Dear Annie,

I have never written a letter to a newspaper before, I have just never felt the need to do such a thing. I have always felt I was quite able to do everything by myself. But now I know I was wrong.

Sometimes you really need help in life, I guess. And that’s why I’m writing this letter to you.

I have a happy family. I love my children and they love me . I’m a mother of three children. I know well how to bring up （带大）children, and two of them are already over twenty, so it is nothing new for me.

But now I have a serious problem: the Internet problem. My little son is just sixteen, and I feel he should do a lot of homework now , but he doesn’t seem to be interested in it . He can happily spend six or eight hours at a time on the Internet every day , He chats with people that he has never met before , but speaks little to us .He does lots of useless things on the Internet. And he sees red if you ask him to do his homework.

I just want him to be a good student . Now he seldom does his lessons at home. I’m afraid he will drop behind in his class soon. His father is a doctor , a very kind man . He never seems to be afraid of his father.

What can I do ?And don’t tell to talk to him. We’ve tried that and it didn’t work. But this is really a big problem in our family. I have tried everything I can think of . I wonder how the Internet is so attractive（有吸引力的）.You’re my last hope. Please tell me what I can do!

Yours,

Ellen Smith

1. Mrs. Smith wrote to Annie because　　　　　

     A．she often asked others for help

     B．she thought she was a great mother

     C．she didn’t know how to stop his son surfing the Internet

     D．she didn’t know how the Internet was so attractive

2.What might NOT Mrs. Smith’s son do on the Internet?

     A．Send e-mails to his friends         B．Prepare for his lessons

     C．Chat with strange people           D．Read the news

3. What does the phrase “he sees red” mean in this passage?

     A．He feels sorry                    B．He feels happy

     C．He becomes frightened             D．He becomes angry

4. What do you think of Mr. Smith?

     A．An irresponsible（不负责任的）father who never taught his son

     B．A very excellent doctor who was busy with his work and had no time to teach

his son

     C．A very kind man who loved his son

     D.A man who always made his son be afraid of him but failed

It was yearbook day and we were given an hour to sign each other's yearbooks in the cafeteria．I was president of the class and I played sports．When I sat down at a table，people started to come over to get their yearbooks signed and to sign   1   

Among them，a weak boy with ugly teeth and thick glasses kept shaking．I had seen him around，and I knew he was always laughed at．He seemed   2  of himself，and was so pale that it  3  us to look at him．

He came up and asked me nervously，"Can you sign this?" I took his yearbook but I didn't know  4  to write．I saw that there was the name" Ricky Sanders" written on the front of it．So I wrote:

Ricky， I think you're a really nice kid，and I hope you have lots of fun in your summer vacation． Signature: will （Sign your name here）

I put down the yearbook and turned around to get some signatures from some of my friends when I   5  my yearbook was gone．I saw that Ricky had sat down with my year-book．"What are you doing?" I asked him．He looked up calmly（平静地）and  6  said" Sign!"

My friends broke into a loud laugh，and I saw that he was carefully trying to put a signature in my yearbook．He hadn't even finished the" R" yet．I thought for a while and  7  to let him sign．

It took him nearly five minutes to sign and when I got my yearbook back，there was a very shaky" RICKY"．He hugged（紧抱） his yearbook and  8 ．I couldn't help but smile back at him．

In that moment，my  9  changed completely．

I gave him a high five and suddenly everyone at my table wanted his signature．He was asked politely to write in their yearbooks and the signature  10  of his yearbook were filled up．He was smiling so big that it lit up the whole room．

I changed schools the next year，and I never saw Ricky again．However，I will never for- get the day that he became the most  11  guy in school．Whenever I'm  12  ，I still look back at that yearbook．

1．A．mine               B．his                      C．ours                    D．theirs

