The date was like any other day in his life. After school Bill walked past the shop on the street
corner. He stooped to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt for sorry for himself. He really wanted
to have a pair for his birthday.
     He sadly walked away and thought of what to tell his mother. He knew she would give him anything
if she could. But he also knew very well she had little money. He decided not to go home at once, as he
looked worried and he didn't want to make his mother worry about it. So he went to the park and there
he sat on the grass. Then he saw a girl in a wheelchair (轮椅). He found that the girl moved the wheels
with her hands. Bill looked at her carefully and was surprised to see that the girl had no feet. He looked
down at his own feet. "It is much better to be without shoes than without feet." It was not right for him to
feel so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was more lucky in life.

1. Bill was so sorry that ____.

A. the shoes in the shop were not the right size for him.
B. he forgot to bring any money with him.
C. his mother couldn't buy him a pair of shoes.
D. he walked past the shoe shop.

2. From the story we know that ____.

A. Bill's mother has much money.
B. Bill's mother was a kind-hearted woman.
C. Bill's mother wouldn't buy him anything.
D. Bill's mother often bought presents for Bill's birthday.

3. Bill didn't go home at once ____.

A. because his mother was at work.
B. because his mother wouldn't give him any money.
C. because he wanted to sit on the grass in the park.
D. because he didn't want to give his mother any trouble.

4. In the park, Bill saw a girl ____.

A. without feet
B. without hands
C. walking slowly  
D. looking down at his shoes

5. At last, Bill ____.

A. decided to buy a new pair of shoes.  
B. left the park sadly.
C. thought he's luckier than the girl in the wheelchair.
D. didn't know what to do with his old shoes.

     By the time Bill arrived in a little town, every hotel room had been taken. "You've got to give me a
room somewhere," he said to the manager at the hotel, "or just a bed --- I don't care where."
     "Well, I do have a double room with one guest," admitted the manager, "and he might be glad to
split the cost. But to tell you the truth, he snores so loudly that people in the next room have complained
lately. I'm not sure it'd be worth it to you."
     "No problem." Bill assured him, "I'll take it."
     The next morning Bill came down to breakfast bright-eyed.
     "How did you sleep?" asked the manager.
     "Never better."
     The manager was impressed. "No problem with the other guy snoring, then?"
    "No, I shut him up in no time," said Bill.
    "How did you manage that?" asked the manager. "Did you give him some medicine to stop the
snoring?"
    "No, I didn't. But here is what I did. He was already in bed when I went into the room," Bill
explained. "I went over, gave him a kiss on the forehead, and said, 'Good night, beautiful,' and he sat
up all night watching me."

1. Bill lived with ____ in a double room at the hotel.   

A. his wife        
B. his son        
C. a friend      
D. a guest

2. People in the next room complained because that guest ____ loudly at night.

A. snored        
B. laughed        
C. cried          
D. sang

3. The guest was ____ when Bill wnt into the room.

A. eating supper  
B. sitting on the chair  
C. lying in bed  
D. talking on the phone

4. Bill made that guest stop snoring by ____.

A. giving him some medicime          
B. giving him a kiss on the face  
C. chatting with him all night          
D. snoring more loudly than him

5. We know from the passage ____ slept well that night.

A. Bill        
B. both          
C. that guest          
D. neither

     A man saw a boy standing beside a lake with a mirror (镜子)."Excuse me," he said "but could you
tell me what you're doing?"
    "I'm fishing."
    "With a mirror? Could you tell me how it works?"the man asked.
    "OK, but I want five dollars."
    The man ['w?ntid] to know the secret very much, so he handed the boy the money."Now show me
how it works," he said. "Well", the boy began, "you hold (拿) the mirror towards the ['?w?: t?], and
when a fish goes by, the sunlight in the mirror gives him a surprise. He stops and doesn't know what
to do, and then you catch him at once. "The man was surprised, "Can you really catch fish with the
mirror? How many did you catch?"
    "You're the [f?fθ] today!" replied the boy.

根据短文和音标写出下列三个单词。
1. Write out the word ____
2. Write out the word ____
3. Write out the word ____
4. Using ↖ or ↙mark the intonation (标出语调) of the following sentence: Can you really catch fish with
    the mirror?____
5. In the underlined sentences find one words that whose last sound can have incomplete plosion
   (失去爆破) ____

根据短文内容填入一个适当的单词。
6. The man wanted to ____  at the boy's mirror.
7. The boy may get ____ dollars  that day.
8. The man thought the boy ____ fish with the mirror.
9. This is a ____.
10. In fact no one can ____ in this way.