Want to save money when travelling by train?

    Here are some ways：

    Day Returns

    This ticket can save you up to 45％ on the standard fare（费用）. You have to travel after the rush hour period Monday—Friday, but can travel at any time on Saturday or Sunday.

    Big City Savers

    These are special low-priced tickets on certain trains. You have to book in advance（提前）－at the latest by 16：00 the day before you travel. It’s first come, first served.

    Weekend Returns

    Weekend Returns are available（有售）for most trips over 60 miles. Go on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, and return the same weekend on Saturday or Sunday, and save up to 35％ on the standard fare.

    Monthly Returns

    These are available for most trips over 65 miles. Go any day and return within a month. Monthly returns save you up to 25％ on the standard fare.

    Family Rail Card

    For 20 pounds this rail card allows you to take a second adult and up to 4 children for only 3 pounds each when you buy single or return tickets. You can travel as often as you like until the card becomes out of date.

1.How many ways does the writer tell us to save money when travelling by train?

    A. Five.     B. Four.     C. Three.     D. Six.

2.Big City Savers are special low-priced tickets on        trains.

    A. certain    B. return    C. weekend     D. all

3.Monthly Returns save you up to      on the standard fare.

A. 45％    B. 35％    C. 25％    D. 65％

In American schools there is something called Home-coming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a home-coming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation (毕业) day. Students plan Home-coming Day for many weeks in advance.
Several days before Home-coming ,students start to decorate (装饰)the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Home-coming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.
The members of school clubs build booths (摊位) and sell lemonade, apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors.
During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.
Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band (乐队)comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Home-coming Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student Home-coming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.
Home-coming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses, the students still enjoy Home-coming. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.
【小题1】The most important event of the year in high schools and colleges is_______.

Renting a color television makes more sense than buying. Here’s why:
1. The longer you rent (租), the less you pay. Each year the monthly rate is reduced. You can reach a low rate of not much more than $12 a week.
2. Service is fast and free（免费）. We can have your set installed (安装) in two days. If anything goes wrong, we’ll have it fixed the same day or lend you another set while we’re mending it. And don’t forget: service and spare parts are free!
3. If you don’t have an aerial (天线), we’ll install one for you, and that will be free, too. All you have to pay is the installation charge (安装费)!
4. You can choose from all kinds of models, and what’s more, if after a certain period of time, and you would like a new model, you can change. How’s that for service?
5. No deposit (押金) is needed. You pay only the monthly rental fee. But if you pay in advance, you can save money. Pay twelve months’ fees when you begin to hire, and we’ll give you a month’s hire(雇用) without charge.
6. If you decide that you want to stop renting and buy the set you have on hire, this can be arranged—with a generous allowance (折扣) for the fees already paid.
【小题1】From the passage we know _______________________.
A. the more you rent, the less you pay
B. the longer you rent, the less you pay
C. if you rent a TV set for a long time, service and spare parts will be free
【小题2】What is the good of paying twelve months’ fees when you begin to hire?
A. One and a half months’ hire free of charge.
B. One month’s hire free of charge.
C. Half a month’s hire free of charge.
【小题3】What does “pay in advance” mean?
A. You pay the rent for a period of time before you actually get the television.
B. You pay the rent in front of anyone.
C. You will be the first to pay the rent.
【小题4】If you want to rent a color television, ____________________.
A. leasing company (租赁公司) can have your set installed the same day
B. you can have a choice of sets to rent
C. leasing company will install an aerial for you free of charge
【小题5】This passage is a (an) _______________________.
A. book                B. report                 C. advertisement

"Here's the advance payment(预期款) of 10,000 dollars. You will get the other half when we get those papers," the agent told Mike. "But sir, Mr. Smith has been very suspicious (怀疑) since last week," Mike replied.
"In that case, be careful and don't worry. You are very clever," the agent said." Take 5,000 dollars more," Mike looked around uneasily but took the money.
Mike was a clerk in a large company. A few years ago he started to get very worried because it was very hard for him to support his family. He wanted to give his child an excellent education and a bright future, but the future looked rather hopeless.
One day some agents called him. They were his company's competitors. At first he refused their offers. But when he thought his dream could come true, he agreed to their offers and began giving them information.
However, his spy work started to get more and more difficult because his owner had become suspicious, since a lot of important information was leaking out.
One night when Mike was on one of his spying tasks, he met Alim, the night watchman." What are you doing here, Mike?" shouted Alim.
"Oh, I had just forgotten some documents here, Alim, "Mike replied, trying to look comfortable." I just came to get them."
"Is that true?" Alim said." We’ll see what Mr. Smith says."
Alim called Mr. Smith and told him to come right away. Mr. Smith looked at Mike and said. "So you are the thief! I believed in you, Mike."
"Call the police, Alim. We have finally caught the spy," Mr. Smith said. "And by the way, Mike ,no man can serve two masters. You should have left if you did not work with us any longer."  
【小题1】Why did Mike take the job as a spy? Because ______________.