Today was not a good day. Everything went wrong. First, I slept late and Mom shouted at me to wake up. When I went to the kitchen for breakfast, there was no cereal. I decided to have some toast instead, but I burned it. I had to eat it anyway because there was no more bread. The juice bottle was empty, so I had a glass of cold water.

When I was getting on a bus, I realized that I had forgotten my wallet, so I had to go back home to get it.

Of course, I missed the bus and had to wait for the next.

I was late for school and the teacher told me to stay in the classroom at lunchtime to catch up on(弥补) the school work I had missed. After lunch, it was time to give the teacher our homework. I reached into my bag to get it, but it wasn’t there. I had left it at home. I was in trouble again.

When I got home, I went straight to my room to catch up on my homework. Mom cooked fish for dinner. She knows I don’t like fish, but she thinks it is good for her son. How terrible! I hope tomorrow will be better.

1.What happened to the boy on this bad day?

        A. He argured with his parents.         B. He heard some bad news.

        C. He burned the kitchen.               D. Many unhappy things happened to him.

2. When did the boy’s bad day begin?

A. In the morning       B. When he was at school    C. At lunchtime.   D. when he got home

3.He didn’t take the bus, instead, he went back home to get _________.

        A. his homework     B. breakfast        C. money        D. his bag

4.How many “terrible” things did the boy mention in this story?

        A. Four             B. Five         C. Seven            D. Ten

I was being interviewed by a senior manager for a major insurance(保险业)company. I told him honestly why I wanted the job —I needed to keep my family in Boston. My wife recently died of a heart attack. A job in Boston would help me reduce some of the extreme trauma(精神创伤) and pain of the loss for my 16-year-old daughter. It was important for me to keep her in her present high school. I could still hardly talk about the loss of my wife. Bruce, the interviewer, was politely empathetic, but he didn’t probe(彻底调查) any further. He admitted (接受)my loss and, with great respect, moved on to another subject. After the next round of the interview, Bruce took me to lunch with another manager. Then he asked me to take a walk with him. He told me that he, too, had lost his wife. And, like me, he had also been married 20 years and had three children. In his sharing, I realized that he had experienced the same pain as I had —a pain that was almost impossible to explain to someone who had not lost a beloved one. He offered his business card and home phone number and suggested that, if I need help or just want someone to talk to, I should feel free to give him a call. Whether I got the job or not, he wanted me to know that he was there if I ever needed help. When he had no idea if we would ever see each other again, he helped our family deal with one of the greatest losses. He turned the normally cold business interview into a caring support for another person in need.
【小题1】The author took part in the interview because _______.

--- ___________ great fun it was to see the basketball final yesterday! What about you?

--- What a pity! I had a lot of work to do yesterday.

A What a               B How a            C How              D What

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Dear grandma，

How's it going? I hope that grandpa is well now, I was sorry to 1.h_______    that he had a cold last week I hope you are in good 2.h____________    .

Things are fine here, I3.f ________  my end-of-year exams last week and got my report4.c_________     today. I always get5.___________(紧张) when I see me envelope from school in the mail. put luckily I did OK this time. I had a hard time with science this semester and I wasn't surprised to find that my worst report was from my science teacher. She said I was 6. __________(懒惰), which isn't true. It's just that I find science really difficult. 7._______________(另一个)disappointing result was in history. My history teacher said I could do 8.__________________ (更好) .  The good news is that my 9.__________(数学) teacher said I was hard-working. And my Spanish teacher said my listening was good.

Well, that's about all the news I have for now. Mom and I 10.D______    send their love.

Love，

Alan