Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, (A)he said to his son, "If anyone asks for me,
you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week. Then be
sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea."
    "Ok, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down
on a piece of paper and gave it to him. (B)His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it
every now and then.
    Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no one to come
and that (C)the piece of paper was of no use for him any longer, so he burnt it that evening.
    The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door
and said, "Where is your father?" the boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of
paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered (D)he had burnt it, so he shouted, "no more!" The
man was very surprised.
    He asked. "NO more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?" "Burnt yesterday evening."

1. 將A處改成間接引語：                                                                                                               
2. 將B處譯成漢語：                                                                                                               
3. 將C處改為同義句：                                                                                                               
4. 就D處提問：                                                                                                                 
5. What did the man think happened to the boy's father? 
                                                                                                                          

    My grandmother was an iron-willed (強硬的) 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."

      The story happened during the Second World War. A 70-year-old man lived in a small town of Germany.
His three sons all worked in the same factory where he   1   (work). After the war had begun, all his
sons   2   (make) to join the army and they all died in the fights.
      The old man was very sad. In the days that   3   (follow), he didn't have enough food and was often
hungry. And nobody helped him and he didn't know how to go on   4   (live). It was becoming colder
and colder.   5   (find) a way out, he had to beg from door to door. He had been to a lot of places and
knew a lot.
      Once he came to a village, but the villagers were all poor and couldn't give him anything. He was too hungry
  6   (go) to another village. Suddenly he saw a policeman   7   (stand) in the street and an idea came to his mind.
He then shouted out "Hitler is a pig!"
      As he hoped, the old man was now enjoying some bread and a cup of hot tea   8   (give) by the
policeman, "Don't say so in our village, sir!" the policeman said after a while. "I'm sorry, sir," said the old man,
"I   9   (not say) that again. I didn't know it   10   (be) Hitler's hometown" "No, no, sir," the policeman said in a
hurry, "It's a pig's hometown."
1.                    2.                   3.                     4.                   5.                   
6.                    7.                   8.                     9.                   10.               

    When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our
luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture.One of the rules is that young people should always
respect elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment (尷尬) in the United States.
    I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a
middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made
sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed
great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture
about how sensitive Americans are and how they dislike the description "old". Then I walked back to the table
and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused
by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry. 
    In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and
people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect old
people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.
    However, in the United States, people think "growing old" is a problem since "old" shows that a person is
going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from
growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told
the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they
had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn't want to hear.
    After that, I changed the way I had been with old people. It is not that I don't respect them any more;
I still respect them, but now I don't show my feelings through words.

1.The writer brought the couple their food very fast because ______.

A.the manager asked him to do so
B.he respected the elderly
C.the couple wanted him to do so
D.he wanted more pay

2.When the writer called the couple, "elderly", they became ______.

A.nervous
B.satisfied
C.unhappy
D.excited

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The more the writer explained, the angrier the couple got.
B.The writer wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.
C.The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.
D.From this experience, the writer learned more about American culture.

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A.Different countries, different customs
B.Old people, old customs
C.Different restaurants, different services
D.Differences between old and young

5.What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined word, "sensitive"?

A.敏感的
B.好戰(zhàn)的
C.自私的
D.友好的

     Mr. Smith loves sports. He often goes to different places to enjoy the beautiful countryside scenery.
On a 1.___________ Saturday afternoon, Mr. Smith went hiking in the country. He carried a backpack
on his back, with a 2._____________ in his hand. In the evening, he decided to stop for a rest. He
began to put up a 3. _____________ near a village. Then he made a 4. ______________ not far from
the tent and placed a pot over the fire to 5. _____________ something to eat. After supper, he spent the
night in the tent. Because he kept walking a whole day, he was very 6. _____________ and fell asleep
soon.
    At mid-night the weather began to turn bad. A strong 7.______________ began to blow. At that time,
Mr. Smith was still 8.______________ heavily. The next morning, when he 9._____________ up, he
found 10._____________ lying in the open air. And to his surprise, there was a pig, a cow, a
goose, a sheep and a cock running around him!

