Three years ago, I was a student, and I thought life was really good. I got up late. I spent the day
talking to friends, and then I studied all night. I wore jeans and sweatshirts and had long hair. I felt free.
  1    
       I moved to a new town three years ago. My job was interesting, but I was single and I didn't have
any friends. People at work were friendly but not very outgoing. We never did anything after work.  2     
       I'm Peter. My life seemed to come to an end three years ago. I lost my job. Then I lost weight and
looked terrible. Money became a problem, I was very sad. I need some good luck.  3    
将Jack, David, Peter三年前的生活与他们现在的生活相匹配。
A. Now my life has completely changed. I got married six months ago! My wife and I often have friends
over for dinner. We're talking classes several nights a week. It's great! We're ever talking about starting a
family soon.
B. Now I work as a computer programmer in an international company. I've moved to Seoul and have
started to learn Korean. Korean food is great, and rye gained several kilos. I feel much happier and
healthier.
C. Now I get up early in the morning and go to work. Of course, I dress up (打扮)now, and my hair is
shorter. I'm very busy during the day, but I don't really mind. At last my evenings are free.

1. ______

2. ______

3. ______

4. Write down what changes Peter has had during the two years. (2-3 sentences)
                                                                                                                                               

5. The underlined part "lost weight" and "gained several kilos" mean "____" and "____" in Chinese.

       Years ago, a college teacher gave a group of graduate students this job: Go to a poor place. Take
200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and find out their living environment. Then predict their chances for the future.
       After doing some research, the students found that 90% of the boys would spend some linein jail
(监狱).
       Twenty-five years later, another group of students was given the job: Go to test what the first group
of students had predicted. They went back to the same place. These 200 boys lad then become men.
Some of them were still there, a few had died and some had moved away. The students found that only
four of them had ever been sent to jail.
       These men had lived in a place full of crime (犯罪) for many years. Why did they have such a good
record? When the students asked the reason, the men said, "Well, there was a teacher."
       The students found the teacher. What did she do to these boys? Could she give the students any
reason why these boys should have remembered her?
       "No," she said, "no, I really couldn't give any reason." And then, thinking back over the years, she
said happily, "I loved those boys."

1. The first group of the students took ____ boys to help them to do their job.

A. 12            
B. 16            
C. 90            
D. 200

2. The underlined word "predict" in the passage most probably means _____ in Chinese.

A. 证明    
B. 预测    
C. 提供    
D. 证实

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Four of the boys had been sent to jail.  
B. The 200 boys were between 12 and 16.
C. The woman teacher could not give any reason at last.
D. The children lived in a place which was full of crime.

4. What's the main idea of this passage?

A. Predicting never works.  
B. Teacher's love can change children's life.
C. Two hundred boys were tested by students.
D. The two groups of students could predict the boys' future.

     The lecture on (1)__________(smoke) was over at last. While we boys (2)__________(rush)
towards the playground, Jim passed by the table. The watch, which Mrs. Smith had laid on the table
when she started her lecture, disappeared. We were going back for class again when the headmaster
(3)__________(call) us together and said, "I've got a little job for you boys. Mrs. Smith has just lost
her watch on the playground.
     This kind of thing (4)__________(happen) before." He said," It just fell off her wrist(手腕). So, look
around for it, will you? (5)__________(see) ff you're clever enough for it. You (6)__________(get) a
useful reward."
     At once we started looking for the watch. Everybody wished to be the lucky one. Suddenly, Jim
(7)__________(stop) and bent(弯) down as if to pick up something. And the next moment he was in
front of Mrs. Smith, all smile, turning in the watch to her. Mrs. Smith, however, (8)__________(not be)
pleased at all. In fact, she looked angry. She took the watch without even a "Thank you. "
     Jim got his reward ---a large piece of paper from the headmaster. He told Jim (9)__________(write) a
composition on the danger of smoking. What (10)__________(can) poor boy Jim write about? He hadn't
listen to the lecture and had nothing to say on the lecture.

     Mr. King is a tall and strong. man. He teaches P.E. in a middle school. He wears a long beard(胡子)
and takes good of it.
     It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on the playground in the centre
of the city. Mr. king likes the game very much and of course  he was going to watch it. With his friends'
help he got a ticket a few days ago. After breakfast he hurried to the bus stop, but a lot of people were
waiting there. A bus came and he hardly got on. There were plenty of people in it and it was difficult for
them to put their feet. He had to grip(抓住)a back  of the  chair. At the next stop a boy got on the bus.
He was short and couldn't grip anything. Suddenly the bus  stopped and the boy hardly fell to the floor.
He looked around and saw Mr. King's beard and grip it. The man found it at once and called out, "Let
go of(松开)my beard, boy!"
     "Are you going to get off, sir?" asked te boy.

1. Mr. King is a ___.

A. player
B. runner
C. teacher
D. driver

2.Mr. King was going to watch the match because ___.

A .he teaches P.E. in a middle school
B. he likes football very much
C. he had already got a ticket
D. he didn't go to work yesterday

3.It was difficult for Mr. King to stand because ___.

A. he had drunk too much
B. the bus was too small
C .he got on the bus too late
D. it was very crowded in the bus

4.The boy gripped Mr. King's beard because ___.

A. he was afraid to fall again
B. he wanted to make the man angry
C. he hoped the man to find a seat for him
D. he hoped the man to get off soon

5.Mr. King was afraid ___, so he shouted at him.

