The mobile phone is a useful thing, but maybe I don't know h  1   to use it. Sometimes it makes things
difficult for me.
    One day I wanted to see my friend nearby. I could a  2   at his house in five minutes, but I looked at my
mobile phone and thought i  3   would be better to ring him up. I r  4   him for the first time, but the line was
busy. Five minutes later, there was an answer, but it was the wrong number. Then I tried a  5   and this time I
got an answer from him.
    I asked him if he was at home in the afternoon. And he said-at 1  6   I thought he said-he would be at home
all afternoon. So I went to his house, but then I found n  7   in. I called him for the fourth time. This time I got
so angry that I s  8  , "You are not at home? But you just told me over the telephone that you would be at home
all afternoon!"
    Here w  9   his answer, "No, I said: 'I will NOT be at home all afternoon.'"
    I went back to my room, sat down in front of the mobile phone and looked at it. What e 10   could I do?
Nothing!
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     After Mr. and Ms. Smith spent a happy morning at the zoo with Joe,their four-year-old grandson, they
stopped at a restaurant and then went into it for lunch. When the waiter passed them some menus, Mr. Smith
reached into his pocket for his glasses. He was disappointed (失望的) to find that they were lost. "I know
where your glasses are,Grandpa," said the grandson.
     "Where?" asked Mr. Smith happily.
     "They are at the zoo." Joe answered. "When you took me off the train near the elephants, they fell out of
your pocket."
     Mr. Smith was a little angry and he asked, "Joe, if you saw my glasses fall out of my shirt, why didn't you
tell me?"
    "Well, Grandpa," said Joe, "after you put your foot on them, I didn't think you wanted them any more."

1. Mr.and Ms. Smith with Joe went to the zoo ______.

A. in the afternoon
B. before they came to a restaurant
C. to 1ook after the elephant
D. to 1ook for the lost glasses

2. Mr. Smith put his hand into his pocket for his ______.

A. glasses
B. money
C. food
D. menu

3. The glasses fell out of the pocket when ______.

A. Mr. Smith got into the zoo
B. Mr. Smith hurried into the restaurant
C. Joe was taken off the train near the elephants
D. they were getting on the train

4. At first Mr Smith was ______ to hear Joe's words.

A. sad
B. angry
C. sorry
D. happy

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Joe didn't know where his grandpa's glasses were.
B. Mr.Smith got his glasses back at last.
C. Mr.Smith didn't get his glasses back at last.
D. Mr. Smith was glad with what his grandson did.

     Two people sit down to play Go (圍棋). One of the players is an old man. He is now 89 years old. He
has spent all of his life playing this game. The other person is a young woman. She has been playing Go for
only three years. Before this, the woman was an expert at playing computer games. Now she plays Go the
same way she played computer games－by becoming a machine herself.
     They will play many games, until they know who the winner is. The woman shows no feelings but
thinking about all the possible ways of placing her next stone. The old man, on the other hand, looks at the
movements of her hands and of her face. This has always helped him to win.
     He wins the first three games. She wins the next game, and the man is surprised. He has never lost to a
woman. The old man worries about the way the young woman is playing the game. He can't read her face; he
does not understand her way of playing.
     "The way I think about the game" says the woman, "is that it is steps for getting what I want." Again, the
old man is surprised. For him, the game is a way of life itself, and not a model of life.
     "There is no more beauty any longer. Everything is science and rules. Everything is about winning. Nothing
is about playing" he says. They cannot agree with each other; but it is not necessary.
     "Change is a necessary part of life" thinks the man.
     "Playing is as important as winning" thinks the woman.
     They start to play their final game.

1. According to the passage, the Go games are played by ______.

A. two Go beginners
B. two Go lovers
C. father and daughter
D. husband and wife

2. Before the woman plays Go, she was ______.

A. a computer game player
B. a computer science teacher
C. a computer engineer
D. a computer store owner

3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The old man loses the third game to the woman.
B. The old man wins all the games against the woman.
C. The woman has her own way of playing Go.
D. The woman is very slow in learning how to play Go.

4. From the passage we can know ______.

A. the old man doesn't care who the winner is
B. the woman pays no attention to the steps
C. the old man learns something from the woman
D. the woman loses the last game to the old man

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A. An Old Go Player
B. A Strange Woman
C. A Boring Game
D. Winning or Playing?

      Mary Allen was my best friend-like the sister I never had. We did everything together, piano lessons,
movies, swimming, horse riding. When I was 13, my family moved to another city. Mary and I often wrote
to each other,and sometimes we saw each other-like my wedding and Mary's. Soon we were busy with
children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent to Mary came back
with the words "Address Unknown". I had no idea how to find Mary.
     Over the years,I thought of Mary often. I wanted to share stories of my children and then grandchildren.
And I needed to share my sorrow when my brother and then mother died.There was an empty place in my
heart that only a friend like Mary could fill.
     One day I was reading the newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman. She looked like Mary
and her last name was White-Mary's married name."There must be thousands of Whites, "I thought, but I
wrote to her anyway. She called as soon as she got my letter."Mrs. Green!" she said excitedly."Mary Allen
White is my mother. "Minutes later I heard a voice that I recognized at once, even after 40 years. We laughed
and cried. The empty place in my heart is filled and there's one thing that Mary and I know. We won't lose
each other again!

1. Mary is the writer's ______.

A. mother
B. friend
C. sister
D. teacher

2. After the writer moved to another city, they ______ each other.

A. had never seen
B. had never written to
C. often e-mailed
D. sometimes visited

3. The underlined word "sorrow" means ______.

A. something sad
B. something happy
C. something exciting
D. something interesting

4. What happened to Mrs.Green when she was reading the newspaper?

A. She saw a photo of Mary.
B. She saw a photo of Mary's daughter.
C. She got a call from Mary.
D. She got a call from Mary's daughter.

