Hello Sandy,

We have just returned form our holiday. We went with our friendsEdward Smith and his wife Tina, to the Yorkshire Moors. It is a beautiful natural park. There are lots of places to walk on the tops of the hillsmiles of grassland with no peoplejust sheep and birds.

? Edward had just come out of hospital and he could not walk as far as before. However, this meant that we walked in the mornings, and then stopped at a restaurant for lunch each day before returning to the place we lived in. Edward and I slept in front of the fire all afternoon, while the ladies went for another walk. Very pleasant!

I took lots of photos from the place we lived in, across the valley (山谷)below us, of the morning sunrise, and the mist(迷雾)in the valley. Also, in England, the old steam-powered trains are very popular. I took many photos of the train.

Yesterday we had the first snow of this winter. It is very early. We usually have snow in January. It rained all day, then snowed in the evening .Today we have bright sunshine! Both Jenny and I are well. I dont know if I told you, in the last e-mail , that Jenny is now working in a hotel. Although she has to work hard, people there are nice, and she is enjoying the work.

Please write to us to tell us your news.

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Yours,?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Victor

1.What can they see on the tops of the hills??

A. Sheep and birds?? B. Snow.?? C. Many people.?? D. Forests.

2.Why couldnt Edward walk very far?

A. Because he didnt like walking.???? B. Because he was in hospital.

C. Because he was weak then.???????? D. Because his wife didnt go.

3.Whats the season now?

A. Spring?????? B. Winter???? C. Summer??? D. Autumn

4.Where does Jenny work now?

A. In a computer company????? B. In the hospital

C. In a restaurant????????????? D. In a hotel

5.Victor wrote to tell Sandy _____.

A. he just came back from his holiday???

B. Edward could not walk as far as before

C. they had the first snow of this winter?

D. how things were going with the holiday.

 

An old man lived alone in a town.He wanted to dig up his potato garden ,but it was very hard work.His only son who would have helped him was in prison.So the old man wrote a letter to his son and said:

Dear Son,

I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won’t be able to plant potatoes in my garden this year.I’d hate to miss doing it ,because your mother always loved planting time.I’m just getting too old to dig up a garden.If you were here ,all my troubles would be over.I know you would dig up the garden for me if you weren’t in prison.

Love, Dad

Soon the old man received a letter: Dad don’t dig up the garden! That’s where I buried the guns!”

At 4 a.m. the next morning some policemen showed up and dug up the whole garden without finding any guns.The old man was surprised and wrote another note to his son .He told him what had happened and asked him what to do next.

His son’s reply was: Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad.It’s the best I could do for you from here.”

No matter where you are in the world, if you have decided to do something deep from your heart, you can do it.It is the thought that matters.

1.What was the old’s trouble?

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2.How was the old man’ feeling when he was writing to his son ?

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3.Could the old man plant his potatoes at last ?

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4. What do you think of the old man’ son ?

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5.What is the title of this passage?

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