Mr.Coates works in an office in Brighton, England. One Saturday, he went to the office to do some
work. When he got on the lift, it stopped between floors. Mr. Coates could not get out of the lift. He started
to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one
was going to come to work until Tuesday!
      There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates slept
for most of the time. Early on Tuesday morning, his workmates came into work and found the lift was not
working. When the lift was opened, Mr. Coates came out. He was cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the
lift for 62 hours!
      Now Mr.Coates says, "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."

1. Why couldn't Mr.Coates get out of the lift? Because              .　

A. something was wrong with the lift
B. it was the weekend
C. it was in an office
D. it was a holiday

2. In the lift, there was              .

3. What did Mr.Coates do in the lift?

A. He shouted.
B. He slept.
C. He waited.
D. All of the above.

4. How long was he in the lift?

A. For more than two days.
B. For the whole Saturday.
C. For the weekend.
B. Since last Tuesday.

A. Now Mr.Coates is a little afraid of taking a lift.
B. Now Mr.Coates likes taking a lift.
C. Now Mr.Coates never uses lifts.
D. Now Mr.Coates only uses lifts if they have no telephones in them.

      One summer afternoon Jane and James Brown visited their daughter at her home in Lily, France. A few
minutes before six, the Browns decided to leave. They said goodbye to their daughter, walked to their car and
got in. Mr. Brown was about to start the car when a gunman (持槍歹徒) jumped up from the back seat. He
held a gun to Mr. Brown's head. "Drive me to Paris!" he ordered. "All right," Mr. Brown answered. "I'll drive
you anywhere you want to go. But first let my wife out of the car."
      The gunman agreed. After she was safely out of the car, Mr. Brown started the engine and drove down
the street. He was driving slowly but his mind was racing. Unarmed and 81 years old, he knew he could not
fight the gunman. Suddenly Mr. Brown realized how he could attract the attention of the police. He began
driving like a mad (瘋) man. He drove sixty miles an hour on side streets, ran red lights, and drove the wrong
way on one-way streets. But not one police officer saw him. Suddenly he remembered that the Lily police
station was only a few blocks away. "All right," he thought. "If I can't bring the police to my car, I"ll bring
my car to the police."
       He turned corner and saw the police station ahead. The two large doors were closed. He sped up (加速)
the car straight for the doors. The car crashed through the doors and stopped in the courtyard. Mr. Brown
cried, "Help! He is going to kill me." It happened so quickly that the gunman didn't know what to do. Just then
the officers from the police station had already come. They quickly caught the gunman. It was 6:30 p.m.; only
35 minutes after the Browns had left their daughter"s home on a quite street in Lilly.

1. When Mr. Brown was going to start the car, a gunman            .

A. stopped his car
B. stood in front of his car
C. was hiding in his car
D. held a gun to his head beside the car door

2. Mr. Brown was driving slowly at first because            .

3. Which of the following was not true?

A. Mr. Brown drove very quickly on the side streets.
B. Mr. Brown didn"t stop when the traffic lights were red.
C. Mr. Brown knew he could fight the gunman.
D. The policemen quickly came when they heard the doors knocked down.

4. How did Mr. Brown find the police at last?

A. He brought his car to the police station.
B. He drove the wrong way on one-way streets.
C. He sped up the car.
D. He drove like a mad man.

A. interesting
B. action
C. detective
D. exciting

     An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. "What's that strange building?" asked the
visitor. "That's the Tower of London." "I see. How long did it take to build it?" "About 500 years." "In my
country we can build it in five months," said the visitor. Shortly after that they came to St. Paul's Cathedral.
"Very interesting!" said the visitor. "How long did it take to build it?" Nearly forty years." said the Englishman.
"In my country we can finish it in forty days at most," said the visitor. This went on all day. They visited
most of the best known buildings in the city. Every time they saw a new one, the visitor asked what it was
and how long it took to build it. Then he said that they could do the same thing much faster in his country.
At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it. Several days later they came
to the House of Parliament (會議) and the visitor asked his usual question, "What is that? The Englishman
answered, "It wasn't there last night."

