It's not a new phenomenon, but have you noticed how many nouns are being used as verbs? We all use them, often without noticing what we're doing.

I was arranging to meet someone for dinner last week, and I said “I’ll pencil it in my diary”, and my friend said “You can ink it in”, meaning that it was a firm arrangement not a tentative one!

Many of these new verbs are linked to new technology. An obvious example is the word fax, which is a shortening of facsimile originally, an exact copy of a book or document. We all got used to sending and receiving faxes, and then soon started talking about faxing something and promising we'd fax it immediately. So, nouns turn into verbs in two easy stages. Then along came email, and we were soon all emailing each other madly. How did we do without it? I can hardly imagine life without my daily emails.

Email reminds me, of course, of my computer and its software, which has produced another couple of new verbs. On my computer I can bookmark those pages from the World Wide Web that I think I'll want to look at again, thus saving all the effort of remembering their addresses and calling them up from scratch. I can do the same thing on my PC, but there I don't bookmark; I favorite—coming from “favorite pages”, so the verb is derived from an adjective not a noun. I wasn’t really sure whether people said this, but someone told me recently that they had favorited a site I was looking for and so they could easily give me its address.

In the late 1980s I noticed that lots of my friends had acquired pagers, and kept saying things like “I’ll page you as soon as I know what time we’re meeting”. They couldn't say it to me, though; I refused to have one. So my children bought me a mobile phone, now known simply as a mobile and I had to learn yet more new verbs. I can message someone, that is, I can leave a message （either spoken or written）for them on their phone．Or I can text them, write a few words suggesting when and where to meet, for example. How long will it be before I can mobile them, that is, phone them using my mobile? I haven’t heard that verb yet, but I’m sure I will soon. Perhaps I’ll start using it myself! 　

60. “I’ll pencil it in my diary” in the second paragraph probably means              .

A. it was a firm arrangement　　　　　　　    　

B. it was an uncertain arrangement

C. the arrangement should be written as a diary    

D. he prefers a pencil to a pen

61. A website address can be easily found if it has been            .

A. emailed            B. messaged          C. favorited          D. texted

62. Which of the following has not been used as a verb yet?

A. message            B. page                 C. email               D. mobile

63. The best title for this passage is           ．

A. New Verbs from Old Nouns　　　　

B. The Development of the English language

C. New Technology and New words     

D. Technology and Language

How can you make a million dollars in one month? I’m sure I am going to get the ____41____ of many readers with the question. The ____42____ news is that you are not going to make a million dollars in one month ____43____ you win the lottery (彩票) or some other prize.
We all want to be millionaires. However, if you try to ____44____ how they became that rich, you will learn that they worked very ____45____ for the money. That is what most ____46____ have had to do, including Bill Gates and Andrew Carnegie, and they often went ____47____ hardships before they succeeded ____48____.
There are many reasons why the millionaires have made it ____49____ for themselves. In this article, I am going to ____50____ passion (热情) which I think is the most ____51____ quality to have in order to succeed. I am sure that if one were to ____52____ the people who made millions in their lifetime, this would be found in all of them.
Take J.K. Rowling for ____53____. Her first Harry Potter book was sent to twelve publishing houses, all of which ____54____ to publish it. A year later, she was finally given the chance by a small ____55____, which paid ￡1,500. And the ____56____ from that company was that she should get herself a job since she had little ____57____ of making a living by writing children’s books.
If you want to make a million dollars, find something that ____58____ you really passionate and work hard at it. It doesn’t ____59____ what it is. Let me know how you ____60____.

—Hello! Is that Mr. Clark? This is Liu When speaking.

—Hello! Mr. Liu. Can I help you?

—I’m on my way to your house now, but I have lost my way.

—  1.  Where are you now, Mr. Liu?

—I don’t know exactly. I think I’m somewhere on Dong An Road.  2. 

—A bookstore on Dong An Road.  3.  

—Yes, it is. And I can see a restaurant at the other corner.

—Now I’m almost sure where you are. You turned at the second corner. You should have turned at the first corner from the railway station.

—Is that so?  4.  

—There you’ll find a one-way traffic sign. That’s where you have to turn to the left, there is a six-story house. My room is on the third floor.

—I’m sure I won’t have any trouble this time. Thanks

—   5. 

A．Then I’ll go back to the first corner.

B．See you tomorrow.

C．Are you tired and hungry?

D．That’s too bad.

E.I’m calling you from a bookstore.

F.I’ll be waiting for you.

