Dear Aunty,
After years of her crying. I finally gave in and allowed my daughter to have a cat. I now regret my decision. As someone needs to have a clean, tidy house, I no longer feel relaxed in my own home. If I tell her, “sorry, the cat has to go.” She will be heartbroken. What can I do?
-Feline Phobic
Dear Phobic,
I’m an animal lover and on your kid’s and cat’s side. Tell your daughter your problem. Ask her to help you come up with a plan. Perhaps you can agree to allow the cat only in certain areas of the house. This is a chance for your daughter to develop the sense of responsibility owning a pet requires.
Dear Aunty,
I got the highest grade on a biology test. Now the popular kids think I’m brainy, and want me in their lab group. I knew I was being used. Now, they want my homework. What should I do?
-Lily
Dear Lily.
Popularity can come at a price, but it’s no excuse to cheat. Offer to help new friends with their homework, but don’t give them yours.
Dear Aunty,
I’m one of six assistants in a dental(牙科的) office. But I’m new-there just four months. I’ve tried to join conversations, but they just ignore me. They go shopping together. No one invites me. How can I break into the circle?
-Crystal
Dear Crystal,
Humans run in packs like dogs. When a new dog enters the pack, a lot of discovery goes on. So bring cookies for everyone! Then try making friends with one co-worker. Invite her to lunch. When you get familiar with each other, tell her how hard you’re finding the situation at work. chances are, she’ll take you under her wing.
【小题1】Aunty thinks that Phobic should        .

A.try to persuade her daughter to give in.
B.spend more time cleaning the house.
C.ask her daughter to help tidy up
D.find a better way to keep the cat.
【小题2】The underlined word “brainy” in the passage means        .
A.excitedB.friendlyC.intelligentD.hard-working
【小题3】According to the passage,       .
A.Phobic can’t get along well with her daughter.
B.Aunty is fond of animals like cats.
C.Crystal’s coworkers are cheating her.
D.Lily has no interest in lab experiments.

Good afternoon, and welcome to England. We hope that your visit here will be a pleasant one. Today, I would like to draw your attention to a few of our laws.
The first one is about drinking. Now, you may not buy wine in this country if you are under 18 years of age, nor may your friends buy it for you.
Secondly, noise. Enjoy yourselves by all means, but please don’t make unnecessary noise, particularly at night. We ask you to respect other people who may wish to be quiet.
Thirdly, crossing the road. Be careful. The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country. Use pedestrian(行人的) crossing and do not take any chance when crossing the road.
My next point is about rubbish. It isn’t lawful to drop rubbish in the street. When you have something to throw away, please put it in your pocket and take it home, or put it in a dustbin.
Finally, as regards smoking, it is against the law to buy cigarettes or tobacco if you are under 16 years of age.
I’d like to finish by saying that if you require any sort of help or assistance, you should contact the police, who will be pleased to help you. You can call, write or directly go to ask any policeman.
【小题1】Who do you think is most likely to make the speech?
A guide        B. A person who makes law
C. A teacher       D. An English officer
【小题2】The main purpose of this speech is to _______.

A.tell people those above 18 can smoke and drink there
B.explain the laws of England
C.give advice to tourists to the country
D.warn people against going to the country
【小题3】From the speech we have learnt that ________.
A.in the country, if you are under 18 years of age, you may not buy wine, but your friends can buy it for you
B.you may not buy cigarettes or tobacco unless you are above 16 years of age
C.because the traffic moves on the right side of the road, you must use pedestrian crossing when crossing the road
D.you can’t make a noise except at night

After graduation I returned home to my small town in Indiana. I didn’t have a job yet. Mr. Hobbs, a friend of my father’s, owned a small shirt factory in town. Within the past five years it had grown from twenty to eighty workers. Mr. Hobbs was worried that his plant was getting too big and inefficient, so he asked me to come in on a short-term basis as a consultant.
I went to the plant and spent about a week looking around and making notes. I was really a mazed at what I saw.
Most curious of all, there was no quality control at all. No one inspected the final product of the factory. As a result some of the shirts that were put in boxes for shipment were missing one or two buttons, the collar, and even a sleeve sometimes!
The working conditions were poor. The tables where the workers sat were very high and uncomfortable. Except for a half hour at lunchtime, there were no breaks in the day to relieve the boring work. There was no music. The walls of the workrooms were a dull gray color. I was amazed that the workers hadn’t gone on strike.
Furthermore, the work flow was irregular. There was one especially absent-minded young man in the assembly(组装)line who sewed on buttons. After a while I recognized him as "Big Jim", who used to sit behind me in math class in high school. He was very slow and all the shifts were held up at his position. Workers beyond him in line on his shift had to wait with nothing to do; therefore, a great deal of time and efficiency were lost as Big Jim daydreamed while he worked. All week I wondered why he wasn’t fired.
After I made observations for a week, Mr. Hobbs asked me for an oral report of my findings.
【小题1】The shirts from Mr. Hobbs’ factory can be described as ____.

A.of low qualityB.of high qualityC.fashionableD.unfashionable
【小题2】Why did Mr. Hobbs ask the writer to the factory?
A.The factory was too big.
B.The factory was not producing fast enough.
C.The factory was not big enough.
D.The writer was a college graduate.
【小题3】Which is not likely to happen in the factory?
A.The workers will have more rest in the day.
B.Someone will examine the final product.
C.New machines will be bought.
D.The factory will be repainted.
【小题4】Big Jim may get fired mainly because ____.
A.he was slow
B.he wasted much time
C.he was absent-minded
D.the work flow was irregular

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