Hidden in a small street in the south end of Springfield, not far from buildings torn apart by the tornado（龙卷风） earlier this year, Frigo’s is an Italian restaurant right in our own backyard.
Frigo’s is not a tiny place. It provides different kinds of Italian food. There are refrigerator cases full of prepared foods and desserts, and shelves filled with olives and various pasta.
There’s some traditional Italian music and the smell is of olive oil and garlic（大蒜）. Above the largest refrigerator case, there’s a chalk board covered with desriptions of more Italian sandwiches than I could remember.
I stepped into Frigo’s almost by accident when I had to stay in Springfield into the evening for an open house at the school where I work. Frigo’s is the perfect place to find something quick to go. There are no tables, so all food is taken out. I also thought it would be a great place to pick up some already-prepared food to bring home for dinner.
I ordered the easiest meal possible: a chicken sandwich and a salad. It cost＄4.75 for the sandwich. The salad was＄4.99 and didn’t have salad dressing on it. I must have missed the choice of salad dressing on the way out. The sandwich was great—great chicken, excellent tomato sauce and not too much cheese.
I wish I had tried one of the many other sandwiches which include Joe’s Favorite (＄5.25-＄6.75) and the Dante (King) which is made of turkey breast, roasted red peppers, asiago cheese and choice of dressing.
I have a feeling that I’ll be picking up dinner for me and the kids at Frigo’s soon.
【小题1】 Who would be most likely to go to eat at Frigo’s?

 Dear Jack，

    Thank you for your congratulations，my congratulations to you! I remember Margaret Field very well―the girl with that wonderful red hair and those beautiful eyes.  She was the most popular girl in our college. You’re a very lucky fellow and I'm sure you’11 be very happy with her.

    Brenda and I are very lucky，too. Her father gave us this house as a wedding present，so we don't have to pay rent. The house and furniture are insured already，so I can’t help you by giving you that kind of business. I wish I'd known earlier that you were in the insurance business. I'd certainly have asked you to give me a policy for the house and its contents.

    I'm rather doubtful about the value of life insurance. It’s my duty，I know，to see that there will be money for my wife，and later on for the children，in the event of my early death. But I feel that it's wiser to put my money into the shares of good business companies. You say I can get a policy that will provide 50，000 when I'm 65. Yes，but that time is nearly forty years away，and what will 50，000 be worth then?The real value of money has been going down and prices go up a little every year，perhaps only 4％or 5％，but the movement is always up，never down. 50，000 in fifty years from now may be worth only two―thirds or even a half of what it is worth today. Now if I put my savings into the shares of the big oil companies，or aircraft manufacturers，the value of the shares will go up with the rise in costs and prices. So the real value of my money would remain about the same，wouldn’t it?I know your answer. You’ll say that your life insurance policy provides against my possible death. I've got to balance that possibility against the almost certain fall in the value of money?

    I'd very much like you to meet Brenda. Can you come for a weekend some time?What about next Saturday?If you can manage it，please let me know which train you’re coming by，and I’ll meet you at the station. We can have a talk about life insurance and perhaps you’ll succeed in making me see that life insurance is a good thing.

                                                             Yours sincerely，

                                                                   Fred

64. We can infer from the passage that              .

    A. Margaret is Fred’s wife

    B. Jack is a customer of Fred

    C. Brenda is familiar to Margaret

    D. Jack，Fred and Margaret once studied in the same college

65. The underlined sentence”In the event of my early death”can be replaced by         .

    A. when I should die young         B. if I should die young

    C. after I should die young          D. before I should die young

66. Which word can be used to describe Fred according to the passage?

    A. Narrow-minded.   B. Short-sighted.     C. Ambitious.    D. Practical.

67. This is a letter of        .

    A. refusing          B. inquiring          C. complaining    D. negotiating

I finished my last evening shift of the week and could hardly wait to get home. I took off my nursing shoes, relaxed and then said goodnight to the rest of the girls and headed out of the door.

It was so cold and I could see the ice crystals in the air. As I approached my car, I saw one of my coworkers standing by the bus stop. I thought it would only take a couple of extra minutes to give her a ride home, and besides, it was too cold to be standing outside on the coldest night in January.

We chatted as I drove and before we knew it, we arrived at her house. As she headed up the steps to her door she turned around. “Do you know how to get to your house from here?” “How hard can it be? I’ll just backtrack the way I came.”

