Tony Wheeler was born to travel. His father worked for an airline. For the first 16 years of his life,Wheeler and his family lived in many different countries.

In the early 1970s,Wheeler met a young woman named Maureen. They soon married. Before getting jobs, Tony and Maureen wanted to travel. They took a year-long trip from London,through Asia,to Australia. On the trip,they visited places like India, Iran, and Afghanistan.

When Tony and Maureen arrived in Australia,people asked many questions about their trip. To answer these questions,Wheeler wrote a guidebook called Across Asia on the Cheap . The book told people about different countries' weather,customs(风俗),and places to see. But unlike travel guides in the 1970s,Wheeler’s book also talked about places most tourists did not go. He also wrote about unusual things to see and do. The book was very popular.

Wheeler and Maureen started a company called Lonely Planet. They continued travelling. They wrote guidebooks for each place they visited. Today,400 people work for Lonely Planet. The company has over 650 guidebooks. Wheeler still writes about travel “hot spots” (for example,Cambodia in Asia and Croatia in Europe). For more information,read the books!

1.Which trip was Tony Wheeler’s first guidebook about?

A. The United Kingdom.

B. From Asia to England.

C. From Australia to Afghanistan.

D. From England to Australia.

2.Why did Tony Wheeler write his first guidebook?

A. He needed the money.

B. His wife asked him to do it.

C. Many people asked questions about his travels.

D. He liked writing books.

3.How was Across Asia on the Cheap different from other travel guides?

A. It talked about places most tourists did not go .

B. It was longer and more expensive.

C. It told people about a country’s weather,customs,and places to see.

D. It was the first guidebook about Asia .

4.Which sentence below is true?

A. Tony Wheeler still travels and writes guidebooks.

B. Tony Wheeler’s first guidebook was not popular.

C. After their first trip,Maureen did not travel with Tony .

D. Today,Lonely Planet is still a small company.

A long time ago, there lived a very old man. He was so old that he could not see or hear very well. He also could not walk very well, or eat very well for his hand shook. The old man's son and daughter-in-law thought he might make trouble at table. So, they had him eat his meals in the corner of the kitchen without a table.

They gave him very little to eat. The old man would have a sad look on his face as he looked at his son and daughter-in-law’s dinner table. One day the old man’s hand shook so terribly that he dropped his dish on the floor. The daughter-in-law became angry and shouted at the old man. And after that, his meals were served in a broken dish.

Not long afterwards, the family was sitting having their dinner while the four-year-old grandson was sitting on the floor carefully checking pieces of wood. The father asked, “What are you doing?” “I am making a small bowl.”

“Why are you making it?” The son answered. “So that I can fill it with your and mother’s food when I grow up.”

The old man’s son and daughter-in-law looked at one another and without saying a word started crying. The two quickly brought their old father to their dinner table. From that day on, the old man sat with the family when they had their meals. Even when the old man’s food fell here and there, the son and the daughter-in-law did not say anything.

1.The son and his wife made their father eat in the kitchen to ______.

A. teach their son a good lesson B. stay away from trouble

C. punish him for his shaking hand D. give him peace and comfort

2.The old man dropped his dish _______.

A. out of carelessness B. to ask for a new one C. against his own will D. to draw his son's attention

3.By making that small bowl, the grandson wanted to ______.

A. follow his parents' example B. eat the way his grandfather did

C. enjoy making things with his own hands D. show his parents how clever he was

4.The end of the story suggests the old man would _______.

A. no longer drop his dishes B. continue to eat in the kitchen

C. stop shaking his hands while eating D. live a comfortable life in the family

5.What does the writer want to tell us with the story?

A. The young should look after the old. B. Family members should have meals together.

C. It's terribly wrong to serve meals in broken dishes. D. Parents should set a good example for their children.

Peter is a driver. He drove a car for his friend John, a rich businessman. He worked hard. But he couldn’t work when he drank too much. And once he almost lost his life in the traffic accident after he got drunk. John got angry and worried. But he really want help Peter. He was poor and he had a big family to hold. He promised to stop drinking at once. John told him to be careful next time or he had to leave.

One Monday morning Peter came into the office with two badly burnt(严重的烧伤)ears.

“What happened to your ears?” asked John. “Well,” said the man .”I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing(熨) clothes .She had put the iron (熨斗) near the telephone before she went to cook supper. Our team lost the game and I felt sorry for it. Then I went into the sitting room, the telephone rang and I answered the iron!” And “What happened to the other ear?”

“When I put the iron down on the table, the telephone rang again!”

1.______, so he almost lost his life.

A. Peter was not careful.

B. Peter drank too much.

C. Peter forgot they were on the bridge.

D. Peter couldn’t work in the evening.

2.Peter went to watch the football match on______.

A. Monday. B. Tuesday C. Saturday D. Sunday

3.We can guess______.

A. Peter drank much after the match.

B. Peter was angry with his team.

C. Peter didn’t drink these days.

D. Peter watched the match at home.

4.The______ badly burned Peter’s ears.

A. telephone B. drinking C. iron D. football match

5.What would happened to Peter?

A. He would go on driving for John.

B. He would join his football team.

C. He would never watch any watches.

D. John would send him away

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