A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the water in ten minutes. Thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, the air hostess flew busily. She was kept so busy that she forgot to give him the water. As a result, the passenger was held up to take his medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he refused it.
In the following hours on the flight, each time the airline hostess passed the passenger she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help or not. But the passenger never paid attention to her. When he was going to get off the plane, the passenger asked the airline hostess to hand him the passengers’ brochure（小册子）. She was very sad. She knew that he would write down sharp words, but with a smile she handed it to him. Off the plane, she opened the booklet, and broke a smile, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me whether I need help or not for twelve times in all. How can I refuse your twelve sincere smiles?” That’s right! Who can refuse your twelve sincere smiles from a person?
【小题1】What did the passenger need when the plane just took off?

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Maria家楼上搬来了新邻居，他们的某些行为经常影响Maria和她家人的休息。因此她给邻居写了一封信。请根据这封信，完成下面表格。

用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。

1.Mr. White gave Lucy a nice gift and she ___________ (thank) him very much.

2. —What do you think of my plan?

—Sorry. What’s that? I ___________ (listen) to my favourite song.

3. —Did Leonard enjoy seeing his old friends yesterday?

—Yes, he did. He ___________ (not meet) his old friends for a long time.

4.Shouldn’t he ___________ (pay) more though he doesn’t mind doing extra work for the company?

5.The suspect was seen ___________ (hit) that young woman in the street at that time.

6. Daniel told me that he ___________ (take) care of my pet for me in the next few days.

7.It is the second time Lucy __________ (ride) to school on her own.

8. To do this would be __________ (cut) the foot to fit the shoe.

9.The paintings he devoted all his life to ___________ (show) successfully last week.

10.If I ___________ (have) a rest when he comes, please ask him to wait for a while in my office.

Dear Mr Zhu,
I am writing to your magazine’s “Teenagers Now” column(专栏) to ask for some help with my 16-year-old son. At the moment, he refuses to do almost everything his mother and I ask him to do. He is our only child and we treat him very well. His grandparents buy him many things, and yet he is still rude to us. He refuses to spend time with us or do as we tell him. Sometimes he acts as if he doesn’t even love us at all.
Now he refuses to do his homework, and instead insists on wasting his time watching DVDs and listening to foreign music. I cannot understand this music, but I don’t like it. He also spends too much time in Internet cafes, where he either plays games or chats online. He is wasting valuable time during this important period in his life!
What am I to do? At present, to prevent making his mother unhappy with an argument, I am allowing him his freedom. However, I am worried that if I keep allowing him to do what he wants, he may fail at school, or worse.
How can I help my son without harming our relationship?
Yours
Liu Zhenhua
【小题1】 What’s Mr. Zhu’s job?