On Christmas Eve a few days ago, an English couple, the Hardens, got a very special call. It was only a 20-second call but it was very 　46 . The Hardens’ 15-year-old daughter has gone 　47 　six months before. On Christmas Eve she rang them. “I’m phoning to wish you a happy Christmas, ”she said, “I love you.”

　 Ronals and Edwine Harden were so 　48 that they started a special telephone service（服务）called“Alive and Well”. The service helps 　49 to get in touch with children who have run away from home.

　 Young people can phone“Alive and Well”and leave a message for their parents. The telephone are answered by answering machines. So 　50 can speak to the child or make him return home. Parents of runaway children who are 51 　eighteen can ask the police to bring their children home. So children do not want to tell their parents where they are. Through “Alive and Well”they can telephone their parents and they do not 52 about this or giving out their addresses.

　 The Hardens and their helpers 　53 the telephone messages and connect（联系）the addresses given. About 30,000 British teenagers have left home and many of them are probably in 　54 . For only two pence（便士）they can go into a telephone coin box and call their parents. They can dial 5675339 and 55 a parent worry: Is he dead or alive?

46. A. interesting　　　　　　　　 B. important　　　　　　　　 C. difficult　　　　　　　　　 D. exciting

47. A. away　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. out　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. back　　　　　　　　　　　 D. along

48. A. angry　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. happy　　　　　　　　　　　 C. sad　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. kind

49. A. teachers B. people　　　　　　　　　　 C. parents D. friends

50 A. someone　　　　　　　　　　 B. anyone　　　　　　　　　　 C. everyone　　　　　　　　 D. no one

51. A. at　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 B. above　　　　　　　　　　　 C. over　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. under

52. A. think　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. worry　　　　　　　　　　 C. talk　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. hear

53. A. ask for B. listen to C. look up　　　　　　　　　 D. write down

54. A. Pairs B. Tokyo C. London　　　　　　　　　 D. New York

55. A. stop B. make C. feel　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. leave

Once a tiger was in a cage. Soon a good man went by. As soon as the tiger saw the man, the tiger began to cry. “Please! Please!” the tiger called. “Please, let me out.” “No,” said the good man. “If I do, you will eat me.” “I will not eat you,” the tiger said. “Please let me out.”

The good man believed the tiger. He opened the door of the cage. The tiger jumped out. “How silly you are,” the tiger laughed. “Now I am going to eat you.” “Wait!” the man cried. “You ought not to eat me. Let us ask others what they think.” “You may ask three others.” the tiger said.

The good man asked a tree. The tree said, “I give shade (树荫). And yet I am cut down. Let the tiger eat you.”

Next, the good man asked a bird. The bird said, “I hurt no one. Yet people hunt and kill me. Let the tiger eat you.”

The last one that the good man asked was a road. The road said, “I don’t care if the tiger eats you. People could not get along too well without me. Yet all day and all night people step on me without even a ‘thank you’.”

The tiger was ready to eat the good man. Just then a dog came by. “What is happening?” asked the dog. The man told the dog the whole story.

“I don’t understand,” said the dog. “The tiger wants to eat you because you put him in a cage?”

“No, no,” said the man. “Some other men put him in a cage.”

“Oh,” the dog said. “He is going to eat you because you do not have a cage.”

“Silly dog!” the tiger cried. “Don’t you understand? I was in the cage. This man let me out.”

“Oh, I see,” the dog said. “When the man was in the cage, you let him out.”

“I was in the cage!” the tiger cried. “In this way!” with that, he jumped back into the cage.

At once, the dog closed the door of the cage. “Oh,” the dog laughed. “At last I understand!”

The good man and the dog walked off. The tiger looked sad in the cage. If he waited long enough, perhaps another good man would come by.

46. When the tiger saw the man, he began to cry, because _____________.

　 A. he wanted the man to help him out of the cage　　

B. he wanted to eat the man

　 C. he wanted to eat the dog　　　　　　　　　　　

D. he wanted to eat the bird

47. After the tiger jumped out of the cage, he wanted _____________.

　 A. to thank the man　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. to eat the man　 　

　 C. to ask the others　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. to run away

48. The tree ____________ with the tiger because _______ to the tree.

　 A. agreed; humans were kind　　 　　　 B. agreed; humans were not kind

　 C. disagreed; humans were kind　 　　　　　　 D. disagreed; humans were not kind

49. The bird let the tiger eat the man because __________.

　 A. people helped birds　　　　 　　　　　　　　 B. it liked tigers　

C. it liked the man　　　　　 　　　　　　　　 D. people hunted and killed him

50. What happened to the tiger at last?

　 A. The dog agreed that the tiger could eat the good man.

B. The tiger jumped back into the cage and was closed in the cage again.

C. The tiger ate the good man and the dog.　　　

D. The tiger made friends with the good man and the dog.

　　　

If you are sitting at a table with people you don’t know, it is impolite to smoke without first asking if it will disturb them.