I started driving. Nothing looked familiar, but at first that didn’t bother me since I’d never been to this neighborhood before. I kept driving, and soon I sensed that something was wrong. I recognized nothing, not the neighborhoods, not even the street names. My husband would be worried about me. I looked down at my watch. It was now 2:30. I’d left work at 11:30 pm.

I stopped my car. I thought I’d better take stock of my situation. My gas gauge (汽油量表) was slowly going down. In total defeat I put my head down on the steering wheel and asked for help. I lifted my head. I saw a shadow down the road in front of me. It was a car. What was a car doing in the middle of nowhere at 2:30 in the morning?

Hesitantly, I got out of my car and knocked on the window of the other car. An elderly man slowly rolled his window down.

I said, “I’m lost and don’t know how to get back into town.”

In silence, he started driving. I drove behind him.

Finally I recognized a familiar street. As I turned to head home, I lost sight of my guiding angel. When I pulled into my driveway the warning light for my gas tank turned on.

66. The first paragraph tells us that the writer _______.

A. lived near her workplace                  

B. used to go home by bus

C. worked in a woman’s hospital          

D. had been working at night for a week

67. Why did the writer stop her car?          

A. To consider and judge the situation.                 B. To check whether there was gas.

C. To prevent the car breaking down.                  D. To turn to somebody for help.

68. How did the old man help the writer?

A. He told her the way to the town.                      B. He led her by driving in front.

C. He called the police to help her.                       D. He sent her to her home with his car.

69. When the writer got home, _______.

A. she thanked the old man very much

B. her husband was waiting for her anxiously

C. the oil in her car was just going to run out

D. she was totally frozen on the cold night

70. What might be the suitable title for the passage?

A. Keep up and you will succeed at last.

B. Meeting a friendly old man in trouble.

C. Giving a ride to my coworker at night.

D. Losing my way on a cold winter night.

Hidden in a small street in the south end of Springfield, not far from buildings torn apart by the tornado（龙卷风） earlier this year, Frigo’s is an Italian restaurant right in our own backyard.
Frigo’s is not a tiny place. It provides different kinds of Italian food. There are refrigerator cases full of prepared foods and desserts, and shelves filled with olives and various pasta.
There’s some traditional Italian music and the smell is of olive oil and garlic（大蒜）. Above the largest refrigerator case, there’s a chalk board covered with desriptions of more Italian sandwiches than I could remember.
I stepped into Frigo’s almost by accident when I had to stay in Springfield into the evening for an open house at the school where I work. Frigo’s is the perfect place to find something quick to go. There are no tables, so all food is taken out. I also thought it would be a great place to pick up some already-prepared food to bring home for dinner.
I ordered the easiest meal possible: a chicken sandwich and a salad. It cost＄4.75 for the sandwich. The salad was＄4.99 and didn’t have salad dressing on it. I must have missed the choice of salad dressing on the way out. The sandwich was great—great chicken, excellent tomato sauce and not too much cheese.
I wish I had tried one of the many other sandwiches which include Joe’s Favorite (＄5.25-＄6.75) and the Dante (King) which is made of turkey breast, roasted red peppers, asiago cheese and choice of dressing.
I have a feeling that I’ll be picking up dinner for me and the kids at Frigo’s soon.

1. 1.

   Who would be most likely to go to eat at Frigo’s?

   1. A.
      People who want to eat quietly in a nice restaurant.
   2. B.
      People who want to enjoy home-made food
   3. C.
      People who like traditional American food
   4. D.
      People who are fond of Italian food
2. 2.

   Which of the following cannot be seen at Frigo’s?

   1. A.
      A chalk board covered with descriptions of sandwiches
   2. B.
      Refrigerator cases full of prepared foods and desserts
   3. C.
      Shelves filled with olives and different kinds of pasta
   4. D.
      Customers eating happily around tables
3. 3.

   How much did the writer pay for his first meal at Frigo’s?

   1. A.
      ＄4.75
   2. B.
      ＄5.25
   3. C.
      ＄9.74
   4. D.
      ＄4.99
4. 4.

   We can infer that “Joe’s Favorite” and “Dante” are the names of        .

   1. A.
      sandwiches
   2. B.
      salads
   3. C.
      cheese
   4. D.
      peppers
5. 5.

   We can infer from the passage that the writer         .

   1. A.
      seldom eats out in a restaurant with his family
   2. B.
      feels very happy that be has found Frigo’s
   3. C.
      dislikes eating sandwiches
   4. D.
      lives a very relaxing life