---What _______ the taxi drivers in Beijing to take up the study of English?

----The successful bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.               

A． demands        B． forces  C． comforts      D． inspires

四、阅读理解（共两节，每小题２分，计40分）

第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

Mr White came out of the airport. He asked every taxi-driver’s name. Then he took the third taxi. It cost $5 from the airport to the hotel,“ How much does it cost for the whole day? ”he asked.

“$100,” said the taxi-driver. This was very expensive but Mr White agreed.

The taxt-driver took Mr White everywhere. He showed the driver $100 and said, “what about tomorrow?”

“Tomorrow? It’s another $100 tomorrow.”

“Ok,” said Mr White, “If that’s the price, see you tomorrow!” The driver was very pleased.

The next day they traveled to several places. And in the second evening they went to the hotel again. Mr. White and above all, $100 a day is good money. So he asked Mr White, “Where do you come from?”

“I come from New York.” Mr White answered.

“New York!” said the driver, “I have a sister in New York. Her name is Susannan. Do you know her?”

“Of course I know her. She gave me $200 for you.”

1. Mr White got to another place _______.

by train B. by air  C. in plane D. by ship

2. The price of $ 100 a day was _____ in this city.

A. expensive  B. cheap  C. nice   D. fair

3. Why was the taxi-driver pleased? Becaude _____.

his sister brought so much money to him

his sister knew Mr White

he got $100 a day

he became a guide of Mr White

4. We can learn that ____ from this story.

Mr White didn’t know the taxi-driver’s sister

the driver knew Mr White was his sister’s friend

Mr White was given back $ 200

Mr White knew the taxi-driver’s sister

Through history, children have played with toys and they help to prepare children for adult life. But the toys are changing all the time. As science and technology have changed the way adults live, the toys children play with have changed as well. Developments in science and technology have had a big effect on the toys that children play with. Today trains and mobile phones are popular toys for young children, but there were no toys of this kind before real trains and mobile phones were invented.  The materials that toys are made of have also changed.  Today lots of toys are made of plastic. Plastic is a modern, man-made material that did not exist (存在) in the past. On the other hand, some other toys that you have might not be all that different from the ones children played with 1,000 years ago. Scientists have found some bone dice (骰子)in Aberdeen. In medieval (中世纪的)times dice were used for playing games as much as they are today.
A recent survey found that half of all the children aged from 4 to 6 have played video games, a quarter of them regularly. The increasing use of electronic toys troubles Dr Singer, a professor at Yale. “One thing we know is that kids in early years need to be in touch with the real world,” he said, “No matter how brilliant they are, they’re not going to learn to walk, to move or to talk to others unless their hands or feet have a direct role in such activities.”
Some toy experts argue that the best toys are the ones that increase a child’s creativity and imagination. Traditional toys can be used for different kinds of purposes and be used in group settings, individually(单独地), and one-to-one. They are also used differently depending on the child’s age and skill level. And these toys made of natural materials are valuable for children because they teach children what the world is made of.
【小题1】In how many ways do toys change according to the first paragraph?

Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.

"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."

1.Dick flew to New York because ___.

2.Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

3.Where did Dick stay in New York?

4.Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

5.Which of the following is Not true?

It was shortly before midnight, and Dr Patricia was getting ready for bed. The phone rang on the end of the line was a woman about to break a promise.

The woman was her mother’s neighbor. Flora Harris had made the neighbor swear she wouldn’t tell her daughter she’d had a heart attack and was in the hospital, for fear her daughter would worry. The neighbor wisely decided to disobey orders.

Harris desperately wanted to get to the hospital immediately, but she couldn’t. She lives in Washington, D. C, and her mother lives in California.

For the past year a half, Harris has gone to Los Angeles every other month to take care of her mother. Flora Harris takes care of her husband, James, who’s 91 and has Alzheimer’s disease. They live in their own home, and a caregiver comes to help them a few hours a day.

Harris is one of many Americans facing the heartache of how to take care of aging parents from afar. She’s often worried, not to mention exrtemely busy with a demanding job, two teenage daughters and the frequent trips to California.

In some ways, Harris is lucky. She has the resources to make the trips to Los Angeles. Plus, Harris is a doctor who treats the elderly.

“But it’s still tough,” she says. “I can foresee what the next few years are going to look like, and it’s not a pretty picture. My father’s going to need diapers (尿布). There will come a time when he won’t recognize me and he’s easily excited. I worry he’s going to be violent and hurt my mother.”

So what do you do when you live a continent away from your aging, sick parents? There are no magic answers. You can hire someone to help, but you can’t oursource it completely.

1.Why was the woman thought to have broken a promise?

2.What can we learn about Patricia Harris from the passage?

3.What does the underlined word “outsource” in the last paragragh mean?

4.What’s the main idea of this passage?