You can now phone almost any country in the world, although in some cases you can only call big cities. When you can’t make direct dialing calls, you can ask the international operator to help you. This is more expensive and takes more time, but it may be helpful if you want to speak to a particular person and no one else in this case you should ask for a “person-to-person” call. Even more expensive is a reverse (反向的) charge call where the person who receives the call pays.

If the international line is busy, you can reserve (回机) a call, explain the number you want and the operator will call you back when the line is free.

You can save money by calling outside office hours, for example, early in the morning, late at night, and on Sundays.

Remember that the time may be different in the country you are calling. International time is based on GMT(Greenwich Mean Time).London is on GMT and Moscow, for example, is 3 hours ahead.

There is one problem: change to DST(Daylight Saving Time)for the summer. In the UK, clocks are put forward one hour in the spring and put back in the autumn, and so London is one hour ahead of GMT in the summer.

1.What is the most expensive type of call?

A. Direct dial.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.Through the operator.

C.Reverse charge call.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.Calling outside office hours.

2.What can you do if the international line is engaged (占线)?

A. Ask the operator to call you back later.

B.Make a “person-to-person” call.

C.Call back outside office hours.

D.Wait and call again when the line is free.

3.When is it cheaper to make an international call?

A.10 a.m.　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.5 a.m.　　　　　　　　　　   C.11 a.m.　　　　　　　　　　 D.8 a.m.

4.How many hours is Moscow ahead of London during the summer?

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

5.If you want to use your Business Tele-card International, you have to ______.

A. use a card phone　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.phone on Sunday

C.make a direct dialing　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.pay extra

Recently the attack on illiteracy had been stepped up. A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the United Nations Development Decade(十年计划),and an international conference of the subject has also been held. UNESCO stresses that functional(功能的)literacy is the aim. People must learn the basic skills of responsible citizenship; the ability to read notices, newspapers, timetables, letters, price-lists to keep simple records and accounts, to sort out the significance of the information gathered—and to fill in forms.

The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. In Africa there are at least one hundred million illiterates, which is eighty to eighty-five percent of the total population. In Europe the figure is about twenty four million; most of them is in Southern Europe, with Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Yugoslavia heading the list (the United Kingdom has about seven hundred thousand).

It is urgent(迫切的)for each country in the world, whether poor or rich, to wipe out illiteracy.

1.The figure of illiteracy in Britain is ______.

A.0.1% of that of illiteracy in the world

B.0.2% of the world’s adult population

C.35% of Europe’s population

D.3.5% of that of the illiteracy in Southern Europe

2.A world plan mentioned in the passage aims at ______.

A. training responsible citizens

B.enforcing the functions of UNESCO

C.helping illiterates learn how to read and write

D.asking Southern European countries to take the lead in attacking illiteracy

3.The author implies(暗示)that this world plan is to ______.

A.be carried out in the major areas of illiteracy like Africa

B.be realized in ten years

C.be drawn up by Parisian experts

D.be discussed at an international conference

4.According to the passage, which country has the most illiterates?

A. France.　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.The U.S.A.　　　　　　    C.Spain.　　　　　　　　　　   D.England.

Mr. Ching has a daughter and a son. They are both grown. They live far from their father. Mr. Ching felt lonely. He decided to do something about it. He decided to become a foster grandfather to a handicapped child. And that was how he met Lisa.

Foster grandparents are grandparents who are not related by birth, but foster grandparents love the children they care for. They love them just as natural grandparents love their grandchildren.

The foster grandparents also help the handicapped children in special ways. They help to dress and feed the children. They read to them and tell them stories. They also help with handicapped children’s therapy. Therapy is the treatment of a disease or disorder. It helps the children overcome their handicaps.

Mr. Ching became a foster grandparent to Lisa when she was nine years old. At first, Lisa was shy. She was afraid because Mr. Ching was a stranger. But he came to see her every day. Gradually, she began to trust him.