A. the boy would pull him down
B. the boy would hurt his beard
C. the boy could be hurt again
D. the boy would borrow his ticket

      Dave and Bob like playing very much. They often came up to the city from the country on Sundays to do some shopping, had a meal and then went to the theatre in the evening.    
      One evening it was twenty-five past eight and they were waiting for the play to begin. The theatre was  full. Everyone was laughing, talking and eating something. Soon the red curtain(幕) went slowly up, the       lights in the theatre went out(熄灭 ) and the play began. Then everyone was quiet. They watched, listened and thought. But it was a sad play. Dave and Bob didn't like it.      
      Last Sunday they saw a happy one and liked it. After the play Dave and Bob took the last train to        leave the city at ten past twelve.

1. Dave and Bob often went to         .    

A. the city from the village on Saturdays    
B. the country from the town on Sundays    
C. the city from the country on Sundays    
D. the theatre from the shop on Sundays

2. They went to the theatre in the evening        .    

A. before they did some shopping    
B. after they had a meal    
C. before they had a meal    
D. in the country

3. The theatre is full of          .  

A. talking              
B. laughing    
C. eating                
D. people

4. When the lights in the theatre went out,the people         .    

A. were quiet            
B. stood up    
C. began to talk          
D. went out of the theatre

5. They enjoyed going        .    

A. to the theatre to see a happy play    
B. to the theatre to see a sad play    
C. to the country to do some shopping    
D. to the country to have a meal

     A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn't know what she had to do and wanted to
give up. She felt tired of fighting and fighting. One problem had been finished but another came over.
     Her father, a cook, took her into the kitchen. He poured water into three pans and boiled (煮沸) them. After
boiling, in the first pan was put some carrots, the second was put some eggs and the last was put with coffee.
     The girl waited impatiently (不耐烦的), confused by what her father did. About 20 minutes later, her father
took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took the eggs and put them in a bowl. After that the coffee
was poured into a cup. "My sweet heart, what do you see?" he asked.
     "Carrots, eggs and coffee," she replied.
     Her father told her to close her eyes and asked her to touch the carrots. She did so and felt that the carrots
were soft. After that he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After peeling (剥开) them, she got the eggs,
cooked and hard. The last,the father let her smell the coffee. She asked, "What did you do this for, Father?" He
explained that each had the same unlucky experience-the boiling water,but each had a different result. The
strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak. The fragile eggs became hard after being cooked. The
coffee was very special, they could change water. "Who are you?" asked her father. "When bad luck knocks
at your door,what is your decision? Are you carrots, eggs or coffee?"

1. The girl complained about her hard life because she didn't ________.

A. want to give up
B. finish one problem
C. know what to do
D. get tired of fighting

2. The girl's father took her to the kitchen to ________.

A. ask her how to boil eggs
B. show her how to make coffee
C. teach her how to be a cook
D. tell her how to face difficulties

3. After about twenty minutes, the carrots became ________.

A. soft
B. hard
C. salty
D. sweet

4. The underlined word "fragile" in the passage means "________".

A. 美味的
B. 易碎的
C. 特别的
D. 可怜的

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A. The girl's father liked to eat some kinds of food.
B. Bad luck always knocks at strong people's doors.
C. Boiled carrots,eggs and coffee had the same result.
D. People should make right decisions when in trouble.

     "Sorry" is a word that people in Britain often say in their daily life.
     One day while I was (1)w_____  on the street, a young man ran by hurriedly, brushing (轻擦) against
my handbag. He continued his way, but turned (2)b_____  and said "sorry" to me. Even in a rush, he didn't
(3)f_____  to say "sorry". One day, after I bought some bananas, the shopkeeper was passing me the change,
but I wasn't ready for it and a coin dropped onto the ground. "Sorry, Madam," he said (4)w_____  bending to
pick it up. I was (5)s_____   why he said "sorry" to me. Another time, I stepped on a man's (6)f_____  at the
entrance to a cinema. At the same time, we (7)b_____ said "sorry".
     Slowly, I got to know that when something unpleasant happens in daily life, the British don't (8)c_____ 
much about who is wrong. If someone is in trouble, a "sorry" is always (9)n_____ . Perhaps that is
(10)w_____  I seldom see people quarrel on the buses or streets in Britain.

     A young woman was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when she noticed an old
man following her around. Thinking nothing of it, she ignored him and went on shopping. After she got
what she wanted, she went to checkout line, but the old man got in front of her.
     "Pardon me." he said, "I'm sorry if my staring (盯) at you has made you feel uncomfortable, it's just
because you look like my granddaughter, who just died recently. And I miss her very much."
     "I'm very sorry," replied the young woman. "Is there anything I can do for you?"
     "Yes." the old man said. "As I'm leaving, can you say 'Good-bye, grandpa' to me? It would make me
feel so much better."
     "Sure," answered the young woman.
     As the old man was leaving, she called out. "Bye-bye, grandpa!"
     When she stepped up to the checkout counter (收银台), she saw that her total was $178.50.
     "How can that be?" she asked. "I only bought a few things!"
     "Your grandpa said you would pay for him," said the clerk.

1. Why did the old man follow the woman and let her say "Bye-bye, Grandpa"?

A. He wanted to steal her money.
B. She looked like her dead granddaughter.
C. He wanted to stare at her.
D. He wanted her to pay for him.

2. According to the passage we can know that _____.

A. the young woman is a careless person
B. the young woman is as clever as the old man
C. the young woman was pleased to pay for the old man
D. the young woman didn't know the old man at all 

3. What does the word "ignored" mean?

A. 忽视
B. 浏览
C. 可怜
D. 鄙视

4. How much did it cost that the young woman bought?

A. More than $178.50.
B. Less than $178.50.
C. About $178.50.
D. $ 78.50.

5. Which of the following is the best title of the story?

A. A kind hearted young woman.
B. The total was $178.50.
C. Bye-bye grandpa
D. An old man and his granddaughter.