I live on the twelfth floor of a building. One afternoon I was coming home from a friend’s house. It was just after four o’clock. I got quickly into the lift and pressed Button(按钮) 12.

　 The lift started to go up, but very slowly. And then, half way up, it suddenly stopped between two floors. I couldn’t understand it. I pressed all the buttons from 1 to 14. I called for help very loudly. But nobody answered.

　 Then suddenly the lights went out, and I was alone in the dark. I started to cry and beat the walls of the lift. I cried and cried until I had no voice left. Then, I felt hopeless, and pressed all the buttons with my open hands. And all at the same time, there was a bell far away. It rang and rang. It was the fire alarm(火灾警报). I thought the whole building was on fire. I said to the God quietly, “ Just get me out of here. I’ll never be bad again.”

　 Just then, I realized the lift was moving very slowly. On the ground floor it stopped, and the door opened. A man was standing there. “ How long have you been there? It is good that you pressed the alarm bell. But haven’t you learned to read at your school ?” He pointed at a small piece of paper on the wall beside the lift. It said: “Attention:This lift will be stopped for repairs between 4 pm and 5 pm on Thursday, March 13.”

(　 )61. What happened to the lift?

　　　 A.　It had a fire accident.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　B. It stopped half way.

　　　 C. It was turned off by the writer.　　　　　　 D. It moved fast up to the top floor.

(　 )62. As the situation went on, the writer became ________.

　　　 A. more and more scared　　 　　　　　　　　 B. calmer and calmer

　　　 C. more and more bored　　　 　　　　　　　　 D. clearer and clearer

(　 )63. Why did a bell ring from far away?

　　　 A. The lift was to start again. 　　　　　　　　　 B. The repair worker rang the fire alarm.

　　　 C. The building was on fire. 　　　　　　　 D. The writer pressed the fire alarm bell.

(　 )64. Who most probably made the lift move again and go down to the ground floor?

　　　 A. The writer.　 B. The writer’s friend.　 C. The man. D. The writer’s father.

(　 )65. After reading the paper , the writer realized that he/she had ________.

　　　 A. escaped a fire accident　　　 　　　　　　 B. made a silly mistake

　　　 C. visited a dishonest friend　　 　　　　　　 D. pressed a wrong button

A four-year-old girl is lying in the arms of a doctor. She has just lost her mother. Her pink clothes are full of blood and her eyes look at something only she can see.

Every day we see pictures like this on TV. We see Iraqi（伊拉克的）children asking for food and water from American and British soldiers when they move through towns and cities towards the capital, Baghdad. We see these children following parents, carrying bags of almost the same as their small bodies when they escape from their homes in Baghdad.

They show just some of the young lives that have been turned upside down by ongoing war.

“Dad, why are the Americans fighting against us? Are we going to be killed ?” asked the son of Abu, an Iraqi engineer. Abu finds it hard to explain（解释）this war to his eight-year-old son.

He tries to make him feel safe by saying, “The bombs（炸弹）are far away from us. The Americans are fighting the soldiers. We’re going to be all right.” Even though Abu knows it isn’t always true, nothing else can be done. In Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to try and let them escape from the sound of bombs. And all the schools are closed.

Now things are worse, and the ongoing war makes it impossible to count the number who are hungry, sick, hurt or even dead.

（　 ）61．What is happening to the children in Iraq because of the war?

　　 A．The children will get better than before.

　　 B．The children ask for food and water from American and British soldiers.

　　 C．The children in Iraq go back to their homes in Baghdad.

　　 D．The children live a most terrible life.

（　 ）62．The underlined word “ongoing” means “__________” in Chinese.

　　 A．正在进行的 B．非正义的　　　 C．未授权的 D．即将进行的

（　 ）63．The father does NOT tell the truth to the son because __________.

　 A．he will lose his country and his home

　　B．he wants to make his son not feel dangerous

　C．he is afraid to lose his son

　D．he is afraid of the American soldiers

（　 ）64．The war in Iraq tells us that __________.

　 A．the Iraqi people in the war are much hungrier and

　 B．we should help the Iraqi people build their country again　

　C．nothing can be done except fighting　

　 D．Both A and B.

（　 ）65．What’s the best title（标题）for this passage?

　 A．A Father and A Son　　　　　　 　　　 B．The Iraqi War

　 C．Iraqi Children During the War　　　D．A Dishonest Father

A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.

Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…”He hesitated.

Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.

“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”

“Oh yes, I’d love that.”

After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”

Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.

He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.

“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it …then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”

Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.

注：urchin顽童    hesitate犹豫    neighbour邻居

crippled残疾　　     cent 美分

1.The street urchin was very surprised when _______________

2.From the story we can see the urchin _______________

3.The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ___________

4.We can infer（推断） from the story that___________

5.The best name of the story is____________

Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were going to give birth to their babies. The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!”

“What a surprise! Believe it or not! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!”

Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎).

“Wow! That’s unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.”

An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”

　　After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fallen down. The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.”

1.Why were the fathers there?

A．They were waiting for their wives.

B．They were seeing doctors.

C．They were waiting for their babies to be born.

D．They were working at men nurses there.

2.Which of the following is true about the third man?

A．He thought the nurse made a mistake.

B．He was very surprised at the nurse’s words.

C．He didn’t want to have these babies.

D．He should never have worked at 7-Eleven.

3.Why did the fourth man fall down after hearing the nurse’s words?

A．He was afraid of having so many babies.

B．He was seriously ill.

C．He was too excited.

D．He was very glad to have 7 babies.

4.At least how many babies would be born according to the story?

A．9.               B．10.               C．11.              D．16.

If you go to Finland, you’ll be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.
Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high class Benz with a fare (票价) of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then get off without paying your fare. And the driver would not show the least sign of worry.
The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends and dine free of charge.
With so many loopholes (漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “pretty advantages”. But the strange things is, all the taxi-passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. As the Finns always act on good faith and always show an attitude of “which is which” and “what is what” in everything they do, so to live in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”. In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to take precautions (预防措施) against others?
【小题1】The word “foolish” probably means _____________.