A man called Jake is too fat for him to walk and run fast．He is twenty-four years old and doesn’t have a girlfriend．The problem is that no girls like to make friends with him．He feels very sad and goes to the doctors for help．The doctor told him to eat less and run more so as to(以便)lose weight．(重量)

  One day，Jack was sitting by the mad．He was eating something with his dog．A policeman came over．Jack got up and ran down the road．throwing the fast food．The policeman ran after him at once．

  Jack ran very quickly this time．But the policeman ran faster．After a few minutes the policeman caught (抓住)him．“Where are you going?”said the policeman．“You must be a criminal(罪犯)because you rail like that when you saw a policeman．”“Oh．No，”said the young man．“I’m Just too fat，you see．The doctor told me that I must run very fast eating．”

    “Oh，I see．”said the policeman．“You are running to help yourself to lose weight．That’s so  good．”then the policeman ran after the young man again to help him．

    根据短文内容，选择正确的答案。

1．The man wants ___________．

 A．to be good at running           B．to run faster than the policeman

 C．to catch up with the policeman    D．to help himself lose some weight

2．First the policeman found the young man___________

  A．was sitting and playing near the fiver

  B．was playing with his dog at the roadside

  C．was sitting and eating something at the roadside

  D．was running very fast along the river．

3．Who runs faster than the other one?

A．The fat man    B．The policeman．    C．They both    D．The dog

4．Which of the following is NOT right?

  A．Jack remembers what the doctor told him to do．

  B．The policeman thinks the man is a criminal at first

  C．The doctor told the man to run after the policeman．

  D．The policeman understood Jack and went on running after Jack．

5．At last the policeman rail after man because he_________．

   A．wanted to help Jack to lose weight    B．found Jack ran faster than he

   C．wanted to be a good policeman      D．found he could catch Jack

完型填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life was ___1___ in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him ___2__.
Children in our neighborhood always ran around ___3___ their play, and Joey would jump and ran and play, __4___. We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be ___5___ to run like the other children. So he didn’t know.
In __6___ grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, __7__ only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the __8___. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.
He ran four to five mile every day—even when he had a fever. I was __9___, so I went to ___10___ him after school. I found him running ___11___. I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He has two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept ___12___.
Two weeks later, the names of the team ___13___ were out. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had ___14___ the team. He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn’t do it … so he didn’t know. He just ___15___ it.

完型填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life was ___1___ in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him ___2__.

Children in our neighborhood always ran around ___3___ their play, and Joey would jump and ran and play, __4___. We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be ___5___ to run like the other children. So he didn’t know.

In __6___ grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, __7__ only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the __8___. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.

He ran four to five mile every day—even when he had a fever. I was __9___, so I went to ___10___ him after school. I found him running ___11___. I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He has two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept ___12___.

Two weeks later, the names of the team ___13___ were out. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had ___14___ the team. He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn’t do it … so he didn’t know. He just ___15___ it.

1.                A．spent          B．taken          C．cost D．paid

2.                A．talk            B．sit             C．study D．walk

3.                A．after           B．before         C．during    D．till

4.                A．either          B．too            C．though   D．yet

5.                A．able           B．sorry           C．glad D．afraid

6.                A．sixth           B．seventh         C．six   D．seven

7.                A．so             B．if              C．then     D．because

8.                A．neighborhood   B．family          C．school    D．grade

9.                A．excited         B．tired           C．pleased   D．worried

10.               A．think about      B．hear from       C．agree with D．look for

11.               A．alone          B．away           C．almost D．already

12.               A．riding          B．walking         C．playing    D．running

13.               A．jumpers        B．runners        C．doctors   D．teachers

14.               A．got            B．kept           C．made D．found

15.               A．made          B．played         C．had   D．took

My son Joey was born with club feet．The doctors told us that he would be able to walk，but would never run very well．By the time he was eight，you wouldn’t know he had a problem when you saw him walk．
The children in our neighborhood ran around playing，and Joey would join them， run and play，too．We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to run as well as the other children．So he didn’t know．
In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross-country team．Every day he worked harder and ran more than any of the others．Although the entire team runs，only the top seven runners score for the school．We didn’t tell him he probably would never be on the team，so he didn’t know．
He continued to run four to five miles a day，every day - even the day he had a high fever．I was worried，so I went to see him after school．I found him running all alone．I asked him how he felt．"Okay，" he said．He had two more miles to go．Yet he looked straight ahead and kept running．We never told him he couldn’t run miles with a high fever．So he didn’t know．
Two weeks later，the names of the team runners were called．Joey was Number Six on the list．Joey was on the team! He was in seventh grade．We never told him he couldn’t do it!
【小题1】The doctor believed Joey would never run very well because ____．

When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect(尊敬) elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.

I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire(退休) or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.

After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.

1.Jack brought the couple their food very fast because______.

A. the manager asked him to do so   B. he respected the elderly

C. the couple wanted him to do so    D. he wanted more pay

2.In Jack’s hometown, ______.

A. people dislike being called “old”　　　　　

B. people are proud of being old

C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty

D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants

3. After this experience, Jack ______.

A. lost his job in the restaurant      　

B. made friends with the couple

C. no longer respected the elderly　　　

D. changed his way with older people

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A . The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.

B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.

C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.

D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.

5.Which is the best title for this passage?

A.  Different countries, different customs     B.  Old people, old customs

C.  Different restaurants, different services    D.  Differences between old and young