One afternoon Mrs.Green’s husband wanted to catch the 3:30 flight to London to have an important meeting. She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o’clock and said that he was still at the airport.

     “What happened to you?”asked Mrs Green.

     “Well,” said Mr. Green, “Everything was going fine. I got my ticket, checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate. I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer. I shouted to him and a policeman caught me.”

      “Why did he catch you?”

      “I don’t know,”said Mr.Green, “As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me.”

      “What did you shout to your friend?”

      “All I said was ‘Hi, Jack’. You know that’s the usual way we say hello to our friends.”

      “But you don’t know the sentence ‘Hi,Jack’ also means to take control of a plane by force.”

1.How did Mr.Green want to go to London?

A. By train        B. By bus         C. By airplane     D. By ship

2.Why was Mrs. Green surprised? Because her husband_______

A. didn’t arrive the airport in time

B. was still at the airport at 5 o’clock

C. didn’t want to go to London

D. was in London at 5 o’clock

3.When did Mr.Green get to the airport that afternoon?_______

A. Before 3:30     B. After 3:30     C. At 3:30         D. At about 5:00

4.What was Jack Scott in the passage? He was _________

A. a pilot      B. a policeman at the airport     C. an engineer     D. an actor

One afternoon Mrs. Green's husband wanted to catch the 3：30 flight to London to have an important meeting．She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o’clock and said that he was still at the airport．

‘'What happened to you?” asked Mrs. Green．

“Well,” said Mr. Green，”Everything was going fine．I got my ticket，checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate．I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer．I shouted to him and a policeman caught me?”

      “Why did he catch you?’’

“I don't know．” said Mr. Green．”As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me?”

“What did you shout to your friend?”

“All I said was ‘Hi．Jack’．You know that's the usual way we say hello to our friends?”

    “But you don't know the sentence ‘Hi，Jack’ also means to take control of a plane by force（武力）．”

1．How was Mr. Green going to London?

2．Why was Mrs. Green surprised?

3．Who did Mr. Green meet when he walked across the runway to the airplane?

4．‘Hi．Jack’ is often used to say hello to somebody, but it also has another meaning．What is it?

Time is very important in our lives．But it never had any importance in my life until I  1   a watch from my father that made me responsible(有责任)．It  2  me the importance of time in my life．

    I got this gift on a gray - sky day. I had to go to the  3  at 9:00 am to pick up my uncle. Ali and take him to my father's hoarse. However, I forgot it   4  I was playing with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 am, I   5  my uncle, but I was late for him. He had got out of the plane and   6  a taxi to my father's house.

    I got to my father's house at 2:00 pm  7  . My father looked at me angrily. I said "hi" to him and my  8  uncle. My father asked me to sit  9  him and handed me this watch which was a gift from  10   . It weighed 8 oz and all of it was made of silver. Then he said,"Essa, did you have fun  11   your friends today? What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your  12  . "I felt sorry and told my father that I wouldn't do it again. Then he said ,. " This watch will be a reminder(提醒物) for you. I hope today you have learned something  13  "

     I learned a lesson from my father: to respect(尊重) time and  14  be late. The watch is important to me, not because of its   15  , but because of the lesson that I learned from it.

 1. A. bought            B. received          C. borrowed           D. broke

 2. A. learned           B. found             C. sent                 D. told

 3. A. airport            B. school            C. hospital              D. station

 4. A. when             B. because           C. if                 D. though

 5. A saw               B. forgot            C. remembered                D. met

 6. A. got               B. caught            C. invited              D. taken

 7. A. one day before      B. the next day       C. the same day          D. the other day

 8. A. surprised          B. tired              C. nervous              D. lonely

 9. A. next to            B. around            C. behind               D. away from

 10. A. us               B. him              C. them                 D. you

 11. A. of               B. for               C. with                 D. about

 12. A. words            B. actions            C. play                 D. fun

 13. A. important         B. interesting         C. expensive             D. wonderful

 14. A. never            B. usually            C. sometimes             D. often

 15. A. look             B. price              C. size                  D. weight