— How can you finish the work on time?

— ________.

1. A.
   By working with friends
2. B.
   By working for friends
3. C.
   To ask the teachers
4. D.
   To read a lot of books

Vision-phones(可视电话)
Radio，telephone and television are widely used in the world. When you switch on the radio, you can listen．But when you use a telephone，not only can you listen to others but also you can chat with them，however, you can’t see anything at all. Television is much better than both of them. People can watch TV and listen to it，but they can’t take part in what they see.
Today, some people are using a type of telephone called vision-phone. With it two people who are talking can see each other．
Vision-phones can be of great use when you have something to show the person whom you are calling，It may also have other uses in the future．Some day you may be able to call up a library and ask to read a book right over your vision-phone. You may be able to do some shopping through it, too. Perhaps in the near future, vision-phones will come into wide use in our everyday life.
【小题1】According to the passage, we can guess that the_______ was invented last.

The doctor's Handwriting

Mrs South is excited these days. A sudden terrible disease hardly killed her son two months ago. She and her husband took the poor boy to several hospitals, but few doctors could save him. Watching their helpless son struggling for a bare subsistence(在死亡线上挣扎), the woman’s and her husband’s hearts were broken. At that moment, one of their friends introduced Mr Young who worked in a small hospital to them. Thanks to the doctor, their son was saved and he was all right and came out of hospital last week.

The woman decided to ask the doctor to dinner. The invitation was sent to him yesterday. In reply she received a letter which was impossible to read.

“I must know whether he has accepted or not.” said Mrs South.

“If I were you,” suggested her husband. “I should take it to a chemist(药剂师). He can always read doctors’ letters, however badly written.”

The chemist looked at the notepaper for a while, without waiting for Mrs South’s explanation, and handed her a bottle.

“Here you are, madam,” he said. “That will be two dollars.”

阅读短文，回答以下问题(首字母已给出)，每空一词。（每空1分，共5分）

1.Mrs South’s son hardly d________ of the sudden terrible disease two months ago.

2.Mr and Mrs South felt very s_________ when their son was ill.

3.Mrs South asked Mr Young to dinner to express her t__________.

4.It was d_____ for Mrs South to know whether Mr Young agreed to go to the dinner.

5.The chemist thought he u_______ what the doctor had written.

My mother was a housewife. She thought that successful people spent a lot more time reading than watching TV. So she asked my brother and me not to watch too much TV, but to read two books every week in our free time. She would check them with marks, though she couldn’t read the book at all.

When I went to high school, I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted cool clothes and hung out with friends. I became a C-student, but I didn’t care. One night I complained about not having enough Italian shirts. Then my mother gave me all the money and said I could get the money left to buy shirts if I finished buying all the things the family needed. I was pleased with that, but after I bought those things, there was no money left. I got to know how difficult it was for my mother to do all these. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again. Finally, my dream came true and I became a doctor.

My story is really my mother’s story----a woman with little education greatly changed my life as a parent. So I believe there is no job more important than parenting.

1.What did the writer’s mother do?

A．A worker.         B．A housewife       C．A teacher         D．A writer

2.Why did the mother ask her children to read books in their free time?

A．Because she thought successful people spent more time reading.

B．Because she thought books were interesting.

C．Because she wanted her children to be happy.

D．Because she wanted her children to be doctors.

3.Which was NOT the reason for the writer’s falling behind(落后)?

A．He only cared about clothes and didn’t study.

B．He spent more time hanging out with friends than studying.

C．He didn’t care that he went from being an A-student to a C-student.

D．He spent much time reading storybooks.

4.What was the writer’s dream?

A．To be a doctor.                         B．To be a teacher.

C．To be an A-student                      D．To find a good job.

5.The writer mainly wants to tell us that ______.

A．mothers with little education change their children more.

B．his mother is cruel and unhelpful

C．there is a job more important than parenting.

D．his mother has an important influence（影响）on him.

One Friday Mrs. King asked her class to write a story after class. “Use your imagination!” she cried, “You can write your story about anything.” Kenny looked worried. “A story?” he thought, “What could I possible have to write about? I don’t know any stories.” The bell rang and all the kids went home.

The next day, Kenny sat at his desk at home, thinking and thinking. The warm sun was shining through the windows, making him drowsy. And soon he fell fast asleep. As he slept, Kenny began to dream about fantastic things.

First he dreamed that he was a world-famous doctor, saving whole cities and curing diseases. Then he dreamed that he was in a UFO. He was talking to strange but friendly space creatures. Then he dreamed that he had become as small as a mouse by a bad scientist. He had to find a way to stop the plot（阴谋）of the mad scientist!

Kenny dreamed wonderful and exciting things until his little brother woke him up. “What were you dreaming about?” he asked. Kenny told his brother the wonderful dreams. His brother enjoyed the stories. Suddenly, Kenny knew that he had his kinds of stories in his imagination.

1.What did the teacher ask the students to do as homework?

A. To act as a doctor?????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. To read some stories?

C. To help family members????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. To write a story

2.How many dreams did Kenny have?

A. One????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. Two??????? ????????????? C. Three?????????? ????????????? D. Four

3.What was Kenny in his first dream?

A. A great doctor????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. A mad scientist?

C. A visitor on a spaceship?????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. A good student

4.The underlined word “drowsy” means_______.

A. unhappy????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. sleepy??????? C. upset??????? ? ????????????? ????????????? D. awake

5.The best title for this passage is _______.

A. A strange dream??????????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. Mrs. King's class??

C. Writing a story with imagination?????? ????????????? ????????????? D. An evil scientist