At last Lisa let Mr. Ching do things for her. He came at lunchtime and fed her. One day he handed the spoon (匙子)and guided it to her mouth. He told her she must learn to feed herself.

“Most of that lunch ended up on us instead of in Lisa’s mouth,”Mr. Ching remembers.“But it was a start for Lisa. She learned to feed herself in a few months.”

Then Lisa was ready for more therapy, thanks to Mr. Ching. She had learned to do one simple thing. She could learn to do other simple things. Mr. Ching was trained to help with Lisa’s therapy.

To become foster grandparents, people must be at least sixty years old and in good health. They must be willing to give their time to handicapped children. They are volunteers (志愿者),so they are not paid. They are given money for expenses such as transportation.

Mr. Ching speaks for most foster grandparents when he says,“We all benefit (受益). The handicapped children benefit because we help them live more useful live. And we benefit because we know the children need us and love us. For any person, There’s no greater happiness than that!”

1.Why did Lisa need help?

A.She was a baby.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.She did not want to do anything.

C.She had brain damage.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.She was a blind girl.

2.How often did Mr. Ching visit Lisa?

A.Every day.　　　　　　　　 B.Every other day.　　　　 C.Every week.　　　　　　　　　　 D.Twice a week.

3.Which five things do foster grandparents do for handicapped children?

a.love them

b.dress them

c.live in their homes

d.feed them

e.charge them money

f.read to them

g.tell them stories

h.make fun of them

A.a,b,d,e,f　　　　　　　　    B.a,c,e,f,h　　　　　　　　    C.b,c,d,f,g　　　　　　　　    D.a,b,d,f,g

4.What does the word“foster”mean?

A.Elderly.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.Related by birth.

C.Not related by birth.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.Kind-hearted.

5.How did Lisa first feel toward Mr. Ching?

A.Shy.　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.Friendly.　　　　　　　　    C.Angry.　　　　　　&n





My wife and I heard no more of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him still watching TV himself. I found in my baby’s behavior a metaphor (暗喻) for the new generation (代). My wife and I had given him some books to examine, but he merely spit upon them. When we read to him, he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don’t read, that they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. All they want is watching TV.

After this experience with the baby, however, I have reached a conclusion “Let them watch it!”If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight it? Let them watch it all they want!

1.The father brought a TV set into his son’s room ______.

A.to kill the time

B.to let him learn something

C.to make him go to sleep as quickly as possible

D.to let his son spend a good night

2.To the couple’s surprise the boy ______ after they brought a TV set into his room.

A.soon fell asleep

B.slept quite well that night

C.became silent

D.showed little interest in the TV programmes

3.From the passage we know that the writer of the story probably is a ______.

A. teacher　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.scientist　　　　　　　　　　 C.worker　　　　　　　　　　  D.doctor

4.From what the writer describes we learn that now school children ______.

A. would rather stay at home than go to school

B.show little interest in their school subjects

C.spend most of their school time watching TV

D.are looked down upon by the teachers

5.From the last paragraph we know that the writer thinks it ______.

A. terrible for children to watch so much TV programmes

B.useless for parents to blame (责备) their children

C.necessary for TV stations to improve their TV programmes

D.favourable for children to watch the programmes they like

In spite of his inborn disability, Eddie seems to have a good sense of music. His mother knows that and bought him a toy piano for Christmas.

At church that day, Eddie listened silently while the rest of the family sang along with the music. As soon as he returned home, he flung himself at the little piano. He seemed angry at it as he produced only noise, so his mother put it in the closet. Two weeks later, returning from a church service once more, Eddie uttered his first words，“Mommy, piano, piano.”This time he started to play every hymn (圣歌) he had heard in church. All his family members looked at each other in surprise.“Eddie plays the piano,”they say.

Since then Eddie has been taught by a young piano teacher from a university. Now he can perform classic music by Mozart and Schumann. He has learned to read music. He also plays jazz, pop and background music he hears on television shows.“The boy has a bright future,”his teacher says.

