A good friend of mine was complaining about her son the other day．“Did you notice,” she started, “how he didn’t wait for me to get my salad before he dove into his?”

True enough, the boy attacked his plate faster than a cat in the wild．Without manners, we’re no more than animals．Actually, that’s not true．I’ve been watching and feeding a group of wild cats, and they show unusual politeness toward each other．Even when food is scarce, they take turns, leaving at least a small part for the next in line．

My mother educated her three children to have good manners all the time．We were made to feel very uncomfortable as if we were sitting on pins and needles until we got used to saying please, thank you, pardon me, and I’m sorry．And I have to say, while it was a painful learning experience, it was one of the most valuable．

I can’t tell you how often I sat with my friends, eating at their dinner tables, and their parents thought highly of my good manners．While it was a little embarrassing, I knew even then that my mother’s teachings were paying off．

Many years later, when I was attending seminars across the country, my manners were quite useful．

While I regret that I haven’t been a perfect example, I’m still working on it．I suppose, in this regard, my mother lives on through me．I didn’t have her beautiful singing voice or her green eyes, but she did make sure I received one of her finest characteristics．

1.What did the writer’s friend most probably complain about?

A．Her son’s eating too quickly．

B．Her son’s not having a healthy diet．

C．Her son’s not having good table manners．

D．Teenagers’ not having good manners．

2.The underlined word “scarce” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”．

A．too much	B．not delicious
C．not enough	D．quite hot

3.We learn that the writer’s mother __________．

A．was strict about her children’s manners

B．never punished her children

C．had beautiful blue eyes

D．was not good at singing

4.What does the writer think of her experience of learning good manners?

A．Easy and relaxing	B．Painful and valuable
C．Easy but useless	D．Too horrible

5.We can infer from the passage that the writer _________．

A．is surely liked by everyone around her

B．is not satisfied with most people’s manners around her

C．thinks she has been a perfect example to the young

D．thanks her mother for teaching her the good manners a lot

 

Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs（爬楼梯）. She was soon out of breath.（气喘吁吁）

“I think I had better go to the doctor, ” she thought.

She went to the doctor and told him her problem.

“I’m not at all surprised, ”he said. “It’s obvious （明显的）what your problem is.”

He examined her and then gave her some advice.“If you don’t do what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said. “You will have a heart attack（心脏病）. It could kill you.”

Ellen was very worried as she left the doctor’s. She knew that she had to take his advice but that would not be easy and it would take time.

The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop（肉店）.

“I’d like ten pounds of steak (大块肉片), please,” she said.

“Certainly, madam,” the butcher(屠夫) answered and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale(秤).

“That’s just ten pounds,” he said.

“That’s big enough,” Mrs. Parker said.

The butcher worked out(计算) the price.

“At $ 4.99 a pound that will be $ 49.90, please. Would you like me to cut it into small pieces for you?”

“Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs. Parker said.

“If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher said angrily, “Why did you ask me to get it for you?”

“My doctor told me that I am overweight (超重的)and have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of flesh looked liked.”

1.. Why did Ellen Parker visit the doctor?

A．She had a heart attack.	B．She had a problem with her health.
C．She was unhappy about her weight.	D．She could not sleep well.

2.. Why did she ask for ten pounds of steak?

A．she wanted to buy some for dinner.	B．She wanted to lose weight
C．Her doctor had told her to eat steak.
D．She wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.

3... What was her real problem?

A．She ate too much steak.	B．She weighed too much.
C．The doctor didn’t know.	D．She could not walk very quickly.

4.. What did the doctor think might happen to Ellen?

A．she might put more on weight.	B．She might stop eating too much.
C．She might have a heart attack.	D．She might go to another doctor.

 

A good friend of mine was complaining about her son the other day．“Did you notice,” she started, “how he didn’t wait for me to get my salad before he dove into his?”

       True enough, the boy attacked his plate faster than a cat in the wild．Without manners, we’re no more than animals．Actually, that’s not true．I’ve been watching and feeding a group of wild cats, and they show unusual politeness toward each other．Even when food is scarce, they take turns, leaving at least a small part for the next in line．

       My mother educated her three children to have good manners all the time．We were made to feel very uncomfortable as if we were sitting on pins and needles until we got used to saying please, thank you, pardon me, and I’m sorry．And I have to say, while it was a painful learning experience, it was one of the most valuable．

       I can’t tell you how often I sat with my friends, eating at their dinner tables, and their parents thought highly of my good manners．While it was a little embarrassing, I knew even then that my mother’s teachings were paying off．

       Many years later, when I was attending seminars across the country, my manners were quite useful．

       While I regret that I haven’t been a perfect example, I’m still working on it．I suppose, in this regard, my mother lives on through me．I didn’t have her beautiful singing voice or her green eyes, but she did make sure I received one of her finest characteristics．

What did the writer’s friend most probably complain about?

       A．Her son’s eating too quickly．           

       B．Her son’s not having a healthy diet．

       C．Her son’s not having good table manners． 

       D．Teenagers’ not having good manners．

The underlined word “scarce” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”．

       A．too much                B．not delicious       

       C．not enough       D．quite hot

We learn that the writer’s mother __________．

       A．was strict about her children’s manners    

       B．never punished her children

       C．had beautiful blue eyes                  

       D．was not good at singing

What does the writer think of her experience of learning good manners?

       A．Easy and relaxing                     B．Painful and valuable

       C．Easy but useless               D．Too horrible

We can infer from the passage that the writer _________．

       A．is surely liked by everyone around her

       B．is not satisfied with most people’s manners around her

       C．thinks she has been a perfect example to the young

       D．thanks her mother for teaching her the good manners a lot

单词拼写。(每题0.5分，共5分)

A. 根据首字母写出正确的单词

1. You must ask for p__________ before taking pictures in the church.

2. The new credit cards will be of great b___________ to both sellers and buyers.

3. It wasn’t your f___________. You needn’t apologize to you.

4. The job is not tiring at all. On the c____________, it’s very relaxing.

5. Smoking m___________ the risk of heart attacks and other health problems.

B. 根据汉语提示用正确的单词填空

6. She seems ____________ (真诚的) ，but I still don’t know whether I should trust her.

7. Bob earned his ___________(船费) on an English boat when he traveled to China.

8. Bill was doing a lot of physical exercise to build up his ________________(力量)

9. Eating too many desserts can be ____________(有害的) to one’s teeth.

10.Sometimes,the band may play to ____________(过路人) in the streets or subway.