Can you make a telephone call? Of course you can make it in Chinese. But a call in English is quite different from one in Chinese. If you want to ask somebody to answer the telephone, you can not say. "Please ask Mr. XX to answer (接) the telephone. "Instead (代替), you must say, "May I speak to Mr. XX ?"If you want to ask who is answering the phone, you should say ,"Who is that?" "Is that Mr. XX (speaking)?"Instead of "Who are you ?"If you want to tell the other one who you are, you should say, "This is XX (speaking)instead of（而不是）"I am XX."

( ) 26. An English telephone is ____________ a Chinese one.

A. as good as　 B. better than　 C. the same as D. not the same as (与)

( )27. If you want to tell the people who you are, you should say, " _____　 "

A. This is XX　　 B. I am XX　 C. That is XX　 D. He is XX

( )28. If you want to ask who is answering the phone , you should say, " __　 ".

A. Who am I?　　 B. Who is he?　 C. Who are you?　 D. Who is that?

( ) 29. If you want to ask someone to answer the call, you can say, " _______ ".

A. May I speak to Mr. XX　 B. Please tell Mr. XX to answer the call.

C. I want to talk to Mr. XX?　 D. Are you Mr. XX?

( ) 30. Which is right about the passage?

A. It tells the difference between making a call in Chinese and one in English.

B. We know how we call in English.

C. We don't understand how we call in English. D. It's easy to call in English.

One day, a teacher was speaking to a group of students about how to manage time. He gave such an interesting example that his students would never   1  .

He put a wide-mouth jar (罐子) on the table. Then he    2  some rocks and carefully placed them into the jar, one at a time. When  3  rocks would fit inside, he   4  , “Is this jar full?”

Everyone in class shouted, “Yes.” “Really?” The teacher pulled out a bag of small stones. He put   5  small stones in and shook the jar. The small stones went   6  into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group   7  , “Is this jar full?”

“Probably not,” one of them answered. “Good!” the teacher replied. He brought out a box of sand and   8  some sand into the jar and it went between the rocks and small stones. Again he asked the   9  question, “Is this jar full?

“No,” the class shouted. Once more the teacher said, “Good.” He poured a cup of water into the jar   10  it was full. The he asked, “What is the point here?” One student   11  his hand and said, “The point is that if you try really hard, you can   12  put more things in.”

“No,” the teacher replied, “that’s not the  13  . What I want to tell you is that if you don’t put the big rocks in first, you will never get others in at all.   14  are the ‘big rocks’ in your life? Time with your friends, your education or your dreams? Remember to put the  15  in first, or you’ll never get others in at all.?”

1.                A．remember      B．like            C．forget    D．think

2.                A．handed in       B．took out        C．gave away D．put away

3.                A．no more        B．not more        C．no many  D．not many

4.                A．answered       B．read           C．asked    D．said

5.                A．no            B．few            C．any  D．some

6.                A．up            B．out            C．down D．away

7.                A．no more        B．again           C．a third time    D．a fourth time

8.                A．sent           B．put            C．bought   D．collected

9.                A．same          B．different        C．difficult   D．common

10.               A．since          B．till             C．while D．because

11.               A．offered        B．placed         C．raised D．shook

12.               A．always         B．already         C．never D．hardly

13.               A．point          B．example        C．promise   D．story

14.               A．When          B．What          C．Who  D．Why

15.               A．sand           B．small stones     C．big rocks  D．water

“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!”
That may seem a strange thing to say. But touching things can help you to see them better. Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can tell how heavy the glass it. When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it.
With your skin, you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pockets. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too. You can even feel sounds against your skin. Have you wanted to know why some people like very loud music? They must like to feel the sounds of music.
All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things we might buy: food, clothes. To see something well, we have to touch it.
The bottom of our feet can feel things, too. You know this when you walk on warm sand, cool grass or a hard floor. All feel different under your feet.
There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to them.
Most museums are just for looking. But today some museums have things for visitors to touch. Their signs say, “Do touch!” there you can feel everything on show.
If you want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you will really see.
【小题1】 By touching things ___________.