2．A．unafraid             B．unsure             C．proud             D．tired

3．A．worried             B．surprised         C．taught           D．hurt

4．A．how               B．which             C．where           D．what

5．A．saw                B．noticed            C．thought          D．believed

6．A．still                 B．ever             C．even               D．just

7．A．decided          B．meant                C．began             D．prepared

8．A．smiled           B．waited               C．left                D．rose

9．A．sense               B．value               C．attitude             D．idea

10．A．lists             B．pages            C．boxes              D．tables

11．A．different           B．patient           C．popular          D．important

12．A．away            B．out              C．behind           D．down

We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf.  It stood outside a furniture（家具）shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof-rack（车顶架）. I’ve always wanted one like that.” What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too.  As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea. After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake（超车）?” Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers（警官）inside looked at us seriously when they went past. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church（教堂）. One of the officers came to me. “Right, sir,” he said. “Do you need any more help now?” I didn’t quite understand. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You’ve been very kind. I live just down the road.” He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said and laughed. “It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was--er, something else.” My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a bookshelf, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.
【小题1】From the story we know that _________.

A．the writer was poor and didn’t buy the bookshelf for his wife

B．the writer’s wife didn’t like the bookshelf at all

C．the writer was always glad to buy something for his wife

D．the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife

【小题2】What made the writer think that carrying furniture was “a good idea”?

A．He could drive slowly and it was safe.

B．Other drivers would let him go first.

C．His wife could use a new bookshelf.

D．He could save a lot of money and time.

【小题3】Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?

A．Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf.

B．Because they didn’t think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it.

C．Because they thought somebody in the writer’s family had died and he needed help.

D．Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car.

【小题4】When did the officers begin to realize（意识到）they had made a mistake?

A．Before they arrived at the church.

B．Before they overtook the writer’s car.

C．After one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church.

D．After the writer’s family left the church.

We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf.  It stood outside a furniture（家具）shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof-rack（车顶架）. I’ve always wanted one like that.” What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too.  As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea. After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake（超车）?” Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers（警官）inside looked at us seriously when they went past. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church（教堂）. One of the officers came to me.  “Right, sir,” he said. “Do you need any more help now?” I didn’t quite understand. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You’ve been very kind. I live just down the road.” He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said and laughed. “It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was--er, something else.” My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a bookshelf, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.
【小题1】From the story we know that _________.

A．the writer was poor and didn’t buy the bookshelf for his wife

B．the writer’s wife didn’t like the bookshelf at all

C．the writer was always glad to buy something for his wife

D．the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife

【小题2】What made the writer think that carrying furniture was “a good idea”?

A．He could drive slowly and it was safe.

B．Other drivers would let him go first.

C．His wife could use a new bookshelf.

D．He could save a lot of money and time.

【小题3】Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?

A．Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf.

B．Because they didn’t think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it.

C．Because they thought somebody in the writer’s family had died and he needed help.

D．Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car.

【小题4】When did the officers begin to realize（意识到）they had made a mistake?

A．Before they arrived at the church.

B．Before they overtook the writer’s car.

C．After one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church.

D．After the writer’s family left the church.

We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf.  It stood outside a furniture（家具）shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof-rack（车顶架）. I’ve always wanted one like that.” What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too.  As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea. After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake（超车）?” Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers（警官）inside looked at us seriously when they went past. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church（教堂）. One of the officers came to me. “Right, sir,” he said. “Do you need any more help now?” I didn’t quite understand. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You’ve been very kind. I live just down the road.” He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said and laughed. “It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was--er, something else.” My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a bookshelf, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.

1.From the story we know that _________.

A．the writer was poor and didn’t buy the bookshelf for his wife

B．the writer’s wife didn’t like the bookshelf at all

C．the writer was always glad to buy something for his wife

D．the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife

2.What made the writer think that carrying furniture was “a good idea”?

A．He could drive slowly and it was safe.

B．Other drivers would let him go first.

C．His wife could use a new bookshelf.

D．He could save a lot of money and time.

3.Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?

A．Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf.

B．Because they didn’t think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it.

C．Because they thought somebody in the writer’s family had died and he needed help.

D．Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car.

4.When did the officers begin to realize（意识到）they had made a mistake?

A．Before they arrived at the church.

B．Before they overtook the writer’s car.

C．After one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church.

D．After the writer’s family left the church.