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    One day a father and his rich family 1______ (take) his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose
to show him 2______ poor people can be. They spent a day and a night on the farm of a very poor family.
When they got back 3______ their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "Very good Dad!" "Did
you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Yeah!" "And 4______ did you learn?" 
    The son answered, "I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool 5______
reaches to the middle of the garden; they have a creek (小溪) that has no end. We have imported lamps in the
garden; they have the stars. Our patio reaches to the front yard; 6______ have a whole horizon. " When the
little boy was finished, his father was 7______ (speech). His son added, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how
'poor' we are!"
    Isn't it true that it all depends on the way you look at things? 8______ you have love, friends, family, health,
good humor and a positive attitude towards life-you've got everything! You can't buy 9______ of these things.
You may have all the material possessions you can imagine, provisions for the future, etc.; 10______ if you
are poor of spirit, you have nothing!

                                                            A Narrow Escape
    Shortly after the war, my brother and I were invited to spend a few days' holiday with an uncle who had
just returned from abroad. He had rented a cottage in the country, although he hardly spent much time there.
We understood the reason for this after our arrival: the cottage had no comfortable furniture in it. Many of the
windows were broken and the roof leaked, making the whole house wet. 
    On our first evening, we sat around the fire after supper listening to the stories our uncle told of his many
adventures in distant countries. I was so tired after the long train journey that I would have preferred to go to
bed; but I could not bear to miss any of my uncle's exciting stories, He was just in the middle of describing a
rather terrifying experience he had once had when there was a loud crash from the bedroom above, the one
where my brother and I were going to sleep.
    When we got to the top of the stairs and opened the bedroom door, a strange sight met our eyes. A large
part of the ceiling had fallen right on to the pillow of my bed.

1. The uncle disliked the rented cottage for the reason that _____.

A. there were no beds in it
B. the windows were broken and the roof leaked
C. it was too old for him to live in
D. it was very rainy in the area

2. On the first evening, the writer was very sleepy, _____.

A. but he did his best not to miss any stories
B. so he had to go to bed early
C. because he was tired of his uncle's stories
D. and he was gradually falling asleep while listening

3. If the writer had not been able to stay up late, _____.

A. his uncle would have stopped telling stories
B. his uncle would have been very happy
C. he would have been injured or killed
D. his brother wouldn't have been, either

4. A narrow escape means _____.

A. A person runs away from a danger through a narrow door
B. A person escapes a danger by luck
C. A person escapes a danger easily
D. A person runs away from a danger easily

    Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday
when it la nded upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route-through the boot
(行李箱).
    Mr. Johnson's car had finished up in a ditch (溝渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting
a bank. "Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly," Mr.Johnson said. "I couldn't force the doors
because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew
water would come flooding in." 
    Mr.Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists
by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot.Then he began his struggle to escape.
     Later he said, "It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and
I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot.I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make
someone hear, but no help came."
     It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the
boot.Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock.Fifteen minutes passed by. "It
was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in.
I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up."
     His hands and arms cut and bruised (擦傷), Mr.Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked
after by the farmer's wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, "That thirty minutes seemed like
hours." Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night.The vehicle had sunk into two feet
of mud at the bottom of the ditch.

1. What is the best title for this newspaper article?

A. The Story of Mr.Johnson, A Sweet Salesman
B. Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route
C. Driver Escapes Through Car Boot
D. The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident

2. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?

A. The hammer.
B. The coin.
C. The screw.
D. The horn.

3. Which statement is true according to the passage?

A. Mr. Johnson's car stood on its boot as it fell down.
B. Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.
C. Mr. Johnson's car accident was partly due to the slippery road.
D. Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat

4. "Finally it gave" (Paragraph 5) means that _____.

A. Luckily the door was torn away in the end
B. At last the wrench went broken
C. The lock came open after all his efforts
D. The chance was lost at the last minute

5. It may be inferred from the passage that _____.

A. the ditch was along a quiet country road
B. the accident happened on a clear warm day
C. the police helped Mr.Johnson get out of the ditch
D. Mr.Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended

    The most frightening words in the English language are, "Our computer is down." You hear it more and
more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and
the girl in the ticket office said, "I'm sorry, I can't sell you a ticket.Our computer is down."
     "If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket."
     "I can't write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so."
     I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring
at the black screen. Then I asked her, "What do all you people do?"
     "We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us
or not."
      "So when it goes down, you go down with it."
      "That's good, sir."
      "How long will the computer be down?" I wanted to know.
      "I have no idea. Sometimes it's down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There's no way we can
find out without asking the computer, and since it's down it won't answer us."
      After the girl told me they had no backup (備用) computer, I said. "Let's forget the computer. What
about your planes? They're still flying, aren't they?"
      "I couldn't tell without asking the computer." 
      "Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he's flying to Washington," I suggested.
      "I wouldn't know what gate to send you to.Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn't take
you if you didn't have a ticket."
      "Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?"
      "I wouldn't know," she said, pointing at the dark screen. "Only 'IT' knows.'It' can't tell me."
      By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that
the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their
luggage.

1. The best title for the article is _____.

A. When the Computer Is Down
B. The Most Frightening Words
C. The Computer of the Airport
D. Asking the Computer

2. What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?

A. She could sell a ticket.
B. She could write out a ticket.
C. She could answer the passengers' questions.
D. She could do nothing.

