Some people remember the things by writing notes to themselves. Then they leave the notes in obvious(明显的) places, such as on the table or on the floor in the middle of the living room. I don’t think I like to write notes to myself. Most of the time I lose them or forget to look at them until it’s too late. I prefer to use an alarm clock to tell me what I should do. I have ten alarm clocks in my house. They could tell me about things. For example, if I have to make a telephone call at a certain time, I’ll set an alarm clock to go off a few minutes early and put the clock by the telephone. Or if I want to watch a certain television program, I’ll set an alarm clock at the right time and put the clock on top of the TV set. I can remember almost anything if I use my clocks. However, sometimes an alarm clock goes off and I don’t know what it means. I always remember setting it, but I do not know why I set it. If the clock is by the telephone, I know I may have set it to tell me to call someone, but I can’t be sure. I might have set it to tell myself that somebody was to call me at a certain time.
【小题1】 Some people like to write notes to themselves so that they can _______.

–I’m planning?????? the weekend with my grandparents, Mom.

???????? --Oh, don’t?????? to buy them some nice food.

A. to spend; forget?????????????????? ????????????? ? B. to spend; remember

C. spending; forget?????????????????? ????????????? ? D. spending; remember

Tang Hai is chatting with his e-pal David on QQ (T: Tang Hai   D: David)

D: Hi. How is it going these days?

T: Pretty good! We celebrated our Dragon Boat Festival(端午节) last week.

D: Dragon Boat Festival?    1.   

T: To remember an ancient Chinese poet(诗人)。

D: How do you usually celebrate it? 

T:    2.    But this year, we did something more interesting.

D: What did you do?

T: Our school had a Dragon Boat race.

D:     3.    who won the race?

T: Our class.

D:     4.  

T: Thanks a lot. I hope you can come to China sometime.

D:     5.    I’m interested in Chinese traditions. Tell me more about them next time.

T: Ok, I will. See you.

D: See you!

6.A. What do you celebrate for?

B. What are you doing ?

C. When do you celebrate it?

D. Where do you celebrate it?

7.A. We usually do some cleaning on that day.

B. We usually have a big dinner on that day.

C. We usually eat rice dumplings on that day.

D. We usually go hiking on that day.

8.A. Pretty good!                           B. Thank goodness!  

C. How dangerous!                       D. Sound interesting!

9.A. What a pity!                           B. Congratulations!  

C. Have a good time.                            D. I’m sorry to hear that.

10.A. I hope so.                                B. I’m afraid not.  

C. I don’t think so.                       D. Me, neither.

I’m seventeen. I worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Los Angeles. People came to the counter (柜台) and I put things in their bags for them and carried things to their cars. It was hard work.
While working, I wore a plate with my name on it. I once met someone I knew years ago. I remembered his name and said, “Mr. Castle, how are you?” We talked about this and that. As he left, he said, “It was nice talking to you, Brett.” I felt great, he remembered me. Then I looked down at my name plate. Oh, no. He didn’t remember me at all, he just read the name plate. I wish I had put “Irving” down on my name plate. If he’d have said, “Oh yes, Irving, how could I forget you?” I’d have been ready for him. There’s nothing personal here.
The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders. One of these was: you couldn’t accept tips(小费). Okay, I’m outside and I put the bags in the car. For a lot of people, the natural reaction(反应)is to take a quarter and give it to me. I’d say, “I’m sorry, I can’t.” They’d get angry. When you give someone a tip, you’re sort of being polite. You take a quarter and you put it in their hand and you expect them to say, “Oh, thanks a lot.” When you say, “I’m sorry, I can’t.” they feel a little put down. They say, “No one will know.” And they put it in your pocket. You say, “I really can’t.” It gets to a point where you almost have to hurt a person physically to prevent him from tipping you. It was not in agreement with the store’s belief in being friendly. Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good. I just couldn’t understand the strangeness of some people’s ideas. One lady actually put a tip in my pocket, got in the car, and drove away. I was puzzled and didn’t know what to do. Should I d have had to throw the quarter at her or eaten it or something?
I decided that one year had been enough. Some people needed the job to stay alive and fed. I guess I had the means and could afford to hate it and give it up.
【小题1】. From the second paragraph, we can infer (推断) that ________.

根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

    Tang Jun is chatting with his e-pal David (和网友大卫聊天) on QQ.

              (D: David; T: Tang Jun)

D: Hi, how is it going these days?

T: Pretty good! We celebrated our Dragon Boat Festival (端午节) last week.

D: Dragon Boat Festival?         1.        

T: To remember an ancient Chinese poet (诗人).

D: How do you usually celebrate it?

T:       2.      . But this year, we did something more interesting. 

D: What did you do?

T: Our school had a Dragon Boat race.

D:     3.     . Who won the race?

T: Our class.

D:     4.      

T: Thanks a lot. I hope you can come to China sometime.

D:      5.    . I’m interested in Chinese traditions. Tell me more about them next time.

T: OK, I will. See you.

D: See you!