A few years ago, an Englishman called Roy Jones went on holiday to
a small town near the sea in the west of England. He was swimming in the
sea one day. As he opened his mouth, his false ( not real) teeth fell out and
floated(漂) away. The following year, Mr. Jones returned  to the same
town. When he was having dinner in a local cafe one evening, he mentioned
the story of his lost teeth  to the manager. The manager looked surprised.
He explained that he had found a set of false teeth on the beach last month.
Then he asked Roy Jones if he wanted to try them on. "OK. " said Mr.
Jones. "I suppose it won't do any harm. " When the manager brought him
the teeth, Mr. Jones put them into the mouth, and laughed and laughed.
They were his !
      In 1987 , an American couple called Jane and Robert Bentley went
for a picnic on a beach in California. When they returned home, Mrs.
Bentley realized that she had lost her wedding ring (緒婚戒指 ) . It
wasn't  expensive but it was valuable to Jane. The Bentleys drove back
to the beach and searched for the ring for three hours, but couldn't find it.
A few months later, Mr. Bentley went fishin8 0ff the same beach. As he
pulled a large crab(螃蟹) out of the sea, he noticed that there was
something on one of its claws(爪) . It was his wife's wedding ring !  

1. Mr. Jones was         when he lost his false teeth.

A. having dinner
B. laughing on the beach
C. talking to someone
D. swimming in the sea  

 2.         found Mr. Jones' s false teeth.

A. People in the sea
B. A manager in a shop
C. A manager of a cafe
D. Mr. Jones himself   

3. Jane Bentley found something missing when         .

A. she came back home
B. her husband was fishing
C. she was having a picnic
D. she drove back to the beach   

4. What did Mrs. Bentleys lose on the beach ?

5. What's the best title for the passage?

A. The lost wedding ring.
B. The false teeth came back.
C. Something happened to do.
D. How interesting it happened near the seal            

       You should be careful in the giving of gifts. Never give a gift in a job
interview or go to a business meeting. Gifts are usually given during special
holidays or as "thank you" for special invitations.
       At the time of arriving, you may give your gift to the host (主人) once
the introductions are made. With gift giving a few rules are in order: Be
modest  (適度的 ) with  your  gift, do  not  buy  expensive gifts.
      Special food from your country or a bottle of wine are best if you do
not know the host very well,but be certain that your gift will not require
attention. You can usually say something like "I thought you would like
this a little later" when you offer your gift.
     Be careful of giving wine , a bottle of wine is usually all right if you
know your host drinks wine. Flowers are good but remember: roses are
for personal relationships. Do not give roses. Cut flowers are nice if they
are in a vase(花瓶) . A small cultural gift from your'country is usually
very suitable. 
     Make sure your gift is packaged nicely with a nice card.

1.You should be ________ of giving of gifts..

2.You'd ________not give a gift when you go to a job interview.

3. We can ________ some gifts each other during the special holidays ,
such as Christmas Day.

4. ________ _______ ________ _______can be all right if you
know your host drinks wine.

5 .You should remember not to give              to others because they are for
personal relationships

       A man and a woman had a son eleven years after they married. They had a happy family and the boy was the apple of their eyes. When the boy was four years old, an accident happened. One night the father was very tired after work,so he asked his wife to meet their son and take him home. The mother was very busy in the kitchen,and she forgot about it.
       Later the boy lost his way in the street. When the mother found this, she went to look for him, but she couldn't find him. Then she went to the police station to ask for help. She was very sad and didn't know
how to face her husband. After hearing the bad news,the father humed to the police station. When he saw his wife,he didn't blame her. Instead he said,"l love you,darling ! "
       "If I had picked him up or found this earlier,this would not have happened," the father thought. He
thought there was no point in blaming anyone. His wife also lost her only child. What he could give her
was just consolation and understanding. Several weeks later,with the help of the police,they finally found
their lost son. From then on,they became closer than before. When something bad happens,people always spend lots' of time  blaming others instead of giving others support. Try to learn to forgive,and then you
will find the world is much more wonderful.

1. What is the meaning of the underlined part "the boy was the apple of their eyes"?

A. The boy's face was round like an apple.
B. They often bought apples for the boy.
C. The boy was loved deeply by them.
D. The boy liked eating apples best.

2. Why didn't the father pick the boy up that day?

A. He was sick.
B. The boy was usually picked up by his mother.
C. He was so busy that he forgot to do that.
D. He was too tired to do that.

3. The underlined word " consolation"  in the passage means "      " in Chinese.

A. 安慰    
B. 責備
C. 感激    
D. 忠告

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Be careful about everything we do.
B. Be careful not to get lost.
C. We should learn to forgive and understand.
D. Love is the most important thing.

                                              It's Really a Miracle (奇跡)
     Mr. Clarke works in New York and brought his family to China. They visited many places of
interest and had a good time here. Before they left for Shanghai, the Clarkes climbed up the Great
Wall. It was the greatest project about three thousand years ago. They took a lot of photos there
and then they had a picnic under a big tree. Suddenly it began to rain and they hurried to the car.
And when they returned to the hotel, they couldn't find the bag in which their expensive camera
was. They were all sorry for it:They could buy another camera but had no time to go to the Great
Wall again. They could not miss the plane!
     That evening they didn't have supper. Mr. Clarke hoped to make them happy and said, "Well.
Let me tell you a story. An old man lived in a sixty-storey building. One day he fell down from it
when he was cleaning the window. But he didn't hurt himself. "
     "It was a miracle!" called out his children. "Why?"
     "Because he lived on the first floor!"
     They all began to laugh while two policemen with a bag came in. They said a Chinese boy
found it under the big tree and he asked them to find out who lost it.
     "It's really a miracle!" the Clarkes said happily.

