56. Betty：My parents are always talking to me about studying. I know studying is very important,   but they put too much pressure on me. How can I explain to my parents that I need some free time?

57. Jimmy：My best friend Tony is a nice young man, but he has a bad habit. He is always late. Once he turned up thirty minutes late for a meeting! What can I do to break him of this bad habit?

58.David：I have a new roommate named Louis. He is my good friend, but he is making me crazy because he is very untidy. He leaves his dirty clothes everywhere and never makes bed.                                                 

59. Mike：My cousin plays computer games a lot and he keeps on talking to me about them. I don’t have any interest at all,but I find it difficult to stop him.                                                                 

60. Alice：I’m feeling upset these days because the result of my last English exam was not as good as I had expected. My teacher comforted me, “Don’t worry. You can do better next time.” But I’m still feeling bad. I need your help.  

A: Next time when he begins talking,you might interrupt him with a smile,saying,“That’s interesting,but I hope you understand this is my time to relax.I read to do some reading now.” B: You could try talking to him about the importance of being on time. If it doesn’t work, one trick you can try is to ask him to set his clock 15 minutes ahead. C: Tell your parents how you feel.Let them know you respect them.Maybe you can make a deal with them. For example,ask them far one day off each week to do what you want to do. D: “Be yourself”is the best solution.If I were you,I’d tell him to leave me alone.At least tell him,“That was hurtful.Please don’t say things like that to me.I can make my own decision.” E: You can have a talk with him and see if you could both be a little less nervous about your attitudes towards housekeeping. F: Scores are important for a student,but you don’t have to care too much about the result of one test.Maybe it’s more important to find out why you failed to achieve your goal.Try to do better next time.

Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn't think there would be any difficulty in getting it repaired, as there are a lot of antique (古董) shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception（接待）． I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't even look at my chair.

    The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth -- so I decided that my approach must be wrong.

    I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, "Would you like to buy a chair?"

    He looked it over carefully and said,- "Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?"

    “Twenty pounds," I said.

    “OK," he said, "I'll give you twenty pounds."

    “It's got a slightly broken leg," I said.

    ‘'Yes, I saw that, it's nothing."

    Everything was going according to my plan and l was getting excited. "What will you do with it?" I asked.

    “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done."

    “I'll buy it," I said.

    “What do you mean? You've just sold it to me," he said.

    "Yes, I know but I've changed my mind. I am sorry. I'll give you twenty-seven pounds for it."

    “You must be crazy," he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair."

    “You're right," I said. "And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, 'Would you repair this chair for me?"'

    “I wouldn't have agreed to do it," he said. "We don't do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I'II repair this for you. Shall we say for five pounds?" He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.

1.We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer_______.

A. was rather impolite                                                  B. was warmly received

C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair       D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair

2. The underlined word "approach" in the second paragraph means_______.

A. plan for dealing with things                           B. way of doing things

C. idea of repairing things                                  D. decision to sell things

3.The expression "the penny dropped" in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper_______.

A. changed his mind                                            B. accepted the offer

C. saw the writer's purpose                                         D. decided to help the writer

4.How much did the writer pay?

A.￡5.                               B.￡7.                                C. ￡20.                  D. ￡27.

5.From the text, we can learn that the writer was_______.

A. honest                B. careful                          C. smart                   D. funny