At American restaurants and coffee shops, cold water is usually served before you order. You may find the bread and the butter are free, and if you order coffee, you may get a free refill.

Most cities and towns have no rules about opening and closing time for stores and restaurants, though they usually do make rules for bars. Especially in big cities, stores may be open 24 hours a day.

Servings in restaurants are often large. If you can’t finish the meal but would like to enjoy the food later, ask the waiter or the waitress for a “doggie bag”(剩菜袋). It may have a picture of a dog on it, but everybody knows you are taking the food for yourself.

Tips are not usually added to the check. You should leave a tip of about 15% on the table when you leave. In some restaurants, a waiter or waitress often bring your check on a plate, and you can put your money there. Then the waiter or the waitress brings you your changes.

66.______ is usually served before you order at American restaurants or coffee shops.

　 A．Bread　　　　 B．Butter　　　　　 C．Coffee　　　　　 D．Cold water

67. American people always ______ when servings are too large for them.

　 A．take the food home for their dogs.

　 B．leave the food on the table and go away

　 C．take the food home in doggie bags for themselves.

　 D．ask the waiter or the waitress to keep the food for them.

68 .If you spend ＄120 for your meal, you’ll probably leave a tip of _____.

A．＄10　　　　 B．＄18　　　　　 C．＄30　　　　　　 D．＄50

69. How can you give tips in America?

A．They are usually added to the check.

B．They are added to the price of the meal.

C．A tip is usually 1/5 of the price of the meal.

D．You can leave them on the table when you leave.

70 .Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　 A．It’s bad manners to smoke if the people who sit at the same table mind it.

B．At American restaurants and coffee shops, bread, butter and coffee are all free.

C．American people never sit with people they don’t know.

D．Few cities and towns make rules for bars in American.

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阅读短文，根据其内容，从各题所给的四个选项中，选择最佳答案．

　　Mrs Weeks was reading a newspaper story to her class. The story said：Were you ever in a hospital when you were small? How did you feel? The doctors in Children's Hospital are asking for money for children's toys. Some children in the hospital must stay in bed for many weeks. Toys are needed to keep the sick children happy and quiet. Money for them can be sent to the hospital.

　　After Mrs Weeks read the story, she said, “This story gave me an idea.”

　　“You want us to bring some money for the toys.” “We could bring some of our own toys to the children in the hospital,” said the boys and the girls one after another.

　　“Well, your ideas would be nice,” Mrs Weeks said, “but mine is different.”

　　“We could make some toys,” shouted one of them.

　　Mrs Weeks smiled. “Do you think you could make toys?” she asked. “Yes, yes,” the whole class answered.

　　“Great! Let's begin to make toys tomorrow,” said Mrs Weeks.

　　On Saturday afternoon Mrs Weeks took the children to the hospital with the toys made by her students. The children in the hospital felt very happy to see the toys. So did the children in the class.

　　A few days later, Mrs Weeks read another newspaper story to the class:

　　Some school pupils brought toys to Children's Hospital last week. The toys were made by the pupils of Grade Three in Green Street School. The doctors said, “We have never had so many wonderful toys. Our children are very happy with them. They say, ‘THANK YOU GRADE THREE’.”

1．What was the first newspaper story mainly about?

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A．Mrs Weeks and her students.

B．Toys made by the boys and the girls.

C．Sick children in Children's Hospital.

D．Doctors in Children's Hospital.

2．What “idea” did Mrs Weeks have in mind?

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A．Ask the class to give some money to the children in the hospital.

B．Ask the class to send some of their own toys to the children in the hospital.

C．Tell the class to go to see the children in the hospital.

D．Let the class make some toys and give them to the children in the hospital.

3．The doctors in Children's Hospital didn't have ________ to keep the children happy.

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4．At first, the doctors in Children's Hospital wanted to ________ the sick children.

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A．get some money to buy toys for

B．give enough money to

C．make some toys for

D．borrow some toys for

5．From the passage we can learn that Mrs Weeks really wanted to ________.

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A．let everyone know her class from the newspaper

B．make herself well known by asking her class to make toys for the sick children

C．ask her class to save money for toys and send them to the sick children

D．teach her pupils to do things themselves and be helpful to others