Not many people know that U.S. President Calvin Coolidge did not always live in the White House. Sometimes he lived in the nearby Willard Hotel.

Once, in the middle of a night, the President awoke to see a thief searching his clothes. Coolidge calmy spoke up from the darkness, “I wish you wouldn’t take that watch.”

“Why?” asked the shocked man.

Coolidged answered, “Take it near the window and read what is engraved on the back of it.”

The man read, “Presented to Calvin Coolidged, Speaker of the House, by the Massachusetts General Court.” He was very surprised!

“Are you President Coolidge?” he asked. He had never thought he would find the president sleeping in a hotel!

“Yes, I am” Coolidge said. Then he asked, “Why are you doing this,Son?”

The young man explained that he and a friend traveled to Washington during their college vacation. They spent all of their money and had no money to pay the hotel bill and the train tickets back to school.

Coolidge added up those fees. It came to $32.  That may not sound like much now, but it was a big sum then. “I’ll give you the $32 as a loan,” the President said, “And I expect you to pay me back.”

The youth thanked him. Coolidge left him with this warning: “Son, you are a nice boy, you are better than you are acting. You are starting down the wrong road. Just remember who you are.”

It wasn’t until after the death of Mr.Coolidge that this story was allowed to come out. It was first published in the Los Angeles Times. And the most interesting of all is that the President’s notes show that the young man was indeed better than he was acting. He repaid the $32 loan in full.

.The president stopped the youth from stealing the watch because          

 A. It was his favorite watch.

 B. He wanted to give some money to the youth

 C. He wanted to help the young man from getting into trouble

D. He used it for work and daily life

It can be inferred from the passage that      

   A. the youth’s family was in financial difficulty

   B. hotel fees were rather expensive at that time

   C. the youth never connected with the president again

   D. the youth learned a lesson from his experience with the president

How did people first get to know the story of the president with the youth?

   A. From the president himself

   B. From a newspaper

   C. From the youth’s notes

   D. From the youth himself

We can learn from the passage that      

A. possessions can be given up when necessary

B. generosity should be encouraged in some cases

C. people can benefit from their unforgettable experiences

D. an act of kindness may change a person’s life

对话填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下面对话，根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

WB: Hi, Carl. Have you ordered yet? Carl: No, I’m just looking at the (76) m______. Are you hungry? WB: Yes, I sure am. I got up late and went (77) w______ breakfast. Right now I could eat an ox. Carl: Ok. I’ll (78) g______ the waiter. A few moments later Waitress: Just let me wipe your table and then I’ll take your (79) o______. Ok? Carl：And I’ll have a ham salad, please. WB: And I’ll have a hot dog, (80) w______ a potato salad. Waitress: Anything to (81) f______? Carl: Banana ice cream with hot chocolate sauce for me, please. WB: I’ll have apple pie with ice cream and jam sauce. Waitress: Ok. Carl: So how are you, Wang Bing? Are you excited about your new job? WB. Yes, I’ll start work at the Farm Institute next month, I’m looking forward to that. My only (82) r______ is that it’s quite a long way from all my friends. Carl: All the (83) s______, I expect you’ll enjoy coming into town now and (84) a______. WB: Yes. I’d like to invite you to dinner at my (85) f______ before I move. Carl: That would be nice. Let’s fix a date.

76.m_______ 77.w_______ 78.g_______ 79.o_______ 80.w_______ 81.f_______ 82.r_______ 83.s_______ 84.a_______ 85.f_______

　　　　　

 

短文改错（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

Dear Mum and Dad,

    I expect you are surprised at hearing from me so soon.

The fact is I can’t come home this Saturday                            76.          

as I plan. I have had an accident and hurt my                           77.          

back, and it is not serious. What happened was                         78.          

this. I was riding in the street with Mike when                          79.         

I felt down and lay on my back. I thought it a                          .80         

great joke at the first. But when I tried to stand up,                   81.         

I felt a pain on my back and could hardly move.                       82.         

  Don’t worry about me. Mike and his family is               83.         

so kind to me. I will better soon and there is no need                    85.         

for you to come there. I will write to you again soon.               85.         

---Cathy, when can I expect you to return to work?

---I’ll go back to my job once I’ve     who’s going to look after the kids during the day.

A．spoken out

B．pointed out

C．worked out

D．put out

 

阅读理解

　　A close friend of mine lives with six hundred wildlife on the Greek Island of Kyklos. Ever since he left school(where I first knew him), he has travelled all over the world collecting animals for his very own zoo. He hoped to collect at least two examples of every kind of animal on his island, like Noah before the Great Flood. But the flood that my friend was afraid of, was a flood not of water, but of people, I expect you have heard of my friend, he writes books about his travells, and about the wild and wonderful animals that he collects. The money from the books helps to pay for all the food that these animals eat.

　　My friend told me that when he was out looking for water last week, (there is not enough water on the island, though there is plenty all round it), he found oil. He needs money for his travells, and for his zoo, and a little oil would buy enough water for a life-time, but he knows that if he tells anybody else about it, it will be the end of his zoo and his life’s work.

　　So, he will not tell anybody (but you and me) about what he found, because oil and water do not mix.

1．The writer got to know his friend ________.

[　　]

A．on the island where his friend’s zoo is

B．at the school where they studied

C．at a certain place while his friend was travelling

D．at the place where his friend found oil

2．My friend has travelled all over the world ________ for his zoo.

[　　]

3．Last week my friend ________.

[　　]

A．found plenty of oil all round the island

B．was looking for water but found oil instead

C．found enough water on his island to last a life-time

D．went out looking for a job

4．In this text,“oil and water do not mix.”means ________.

[　　]

A．you can’t sell oil for water

B．oil and water can’t be mixed together

C．if you want to get the oil, you will lose all animals

D．my friend doesn’t need oil but water