     Charlie was spending his summer holidays by the sea. One day he climbed over some rocks. He was
looking for some crabs (螃蟹) for supper. He took off his shorts and put them on a rock.
     The afternoon went quickly. Time was flying by. Look! The sea was coming in fast. It was over some
of the rocks now.
     Charlie looked up. "It's getting late. Oh dear! Look at the sea. Where are my shorts now?" he thought. He
saw them on a rock. Oh dear! The rock was an island! Now he must swim and got them.
     Charlie jumped into the sea and started swimming. He reached the rock and put his shorts on his head.
Then he started swimming back. Oh no! The sea was too strong for Charlie. It was pulling him away from
the beach. 
     "Help!" he called. "I can't get back."
      Luckily, a boat was coming by. The people in the boat saw Charlie and heard his call for help.
     "Are you all right?" asked the woman in the boat.
    "No! I can't swim back. The sea is too strong."
    The woman stopped the boat and she and a girl pulled Charlie into the boat. He threw his shorts into the
boat too. Then they turned the boat Bound and took Charlie back to the beach.
     "That was lucky," said the woman.
     "Thank you very much," said Charlie. 
     "Be careful next time," said the woman. "The sea is usually very strong near these rocks." 
     "Next time, I'm going to keep my shorts in my bag," said Charlie. "Better safe than sorry!"

1. Where did the story take place?

A. In the hills
B. By the sea
C. On the river
D. In the town

2. What was Charlie doing that day?

A. He was watching the sea
B. He was looking for seafood
C. He was lying on the beach
D. He was helping the people in the boat

3. Before looking for crabs, Charlie put _______.

A. his shirts in a bag
B. his shoes on a rock
C. his shorts in a bag
D. his shorts on a rock

4. Charlie cried for help because _______.

A. the sea was carrying him away from the beach
B. the sea was pulling Charlie onto the rocks
C. the sea was getting lower
D. the sea was going out

5. Who saved Charlie?

A. A man and a girl
B. Two men
C. A woman and a girl
D. A man and a boy

     It is a very common thing for a person to have a good friend. My good friend is Diana. She is a rich and
proud girl. She often thinks that she is too good for anyone, so nobody wants to be her friend.
     One day after school, I was waiting for Diana when Vivien came up to me. She gave me a biscuit. I
accepted it. We talked and joked, and from then on, I began to spend more time with Vivien than with Diana.
I felt a little uneasy.
     After a few days, I went to see Diana for some snacks when Vivien came and sat with me. She offered
me a sandwich. She also offered one to Diana, but Diana refused it. She walked away. I was angry with Diana
for being so rude and thoughtless.
     "Never mind," Vivien said, "I'm used to it."
     After school, I tried to catch up With Diana. While walking home, I tried to correct her attitude, but she
would not listen to me. She said,"Go and join your 'dear' Vivien. I know you make new friends and forget the
old ones."
     For the next few weeks, we did not talk to each other. Then, one day, Diana came to Vivien and me, saying,
"I'm really sorry about what I did. I'm a spoiled (寵壞的) girl, but I also need good friends just like you. Would
you please forgive (原諒) me?" Vivien and I looked at each other and smiled. From then on, Diana, Vivien and
I have been best friends.

1. The writer was angry with Diana ______.

A. because she was too good for anyone
B. when Diana refused Vivien's sandwich
C. though she asked the writer to forgive
D. so Diana walked away

2. According to the passage, it is clear that ______.

A. Diana and the writer had been good friends
B. Diana didn't like sandwiches
C. Vivien didn't want to make new friends at all
D. the writer forgot her old friends after she had new ones

3. Vivien's saying "I'm used to it" shows that ______.

A. someone refused to give her things
B. Vivien used to be rude to others
C. she liked to be refused
D. some people were rude to her before

4. Diana asked Vivien and the writer to forgive because ______.

A. they didn't spend much time with her
B. she realized she was wrong
C. Vivien and the writer didn't talk to her
D. she was a rich and proud girl

5. The reading is mainly about ______.

A. the mistake among the three friends
B. two best friends at a school
C. three friends at a school
D. the trouble between Diana and Vivien

     When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known.
He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person.
     When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it
a forest.
     The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I
asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would
grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early
on.
     He talked about how watering trees made for shallow (淺的) roots, and how trees that weren't watered
had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important.
     So he never watered his trees. He'd planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it
with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.
     Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at
the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They're very big and strong now. I planted
some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too
much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
     Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈禱) that their lives will be easy.
But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties.
There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep
into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten
down.

1. We know from the reading the doctor ______.

A. didn't know how to plant trees at all
B. wasn't good at his own medical job
C. had his own ways of planting trees
D. had nothing to do but plant trees

2. When Dr. Gibbs said "... pick out the weaker trees early on.", he meant that ______.

A. some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning
B. he would choose the weak trees to w ater earlier
C. the weak trees would be sent to his patients later
D. he would not plant weak trees so early anymore

3. The passage tells us that the writer ______.

A. should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper
B. didn't often water his trees
C. didn't have a large field
D. took too much care of his trees

4. The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that ______.

A. his trees will be stronger than Dr. Gibbs'
B. his trees will not be beaten down
C. his sons will be better at planting trees
D. his sons will be able to face difficulties

5. Which can be the best title of the reading?

A. Watering Trees
B. Growing Roots
C. Doctor and his Neighbor
D. Father and his Children