1.“A handicapped child”is a child who______.

A. has no hands　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.has a disability

C.is blind in one eye　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.is deaf in one ear

2.The toy piano was given to him______.

A. as a birthday present　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.as a Christmas present

C.by his father　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.at the church

3.At church that day Eddie______.

A. sang with his family　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.ran about playing

C.listening silently to the music　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.danced with the rest of his family

4.Which of the following is true?

A. After returning from the church, Eddie at once played the piano and he played very well.

B.When Eddie got home, he got angry because he heard nothing at church.

C.After returning home, Eddie shouted and made a lot of noise.

D.Eddie could play the music when he returned from the church the second time.

5.According to what his teacher said, Eddie______.

A. will play not better in the future　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.will be successful in the future

C.must go to college for further study　　　　　　    D.must be given a real piano as a present

Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who had been driven to England in 1939 from Nazi Germany, had been asked by the British government to set up an injuries center at Stoke Mandeville Hospital near London. His ideas about treating injuries included sport for the disabled.

In the first games just two teams of injured soldiers took part. The next year, 1949, five teams took part. From those beginnings, things have developed fast. Teams now come from abroad to Stoke Mandeville every year. In 1960 the first Olympics for the Disabled were held in Rome, in the same place as the normal Olympic Games. Now, every four years the Olympic Games for the Disabled are held, if possible, in the same place as the normal Olympic Games, although they are organized separately. In other years Games for the Disabled are still held at Stoke Mandeville. In the 1984 wheelchair Olympic Games,1064 wheelchair athletes(运动员)from about 40 countries took part. Unfortunately, they were held at Stoke Mandeville and not in Los Angeles, along with the other Olympics.

The Games have been a great success in helping the progress of international friendship and understanding, and in proving that being disabled does not mean you can’t enjoy sport. One small source (来源) of disappointment for those who organize and take part in the games, however, has been the unwillingness of the International Olympic Committee (委员会) to include disabled events at the Olympic Games for the able-bodied. Perhaps a few more years are still needed to persuade those fortunate enough not to be disabled that their disabled fellow athletes should be included.

1.The first games for the disabled were held______after Sir Ludwig Guttmann arrived in England.

A.40 years　　　　　　　　    B.21 years　　　　　　　　    C.10 years　　　　　　　　    D.9 years

2.Besides Stoke Mandeville, surely the games for the disabled were once held in______.

A. New York　　　　　　　　 B.London　　　　　　　　　　 C.Rome　　　　　　　　　　    D.Los Angeles

3.This text tells us that Sir Ludwig Guttmann______.

A.is an early organizer of the games for the able-bodied.

B.is welcomed by the British government

C.is an injured soldier

D.is from England

4.From the passage, we may know that the writer is______.

A. one of the organizers of the games for the disabled

B.a disabled person who once took part in the games

C.against holding the games for the disabled

D.in favour of holding the games for the disabled

American parents usually think that their child should not have more pocket money than the children with whom he regularly connects, even if they are wealthier. But neither are children expected to compare with the richer if a large family, heavy responsibilities (责任), or other conditions make it necessary to give a child less spending money than is customary (惯例的) in the neighborhood.

Whatever the pocket money is, its entire use is not controlled by the parents, because a child learns to use money correctly only through dealing with it himself. If a seven-year-old child gets a quarter as a week pocket money and is made to put it all in his piggy bank to save it up, he gets no idea what the real use for the money is. He gets the shiny coins and they soon disappear. The idea of a bank account(账号)is too early for so small a child, although he can be made to understand and enjoy saving his coins—not all of them, only a part of what he receives—to buy something he especially wants. By the time he is eight he is old enough to take part in the opening of his own savings account. Parents may take him to the bank, open a savings account for him, and encourage him to put a certain quantity of any checks he receives as gifts into the bank and watch his bank savings grow as entry by entry(存入)is made. He will be saving, earning, and spending suitable quantities all along in order to learn how to manage money and to keep him in a favorable position with his friends. The boy who can’t join his fellows in a sweet shop once in a while, because he has to save every cent he gets or earns for some big unknown project his parents have chosen for him, is a sorry child.

