Question

 One morning in April, Jim Reed checked his E-mail. It was from a woman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He had talked to her on E-mail many times in the last ten days. All the other messages were fun and interesting to read. This message was different.

    The message said, “Good-bye loved kowihn yu I am leaving.”

    Mr. Reed was frightened by the message. He tried to understand the words that were not spelled right. He quickly wrote a message to his new friend.

    “What do you mean by the message you just sent me?”

    He waited but did not get an answer. He wrote back, “Please talk to me.”

    Finally, she wrote, “I am falling asleep what it say gildye tiny friends.”Mr. Reed thought hard about this message. “Is she going to kill herself?”he thought.

    “What is your phone number?”he typed. The woman sent a phone number. Mr. Reed called At first the phone was busy. Then it just rang and rang. He called the police in Pittsburgh, and told them his story. Then he faxed them what his friend wrote.

    The police and paramedics（医护人员）quickly went to the woman’s house. When she didn’t answer the doorbell, they broke in. They found her on the floor near the computer. She told them, “I took 60 pills,”The paramedics rushed her to the hospital.

    “Mr. Reed did a great job of saving this woman.”The police captain said. “If he hadn’t guessed at the e-message, she would be dead now.”The woman is fine now, and she thanks Mr.

    Reed for saving her life.

  1. Mr. Reed talked with the woman ____________.

    A. by telephone                           B. on the Internet

    C. at his home                             D. in the office

  2. The e-message he found was strange because _________.

    A. it was fun to read

    B. it was not interesting like usual ones

    C. the woman wrote nothing

    D. the woman wrote it ten days ago

  3. As soon as Mr. Reed read the e-message, he ___________.

    A. wrote back to ask about the meaning of the message

    B. called the policeman himself

    C. went to save the woman himself

    D. felt frightened and turned off the computer

  4. The woman wanted to __________.

    A. say goodbye to Mr. Reed

    B. sleep for a whole day

    C. kill herself by taking pills

    D. make fun of Mr. Reed

  5. What’s the best title（题目，标题）of the passage? _____________.

    A. A Woman Kills Herself

    B. A Man Saves His E-Mail Friend

    C. An Interesting Message

    D. Two Good Friends

Answer 1

 1. B       2. B        3. A        4. C               5. B