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was destroyed (毁坏) and no one was hurt. But a huge stone fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the
middle of the road.
When the earthquake stopped, many people came to the road and saw the stone. Some of the strongest men
tried to lift the stone out of the road. But they couldn't move it. They tried to push it but failed. They tried to
pull it with ropes but nothing worked.?
"Well," they said sadly, "there's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the way."
At this time a boy about 12 years old said, "I think I can help you to move the stone away."
"You?" they shouted. "What are you talking about?" The men all laughed at the boy.?
The next morning, some people came into the road. One of them shouted, "The stone is gone." More people
ran out to see what had happened. It was true. The stone wasn't on the road any longer. It wasn't even near the
road.?
The boy walked over to where the stone had been and said, "I buried it."
The people looked rather surprised. "You see," he said, "I dug a deep hole next to the stone and I dug a small incline (斜坡) up to the stone and the stone rolled (滚) down into the hole itself. Then I covered it with earth."
The villagers shouted, "Clever boy! Clever boy!" And some of them said, "Why didn't we think out this good
idea?"
B. village
C. city
D. country
B. nothing happened
C. the whole village was covered with big stones
D. a huge stone fell down the mountain and stood in the middle of the road
B. a young man
C. a boy
D. a girl
B. in the house
C. in the river
D. on the road side
B. the villagers were very foolish
C. the boy was very bright and good at thinking?
D. the villagers were all proud of the boy before the earthquake happened
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to act in his next film. However, Sarina always chose her films very carefully and worked only with famous
people.
Michael was not at all famous. In fact, he was still planning his first film. He knew it would be hard to
persuade (说服) the actress to work for him. He decided to take her out for dinner.
"I'm try to impress (留下极深的印象) her," he thought.
"Then she'll act in my film."
Sarina agreed to have dinner with him. He chose the most expensive restaurant in the city and paid the
waiter to greet them by name and give them the best table. When Michael and the actress arrived, the head
waiter hurried up to them. "Good evening, Mr. Forster. Good evening, Miss Chan," he said. "Please come this
way. Your table is ready for you." He led them to a table near the window, and then another waiter came up and
took their order. During the meal, Michael noticed that Herbert Grange was in the restaurant. Grange was a very
famous producer. When Grange left his table to go to the rest room. Michael asked Sarina to excuse him, and
went to the rest room as well. As Grange was washing his hands, Michael said, "Mr. Grange, please help me.
I'm trying to persuade Sarina Chan to act in my film, but she doesn't think I'm important enough. Would you
be kind enough to come over to my table, slap me on the back and say," Good to see you. Michael. We must
have lunch again soon." Herbert Grange smiled. "OK," he said. "Anything to help an ambitious (有野心地) young
man." Michael returned to his table.
A few minutes later, Herbert Grange came up to him, slapped him on the back and said, "Good to see you,
Michael. We must have lunch again soon." Michael looked up at him angrily and said, "Oh, go away, Herbert,
can't you see I'm busy!"
B. No, he wasn't
C. Yes, she was
D. No, she wasn't
B. Sarina Chan
C. Herbert Grange
D. The head waiter
B. An actress
C. A famous producer
D. A singer
B. agreed to
C. couldn't
D. didn't agree to
B. A clever man
C. A shy man
D. A rude man
Well, that’s exactly how I felt. On a Saturday morning last autumn．I had gone to town to do some shopping and as I was on my way home，it suddenly began to rain. I at once ran into a nearby phone box since I didn’t have an umbrella．It was raining so heavily that I have to stay in the phone box until it stopped．
A few moments later，I saw a young man walk up to the phone box，wearing a yellow raincoat and holding a box. I didn’t want to go out into the rain，so I picked up the phone and pretended I was talking to someone. I thought the man would go away，but he didn’t. He just waited in the pouring rain，watching me wave my hands about and act as if I was deep in conversation.
Luckily，it began to stop after about ten minutes．“Okay，Mum，” I said loudly into the phone，“I’ll see you later Bye!” I put the phone down．picked up my shopping bag and walked out of the phone box “I’m sorry I took so long,”I said to the man．
“Oh, I don’t want to use the phone,”he replied．smiling．“I’ve just come to repair it. It’s out of order．you see.” I felt myself go bright red in the face and I hurried away with my head down，feeling a complete fool. That was certainly one of the most embarrassing moments of my life!
小题1:Why did the writer go to the phone box and stay there?
A. Because she wanted to wait for her friend there.
B. Because she wanted to phone her mother.
C. Because it rained heavily and she had no umbrella with her.
小题2:What did the writer think what the young man wanted to do?
A. To repair the phone. B. To use the phone. C. To stay in the phone box.
小题3:How long did the young man wait for?
A. About five minutes． B. About fifteen minutes. C. About ten minutes.
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The story happened on a cold Saturday morning last summer.
B. The writer was telephoning to her mother when it rained．
C. It suddenly rained when the writer was on her way home after shopping.
小题5:Why was the writer embarrassed?
A. Because she did something foolish.
B. Because she got all wet.
C. Because she made the man wait so long.