I don’t often lose things and I’m always careful with money, so I was quite surprised when I reached for my wallet and it wasn’t there. At first, I thought it was possible that I could have left it at home. Then I remembered taking it out to pay the taxi, so I knew I had it with me just before I walked into the restaurant. I wondered if it was possible that it could have dropped out of my pocket while I was eating dinner. I turned and walked back to the table where I had been sitting. Unluckily, there were several people sitting at the table at that time, so I had the waiter go over to the table to see if my wallet was on the floor. While the waiter was looking for it, the head of the restaurant came up to me and asked me if anything was wrong. I told him what had happened. He asked me to report the missing wallet to the police. I told him I didn’t want to do so; I was in a hurry because I had to reach my waiting room before two o’clock, where some people were waiting to see me. I also told him that my biggest worry at the moment was how I was going to pay for the meal. He told me not to worry about that. He asked me to write down my name and address, and he said he would send me a bill (账单).

1. When the writer couldn’t find his wallet, his first thought was that________

A. it had been given to the taxi-driver                   B. he had dropped it in the taxi

C. it might be left at home                         D. he had lost his wallet again

2. The writer thought he must have the wallet with him because___________.

A. he had paid the taxi-driver                          B. he had paid the bill of the meal

C. the waiter had seen it on the table                    D. the waiter was looking for it on the floor

3. Why do you think the writer turned and walked back to the table?

A. He would phone the police about the missing of his wallet.

B. Several people were sitting at the table at that time.

C. He wondered if he had dropped his wallet while eating.

D. The head of the restaurant wanted to know what was wrong.

4. The writer of the story is probably a _________.

A. cook                                                             B. doctor   

C. school teacher                                                    D. newspaper reporter

5. Which of the following words can best describe the head of the restaurant?

   A. Modest.                 B. Careful.                 C. Kind.                D. Clever.

"Mummy, I don't know what to play with." Steve stops his mother, who is talking to a friend, for the fourth time. “You've got a room full of toys!" his mother says, impatiently. In fact it is the jumble of toys which is to blame for four-year-old Steve's having no interest in his dolls, cars and animals. Each morning he pours three washing baskets of toys all over his floor, pulls out something and shortly after that, he is standing at his mother's desk or following her into the kitchen saying, "Mummy, I am bored."

A family therapist(心理医生) explains why children lose interest when they have a whole “toy shop” at home. “According to their brain development, little children are not in a position to judge the quality of different kinds of things at once. There is always just one favorite toy for the moment. All the rest are left lying about." What can parents do to stop their children from being oversupplied with toys? Simply make something disappear without the child's knowledge. If he/she takes no more notice of a toy, a parent can ask if it can be stored or given away. Of course the child will always say he/she wants it then!

Lyn is the mother of four-year-old Jessie, and we like her way. A small set of shelves in her child's room holds the toys and books that are the new favourites. When it seems to her that her daughter is tired of these toys, they put them away in a box together and select some other toys from a cupboard in another room. The box of “old” toys goes into the cupboard. When her child says she is "bored", they also get something from her cupboard -- it may be something she has had for some time but because she hasn’t seen it for a while it is almost like a new toy.

Some favourite toys stay out all the time, and there is a collection of dolls which sits in the comer, but in this way Lyn has found that she has fewer toys to put away at the end of the day and her daughter always has something “fresh” to play with.

57. Steve stops his mother several times because______.

　 A. he felt uninterested in his toys　　　　　 B. he disliked his mother's friend

　 C. he didn't have enough toys to play with D. he hoped his mother would play with him

58. According to the therapist, children often say they have nothing to play with because______.

　 A. they can't play alone for a long time

　 B. they are too young to play with so many toys

　 C. they are too lazy to pick out their favourites

　 D. they don't have the ability to value too many things at a time

59. What does the underlined word "jumble" mean in Chinese?

　 A. 单一的选择　 B．杂乱的一堆　 C．普通的外观　 D．相同的形状

60. Which is the advice given to parents in the text?

　 A. Buy fewer toys for their children.

　 B. Form good habits for their children.

　 C. Put some toys away without telling their children.

　 D. Spare some time to play with their children.

I can't believe the homework my seven-year-old son brings home! I have to sit with him every afternoon in order to see all the homework __1__．There is so much work and he is very __2__ after school．I have to give him a little time-out，so he can swim __3__ just get relaxed in front of the TV．Then we continued and it __4__ a few hours at least to finish all the homework．I don't remember having so much work when I was at this __5__ and I don't remember it being so hard!

