A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a man came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch. “It’s 8 a.m.,” he said. Then he went to sleep again.

But soon he woke up because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you have the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch again, and told the man it was 8:30 a.m..

At this rate (照此下去), he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and put it up on the window for all to see. It said, “I don’t have the time.”

Again the man lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came along and began knocking at the window. “Hey, sir,” he said, “it’s a quarter to nine.”

1.The driver stopped his car because he ___________.

A. didn’t know the time     B. lost his watch     C. saw his friend                  D. was very tired

2.He was woken up again by the second person ___________.

A. a few minutes later                                                                B. half an hour later

C. forty-five minutes later                                                D. the next morning

3.The driver ___________ after he put up the note on the window.

A. had a very good rest                                                   

B. was woken up again very soon

C. really forgot the time                                                  

D. made a phone call to the third person

4.The third person came to knock at the window to ___________.

A. ask the time                    B. have a sleep        C. tell him the time    D. ask for help

5.According to this passage, we know that ___________.

A. the driver didn’t have his own house                    

B. the first two persons liked the driver’s watch

C. the third person was kind and friendly 

D. the driver had a good sleep last night

A traveler came out of the airport. There were a lot of taxis. He asked every taxi driver about his name. Then he took the third one. It cost 5 dollars from the airport to the hotel. “How much does it cost for the whole day?” The man asked. “100 dollars,” said the taxi driver. This was very dear (昂贵的), but the man said it was OK.

The taxi driver took the man everywhere. He showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the evening they went back to the hotel. The traveler gave the taxi driver 100 dollars and said, “What about tomorrow?” The taxi driver looked at the man and said, “Tomorrow is another 100 dollars.” And the man said, “That’s OK! See you tomorrow.” The taxi driver was very pleased.

The next day the taxi driver took the traveler everywhere again. They visited all the parks and museums again. And in the evening they went back to the hotel. The man gave the taxi driver 100 dollars again and said, “I’m going home tomorrow.” The driver was sorry because he liked the traveler and 100 dollars a day was a lot of money. “So you are going home. Where do you come from?” He asked. “I come from New York.” “New York,” the taxi driver said, “I have a sister in New York. Her name is Susan. Do you know her?” “Of course I know her. She gave me 200 dollars for you!”

1.Where did the traveler come from?

A．England           B．America           C．Canada           D．France

2.Why did the traveler take the third taxi?  Because _                  _____ .

A．the other taxi driver asked more money

B．the third driver was a kind-hearted(热心肠的) man

C．he didn’t want to spend his own money on the coming visit

D．the other driver didn’t like him

3.Usually the cost of the traveling one day may be ______.

A．$ 100            B．$ 200             C．less than $ 100     D．more than $ 200

4.Who asked the traveler to give the money for the taxi driver?

A．The traveler’s sister                    B．The traveler himself

C．Nobody                               D．The driver’s sister

5.The driver was unhappy __                      ____ .

A．when he heard the traveler’s last words

B．when the traveler asked every taxi driver his name

C．when the traveler asked him for his sister’s name

D．during the two—day visit

A Hard-working Student

This story is about a young student. She worked very hard at her lessons. She was too busy to have a rest. At last, she became ill, and couldn’t go to sleep. Every night, when she went to bed, she closed her eyes and tried to sleep. But the more she tried, the more she stayed awake.

After a while she went to see a doctor, “I just can’t go to sleep at night. What should I do?” “I have a suggestion (建议),” said the doctor, “Try counting numbers. By the time you reach one thousand, you will be asleep. I’m sure of it.”

The next day the student returned to the doctor’s office. “Well,” said the doctor, “How are you today? Did you try my suggestion?” The student still looked tired. “Yes,” she said, “I tried counting one, two, three...up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some coffee so that (以便) I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn’t fall asleep.”

根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

1. Why couldn’t the young student go to sleep?

2. What did the doctor ask the young student to do while she was lying in bed?

3. The underlined word “awake” in paragraph 1 means “______”.

4. What did she do after she felt sleepy?

5. The coffee made her ______, so she still couldn’t fall asleep.

A man works in a factory and gets his pay at the end of the week. ___1____Saturday he ____2___ the money after he gets his pay. Suddenly he ___3___ that it is wrong. He counts the money ___4___, but still there are five pounds more than he___5___ get. He puts the money in his pocket and says nothing ___6___ others. A week goes by and it’s pay ___7___ again. But this time there are five pounds less. He is ___8___ angry that he goes immediately(立刻) to see the boss. The boss says to him, “Didn’t you notice there was a mistake __9___week?” “For one mistake, I can close my ___10___, but for two mistake, no, I can’t.”

A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a man came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch. “It’s 8 a.m.,” he said. Then he went to sleep again.

But soon he woke up because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you have the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch again, and told the man it was 8:30 a.m..

At this rate (照此下去), he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and put it up on the window for all to see. It said, “I don’t have the time.”

Again the man lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came along and began knocking at the window. “Hey, sir,” he said, “it’s a quarter to nine.”

1.The driver stopped his car because he ___________.

2.He was woken up again by the second person ___________.

3.The driver ___________ after he put up the note on the window.

4.The third person came to knock at the window to ___________.

5.According to this passage, we know that ___________.