John and Bobby joined a company together the same year. 36 of them worked very hard. After several years, 37  the boss promoted(提升）only Bobby to manager, but John remained a worker. John could not take it anymore and wanted to leave this company.

　　The boss knew 38 John worked very hard for years and wanted to change his mind to leave. So he asked John to find anyone selling watermelons in the 39

　　John went and returned soon. He said he had found a man selling watermelons. The boss asked how much per kg. John 40 his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to inform the boss $1.2 per kg.

　　The boss told John to wait 41 second, and he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market.

　　Bobby went, returned and said, “Boss, There is only one person 42 watermelons. $1.2 per kg, and $10 for 10 kg. There are 58 melons on the table, and each one weights about 2 kg. They were bought from the South two days ago, and are 43 and red, good quality.” John was very impressed(印象深刻的）and realized the difference 44 himself and Bobby. He decided not to leave but to learn from Bobby.

　　This 45 tells us that a more successful person sees more and farther. Do you think so?

36.A. Both      B. Either  C. Neither       D, None

37.A. instead   B. besides       C. luckily D. however

38.A. that       B. if C. whether     D. how

39.A. shop      B. street  C. market       D. company

40.A. nodded  B. shook  C. hid      D. hurt

41.A. the B. an       C. a D./

42.A. sold       B. selling C. sell     D. to sell

43.A. old B. cheap  C. green  D. fresh

44.A. with     B. for      C. between     D. about

45.A. story     B. message     C. news  D. notice

Linda and David have traveled by air from London to Sydney, Australia． Linda has promised（答应）her mother that she will ring her to let her know that they have arrived safely． This is something she had done ever since she was a child． David thinks it is not a good idea to ring so far, to spend too much ,and to say so little．

"If there were an accident．" He says, “they’d know soon enough ． Bad news travels fast．”

But Linda has promised that she would ring ． "However," she says, "it doesn’t cost much when you just think that it′s the other side of the world．It’s only six pence per second (每秒六便士)。"

　"If you′re on that telephone for less than one minute, I’ll eat my hat, David says," And one minute’s nearly four pounds(英镑)．"

　"That‘s no more than you’d pay for a new hat," Linda answers．

　She has asked the man at the hotel (旅馆) desk to get her the number ． The telephone rings．Linda picks it up．

　"Hello, Mum ．Is that you ?" She says．

　"Six pence per second ," David reminds(提醒) her．

　“Hello, love．” It is Mrs Lee, Linda’s mother, speaking from London． "I can hear you very clearly just like you are in the next room ．It′s a better line than when you called me from your office． Do you remember? I shouted at that time ,and still you couldn’t hear me sometimes．"

　"Yes ,Mum ．"Linda puts in．． "I just wanted to ring to ……．"

　"I remember how you rang when you went to Betty‘s house to eat , when you were a little girl．And then when you …" Mrs Lee is a great talker

　"Nearly four pounds．" says David．

　Linda tries to tell her mother that it is time to say goodbye．

　"Yes, all right, "says Mrs Lee ," But you will write, won′t you, as you did when you were at work …"

Once again, Mrs Lee talks about the pass．and there is no stopping her．

“Four pounds fifty,”says David．

　At last, Linda cuts her mother short, promises to write, and rings off．

"There! That wasn′t long, was it ?"
　　" Four pounds, ninety pence．" David answers． " And you didn’t even say that we′ve arrived．"

1．Linda is telephoning home to ________．

A．tell her mother some bad news

B．say that she and David have arrived safely

C．report an accident to her mother

D．say that she and David have left London

2．Linda does not think it expensive to ring , because _____．

A．it only costs four pounds and ninety pence

B．it is even more expensive to buy a new hat

C．she had telephoned home since she was a child

D．she will speak from one side of the word to the other

3．David says, “Nearly four pounds , ”because ______．

A．he wants to remind Linda of the cost of the cost of the call

B．he wants to buy himself a new hat

C．Linda has not told her mother they have arrived

D．he wants Mrs Lee to know how much the call costs

4．Mrs Lee goes on talking for so long because _______．

A．she likes to hear all about the past ．

B．she likes talking

C．Linda had not told her that she has arrived

D．she is going to pay for the telephone call

5．Linda tries to stop her mother by ________．

A．telling her how much the call is costing

B．writing a letter as she has promised to do

C．telling her that they have arrived safely

D．promising to write, and ringing off

A

　　　 Li Ping is a Grade Eight student in Nanjing Sunshine Secondary School.The table below is his mid?term self?assessment (自我评价).He draws faces to show his progress：

Read the table and find out how well Li Ping is doing.

(　　)1.Li Ping thinks he did best in ________ in Unit 1.

A.opposites B.using a dictionary

C.a report　　　 D.present perfect tense

(　　)2.What does Li Ping need to improve in Unit 1?

A.Present perfect tense. B.Using a dictionary.

C.A report. D.Opposites.

(　　)3.Which do you think Li Ping does well in?

A.Present perfect tense. B.Passive voice.

C.Linking words. D.Favourite educational computer game.

(　　)4.What is Li Ping NOT very good at in Unit 2?

A.Suffixes ‘ful’ and ‘less’. B.Past continuous tense.

C.Linking words. D.My best holiday.

(　　)5.From the table we know Li Ping is weak in ________ .

A.vocabulary B.main task

C.study skills/pronunciation　 D.grammar