畅，条理清晰，词数80词左右。

1. Nancy方脸，有明亮、微笑的眼睛。

2. 她友好而慷慨，乐于助人，富有幽默感，总是面带微笑，从不说任何人的坏话。

3. 她是DIY俱乐部的新成员，她对自己动手做很痴迷。

4. 她家里有很多不同种类的工具，例如：（such as ）剪刀，胶水，刷子。

5. 她喜欢修理东西和装饰房子。

6. 她打算长大后成为一名时装设计师（fashion designer）。

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泰州市第二中学附属初中2014－2015学年度第一学期期中考试
八年级英语试题答题纸
成绩__________
第一部分 选择题
第二部分 非选择
题
五、词形变化（每空1分，计15分） 1. ___________ 2. ___________ 3. ___________ 4. ___________ 5. ___________ 6. ___________ 7. ___________ 8. ___________ 9.
___________ ___________ 10. __________ 11 ___________ 12.
__________
13. __________ 14. ___________ 六、任务型阅读（20分） A.
1. ___________
2. ___________
3. ___________
4. ___________
5. ___________
6. ___________
7. ___________
8. ___________
9. ___________ 10. __________ B.
1. ____________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________
1. 16. 31. 46. 61.
2. 17. 32. 47. 62.
3. 18. 33. 48. 63.
4. 19. 34. 49. 64.
5. 20. 35. 50. 65.
6. 21. 36. 51. 66.
7. 22. 37. 52. 67.
8. 23. 38. 53. 68.
9. 24. 39. 54. 69. 10. 25. 40. 55. 70. 11. 26. 41. 56. 71. 12. 27. 42. 57. 72. 13. 28. 43. 58. 73. 14. 29. 44. 59. 74. 15.
30.
45.
60.
75.
3. ____________________________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________________________________
八、首字母填空。

（每空一词，计10分）
1. ___________
2. ___________
3. ___________
4. ___________
5. ___________
6. ___________
7. ___________
8. ___________
9. ___________ 10. __________
八、书面表达（计15分）
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泰州市第二中学附属初中2014－2015学年度第一学期期中考试
八年级英语试题听力材料
A. 听下面10段对话。

每段对话后有1道小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

（每段对话
或短文读两遍）
1. W: My favourite sport is volleyball. What about you, Andy?
M: Skiing. It’s exciting.
2. W: Lee, did you go to Washington last month?
M: No. I just went to Paris for a holiday instead of Washington. I visited some places of interest there.
3. M: Is that boy under the tree your brother?
W: No. That boy has long hair. My brother Jack has short hair and he always wears a pair of glasses.
4. M: Kitty went to the Great Wall by bus last Sunday. What about you, Sally?
W: I went to the Palace Museum by underground.
5. W: What’s your favourite subject at school, Andy?
M: Well, I like Geography and History. But I usually score the most points in a Chinese exam.
6. M: You look tired today. What’s wrong?
W: I went to bed too late last night. I did my homework and forgot the time.
7. M: Hi, Lily. I went to the Temple of Heaven with my cousin yesterday. What about you?
W: Hi, Tom. I went to the Monument to the People’s Heroes.
8. W: Are you going to have dinner with us later?
M: I’d like to, but I have to finish my report on my school trip first.
9. M: I’d like to travel around the world when I grow up.
W: Sounds great. I want to be a climber and I will visit all the famous mountains around the world.
10. M: Is this your pencil box, Linda?
W: No, it isn’t. My pencil box is bigger than this one. This one looks the same size as Jim’s. I think it may be his.
B. 听下面几段对话或短文。

每段对话或短文后各有几道小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选
项。

（每段对话或短文读两遍）
听一段对话，回答第11～12小题。

W: National Day is coming. What are you going to do, Tom?
M: I’ll visit the great Wall with my parents. What about you, Kate?
W: I have to stay at home. You know, my maths is not very good.
M: Don’t worry. I will help you after the holiday.
W: Thank you. Have a good journey.
听一段对话，回答第13～14小题。

W: Excuse me, sir .Can you tell me the way to the train station?
M: Yes. Go along this street and turn left at the second crossing. You’ll see a bookshop on your left and a fruit shop next to the bookshop. The train station is behind them .You can’t miss it.
W: Thank you very much.
M: It’s a pleasure.
听一段对话，回答第15～17小题。

W: Hi, Mark. Are you in town for another job interview?
M: Yes, I’m hopeful this time. I’ve just finished my second interview with this company.
W: That sounds great. How many people are they interviewing?
M: They interviewed 16 the first time, and now four of us were chosen to go back for this interview.
W: Well, I hope it goes well. John and I would love it if you came back to this area to work., we are friends.
M: I would too. But my girlfriend doesn’t want to leave her family. She hopes I can find a job close to home.
W: Oh. What a strong decision. Good luck.
听一篇短文，回答第18～20小题。

My name is Wendy. Every morning, I get up at half past seven and leave my house at eight.
It takes me about an hour to get to work. First I take the underground. After three stops, I get off and catch a bus. This takes me to my office.
After working in the morning, I eat lunch at twelve. In the afternoon, I usually have some meetings. I finish working at six.
I often feel tired after a day’s work, so I go home and have a rest. I never go to bed later than eleven o’clock.
听一篇短文，回答21～25小题。

Americans usually eat three meals a day. Breakfast usually comes before eight o’clock in the morning. They usually have eggs, some meat, bread, fruit juice and coffee at home. Lunch is between twelve and one o’clock. Working people must take lunch with them or get it near the workplace. Children take sandwiches, fruit and cookies with them or eat at school. Supper, the main meal, is between six and eight in the evening. They may have chicken, turkey and duck. They may all have potatoes or rice, vegetables or salad. The drink is coffee, tea or milk. Dessert comes last.
听一篇短文，回答第26～30小题。

One day, Mrs Brown saw a beautiful sweater in a clothing shop. She liked it very much, so she wanted to buy it at once. But she didn't bring enough money with her. Then she went back home and told her husband that she wanted to buy the sweater. But her husband said she had so many sweaters that she didn't need to buy another one.
The next day, she told her husband that she still wanted to buy the sweater. The third day, she said the same thing. After a week, her husband told her she could go to buy the sweater. When
they went to the clothing shop, the sweater was still there. But Mrs Brown didn't want to buy it any more. “The others don't want to buy the sweater. I don't want to buy it, either,”she said.。