"Do you like my dress?" she asked a stranger. "My mum made it just for me," she said with tears in her eyes.

"Well, I think it's very pretty, so tell me, little girl, why are you crying?"

The little girl answered in a low voice, "After mum made me this dress, she went away. My dad says that she's up in heaven (天堂) now with Grandfather."

Finally the woman realized why she was crying. She felt very sorry for the little girl and gently held the child in her arms.

Then suddenly the little girl did something a bit strange. She stopped crying, walked back from the woman and began to sing. She sang softly. It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard, almost like the song of a very small bird.

After the child stopped singing, she said to the lady, "My mum often sang that song to me before she went away, and she asked me to sing it whenever I started crying and it would make me stop."

"See," she said loudly, "it did, and now my eyes are dry!"

Just before the lady wanted to go, the girl showed her a spot (印迹) on her dress, and said, "Right here is where my mum kissed (吻) my dress, and here," pointing to another spot, "and here is another kiss, and here, and here. Mum said that she put all those kisses on my dress so that I would forget my sadness."

Then the lady realized that she wasn't just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at a mother. The mother knew that she was going away and would not be there to kiss away her daughter's hurts any longer.

So the mother gave all her love to her beautiful daughter and put it into this dress. Now her child was wearing it so proudly.

The lady no longer saw a little girl wearing a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped (包) in her mother's love.

46. The little girl was crying because her mother ____.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

A. went to a big city　　　　　　　　　　 B. died

C. went out with her grandfather　　　　　 D. was ill

47. Who told the little girl to sing a song when she was crying?　　　　　　　　　　　

A. The lady.　　　　 B. Her father.　　　 C. Her mother.　　　 D. Her grandfather.

48. The little girl showed the lady ____.　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

A. how rich she was　　　　　　　　　　 B. her happiness

C. how beautiful she was　　　　　　　　 D. her mother's love

49. What do we know about the lady in the passage?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

A. She was kind to the girl.　　　　　　　 B. She was beautiful.

C. She was glad to see the girl.　　　　　　 D. She was a careless woman.

50. From the story, we learn that_____.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

A. the girl's mother went away with her love

B. mother's love is the greatest in the world

C. a girl should wear a dress made by her mother

D. a mother should take her child with her wherever she goes

13 October

Dear Editor,

    I am writing to ask what has happened to the young. They are not as polite, hardworking or clever as my generation(一代人). I'll give you an example.

    Last Friday, I got on the underground at 9:15 a.m. it was very busy so there were no free seats. There were some teenagers(青少年) sitting on the seats near me. I don't know why they were not at school. They were talking loudly and laughing. It was difficult to read my newspaper with all the noise. A heavily pregnant(怀孕的) woman and her daughter got on at the next stop, with lots of shopping bags. I expected the teenagers to let them sit down. They slowly did so but gave me an impolite look. I took off at the next stop and was glad that the teenagers didn't follow me.

    I worried about the future of our country. How could these young people become responsible (有责任心的)workers and parents? They sit around McDonald's after School instead of going to the library like I did at their age. Maybe they have too much money. Perhaps another reader can give us an idea about what to do with this "lost generation ".

                                                               Franz Johnson

                                                                  20 October

Dear Editor,

I read Mr. Johnson’s letter about the problem of today’s young people with much interest.

He described teenagers on a train not giving seat to a pregnant woman and her daughter. I was the woman. We must have seen things differently. I found the teenagers helpful and kind. Did Mr.

Johnson see the teenagers help me off the train? Did he see them carry me shopping bags to a taxi for me? Did he see them friendly to my daughter? Obviously(明显地) not.

"Older" people often say today's youth isn't as good as their generation. Their parents said that about them. Mr Johnson must accept(接受.) that the world is changing and young people are changing with it. I find today's young people are changing with it. I found today's young people mostly kind and more fun than my generation.

Perhaps Mr. Johnson should really try to get to know some young people before he calls them the "lost generation".

                                                               Linda  Black                                                                                                     1. Mr. Johnson wrote the letter to          .                              

