Name: Julia Rosetti
Email: n1950215@droid.fit.qut.edu.au
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Age: 18
Sex: Female
Drugs: No
Alcohol: No
Sports/ Activities: I used to do a lot of ballet and stage work, my ambition was to be a professional dancer before I got sick. Nowadays I love to read, and other stuff like that, as well as spending a lot of time with my family and friends.
Grades: I finished high school last year, and I haven’t started college because I’ve been sick. But I got subject prizes in three subjects and high as in the rest.
Favorite Subject: I loved Music, English, History and Biology. Hard to pick a favorite – they’re all so different.
Volunteer Work: It all depends on what you call “volunteer”. Nothing really official, but I spend a lot of my time working and playing with really sick kids, and they come to me for advice a lot.
What My Future Goals Are: I’d either like to go on to do stage work, or work with kids with serious illnesses. I haven’t decided which, yet.
What I do in My Spare Time: Talk to my friends and my family. Hang around with my hospital friends. Watch TV. Go to the movies when I can. I love going on picnics and other outdoorsy stuff.
How I’d Change the World: No question. Cure cancer. Eradicate it forever.
Largest Problem: Sometimes, I think it’s having too many choices, and having too many expectations and others having too many expectations of you. And all the implications (牵连) of this.
Why Would I Make a Good Counselor (顾问): I really want to help other people. I’ve made that my life’s ambition, to help as many people as I can.
Qualifications: I spend a lot of time doing this sort of stuff “unofficially” – I am the Discussion Manager on a discussion list for seriously ill young people. People also write to me because of my homepage, often wanting advice, which I try to give them.

  1. 1.

    What can we infer about Julia Rosetti?

    1. A.
      She is ill now with a cancer.
    2. B.
      She has had an operation.
    3. C.
      She is curing people of cancer.
    4. D.
      She is working in a hospital.
  2. 2.

    The underlined word “eradicate” most probably means _____.

    1. A.
      get out of
    2. B.
      put an end of
    3. C.
      break up
    4. D.
      set aside
  3. 3.

    The underlined word “you” stands for _____.

    1. A.
      Julia Rosetti herself
    2. B.
      all her friends in her life
    3. C.
      the person she refers to
    4. D.
      everyone including herself
  4. 4.

    Which of the following statements is true about Julia Rosetti?

    1. A.
      She had wanted to become a doctor.
    2. B.
      She had done very well at college.
    3. C.
      She often visits hospitals in her spare time.
    4. D.
      She has her own homepage on the Internet.

One night when my wife was preparing dinner, our little son took a piece of paper to her which read:  
For washing the car...........................................$5.00 
For making my own bed this week...................$1.00 
Going to the provision shop..............................$0.50 
Playing with little sister ...................................$0.25 
Taking out the rubbish......................................$1.00 
Getting a good report card................................$5.00 
And for sweeping the common corridor...........$2.00 
Total .......................................................... ......$14.75 
His mother looked at him standing there expecting payment. I could see a thousand memories flashed through her mind. So she picked up the pen and turning the paper over, this is what she wrote: 
For 9 months I carried you, growing inside me.....................................No Charge
For the nights I sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you..............No Charge
For the toys, food and clothes and wiping your nose............................No Charge
When you add it all up, the full cost of my love...................................No Charge
Well, when he finished reading, he had great big tears in his eyes. He looked at his mother and said, “Mummy, I love you.” Then he took the pen and in great big letters wrote on the “bill”“All paid.”.

  1. 1.

    What’s the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      Part-time Job
    2. B.
      Mother’s Love, No Charge
    3. C.
      Payment for House Work.
    4. D.
      Greedy Mother
  2. 2.

    The writer wrote the passage in order to ______.

    1. A.
      show that children should be paid for their housework
    2. B.
      show that children should not be paid for their housework
    3. C.
      show a clever way of teaching children
    4. D.
      tell children how to spend their spare time
  3. 3.

    How do you think of the mother in the passage?

    1. A.
      Clever.
    2. B.
      Greedy.
    3. C.
      Cold-hearted.
    4. D.
      Selfish.
  4. 4.

    From the last passage we know that ______.

