"Hi, Mommy, what are you doing?" asked Susie.

    "I'm making a cake for Mrs. Smith next door," said her mother.

    "Why?" asked Susie, who was only six years old.

    "Because Mrs. Smith is very sad; she  32   her daughter and she has a broken heart. We need to take care of her for a little while."

    "Why, Mommy?"

    "You see, Susie, when someone is very, very sad, they have trouble  33  the little things like making dinner. Because we're part of a community and Mrs. Smith is our neighbor, we need to do some things to help her. Mrs. Smith won't ever be able to talk with her daughter or hug her or do all those   34   things moms and daughters do together. You are a very smart girl, Susie, maybe you'll  think of some way to help take care of Mrs. Smith.”

    Susie thought   35   about it and how she could do her part in caring for Mrs. Smith. A few minutes later, Susie knocked on her door. After a few moments Mrs. Smith answered the knock with a "Hi, Susie."

    Susie noticed that Mrs. Smith didn't have that   36   musical quality about her voice when she greeted someone.

    "My mommy says that you lost your daughter and you're very, very sad with a broken heart.” Susie held her hand out shyly. In it was a Band - Aid（创可贴）．“This is  37  your broken heart." Mrs. Smith  38  her tears. She knelt down and hugged Susie, saying "Thank you, darling girl, this will   39   a lot."

    Mrs. Smith accepted Susie's act of   40   and took it one step further. She bought a small key ring with a picture frame（相框）.She put Susie's Band - Aid in the frame to  41  herself to heal （治疗）a little every time she saw it．

32. A. killed        B. beat        C. lost         D. missed

33. A. to make           B. to do       C. making     D. doing

34. A. wonderful   B. terrible      C. bad         D. harmful

35. A. highly       B. hardly    C. seriously  D. poorly

36. A. familiar    B. surprising C. strange    D. ordinary

37. A. of             B. for          C. in                  D. beyond

38. A. went back         B. put back    C. kept back D. held back

39. A. make        B. have        C. help        D. give

40. A. kindness    B. words           C. idea        D. medicine

41. A. warn        B. forgive    C. remind    D. make

I read yesterday (yes, on a blog) that there are now blogging competitions!! I can’t believe it. A man in England won $2,000 for writing the best blog. There’s even a list of the best Chinese bloggers! I’ve read a few of them- before they were famous, I might add. I suppose that one blog can be better than another. It can be better written, more interesting, funnier, and I suppose that blogs are there to be read and judged (点评) by other people. If they’re not good, they’re not read. And they’re not just personal feelings. If they were, they’d be called diaries. Have locks, and be hidden under beds. So I’m OK with this whole competition thing. I just can’t believe I didn’t win!

This has got me thinking about why I’m writing this blog. I’m not doing it to win a competition (or I wasn’t when I started …) and I’m not doing it to show all my personal feelings – I do that in my diary. So, why am I a blogger?

To tell the truth, the first time I heard the word blog I thought it was a new word for a toilet. But I love learning new words so I used my knowledge and found out that a blog was a personal website and the word blog came from the words web log. Now a log is a type of diary kept by sailors (水手), and web, well, we all know that it has nothing to do with catching flies and everything to do with the Internet. Web log… weblog… blog…. Being a writer I loved the idea of getting my views (观点)onto the Internet where anyone could read them, and no editors (编辑) could get their hands on them!

So my first reason for blogging: I’m a writer. I want people to read what I write (un-edited!). And I love writing about anything I choose. I can write about saving the environment or complain about how the people in front of me in the cinema always seem to have big heads. And sometimes I pour out my heart too.

My second reason is that it’s relaxing. I don’t have to do research and write an article. I can let my thoughts go on as long as I like.

Third reason? To keep in touch.  I’m terrible on the phone and all my friends around the world read my blog (or they say they do …). Every now and then, I even upload a photo so they remember what I look like.

Is there a fourth reason? There probably is but now it’s time for dinner. Tomorrow I might even tell you what I ate.