根據短文內容回答問題:

1. Where did the Clarkes enjoy themselves, New York, Beijing or Shanghai?
    ___________________________________________________________

2. Where did the Clarkes left their bag?
    ___________________________________________________________

3. Why didn't they have anything that evening?
    ___________________________________________________________

4. What did Mr. Clarke tell a story to his family for?
    ___________________________________________________________

5. Why did the Clarkes say it was really a miracle?
    ___________________________________________________________

     I will always remember my mother's last few days in this world. On February 14th, 2000, my class
went on a field trip to the beach. I had so much fun. When we returned to school, my teacher told me to
go to the headmaster's office. When I got into the office, I saw a police office. Suddenly I realized something
was wrong. The police office told me what had happened and we went to pick my sister up. After that, we
went to the hospital and waited. Time went slowly. Finally, we got to see our mother. It was terrible.
     On the next day, the headmaster came and told my two teachers what had happened. I was taking a rest
that day. I knew it had something to do with my mother. I kept thinking that she either died or had gotten
better. How I wished that she had gotten better. When my teacher took me outside, my sister ran up to me.
She started crying,"She's gone. Teresa, mommy's gone. She's dead." I couldn't believe it. We jumped into
the car and drove straight to the hospital. Most of my family were there. The silence was terrible. I knew I
had to say goodbye.
     Today when I look back, I still miss my mother very much, but I know that I will live. My mother was
a strong mother, who had the biggest heart. My mother was an angel walking on the earth. I will always
remember her as living. When someone is asked who their hero (英雄) is, they usually say someone famous,
like Michael Jordan or Britney Spears. When someone asks me who my hero is, I tell them, my mother. My
mother lives every day. That is what makes her a true hero.

1. Where was the writer when she learned her mother was very ill?

A. On the beach.
B. At the hospital.
C. At school.
D. At home.

2. Who brought the writer the bad news that her mother was ill?

A. Her sister.
B. The headmaster.
C. Her teacher.
D. The police officers.

3. What did the headmaster tell the two teachers on the next day?

A. Her mother had been very ill.
B. Her mother had been dead.
C. Her mother had gotten better.
D. Her sister came to see her.

4. From the last paragraph of the passage we know that ______.

A. the writer is afraid of her mother
B. the writer is proud of her mother
C. the writer feels sad about her mother
D. the writer feels sorry for her mother

5. The writer must think her mother is a ______ woman.

A. famous
B. free
C. rich
D. great

         Computer programmer David Jones makes ￡35000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot
find a bank prepared to let him have a check card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is
18.
         The 16-year-old works for a small firm (分公司) in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people
of his age is finding a job. David's firm puts two new games on the home market each month.
         But David's biggest headache is what to do with his money. In spite of his salary, made by inventing new
programs within quite a short period of time, with bonus payments and profitsharing, (獎金和分紅) he cannot
drive a car, get some money from a bank to buy a house, or get credit cards (信用卡).
        He lives with his parents in their house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. His firm has to pay
￡ 150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive. 
         David got his job with the firm a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a
computer shop."I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs."
he said.
         "I suppose ￡ 35000 sounds a lot but actually that's not good enough I hope it will come to more than
that this year." He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother ￡20 a week. But
most of his spare time is spent working.
         "Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school," he said. "But I had been studying it in
books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying
on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, any-way."
         David added,"I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement (退休) is a possibility. You
never know when the market might disappear."

Ａ: He earns a very high salary
Ｂ: He has no job
Ｃ: He does not go out much
Ｄ: He lives at home with his parents

2. David's greatest problem is ____.

Ａ: making the banks treat him as a grown-up
Ｂ: inventing computer games
Ｃ: spending his salary
Ｄ: learning to drive

3. He was hired by the firm because _____.

Ａ: he had worked in a computer shop
Ｂ: he had written some computer programs
Ｃ: he works very hard
Ｄ: he had learnt to use computers at school

4. He left school after taking O-levels because _____.

Ａ: he did not enjoy school
Ｂ: he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him
Ｃ: he was afraid of getting too old to start computing
Ｄ: he wanted to earn a lot of money

5. Why does David think he might retire early?

Ａ: One has to be young to write computer programs
Ｂ: He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire
Ｃ: He thinks computer games might not always sell so well
Ｄ: He thinks his firm might go bad

     There are many people in the bus and there are no empty (空的) seats. When a young man gets on,
 an old man near him wants to stand up, but the young man push(推) him back to his seat.
     "Thank you," he said, "but please don't do that, I can stand."
      "But, young man……"
      "I ask you to keep the seats," the young man doesn't let the old finish his words.
      But the old man again wants to get up. He says," Young man, please let me……"
      "No, no"says the young man, and then he pushes the old back into his seat again.
      At last, the old man gets up from his seat. He says to the young man, "You make me three times
away from my home. I want ……

1. The young man has to stand in the bus because _____.

A. there are a lot of people in the bus  
B. an old man is in his seat
C. he likes to do so                
D. there is no free seats in the bus

2. When the old man tries to get up, the young man thinks the old man wants to _____.

A.get off          
B. give his seat to him
C. talk to him        
D. make himself comfortable

3. The young man pushes the old man back to his seat because _____.

A. he doesn't want him to get up
B. he doesn't want to take the old man's seat
C. the old man is kind to him
D. he doesn't want him to get off the bus

4. From the story we can see that _____.

A. The old man is the young man's friend
B. The young man is healthy and can stand in the bus.
C. The young man misunderstand (誤解) the old man,
D. The old man likes the young man.

5. The last sentence of the story should be "_____".

A. I want to give my seat to you.    
B. I want to stand in the bus.
C. I want to get off the bus.        
D. I want to sit over there.