It seems to me as if I am paying the school and they are sending my child __6__ with so much work for me to __7__ him do! Why don't they do all this work at school? I think these __8__ are doing the students great harm（伤害）! They shouldn't be __9__ to give the kids so much work to do on their __10__．

Then the sport is pushed again and again! I have always been a __11__ of sports，but I can see that my son is not as interested as I __12__ to be．I can see that he would rather read or do something __13__ like drama（戏曲）or art．1 would love him to be a sportsman，but if that isn't __14__ he wants，then I would rather he was happy．Kids should __15__ their own interests and not be made to do what other people want them to do!

1．A．compared              B．followed              C．corrected                      D．done

2．A．tired                      B．influenced            C．surprised                D．pleased

3．A．but                        B．or                        C．and                        D．then

4．A．collects                 B．affords                C．takes                     D．writes

5．A．relation                  B．time                     C．moment                 D．age

6．A．knowledge             B．experiment           C．home                     D．example

7．A．direct                    B．check                         C．encourage              D．help

8．A．schools                 B．brains                  C．choices                  D．differences

9．A．regarded                B．suggested             C．allowed                  D．managed

10．A．service                B．own                    C．energy                   D．shame

11．A．stranger               B．discoverer            C．member                 D．lover

12．A．happened             B．used                    C．agreed                   D．wished

13．A．strict                   B．nervous               C．else                       D．usual

14．A．what                   B．which                  C．who                             D．whose

15．A．receive                B．miss                    C．develop                  D．achieve

One Monday morning，I was waiting at the bus stop in Harvard Square．It was very cold，about -8℃．I had just missed the bus，so I had to stand there on such a cold day，waiting for the next bus to go to the hospital．for my husband would have an operation on his heart．My mind was full of anxiety and negative thoughts（消极的想法）．“Why didn’t I leave two minutes earlier?” “What would go wrong with my husband’s operation?” “Will I get to him before it starts?”

Among the others at the bus stop was a woman who was about 50 years old．She wore a dowdy（过时的）hat，an old pair of boots and a dark coat，but she had no gloves（手套）．Another woman who looked younger came to the older woman and said，“Your hands must be very old．You will get frostbite（生冻疮）in this weather if you don’t wear gloves．”With these words，she dropped her heavy bag to the ground and began searching inside it．After a while, she took out a pair of purple gloves from her bag，took the older woman's hands and gently placed a glove on each hand, covering one finger at a time．It was like watching a play．“Thank you．You’re so kind．”The old woman said again and again．

I was deeply moved（感动）by this act of kindness．A moment ago I was feeling sorry for myself．but now I was able to replace（代替）those feelings with hope，optimism（乐观）and confidence．I thought in this world there were still many people in trouble who were in great need of our help．

Several days later，I went to buy 5 pairs of bright purple gloves in a shop and put them in my bag，just in case（以防）I Fun into someone in need on a cold day．

1．In this passage, the underlined word “anxiety” means             ．

A．焦虑                   B．快乐                    C．恐惧                   D．感激

2．From this passage，we can infer（推断）that               ．

A．the writer's husband was a doctor in a hospital

B．the older woman was watching a play that morning

C．the younger woman was selfish

D．the writer wanted to give her love to other people in need

3．The best title for this passage is “              ”．

A．Harvard Square                                       B．A Cold Winter

C．A Pair of Purple Gloves                              D．My Husband