In most schools，all students must wear school uniforms when they are at school．But not every student likes the school uniform．

Li Jia，a 13-year-old girl from No．9 Middle School，said，“I don't like my school uniform at all．It is too ugly．I think young girls should wear some colorful clothes．But，I have to wear it every day．”

However，Su Yang，also a middle school student，has different opinions．He said，“I like my school uniform．It is very beautiful．It is a symbol（象征）of my school and I like my school very much．”

Mr. Chen，a teacher，told the reporter，“It’s good for the students to wear uniforms．It saves a lot of time and money．In the past，my daughter spent much time on her clothes．But now，she seldom（很少）asks me to buy clothes for her because she has to wear the school uniform．”

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1．Most middle school students must wear the school uniform because ________．

A．their parents ask them to do so

B．the uniforms are beautiful

C．they don't have money to buy other clothes

D．it's the school rule

2．What do you know about Li Jia?

A．She doesn't like the uniform because it is expensive．

B．She is an ugly girl．

C．She doesn't like her school uniform at all．

D．She never wears her uniform．

3．What does Su Yang think of his school uniform?

A．He thinks it is very beautiful．                     B．He thinks it is very ugly．

C．He doesn't like it．                                      D．He likes a symbol．

4．The word “opinion” probably means ________ in Chinese．

A．校服                   B．看法                   C．情況                  D．成績

5．From the passage，we know that ________．

A．most students like their uniforms

B．most students don't like their uniforms

C．different people have different opinions about their uniforms

D．uniforms are very popular in China

Having returned from her round trip (往返旅程), the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes (應(yīng)給予) me￡12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office, “you sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me ￡12.”
Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, madam,” he said politely, “I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”
The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sunburnt,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”
“Yes,” She answered, shyly. “The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!”
“That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t swim a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three…”
“I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.” Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, madam,” he said. “But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?”
“Err, well…” the woman looked at the child. “I mean… she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”
“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs… let me see…￡13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe ￡1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…”
The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.
【小題1】The woman was angry because__________.

When I was a little girl, my family lives in a small village. There was a very beautiful river near my home. The water was clean and cool. I liked to go fishing there with mom. We would catch fish, look for clams and play in the water. There were also a lot of  birds near the river. We would spend all day watching the birds. Life was beautiful and wonderful in the old days.
Now my family lives in the city. Last Sunday my daughter asked me to take her to see the beautiful river I was always talking about. “I want to go fishing there with you and Grandma ao much,” she said.
When we went to the river, we only saw a factory and a mountain of garbage(垃圾). My mom was surprised, my daughter was quite despondent, and I was sad—the river was my best friend. I grew up with it. Now there are no fish in it; the birds are gone, too. I hear it crying for help. But what can I do ?
【小題1】Where was the writer born?

    One day at a park, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench (長椅) near a playground. “That’s my son over there,” she said, pointing to (指著) a little boy in a red sweater.

   “He’s a lovely boy,” the man said. “That’s my daughter on the bike in the white dress.” Then, looking at his watch, he called to his daughter, “We have to leave for home now, Rosa.”

“Just five minutes, Dad,” Rosa said, “Please, just five more minutes.”

The man agreed and Rosa went to ride his bike happily. Five minutes later, the father stood and called again to his daughter, “Time to go now?”

“Five more minutes, Dad,” Rosa said again, “Just five more minutes.”

The man smiled and said, “OK.”

“Oh, you are really a patient father,” said the woman.

The man smiled and then said, “Her elder brother Tommy died (死) in a traffic accident (事故)last year when he was riding his bike near here,” the man said,  “I never spent much time with Tommy and now I’d like to give anything for just five more minutes with him. I vowed (發(fā)誓) not to make the same mistake(錯誤) with Rosa. She thinks she has five more minutes to ride her bike. In fact, I get five more minutes to watch her play.”

1.The woman’s son was wearing _______________.

A. a red T-shirt                                B. a red sweater           

C. a white sweater                          D. a white dress

2.From the article, we know that Tommy was ____________.

A. the man’s son                            B. the woman’s son

C. Rosa’s younger brother                       C. the man’s elder brother

3.The underlined word “patient” means_____________.

A. 嚴(yán)格的           B. 勤勞的          C. 有耐心的         D.積極的

4.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A. The man’s daughter and her brother played at the park.

B. Rosa agreed to go home when her father called her the first time.

C. The woman felt sorry that she didn’t spend any time with her son.

D. The man learned a lot from Tommy’s death(死亡).