Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at school. When I made my first visit to the United States, I was sure I could have a nice and easy holiday without any language problem. But how wrong I was!
At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to tell my friend Danny that I had arrived. An American asked if he could help me. "Yes," I said, '1 want to give my friend a ring."
"Well, that's nice. Are you getting married?" he asked. "No," I replied, "I just want to tell him I have arrived." "Oh," he said, "there is a phone downstairs on the first floor." "But we're on the first floor now," I said.
"Well, I don't know what you are talking about Maybe you aren't feeling too well after your journey," he said. "Just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better." And he went off, leaving me wondering where on earth I was: At home we wash up after a meal to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?
At last we did meet. Danny explained the misunderstanding: Americans say "to give someone a call", but we English say "to give somebody a ring". When we say "to wash your hands", they say "to wash up". And Englishmen start numbering from the ground floor so the first floor is the second for Americans.
【小题1】The writer went to America by  ______.
A.planeB.shipC.busD.train
【小题2】The writer went to America for______   .
A.education B.businessC.holidayD.friendship
【小题3】The American thought "a ring" should be a________  .
A.phone call B.presentC.personD.letter
【小题4】Englishmen usually wash up________ .
A.after dinner B.after a journey
C.when they are tiredD.before they telephone someone
【小题5】The third floor in England is the ______floor in America.
A.firstB.second C.thirdD.Fourth

“Do you like my dress?” She asked a lady. “My Mum made it just for me,” she said with tears in her eyes.
“Well, I think it’s very pretty, so tell me, little girl, why are you crying?”
The little girl answered in a low voice, “After Mum made me this dress, she went away. My Dad says that she’s up in heaven with grandfather.”
Finally the woman realized why she was crying. She felt very sorry for the little girl and held the child in her arms.
Just before the lady wanted to go, the girl stopping crying, walked back from the woman, and showed her a spot (点) on her dress, and said, “Right here is where my Mum kissed my dress, and here,” pointing to another spot, “and here is another kiss, and here, and here. Mum said that she had put all those kisses on my dress so that I would forget my sadness.”
The lady realized that she wasn’t just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at mother. The mother knew that she was going away. So she gave all her love to her lovely daughter and put it into the dress.
The lady no longer saw a little girl wearing a simple dress. She saw a child in her mother’s love.
根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。
【小题1】The little girl was crying because her mother           .
A. died                     
B. went out with her grandfather       
C. was ill
【小题2】The girl told the woman the spots on her dress were           .
A. the strange designs      
B. her sadness                     
C. her mother’s kisses
【小题3】The little girl showed the lady           .
A. how beautiful her dress was
B. how happy she was
C. how great the mother’s love was
【小题4】According to the passage, it’s clear that the woman was           .
A. the girl’s relation     
B. a careless woman                
C. kind to the girl
【小题5】From the story, we learn that           .
A. a mother should take her child with her
B. mother’s love is the greatest in the world
C. a girl should wear a dress made by her mother

 

Dear editor,

My English teacher is very strict (严厉)with us. Several days ago, when we were having class, Tom asked me a question. But she thought we were speaking in class. She asked us to stand at the back of the classroom for a few minutes. This made me uncomfortable. After that, I feel nervous in her class, so I don’t like her class. However, I really want to learn English well. What should I do?

Yours,

Mike

 

Dear Mike,

I am sorry you are having difficulty with your English class. Every teacher wants his or her students to study hard especially in class. So I think you should have a talk with your English teacher and tell her what you were doing with Tom that day. If she knows your worries, maybe she will help you with your English. And she will be pleased to hear you want to learn English well. I believe when students are not trying as hard as they can, a teacher is forced(被迫)to take actions.

Yours,

Editor

1.What’s wrong with Mike?

A.He meets trouble with his parents.

B.He doesn’t know how to get on well with his classmates.

C.He has a hard time with his English class.

D.He is always speaking in class.

2.What happened in that English class?

A.Mike couldn’t answer the question. So the teacher asked him to stand.

B.Mike had an argument with Tom about the question.

C.Tom asked Mike a question, and the teacher thought they were speaking.

D.Mike felt uncomfortable because he was ill.

3.In the editor’s opinion, why did the English teacher punish(惩罚) Mike?

A.Because the English teacher didn’t think Mike was studying hard in class.

B.Because Mike answered the question wrong.

C.Because Mike was bad at English.

D.Because Mike had a fight with other students.

4.What does the underlined phrase“ take actions” mean in Chinese?

A.采取行动

B.参加活动

C.帮助

D.表演

5.What can we learn from the letters?

A.Mike wants to have a talk with his English teacher.

B.Mike wants the editor to say something to his English teacher.

C.The editor gave Mike some advice, but it didn’t work.

D.Mike dislikes English classes now, but he wants to learn English well.

 

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