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　　Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and their children were going to begin their holiday one day. As they had decided to spend it in another country, they had to be at the airport at 11∶40 a. m. “It'll take us half an hour to get there in the taxi,” Mr. Wilson said, “So we all have to be ready by 11 o'clock. Nobody should be late.”

　　At 10∶50 they were still all running around doing things, except Mrs. Wilson, who was sitting quietly on a chair in the garden enjoying the sun.

　　Her husband and children were very surprised that she was not in a hurry too. Until the taxi arrived and Mrs. Wilson said to them, “Well, I knew that this was going to happen, so before I went to bed last night, I moved all clocks and watches ahead 20 minutes. So now we can go to the airport quietly without worrying about being late.”

1．The Wilsons had to get everything ready and leave for the airport ________.

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2．How long would they spend on the way to the airport?

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3．At ten to eleven Mrs. Wilson wasn't in a hurry because in fact it was ________.

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4．What happened to their clocks and watches?

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A．They all had to be repaired.

B．They all kept the correct time.

C．They were 20 minutes fast.

D．They were 20 minutes slow.

5．What do you think would happen to the Wilsons?

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A．They would get to the airport in time.

B．They would get to the airport just on time.

C．They would arrive at the airport a little late.

D．They would arrive at the airport an hour earlier.

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____________

　　Miss Wu is a young teacher of English in China. She loves teaching very much. One day when she was giving an English lesson, she found the headmaster sitting at the back of the classroom. After class, the headmaster told her that he came to her class to find out how much English and how much Chinese she was using. The result was about half English and half Chinese. She was using Chinese when she gave instructions to her students and when she wanted to get feedback (反馈) from her students. The headmaster told her that she should use more English in her class.

　　Miss Wu made a plan like this:

　　·Talk with an Englishman every Sunday for two hours to learn more .English expressions;

　　·Write some English expressions on cards. These cards not only remind her to use English in class, but also help her remember some expressions;

　　·Have a five-minute talk in English with students before class.

　　She used body language to help her if students could not understand.

　　One year later, she found she could use English freely in class.

(1) Miss Wu ________.

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A．has a poor memory

B．is a teacher of Chinese

C．loves her job

D．is angry with the headmaster

(2) The headmaster came to Miss Wu's class to ________.

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A．write some English expressions on cards

B．help her improve her English teaching

C．give instructions to the students

D．get feedback from the students

(3) After the headmaster left, Miss Wu realized that she should ________ in her class.

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A．use more Chinese

B．use more English

C．use half English and half Chinese

D．use body language

(4) What does the underlined word “remind” mean?

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(5) What is the main idea of this passage?

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A．Use cards in English teaching.

B．Talk with English-speaking people.

C．Speak more English in English class.

D．Learn more English expressions.