A teacher asked her students to write an article. She told the class, "Write about (1) ______________
if you had a million dollars. Do you understand?"
     The students said they understood. Then they all began writing. Everyone wrote two pages except one
student, Terry Jones. He (2) ______________ but only sat at his desk.
    At the end of the class, the teacher looked at all the papers as the students gave them to her. When she
saw Terry's paper, she asked him,"Why …?" "Because I have a million dollars." Terry answered.
    The teacher (3) ______________, but she could say nothing.

     One morning Mrs Petty said to her husband, "Jack, there's a meeting of our Ladies Club at
Mrs Young's house at lunchtime today, and I want to go there. I'll leave you some food for your
lunch. Is that all right?
     "Oh, yes." her husband answered, "That's quite all right. What are you going to leave for my
lunch?"
     "This tin of fish." Mrs Petty said, "And there are some eggs and vegetables and some bread
here, too."
     "Good." said Mr Petty. Then Mrs Petty went to her meetings. All the ladies had lunch at
Mrs Young's house and at 3 o'clock Mrs Petty came home.
     "Was your fish nice, Jack?" She asked.
     "Yes, but my feet are hurting." He answered.
     "Why are they hurting?" Mrs Petty asked.
     "Well, on the tin was written ---OPEN THE TIN AND STAND IN HOT WATER FOR FIVE
MINUTES."

1. Mrs Petty wanted to __________.

A. visit her old friends
B. go to Mrs Young's house
C. have a dinner in the restaurant
D. have lunch by herself

2. Mr Petty had to __________.

A. buy some food himself
B. cook dinner for Mrs Petty
C. have lunch at a restaurant
D. have lunch by himself at home

3. Mrs Petty had her lunch __________.

A. at home
B. with her husband
C. in Mrs Young's house
D. in Jack's house

4. Mr Petty's feet were hurting because __________.

A. the tin of fish hurt his feet
B. he fell down and hurt his feet
C. he himself stood in hot water for 5 minutes
D. his wife didn't tell him how to open the tin

5. In the last sentence, "STAND" means __________.

A. put
B. push
C. send
D. sink(浸)

     I heard the bees long before I saw them.
     It was a very hot afternoon, and we decided to cool off in the river near my home. As we climbed
down a small rocky (石頭的) hill toward the water, my boyfriend John suddenly started to shout then
jumped into the water below. Peter and Mary quickly followed but I was too far away to jump. I was
trapped.
    I heard a low hum (嗡嗡聲),which was growing louder. From a distance (距離), the group of bees
looked almost like a cloud of smoke. As it got closer, I knew it was thousands of bees flying towards
me.
     All I could do was cover my face with hands. Crazily, I thought that if I sat very still, the bees would
think I was just another rock.
     After a few minutes, I  knew  my  plan  didn't work. The bees were attacking me. I  could hear my
friends shouting at me to get down to the pool fast.
     But it wasn't so easy. I was in great pain (疼痛) and the only way I could get away was to use my
hands to climb down the rocks. However, I was afraid to do that at first because  my  face would be
unprotected. The noise the bees made was so loud and frightening, but I had no way. I rushed down
the rocks and jumped into the pool, but  I don't remember doing it. I was just so  happy to  be  free
from the pain. I was safe, and the water felt wonderful.
     But we still weren't out of danger. Every  time  we  tried to  climb out  of  the pool, the bees flew
back over our heads. We spent the next three hours in the water, putting our heads under the water
from time to time to keep away the bees until they finally lost interest.

1. How many people went swimming that day?  

A. Two.    
B. Three    
C. Four    
D. Five

2. The underlined word "it" (in Paragraph 3) refers to        .

A. a rock    
B. the group of bees    
C. a hill    
D. the river

3. At first why didn't the writer want to climb down the rocks?

A. She was afraid she would fall.
B. She was too far away from pool.
C. She thought the bees would follow her.
D. She didn't want her face to be unprotected.

4. How did the writer escape (逃離) the bees?

A. She covered her face with her hands.
B. She hid behind the rocks.
C. She jumped into a water pool.
D. She pretended (假裝) to be a rock.