I'll be the first to admit that I am a technophobe(对技术有恐惧感的人).Who would have guessed that a website would help repay a 20-year-old loan?

I'1l always remember my last day at school. My best friend, Jenny, had organized a party in the Sixth Form Common Room; Jenny asked me to go to the supermarket with her to buy all the snacks. "I'm really looking forward to this party, Stingy," she said. Everyone called me Stingy instead of Debbie because they thought I didn't like to spend money. Actually, it was true.

"There's lots of money in the kitty(零星凑起的一笔钱). Let's go crazy!" Going crazy meant buying enough snacks to feed an army. It came to ￡ 19.90,which was a lot of money in 1982.

Jenny gave me a guilty( 内疚的) look. "I've left-the kitty money in the common room. Can you pay and I'll give you back the money?"

"Sure," I replied, trying to look relaxed. ' Neither a lender or a borrower be' was my motto but I didn't want to look stingy(小气). I gave ￡20 to the impatient shop assistant.

Well, the Party was a great success. So great that I completely forgot about my loan until I was flying to America the next day. I was going to live with my uncle's family until I started university.

I tried to get in touch with Jenny but her family had moved. My ￡20 was lost. Until. I'd heard about a website called Friends Reunited which helped people contact old school friends. My husband helped me log on and find my school. There she was, Jenny Frost.

I'm now married with a beautiful daughter called Debbie. Does anyone know how to get in touch with Debbie 'Stingy' Jones? I still owe her ￡20!

We met two months later and the ￡20 was returned, plus interest(利息)of course. After all, I'm a bank manager now, so loans are my business.

1. What’s the best title of the passage？

A．The experience of a technophobe

B. a website contacting old school friends

C. an unusual friendship

D. a website helps me get my money back

2 Why did Jenny say “ Let’s go crazy” ?

A. Debbie had money.　 B. There's lots of money in the kitty

C. She wanted Debbie to stop being greedy　 D. She wanted to be crazy.

3. How did Debbie get her money at last?

A. Her husband found Jenny.　　 B. Jenny had a website on the Internet.

C. Debbie met Jenny. 　　　　 D. Debbie put a message on the Friends Reunited website.

4. Which sentence best describes Debbie Jones?

A. She didn't like to spend money at school and often uses computers.

B. She sometimes lends money and doesn't like using computers.

C. She sometimes lends money and uses, the computer whenever she can.

D. She only lends money to friends and doesn't like using computers.

5. We know from the passage that Jenny __　　　 .

A. liked parties at school and felt guilty about borrowing money

B. had fun at school but soon forgot about her school friends

C. forgot her best friend at school until she saw the Friends Reunited website

D. was forgetful about the money

This little story I’m about to tell you happened when I was about 11 years old, and I’II never forget it. I was at my friend Jenny’s __41__  after school one day, and we were doing (or not doing) homework.. __42__ I was there, Jenny’s mom came over to visit.

I don’t remember her name__43__ what her face looked like. I just remember her hands, her voice and the__44__  she taught me.

I can still see her hand __45__  for mine in our introduction. __46__  were so beautiful, I thought; rich, dark skin__47__ complemented(涂了) by the orange colored polish on her nails. Then I __48__ her saying, and not at all in a condescending(居高临下的) __49__ .“Oh no, that is NOT how you shake hands. Let me show you _50___.”

After that, I just remember her voice __51__ the importance of a good handshake, conveying（传递） a positive sense of self, looking at _52___ person in the eye, making that first moment matter…I think in that exchange I first understood__53__.

I respected her for __54__ the time to teach me about one of those subtleties(细微之处) in life. I appreciated the fact __55__  she didn’t look down upon me because I was 11 or because I didn’t know something. And so because of that I felt somewhat respected. I mean the _56___ she treated me. It felt good to be __57__ like a real person. I also appreciate her idea that _58__ someone doesn’t pay attention to something, be patient and point him or her__59__  the right direction. I__60__ her every time I meet someone and shake hands. And I’m so thankful for her little lesson.

