阅读理解

  One morning in April, Jim Reed checked his e-mail. It was from a woman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He had talked to her on e-mail many times in the last ten days. All the other messages were fun and interesting to read. This message was different.

  The message said,“Good-bye loved kowihn yu I amj leavig.”

  Mr. Reed was frightened by the message. He tried to understand the words that were not spelled tight. He quickly wrote a

message to his new friend.

  “What do you mean by the message you just sent me?”

  He waited but did not get an answer. He wrote back,“Please talk to me.”

  Finally, she wrote,“I am fallllljg asleep what ti say gildgye ti ny friends.”Mr. Reed thought hard about this message.“Is she going to kill herself?”he thought.

  “What is your phone number?” he typed. The woman sent a phone number. Mr. Reed called. At first the phone was busy.

Then it just rang and rang. He called the police in Pittsburgh, and told them his story. Then he faxed them what his friend wrote.

  The police and paramedics (医护人员) quickly went to the woman' s house. When she didn't answer the doorbell, they broke in. They found her on the floor near the computer. She told them,“I took 60 pills.”The paramedics rushed her to the hospital.

  “Mr. Reed did a great job of saving this woman,”the police captain said.“If he hadn't guessed at the e-message, she would

be dead now.”The woman is fine now, and she thanks Mr. Reed for saving her life.

(1) Mr. Reed talked with the woman ________.

[  ]

A. by telephone
B. on the Internet
C. at his home
D. in the office

(2) The e-message he found was strange because ________.

[  ]

A. it was fun to read

B. it was not interesting like usual ones

C. the woman wrote nothing.

D. the woman wrote it ten days ago

(3) As soon as Mr. Reed read the e-message, he ________.

[  ]

A. wrote back to ask her about the meaning of the message

B. called the police for help

C. went to save the woman himself

D. felt frightened and turned off the computer

(4) The woman wanted to ________

[  ]

A. say goodbye to Mr. Reed
B. sleep for a whole day
C. kill herself by taking pills
D. make fun of Mr. Reed

(5) What's the best title (题目) of the passage?

[  ]

A. Woman Kills Herself
B. Man Saves E-Mail Friend
C. A Strange Message
D. Two Good Friends

阅读Fishing Can Be Dangerous

  Old Peter liked fishing.Whenever he had any free time he drove into the countryside, found a good place to fish, and spent a few hours fishing.The problem was that most of the best places to fish were on private land, and Peter often had to pull his rod out of the water quickly and run off with it when the owner of the land came along.

  One day he was sitting by a river that ran through a rich man's property when he fell asleep.

  He was awakened by a voice saying, “You'll never catch anything using that bait.”

  Peter looked up and saw a man standing behind him.

  “What do you mean?”Peter said.“There's nothing wrong with this bait.I always use it.I've caught thirty fish with it today already.”

  “How interesting!” the man said.“Do you know who I am?”

  Peter shook his head.

  “I'm the owner of this land.”

  Peter thought very quickly.

  “Do you know who I am?” he asked.

  The man shook his head.

  “I'm the biggest liar in the country,” Peter told him.

  And with these words he pulled his line out of the water and ran off as fast as he could.

  Notes:

  whenever/wen'ev+/adv.无论何时

  private/'praivit/adj.私人的

  rod/'r&d/n.竿

  owner/'+un+/n.所有者

  property/'pr&p+ti/n.财产

  awakened n.(awaken的过去分词…was awakened by…:……被……唤醒

  bait/beit/n.诱饵

  liar/'lai+/n.说谎者

  line/lain/n.线

Exercises

A.Choose the best answer to each question about the story.(根据故事内容,选择最佳答案)

1.Whenever Peter had some spare time he ________.

a)went for a drive in his car

b)visited his friends

c)went fishing

d)looked for some private land

2.Most of the best places to fish were ________.

a)owned by someone

b)a long way from Peter's home

c)difficult to find

d)near a river

3.Peter told the man ________.

a)not to use his bait

b)that his bait was very good

c)that he never used bait

d)that the bait wasn't any good

4.Why did Peter tell the man he was “the biggest liar in the country”?

a)He had lied to him about the fish.

b)He didn't know who he was.

c)He was using the wrong bait.

d)He wanted the man to believe he had lied(撒谎).

B.Complete sentences将句子a)、b)、c)、d)分别与短语e)、f)、g)、h)连线,使其成为完整的句子。)

a)Peter often spent a few hours

e)the most of the best places to fish were on private land.

b)He usually fished on private land because

f)the same kind of bait.

c)He always used

g)the owner of the land arrived.

d)He often had to run away when

h)fishing in the countryside.

C.What do you like doing in your free time?

1.列举业余时间你通常做的事:fishing, going for a drive, playing basketball, listening to the music________, ________, ________, ________, ________

2.What should we do in our spare time?Give comments评价所写的活动

如:We should go fishing in our spare time.It’s very relaxing.

3.写信给你的朋友告诉她/他,你业余时间喜欢做什么及原因(可以用I,…, you’ll…)。

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