Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling（赌博）and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was nearly sent away. After he came out of lock-up(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him. It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Lang didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly a few policemen opened the door and came in.
“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, Daddy” said the boy “So I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”
【小题1】Mr. Lang was paid much because _______.

A．he was a worker

B．he worked in a factory

C．he was a driver and had a lot of work to do

D．he had worked there for a long time

【小题2】Mrs. Lang did all housework because _______.

A．she couldn’t find any work

B．she thought her husband was tired

C．her husband spent all time in gambling

D．she wouldn’t stop her husband gambling

【小题3】The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _______.

A．he didn’t love her any longer

B．he wouldn’t stop gambling

C．he had been put into lockup

D．he was nearly sent away by the factory

【小题4】Which of the following is right? _________.

A．The boy hoped his father would be put into lockup again

B．The boy thought his father needed some policemen

C．The boy hoped his father would stop gambling soon

D．The boy hoped his mother would come back to do housework

Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling（赌博）and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was nearly sent away. After he came out of lock-up(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him. It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Lang didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly a few policemen opened the door and came in.

“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, Daddy” said the boy “So I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”

1.Mr. Lang was paid much because _______.

A．he was a worker

B．he worked in a factory

C．he was a driver and had a lot of work to do

D．he had worked there for a long time

2.Mrs. Lang did all housework because _______.

A．she couldn’t find any work

B．she thought her husband was tired

C．her husband spent all time in gambling

D．she wouldn’t stop her husband gambling

3.The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _______.

A．he didn’t love her any longer

B．he wouldn’t stop gambling

C．he had been put into lockup

D．he was nearly sent away by the factory

4.Which of the following is right? _________.

A．The boy hoped his father would be put into lockup again

B．The boy thought his father needed some policemen

C．The boy hoped his father would stop gambling soon

D．The boy hoped his mother would come back to do housework

 

Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer (扫盲志愿者). The training I received, though excellent, did not tell me how it was to work with a real student, however. When I began to discover what other people’s lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading. My first student Marie was a 44-year-old single mother of three. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn’t know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus schedule (时刻表), she told me it would not help because she could not read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldn’t always remember what she needed. Since she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only recognize items by sight, so if the product had a different label, she would not recognize it as the product she wanted. As we worked together, learning how to read built Marie’s self-confidence, which encouraged her to continue in her studies. She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket. After this successful trip, she reported how self-confident she felt. At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son, Tony, a shy first grader, with his reading. She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories. When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read, pride was written all over her face, and she began to see how her own hard work in learning to read paid off. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as well. I found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before. As a literacy volunteer, I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others. In fact, I may have learned more from the experience than Marie did. 1. What did the author do last summer? 　　A. She worked in the supermarket. 　 B. She helped someone to learn to read. 　　C. She gave single mothers the help they needed. 　　D. She went to a training program to help a literacy volunteer. 2. Why didn’t Marie go to the supermarket by bus at first? 　　A. Because she liked to walk to the supermarket. 　　B. Because she lived far away from the bus stop. 　　C. Because she couldn’t afford the bus ticket. 　 D. Because she couldn’t find the right bus. 3. How did Marie use to find the goods she wanted in the supermarket? 　　A. She knew where the goods were in the supermarket. 　　B. She asked others to take her to the right place. 　　C. She managed to find the goods by their looks. 　 D. She remembered the names of the goods. 4. Which of the following statements is true about Marie? 　　A. Marie could do things she had not been able to do before 　　B. Marie was able to read stories with the help of her son. 　　C. Marie decided to continue her studies in school. D. Marie paid for her own lessons.

 

Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, “I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there.” “Where are you going to stay there?” his wife asked. “ I don't know yet.”  Dick answered. “Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报),” his wife said. “All right,” Dick answered.

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.

In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, “Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner.”

　　He found a taxi and the driver said, “Where do you want to go?” But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.

　　“Which hotel are my things in?” he said, “ And what am I going to do tonight?”But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, “Please send me my address at this post office.”

 56. Dick flew to New York because ___.

　　A. he went there for a holiday            B. he had work there

　　C. he went there for sightseeing (观光)     D. his home was there

57. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

　　A. Because she didn't know his address yet

　　B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too

　　C. Because she might send him another telegram

　　D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York

58. Where did Dick stay in New York?

　　A. In the center of the city.              B . In a hotel.

　　C. In a restaurant.                     D. At his friend's house.

59. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

　　A. The manager (经理) of his hotel.       B. The police office.

　　C. The taxi driver.                     D. His wife.

60. Which of the following is not true?

　　A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.

　　B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.

　　C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.

D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

                      

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission(录取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.

In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.

Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.

1.Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?

A．She couldn’t get admitted to medical school

B．She decided to further her education in Paris

C．A serious eye problem stopped her

D．It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States

2.What main obstacle(障碍) almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming a doctor?

A．She was a woman.

B．She wrote too many letters.

C．She couldn’t graduate from medical school.

D．She couldn’t set up her hospital.

3.How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?

A．Eight years

B．Ten years

C．Nineteen years

D．Thirty-six years

4.According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell except that she ______.

A．became the first woman physician

B．was the first woman doctor

C．and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children

D．set up the first medical school for women

5.Elizabeth Blackwell spent most of her life in _______.

A．England

B．Paris

C．the United States

D．New York City