Mrs. Brow and Mr. Brow live in South Seattle，near Kubota Gardens．They would like to invite someone to help them．Mrs. Brown is 71 years old，She is quite talkative．She likes to chat with others．Mr. Brown is 70 years old．He is a little shy，but he likes the idea of a helpful friend．His leg is hurt，so he is not able to walk around as well as he once was．The couple（夫妇）really wants to be able to stay in the home that they love．They want to find someone to help them do a little housework，and possibly occasional（偶尔）yard work in summer and chat with them from time to time．An hour a month would make a big difference in their lives!

We have many needy elder people with disabilities （残疾）on our waiting list who are waiting for help in Seattle and King County．If you can spend an hour or two hours a week，or a couple of times a month，please contact（联系）with us as soon as possible to become a volunteer （志愿者）．

Volunteer Chores Center

No.98，Mount Vernon Street，South Seattle

Phone number：360-416-7585

housework@skagitcap.Org

1．What does the underlined word“talkative”mean in Chinese?

A．恼怒的                   B．害羞的                   C．健谈的                   D．善变的

2．What do Mrs. Brown and Mr. Brown want a volunteer to do?

A．To do housework and chat with them．

B．To provide more information for them．

C．To invite their friends to their home．

D．To join Volunteer Chores Center．

3．How many ways can a volunteer contact with Volunteer Cholas Center?

A．2．                        B．3．                        C．4．                        D．5．

4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．A volunteer must do yard work every day．

B．Mrs. Brown is not able to do any housework．

C．Mr. Brown is as old as his wife．

D．There is something wrong with Mr. Brown’s leg．

5．What is the best title for this passage?

A．volunteer Wanted                                        B．A Funny Old Man

C．How to Become a Volunteer                        D．The Vo1unteer Chores Center

Mr. and Mrs. Green had different ideas about where to go last weekend. Mrs Green wanted to go to Florida(佛罗里达州) to see her sister, but Mr Green didn’t like to go there. He wanted to go to Maine(缅因州).
“Florida is too hot in summer,” Mr Green said to Mrs Green.
“Maine is quite cold,” said Mrs Green, “I like swimming, but the water in Maine is usually not warm enough.”
“Florida is too far,” said Mr Green, “We don’t have enouh time to drive there. It’ll take us more than two days.”
Just then, the telephone rang. Mr Green answered the phone. It was his mother. “Is that Jim speaking? Please cme quickly. I need help. I’m calling from the hospital in Boston.” She said.
They stopped the discussion(讨论), and they left for Boston at once.
【小题1】Where did Mr Green want to go last weekend?

Do you often play with your pet dog or cat? Do you like touching(触摸) animals like rabbits? They are cute. But someimes they may bite(咬) you. Then you could get a terrible disease—rabies.

In China, 2,245 people got rabies in the first nine months of 2007. In September, 318 people died of（死于）rabies.

Dogs, cats, rabbits and bats(蝙蝠) may have rabies. If they bite or scratch(抓) someone, the virus(病毒) of rabies could go into the person’s body. The person could even die. It’s important to get the right treatment very soon. Every year, more than 50,000 people aound the world die of rabies. Most of them are from poor countries. India has the most death(死亡). China is the second.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.Rabies is the name of ________.

A. a book  B. a man    C. a pet     D. a disease

2.________ people in China died of rabies in September, 2007.

A. 2,245    B. 318       C. 232       D. 50,000

3.The second paragraph(段落) is mainly about _______.

A. how to do with rabies  

B. something about rabies in China

C. asking people not to keep pets

D. showing what rabies is really like

4.Which of the following animals may NOT have rabies?

A. Rabbits.         B. Ducks.   C. Cats.      D. Bats.

5.The word “treatment” in the third paragraph means “________” in Chinese.

A. 治理    B. 待遇     C. 治疗     D. 处理

Henry was from the United States and he had come to London for a holiday.

One day he was not feeling well.  So he was to the clerk at the desk of his hotel and said, “I want to see a doctor. Can you give me the name of a good one?”

The clerk looked in a book, and said, “Dr. Grey.”

“Is he expensive?”

“Well,” the clerk answered, “he always asks for his patients two pounds for their first visit to him, and 1.5 pounds for later visit.”

Henry decided (决定)  to save 50 pence. When he went to see the doctor he said, “I’ve come again, doctor.”

For a few seconds the doctor looked at his face carefully without saying anything. Then he nodded and said, “Oh, yes.” He examined (检查) him and then said, “Everything’s going as it should do. Just continue (继续)with the medicine (药) I gave you last time.”

1.Henry came to London___________.

2.He wanted to see a good doctor because__________.

3.The first visit to the doctor cost_____________ later visit.

4.Henry tried to make the doctor believe that___________.

Miss Wang is twenty-three years   41  . She likes children and her   42  work. From Monday to Friday she stays at    43  and gives the children classes. She has much work   44   , but she often plays sports   45   her students after school. The children like    46   very much.

  47   Saturday she drives her car to her father’s house and    48   with her father and mother. Sometimes she goes to see her friends on Sunday. She drives back    49   school on Monday morning.

She    50   singing and swimming. She’s a nice girl.