1.What do you think a piggy bank is?

A. It is a kind of bank run by children.

B. It is something in the shape of a pig for saving coins.

C. It is a certain place in which pigs are raised.

D. It is a bank whose building looks like a pig.

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Most of the rich people in America give children much pocket money.

B. American children usually have their bank accounts until they are eight.

C. American parents seldom care for their children’s spending money.

D. American children begin to learn how to manage money when very young.

3.Suppose an 8-year-old child receives 10 dollars as his birthday gift, he may probably ______.

A. spend the money on the things he wants

B. compare the gift with that of his friend

C. have most of it saved in the bank

D. put all the money in his piggy bank

4.Why does the writer think the boy is a sorry one if he saves every cent he gets or earns?

A. He cannot manage his money and keeps himself in an unfavorable position.

B. He cannot join the fellows in a sweet shop once in a while.

C. He cannot learn the use of money through spending it himself.

D. He cannot have any other choice but save, earn or spend money.

Benjamin Banneker was born a few months before another great American—George Washington. Benjamin was black, but he was not a slave. He and his mother and his grandmother were free.

Benjamin’s grandmother came from England. In America she got a job and worked for many years to pay for her boat trip across the ocean. After working many more years, she saved enough money to buy a farm. Benjamin lived with her for a while. She taught him to read and write and do arithmetic(算术).

Benjamin’s neighbors knew that he was clever. They were not surprised when he built a large wooden clock. He made each piece after studying a small pocket watch. The clock made him famous, for it was one of the first clocks built in America. People from other places began to send hard problems of all kinds for Benjamin to settle.

Thomas Jefferson learned of Benjamin Banneker’s ability(能力)to settle hard problems. He asked Banneker to help build the city that was to be the capital of the United States—Washington, D.C.

Banneker worked hard on the plans for the city. He marked where the streets and buildings—the Capital(国会大厦),the White House, and many others—should be built.

Later, L’Enfant, the Frenchman who had designed the new city, had a quarrel, and went back to France in anger. He took all of the plans with him. The workmen couldn’t build without any plans to follow.

For a while it seemed that the plans for the capital might have to be changed. But Benjamin Banneker remembered the plans he had helped draw. He drew each again just as he once had built each piece of his clock.

If it weren’t for Benjamin Banneker, Washington, D.C. might look very different from the way it does today.

1.Benjamin Banneker is remembered to this day mainly because______.

A. he made one of the first clocks in America

B.he used to be an assistant to L’Enfant, who had designed the city Washington

C.he designed the city Washington when L’Enfant left

D.he was able to build the city Washington as L’Enfant left with his plans

2.When Banneker built a large wooden clock,______.

A. people in America showed no surprise

B.his name spread all over America

C.he became the first man in America to build a clock

D.people came from other places to congratulate him

3.Thomas Jefferson asked Banneker to help build the city Washington because he was told that Banneker was______.

A. famous　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.clever

C.hard-working 　　　　　　　　  D.serious

4.In building the city Washington, Banneker showed______.

A. he had a good memory　　　　    B.he was never tired of working

C.he feared no difficulties　　　　　　 D.he was good at drawing

5.When L’Enfant left with his plans，Banneker was in ______of building the capital Washington.

