I was in my third year of teaching writing at Ralph High School in New York, when one of my students, 15-year-old Mikey, gave me a note from his mother. It explained his absence from class the day before:

    "Dear Mr. McCort, Mikey's grandmother, who is eighty years of age, fell down the stairs from too much coffee and I kept Mikey at home to take care of her and his baby sister so I could go to my job. Please excuse Mikey and he'll do his best in the future. P.S. His grandmother is OK."

    I had seen Mikey writing the note at his desk. l said nothing. Most parental-excuse notes I received were penned by my students. The writers of those notes didn't realize that honest excuse notes were usually boring: "Peter was late because the alarm clock didn't go off."

    The students always said it was hard putting 200 words together on any subject, but when they produced excuse notes, they were excellent. So I decided to give the first class to study the art of the excuse note.

    “Today I'd like you to write 'An Excuse Note from Adam to God' or 'An Excuse Note from Eve to God'. "Heads went down. Pens raced across paper. They had to be asked to go to lunch by their friends.[来源:学|科|网Z

    The next day everyone had excuse notes. Heated discussions followed. But suddenly I saw the headmaster at the door. He entered the classroom and walked up and down, looking at papers, and then said. "I'd like you to see me in my office." My heart sank,

    When I stepped into his office, he came to shake my hand and said, "I just want to tell you that lesson, that task, was great. Those kids were writing on the college level. Thank you."

1.What did the writer do when he found the students dishonest?

A. He reported them to the headmaster.

B. He lectured them hard on honesty.

C. He had them take notes-n class.

D. He helped improve their writing skills.

2.We can learn that when Mikey was absent from the class, he was____.

A. somewhere enjoying himself

B. taking care of his baby sister

C. looking after his grandmother

D. studying the art of the excuse note

3.How did the writer usually find out his students' parental excuse notes were dishonest?

A. They were written in boring words.

B. He called their parents and found out the truth.

C. They were more like stories than facts.

D. The handwriting clearly looked like children's.

4.Which of the following is true?

A. The writer has many years of teaching experience.

B. The students are good at writing excuse notes.

C. The headmaster was angry with the writer.

D. Most of the excuse notes were written by the parents.

5.Which of the following best describes the writer as a teacher?

A. Honest.               B. Strict.                   C. Hardworking.    D. Wise.

 

 

                               Visit Forest Zoo

     Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from Northeast of China. The beautiful birds from England are ready to sing songs for you, and the monkeys from Mount Emei will be happy to talk to you. The lovely dogs from Australia want to laugh at you. Sichuan pandas will play balls for you. The giraffes from Africa are waiting to look down on you.

     Tickets                                Opening time:

     Grown-up (成人): ¥3                    9:00 a.m.--- 4:00 p.m.

     Children: Over(高于)1.4m: ¥2          except(除了) Friday:

               Under1.4m:  Free              10:00 a.m. ---- 3:00 p.m.

     Keep the zoo clean!

     Do not touch(触摸), give food or go near to the animals.

1.How many kinds of animals are there in the zoo?

A Six.    B. Seven.   C. Eight.     D. Four.

2.How much does Mr. Smith have to pay if he visit the zoo with his son who is 1.45m?

A. 4.      B. 5.     C. 7.   D. 6.

3.Can we visit the zoo at 9:30 a.m. on Friday?

A. No, we can’t.   B. Yes, we can.  C. If we pay, we can. D. We don’t know.

4.Which of the following is wrong?

A. We can hear the songs from English beautiful birds.  

B. We can’t give the food to the animals to keep the zoo clean.

C. We can go to the zoo at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday.  

D. We can touch the animals to show that we are friendly to them.

5.What is the passage?

A. A notice(通知).           

B. A post(海报) from the zoo. 

C. A result of an animal survey.   

D. An essay(论说文).

 

A beautiful and very successful actress was the star for a new musical show. Her home was in the country, but she didn’t want to go back there every night, so she bought an expensive house in the center of the city, got some beautiful furniture and got a man to paint the rooms in new colour.
It was very difficult to get tickets for her show in the evening, because everyone wanted to see it. So she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of month, when she got the painter’s bill. At the bottom of it were these words: “Four hours from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. watching Miss Hall sing and dance: 3 pounds,” with this note: “Before 5:00 p.m. I get 10 shillings (先令)an hour and after 5:00 p.m. 15 shillings.”

  1. 1.

    The actress bought a house in the center of the city because        .

    1. A.
      she liked to live in the busiest place
    2. B.
      she didn’t like to live in the country
    3. C.
      she wanted to work harder than before
    4. D.
      she didn’t want to live in old house
  2. 2.

    In order to make the painter work better for her, the actress        .

    1. A.
      gave him two tickets for her show
    2. B.
      sang and danced for four hours
    3. C.
      decided to give him 3 pounds
    4. D.
      invited him for a big dinner
  3. 3.

    The actress got the painter’s bill        .

    1. A.
      to ask for the money of his painting work
    2. B.
      to ask her to pay for his watching her show
    3. C.
      in which he showed his thanks for the tickets
    4. D.
      in which he expressed his dissatisfaction
  4. 4.

    It can be learned from the text that one pound is         shillings.

    1. A.
      10
    2. B.
      12
    3. C.
      15
    4. D.
      20
  5. 5.

    What kind of man was the painter?

    1. A.
      He was a careful man.
    2. B.
      He was a poor man.
    3. C.
      He was not friendly to others.
    4. D.
      He knew little about music and dance.

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