A Letter to a Friend

February 12,2001

　　Dear Mary,

　　It is early afternoon and I am sitting in a small restaurant close to my work. It is raining and I'm feeling homesick(思乡的). I'm thinking of you and all of my friends in Mexico. I miss everyone. Outside the streets are crowed with people. All of them are wearing coats and carrying umbrellas. Everyone is in a hurry to get to a dry place. Buses and cars are moving up and down the street. Inside it is warm and pleasant. There are two old women at the table next to mine. One of them is wearing a funny hat. They are talking and laughing. A young man is sitting at a small table near the window. He is eating a piece of pie. It looks delicious. You know, the food in New Orleans is very good. I am fine. I am learning a lot in my classes. I like most of my teachers and classmates. I have classes every morning. I work every afternoon and I study every evening. I don't have much free time, but I like my life in New Orleans.

　　I hope that you are well and happy. How is school? How 1s your English? Can you read my letter? Please write soon. I enjoy your letters with news from home.

Your friend,

Maria　　

根据所给短文，回答下列问题。

1．Where does this letter come from?

It comes from________ ________.

2．What does Maria do every afternoon?

She ________ in the restaurant every afternoon.

3．What was the weather like that day?

It ________ ________.

4．How was Maria's life every day?

He was ________ ________ every day.

5．How was Mary's English? Do you know?

Mary's English is ________ ________ than Maria's.

A teacher stood in front of his history class of twenty students just before handing out the final exam. His students sat quietly and waited for him to speak.
“It’s been a pleasure teaching you this term,” he said. “You’ve all worked very hard, so I have a pleasant surprise for you. Everyone who chooses not to take the final exam will get a ‘B’ for the course.”
Most of the students jumped out of their seats. They thanked the teacher happily, and walked out of the classroom. Only a few students stayed. The teacher looked at them. “This is your last chance,” he said. “Does anyone else want to leave?” All the students there stayed in their seats and took out their pencils.
The teacher smiled. “Congratulations (祝贺),” he said. “I’m glad to see you believe in yourselves. You all get A.”
【小题1】This story most probably took place       .

A．at the beginning of the term	B．in the middle of the term
C．at the end of the term	D．at the beginning of the school year

【小题2】Most of the students got Grade ______.

A．‘A’

B．‘B’

C．‘C’

D．‘F’

【小题3】Why did some students stay in their seats?

A．Because they wanted to take the exam.

B．Because the teacher told them to stay in their class.

C．Because they were afraid to leave.

D．Because they didn’t have anything to do.

【小题4】The teacher gave the students who stayed in the classroom A because ______.

A．the teacher liked them

B．they were cleverer than the other students

C．they believed in themselves

D．they studied hard

A small town named Bundanoon in Australia has decided to stop the sale of bottled water(瓶装水). They say that bottled water can cause environmental problems. Too many resources(资源) are used to make bottled water. When people finish drinking the water, the bottles will be thrown away and go into dustbins. So they require local people in the town to stop buying bottled water and use tap water to drink. Visitors are encouraged to get water from water stations in the main streets, and fill the water in bottles that can be used again. The decision has been supported(支持) by all the shopkeepers in the town. Bundanoon is the world’s first town that has got its shop selling bottled water. Probably we should follow the example. Let’s stop buying bottled water and use tap water！

Australian Town Bans(禁止) Bottled Water
Where bottled water is first banned	A small town with the ____61_______ Bundanoon
___62_____ bottled water is banned	To help solve environmental problems
What local people use for ______63____	Tap water, not bottled water
The place which visitors get water ___64	Water stations in the main streets
Other people who have supported the plan	______65____ the shopkeepers in the town

A funny thing happened to my sister Tina last month. She lives in Japan and teaches English. In Japan, people don’t usually wear their outdoor shoes in the house or in school, and a lot of buildings have places for shoes. So her school ahs a special place for shoes.      【小题1】         
Tina teaches English in the evening. One Friday, she went to school, and she put her shoes in the shoe box—as usual. Then she had an interesting spoken English class with her students.   【小题2】       But to her surprise, her shoes weren’t in the box. There was only one pair of those there, and they weren’t her hoes! She had to get home in a hurry.     【小题3】         
On Monday, at her next English class, her shoes were in a shopping bag on her desk! There was a note that said, “I’m so sorry. I took your shoes by mistake!”    【小题4】      Somebody felt a lot of shame!

A．It’s a shoe box. B．Tina is my sister. C．So she put on the shoes and left. D．After class she got ready to leave. E. But there was no name on the note.

 

A famous foreign company in China wanted a clerk for its public relation department(公关部).
A beautiful girl with a master’s degree(硕士学位) went through a lot of challenges and her name was o  67 【小题1】 the list. In the final stage she had an i  68  【小题2】together with another girl. B  69  【小题3】of them were excellent, not only in looks but also in education.
The girl was s  70 【小题4】in the interview. It seemed that she would get the c 71  .【小题5】At last the examiner asked her, “Can you come to the office n  72  【小题6】Monday?” Shocked by the unexpected question, the beautiful girl couldn’t make a d  73  【小题7】
at the moment, so she said, “ I have to talk with my parents before I give an answer. “ The examiner felt surprised but said calmly, “ If so, let’s wait u  74 【小题8】 you are ready.”
The next day, the girl came to tell the examiner that her parents had a  75 【小题9】 to let her begin work next Monday. But the examine said regretfully(遗憾地), “Sorry, another suitable candidate(候选人) has got the job. You had b  76 【小题10】 try another place.” The beautiful girl was surprised. She asked for an explanation and was told, “What is needed here is a person who knows her own mind.”
That was how a good chance right under the nose of a beautiful girl ran away.