Last week Lu visited England．He stayed with my grandmother．He said it was a strange visit．“I don’t understand，but I frightened(使害怕)your grandmother a lot．When I arrived，I gave her a purse from Suzhou，she looked in it and asked me to take it back．Then I saw a red spider on the table so I killed it for her and she seemed very unhappy．Do English people like spiders?’’
  “Later we went shopping．Someone was painting a shop front，so there was a ladder．Grandmother stopped me from walking under it and said I must walk around it．I liked the shops and bought some lovely rose soap for my mother，a smart umbrella for my father and some new shoes for myself．When we got back，I put the shoes on the table and opened the umbrella to check if it was all right．Your grandmother came in and screamed(尖叫)!”
   “Then I broke a small mirror in the bathroom．Your grandmother’s face went white．I felt very sorry．When I left I gave your grandmother some flowers．She counted and there were l 3．She didn’t like it．I think she was happy l was going．”
  I explained to Lu，“My grandmother follows the old customs(习俗)．You must not give someone an empty purse or they will have no money．You must not kill a ‘money spider’ or the same will happen．Also it is very unlucky to walk under a ladder and to put new shoes on the table．An open umbrella in a house means someone will die．Breaking a mirror brings seven years’ bad luck，and l 3 is also a very unlucky number．You were really making my grandmother very afraid．’’

(   )66．Why did Lu frighten the writer’s grandmother?
A．Because he could not speak English．
B．Because he did many unlucky things．
C．Because he understood British customs．
D．Because he went shopping in England．

(   )67．What do many British people think of spiders?
A．They are afraid of them．
B．They keep spiders as pets．
C．They think some kinds of spiders are lucky．
D．They hope to see every kind of spiders in their houses．

(   )68．What did the writer’s grandmother feel when she saw the umbrella?
A．Excited．    B．Angry．    C．Happy．      D．Afraid

(   )69．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Thirteen is an unlucky number in England
B．People never give purses as presents in England．
C．For most British people，breaking a mirror means bad luck
D．It is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table in England．

(   )70．How many wrong things did Lu do altogether?
A．5．          B．7．         C．8          D．10

Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 55 when I was in high school.
The test was the final for a course. I remember waiting anxiously as my teacher Mr. Right passed out our papers one by one. It was a rather difficult test. I heard my classmates groaning（发牢骚）, and I could tell by the groans that the scores weren’t looking good.
Mr. Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, circled to draw attention, was my score, 55!
I lowered my head, and covered the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you wanted your classmates to see.
“The scores were not very good, none of you passed,” Mr. Right said. “The highest score in the class was a 55.”
A 55. That’s me!
Suddenly my sad look didn’t look so bad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot better.
I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My father knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, “How did you do in your test?”
“I made a 55,” I said.
A frown (皱眉) now stood on my father’s face. I knew I had to explain immediately. “But Dad, I had the highest score in the class,” I proudly stated. I thought that explanation would make a difference.
“You failed!” my father replied.
“But it’s the highest!” I insisted.
“I don’t care what scores others had, but you failed. What matters is what you do!” my father firmly said.
For years, my father was always that way. It didn’t matter what others did, it only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.
We often don’t understand the wisdom (智慧) of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents’ shoes. My father’s words have carried me throughout life.
【小题1】In class, to hide my score from my classmates, I ___________ .

A．lowered my head	B．covered my score up
C．walked home alone	D．explained immediately

【小题2】 A frown stood on my father’s face because he thought ____. .

A．I did a bad job in the test.	B．I gave a good excuse.
C．I became the worst student.	D．I stood in his shoes

【小题3】 We can infer from the passage that _____..

A．the father was strict with his child.

B．the writer was always poor in tests.

C．Mr. Right was worried about the writer.

D．the writer was always happy with his scores.

【小题4】Which is the best title of the passage?

A．The Final Test

B．That’s Me!

C．My Strict Teacher

D．Scores, Important?

Jodie’s Daddy Is a Garbageman(垃圾清理工)
Mr Swales wanted to find out what his students’ parents did. He had just called Jodie when some girls burst out laughing. Shirley shouted, “Jodie’s daddy is a garbageman!”
Everybody in the class laughed out loud, except Jodie. She felt her face turn red.
“Silence!” Mr Swales said, “Being a garbagemen is a difficult and useful job. We should all be grateful to Jodie’s father.”
Jodie’s father came to walk her home from school as usual, but she didn’t run up to him the way she always did. When they got back home, Jodie went to her room and cried for a long time.
Her father came into her room, “What happened, Jodie? Why are you so sad?”
Jodie told her father what had happened and looked at him. He didn’t seem angry or hurt. “Well,” he said, “they are right. Being a garbageman is a dirty job. Tomorrow’s Saturday. Come to work with me, Jodie.”
The place really smelt too bad. Jodie wrinkled her nose. “Don’t worry, kid. In five minute you won’t smell a thing.” said her father.
Everybody there was working hard, and they seemed to have a good time. Jodie’s father handed her a pair of gloves and told her to get the little plastic bags and throw them into the truck.
It was fun, but also hard work. Jodie’s arms soon got tired. At last, no more garbage was left and Jodie felt very happy.
“Garbage is disgusting, but when we clear it away, everything’s nice and clean. You can make yourself happy only by making other happy. That’s why I like being a garbageman so much.”
Jodie gave her dirty, smelly garbageman daddy a big kiss(吻). She said, “When I grow up, I will be a garbage-girl!”
Now whenever someone asks Jodie what her daddy does, she says, “He’s a garbageman! Everybody makes garbage, but my daddy takes it away!”
【小题1】What happened in Mr Swale’s class?

A．He wanted to showwhat job was the most useful.

B．He asked an improper (不适宜的）question.

C．Jodie gave an honest answer.

D．The other students laughed at Jodie.

【小题2】Which of the following is Not True according to this story?

A．She didn’t run up to her father the way she always did.

B．Jodie went to her room and cried for a long time after she got back home.

C．She gave her father a sweet kiss as usual.

D．Jodie told her father what had happened and had a talk with her father.

【小题3】Why did Jodie’s father take her to his workplace?

A．To make Jodie cool down.

B．To prove how dirty his job was.

C．To help Jodie learn about his job.

D．To keep Jodie away from her classmates.

【小题4】Jodie gave her father a big kiss mainly because ______.

A．he was kind	B．he was unselfish
C．he was cheerful	D．he was hardworking

【小题5】How does Jodie feel about her father now?

A．Sad

B．Dirty

C．Angry

D．Proud