On the wall in my mother’s bedroom there was a photo, which showed a soldier with a gun．Below the photo was the word “Speaking”．
“Who’s that soldier called Speaking?” I asked one day．
“He was Harold．” She said．“He was my only brother．When the Second World War began, Harold was eighteen．I was twelve then, and my sisters were ten and nine”．
“Harold liked to play with us, and we often quarreled．When we quarreled, we said：We’re not speaking to you．But before long we were all happy again, and then we said：I’m speaking now．Are you speaking to me?”
“When the war broke out, Harold joined the army．A month later, he came to see us．He brought the gun to show us．Then he went miles away to the war．We didn’t see him for three years, three long, empty years．We didn’t often hear from him．But one day in May there was a loud bang(砰)on the front door…”
“I ran to open it．It was Harold! He was an old Harold, a thinner Harold．He looked at me with his two green eyes and smiled．That smile was just the same as before, then he said one word：‘speaking’”．
“I didn’t…I couldn’t…answer．I just fell into his arms and he dropped his gun．He stayed with us for a month．We played all our old games again．Then he went back to the war, and never came back again．So I wrote the word on the photo．”
(1)
How old was the storyteller when Harold came back for the last time?
I got my first driver’s license in 1953 by taking driver education in my first year at Central High School in charlotte, North Carolina．Four years later when it was time to renew my license I was a married woman Henry and I were living in Batimore, Maryland Two weeks before my 20th birthday．Henry drove me to the motor vehicle office on a hot July afternoon．When I got to the office and showed to the man behind thè counter my North Catroina driver’s license ready to renew, the man told me that I was under age by Maryland law since I was not yet 21．“Mr Henry Smith your husband．to sign for you,” he said
I argued．pointing to a very large belly of mine, “I am married．I am having a baby．Why shoud I have to have someone sign for me to drive?’ He answered coldly, “it’s the law, madam?”
Henry encouraged me to calm down, just go ahead and get the license and be done with it．
“No” I said．I refused to have him sign for me．So I left without a Maryland license．
I called the North Carolina Motor Whice Office and renewed my NC license by mail－using my name Susan Brown And thus it was for the next twelve years．Since Henry was in the army I could drive under my home state licene．By the time Henry left the army we were once again liviing in Maryland and I had to take the Maryland driver’s exam Since then I just go in and renew every four years - sign the name Susan Brown have my new picture taken, and walk out with a license to drive．．
(1)
Susan got her first driver's license
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A．
before she got married to Henry
B．
when she was twenty years old
C．
after she finished high school
D．
when she just moved to Maryland
(2)
Susan failed to renew her license the first time in Maryland because
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A．
she was forbidden to drive by Maryland law
B．
she lacked driving experience in Maryland
C．
she was to give birth to a baby soon
D．
she insisted on signing for herself
(3)
We can infer from the text that in the U．S．
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A．
American males should serve in the army
B．
different states my have different laws
C．
people have to renew their licenses in their home states
D．
women should adopt their husbands' family names after marriage
阅读理解
Talking on a mobile phone is expensive, so a lot of people send text messages．Text messages are much cheaper than talking on a mobile phone, and you can make it cheaper by making the words shorter．You can do this by taking out “unimportant” letters in the words and using numbers instead of words(2＝to, 3＝free, 4＝for, 8＝ate, so h8＝hate, etc．)．You can also keep away from using punctuation(标点)．Here is an example：Do U wnt 2 g 2 th cnma tnite(Do you want to go to the cinema tonight?)
What do you think these text messages mean?
Whr hv U bn?
Im hm nw, why nt gv me a cll．
I gt a txt mssge frm my frnd．Shes hvng a prty on Strdy．
Phone users have developed a group of symbols(符号)to show how they feel．They are called emoticons, and there are some examples below．To read an emoticon, you have to look at it sideways．For example, if you say something in a text message that is a joke, you can follow it with a smiling face．Like this：
Why didt u call me? I’m so sad．(Here are some others．Can you think of text messages where you could use them?)laughing(sad＜really sadⅤ shouting |·|asleep：0 shocked 8·| surprised \·o bored
(1)
Why are text messages popular?
[ ]
A．
Because they are expensive．
B．
Because they are cheap．
C．
Because they are hard to write．
D．
Because they are not important．
(2)
The first paragraph tells us that we can make the text messages shorter in ways．
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A．
one
B．
two
C．
three
D．
four
(3)
What does this text message “Do U wnt 2 cm?” mean ? It means “________?”．
[ ]
A．
Do you want to come
B．
Do you wear two caps
C．
Do you want two cakes
D．
Do you go home early
(4)
Why do people use emoticons?
[ ]
A．
Because they can show how users feel．
B．
Because the symbols are beautiful．
C．
Because text messages are short．
D．
Because the users can’t make the words shorter．
阅读理解
You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight．They hit one another hard．At the start they only fight with their fists(拳头)．But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs．And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below．He is dead!
Of course he isn't really dead．With any luck he isn't even hurt．Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, are professionals(专业人士)．They do this for a living．These men are called stuntmen(替身演员)．That is to say, they perform tricks．
There are two sides to their work．．They actually do most of the things you see on the screen．For example, they fall from a high building．However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress(床垫)．Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!
But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training．Often a stuntman's success depends on careful timing(时间测量)．For example, when he is "blown up"in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of th explosion(爆炸)just at the right moment．
Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives．They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed．A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff(悬崖)a thousand feet high．His parachute failed to open, and he was killed．
In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only．Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action．For nowadays there are stunt-girls too!
(1)
Stuntmen are those who ________
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A．
often dress up as actors
B．
prefer to lead dangerous lives
C．
often perform seemingly dangerous actions
D．
often fight each other for their lives
(2)
Stuntmen earn their living by ________
[ ]
A．
playing their dirty tricks
B．
selling their special skills
C．
jumping out of high windows
D．
jumping from fast moving trains
(3)
Usually when a stuntman falls from a high building ________
[ ]
A．
he needs little protection
B．
he will be covered with a mattress
C．
his life is endangered
D．
his safety is generally all right
(4)
What can be inferred from the author's example of the Norwegian stuntman?
[ ]
A．
Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman．
B．
The percentage of serious accidents is high
C．
Parachutes must be of good quality．
D．
The cliff is too high．
完形填空，请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项．
Attention to Details
It was three days before the opening of the Pirates(海盗)of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland．Walt Disney was touring the 1 and suddenly felt strangely 2 ．In his heart he felt th at something was 3 , although he wasn't quite sure 4 it was．He 5 as many employees as h e could find－including the repairing workers and food service people－and 6 them through a kind of inspection(检查)trip．
“Does it look right?”he asked．Yes, the clothes and scenes were 7 ; the buildings had been copied from the New Orleans French Quarter in Caribbean．
“Does it sound right?” Disney 8 the latest sound equipment installed(安装)in order to exactly 9 the sounds of music, voices, boats and even animals that you'd 10 to the Caribbean．Yes, it sounded right．
“Does it feel right?”He had controlled the temperature to perfectly 11 that of a New Orleans night．Yes, it felt right．
12 , something was still missing．“What is it?” Disney asked．
Finally, one of the young men who had been sweeping the floors said, “ 13 , Mr, Disney, I 14 up in the South, and what 15 me is that on summer night like this, there 16 be lightning bugs(虫子)．”Disney's face 17 up．That, of course, was 18 !The young man was given a generous prize, and Disney actually had live lightning bugs 19 in to make his ride more real 20 he could figure out a way to imitate(模仿)them mechanically．
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