______ Rose ______ Mary was at home yesterday afternoon.

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　　A. Neither, nor   B. Both, and

　　C. Either, nor    D. Not only, also

Mary is twenty-three years old. She is a nurse at a big hospital. She is very kind, and all of her patients like her very much.
One day she was out shopping when she saw an old woman waiting to cross a busy street. Mary wanted to cross the street, too, so she went over to help the woman cross. When Mary was near her, she shouted happily, “Mrs Herman! You were my patient last year.” “Oh, thank you very much, Mary,” Mrs Herman said, and stepped forward. “No, no, Mrs Herman,” Mary said quickly, “the light’s still red.”“Oh,” Mrs Herman answered as she stepped back. “I can easily cross the street alone when the light’s green.”
【小题1】Mary is a young         .

A．doctor

B．nurse

C．teacher

D．farmer

【小题2】 Why do Mary’s patients like her a lot?        .

A．Because she is very had	B．Because she is serious
C．Because she is very kind	D．Because she is their aunt

【小题3】Mary_______________ before she met her in the street.

A．knew Mrs Herman	B．didn’t know Mrs Herman
C．lived with Mrs Herman	D．didn’t see Mrs Herman

【小题4】Mary told Mrs Herman         .

A．to cross the street until the light was red

B．not to cross the street until the light was red

C．to cross the street until the light was green

D．not to cross the street until the light was green

【小题5】How many people in all are there in the passage?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

Mary is twenty-three years old. She is a nurse at a big hospital. She is very kind, and all of her patients like her very much.

One day she was out shopping when she saw an old woman waiting to cross a busy street. Mary wanted to cross the street, too, so she went over to help the woman cross. When Mary was near her, she shouted happily, “Mrs Herman! You were my patient last year.” “Oh, thank you very much, Mary,” Mrs Herman said, and stepped forward. “No, no, Mrs Herman,” Mary said quickly, “the light’s still red.”“Oh,” Mrs Herman answered as she stepped back. “I can easily cross the street alone when the light’s green.”

1.Mary is a young         .

A．doctor

B．nurse

C．teacher

D．farmer

2. Why do Mary’s patients like her a lot?        .

A．Because she is very had	B．Because she is serious
C．Because she is very kind	D．Because she is their aunt

3.Mary_______________ before she met her in the street.

A．knew Mrs Herman	B．didn’t know Mrs Herman
C．lived with Mrs Herman	D．didn’t see Mrs Herman

4.Mary told Mrs Herman         .

A．to cross the street until the light was red

B．not to cross the street until the light was red

C．to cross the street until the light was green

D．not to cross the street until the light was green

5.How many people in all are there in the passage?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

 

The Girl From the Street

The workers who brought the girl to the orphanage（孤儿院）knew little about her. The streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write. While she was studying at the orphanage, she learned something else—to be independent（独立）. At twenty-one, she left the orphanage and began working as a secretary.（秘书）And then, in 1975, while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special happened. She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now her name, Mary Cheung, was known to everybody.

Mary entered the competition because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager. When she was working as a manager, she had trouble with her reports. “My English just wasn’t good enough.” She says. Luckily, she had a boyfriend (who later became her husband) to help her.

Mary studied management（管理）at Hong Kong and graduated in 1980, She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the University of Hong Kong. Since 1987, she had spent a lot of time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many places---China, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV, write for newspapers and bring up her family.

The girl from the street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet.

1.Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage, ___________.

A．She had lived with her parents whose names were not known

B．She had lived in the street for many years

C．The workers knew her well

D．She had learned to write and read by herself

2.The sentence “orphanage girl could be something” means that orphanage girls could be_________.

A．popular and successful                   B．understood by others

C．Miss Hong Kong                         D．known to everybody

3.This passage is probably taken from___________.

A．a newspaper       B．a science magazine C．a history textbook   D．a novel

4.According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A．All the children at the orphanage liked Mary.  B．Mary was not happy as a secretary.

C．Mary’s boyfriend was good at English.       D．Mary’s life in the orphanage was difficult.

 

Mary was a 911 operator(接线员) in Los Angeles. One Thursday morning, she was surprised to get a call from a young child who said, “Mom is ill, Mom is ill”, again and again. Mary hurried to find the address of the call. She called the police. In a minute, the policemen and doctors arrived at the house. They broke the door open, and they couldn’t believe their eyes. The little child was so young that maybe she could not walk! She was sitting beside her mother and holding her mother’s hand. Tears(眼泪) were running down her face.
The doctor gave the woman some medicine and soon she woke up. Later, she told people , “Everyone was surprised that my daughter could call 911. One Monday I tried to teach her how to call 911.” “It’s the first time I’ve seen a two-year-old child call 911.”
【小题1】 What did Mary do every day? ______________

A．She answered the telephone calls.

B．She talked with the policemen and the doctors.

C．She played with the children.

D．She dealt with emergencies(紧急情况).

【小题2】 How did she feel when she answered the little girl’s call? _______________

A．She was worried.	B．She was sorry.
C．She was surprised.	D．She was happy.

【小题3】How did the police and the doctors get into the house?_________________

A．They went in through the windows.	B．They broke the door open.
C．They didn’t go in.	D．The woman was outside. They didn’t need to go in.

【小题4】 How could the little girl learn to call 911?________________

A．She learnt it by herself.	B．She called it by chance.(偶然地)
C．Her mother taught her one Monday	D．Her mother often taught her.

【小题5】 How old was the little girl?_________________-

A．Only two.	B．She was nine.
C．She was five.	D．She couldn’t walk, so she must be less one.