C

“Everything happens for the best.” Whenever I faced disappointment, my mother would say this to me.

After I graduated form college in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer(廣播員). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But unluckily, I was refused every time.

At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t hire(雇傭) a person without any experience and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no such jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete to work for it. I wanted this job, but I was refused again.

“Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.

As I left his office, I felt so frustrated. “How can I become a sports announcer if I can’t get a job in a radio station?” I asked aloud.

While I was waiting for the elevator, I heard someone calling. It was MacArthur. “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to have a try. He was pleased with my performance, and he offered me a chance to work there.

On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words: “If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if without the failure before.”

1.Why couldn’t the writer find a job at big radio stations?

2.Which of the following is the correct order of events?

a. The writer got a job as a sports announcer at a radio station.

b. The writer was refused when he wanted jobs in Chicago.

c. The writer graduated from college.

d. The writer went back to his hometown to look for a job.

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

4. According to the last paragraph, what did the writer’s mom want to tell him?

There was a man who had a little son. He loved him very much. Every day after work the man would come home and play with the little boy.

When the man came home from work one night, he found that he had some extra work to do. And he wasn’t able to play with his little son. He wanted to give the boy something to keep him busy. So, looking around his study, he saw a magazine with a large map of the world on the cover. He got an idea. He patiently tore the map up into pieces. Then he led his son into the dining room and spread the pieces on the table. He explained to the boy that it was a map of the world. He told the boy to put it back together and they could play together when he finished. Surely this could keep the child busy for hours, he thought.

After about thirty minutes, the boy came to the man and said, “Okay, it’s finished, Dad. Can we play now?”

The man was surprised, saying, “That’s amazing! How did you do that?” The boy said, “It was easy. On the back of the page was a picture of a man. When I put the man together, the whole world appeared completely.”

1. Why couldn’t the man play with his son that night? 

A. He had to read a magazine.                 B. He had some extra work to do.

C. He had to learn something about a map.     D. He had to stay at his office for extra work.

2.What did the man ask his son to do?

A. To read the magazine to find the map.

B. To tear the map of the world up into pieces.

C. To put the pieces of the map of the world back together.

D. To clean the dining room first, and then read the map of the world.

3. How long did it take the boy to finish the work?

A. A few hours.      B. About an hour.    C. About half an hour.   D. The whole night.

4.Which of the following is TRUE about the passage?

A. It’s a report about a father’s extra work.

B. It’s a story between a father and his clever son.

C. It’s an advertisement for the map of the world.

D. It’s a poster about how to deal with parents’ problems.

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Linda loves her dog Davy. They went to New York City last Saturday. While Linda was buying a newspaper at the train station, the dog got out of his box and ran away. The station was crowded and Linda couldn’t see Davy anywhere. When Linda shouted his name, some people looked at her but Davy didn’t come. Then she called the police. While she was talking on the telephone, Davy met another dog outside the station. While the police were coming, Linda walked around the station and called Davy’s name. She didn’t think about looking outside the station. Finally, a little boy said to her, “Did you look outside? I saw a big black dog when I came in.” When Linda finally saw Davy, he was jumping and running with another dog. There was a police officer next to them. The police officer said to Linda, “I think my dog found your dog.”
【小題1】What did Linda do when her dog ran away?
【小題2】Why couldn’t Linda see Davy？
【小題3】Where was Davy while Linda was looking for him？
【小題4】What happened while Linda was on the telephone？
【小題5】What was Davy doing when Linda finally saw him？

One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of wheat to town. Suddenly the bag fell off his horse onto the road. He did not know what he could do about it because it was too heavy for him to lift by himself. He only hoped that someone would soon pass by and lend him a hand.
Just at his moment, a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer felt disappointed when he saw who he was. It was the great man who lived nearby. He thought the great man wouldn’t help him, and hoped another farmer would come up. But to his surprise, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came near, “I see you need help,” he said, “I’m here just at the right time. ” Then he took one end of the bag and the farmer took the other, They lifed it together and put it on the horse.
“Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?”
“It’s quite easy,” the great man answered, “when you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him. ”
【小題1】What did the poor farmer take to town?

Hello Sandy,

We have just returned form our holiday. We went with our friends，Edward Smith and his wife Tina, to the Yorkshire Moors. It is a beautiful natural park. There are lots of places to walk on the tops of the hills，miles of grassland with no people，just sheep and birds.

? Edward had just come out of hospital and he could not walk as far as before. However, this meant that we walked in the mornings, and then stopped at a restaurant for lunch each day before returning to the place we lived in. Edward and I slept in front of the fire all afternoon, while the ladies went for another walk. Very pleasant!

I took lots of photos from the place we lived in, across the valley (山谷）below us, of the morning sunrise, and the mist(迷霧）in the valley. Also, in England, the old steam-powered trains are very popular. I took many photos of the train.

Yesterday we had the first snow of this winter. It is very early. We usually have snow in January. It rained all day, then snowed in the evening .Today we have bright sunshine! Both Jenny and I are well. I don’t know if I told you, in the last e-mail , that Jenny is now working in a hotel. Although she has to work hard, people there are nice, and she is enjoying the work.

Please write to us to tell us your news.

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Yours,?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Victor

1.What can they see on the tops of the hills??

A. Sheep and birds?? B. Snow.?? C. Many people.?? D. Forests.

2.Why couldn’t Edward walk very far?

A. Because he didn’t like walking.???? B. Because he was in hospital.

C. Because he was weak then.???????? D. Because his wife didn’t go.

3.What’s the season now?

A. Spring?????? B. Winter???? C. Summer??? D. Autumn

4.Where does Jenny work now?

A. In a computer company????? B. In the hospital

C. In a restaurant????????????? D. In a hotel

5.Victor wrote to tell Sandy _____.

A. he just came back from his holiday???

B. Edward could not walk as far as before

C. they had the first snow of this winter?

D. how things were going with the holiday.