Tom was from Canada and he had come to New York for a holiday. One day he was not feeling well,
so he asked a man of his hotel to find a doctor. The man said, "Thomas Brown is a good doctor." Tom said,
"Thank you very much. Is he expensive?" "Well" the man answered, "he always asks his patients (病人) for
two dollars if they are first visit. One dollar if they are later visit." Tom decided to save one dollar, so when
he went to see the doctor, he said, "I've come again, doctor." For a few minutes the doctor looked at his
face carefully without saying anything. Then he said, "Everything's going as it should do. Oh, I gave you
medicine last time, didn't I? Just go on with it."

1. Tom came to New York ______.

A. to see a good doctor
B. for a holiday
C. to feel ill
D. to find a doctor

2. Doctor Thomas Brown asked for ______ for the first time.

A. one dollar
B. two dollars
C. nothing
D. three dollars

3. The doctor looked at Tom's face carefully because ______.

A. he knew Tom
B. he had seen Tom before
C. there was something wrong with his face
D. he wanted to know if Tom had been here before

4. Tom said,"I've come again, doctor." Because he ______.

 A.wanted to be friendly to the doctor
B.wanted to make the doctor happy
C.wanted to make the doctor angry
D.tried to make the doctor believe that he had been to him before

5. The doctor knew that ______.

A. Tom didn't want any medicine
B. he hadn't seen Tom before
C. he had given Tom some medicine before
D. Tom wasn't feeling ill

      Mr Brown likes singing very much, but he is very bad at it. (1) He went to dinner at a friend's house
last week, and there were some other guests there, too.
      They had a good dinner, and then the hostess went to Mr Brown and said, "You can sing, Peter. Please
(2) sing us something."
      Mr Brown was very happy, and he began to sing an old song about the mountains of England. The guests
listened to it for a few minutes and then (3) one of the guests began to cry. She was a small woman. 
      One of the other guests went to her, put his hand on her back and said, "Please don't cry. Are you English?"
      Another young man asked, "Do you love England?" "No," she answered, "I'm not English, and I've never
been to England. I'm a singer, and I love music!"

1. 将划线部分(1)合并为一句：
     He went to dinner  ______ at a friend's house last week. 
2.  完成句子，使其意思与划线部分(2)相同。
     Please sing _______ us.
3.   在划线部分(3)中，one 指代 ________. 
根据短文内容，判断正误(T) (F) 。
(     )4. Peter was Mr Brown’s given name.                                       
(     )5. Mr Brown didn’t do well in singing.                                    
(     )6. The guests asked Mr Brown to sing them a song.                          
(     )7. All the guests listened to him very carefully and happily.              
(     )8. Mr Brown sang a popular song.                                           
(     )9. One guest heard Mr Brown’s song and cried because she came from England.  

     Are you the kind of person who likes staying in unusual places? If the answer is "yes", then try the
world's coldest hotel in Jukkasjarvi in the north of Sweden. But go in winter or all you'll find is a pool of
water, because the hotel melts every spring!
     The man who runs the Aortic Hall Hotel is Nils Yngve Bergqvist. He is also the man whose idea it was.
He built his first hotel for an art show in 1991 and he designed the present hotel-over 200 metres
square-himself. It took workmen about two months to put 1,000 tons of snow onto a wooden board. As
the weather got colder, the snow froze and then they removed the board. The whole building and everything
in it is made of snow - except for the wooden front door. There's a theatre, a jazz club, a radio station and
a large ice bar. As you can imagine, hot drinks are popular with the guests! The rooms have no doors, there
is no furniture, no heating and everyone sleeps on…yes, that's right…ice beds. But the 800 people who have
stayed at the hotel this winter seem to like it. If you want to stay in one of the ice rooms, it will cost you
about ￡30 a night. You won't be very comfortable, but you will receive a survival certificate (生存能力证书)
from the manager!
     When the winter is over, Nils holds his competition every year to predict the day that the hotel will fall.
The person that guessed the day correctly last year received a large painting from an Aortic Hall show.
Bergqvist's ice hotels are becoming world-famous and he loves his work. He's already excited about his
next project-an ice hotel that will be bigger and better, he says.

