Creighton Carvello was called the Memory Man. He could remember hundreds of playing cards and pages of the telephone numbers in only a few seconds.
Creighton was born in India in 1944. He was the middle child of five and his father worked on the railways. In 1949, the Carvello family returned to England and settled(定居) in Middlesbrough, where Creighton spent the rest of his life. His father first noticed his great talent when, aged 7, he started to memorize information from cigarette cards with pictures of planes and cars.
After leaving school, Creighton developed his talent by memorizing more and more information. He soon became popular as he performed in clubs to show his great memory. He remembered the telephone number of anyone called Smith who lived in the Middlesbrough area. He first got into the record books in his thirties. He travelled around the world, showed up on television and amazed the audience with his memory.
Creighton was a man of many talents, including writing songs, drawing and telling jokes.
In his last years, Creightton moved to care home. The old people there would test his memory with questions such as naming what day of the week they were born on. Only days before he died, one lady gave her date of birth, July 29, 1921 and Creighton immediately replied, “Friday”. He died on November 18, 2008.
【小题1】What was Creighton most famous for?
a.      His songs  b. His jokes  c. His drawing  d. His memory
【小题2】How many children were older than Creighton in his family?
a.      Two  b. Three  c. Four  d. One
【小题3】What happened when Creighton was five?
a.      He left school.  b.He first got into the record books.
c.His family returned to England. d.His father first noticed his great talent.
【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
a.      Creighton spent the rest of his life in India.
b.      Creighton was forced(强迫) to memorize things by his father.
c.      Creighton played the piano in clubs after leaving school.
d.      Creighton was a talented man.
【小题5】What can we learn from the last paragraph?
a.      Creighton didn’t have a family.
b.      Creighton died young because he memorized too many things.
c.      Creighton died at the age of 60.
d.      Creighton still had a good memory several days before he died.

补全对话（共5小题，每题1分，满分5分）

根据对话内容，从方框中选择五个合适的句子补全对话，并将所选答案的字母序号写在方框下面的横线上。

David (D) and Tina (T) are talking about what they are going to do in the future.

T: What are you going to do after leaving school?

D: 1.   I would like to explore strange things.

T:   2. 

D: Of course, I do. I like to visit different places.

T: That’s good. You seem to be good at spoken English.   3. 

D: It’s just so – so. I’ll try to learn it better.   4.

T: Maybe I’ll be a P.E. teacher. I feel like playing all kinds of games with children.

D:   5.  

T: I hope my students would like me and enjoy themselves, too.

D: Good luck!

Tina (T) and David(D)are talking about what they are going to do in the future.

T：What are you going to do after leaving school?

D：   1.      I like to visit different places.

T：    2.     

D：Of course I do.

T：That’s good. You seem to be good at spoken English.    3.     

D：It’s just so-so. I’ll try to learn it better.    4.       

T：Maybe I’ll be a P. E. teacher. I feel like playing all kinds of games with children.

D：    5.     

T：I hope my students will like me and enjoy themselves, too.

D：Good luck!

Now throwing shoes at somebody is a favorite game on the Internet. Sometimes you should throw your shoes. Here is an example.
After leaving his office at the center of city, a young man bought a new car and drove it from the city to his home.
He was very happy and the car ran very fast. Suddenly, a shoe hit the car in the door. The man got very angry. He jumped out of car and caught a boy who still had a shoe in his hand.
“Who are you? Why do you that?” the angry man shouted at the boy.
“I’m sorry… But I don’t know what else to do. My sister has been hurt. I cry for help but nobody stops,” the boy says.
The man looked around and saw a girl by the road. ___22____.
“She is my sister. She wants to cross the road but falls out of her wheelchair. She is too heavy for me. I can’t get her back into the wheelchair.” The man was moved. He helped the bleeding girl back into her wheelchair. “Thank you. You are so kind.” says the little boy.
Life speaks to our heart. Sometimes we don’t have time to listen and he will throw a shoe at us.
【小题1】The young man drove his new car _______.

补全对话

根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意义连贯、完整。

A：Hi，Dave! Come in and sit down．1               ?

B：Orange juice would be fine．2           ?

A：Oh，not bad．And you?

B：Just SO-SO．3              ．And I have no time to relax．

A：By the way, what do you want to do after leaving school?

B：4                          ．

A：Sounds good．Do you have apart-time job?

B：Yeah，1 work as a waiter in a restaurant．5                      ．

A：Wow．That’s great．