Jerry and Alice had not been married long and didn’t have a lot of money．but they wanted to buy a car．Alice didn’t have a job，so she was always finding ways to save money．When she went shopping，she would always buy food that was on sale．Later，when she got home，she enjoyed figuring out how much money she had saved．

Every day Jerry took the bus to work．It was not a long trip but it was slow because of all the traffic．Jerry was sometimes impatient as he sat on the bus

One day．the traffic was even worse than usual．

“I could 17dn faster than this bus!，．thought Jerry．

The next day after work he decided to try．He went to the bus stop．but didn’t take the bus．He ran along beside it oil the sidewalk．He had to run quite fast to keep up wit}l the bus．

He arrived home，puffing and panting(气喘吁吁)．He felt hot and tired．

Alice was surprised to see him panting．She was worried．“What’s the matter?”she asked．

“I ran along beside the bus，”said Jerry．“It Was just as quick and I saved two dollars and fifty cents by not paying the fare．”He was proud of what he had done and thought it would make Alice happy，but it didn’t．

“Why didn’t you run beside a taxi?”she said．“You would have saved six dollars．”

1．Which is true about Jerry and Alice?

A．They love money．    B．They don’t have a lot of money．

C．The are rich．         D．They need money to buy a house．

2．How does Betty save money?

A．She does not work．             B．She eats small amounts．

C．She makes her own clothes．      D．She buys things on sale．

3．How did Jerry save money?

A．He didn’t eat lunch．      B．He gave Betty his money

C．He had two jobs．         D．He ran home from work．

4．What does“figuring out”mean in line 4?

A．calculating    B．guessing from clues    C．showing openly   D．solving

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　　Two women were quarrelling(吵架) on the train. One wanted to open the window, 1 wanted to close it. Then the conductor came to them.

　　One woman said to the conductor, “If this window is open, I will 2 a cold. And perhaps I will die of cold.”

　　The other woman said, “But if the window is 3 . I'll feel hard to breathe and I may die.”

　　The conductor didn't know 4 to do.

　　One man said, “I've been listening to them 5 the time. I don't think 6 of us can help them. It's 7 to leave them alone.”

　　Then the man sat 8 to them had an idea.

　　“ 9 , open the window and that will make one die,” he said, “next 10 it and that will make the other die, then we'll have peace(安宁).”

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That warm day was the only day of the week without rain. I opened the door, took a seat and began to enjoy the wonderful sunshine. Suddenly, I noticed that the house near mine had been sold. An elderly lady was in front of the door, with some beautiful flowers beside her. I walked to her. She looked to be in her early eighties and had the prettiest white hair.
“ Hi! My name is Karmen,” I said smiling brightly at the old lady. She smiled back and said,” Hello, Karmen. I’m Kitty.” Her voice was very strong for someone at her age. Later, I learned that she was alone and had no family or relatives to help her. From that day on, I often visited her and helped her with her housework and sometimes she gave me some delicious food. A year passed, and I considered her to be one of my best friends.
One day, I walked over for my morning visit and knocked on the door, but there was no answer. I knocked again, and she didn’t still turn up. So I let myself in, using the key she had given me. I checked her living room and then her kitchen. I finally went into her bedroom, and she was lying peacefully on her bed. Beside her there were two notes. One was her will(遗嘱)， which said all that she had would be given to me. The other was a thank-you note. I went to her bedside and cried sadly.
Though several years has gone by, I still miss her deeply. Whenever I look at the beautiful flowers in front of her house, I remembered the wonderful friendship we had.
【小题1】The writer came out of the house to________.

That warm day was the only day of the week without rain. I opened the door, took a seat and began to enjoy the wonderful sunshine. Suddenly, I noticed that the house near mine had been sold. An elderly lady was in front of the door, with some beautiful flowers beside her. I walked to her. She looked to be in her early eighties and had the prettiest white hair.

“ Hi! My name is Karmen,” I said smiling brightly at the old lady. She smiled back and said,” Hello, Karmen. I’m Kitty.” Her voice was very strong for someone at her age. Later, I learned that she was alone and had no family or relatives to help her. From that day on, I often visited her and helped her with her housework and sometimes she gave me some delicious food. A year passed, and I considered her to be one of my best friends.

One day, I walked over for my morning visit and knocked on the door, but there was no answer. I knocked again, and she didn’t still turn up. So I let myself in, using the key she had given me. I checked her living room and then her kitchen. I finally went into her bedroom, and she was lying peacefully on her bed. Beside her there were two notes. One was her will(遗嘱)， which said all that she had would be given to me. The other was a thank-you note. I went to her bedside and cried sadly.

Though several years has gone by, I still miss her deeply. Whenever I look at the beautiful flowers in front of her house, I remembered the wonderful friendship we had.

1.The writer came out of the house to________.

A．look at an old lady                       B．enjoy some flowers

C．enjoy the sunshine                      D．clean the house nearby

2.Through visiting the old lady, the writer learned that the old lady_______.

A．disliked all her relatives                  B．had no one to look after her

C．didn’t want to live with her family          D．was looking for someone to look after her

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A．The old lady was not kind.

B．The writer didn’t have any good friends.

C．The old lady didn’t know how to make food.

D．The writer got along very well with the old lady

4.What does “ turn up ” mean in Paragraph 3?

A．appear           B．leave             C．try               D．change

5.In order to thank the writer, the old lady decided to_______.

A．give the writer her favourite flowers

B．let the writer know she was her best friend

C．give the writer a key to her house

D．leave all that she had to the writer