My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me . I decided to use it the very day and I washed a lot of things .
Everything worked well , but I found one of my husband’s socks(短袜)  missing . I looked everywhere for it , but I couldn’t find it anywhere .
The next morning , I got ready for school as usual . When the bell rang , the students came in . I greeted them and told them what we were going to do that day .
When I turned around to write on the blackboard , the class bursted out a roar (大笑声)! They laughed and laughed . They laughed so much , in fact ,that I was afraid the headmaster would be in to see all this .
I asked the class to stop , but the more I talked , the more they laughed . I decided to pay no attention to them and I continued to write on the blackboard . when I did this , they roared even more .
Finally , the teacher who had the room next to mine came in to see what all the laughter was about .
“Good heavens ,” I said , “Will someone please tell me what is so funny?”
“Oh , God,” said the teacher , “You have a brown sock to the back of your skirt !”
So that’s how I found my husband’s missing sock .
“Oh , well ,” I said to the class , “Let’s just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity(静电)。”
【小题1】What was the writer ?

My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me . I decided to use it the very day and I washed a lot of things .

Everything worked well , but I found one of my husband’s socks(短袜) missing . I looked everywhere for it , but I couldn’t find it anywhere .

The next morning , I got ready for school as usual . When the bell rang , the students came in . I greeted them and told them what we were going to do that day .

When I turned around to write on the blackboard , the class burst into a roar (大笑声)! They laughed and laughed . They laughed so much , in fact ,that I was afraid the headmaster would come in to see all this .

I asked the class to stop , but the more I talked , the more they laughed . I decided to pay no attention to them and I continued to write on the blackboard . when I did this , they roared even more .

Finally , the teacher who had the room next to mine came in to see what all the laughter was about .

“Good heavens ,” I said , “Will someone please tell me what is so funny?”

“Oh , God,” said the teacher , “You have a brown sock to the back of your skirt !”

So that’s how I found my husband’s missing sock .

“Oh , well ,” I said to the class , “Let’s just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity(静电)。”

36．What was the writer ?

A. A washer　　 B. A student　 C. A headmaster　　 D. A teacher

37．What happened when the writer turned around to write on the blackboard ?

A. The class roared with anger .

B. The class began to laugh loudly .

C. Another teacher came in

D. There was a loud noise outside the room

38．Why couldn’t she find one of her husband’s socks?

A. Because some students had hidden it .

B. Because her husband had taken it away .

C. Because she had left it in the classroom .

D. Because she never expected that it would stick to her skirt .

39．What did the writer do when she got to know why her students laughed?

A. She did nothing but laugh.

B. She got angry with the class .

C. She did nothing

D. She explained the matter in a clever way .

London--- A mother has criticised（批评）“selfish” passers-by for failing to help her teenage son after he fainted (晕倒) on a packed tram platform.

Oliver Tiplady was on his way to school when he fainted at the tram stop. But instead of helping the 14-year-old, who was in school uniform，those nearby simply walked around him. Her mother, Susan Tiplady , said, “How can people leave a child for that matter, on the floor like that? How could they all have ignored him? They must have lacked any basic humanity and had no piry on a child.” She said her son regained consciousness (意识) about ten minutes after fainting at the tram stop last week. “He managed to get up and sit down before his friends turned up, but by then he was too embarrassed to tell them what had happened. It wasn’t until he got to school that he told a teacher.” she added.

BEIJING - At least 15 pupils were confirmed dead after a school bus rolled over in Xuzhou, East China's Jiangsu province.

The accident occurred around 6 pm on Monday .There were 29 pupils on the bus .The bus was traveling on the road when two electric bikes suddenly cut in and the driver was trying to avoid them.. The bus was produced by Shaolin Auto Co Ltd in Henan province and had a full capacity ( 容量) of 52 passengers.

South Korea ---South Korea's largest mobile phone operator said Thursday that it will offer cell phone users a new noise service that it says will drive away mosquitoes（蚊子）.

SK Telecom Co. said consumers can pay 3,000 won ( 韩元 ) （$2.50） to download a sound wave that can’t be heard by human ears but annoys mosquitoes within a range of three feet. Customers can then play the sound just by hitting a few buttons on their mobile phones. The company claimed that the service worked during tests .The service, which begins Monday, has one drawback: it consumes as much battery power as normal cell phone rings.

56. After Oliver Tiplady fainted at the tram stop , ________

A. the passers-by went up to him and helped him up.

B. his friends turned up and helped him up in the end .

C. he told the whole story to his friends and teacher .

D. he came to life and struggled to his feet himself eventually.

57. The best word to describe the passers–by is ______  .

A. warm-hearted       B. considerate       C. cold-hearted       D. calm

58. From the passage , we can infer _______

A. the accident happened because of two electric bikes .

B. the school bus was overloaded when the accident happened .

C. the bus driver was speeding up when the accident happened .

D. the bus driver was driving carelessly when the accident happened.

59. According to the passage , we know the service of the cell phone _______ .　

A. can drive away mosquitoes beyond three feet .

B. will cost the consumers lots of money to enjoy

C. is complicated for the consumers to enjoy

D. is easy to operate but a bit energy-consuming