Send Me to the Police Station

Mr. Brown was good ____ singing. So he found work in a school. There he taught the students ____ . He worked hard and most of his students sang ____ . But he liked drinking and ____ much money on it. Sometimes he couldn’t go to school on time. The headmaster told him to be careful of it. But soon he forgot it.

Once Mr. Brown drank much and lay in the street. The policemen carried him to school. The headmaster was so angry that he decided to send him away.

Now he was out of work. Few people would help him. One morning he was very ____ while he ____ by a beautiful house. He found the gate open and quickly went in. He wanted to find some ____ . Suddenly he saw a man coming towards him. He went into a room. There were a lot of instruments (乐器) in it. And soon a girl came in. He had to lie under a desk. The girl began to sing. She sang badly but it ____ two hours. At twelve o’clock another girl came to play the piano. She played even ___ . Mr. Brown couldn’t stay there any ____ . He came out and said, “Send me to the police station.”

1.A. at B. to C. for D. in

2.A. maths B. music C. art D. P. E.

3.A. good B. bad C. well D. badly

4.A. pays B. spends C. cost D. spent

5.A. hungry B. asleep C. tired D. thirsty

6.A. walk B. walks C. is walking D. was walking

7.A. orange B. milk C. food D. water

8.A. last B. lasted C. was D. went

9.A. well B. badly C. better D. worse

10.A. long B. longer C. longest D. the longest

1.A 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.A 6.D 7.C 8.B 9.D 10.B 【解析】本篇文章难度适中,主要讲述一个音乐老师爱喝酒而被开除。有一天,他进入一个漂亮的房子里想要找些吃的,但是有学生进来练习音乐,他不得不躲在桌子下面,但是学生们唱的歌曲和弹奏的音乐实在太难听了,最后他忍无可忍,从桌子底下爬出来,主动要求他们将他送到警察局。...

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, “Goodbye loved kowihn yu I amj leaving.”

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

“What do you mean by the message you just sent to 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 succeeded 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 for the passage?

A. Woman Kills Herself

B. Man Saves E-mail Friend

C. A Strange Message

D. Two Good Friends

1.B 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.C 【解析】本篇文章难度适中,主要讲述吉姆猜测他的网友要自杀,并报了警,最后救了这个女人一命。 1.细节理解题。根据He had talked to her on e-mail many times in the last ten days可知,他们在网上聊天,故选B。 2.推理判断题。根据 All the other ...
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