    One day in Overtown, Florida, 3.7 million dollars fell from the sky! It happened when a truck turned over.
There was money everywhere! One man said, "The streets were like gold." Some people took off their shirts
and filled them with money.
    Police officers went from door to door in the neighborhood. They asked people to return the money. After
six hours, the total returned: zero.
    No one in Overtown was surprised. Many people in this town are poor. They need the money to buy food
for their children. They think that God sent the money to them.
    The police say this is a serious crime. "People took thousands of dollars. It's not their money, and they have
to return it." The police also say it's dangerous to keep the money because everyone knows the story from the
news. People have money in their pockets and their backyards, and other people will try to steal it.
    So far, only one person has returned some money. He is a firefighter. He found 300,000 dollars in a bag
and gave it to the police. The people of Overtown still have the rest of the money.

1. People filled their shirts with the money from ______.

A. the sky
B. a truck
C. a bank
D. a shop

2. What does the underlined word "crime" in the fourth paragraph mean in Chinese?

A. 金錢
B. 犯罪
C. 損失
D. 德行

3. Where did people hide the money they got?

A. In their kitchens.
B. In their bedrooms.
C. In their backyards.
D. In their sitting rooms.

4. How much money was still missing?

A. 3.7 million dollars.
B. 300,000 dollars.
C. 3.4 million dollars.
D. 700,000 dollars.

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Money from the Sky.
B. Police and Money.
C. A Truck of Money.
D. Poor People and Money.

    As I was leaving to meet Lynne, My roommate told me that I'd better take some money, but I didn't listen
to him. I thought that Lynne would pay because she had invited me.
    I arrived at the restaurant exactly on time. I'd been told that Americans expect you to be on time. Lynne
and I sat at a table in the corner of the restaurant and a waitress came and took our order.
   The dinner was a great success. I talked a lot about Saudi Arabia and Lynne told me all about herself. After
two hours the waitress finally came and asked if we wanted one check or two. Lynne said two. We went to
the CASHIER AND Lynne paid her check. I was embarrassed when the cashier gave me my bill. I had no
money to pay for my meal. Then I had an idea. I pretended to look for something in my pockets and said,
"Oh! I forgot my money! Can I call my roommate, please?" The cashier showed me where the phone was
and I quickly called my roommate. In a few minutes he arrived with some money, but he couldn't hide how
he felt. He laughed all the way home.
    Now, I think it's funny too, but at that time I was terribly embarrassed. I thought that an invitation to have
dinner meant the same thing in the United States as in my country. I guess you have to understand that your
customs are only your customs. When you visit a foreign country, you have to learn about their customs, too.

1. The writer's roommate advised the writer to take some money with him ______.

A. to pay for the meal
B. to share the cost of the meal
C. to invite Lynne to dinner
D. to pay the checks

2. The roommate laughed all the way home because ______.

A. the writer was embarrassed when he couldn't pay his check
B. the writer telephone him to bring some money to him
C. the writer hadn't told Lynne the truth
D. the writer would not listen to him when he left the house

3. The writer and Lynne ______.

A. enjoy their meal very much
B. successfully finished their meal
C. had a talk for two hours
D. traveled to Saudi Arabia together

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A. People should always take some money with them.
B. Customs can be entirely different in different countries.
C. Invitations mean the same even in different countries.
D. A good roommate can really help you a lot.

5. Why didn't Lynne pay for the check for the writer?

A. Because she didn't have enough money with her.
B. Because she didn't want to do so.
C. Because she thought it was natural for people to pay their own check.
D. Because she wanted to embarrass the writer.

    English is difficult to learn because it is so different from our mother tongue (母語). Also, we don't have
much chance to speak English with foreigners or hear English (1)s_______.
    So the first important thing for us to do, I think, is to (2)p_______ speaking English more both in and
out of class. In class I listen to the teacher carefully and (3)t_______ my best to answer the teacher's questions
in English. After class, I listen to the tapes and wonderful English songs. I often retell the texts in my own
words. I always work hard at English and (4)n_______ give up.
    Of course this is not enough. When I find something interesting, I wrote it down in English. At first, I
couldn't write well, but with the help of my teacher, I have made great (5)p_______.