She was covered by the ruins(废墟)．Being on her knees，the body was forward(向前)with her hands on the ground to support the body．This was her last posture(姿势)．

    The soldiers shouted at the ruins，knocked at the broken walls，but nobody answered inside．They were sure she had been dead by touching(触摸)her．

    Then the soldiers went to the next place，suddenly someone ran back，calling“Come here!”He came to the body，put his hands under the woman，feeling and touching，then shouted loudly“A baby．still living!”

    The soldiers cleaned up the ruins around her carefully．Under her body，lied her baby，who was in a small quilt(被子)．He was safe under his mother’s body．He was sleeping when the soldiers carried him out，and his nice and peaceful face made everyone’s heart warm．The doctor along with the soldiers opened the quilt to check if the baby was all right，and he found there was a mobile phone in the quilt．The doctor looked at the screen．a message was already there：“my dear baby．if you could live．don’t forget how much I love you．”As a doctor．he experienced too much of parting(离别)for ever，but at this moment，tears came out of his eyes．When the mobile was passed，every person read this message with tears in their eyes．

1．The mother had died when she was found by __________．

  A．her baby           B．the soldiers     C．the doctor              D．her parents

2．The baby ________when he was carried out．

  A．was sleeping    B．was crying     C．was dying              D．was smiling

3．The mother’s last posture shows she wanted to________ when the earthquake happened．

  A．ask for help

  B．leave the baby by himself

  C．keep the baby safe

  D．make a phone call

4．Every person read the message with tears because they_________

  A．couldn’t save the mother’s life

  B．were moved(感动)by the message

  C．couldn’t save the baby’s life

  D．thought the baby was very lucky

5．The best title(标题)for this passage should be __________．

  A．Thanks to the Soldiers

  B．A Nice Baby

  C．A Lost Mobile Phone

  D．A Mother’s Great Love

A young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his doorbell began to ring. It was already midnight, but what could the doctor do? He had to get up, put on his coat and go downstairs.

When he opened the door, he saw a man standing with a hat in his hand. “How do you do?” said the man,“ Can you come at once to a place out of town? It’s quite far but you have a car and I can show you the way.”

“Certainly,” said the doctor, “I’m quite ready. I can come at once.” After a few minutes the car was standing at the front door, the man got into the doctor’s car, and they drove off.

They drove on for a long time. Then the man said, “Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go back to town.”

“I must see the patient. How can I go back without seeing the patient?”

“There is no patient,” explained the man. “Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and one must get home from a town, mustn’t he? There are no taxis this time of the night, but a doctor often makes night calls, so excuse me. Here is money. Thank you, doctor. Good night.”

1.The doctor ____ when the doorbell started to ring.

A. was sleeping upstairs    B. was sleeping downstairs

C. was working upstairs    D. was working downstairs

2. The man asked the doctor _____.

A. to go out for a walk   B. to go to a place out of town

C. to see a patient       D. to go for a vacation

3.They left _____.

A. on foot        B. by bike   C. by bus    D. by car

4.What the man wanted to do was only _____.

A. to fool the doctor         B. to give the doctor money

C. to get home in the doctor’s car     D to invite the doctor to his home

5.The doctor must be ______ when he heard the man’s words.

A. happy          B. angry       C. sad      D cry

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容判断文后句子的正误。正确的用（T），错误的用（F）。（共5小题，计10分）

???? He was a single father of a 5-year-old boy.He was often worried about his son growing up without a mother.

????? One day he went away on business and left the child alone.He was worried about the child all the way.He went home quickly after finishing his work.

????? When he got home,the child was asleep.He was very tired.Before going to bed,he was surprised to find an overturned(翻倒的）bowl of noodles under the quilt(床罩).

????? He beat his sleeping son angrily, “Why are you so naughty（淘气的）,making the quilt dirty?Who will wash it?”It was the first time that he had hit his son after his wife’s death.

?????? “I haven’t,”the child explained with tears in his eyes.? “This is your supper,Daddy.”In order to let his father eat dinner as soon as he got home,the child cooked two bowls of noodles:one for himself,the other for his father.He put his father’s noodles under the quilt to keep them hot.

?????? Hearing this,the father hugged(拥抱）his boy tightly without saying a word.

1.The father worried about his son when he was on business.

2.The child was sleeping when his father got home.

3.The father often hit his son after his wife’s death.

4.The child cooked noodles for himself and his father.

5.The child put the noodles on the table.