Died of shock (震驚)
    A very old lady won a million dollars in a lottery（彩票）. Her son and her husband heard the news on the
radio. 
    "How are we going to tell your mother?" the man asked. "The news might kill her." 
    "That's true." said the son. "Perhaps we'd better speak to her doctor about it. He will know how to bring the
news to her gently."
    They told the old lady's doctor about this . 
    "I'm glad you told me," he said, "A shock even a happy one could give her heart attack (打擊). Leave it to
me. I'll find a way of bringing the news to her." 
    The doctor thought about the problem for several days. Then decided what he would say.
    He called on the old lady and sat by her. He took her hand in his. "let's play a game ,my dear," "A Let's
Pretend Game (一個假裝游戲)." 
    "Oh, yes," said the old lady. "I love playing it." "Good , I'll ask you a question first" the doctor said. "Then
you can ask me one." 
    He pretended to think for a few moments. Then he said, "Tell me , what would you do if you won a million
dollars in the lottery?" 
    "Oh. That's an easy one," the old lady said. "I'd give most of it to you, Doctor. Because you have been so
good to me all these years. Doctor!" 
    But the doctor was lying on the floor. He had died of sock.

1. Why didn't the son and his father tell the lady the good news at once? Because they _______.

A. weren't sure it was right
B. didn't want her to die of sock
C. want to kill her first

2. The doctor was also worried that the news would ________.

A. make her worried
B. kill him
C. cause a heart attack

3. The doctor went to the old lady's house ________.

A. to give her a heart attack
B. to play games with her
C. to tell her the news

4. Why was the doctor lying on the floor? Because ________.

A. he hoped the old lady would do the same.
B. It was part of the "Let's Pretend" game.
C. he had died of shock

5. Which of the following is wrong?

A. The son took bad care of the old lady's health
B. They wanted to tell her the happy news, but they didn't want to shock her.
C. The doctor tried to tell the news gently.

     William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the U.S, was born in a small town. When he was a boy,
he was very quiet and shy. Because he was so quiet, every one thought that he wasn't bright (聰明). The
people in the town often put a nickel (五分幣) and a dime (一角銀幣) before him and ask him which to
choose. He always chose the nickel and they laughed.
     One day a woman felt sorry for him. She asked, "Why do you never take a dime and always choose a
nickel instead? Do you know a nickel is worth (值…錢) much less than a dime?"
     "Certainly I know it," William answered slowly. "But if I choose the dime, they will not ask me to choose
them any more.

(     )1. William Henry Harrison was the ninth president of the United Nations.
(     )2. When he was a boy, he liked to speak little.                                                                                     
(     )3. The people thought he was not bright because he was shy and quiet. 
(     )4. When he always chose the nickel, the people thought he didn't know
           that a nickel was worth less than a dime.                     
(     )5. He always chose the nickel because he wanted the people to believe that 
           he didn't know the difference between a nickel and a dime.

     Long, long ago there lived in Greece a king whose name was Midas. He was a greedy man and loved
gold better than anything else in the world.
     One day he asked the God (上帝) to give him still more gold. The God decided to punish him and
said:"Very well, in the morning everything that you touch will become gold."
     He got up early the next morning. When he touched his bed, it turned to gold. He began to dress, and
his clothes became gold. Midas was delighted. The king went to have his breakfast. He took a cup of milk,
but it immediately turned to gold. Then he took a piece of bread, and that also changed into gold. Midas
now began to feel unhappy. It was good to be the richest man in the world. but he was hungry, and he
could not eat or drink gold. He went out into the garden. His little daughter Was there. When she saw her
father, she ran up to him. King Midas was very fond of his daughter and he kissed her tenderly. Then and
there she turned into a golden statue (雕塑).
     Midas was now surprised and sad. He begged the God to take away the Golden Touch.
     The God took away his Golden Touch and everything became natural again. Midas never forgot this
lesson. He knew now that gold did not bring happiness.

1. What did Midas ask the God for at first?

A. He wanted to become a king.
B. He asked for a gold bed.
C. He wanted to have more gold.

2. What happened the next morning?

A. Everything he touched became gold.
B. The God gave him gold milk and bread.
C. He can't find his golden daughter.

3. Midas was unhappy because _____.

A. his bed became gold
B. his clothes became gold
C. his milk and bread became gold

4. The Chinese meaning of the underlined word "greedy" is _____.

A. 高大的
B. 富有的
C. 貪婪的

5. Which of the following is true?

A. The king had a wonder breakfast the next morning.
B. The king had nothing for breakfast the next morning.
C. The God gave the king much gold the next morning.

     The Greens lived in a small village. There were three people in the family, Mr. Green, Mrs. Green and
the only child John. John was twenty years old. He worked in the village and lived with his parents, but he
didn't like to work in the village. Later he got work in a town with the name of Greens. It was quite a long
way from the village. John liked his new work very much, but his parents were not happy about it.
     "John, you'd better come back to work in the village, and live with us," Mrs. Green said one day. John said,
"But there isn't any good work for me here, Mum." So he went to work in Greens and lived there.
     Last Sunday, Mrs. Green was very angry. She got on a bus and went to John's house in Greens."John,"
she said to him."Why do you never call me?" John laughed and said, "Mum, you haven't a telephone." No,"
she answered, "I haven't, but you have got one."

1. Where did John work at first?
    ________________________________________________________________
2. Why did John never call his parents?
    ________________________________________________________________
3. John likes to work _______ and lives there.
    ________________________________________________________________
4. How did Mrs Green go to the town--Greens?
    ________________________________________________________________
5. 將畫線部分英文譯成中文。
    ________________________________________________________________

     Bob and Jim once worked in the same factory. One day, Bob (1)_________ (lend) Jim one hundred
dollars,but then Jim (2)________ (leave) his job and (3)________ (go) to work in another town without
4)________ (pay) back the money. Bob (5)_________ (not see) Jim for a year, later he found out from
another friend that Jim was in another town and (6)________ (stay) at a hotel,so he went there (7)_________ (meet) him late in the evening. When he got to Jim's room, he saw his shoes near the door."Well, he
(8)________ (be) in," he thought, and knocked at the door, and (9)_________ (say),"I know you are in,
Jim. Your shoes are out here." "I (10) _________(go) out in my boots," answered Jim.

     A man once had a dream about the Black Forest in Germany. In his dream he was walking in the forest
when two men ran out and tried to throw him to the ground. He ran off as fast as he could, but they followed
him. He reached a place where he saw two roads in front of him, one to the right and the other to the left.
Which road should he take? He heard the two men behind him, getting nearer, and at the same time he heard
a voice in his ear. It told him to go to the right, and he did so. He ran on and soon came to a small hotel. He
was received there kindly and given a room, and he was saved from the two men. That was the dream.
     Twenty years later he was really in the Black Forest and as happened in the dream long ago, two men ran
out and tried to throw him down. He ran off, and came to a place with two roads, like in the dream. He
remembered the dream and took the road to the right He soon reached a small hotel, was taken in, and so
was safe. His dream of twenty years before had saved his life.

1. The Black Forest is ________.

A. a place in Germany
B. not a real place
C. invented by the writer

2. When he was walking in the forest, ________ ran after him.

A. two dogs
B. two tigers
C. two men

3. Finally he came to ________.

A. a forest
B. a small hotel
C. another dream

4. It was ________ that saved the man's life 20 years later.

A. a voice
B. the dream
C. someone else

5. The story tells us that ________.

A. a dream may come true sometime
B. people should not believe their dreams
C. dream can save one's life