1.                A．office          B．house          C．family    D．room

2.                A．Although       B．As             C．During   D．If

3.                A．and            B．but            C．even D．or

4.                A．homework      B．English         C．lesson    D．knowledge

5.                A．reaching down   B．reaching up      C．reaching out   D．reaching far

6.                A．It             B．That           C．These    D．They

7.                A．patiently        B．beautifully       C．strongly  D．thickly

8.                A．listened        B．found          C．heard    D．saw

9.                A．manner        B．means          C．method   D．voice

10.               A．that           B．it             C．how  D．what

11.               A．explains        B．explained       C．explain    D．explaining

12.               A．the other       B．other          C．another   D．others

13.               A．politeness      B．saying          C．friendship D．respect

14.               A．costing         B．spending       C．taking D．using

15.               A．what           B．which          C．that  D．/

16.               A．place          B．position        C．way  D．time

17.               A．talking about    B．talked to        C．talking to  D．talked about

18.               A．as soon as       B．as long as       C．once D．if

19.               A．from           B．at             C．in    D．to

20.               A．think over      B．think of         C．think about D．think out

I'll be the first to admit that I am a technophobe(对技术有恐惧感的人）.Who would have guessed that a website would help repay a 20-year-old loan?
I'1l always remember my last day at school. My best friend, Jenny, had organized a party in the Sixth
Form Common Room;
Jenny asked me to go to the supermarket with her to buy all the snacks. "I'm really looking forward to this party, Stingy," she said. Everyone called me Stingy instead of Debbie because they thought I didn't like to spend money. Actually, it was true.
"There's lots of money in the kitty(零星凑起的一笔钱）. Let's go crazy!" Going crazy meant buying enough snacks to feed an army. It came to ￡ 19.90,which was a lot of money in 1982.
Jenny gave me a guilty( 内疚的) look. "I've left-the kitty money in the common room. Can you pay and I'll give you back the money?"
"Sure," I replied, trying to look relaxed. ' Neither a lender or a borrower be' was my motto but I didn't want to look stingy(小气). I gave ￡20 to the impatient shop assistant.
Well, the Party was a great success. So great that I completely forgot about my loan until I was flying to America the next day.  I was going to live with my uncle's family until I started university.
I tried to get in touch with Jenny but her family had moved. My ￡20 was lost. Until...
I'd heard about a website called Friends Reunited which helped people contact old school friends.  My husband helped me log on and find my school. There she was,Jenny Frost.
I'm now married with a beautiful daughter called Debbie. Does anyone know how to get in touch with Debbie 'Stingy' Jones? I still owe her ￡20!
We met two months later and the ￡20 was returned, plus interest(利息)of course. After all, I'm a bank manager now, so loans are my business.

1. 1.

   Why did Jenny spend a lot of money on the snacks?                                                     

   1. A.
      Debbie had money.
   2. B.
      There was money she could use.
   3. C.
      She wanted Debbie to stop being stingy.
   4. D.
      She wanted to be crazy.
2. 2.

   How did Debbie get her money at last?                                                     

   1. A.
      Her husband found Jenny.
   2. B.
      Jenny had a website on the Internet.
   3. C.
      Debbie met Jenny.
   4. D.
      Debbie put a message on the Friends Reunited website.
3. 3.

   We know from the passage that Jenny       .                            

   1. A.
      liked parties at school and felt guilty about borrowing money
   2. B.
      had fun at school but soon forgot about her school friends
   3. C.
      forgot her best friend at school until she saw the Friends Reunited website
   4. D.
      was forgetful about the money

Despite being tall, Michelle Obama is much smaller than she appears on television. And she seemed a little short by her surroundings in the great hall of Christchurch College as she spoke quietly without a microphone because of a technical mistake. Her audience were 40 young girls from a London state school where 50 languages are spoken.
“I remember how well-meaning but misguided people questioned whether someone with my background could succeed at an elite （精英） university,” she said. “When I was accepted, I had all kinds of worries and doubts. I wouldn’t be as well prepared as students from privileged families and I wouldn’t fit in. But you are just as capable and have just as much to offer as anyone else.”
This was Mrs. Obama’s only solo outing during the state visit and part two of an unusual relationship which she has struck up with Anderson College in Islington. Two years ago on her first visit to the UK she visited the school.
Yesterday she returned to meet the pupils but this time at Christchurch College where they were taking part in an open day run to improve Oxford’s still poor record on diversifying student intake.
Mrs. Obama was asked why she married her husband, what it was like being First Lady and when there would be a female President in the White House. Her message—which she repeated time and again—was work hard, have self-belief, and don’t be afraid to fail. It was very un-British, but rather effective. Afterwards there were hugs for everyone and a photo with her.
And watching the group of multicultural young Britons surround her among the splendor of the college building one thought stood out. Had Mrs. Obama been born in Britain, she would almost certainly not have made it to Oxford as she did to Harvard. But now—thanks in part to her—some of these children just might.

1. 1.

   According to the passage, Michelle Obama ____________.

   1. A.
      graduated from Anderson College
   2. B.
      paid her first visit to the UK this time
   3. C.
      was confident when she entered the college
   4. D.
      came from a family without good background
2. 2.

   It is implied in the passage that these 40 young girls ____________.

   1. A.
      were all from the United States
   2. B.
      were students of Oxford University
   3. C.
      came from different cultural backgrounds
   4. D.
      stayed with Mrs. Obama because of hard work
3. 3.

   Michelle Obama thinks success may come from the following EXCEPT ____________.

   1. A.
      working hard
   2. B.
      believing in yourself
   3. C.
      good opportunities
   4. D.
      facing failure without fear
4. 4.

   What can we learn from the underlined sentence?

   1. A.
      The British pupils couldn’t understand her message.
   2. B.
      Her message reached the British pupils successfully.
   3. C.
      Repetition is not the British way to give a message.
   4. D.
      All effective messages are not conveyed in British.