A. charge　　　　　　  B.helping　　    C.design  D.completing

A man shot Martin King in Atlanta on 4th April,1968.He drove a white Ford car. Who was he? The police found“Harvey Lowmeyer’s”gun and“John Willard’s”shirt, and then the white car. It was“Eric Starvo Galt’s”car. So what was this man’s real name? Marks on the shirt and the car sent the F.B.I.(美国联邦调查局)to Los Angeles.300 detectives(侦探)questioned people. At last one found a photograph of“Galt”.Then detectives in Atlanta found a fingerprint. It was on a map in “Galt’s”room in a small hotel. One fingerprint was enough. James Earl Ray’s fingerprints were already on the F.B.I. cards. The police watched railway stations, hotels and airports.3 000 detectives were trying to find Ray—without success. The Canadian police were helping too. They looked at 240 000 photographs in their Passport(护照)Office. Then they found one of“Ramon George Sneyd”.“We gave this man a passport last month,”they said.“He went to London on 2nd May.”The man was wearing thick glasses, but he looked like Ray. Then on 8th June, a detective at London Airport saw Sneyd’s name on a passenger list. It was the end of the biggest manhunt(搜捕)in history. The F.B.I. spent 1.4 million dollars, but they got their man.

1.The key to settling the case(案件) was probably the murderer’s______.

A. car　　　　    B.fingerprint　　　　  C.gun　　　　　　　　    D.shirt

2.It took the police ______to catch the murderer.

A.65 days　　　　　　  B.two months　　    C.eight weeks 　　　　　　 D.three months

3.The hunt for Ray cost______dollars.

A. a million and four hundred

B.one million four hundred thousand

C.fourteen million

D.a million four thousand

4.Martin Luther King’s murderer used the name of______.

A.Harvey Lowmeyer when he bought the gun

B.John Willard when he paid for the car

C.Eric Starvo Galt when he lived in Los Angeles

D.James Earl Ray when he came to Atlanta

5.The detective at London Airport caught Ramon George Sneyd because______.

A.Sneyd had a Canadian passport

B.he was sure that he was James Earl Ray

C.Sneyd’s name was not on the passenger list

D.Sneyd was wearing glasses

Some“doctors”use magic(魔术);others use needles and others use pills. Who are they?

Among the Indians of North America the medicine man was a very important person. He could cure illnesses, and he could speak to the spirits(神灵)—the supernatural forces that controlled the world.

The Indian believed that bad spirit made people ill. So, when people were ill, the medicine man tried to help them by using magic; he spoke to the good spirits and asked for their help. Many people were cured because they thought that the spirits were helping them. But really these people cured themselves. Sometimes your own mind is the best doctor for you.

The medicine men were often successful for another reason, too. They knew about plants that really can cure illness. A lot of modern medicine are made from plants that were used by medicine men hundreds of years ago.

For more than five thousand years Chinese doctors have used needles to fight illness. This kind of medicine is called acupuncture(针灸).The doctors study the sick person carefully. Then he puts needles into that person’s body at the right places for his illness. Chinese doctors believe that they can control the body’s natural force in this way. At first, doctors in the West thought that this was just another kind of magic. Recently, however, they have found out that it is possible to cure many illnesses like this because the needles help the body to produce its own medicines. In this way the body cures itself.

1.The Indians of North America enjoyed ______.

A. a modern medical treatment　　　　　　　　    B.an old medical treatment

C.an advanced medical treatment　　　　　　    D.a secret medical treatment

2.Which is the best title?

A. Medical Equipment(仪器)　　　　　　　　　　  B.Medicine Men

C.Medicine　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.Medicine Is Important

3.According to this passage modern medicines have nothing to do with ______.

A.the old traditional medicines　　　　　　　　　　 B.the supernatural forces

C.plants　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.the Indians

4.Using needles to fight illnesses ______.

A.was popular over the world　　　　　　　　　　 B.is another kind of magic

C.is easy to learn by anyone　　　　　　　　　　   D.was first used by the Chinese

5.Acupuncture, in fact, is ______.

A. the only way to cure many dangerous illnesses

B.used to cure all kinds of illnesses

C.effective(有效的) to many illnesses

D.popular among the Western people