The food at Persian restaurant in Atlanta is great and a lot of people go there．The tables are so ___1___ that you can hear the person at the table next to you better than the person that is sitting ___2___ the table from you．You even have to be ___3___ not to bump（碰撞）elbows（肘）．

The lady ___4___ next to me came back from the bathroom quite ___5___ about having found someone's iPhone．She said ___6___ she was washing her hands，she heard a cricket-like（蟋蟀）sound．So she ___7___ and finally found that it was an iPhone．The girl who had ___8___ it in the bathroom，realized it was missing and started calling the ___9___ from another phone in the restaurant．To make a long story short，the lady who found the iPhone ___10___ the phone to the girl．As you can __11___ the girl was quite happy to have it back．

The lady sitting next to me，___12___ to tell the gentleman sitting across the table from her（and all of those around her）about another story of ___13___ that she and friend had sound in a New York taxi．At that time，we had __14___ and were beading out of the restaurant．Even though it was a bit awkward（尷尬的）hearing the whole conversation next to me，it was great to see people being __15___ and doing the right thing．

1．A．beautiful                   B．close                      C．small                      D．old

2．A．behind                      B．a(chǎn)cross                    C．a(chǎn)bove                     D．under

3．A．kind                         B．patient                    C．careful                    D．silent

4．A．watching                  B．listening                  C．standing                  D．sitting

5．A．nervous                    B．sad                         C．excited                   D．interested

6．A．until                      B．while                   C．unless                    D．though

7．A．looked around        B．looked up             C．turned around         D．turned up

8．A．forget                       B．put                         C．left                         D．found

9．A．lady                         B．waiter                     C．number                   D．office

10．A．sent                        B．called               C．moved                    D．returned

11．A．believe                    B．imagine                   C．hear                       D．see

12．A．went on                  B．went off                 C．called up                 D．stood up

13．A．a(chǎn) restaurant            B．a(chǎn) lady                     C．a(chǎn) table                    D．a(chǎn) phone

14．A．paid                        B．talked                     C．understood              D．ordered

15．A．silly                        B．impolite                   C．serious                   D．honest

閱讀理解

　　One Sunday, Mike decided to go sailing in his boat with his friend Dan, but Dan happened to be away . Dan's brother John wanted to go instead, though he did not know anything about sailing. Mike agreed and they set out to sea .

　　Soon they found themselves in a thick fog(霧) . Mike was sure they would be hit by a big ship. Luckily he saw a large buoy (浮標(biāo)) through the fog and decided to tie (系) the boat to it for safety . As he was getting onto the buoy, however, he dropped the wet rope . The boat moved away in the fog carrying John, who did not know how to use the radio . He drifted (漂流) about and was not seen until twelve hours later.

　　Mike spent the night on the buoy. In the early morning he fell asleep and was having a bad dream when a shout woke him up. A ship, the Good Hope, came up and he climbed onto it and thanked the captain . The captain told him that John had been picked up by another ship and the ship's captain had sent out a message . “Without the message I would not have found you on the buoy . ” he said .

(1) Mike tried to tie the boat to the buoy so that ________.

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A．he could spend the night on it while John was looking for help

B．he and John could go sailing again when the fog cleared

C．it would not be hit by another ship

D．he might be picked up by a passing ship

(2) John and Mike became separated (單獨(dú)的) because ________ .

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A．John had to stay in the boat to radio for help

B．John could not control (控制) the boat and drifted away

C．there wasn't room for both John and Mark on the buoy

D．Mike thought it safe to stay on the buoy but John didn't

(3) The word ‘he’ on the last line is ________.

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A．the captain that got the message

B．the captain that sent the message

C．John

D．Mike

完形填空

　　Kites are made of thin sticks and paper. Most people have seen a kite ride and dip(上下翻飛) in a strong March 1 or have flown 2 . But not so many people know that the Chinese were making and flying kites even 3 people were writing.

　　A long time passed, the Chinese made kites to 4 in wars. They would fly these war kites in the night. The kites were fixed 5 they made strange sounds. The enemies(敵人) were 6 and ran away. They 7 those strange sounds were made by spirits (精怪) in the sky .

　　The Chinese people also flew kites to 8 good luck and made their 9 rich and tall. Sometimes they would fly the kites 10 water, pulling hooks (鉤子) hung down to catch fish .

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