My now 7-year-old grandson, who lives 100 miles away, has kept my phone number in his mind since he was 4. Since then, he has been  1  me every night before he goes to bed to tell me about his day or just to say “Good night, Grandma.”

He also often calls me at other times during the day just to  2  a happy or sad moment. Many times he’s playing a basketball with one hand, or laughing with a friend about something that I  3  quite understand, or crying about something he may or may not want to talk about while I’m on the other end of the phone. I just listen and empathize (同情) or laugh with him—just share his current (当前的)  4 . I always let him control the  5  , and the time he’s on the phone with me. Many times I just listen to him play, or play games we’ve made up together that we can play over the   6  .   

The only time I take control of the  7  is when he’s ready to say goodbye at night. Often there are four special   8  I say to him every night. One night I thought maybe he was tired to hear those, so I didn’t say them. He  9  called me back and told me that I forgot to say those sentences! I haven’t missed saying them since then!

My friends all know that he is the most important for me.  10  I’m in church(教堂), or some place where I really can’t take his call, I always politely excuse myself and talk to him, even if it’s just for a minute to tell him I’ll call him back in a few minutes.

He knows that he takes first place in my heart.

1.                A．troubling       B．seeing          C．promising D．calling

 

2.                A．spend          B．enjoy           C．share D．experience

 

3.                A．never          B．ever           C．nearly    D．fully

 

4.                A．secret          B．problem        C．plan D．feeling

 

5.                A．action          B．result          C．topic D．team

 

6.                A．experience      B．letter           C．Internet  D．phone

 

7.                A．work           B．talk            C．game D．voice

 

8.                A．words          B．messages       C．sentences     D．rules

 

9.                A．immediately     B．usually         C．probably D．especially

 

10.               A．Since          B．Unless         C．Before    D．As

 

 

One day, in an English class, the students are doing their lessons. Their teacher, a young woman, is very happy. She sings with them and then she goes to the blackboard and writes “SMILES” on it.

“This is the longest word in English,” she says to the class.

A girl stands up and says, “It has only six letters. How can it be the longest word in English?”

The teacher smiles and says, “Oh, look! There is a mile (英里) between the first letter and the last one.”

1.One day, the students are having        .

A．a good time	B．a big meal
C．a long meeting	D．an English lesson

2.The young woman sings some nice songs with      .

A．her children

B．her students

C．the teacher

D．a girl

3.What does the teacher write on the blackboard?          .

A．A song

B．A letter

C．A word

D．Her name

4.A girl       what the teacher says

A．asks

B．believes (相信)

C．doesn’t ask

D．doesn’t believe

5.Is the word “smiles” the longest in English?          .

A．Yes

B．No

C．Certainly

D．Sure

 

Dear Victor,
I am a college student. Nowadays games on the net are very popular with college students. Some of my roommates are very interested in them. They not only play games in their free time, but also keep talking about them at night when lights are off, and they regard games as a part of their life. I’ve asked them to give it up, but they wouldn’t listen to me. It has become a rather big problem. Should I report it to our teachers or do something else?
Ted
Dear Ted,
Drop it. Your roommates, as grown—ups, can do whatever they want with their time so long as it doesn’t break school rules or violate(妨碍)other people’s interests.
Playing perhaps gives these students relaxation from hard study. If they play too often and have little time to study, they will reap what they have sown（自食其果）, but you will not. Reporting to the teachers would only harm your good name in your dormitory(宿舍). However, you have rights to ask your roommates to be quiet when you need sleep. If they aren’t angry with you, they will stop talking. But be polite and friendly. Perhaps, in return, join them in a game or two.
Victor
【小题1】Ted wants his roommates to_______.

A．break their computers

B．sell their computers to teachers

C．play games in the day, not at night

D．stop playing computer games

【小题2】 According to the second letter, some college students_______.

A．can break school rules or violate other people’s interests

B．have their rights to disturb Ted

C．can relax themselves while playing games on the net

D．can study even better if they play games on the net

【小题3】 Victor asks Ted to_______.

A．report to the teachers	B．harm his good name in the dormitory
C．stop talking with his roommates	D．learn how to get on well with others

An elderly carpenter(木匠) was ready to retire. He told his boss his plans to   1   the business and live a more relaxed life with his wife. He would miss the pay, but he needed to retire.

The boss was   2   to see his good worker go, and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes,   3   it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He used poor skills and   4   materials. It was an unfortunate way to   5   his career.

When the carpenter finished his work, the boss came to   6   the house. After he checked it out, he handed a   7   to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said. ‘It is my gift to you.”

What a shame！If he knew he was building his own house, the old man would have done it all so   8  .

So it is with all of us. Think of your life as a   9  . Each day you hammer a nail(钉子), place a board, or set up a wall. You must try your best to build the house wisely because it is the only life you will ever have. Your life tomorrow will  10   from the attitudes you choose today.

1.. A. open                    B. begin               C. leave                D. find

2.. A. happy                  B. worried          C. angry           D. sorry

3. A. but                  B. and                         C. or                           D. so

4. A. fresh                B. cheap                C. rich                   D. expensive

5. A. start                     B. improve       C. meet         D. end

6. A. buy                     B. build                     C. see                         D. sell

7. A. bill                      B. letter                     C. key                          D. phone

8. A. differently      B. difficultly           C. possibly         D. simply

9. A. present                  B. journey                      C. map                      D. house

10. A. learn                 B. result                   C. hear                         D. answer

 

A survey by baidu.com showed there were 16 million bloggers (写网络日志的人). Xu Jinglei was one of the first famous people that the website sina .com.  invited to open blogs.

              The  web log written by Xu Jinglei is now the world’s most popular . Xu , an actress-turned –director, became famous overseas when she won a Best Director Award for the film. A  Letter From an Unknown Woman in 2004.

              Her blog has broken the domestic (国内的) record  with more than 10 million visits .

              Xu updates (更新) her blog every other day . But if she feels very good she sometimes posts two or three articles in a day .

              Visitors leave thousands of messages about each of her articles , praising (赞扬) her open, free writing style, commenting (评论) on films.

        

(   ) 1. Now Xu Jinglei’s web log is ________________ .

A.  broken by hacker                       B.written by an unknown woman

C. the world’s most popular              D. closed by government

        (   ) 2. How many visitors does Xu’s blog have ?

                A. About 16 million .    B. About 36.82 million  

C. 2004                  D. over 10 million

        (   ) 3. _________ invited Xu Jinglei who was one of the first famous people to open blogs.

                A. The website baidu.com                    B. The website sina.com

                C. The website Yahoo.com                   D.The website blog.com

        (   ) 4. From the passage we know that ________________ .

A.  a survey by baidu.com showed there were 16 million bloggers writing in English

B.  Xu Jinglei was the only one that the website sina.com invited to open blogs

C.  Xu Jinglei always posts one article in a day

D.  Visitors leave lots of messages about her articles in her blogs