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Information(情况)Please

　　The hospital was very busy. The nurses hurried from patient (病人) to patient. They did not have time to talk to them or answer their questions. Instead they just gave them their medicines, made their beds and moved on.

　　The head nurse was as busy as her nurses. She had to walk around with the doctors, make sure the nurses were doing their work, complete(完成) her reports and answer the phone.

　　Many of the phone calls were from the friends and relatives (亲戚) of the patients. They were telephoning for information about the people in the hospital.

　　One phone call, however, was a little different from all the others.

　　The phone rang and the head nurse answered it. “Hello,” she said.

　　At the other end of the line a voice replied, “Good morning. I'm phoning about Fred Lee. Could you tell me how he is, please?”

　　The head nurse looked at her notes and said, “Mr. Lee has had his operation, and is now resting.”

　　“Can you tell me if his condition(状况) is good?”the voice asked.

　　 “Yes,”the woman replied. “He is comfortable(舒服的) and the operation was a success.”

　　“When do you think he will be able to go home?”the voice asked.

　　 “Oh, probably at the end of the week,”the head nurse said. Then she asked, “May I tell him who is asking about him?”

　　“Yes,”the voice replied. “Fred Lee.”

　　“No, that's the patient's name, ”the head nurse said.

　　 “Yes. And I am the patient. Phoning you is the only way I can get any information about my condition.”

1．Why did so many people phone the hospital?

[　　]

A．They wanted to talk to the nurses.

B．They wanted to talk to the doctors.

C．They wanted to find out about their condition.

D．They wanted to ask about their friends or relatives.

2．How did the head nurse know what information to tell the person on the phone about Fred Lee?

[　　]

A．She asked the other nurses.

B．She asked the doctors.

C．She looked at her notes.

D．She knew Fred Lee.

3．When did the head nurse say Fred Lee would be able to go home?

[　　]

4．What is the point of this story?

[　　]

A．Fred Lee was getting better.

B．Nurses are often too busy to talk to patients.

C．Patients are very difficult people.

D．Phoning someone is always the best way to get information.

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Information(情况)Please

　　The hospital was very busy. The nurses hurried from patient (病人) to patient. They did not have time to talk to them or answer their questions. Instead they just gave them their medicines, made their beds and moved on.

　　The head nurse was as busy as her nurses. She had to walk around with the doctors, make sure the nurses were doing their work, complete(完成) her reports and answer the phone.

　　Many of the phone calls were from the friends and relatives (亲戚) of the patients. They were telephoning for information about the people in the hospital.

　　One phone call, however, was a little different from all the others.

　　The phone rang and the head nurse answered it. “Hello,” she said.

　　At the other end of the line a voice replied, “Good morning. I'm phoning about Fred Lee. Could you tell me how he is, please?”

　　The head nurse looked at her notes and said, “Mr. Lee has had his operation, and is now resting.”

　　“Can you tell me if his condition(状况) is good?”the voice asked.

　　 “Yes,”the woman replied. “He is comfortable(舒服的) and the operation was a success.”

　　“When do you think he will be able to go home?”the voice asked.

　　 “Oh, probably at the end of the week,”the head nurse said. Then she asked, “May I tell him who is asking about him?”

　　“Yes,”the voice replied. “Fred Lee.”

　　“No, that's the patient's name, ”the head nurse said.

　　 “Yes. And I am the patient. Phoning you is the only way I can get any information about my condition.”

1．Why did so many people phone the hospital?

[　　]

A．They wanted to talk to the nurses.

B．They wanted to talk to the doctors.

C．They wanted to find out about their condition.

D．They wanted to ask about their friends or relatives.

2．How did the head nurse know what information to tell the person on the phone about Fred Lee?

[　　]

A．She asked the other nurses.

B．She asked the doctors.

C．She looked at her notes.

D．She knew Fred Lee.

3．When did the head nurse say Fred Lee would be able to go home?

[　　]

4．What is the point of this story?

[　　]

A．Fred Lee was getting better.

B．Nurses are often too busy to talk to patients.

C．Patients are very difficult people.

D．Phoning someone is always the best way to get information.

Reading Comprehension.

　　Candy has written an e-mail message to her friend Sandy. Read the e-mail message and answer the questions.

　　Dear Sandy,

　　Today is my 12th birthday. I phoned you fifteen minutes ago but nobody answered the phone. I know you check your e-mail every morning so I hope you get this message. I want to invite you to my birthday meal today.

　　I am going shopping with Amy and Clara this morning. Then we will have lunch. Please join us for lunch if you can.