1. Can you visit the Arctic Hall Hotel in summer?
    ___________________________________________
2. Where is the Arctic Hall Hotel? 
    ___________________________________________
3. How much does the hotel cost for one night?
    ___________________________________________
4. What will the manager do next?
    ___________________________________________
5. Why is the Arctic Hall Hotel unusual? 
    ___________________________________________

     Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives, and not too long ago, I had one that I would like
to share.
     This story began with a sailing trip. It's a story of pizza (比萨), sailing and being afraid of buying
ice-cream with a US $20 bill.
     I was going to Marblehead, Massachusetts, with my Optimist (a sailboat) racing team for the New
England Optimist Championship.
     The team was racing down the highway at 85mph (miles per hour) when we all realized we were hungry.
     Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I was very excited, because I had a new US $20 bill. I was so excited
because I had never had that kind of money before. I had money I had saved, but spending it on food seemed
like throwing it away.
     We all rushed into the pizza line. Finally I got a cheese pizza and drink, and walked to my table.
     About halfway through the meal, I realized I had not actually handed my money to the cashier (收银员). I
had just walked out, and nobody had noticed. I felt terrible.
     My conscience (良知) opened its mouth and swallowed me. I couldn't get over it. I just couldn't go back
to the cashier and pay for my stolen, half-eaten pizza. I would be more embarrassed than I ever had been.
      I was so sorry that I refused to give myself the pleasure of an ice-cream in fear that someone would say,
"Hey, Jeff, why don't you use the change from the pizza instead of that nice, new US $20 bill?" I was not so
proud of my money now.
     For the next two years, whenever I was reminded of (thought of) the "Pizza incident," I closed my eyes
and said to myself, "Don't think about it. Don't think about it." I have learned two things from this experience.
Maybe I was an unwise person for giving in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a free pizza.
But I think the real lesson is that if you let being embarrassed get in the way of doing the right thing, then your
conscience will catch up with you.
     I think this reflects the saying, "A coward (懦夫) dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies one." I was a coward
and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If I had been a "hero" and gone back up to
pay for the pizza, then I would have felt a little embarrassed about it only once, or maybe twice.

1. Why didn't the boy buy ice-cream?

A. He wanted to save the money.
B. He didn't want to eat ice-cream then.
C. He didn't have enough money for it.
D. He was afraid that someone would find out the fact.

2._________ pay for the pizza with his money at first.

A. In order to keep the bill, he didn't
B. He completely forgot to
C. His teammates told him not to
D. The cashier didn't ask him to

3. The underlined word "embarrassed" in the passage means _________.

A. happy and comfortable
B. disturbed and silly
C. uneasy and uncomfortable
D. sad and angry

4. Why did the writer think of the saying "A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies one"?

A. He used to be a coward then but is not now.
B. He had a long terrible time for his stolen pizza.
C. He would have been a hero if he had paid for the pizza.
D. He wanted to die once like a hero.

     A tourist was traveling alone in the desert (沙漠). After two weeks his car stopped (1)______, so he
started walking. He was lost and had no water. It was very hot and he became very (2)______. After five
hours he saw a small tent. There was a woman in it. The tourist said to her, "Water. Please (3)______ me
some water."
    "I'm sorry. I haven't any water. I only sell ties (领带)," the woman replied.
    The tourist had to walk on, and became more thirsty. Two hours later he came to (4)______ tent with
an old man in it.
    "Water. Please sell me some water."
    "I'm sorry. I haven't any water. I only sell ties," the old man replied.
     The tourist put his (5)______ back into his pocket and walked on. He was very, very thirsty and tired.
One hour later he arrived at a third tent. There (6)______ a tall man in front of it. The tall man said, "Do you
want to buy a tie? I have a lot of beautiful ties."
    "No! No! No!" (7)______ the tourist, "I need water. Please sell me water!"
    "I'm sorry. I only have ties," said the tall man.
    The tourist fell to the ground (8)______ started to crawl (爬). Half an hour later he saw a large,
expensive-looking hotel. He crawled to the door and took out all his money. He said to the doorman, "Water! I
will pay ￡100  (9)______ a glass of water."
    The doorman looked at him and said, "I'm sorry, sir. You can't come into the hotel (10)______ you are not
wearing a tie."

     The doorbell rang and Mrs. Carson opened the front floor. Her heart sank 1______ she saw Mrs. Burbridge. 
2______ Mrs Burbridge called; she stayed for hours and hours.
    "Good afternoon, Mrs. Carson," Mrs. Burbridge said. "Do come in," Just 3______ Mrs Carson had feared,
Mrs. Burbridge stayed for several hours. It was nearly six o'clock 4______ Mr. Carson would be home from
work soon...
     Mrs. Carson kept wondering 5______ she would ask Mrs. Burbridge to leave without making her angry.
"Has your husband got home from work 6______,"Mrs. Carson asked. "Oh, yes," Mrs. Burbridge answered.
"He always gets home at about five o'clock..." "It's nearly six o'clock. Won't he be getting worried about you?"
Mrs. Carson said.
    "I thought of 7______," Mrs Burbridge said. "8______ it's so pleasant here. We've had such a lovely
afternoon. You know 9______ I'll do?  "I'll ring up my husband 10______  tell him to come round, too. May
I use your phone, please?"