    1. A.
      the boy got all the money he wanted
    2. B.
      the mother was unwilling to give the money to the boy
    3. C.
      the boy realized that it was not right to ask for money for the housework
    4. D.
      the mother was angry with what the boy said

Here is a humorous story. Frank Smithson woke up and leaned over to turn off the alarm clock.“Oh,no!”he thought to himself.“Another day at that office;a boss who shouts at me all the time.”
As Frank went downstairs his eyes fell on a large brown envelope by the door.He was overjoyed when he opened it and read the letter inside. “Bigwoods Football Pools(足球赌博公司)would like to congratulate you.You have won half a million pounds.”
Frank suddenly came to life.The cigarette(香烟) fell from his lips as he let out a shout that could be heard halfway down the street.
At 11:30 Frank arrived at work.“Please explain why you're so late,”his boss said.“Go and jump in the lake,” replied Frank. “I've just come into a little money so this is goodbye.Find yourself someone else to shout at.”
That evening Frank was smoking a very expensive Havana cigar(雪茄)when a knock was heard on the door.He rushed to the door.Outside were two men,neatly dressed in grey suits.“Mr Smithson,” one of them said,“We're from Bigwoods Football Pools.I'm afraid there’s been a terrible mistake……”

  1. 1.

    What do we know about Frank?

    1. A.
      He was a lazy man.            
    2. B.
      He was a lucky person.
    3. C.
      He made a lot of money.       
    4. D.
      He didn't get on well with his boss.
  2. 2.

    Why did Frank dare to shout to his boss?

    1. A.
      Because he found a better job.          
    2. B.
      Because his boss did not like him.
    3. C.
      Because he thought he did not need the job.
    4. D.
      Because he was not late in fact.
  3. 3.

    When he heard the knock at the door,Frank probably thought __.

    1. A.
      someone had come to make an apology.
    2. B.
      someone had come to give him the money.
    3. C.
      his friends had come to ask about the football pools.
    4. D.
      his friends had come to congratulate him on his luck.
  4. 4.

    On hearing“…there's been a terrible mistake…”Frank was most likely to be________.

    1. A.
      disappointed.       
    2. B.
      worried.       
    3. C.
      nervous.        
    4. D.
      curious.

We were both in great anger.“Never set foot in this house again!” stormed Father.With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.
The street lights were shining rather desolately(凄凉的).I wandered aimlessly.
A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me.I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and harmonious.
But now… I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old.We differ in our ways of thinking.He always imposes his opinions and codes of behavior on me.Whenever I do something wrong, he never admits it.We are just like two people coming from two different worlds.It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.
I wandered the streets, without a destination in mind.My heart was frozen on this hot summer night.As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, until I had only the street lights to keep me company.When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw that the light was still on.
In fact, it was nothing.Perhaps, dad was throwing away some of his old stamps.Perhaps he thought they were useless.I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps.I can’t stand his outrageous(蛮横的) words: “ I can throw you away, let alone these old papers.”
All the lights were off except father’s.
Dad was always like this.Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself.After shouting at me, he never showed any mercy or any moments of regret.After an argument he has the habit of creeping up in my sleep and then tucking me underneath the covers.
This was how he always was.He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature.
The light was still on.“Am I wrong?” I whispered, maybe… With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been.At last, I decided to open the door.As soon as I opened the door, tears ran down my cheeks.I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist at all.Love is second to none.

  1. 1.

    Decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage.
    a.I opened the door and entered the house.
    b.Sadly I ran out into the street.
    c.I reached the place where I lived and saw my house still brightly lit.
    d.I thought of my father’s kindness towards me.
    e.I walked about in the street without any aim.

    1. A.
      b, e, d, c, a
    2. B.
      b, e, c, d, a
    3. C.
      b, e, a, c, d
    4. D.
      b, e, c, a, d
  2. 2.

    What made the writer think of his childhood?

    1. A.
      The sight of the desolate street lights.
    2. B.
      The sight of the empty street.
    3. C.
      The sight of a father with a child in his arms.
    4. D.
      The sight of light in his own house.
  3. 3.

    Why do you think the father often shouts at his son?

    1. A.
      Perhaps the father is getting older and older.
    2. B.
      Perhaps the son has already grown up.
    3. C.
      Perhaps they never agree with each other.
  4. 4.

    What conclusion can you draw after reading the passage?

    1. A.
      The father is actually kind to his son.
    2. B.
      The father treats his son in an unfair way.
    3. C.
      The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son.
    4. D.
      The father is always finding fault with his son.

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