　　My birthday meal will be held at McDonald's in Kowloon Bay at 1 p. m.. We are meeting at the entrance to the restaurant at 12:45. We will wait for you for fifteen minutes before we go inside. I do hope you can come. The birthday meal will be a lot of fun. Let me tell you what will happen.

　　First of all, we will eat some food. We will all share our favourite McDonald's dishes. We will order hamburgers, chicken nuggets and, of course, lots of fries. For dessert we will have hot apple pie and ice-cream sundaes. The food will be delicious!

　　After the meal, we will each get a bag of little presents to take away with us and everyone will sing “Happy Birthday”. I think we will have a good time. McDonald's is my favourite restaurant and I am so happy that my mother has arranged this birthday meal for me.

　　I nearly forgot something. At 2:30 p.m., we are going to watch a film together. The cinema is near the restaurant, so we won't have to walk very far. The film will finish at 4:30 p.m.. Afterwards, we will have something to drink at the fast-food restaurant next to the cinema.

　　I really hope you can join us－it will be a fun afternoon!

Yours,

Candy

1．Why did Candy send Sandy an e-mail message?

__________________________________________

2．Who is Candy going shopping with?

__________________________________________

3．Where will Candy's birthday meal take place?

__________________________________________

4．Will they have any sweet food at the birthday meal?

__________________________________________

5．How will they go to the cinema?

__________________________________________

6．What will they do after they have seen a film?

__________________________________________

Reading Comprehension(阅读理解)：

Here are four messages on Alan Marshall's answerphone.

　　Monday 9:21

　　Alan? Alan, if you're at home, please answer the phone. Are you really not there? Well, I'd just like to say that I'm very angry with you－and your father is too. You know how much he loves our monthly family lunches. This is the fifth one you've missed. I hope you've got a really good reason this time. Oh, umm, this is your mother speaking.

　　Monday 10:02

　　Mr Marshall, this is Stefi Rosen, Mr Prince's assistant. I'm calling to confirm(确认) tomorrow's lunch with Mr Yamada of Rising Sun Computer Games. Mr Prince wants you to know that this meeting is very important. Please remember to bring the interactivity designs(互动设计) with you. He says that Mr Yamada is ready to pay for the world rights(版权) on your new game! The restaurant is The Four Stars in Gower Street and I've booked a table for a quarter past one. Be there on time please!

　　Monday 11:23

　　My name is Karen Miller. I'm a producer at Interactive Computer Games, Australia. I saw your game “Kill the Enemy!” at the International Computer Game Fair. I think your work is great and I'd like to discuss buying the rights for my part of the world. Someone at the fair said that you're working on a new game which is even more interactive. How interactive can you get? Perhaps we can interact over lunch? I'm in London until Wednesday. My mobile number is 0277476130800.

　　Monday 12:31

　　Hello, Alan. It's Daisy. Did you have a good weekend? How's the new game going? I miss you. Bye.

True or False(判断下列句子是否符合电话留言内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示)：

1．Alan's parents don't want him to miss their monthly family lunches.

(　　)

2．Mr Prince invites Mr Yamada to lunch in order to buy the world rights on his new game.

(　　)

3．Karen Miller, an organizer of the International Computer Game Fair, came to London to order Alan's new game.

(　　)

4．It is said that Alan is working on a more interactive new game.

(　　)

5．Daisy calls to ask Alan out for the weekend.

(　　)

6．Alan does a very good job of designing computer games and is always very busy.

(　　)

　　阅读理解

　　A few years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies (公司) in the world and the third owned many highrises in the center of New York.

　　The reporter was talking to them about being important.

　　“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.

　　The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anyone who is invited to the White House to meet the President (总统) of the United States is really important. ”

　　The reporter turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.

　　The owner of the very large company shook her head. “No,” she said, “I don't. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You'll only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the President of another great country, and the President of the United States said he was too busy to answer it. ”

　　The reporter turned to the person who owned many highrises. “Do you agree with that?”

　　“No, I don't,” he said. “I don't think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important. ”

　　“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter asked. “Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked it up, listened and then said, ‘it's for you. ’ That's really important. ”

True or False?

1．A reporter of a newspaper was talking to three of the most important people in America.

2．They were talking about who was the most important among them.

3．The banker thought he himself was really important.

4．The owner of a large company thought that the President of the U. S. would not answer the phone if he had a really important visitor.

5．The owner of many large highrises thought an important person would phone many important people at the White House.

6．All the three persons agreed that important persons should have something to do with the President.