_____ he was very tired, he continued working in his office.

Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes me ￡12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office . “You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me ￡12.”

Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely. “I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”

The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sun burnt,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”

“Yes,” she answered, shyly. “The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!”

“That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t swim a bit yet .Of course, she’s only three…”

“I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.”

Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, Madam,” he said. “But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?”

“Er, well—” the woman looked at the child. “I mean… she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”

“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs …let me see…￡13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe ￡1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…”

The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.

26．Harry was worried because __________.　 .

　　　 A．the woman was angry with him　　 B．he had not done his work properly

　　　 C．the Jersey timetable was wrong　　 D．the little girl didn’t have a return ticket

27．Harry started talking to the little girl ________.

　　　 A．because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do

　　　 B．because he had a little girl about the same age as this girl

　　　 C．because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice

　　　 D．when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl

28．When Harry said,“The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…”he meant that

　　　 A．they must follow it without other choice ,even though the fault was his

　　　 B．he had to be strict with the woman because of the law ,although he didn’t want to

　　　 C．the woman had to pay him ￡1.50 and the railway would pay her for the hotel

　　　 D．she should pay ￡1.50, but he had made a mistake, she could go without paying

29．The woman left the office without saying anything because __________.

　　　 A．she wanted to go home and get money for the child’s ticket

　　　 B．she was so angry that she didn’t want to have anything more to do with the young man

　　　 C．she was moved by Harry’s kindness

　　　 D．she knew she would have to pay the railway if she insisted　

30．How did the woman feel when she left the office?

A. angry　　　 B. peaceful　　 C. embarrassed　 D. nervous

Carly Williams decided to become a TV reporter when she was in Grade 6. “ One day, we went out into forest and did some reporting about forest fires,” Carly said. “ Ever since then, I have loved the job and I have been trying to do it as much as I can.”
Now 15, Carly reports for the news program at her school. And she has interviewed many famous people including some famous basketball players and TV stars.
“Carly is a great student and I am sure she will achieve her dream in the future,” said one of Carly’s teachers.
Last month the happiest thing for Carly was that she got a call from Teen Kids News in New York. She sent them some films she made by herself for the school news program. Teen Kids News is on over 200 TV stations around the USA. The producer of the show said he liked Carly’s films and asked if Carly would make a film for them.
“ All I could say was, yes, yes, yes!” Carly said. “ I didn’t even think for a second.”
Carly spent five days learning something about Teen Kids News in New York. She also visited a person who was a reporter for Teen Kids News and got some advice.
Her first task was to interview an artist in New York. Carly said she worried about working with a new team because she wanted to impress the producer. Although under great pressure, she did a wonderful job.
“Carly has gotten to do some pretty amazing things,” said Carly’s mother. “For her to get that taste of it was pretty cool.”
【小题1】Which thing helped Carly decide to be a TV reporter?

My name is Zhang Qing and my sister is Zhang Wei．Since middle school，we have dreamed about taking S great trip by __1__．When we graduated from college，we finally got the __2__ to do it．

We started our long bike ride __3__ the Mekong River in October．__4__ it was autumn，the snow had already started to fall in Tibet．Our legs felt so heavy and __5__ that we thought they had frozen．Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles? Zhang Wei was in front of me as usual．I knew I didn't need to encourage __6__．To climb up the mountain road was hard work but __7__ the hills was great fun．When we reached a valley（山谷），it became much warmer．We had to change our clothes．In the early evening，we stopped __8__ our tents and then we ate．After supper，Zhang Wei went to __9_ but I stayed awake．At midnight，the sky became clear and the stars were bright．There was almost no wind but the sound of the fire．What a quiet night! We have already travelled so far．We are reaching Dali in Yunnan Province．There our cousins Wang Lin and Yu Hang will __10__ us in the ride trip．I'm sure we'll have a greater time together．

1．A．bus                       B．bike                     C．train                             D．plane

2．A．chance                      B．experience            C．information            D．instruction

3．A．in                   B．on                       C．along                     D．above

4．A．Although               B．Because               C．Since                     D．If

5．A．warm                    B．hot                      C．comfortable            D．cold

6．A．him                       B．her                      C．me                        D．them

7．A．go up                    B．go down              C．to go up                 D．to go down

8．A．to put up              B．putting up            C．building                  D．to put on

9．A．work                     B．sleep                    C．travel                     D．run

10．A．greet                   B．visit                     C．join                        D．interview

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　　Many people like to keep dogs as their pets. But do you know dogs were wild (野生的) animals long long ago?

The 1 wild dogs were trained by 2 in Europe about 10,000 years ago. These first “dogs” were not like 3 we have now. They may have been small wolves. These dogs often came near humans to 4 some food. Some of the young dogs were adopted (收养) by people and grew up with them.

　　Humans believed the 5 were a help to them in many ways. The dogs helped them to hunt (狩猎). They could smell and hear danger 6 people could. They helped keep people 7 on cold nights. So it was 8 to raise the dogs.Now, there are many different kinds of dogs 9 they may look quite different from each other. Dog trainers think there are more than 400 different kinds in the world. The number keeps in creasing with new kinds.

　　Since those early days, humans and dogs have always been together. We should 10 them from now on because they are really our friends.