No More Time Out

Shirley Yeats is certainly a very brave woman ! At the age of sixty-seven, she   1   to take a trip round the coast(海岸) of Malaysia. Everything was fine   2   one day, as she was going back to her room on the    3    , she saw smoke coming out of another room. She    4   the captain from her room at once and told him about the fire. Then she went up on deck(甲板) to see   5   she  could do to help. The fire spread(蔓延) very quickly and soon 6    was completely out of control. The captain decided to get all the passengers out as 7  as possible.

Many of the other passengers were   8   , but Shirley remained calm(镇静的). She even helped the other passengers to    9   the lifeboats.

All 1,000 passengers were in the lifeboats and not one passenger   10   in the fire. Shirley was one of the last people to leave. Later, she told reporters, “ I was very afraid,   11   I always knew what I had to do. I   12   all my years as a teacher helped----all that time telling people what to do ! “

1. A. stopped      B. used        C. had      D. decided

2.A. since         B. after       C. until    D. before

3.A. way           B. ship        C. land     D. road

4.A. phoned        B. told        C. asked    D. ordered

5.A. if            B. how         C. what     D. where

6.A. she           B. he          C. that     D. it

7.A. quickly       B. much        C. well     D. usually

8.A. sleepy        B. terrified   C. tired    D. lazy

9.A. get into      B. get back to C. get off  D. get up to

10.A. lost         B. killed      C. hurt     D. died

11.A. and          B. but         C. so       D. or

12.A. need         B. like        C. think    D. hate

 Sandy has ________ for hours.

       A. phoned              B. been on the phone     C. made a phone call      D. by phone

It was Mother’s Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy, because she was 800 miles away from her parents. In the morning she phoned her mother to wish her a happy Mother’s Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs(丁香花)in the garden.
Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs, he said, “I know where we can find all that you want. Get the children and come on.” So they went, driving down the country roads. There on a small hill, they saw a lot of beautiful purple lilacs. The young woman ran quickly to enjoy the flowers. Carefully, she picked a few here and there. On their way home there was a smile on her face.
When they were passing an old people’s home, the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair. They stopped the ear and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the flowers in her hands, and smiled at her. The old granny thanked her again and again. She smiled happily, too.
When the young mother came back to her car, her children asked her, “Who is the old granny? Why did you give our flowers to her?  I don’t know her,” their mother said. “But it’s Mother’s Day, and she has no children. I have all of you, and I still have my mother. Just think how much those flowers meant to her.”
【小题1】The young woman was a little unhappy on Mother’s Day because________.

It was Mother’s Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy, because she was 800 miles away from her parents. In the morning she phoned her mother to wish her a happy Mother’s Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs(丁香花)in the garden.

Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs, he said, “I know where we can find all that you want. Get the children and come on.” So they went, driving down the country roads. There on a small hill, they saw a lot of beautiful purple lilacs. The young woman ran quickly to enjoy the flowers. Carefully, she picked a few here and there. On their way home there was a smile on her face.

When they were passing an old people’s home, the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair. They stopped the ear and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the flowers in her hands, and smiled at her. The old granny thanked her again and again. She smiled happily, too.

When the young mother came back to her car, her children asked her, “Who is the old granny? Why did you give our flowers to her?  I don’t know her,” their mother said. “But it’s Mother’s Day, and she has no children. I have all of you, and I still have my mother. Just think how much those flowers meant to her.”

1.The young woman was a little unhappy on Mother’s Day because________.

A. she didn’t have a present

B. she was far away from her mother

C. she didn’t know it was Mother’s Day

D. she wanted to see her father

2.Which of the following pictures do you think matches well with Paragraph 2?

A.                 B.                   C.                  D.

3.The young woman gave the flowers to the old granny because _____________.

A. the old granny was her mother

B. she didn’t like those flowers

C. her mother asked her to do so

D. she wanted the old granny to be happy too

4.The following words can be used to describe the young woman except __________.

A. kind       B. understanding       C. friendly      D. surprised