Mr Read was a businessman. He hurried down to the hall of a big hotel. He was going back to his company in New York soon. It was 4:40 p.m. And the plane was leaving in half an hour’s time. He had to take a taxi to get to the airport. So he paid his bill quickly. Just when he was leaving the hotel, he remembered that he had left his ID card in his room. So he said to one of the waiters, “Run up to my room, girl. See whether there’s a card on the bedstand. Hurry up!” The girl ran to his room upstairs. Ten minutes later the girl came down to the hall. “Yes, sir. There’s an ID card

on the bedstand,” said the girl to Mr Read, out of breath.

1 The story happened in     .

A. New York  B. an airport    C. a hotel      D. a room

2 Mr Read worked in a     .

A. school     B. factory     C. supermarket  D. company

3 Mr Read was going back to New York by     .

A. taxi       B. train        C. water       D. air

4 It took the waiter about     minutes to run to Mr Read’s room from the hall.

A. five       B. ten         C. fifteen      D. twenty

5 Mr Read     to hear the waiter’s word.

A. was glad B. got angry  C. felt sad   D. left the hotel

Mr Smith usually left his car outside his house. One night he put it there as usual again, but when he came down the next morning to go to his office, he found that the car wasn’t there. He called the police and told them about it. They said they would try to find the car.

When Mr Smith came home from his office that evening, the car was back again in its usual place in front of his house. He was very happy and found two concert tickets and a letter on one of the seats. The letter said, “We are very sorry. We took your car because of something important. Thank you for your car.”

Mr and Mrs Smith went to the concert with two tickets the next night and they enjoyed themselves very much at the theatre. When they got home, they found that the thieves nearly took everything in their house.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正( R )与误 ( W )。

6 Mr Smith didn’t find his car one morning.

7 The police helped him find his car the next day.

8 The thieves gave him two tickets to thank him.

9 The Smiths had a nice time at the theatre.

10 They lost their car again.

选用下列动词适当的形式填空，并作相应的变化

　　　take get pass offer go fall sell

　　　travel show leave speak hurry

1．Mother tried to practise ________ English every day.

2．He ________ asleep soon after he went to bed.

3．________ forever are the days when you look young!

4．Don' t ________ it on to the next student!

5．They keep ________ us some tea at the meeting.

6．Would you like to ________ me around your factory?

7．________ up, or you'll be the last one to ________ to the top of the hill.

8．She ________ a kind of new apples in her shop now.

When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could do this was to work in the local brick factory in my town, or get married. I was nervous when I told my father I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, " No! You are going to college. " He took me by surprise when he said, "OK. We'll go to the brick factory. "
Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. ' I had imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we arrived at the factory gates, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we were inside. My father said, "Take your time. Look around." I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was horrible. I ran back to my. father and said, "I want to go home. "
He asked me, "What do you think of the factory?"
"It's terrible," I replied.
"And marriage is even worse!" he said.
I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard so I could get into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

1. 1.

   The writer lived in_________ when she was a teenager.

   1. A.
      Russia
   2. B.
      Japan
   3. C.
      China
2. 2.

   At first she thought life in the factory would be _       _ than in school.

   1. A.
      more careful
   2. B.
      more colorful
   3. C.
      more beautiful
3. 3.

   When she told her father that she wanted to leave school, he expressed his disagreement________.

   1. A.
      by doing nothing    
   2. B.
      in a special way
   3. C.
      by saying nothing
4. 4.

   After they visited the factory, the girl________.

   1. A.
      decided to work there       
   2. B.
      decided to get married       
   3. C.
      changed her mind
5. 5.

   The underlined word "horrible" means "_     _" in Chinese.

   1. A.
      糟糕的   
   2. B.
      紧张的   
   3. C.
      浪漫的