G.It’s at a corner, isn’t it?

In the middle of the night, Peter’s wife suddenly fell ill. She rolled from side to side, crying, “Oh, my stomach! Get the ___31___!”

Peter thought his wife was only having a ___32___dream.

“Stop that noise,” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to __33___ again. But his wife still cried out, “Oh, help! Help! I’m sure I am ___34___.”

Peter got out of bed and started ___35___, but he could not find his clothes.

“Where is my shirt?” he asked. His wife was __36__ ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my poor ___37___!”

As soon as he had put his clothes ___38__, he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite __39___ that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait ___40___next morning, can’t you?”

“No, I can’t, go, go, go!” his wife shouted, “___41__ you will find me dead in the morning!”

So Peter went out into the ___42___street. He had only gone a few steps, when he heard his wife ___43___ him again. “I’m __44___again, and I shall not want the doctor.” She said softly.

Hearing this, he started running as ___45___ as he could towards the doctor’s house. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door with his stick loudly enough to wake ___46___ around.

“Oh, Doctor,” Peter called loudly to the doctor, “I have very ___47___ news for you. My wife ___48___ ill with a terrible stomachache. I was on the way to bring you to her. But she called me back to say that the trouble had suddenly ___49___her. So you need not come. Go back to bed now and ___50___ well.”

1.                A．driver          B．nurse          C．doctor   D．policeman

2.                A．terrible         B．interesting      C．surprising     D．wonderful

3.                A．work           B．sleep           C．cry  D．read

4.                A．working        B．dying           C．walking   D．sleeping

5.                A．dressing        B．running         C．crying    D．working

6.                A．very           B．so             C．too D．quite

7.                A．head           B．teeth           C．stomach  D．hands

8.                A．down          B．off             C．up   D．on

9.                A．certain         B．anxious         C．worried  D．afraid

10.               A．before         B．for            C．to    D．until

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

12.               A．bright          B．dark           C．noisy D．dirty

13.               A．telling          B．calling          C．wanting   D．ordering

14.               A．good          B．wrong          C．all right    D．terrible

15.               A．fast            B．slowly          C．carefully   D．happily

16.               A．everyone       B．someone       C．no one    D．nobody

17.               A．good           B．bad            C．disappointing   D．happy

18.               A．remained       B．fell            C．grew D．failed

19.               A．comforted      B．missed         C．wanted    D．left

20.               A．work          B．say            C．think D．sleep

In the middle of the night, Peter's wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn’t help crying,“Oh, my stomach (胃)! Get the      !”

   Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a       dream.

“Stop that noise.” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to        again, but his wife still cried out, “Oh, help! Help! I'm sure I'm       !”

    Peter got out of bed and started       , but he could not find him any clothes.

   “Where is my shirt?” he asked. His wife was       ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my        stomach!”

   As soon as he had put his clothes       , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite 44that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait       morning, can't you?”

“No, I can't. Go, go, go.” his wife shouted,“       you will find me dead       the morning.”

   So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters      he heard his wife calling him again.

   “I'm       again now, and I shall not want the doctor.” she said softly.

   Hearing this, he started running as       as he could towards the doctor's. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake       around.

   The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who's there?”

   “Oh, Doctor.”Peter said to him, “I've very       news for you. My wife       ill with a terrible stomachache (胃疼). I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly       her. So you need not come. Go back to       now, and sleep well!”

1.A. driver   B. nurse        C. doctor         D. child

2.A. terrible   B. interesting    C. Surprising   D. wonderful

3.A. bed      B. sleep       C. dream        D. hospital

4.A. walking   B. dying      C. aching       D. sleeping

5.A. dressing   B. wearing    C. raising       D. working

6.A. very      B. so         C. too         D. quite

7.A. good      B. bad        C. wrong      D. poor

8.A. down     B. off        C. on         D. up

9.A. surprised   B. afraid     C. certain     D. worried

10.A. before     B. for        C. to        D. until

11.A. And      B. But        C. So        D. Or

12.A. after      B. in        C. before      D. until

13.A. after     B. when      C. before      D. while

14.A. good     B. wrong      C. all right    D. right

15.A. fast        B. slowly      C. hurriedly    D. happily

16.A. everyone   B. someone     C. no one     D. doctors

17.A. good      B. bad         C. necessary    D. ill

18.A. fell       B. stayed      C. grew        D. failed

19.A. gone     B. missed      C. disappeared   D. left

20.A. your home  B. your bedroom C. your dream         D. bed