--Have you heard of that? Tom recently bought a new car and an expensive flat.

    --________? He even couldn’t have enough money to pay for the rent.

    A. How about     B. Why not          C. How come        D. So what

                                             79 Mayfair Road

Plumton, Kent

October 10th

Dear Rosemary,

I was very glad to get your letter this morning. I really ought to have written to you---it was my turn, I know----but I have been terribly busy. The children seem to take up all my time. I am thinking of sending Ann to a nursery school. She’ll be four next month. Baby has just started to walk and doesn’t give me a moment’s peace. But you know what it is like! How are all your children? I’m sure they love living in the country.

I’m afraid we can’t come over to see you next Sunday, as you suggest. Tom’s mother is coming to spend the day with us. What about the Sunday after that----- the twenty-second? We are free that day and should love to come. We’re longing to see your house.

Let me know, then, if the Sunday after next suits you. May we come for lunch? We’d like to leave fairly early in the evening to avoid the heavy traffic on the roads.

Love from us all,

Edna

1. Edna can not see Rosemary the following Sunday because_____.

2.What doesn’t give Edna a moment’s peace?

3.We can infer from the letter that Tom is_________.

----I hear that Tom was badly injured in a car accident and is in hospital now.
-----_________, let’s pay a visit to him.

单词拼写(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

66.The continue    (保持)in touch with each other by e-mail.              

67. His memory is very  (精确的); he never makes mistakes.   

68. Bill was doing a lot of exercise to build up his (力量).     

69. Children should be told not to follow (陌生人).          

70. If you tell lies, it is you who will (受痛苦)in the end.               

71. Several years ago her husband died (突然地)at the age of 64.          

72. The heavy snow did great  (损害)to the fruit trees.                   

73. The 含量)of milk fat is not less than 8.5 percent.          

74. The moving snake (吓坏) the little girl just now.                    

75. He (劝告) that Tom and I buy the new tire.            

I made a promise to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.

The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical passage about husbands and their wives. Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.

And it did. On arriving at the beach cottage, I kissed Evelyn meeting me at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.” “Oh, Tom, you noticed”, she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled. After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me.” We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.

So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new promise to keep on remembering to choose love.?

There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.

“What’s the matter?” I asked her.

“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with distress, “I don’t?”

“What do you mean?”

“Well…that checkup I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me…am I dying?”

It took a moment for it all to be understood. Then I burst out laughing.

“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”

From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage ______.

A. with his family     B. with Evelyn    C. alone      D. with his children

During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ______.

A. she looked lovely in her new clothes

B. he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm

C. he was determined to be a good husband

D. the doctor said his wife was seriously ill

The author says, “There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment.” What does “one thing” refer to?

A. He praised her sweater, which puzzled her.

B. He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying.

C. He knew something about her illness but didn’t tell her.

D. She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated.

By saying “I’m just starting to live,” Tom means that ______.

A. he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life

B. he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband

C. he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change

D. he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before