A man went out with the wrong boots, one with a thick sole（后跟）and the other with a thin one. As he began to walk, he felt uncomfortable, for one foot was higher than the other. He felt very strange and said, “ Is there anything wrong with my legs today? Why is one of my legs long, and the other short? ”

A passer-by told him that he was wearing the wrong boots. He look down and found that it was really so. At once he asked his servant(仆人) to go back home and get another pair.

After a while the servant ran back to him. There was nothing in his hand. So he was angry and shouted at him, "Why didn't you get me the right boots?" “There's no need to change them," the servant said. "The pair at home is the same, one with a thick sole and the other with a thin one."

1. Why did the man feel uncomfortable when he began to walk?

A．Because the road was too bad.

B．Because he didn’t know the way

C．Because he wore the wrong boots.

D．Because he had no boots.

2.The man's legs themselves _____.

A．were shorter than before

B．were longer than before

C．were broken on his way

D．were right as usual

3.What does the word “passer-by" mean in Chinese?

A．路人             B．智者             C．皮匠             D．老者

4.What did the servant get him back?

A．He got the right boots quickly.

B．He got nothing when he came back

C．He got the same boots back.

D．He got the different boots back. :

5.From the short passage, we know the servant was_______.

A．right             B．careful            C．foolish            D．clever

Have you felt annoyed when a mobile phone during the class? Something must be done to stop this. Now in New York City, USA, a rule is carried out in schools. Students can’t even bring mobile phones to schoo1. Is it a good thing or not?

Anxious parents say that mobile phone s are an important tool（工具）in holding New York city’s families together.

“I worry about it,” said Elizabeth Lorris Ritter, a mother of a middle school kid, “It’s necessary in our everyday life. We have a washing machine. We have running water, and we have mobile phones.”

Many American parents think mobile phones connect them to their children on buses, getting out from subways, walking through unknown places.

 “I have her call me when she gets out of school,” said Lindsay Walt, a schoolgirl’s mother. “No one in New York is going to let their child go to school without a mobile phone.”  

What about the mobile phone owners, the students? Most of the students said mobile phones were essential and the mobile phone was like all extra（额外的）hand or foot for them.

“I feel so empty,” said May Chom, 14. There is also no way to listen to music on the way to school without my phone. It will be a really, really boring trip.” 

1. You will get        when you hear a mobile phone ring in class. 

A．sad            B．upset        C．excited      D．happy

2. You can use a mobile phone          . 

A．to listen to music                             B．to work as running water

C．to work as a washing machine            D．as a tool to make clothes

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?           

A．Many American parents don’t think mobile phones are necessary for students.

B．Mobile phones only bring troubles to the school life.

C．Mobile phones connect children with their families when they are outside.

D．Teachers are happy when the mobile phones ring during the class. 

4. What does the underlined word “essential” mean in Chinese?           

A．时髦的        B．必要的      C．昂贵的      D．可悲的 

5. This article is about the        caused by the rule that students are not allowed to take mobile phones to school. 

A．happiness       B．interest     C．problems     D．possibility

　　There is (9) in education than just learning facts. We go to school above all (10) how to learn, (11) when we have left school we can go on learning. If a man really knows (12) , he will (13) be successful, because whenever he has to do (14) he will quickly teach (15) how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other (16) , is (17) unable to do it, or (18) it badly. So the purpose (目的) of school is not just (19) languages, geography, science etc. , but to teach pupils the (20) to learn.