3.If children did something wrong, he often took them to the station first.

2. Police Officer Fang was different from other policemen.

1. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

　 A. Helping a Girl in Trouble　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Lost Her Money

　 C. A Generous Policeman　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. A Strict Policeman

8.The word influence in the last sentence may mean ___ in Chinese.

　 A. 影响　　　　　　　　 B. 有关　　　　　　　　　　 C. 限制　　　　　　　　　　 D. 进步

Words per minute ______

%Comprehension _______

Passage 16 　

A Policeman and a Girl

Police officer Fang was a generous (慷慨的) man. He always tried to help people when in trouble. Many policemen just arrested (逮捕) people whenever they did anything wrong, but Police Officer Fang really cared about people.

If he saw a beggar (乞丐) in the street he did not arrest him for begging. Instead, he gave him some money to buy a meal. If he saw children behaving (举止) badly he did not take them to the police station. Instead, he tried to find out why they were behaving badly and then lectured them on the importance of good behavior (行为).

One day he saw a small girl standing in the street. She was crying and tears were running down her face.

“Hello,” he said to her, “and what’s your problem?”

The small girl looked up at him through her tears.

“I’ve lost my money,” she said.

“Oh dear!” Police Officer Fang said, “And how did you do that?”

“My purse (钱包) fell out of my pocket,” the small girl said. “It had all my money in it.”

And she continued crying.

“It's all right,” Police Officer Fang said. “Don’t worry. It’s not the end of the world. Tell me how much money was in your purse.”

“Ten dollars,” the small girl said.

Police Officer Fang took out his wallet. He opened it, took ten dollars and gave it to the girl.

“Here you are,” he said. “Here’s ten dollars. Now you can stop crying.”

But instead of stopping crying, the small girl cried even louder.

“Now what’s the matter?” Police Officer Fang said.

“I wish I’d said I’d lost fifty dollars,” the small girl replied.

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Total Reading Time ___

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Answer the following questions without referring to the reading:

7.From the experiment we can see rats like to drink the water without vitamin. T　　 F

6. According to the passage, adults’ (成年人) eating habits differ from those

of babies because adults know better than babies what kinds of food are

good for their health.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F

5. In the experiment mentioned in the second paragraph, babies were

provided with various kinds of baby food.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F

4. Babies and rats have similar eating habits because they both have the

wisdom to choose a balanced diet.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F

3.The expression ‘the habit” in the first paragraph refers to drinking water

which has no smell.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F

2. In the experiment on rats, a fragrant flavor was added to the rats’ drinking

　water to find out what kind of flavor rats prefer.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F