It was a hot summer day. My dad and I were getting ready to go out for a ride on the boat. Just then the phone call came, the call changed that sunny and beautiful day into a cold and dark one.

When I saw my father answering the phone, he was crying. I’d never seen my dad cry before. My heart sank. What possibly could happen?

“Max, I’m so sorry,” I heard him say. That’s when it hit me. I knew that Suzie had died.

Max has been my dad’s best friend for years. Suzie, his daughter, had a serious illness. She knew she was different from other kids. Although she couldn’t live a normal life, she was still happy.

When Suzie and I were little girls, we spent quite a bit of time together. When Suzie was ten, she had to live in a hospital. About eight months before she died, we talked at least twice a week on the phone until the end. Suzie was always so excited to talk to me and wanted to know everything I did and every thing I ate.

When Suzie and I first started calling each other, I thought it would be more of a burden on me, but I was completely wrong. I learned so much from her. She gave me more than I could ever give her. I will never forget her or the talks we had. I now know that I must never take anything for granted, especially my health and the gift of life.

1.That phone call on a summer day made the author very _________.

A. sad              B. dark             C. cold              D. disappointed

2.Which of the following is Not true?

A. The author’s day had never cried before.

B. Max was the best friend of the author’s dad.

C. Suzie was in bad health, so she was always unhappy.

D. Suzie enjoyed talking to the author on the phone.

3.The underlined word “it” probably refers to _________.

A. all the talks between Suzie and the author on the phone

B. Suzie’s serious illness

C. Suzie’s death

D. the first talk between Suzie and the author on the phone

4.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. The Gift of Life                                                B. A Cold Dark Day

C. Suzie’s Death                                                  D. My Friend Suzie

One afternoon Mrs.Green’s husband wanted to catch the 3:30 flight to London to have an important meeting. She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o’clock and said that he was still at the airport.

     “What happened to you?”asked Mrs Green.

     “Well,” said Mr. Green, “Everything was going fine. I got my ticket, checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate. I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer. I shouted to him and a policeman caught me.”

      “Why did he catch you?”

      “I don’t know,”said Mr.Green, “As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me.”

      “What did you shout to your friend?”

      “All I said was ‘Hi, Jack’. You know that’s the usual way we say hello to our friends.”

      “But you don’t know the sentence ‘Hi,Jack’ also means to take control of a plane by force.”

1.How did Mr.Green want to go to London?

A. By train        B. By bus         C. By airplane     D. By ship

2.Why was Mrs. Green surprised? Because her husband_______

A. didn’t arrive the airport in time

B. was still at the airport at 5 o’clock

C. didn’t want to go to London

D. was in London at 5 o’clock

3.When did Mr.Green get to the airport that afternoon?_______

A. Before 3:30     B. After 3:30     C. At 3:30         D. At about 5:00

4.What was Jack Scott in the passage? He was _________

A. a pilot      B. a policeman at the airport     C. an engineer     D. an actor

One afternoon Mrs. Green's husband wanted to catch the 3：30 flight to London to have an important meeting．She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o’clock and said that he was still at the airport．

‘'What happened to you?” asked Mrs. Green．

“Well,” said Mr. Green，”Everything was going fine．I got my ticket，checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate．I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer．I shouted to him and a policeman caught me?”

      “Why did he catch you?’’

“I don't know．” said Mr. Green．”As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me?”

“What did you shout to your friend?”

“All I said was ‘Hi．Jack’．You know that's the usual way we say hello to our friends?”

    “But you don't know the sentence ‘Hi，Jack’ also means to take control of a plane by force（武力）．”

1．How was Mr. Green going to London?

2．Why was Mrs. Green surprised?

3．Who did Mr. Green meet when he walked across the runway to the airplane?

4．‘Hi．Jack’ is often used to say hello to somebody, but it also has another meaning．What is it?

单词填空，一空一词

 1 Could you tell me the ________(英雄) names? They are our examples.

 2 How do you feel today?  I’m even _______ (伤心) because my mother is ill.

 3 How many _______(语言) did you learn in the past? Three.. but I was good at none of them.

4 My dog ,Wangwang is my ______(忠实) friend. It always follows me when I’m sad.

5  “When can I finish________（操练）playing the piano?” My daughter asked me.

6 It’s ________(令人愉快) to go on a school trip to the zoo.

7 The _________(科学家) want to invent a kind of special machine.

8 I couldn’t_______ my eyes when I saw my mother standing in front of me.

9 In our country, the students in Grade 9 are called _________.

10 _________ is another saying of holiday.