1. The writer thinks a good blog is one that _____________.

  A. can let his thought go freely

  B. wins a blogging competition

  C. helps people keep in touch

  D. is read by large numbers of people

2. The writer loves writing blogs mainly because __________.

  A. his writing about feeling can be shown anywhere

  B. his writing would never be edited by others

  C. he enjoys writing something about big events

  D. he finds himself terrible on the phone

3. There’re __________reasons in the passage to explain why the writer is a blogger.

  A. 2                     B. 3                      C. 4                     D. 5

4. This passage is _________.

  A. a blog about blogging                     B. a diary about blogging

      C. a view on blogging                        D. a judgement on blogging

Around the world, people have different ideas about what good manners are.

When you go to restaurants in different parts of the world, it's  __1___  to know the right and wrong things to do. For example, in China it's OK to  __2__ a lot of noise in a restaurant. In fact, if a restaurant isn't noisy and __3___, you may think there is something wrong with it. However, in many western countries, restaurants are __4___ places. If a table is too loud, other people who are eating there might even __5___ to the owner of the restaurant.

Paying the bill is also different from country to country. In China，one person usually pays for __6__. In western countries, one person pays if he or she is entertaining clients（宴请宾客）， but when friends eat together, they usually share the cost. This is called doing Dutch(均摊费用). Also, when westerners pay the __7__ , they usually leave some money for the__8___. This is called “Leaving a tip”. Leaving a tip is thought to be polite. In the U.S., it's __9___ to leave tips of 10%, 15%, or 20% of the bill, which is decided by how good the service is. Good waiters can make a lot of money!

The food people eat is different in the world, but you can find the same kind of food in many countries. Chinese and Italian food, for example, are __10__ all over the world.

1.                A．popular        B．difficult         C．important D．enjoyable

 

2.                A．cause          B．keep           C．stop D．make

 

3.                A．lively          B．dangerous       C．lucky D．polite

 

4.                A．noisy          B．quiet           C．busy D．clean

 

5.                A．shout          B．explain         C．complain  D．ask

 

6.                A．everybody      B．nobody         C．somebody D．none

 

7.                A．bill            B．waiter          C．visitors   D．food

 

8.                A．gatekeeper      B．seller          C．waiter    D．visitor

 

9.                A．terrible         B．common        C．serious   D．unusual

 

10.               A．different       B．popular        C．expensive D．cheap

 

 

.British people are famous for drinking tea. But brother and sister, Sarah and Bobby Green, became young millionaires when they opened a chain of American-style coffee shops in the UK.
Having the idea: It started when Sarah took a weekend trip to New York to visit her brother Bobby. One evening, in a Thai restaurant, Sarah told Bobby how much she wished she could buy American-style coffee in London. Bobby suggested they started their own coffee shop. Sarah fell in love with the idea.
Doing the Research: Back in London, she spent a whole day on the London subway, getting off the train at different stations to taste the coffee. “It was terrible, and I knew there was a gap (空缺) in the market.” In 1995, they opened their first Coffee Republic shop in central London.
Making it work: The first year was very difficult. British people were not used to the names of American coffees, like latte and macchiato. But being successful was their dream and they were not going to give up. Today, there are over 100 Coffee Republic shops all over the country and the company has ￡30 million a year.
Advice for others: Sarah has now written a best-selling book about their experience, called Anyone Can Do It ! She hopes it will help other young people to start their own businesses. She says, “If you think you have the energy, then get out and follow your dream.”
【小题1】What kind of company do they run?

A．A fast-food restaurant.	B．A tea shop.
C．A coffee shop.	D．A big hotel.

【小题2】Where are their Coffee Republic shops?

A．All over the UK.	B．All over the US.
C．In central London.	D．In New York.

【小题3】Which of the following information is mentioned(提到) in the passage?

A．Sarah was not interested in Bobby’s idea.

B．British people never drank coffee before 1995.

C．Sarah’s best-selling book is about how to make coffee.

D．Sarah found a business chance while doing the research.

【小题4】What is the passage mainly about?

A．Sarah’s life story.	B．Sarah’s weekend trip.
C．The American-style coffee.	D．The success of a family business.

【小题5】 Where may this passage come from?

A．In a scientific report.	B．In a newspaper.
C．In a sports magazine.	D．In a novel.