23、My grandmother was an iron-willed（強(qiáng)硬的）woman．When I was five，she invited some friends to her apartment．Among the guests there  1  （be）a rich man and his daughter．Grandmother considered them the most important among the guests．

    During the party，I went to the bathroom．I was still sitting down when the girl walked in．“You  2  （stay）here too long!”

    “It’s not your business．Don’t you know that little girls shouldn’t come into the bathroom when a little boy   3  （use）it!?”I said in anger．This  4   （surprise） the little girl．Then she started to cry．Most guests had heard what I said and laughed．But not Grandmother．

    She   5  （wait）for me when I left the bathroom．Grandmother shouted that I was impolite and rude and ordered，“You  6  （say） sorry to her．”All the guests watched in silence．

    Twenty minutes later, Grandmother walked by the bathroom and noticed a torrent（激流）of water  7  （run）out from under the door．Everyone knew who did that．Grandmother was so angry that she tried  8  （get）file anyway．It took several strong men finally to move her away and calm her down．

    My grandfather took me by the hand and seated me on his lap．He looked at me，not at all angry or upset．“  9  （tell）me，”he asked，“why did you do it？”

    “Well，she shouted at me for nothing．”I said seriously“Now she’s got something to be angry at．”

    Grandfather didn’t speak right away．He just sat there，looking at me and smiling．I  10  never __________ （forget）his expressions（表情）for my whole life．

    “Eric，”he said at last，“I think you did the right thing．”

21、Children in England mustn’t work until they are 13．They need to have a work permit（許可）to start working．

1．In England how old do children have to be before they can work?

A．15                          B．14                          C．10                                 D．13

2．Paperboys and Papergirls deliver newspapers __________．

A．early in the morning                                    B．a(chǎn)t noon

C．in the afternoon                                         D．in the evening

3．Teenagers in England can do all of the following except __________．

A．work in an office                                        B．work in a night club

C．look after young children                            D．deliver newspapers

4．How many hours a week many teenagers work during the term time?

A．10                            B．14                          C．17                          D．20

20、After supper, Mr. Hunt came out．The sun was setting down in the west and it was a little cool outside．Few people would stay at home There were a lot of people near the river．He was walking along the bank while some friends greeted him．An hour later, he felt tired and sat down on a chair near the end of the bridge．

    Suddenly, the old man heard a violent（激烈的）quarrel at the other end．He stood up and saw several people were there．As a policeman，he thought it was his duty to find out what was happening to them．He went there and noticed four women quarrelling with each other．He tried to prevent them from doing it，but nobody listened to him．He thought for a while and had an idea．

    “Let’s hear the oldest speak first!”

    Hearing this，all of them stopped and left in a hurry, with red faces．

1．Few people would stay at home because __________．

A．it was hot in the houses

B．they enjoyed doing some exercises

C．they hoped to talk with their friends

D．the scenery outside was nice

2．Mr. Hunt came out to __________．

A．greet to his friends                                      B．hear the women quarrel

C．walk along the bank                                   D．find a chair to sit on

3．Mr. Hunt thought __________，so he went to the other end of the bridge．

A．the women would listen to him

B．he should prevent them from quarrelling

C．the women would say something interesting

D．he should take the women to the police station

4．Each woman was afraid to __________，so they hurried off．

A．be beaten by the policeman                          B．be thought as the oldest

C．go home too late                                        D．see the old policeman

19、Vitamin（維生素）D is called “sunshine vitamin，”and it is very important to health，yet more Americans are not getting enough，U．S．researchers said on Monday．Researchers found that 75 percent of Americans can’t reach the levels of vitamin D，up from about 50 percent of them 20 years ago．Getting enough vitamin D can be easy：spend 10 minutes in the sun with legs and arms exposed （暴露），or take vitamin pills．

    “But people’s habits have changed…they are less active and outdoors less，and also protecting their skin from the sun because of skin cancer risk（皮癌風(fēng)險(xiǎn)），”said Dr．Adit Ginde，who did the study．Traditionally, vitamin D has been seen important to bone（骨）health and to prevent rickets（軟骨�。�，but recent discoveries show many kinds of cells（細(xì)胞）use vitamin D in some way, Ginde said．

    Food can boost（提升）vitamin D levels，but only a few foods．Those include some kinds of fish（salmon，sardines，tuna and mackerel）and milk．But the amounts in milk are not enough to keep people healthy．In the last few years，vitamin D has gained more attention．People are paying a lot more attention to it．A second study in the journal supposed the idea of providing more vitamin D for bone health．Researchers did a research on some people aged 65 or older．They found that spinal bone fractures（脊椎斷裂）decreased（卜降）20 percent when the patients took vitamin D every day．

    Researcher Heike Bischoff-Ferrari wrote in the report．”it is possible for people to increase the amount of vitamin D earlier to keep healthy．”

1．Why Vitamin D is called“sunshine vitamin”?

A．Because it is like sunshine

B．Because people can get vitamin D in the sun．

C．Because it is very important

D．Because there isn’t enough vitamin D in the food．

2．If people have enough vitamin D．they can avoid __________．

A．cold                       B．cancer                   C．rickets                   D．fever

3．We can get vitamin D by __________．

A．eating some food                                        B．spending time in the sunshine

C．taking vitamin D Pills                                  D．a(chǎn)ll of the above

4．Americans get __________ vitamin D than before．

A．more                   B．less                       C．better                     D．worse

17、-My bike is missing．I can’t find it anywhere．

-I’m afraid you have to buy __________．

A．it              B．one                C．a(chǎn)ny            D．few

16、__________Group of 20 leaders agreed on __________plan on financial crisis on April 2．

A．A，the                   B．The，a                  C．The，the                      D．A，a