1. The Englishman showed the foreign visitor around _____ one day.

A. the Tower of London
B. St. Paul's Cathedral
C. some famous buildings in the city
D. the whole city of London

2. The visitor said that in this country it would take them _____ to build the Tower of London.

3. It took them a few days to see _____.

A. some of the best known buildings in England
B. several best know places in England.
C. many famous houses in the city of London.
D. most of the best known buildings in London

4. The Englishman was very angry by the end of the day, but he _____.

A. didn't want to say anything
B. tried to show it to the visitor
C. had no time to tell the visitor
D. tried not to show it to the visitor

A. he was sorry that he hadn't seen the building before
B. he could say nothing because he didn't know anything about it
C. he was angry and didn't want to tell the visitor its name
D. he didn't know how to tell visitor the name of the building

      Little Tom down the street calls our dog "The keep dog". Zip is a sheep dog. But when Tom tries to
say "Sheep", it comes out "keep". And in a way Tom is right. Zip is always bringing things home for us
to keep! I'll tell you about some of them.
     Zip's first present was a shoe. It was made of green silk.
     We didn't know how Zip found the shoe. But after a moment Mary, my big sister, told me the shoe
had a strange smell. I nodded (點頭) and held my nose. "What do you think it is?"
     "It smells like something for cleaning. I think someone tried to clean a spot (污點) off the shoe. Then
he put it at the door to dry."
     "Along came Zip. And good-bye shoe!" I said. "We should take it back."
     "We can't ". said my sister.
     "Maybe little Tom is right," Mary said. "Maybe Zip is a keep dog!"

1. The writer and Mary didn't know______.

A. what Zip's first present was
B. how Zip carried its first present home
C. who owned Zip's first present
D. what Zip's first present was made of

2. Tom calls Zip "the keep dog" because ______.

3. What made the shoe strange was ______.

A. its colour
B. its smell
C. its size
D. that it was a silk one

4. The word "keep" in the last sentence means "_____".

A. keeping things for itself
B. bringing things for other to keep
C. not letting it run about
D. taking care of a small child

A. likes to give presents to people
B. has been kept in at the writer's home
C. has brought some trouble
D. likes to be called "the keep dog"

     Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week
because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet."
Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (電報)," his wife said. "All right,"
Dick answered.
     He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things
in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.
     In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said,
"Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."
     He found a taxi (出租車) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember
the name and address of his hotel.
     "Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi
did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in
it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."

1. Dick flew to New York because            .

A. he went there for a holiday
B. he had work there
C. he went there for sightseeing (觀光)
D. his home was there

2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

3. Where did Dick stay in New York?

A. In the center of the city.
B. In a hotel.
C. In a restaurant.
D. At his friend's house.

4. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

A. The manager (經(jīng)理) of his hotel.
B. The police office.
C. The taxi driver.
D. His wife.

A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.
B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.
C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.
D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

      I think the most terrible thing in life for my little brother is getting up in the morning. He is almost sick
when my mother calls, "Herbert! It's seven o'clock! Get up!"
      Herbert answers, "I'm coming!" and goes right back to sleep. I'm not at all like my brother. I don't like
to go to bed at night but I don't mind getting up in the morning. I usually wake up before my mother calls
me. I jump out of bed and go into the bathroom to take a shower. I get dressed, brush my teeth, comb my
hair, and get ready to go downstairs for breakfast as soon as my mother calls.
      But not Herbert. He just sleeps. A military band (軍樂隊) in our bedroom could not wake him up. I call
him and say, "Get up! Mum will be up here to pull you out of bed if you don't get up immediately!"
      But he just sleeps. After calling a few more times my mother has to come upstairs and pull Herbert out
of bed. It's that way every day with my little brother. Perhaps some day he'll learn to get up on time, but I
really don't think so.