An old porter (搬运工人) had worked for the railway for a very long time. One morning he was standing in one of the big railway stations and waiting for travelers to ask him to help them with their luggage, when he saw a small man running toward the trains with a big bag in his hand.

The porter watched the man for a few seconds, and the man saw the porter.

At once the small man ran up the porter and said, “Can I catch the 10:35 train to London, porter?” He was breathing very fast, and he seemed worried.

The old porter looked at him for a moment and then said with a smile, “Well, sir, I’d like to help you, but I can’t answer your question because I don’t know how fast you can run along rails. You see,” he explained, “the 10:35 train to London left five minutes ago.”

1.The old porter’s job was _______

A. to stand in the railway station

B. to answer the traveler’s question

C. to help the travelers carry their luggage

D. to ask the travelers to help him

2.The small man looked worried, because _______.

A. he couldn’t run so fast as the train

B. he wondered if he could catch the 10:35 train to London

C. the porter watched him for a few seconds

D. he lost his bag

3.At the end of the story, the porter _______.

A. played a joke on the small man

B. told the small man when he could catch the train

C. helped the samll man to catch the train

D. told the small man there was no 10:35 train to London

4.When the porter told the man the train had left, the time was _______

A 10:40        B. 10:35        C. 10:30       D. 10:45

Last year when Tom graduated from school, he came to Taibei. He didn't like to work on his father's farm and hoped to find a job in a big city. He went from one company to another but no one wanted him. With little money left, he got to the station, sad and tired. All he wanted to do was go back to his small town. It was very late at night and the station was full of people. They were waiting to buy tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.

At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him and asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket because he thought they needed it more than he did. After the train left, he sat on the bench and didn't know where to go. Suddenly, an old man came and said, "Young man, I have seen what you did to the woman. I am the owner of a big company. I need a good young man like you. Would you like to work for me?

1.Tom came to the station to _______.

A. find a job        B. take the train home

C. sell the ticket       D. take the train to Taibei

2.The woman walked to Tom because _______.

A. she was Tom's old friend    

B. her child wanted to talk to Tom

C. she needed to take the train 

D. she had no money to buy a ticket

3.Tom didn't take the train because _______.

A. he didn't take a train ticket   

B. he missed the train

C. he wanted to talk to the old man

D. he gave his ticket to the woman

4.The old man wanted to _______.

A. lend Tom some money     B. give Tom a job

C. say "Thank you " to Tom   D. sit on the bench with Tom

5.What can we learn from this story?

A. Many people find job in a train station.

B. Don't buy the last ticket of the train.

C. If we try our best to help others, others will help us.

D. We should not give our ticket to others in a train station.

Wang Hao often goes to school by _________.

A. a train     B. the train      C. train

Shanghai’s Maglev Train(磁悬浮列车) runs from Longyang to Pudong International Airport(国际机场). The whole trip takes about 8 minutes.

Time

Tickets

Children at or under 120 cm tall don’t need to buy tickets to take the train, but they cannot take the train by themselves. Children above 124 cm must buy a full-price ticket.

If you buy a round ticket, you can get on the train at Longyang Road Station or Pudong Airport Station, and get off at the other station. The return part of the ticket must be used on the same day.

1.How long does it take to travel from Longyang Road Station to Pudong International Airport by Shanghai Maglev Train?

2.Mr Wang will buy an Economy class ticket to Pudong International Airport with his 120 cm tall son. He should pay___________ for the trip.

3.The first train from Airport Station to Longyang Road Station leaves__________.

4.A passage( 乘客) who buys a round trip ticket__________.

5.A boy who is 130 cm tall__________.

Three men traveling on a train began a conversition about the world's greatest wonders.

“ In my opinion,” the first man said, “ the Egyptian pyramids are the world’s greatest wonder. Although they were built thousands of years ago, they are still standing. And remember: the people who built them had only simple tools. They didn’t have the kind of machinery that builders and engineers have today.

“ I agree that the Egyptian pyramids are wonderful,” the second man said, “ But I don’t think they’re the greatest wonder. I believe computers are more wonderful than the pyramids. They have taken people to the moon and brought them back safely. They carry out mathematical calculations in seconds that would take a person a hundred years to do.”

He turned to the third man and asked, “ What do you think is the greatest wonder in the world?”

The third man thought for a long time, then he said, “ Well, I agree that the pyramids are wonderful, and I agree that computers are wonderful, too. However, in my opinion, the most wonderful thing in the world is the thermos(保温瓶).”

And he took a thermos out of his bag and held it up.

The other two men were very surprised. “ A thermos?” they exclaimed(大声说), “ But that’s a simple thing.”

“ Oh, no, it’s not,” the third man said, “ in the winter you put in a hot drink and it stays hot, in the summer you put in a cold drink and it stays cold. How does the thermos know whether it is winter or summer?”

1.The travelers passed the time on the train by talking about _______.

2.The three men could not agree on what the world’s greatest wonder was because _______.

3. The first man thought the pyramids were the most wonderful things in the world because _______.

4.The third man thought a thermos was the most wonderful thing in the world because _______.

5.The third man was not very clever because _______.