3. Why do you think they had not a backup computer?

A. Because it was easy down
B. Because it was very expensive.
C. Because it was not advanced enough.
D. Because it was not as big as the main computer.

4. The last paragraph suggests that _____.

A. a modern computer won't be down.
B. computers can take the place of humans
C. sometimes a computer may bring suffering to people
D. there will be great changes in computers

    Mary likes Chinese 1. ______ (文物) very much. She spends most of her spare time going
everywhere 2. ______ (搜尋) 3. ______ (稀有的) things 4. ______ (設計) or made by famous
5. ______ (藝術(shù)家), such as 6. ______ (有價值的) 7. ______ (木制) furniture, 8. ______ (奇
特的) hats and 9. ______ (花瓶) of all 10. ______ (樣式), which have 11. ______ (幸存) for
a long time. One day she visited her friend, John, in whose house she was 12. ______ (驚奇
地) to find some 13. ______ (令人吃驚的) 14. ______ (證據(jù)) that reflected the period when
China was 15. ______ (處于戰(zhàn)爭狀態(tài)) with Japan. They were some 16. ______ (畫) drawn by
Zhang Daqian, in one of which some 17. ______ (當?shù)氐? Chinese people were fighting hard
with the invaders, some bombs 18. ______ (爆炸了) and many Chinese people were killed.
John told her that the paintings 19. ______ (屬于) his grandfather and his parents used
to 20. ______ (裝飾) the house with them. Mary 21. ______ (挑選了) a few of them and 22.
______ (作為回報) gave John some china that was 23. ______ (值…) the money. In order to
show respect for the Chinese culture, both Mary and John made up their minds to offer the
paintings to China. But their parents didn't agree with them. They 24. ______ (爭論了) for
two hours, and at last their parents gave in. There is no 25. ______(疑問) that their
kindness will be 26. ______ (高度贊揚) by the government of China and the Chinese people.

    It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning thirty. I was insecure about
entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years were now behind me.
    My daily routine included going to the gym for a workout before going to work. Every
morning I would see my friend Nicholas at the gym. He was seventy-nine years old and in
terrific shape. As I greeted Nicholas on this particular day, he noticed I wasn't full
of my usual vitality and asked if there was anything wrong. I told him I was feeling
anxious about turning thirty. I wondered how I would look back on my life once I reached
Nicholas's age, so I asked him, "What was the best time of your life?"
    Without hesitation, Nicholas replied, Well, Joe, this is my philosophical answer to
your philosophical question:
    "When I was a child in Austria and everything was taken care of for me and I was
nurtured by my parents, that was the best time of my life."
    "When I was going to school and learning the things I know today, that was the best
time of my life."
    "When I got my first job and had responsibilities and got paid for my efforts, which
was the best time of my life."
    "When I met my wife and fell in love, which was the best time of my life."
    "The Second World War came, and my wife and I had to flee Austria to save our lives.
When we were together and safe on a ship bound for North America, which was the best time
of my life."
    "When we came to Canada and started a family, which was the best time of my life."
    "When I was a young father, watching my children grow up, that was the best time of
my life."
    "And now, Joe, I am seventy-nine years old. I have my health, I feel good and I am
in love with my wife just as I was when we first met. This is the best time of my life."

1. When Joe's 30th birthday is drawing near, he feels _____.

A. excited
B. frightened
C. worried
D. eager

2. Joe usually goes to the gym to _____.

A. take exercise
B. begin his work
C. see his friend Nicholas
D. do his part -time job

3. What does the underlined word vitality in the second paragraph mean?

A. strength
B. Power to survive
C. Happiness
D. Energy and enthusiasm

4. What is the right order of the following events?
   a. Fell in love 
   b. Grew up in Austria
   c. Settled in Canada
   d. Escape from his country
   e. Got salaries

A. b a e d c
B. b e a d c
C. a b e d c
D. b c a d e

5. The purpose of the passage is to _____.

A. tell the reader about Joe's experience
B. tell the story of his friend Nicholas
C. tell people not to worry about their ages
D. tell people to take an optimistic attitude toward life

    Not long ago there was a girl called Daisy. One day she woke up and found a flying
carpet by her bed, which took Daisy to Tibet of China to see antelopes. The antelope
told her that they lived a sad life, because they were killed for the fur that was taken
from under their s______ (1). Every year thousands of antelopes are killed and now they
are becoming e______ (2) species.
    Daisy was very sad and then she asked the carpet to bring her to some place where
the animals were well protected. Next minute she was in Zimbabwe. Daisy first saw an
excited elephant. It asked Daisy to take its picture. In Zimbabwe, Daisy knew the people
began to realize the i______ (3) of animals, especially the g______ (4), and they decided
to help. They allowed t______ (5) to hunt only a certain number of animals if they were
willing to pay the farmers.
    The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a t______ (6) rain forest. A
monkey watched her as it r______ (7) itself. The monkey said the millipede contained a
p______ (8)drug which could affect m______ (9). And the monkey told Daisy to take care
of the rain forest. Daisy was a______ (10). Later, the carpet flew Daisy home and Daisy
found it was only a dream, but she learned a lot from her experience.