   A. ask for help from the newspaper          B. find the way to solve the problem

   C. show his worry towards the young        D. teach the young people a lesson

2. When Mr. Johnson was young, he usually          after school.

    A. went to the library                        B. read newspaper

    C. went to McDonald' s                      D. helped people in trouble   

3. In the second letter, Mrs. Black         .

     A. discussed the problem with the old

     B. told another story about the young people 

     C. wanted to show her thanks to the young people

     D. wanted the "older" to understand the young

4. Which of the following is the correct order of what happened?

    ①Mrs. Black wrote to the newspaper.

 ②Mrs. Black took a taxi With her daughter.

③Mrs. Black got on the train with her daughter.

    ④Mr. Johnson asked the young to give her seat.

    ⑤Mr. Johnson thought the young might follow him.           

    A. ②③④⑤①    B. ③②④⑤①       C. ③④⑤②①    D. ⑤③①④②

5. From the two letters we can learn that             .

      A. Mrs. Black didn't like the old like Johnson 

      B. people have different ideas about the young 

      C. older people are more helpful than the youth  

      D. people should talk more about the same story

Computers are very important to modern life. Many people think that in the future we will use computers in everyday life. It is thought that we won’t have to go shopping because we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on the Internet. There will be no more books because we will be able to get all texts from computers. People will use the Internet to play games, see films and buy food. Also,we can use the Internet to make telephone calls.
Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communication (交际). Others do not think that computers will replace our old ways.
Let’s look at books, for example. Some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper. Instead, we will buy and read books using computers. We’ll read texts on small pocket computers. The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time. We won’t need to turn to lots of pages and we will save lots of paper. We will use more and more computerized (计算机化的) books
Is Internet shopping such a pleasure(愉快的事) as going to the shop? Many people say it is not. It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. It is also unlikely (不大可能) that many people will want to read large texts on our computers, because paper books may be more friendly. Maybe computers won’t change these two habits .

1. 1.

   In the future , people will use computers for ___.

   1. A.
      playing games, shopping and making telephone calls
   2. B.
      making telephone calls, having meals and seeing films
   3. C.
      seeing films, buying food and going for holidays
   4. D.
      playing games, making telephone calls and seeing the doctors
2. 2.

   In the passage, the word “replace” means ___.

   1. A.
      更新
   2. B.
      取代
   3. C.
      交换
   4. D.
      放弃
3. 3.

   Which reason for using computerized books is not said in the passage?

   1. A.
      Computerized books won’t be very expensive.
   2. B.
      Computers can keep many different books in them.
   3. C.
      We won’t have lots of pages.
   4. D.
      We won’t need any paper.
4. 4.

   It tells us _________ in the last paragraph

   1. A.
      about the old and new ways of shopping and communicating
   2. B.
      if the Internet will change our habits
   3. C.
      about computerized books
   4. D.
      about future uses of computers
5. 5.

   The title for this passage is ___.

   1. A.
      Computers will replace shops and books
   2. B.
      Computers are the future
   3. C.
      Computers will do everything for man
   4. D.
      How computers change our life

One day an Indian went to see his doctor. The doctor looked him over and said, “Medicine won’t help you. You must have a good rest. Go to a quiet country place for a month, go to bed early, drink milk, walk a lot, and smoke only one cigar(雪茄) a day.”

A month later, the Indian came to see the doctor again. “How are you?” said the doctor. “I’m glad to see you again. You look much younger.” “Oh, doctor, I feel quite well now,” said the Indian, “I had a good rest. I went to bed early. I drank a lot of milk. I walked a lot. You certainly helped me. But you told me to smoke one cigar a day, and that almost(几乎) killed me at first. It was not easy to begin smoking at my age.”

1.One day an Indian________________.          .

A．went to see a friend                     B．felt very tired

C．wasn’t feeling well                     D．went to help his doctor

2.His doctor_______.          .

A．could not help him                      B．told him what to do

C．was good to him                        D．was glad to see him

3.When the Indian came to see the doctor again,_________.          .

A．the Indian felt quite well                  B．the doctor wasn’t free

C．the Indian was younger                   D．the doctor looked him over again

4.The Indian told the doctor,__________.         .

A．he liked doing all those things

B．he almost killed him

C．to smoke one cigar a day

D．one cigar a day was very difficult at the beginning

5.From the story we can guess          .

A．the Indian was a young man               B．the doctor was a good doctor

C．the Indian would go on smoking            D．the doctor wasn’t very careful