An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home, As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell(铃子). When dinner time came, he didn’t go to dinner room, saying that he was not feeling very well.

The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinner time he was so hungry that he went to the dinner room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel(吵架).

“Bring me the bill (账单),” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise, “There isn’t any bill, On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.

1.The story happened_________.

2.Why didn’t the traveler go to the dinner room first?

3.The traveler went to the dinner room to eat something because__________

4.How many meals did the traveler have on the ship?

5.After the traveler finished eating,___________.

—Mike didn't go back to his hometown last year,              he? 

     —No, he         .

           A. didn't; did              B. did; did           C. did; didn't 

An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home, As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell(铃子). When dinner time came, he didn’t go to dinner room, saying that he was not feeling very well.
The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinner time he was so hungry that he went to the dinner room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel(吵架).
“Bring me the bill (账单),” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise, “There isn’t any bill, On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.
【小题1】The story happened_________.

Ten years ago, Lynn Smith went far away to university. She went to a school that was 3000 miles from her home, (1) so she couldn’t afford(负担) to come home to visit her parents. She had a part-time job and earned enough money to pay for her books and courses. After she graduated, she got a job in South America teaching English. In Brazil, she married Roberto Silva and they had three children. At first, Lynn stayed at home to care for the babies, but later she went back to work. Roberto and Lynn finally could achieve(实现) her dream.

   When the Silva family arrived at the airport, they were surprised that no one was there to meet them. (2) Finally Lynn saw a man who looked a little like her father. She called his name and he came over to her. Lynn had changed so much that he almost didn’t know her. Mr Smith wondered if he had the right person. Lynn thought the same thing. (3) In ten years, her father didn’t look the way he used to.

1.将(1)处句子改写为同义句. （每空一词）    

So she didn’t ______ enough ______ to come home to see his parents.

2.将(2) 处的句子改为并列句。（每空一词）  

    Finally Lynn saw a man, _____ _____looked a little like her father.

3.将（3）处的英文译成中文。

A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a man came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch. “It’s 8 a.m.,” he said. Then he went to sleep again.

But soon he woke up because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you have the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch again, and told the man it was 8:30 a.m..

At this rate (照此下去), he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and put it up on the window for all to see. It said, “I don’t have the time.”

Again the man lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came along and began knocking at the window. “Hey, sir,” he said, “it’s a quarter to nine.”

1.The driver stopped his car because he ___________.

A. didn’t know the time     B. lost his watch     C. saw his friend                  D. was very tired

2.He was woken up again by the second person ___________.

A. a few minutes later                                                                B. half an hour later

C. forty-five minutes later                                                D. the next morning

3.The driver ___________ after he put up the note on the window.

A. had a very good rest                                                   

B. was woken up again very soon

C. really forgot the time                                                  

D. made a phone call to the third person

4.The third person came to knock at the window to ___________.

A. ask the time                    B. have a sleep        C. tell him the time    D. ask for help

5.According to this passage, we know that ___________.

A. the driver didn’t have his own house                    

B. the first two persons liked the driver’s watch

C. the third person was kind and friendly 

D. the driver had a good sleep last night