Mr. and Mrs. Gao have two children，Gao Ping and Gao Dong．The whole family are all busy，so they often leave notes（便条）for each other．

1．When will Gao Dong be back home?

A．At 8：30 pm．                                         B．At 4：00 pm．

C．At 8：00 pm．                                                 D．At 9：00 pm．

2．Who should walk the dog today?

A．Gao Ping．          B．Mrs. Gao．          C．Mr. Gao．              D．Gao Dong．

3．What is Gao Dong doing at 7：45 pm?

A．Practicing football．                                B．Going to Kate's house．

C．Practicing the violin．                                 D．Doing his homework．

4．Where can Gao Dong find his football shoes?

A．In his bedroom．                                    B．Outside the back door．

C．In the living room．                                    D．At Kate's house．

5．According to the notes，Miss Liu is ________．

A．Gao Dong's mother                                  B．Gao Dong's brother

C．the dog in the family                                   D．Gao Dong's piano teacher

When Mrs. Smith got home, she found_________ in her room

1. A.
   strange anything
2. B.
   strange something
3. C.
   something strange

In the 1920s and 30s the airlines were just beginning. It was unusual for people to travel by air because it was expensive and dangerous. In those days, there were no flight attendants to look after the passengers(乘客). Young men ,or “stewards” helped the passengers onto the airplane and carried the passengers’ luggage(行李)but they did not provide food or drinks. But then in 1930,a woman called Ellen Church invented the “stewardess”.

Ellen Church was born in 1904 on a farm in Iowa. She was a different child. She didn’t want to work on a farm or marry a farmer —she wanted a more adventurous life. Ellen studied to be a nurse at the University of Minnesota and then got a job in a hospital. For the next few years she stayed at the hospital but also took flying lessons and got her pilot’s license.

Ellen was twenty-five years old when she first got in touch with Boeing Air Transport. She loved flying but she understood that airlines were a man’s world. Although women like Emelia Earheart were becoming famous, she realized it was impossible for a woman to have a career as a pilot .But she had another idea. Most people were frightened of flying because. flying was still an unreliable(不可靠的) way to travel. There were often delays(延误),many crashes and the bad weathers made many passengers sick. Ellen thought nurses could take care of passengers during flights and B.A.T. agreed.

The young woman from Iowa and seven other nurses became the first air stewardesses.

At first pilots were unhappy because they did not want stewardesses on airplanes, but passengers loved the stewardesses. In 1940 there were around 1000 of them working for different airlines. The early “stewardesses” had to be under twenty-five-year-old, single and slim. When a woman joined an airline, she had to promise not to get married or have children. It was a hard job and not well paid. They worked long hours and earned ＄1 an hour.

In the 1970s, stewardesses were unhappy in their job and airlines had to make some changes. Since the 1970s, “stewardesses” have been called flight attendants. They are well paid and work fewer hours than in the past.

1.The underlined word “adventurous” means _____________.

A. 奇怪的?????? B. 平淡的????? C. 有趣的????? D. 冒险的

2.The main reason for Boeing Air Transport offering Ellen the job was ________.

A. her flying experience????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. her university education

C. her nursing experience ????????????? ????????????? D. her life attitudes

3.According to the passage, in the 1940s a woman had to ________ if she wanted to be a stewardess.

A. be a nurse????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. be married????????????? ????????????? C. be a mother????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. be young

4.The passage mainly talks about _______.

A. the background of early flying pilots????????????? ?????????????

B. the experience of flying passengers

C. the history of early flight attendants????????????? ?????????????

D. the development of airplanes????????????? ?????????????

Once there was a little boy. He got angry easily. His father gave him some nails (钉子)and told him: “When you get angry, put a nail into the wall.”

On the first day, the boy put 37 nails into the wall. The next day, he put in fewer nails. A few days later, he found it much easier not to get angry.

After a while, the boy was happy every day.

Then, his father asked him to take out a nail each day if he didn’t get angry. After some time, all the nails were gone.

Then the father took the boy to the wall and said: “Well done, son. But, look, the wall is full of holes. It will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar(伤疤) in people’s hearts（心）. No matter how many times you say sorry, the scars will always be there.”

It’s not nice to leave scars in people’s hearts. So please hold back your anger. Think before you say angry things to friends and family.

1.The little boy_______________.

A. liked nails     B.got angry easily      C. had scars

2.When the boy got angry, his father asked him to ____.

A. take a vacation

B. take walks

C. put a nail into the wall

3.The father wanted his son __________.

A. to be kind and polite

B. to be angry

C. to be strong

4.The words “hold back”probably means____ in Chinese.

A. 抱住       B. 爆发     C. 控制

5.From the passage, we know____.

A. It is good to get angry easily.

B. Nobody liked the boy

C. The father had a good way to teach his son.