Homesick is a compound(复合的) word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each   46    means on its own, of course. But do you know the meaning    47    they are used together? The definition(定义) of homesick is SICK FOR HOME. It means you miss your home.

    Now think for a minute   48  SEASICK. If you change the word HOME in the definition to the word SEA, would the definition   49  SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite   50  . Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are     51    ,the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick,    52    you want to be is at sea.

   Have you ever   53    a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn’t mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are    54   deep inside as if their hearts are broken.

   And we also have other compound words, such as handshake and    55   . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know some thing like this in your English study.

1.A.word            B. phrase      C. sentence          D. passage

2.A. how            B. why              C. when             D. where

3.A. for            B. from             C. about            D. like

4.A. get            B. fit              C. read             D. have

5.A. right          B. wrong            C. same             D. different

6.A. homesick       B. heartsick        C. seasick          D. earsick

7.A. the first place  B the last place C. the only place    D. the safe place                                                                                                     

8.A. thought over  B. thought out          C. heard from       D. heard of

9.A. hurt           B. hit              C. loved            D. moved

10.A. hobby         B. height           C. heaven           D. handbag

 

Which is more useful?(有用的)

Thomas is in Grade Two now. He goes to school from Monday to Friday. After school he must do some housework. He helps his parents on the farm(农场) on Saturdays and Sundays. So he doesn’t have any time to play soccer in the daytime. He often plays soccer with his friends in the moon (月亮).

It’s five in the afternoon. School is over. Thomas goes home and cooks for his family. After dinner he sees his friend Paul near his house and asks him to play soccer. The boy looks at the sky and sees the moon. Then he asks,” Which is more useful, the sun or the moon?”

“I think the moon is,” says Thomas. “We need light (光线) in the evening, because we see not the sun, but the moon!”

1.Thomas’ parents are ________.

A．workers

B．teachers

C．policemen

D．farmers

2.Thomas must work on the farm       days in a week.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

3.Thomas is busy in the daytime, so       .

A．he does some homework in the evening

B．he does some washing(洗) and cleaning in the evening

C．he plays soccer with his friends in the moon

D．he watches TV at home in the evening

4.Thomas sees Paul       today.

A．in the morning	B．in the afternoon
C．in the evening	D．at school

5.Thomas only likes       .

A．the sun

B．the moon

C．Saturdays

D．Sundays

 

Mr. and Mrs. Jones never go out in the evening, but last Saturday Mrs. Jones said to her husband（丈夫）, "There is a good film at the cinema tonight. Shall we go and see it?"

Mr. Jones was quite happy about it. So they went, and both of them enjoyed the film very much. When they came out of the cinema, it was 11 o'clock. They got into their car and began driving home. It was quite dark. Mrs. Jones said," Look, a woman is running along the road very fast and a man is running after her. Can you see them?" Mr. Jones said, "Yes, I can."

He drove the car slowly near the woman and said to her, "Can I help you?" "No, thanks," said the woman, but she did not stop running. "My husband and I always run home after the cinema. Because whoever（不论谁） gets home late are going to do the dishes."

1. Mr. and Mrs. Jones _____.

A. often stay at home in the evening   B. often go out in the evening

C. often go out to have supper       D. often go to the cinema in the evening

2. _____________ enjoyed the film very much.

A. Mr.Jones   B. Mrs. Jones    C. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones  D. The woman

3. On their way home, they saw _____.

A. a man running after a woman       B. two men running together

C. a woman running after a man       D. two women running

4.Why did the man and the woman run? Because _____.

A. the woman's husband was angry with her   B. they liked running

C. neither the wife nor the husband（丈夫和妻子都不） wanted to wash the dishes

D. they tried  to catch the car

 

A young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his doorbell began to ring. It was already midnight, but what could the doctor do? He had to get up, put on his coat and go downstairs.

When he opened the door, he saw a man standing with a hat in his hand. “How do you do?” said the man,“ Can you come at once to a place out of town? It’s quite far but you have a car and I can show you the way.”

“Certainly,” said the doctor, “I’m quite ready. I can come at once.” After a few minutes the car was standing at the front door, the man got into the doctor’s car, and they drove off.

They drove on for a long time. Then the man said, “Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go back to town.”

“I must see the patient. How can I go back without seeing the patient?”

“There is no patient,” explained the man. “Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and one must get home from a town, mustn’t he? There are no taxis this time of the night, but a doctor often makes night calls, so excuse me. Here is money. Thank you, doctor. Good night.”

1.The doctor ____ when the doorbell started to ring.

A. was sleeping upstairs    B. was sleeping downstairs

C. was working upstairs    D. was working downstairs

2. The man asked the doctor _____.

A. to go out for a walk   B. to go to a place out of town

C. to see a patient       D. to go for a vacation

3.They left _____.

A. on foot        B. by bike   C. by bus    D. by car

4.What the man wanted to do was only _____.

A. to fool the doctor         B. to give the doctor money

C. to get home in the doctor’s car     D to invite the doctor to his home

5.The doctor must be ______ when he heard the man’s words.

A. happy          B. angry       C. sad      D cry

 

  Look! There are thousands of people waiting to buy tickets home in the railway station．Each time when Spring Festival comes，buying tickets of train trip would be very hard．And things seem to be getting worse and worse，although we have greatly increased the mileage(总里程) of railway network and speeded up trains．Why? It’s because too many people want to go back home to spend Spring Festival with their family．Many people become angry with the Ministry(部)of Railways．They wonder why it is hopeless for them to get the tickets from the railway station．Instead，they sometimes can only buy them from ticket scalpers at much higher price．
The Ministry of Railways estimated(估计) that about 216 million passengers would travel by train during the 40-day peak period(高峰期) during the 2010 Spring Festival holiday．The number of travelers will be 8％higher than that of 2009．This problem even attracted the President Hu Jintao’s attention．He wrote a note to Liu Zhijun，Minister of the Ministry of Railways，asking him to make sure of a “smooth and safe” transportation．Afterwards，officials from the Ministry of Railways said they would try their best not to let any ticket-buyers spend Spring Festival at the railway station．
【小题1】 What does the underlined word “scalper” in the first paragraph mean?

A．代售点

B．售票员

C．票贩

D．赌徒

【小题2】 Many people can’t buy the tickets from the railway station，and they sometimes can only buy them from the scalpers        ．

A．expensively

B．wrongly

C．dangerously

D．hardly

【小题3】How many people took the train trip during the peak period during the 2009 Spring Festival holiday?

A．About 216 million．	B．About 172 million．
C．About 200 million．	D．About 233 million．

【小题4】What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．People go home much more easily during the Spring Festival．

B．It is very hard to buy tickets in the railway station during the Spring Festival．

C．President Hu Jintao cares about the railway building problem．

D．The Ministry of Railways felt sorry about the problem．