阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

　　Linda and David have travelled by air from London to Sydney, Australia．Linda has promised(答应)her mother that she will ring her to let her know that they have arrived safely．This is something she had done ever since she was a child．David thinks it is not a good idea to ring so far, to spend too much, and to say so little．

　　“If there were an accident．”He says,“they'd know soon enough．Bad news travels fast．”But Linda has promised that she would ring．“However,”she says,“it doesn't cost much when you just think that it's the other side of the world．It's only six pence per second(每秒六便士)．”

　　“If you're on that telephone for less than one minute, I'll eat my hat,”David says, “And one minute's nearly four pounds．”

　　“That's no more than you'd pay for a new hat,”Linda answers．

　　She has asked the man at the hotel desk to get her the number．The telephone rings．Linda picks it up．

　　“Hello, Mum．Is that you?”She says．

　　“Six pence per second,”David reminds(提醒)her．

　　“Hello．”It is Mrs Lee, Linda's mother, speaking from London．“I can hear you very clearly just like you are in the next room．It's a better line than when you called me from your office．Do you remember? I shouted at that time, and still you couldn't hear me sometimes．”

　　“Yes, Mum．”Linda puts in．“I just wanted to ring to…”

　　“I remember how you rang when you went to Betty's house to eat, when you were a little girl．And then when you…”Mrs Lee is a great talker．

　　“Nearly four pounds．”says David．

　　Linda tries to tell her mother that it is time to say goodbye．

　　“Yes, all right,”says Mrs Lee,“But you will write, won't you, as you did when you were at work…”

　　Once again, Mrs Lee talks about the past, and there is nobody stopping her．

　　“Four pounds fifty,”says David．

　　At last, Linda cuts her mother short, promises to write, and rings off．

　　“There! That wasn't long, was it?”

　　“Four pounds, ninety pence．”David answers．“And you didn't even say that we've arrived．”

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阅读理解

　　One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river．Suddenly his old axe(斧子)fell into the water．He felt very sad because he lost his only axe．Then all at once a beautiful fairy(仙女)came out and asked the man what was the．matter．

　　"I have lost my axe, "he said．"It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood．"

　　The fairy showed him a gold(金)axe and asked, "Is this yours?"

　　"No，"said the man．

　　The fairy then showed him a silver(银)axe and asked again, "Is this yours?"

　　"No," again answered the man．

　　Then she showed him the old axe．

　　"Yes, that is mine, "called out the happy man．

　　"I know it well enough," said the fairy, "I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth, and now I'll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one．"

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　　Mr．Whitson taught sixth-grade science．On the first day of class，he gave us a lecture about a creature called the cattywampus，an animal that was wiped out(灭绝)during the Ice Age．He passed around a skull(头骨)as he talked．We all took notes and later had a test．

　　When he returned my paper，I was shocked．There was a big red“X”through each of my answers．I had failed．There had to be some mistake！I had written down exactly what Mr．Whitson said．Then I realized that everyone in the class had failed．What had happened？

　　“Very simple．”Mr．Whitson explained．He had made up all those things about cattywampus．There had never been any such animal．The information in our notes was wrong．Did we expect praise(表扬)for wrong answers？

　　We were very angry．What kind of test was that？And what kind of teacher？

　　We should have figured it out(弄……明白)，Mr．Whitson said．At the very moment he was passing around that cattywampus skull，hadn’t he been telling us that no trace(迹象)of the animal remained(存在)？He had described its color and other facts he couldn’t have known．He had given the animal a strange name，and we still hadn’t been suspicious(有疑心的)．The zeroes on our papers would be recorded in his grade book，he said．And they were．

　　Mr．Whitson said he hoped we would learn something from this experience．Teachers and notebooks are not never wrong．In fact，no one is．He told us not to let our minds go to sleep and to speak up if we ever thought he or textbook was wrong．

　　I haven’t made any great scientific discoveries(科学发现)，but Mr．Whitson’s class gave me and my classmates something just as important：the courage(勇气)to look people in the eye and tell them they are wrong．He also showed us that you can have fun doing it．

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通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出一个最佳选项。

　　When I was in the third grade, I wanted to be just like Mrs．Abshere．She always had a 　　1　　 for her students．She made us feel both special and wanted．I 　　2　　 felt that Mrs．Abshere cared about me．Her patience and kindness helped me 　　3　　 many hard times．

　　One day, after I got home, the police suddenly came and arrested(逮捕)my parents．I was 　　4　　 to death! I held on to my brother and sister as we were 　　5　　 a children's home．

　　As my parents waited for their 　　6　　, my brother, sister and I waited in the children's home．Soon days turned into weeks．When I was told that they would be in prison for six months, I 　　7　　 on my bed and cried for hours．I was mad at the world and no longer saw any future for myself．Just at this very moment one of the girls came running up to me．“Hey, there's a lady here to see you．I think it's your mom．” 　　8　　 it be true?

　　When I got to the end of the hallway, there stood Mrs．Abshere! She held her arms out to me．“Honey, I know 　　9　　is better than your mom, but I love you, too!” I hugged her and 　　10　　 thanked God for bringing this angel thirty miles out of her way to see me．

　　As I 　　11　　 Mrs．Abshere around the grounds, I began to feel 　　12　　 again．I was so excited to show her off to all my new friends．

　　Two weeks later, I said good－bye to all my friends and moved across the state to live in another city with my grandparents．

　　Sixteen years later, I 　　13　　 Mrs．Abshere, so that I could tell her how grateful(感激的)I was．When I found her, we had the most wonderful conversation．I felt so much 　　14　　 telling her that I was only a year away from becoming a teacher myself．“Oh! That's great．You can teach students in my room!” 　　15　　, perhaps I will be returning to Mrs．Abshere's classroom soon, only this time as a peer(同行)and a very grateful friend．

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