(A)A fire-engine will arrive quickly．The firemen know what to do．They have long ladders to reach high windows．

(B)If you want to be a fireman，you must he strong and healthy．A fireman has to be able to carry heavy things．He has to be able to climb ladders and to work in high places．So he also has to be brave．

(C)They try their best to rescue the people who can’t get out．If some people are hurt，they are taken to hospital in ambulances(救护车)．

(D)When a fire begins，we must tell the fireman．Do you know how to do this?

(E)After all the people have been rescued，the firemen put out the fire．Sometimes this is very difficult because some people keep things in passages and on stairs．Then the firemen can’t get past to fight the fire．

(F)Go to the nearest telephone and dial the number 119．When someone speaks，tell him about the fire．Speak slowly and clearly．

（A）A little girl thought she was less beautiful than other girls, and nobody liked her．So she was always unhappy and didn’t like to talk to others．However，one day, her mother gave her a beautiful hair dip（发夹）．When she wore it，（B）她看上去比以前漂亮多了．She decided to wear it to school．

    On her way to school she found that everyone who saw her smiled at her．Most of her schoolmates said “hello” to her, but this（C）________happened before．She thought that the beautiful hair clip had brought her them all．She was so happy about all of the wonderful things．Although she didn’t tell her classmates about her beautiful hair clip，they all wanted to know what had happened to her．

      When she went back home after School．her mother asked her,“ Did you know you dropped your hair clip? I found（D）it by the door this morning．“

She understood that she hadn’t（E）__________the hair clip to school at all．

It is not important what we wear or how we look．The most important is how we mink about ourselves．

1．将画线部分（A）改写为：A little girl thought she was______ ______beautiful _____other girls，and nobody liked her．

2．将画线部分（B）译成英语：_________________________________

3．在（C）和（E）的空白处分别填入一个适当的词语：_____________；___________

4．句中画线部分（D）在文中所指代的是：_____________________

5．写出能说明本文大意的主题句：________________________

读一读，对一对：对号入座

(    )1.  Where is her pen pal from?                    A.  At 4.P.m.

(    )2.  May I have a look at your  card?               B.  She’s swimming.

(    )3.  When is your birthday?                       C. No, I don’t. It’s hard for me.

(    )4.  What’s his phone number?                     D. Zhou Runfa

(    )5.  What color is your box?                       E. It’s 243-0876.

(    )6.  Who’s your favorite film star?                  F. Sure. Here it is.

(    )7.  Can you play the piano?                      G. No, I can’t.

(    )8.  Do you like playing chess?                    H. He’s from the UK.

(    )9.  What time does it close on Sunday?             I. It’s blue and yellow.

(    )10.  What is Lucy doing in the river?               J. December 4th

Gloria is a famous hostess（女主持人）of a TV station．When she was 15，she happened to walk into a bookstore in her hometown and began looking at the books on the shelves．（A）The man behind the counter, John Smith, asked,“"Would you like a job in the bookstore?”She needed to start saving for（B）_______，so she said yes．

Gloria worked after school and during summer vacations，and the job helped pay for her first year of college．During college she would do many other jobs; she served coffee in the student union，was a hotel cleaner and even made maps for the Forest Service．But selling books was one of the most satisfying jobs．

One day a woman came into the bookstore and asked Gloria for books on cancer．The woman seemed（C）anxious．Gloria showed her everything they had and found other books they could order．The woman left the store less worried，and Gloria has always remembered the pride（D）she felt in having helped her customer（顾客）．

Years later，as a television hostess，Gloria heard about a child who was born with problems with his fingers and hand．His family was so（E）______that they could not afford（花费得起）an operation，and the boy lived in shame，hiding his hand in his pocket all the time．

Gloria persuaded（说服）her boss to agree to let her do the story．After the story was broadcast, some doctors called，offering to（F）carry out the operation for free．

Gloria visited the boy in the hospital after the operation．The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand end say,“Thank you．”What a sweet sense of satisfaction Gloria felt!

At Smith’s bookstore，Gloria always realized she was working for the customers, not the store．Today it’s the same．The TV station pays her, but she feels that she should work for the people who watch the programmes，and that（G）她应该帮助他们更好地理解这个世界．

1．将画线部分（A）改写为：

The man behind the counter, John Smith, asked ______ ______ like a job in the bookstore．

2．在（B）和（E）的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：______;______

3．写出画线部分（C）和（F）的同义或近义词语：______; ______

4．句中画线部分（D）在文中所指代的是：______

5．将画线部分（G）译成英语：____________________________________