Here are four messages on Alan Marshall's answer phone.

Monday 9:21

Alan? Alan, if you're at home, please answer the phone. Are you really not there? Well, I'd just like to say that I'm very angry with you and your father too. You know how much he loves our monthly family lunches. This is the fifth one you've missed. I hope you've got a really good reason this time. Oh, umm, this is your mother speaking.

Monday 10:02

Mr. Marshall, this is Stefi Rosen, Mr. Prince's assistant. I'm calling to confirm tomorrow's lunch with Mr. Yamada of Rising Sun Computer Games. Mr. Prince wants you to know that this meeting is very important. Please remember to bring the interactivity designs (互动设计) with you. He says that Mr. Yamada is ready to pay for the world rights (版权) on your new game! The restaurant is The Four Stars in Gower Street and I've booked a table for a quarter past one. Be there on time please!

Monday 11:23

My name is Karen Miller. I' m a producer at Interactive Computer Games, Australia. I saw your game “Kill the Enemy!” at the International Computer Game Fair. I think your work is great and I'd like to discuss buying the rights for my part of the world. Someone at the fair said that you're working on a new game which is even more interactive. How interactive can you get? Perhaps we can interact over lunch? I'm in London until Wednesday. My mobile number is 0277476130800.

Monday 12:31

Hello, Alan. It's Daisy. Did you have a good weekend? How's the new game going? I miss you. Bye.

1.From the passage, we know that Alan's parents don't want him to miss _________ .

A.the new game B.the phone call C.their monthly family lunches D.a good weekend

2.The underlined word "confirm" is closest in meaning to" _________ ".

A.give up B.make sure C.check in D.deal with

3.Mr. Prince says that _________ is ready to pay for the world rights on the new game.

A.Alan B.Stefi Rosen C.Daisy D.Mr. Yamada

4.Karen Miller left the message at _________ , Monday.

A.9:21 B.10:02 C.11:23 D.12:31

5.Karen Miller called to Alan Marshall in _________ .

A.London B.Paris C.New York D. Hong Kong

6.We can know from the passage that _________ .

A.Alan's mother is very patient and never gets angry with him and his father

B.Mr. Prince's assistant is careless and always makes wrong phone calls

C.Karen Miller is a producer at Interactive Computer Games, Britain

D.Alan does a very good job of designing computer games and is always very busy

When I was a boy of twelve in South Carolina, something happened to me that made me never put any wild animal in a cage.

We lived near a forest, and every evening the mockingbirds (嘲鸫) would come and rest in the trees and sing. There isn't a musical instrument that can make a more beautiful _______ than the song of the mockingbird.

I decided to catch a young bird and keep it in a cage, and in this way, I would have my own private musician.

Finally I succeeded in catching a baby bird and put it in a cage. _______ , being frightened, the bird fluttered (扑腾) in the cage, but finally it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and _______ : some beautiful singing from my little musician.

On the second day, the little bird's mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate _______ she brought to it. I was happy to see this. Certainly the mother bird knew how to feed her baby than I did.

The following morning when I went to see my bird, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, _______ . . I was terribly surprised! What had happened!

Arthur Wayne, my neighbor, who heard me crying over the death of the bird explained to me. Another bird, finding her young baby in a cage, will sometimes bring it poisonous (有毒的) berries. She thinks it better for her baby to die than to lose _______. What do you think of it?

1.A.voice B.noise C.sound D.cry

2.A.At least B.At last C.Firstly D.At first

3.A.looked forward to B.learned from C.ran out of D.wrote down

4.A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything

5.A.dying B.dead C.bored D.tired

6.A.friends B.parents C.freedom D.happiness

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