Jenny，

I often think if I am as important to you as you are to me.

We had an unhappy time yesterday. I really felt sad after it and almost apologized (道歉) to you. However，you could still laugh and talk with others like nothing had happened. I suddenly realized that I was not that important to you. You didn’t even realize that I was angry and sad. What’s more，you even forgot my birthday this year.

Goodbye，my friend. I have closed my feeling toward you. It is sad to say goodbye，my friend. But it is meaningless for us to be friends any longer.

Lucy

Dear Lucy，

I’m sorry that I hurt you so much yesterday. But here is something I really need to tell you. I never thought the quarrel we had yesterday was as serious as you thought. I just felt tired and didn’t feel like going shopping. Susan and Lily are also my good friends. I couldn’t pretend (假装) not seeing them when they passed by. I also couldn’t let them know I was blue because of the quarrel. I didn’t want them to feel sad just because I was sad. I’m your best friend，but I don’t want to be your only friend. I don’t want to be with you all the time because sometimes I need to have my own time. I want to spend some time with my other friends and my brother. Please try to make more friends. You will feel much happier if you have more friends. And remember，I’m your best friend forever!

Jenny

1.What’s the purpose of Lucy’s letter?

2.What’s the cause of the quarrel yesterday?

3.In the letter，Jenny suggests Lucy should________.

4.According to the passage，if we say someone is blue，we mean he/she is________.

5.After reading Jenny’s letter，we learn that________.

The old couple who lived in a cottage on the edge of the village were envied for the happiness of their marriage． They never quarreled and were always affectionate to one another． Sadly, after thirty-four years of this happiness, the husband became ill and died．

The wife was overcome with grief． Her children tried to comfort her, but to no avail． Her neighbors tried to comfort her, but with similar lack of success． Weeks and months went by, and still the woman was grieving; tears fell down her cheeks from morning till night．

Then a holy man came to the village． People told him about the woman, and asked him to try to help her． The holy man went to the woman’s house． Dressed in his rough woolen robe, he sat down with the grieving widow and listened, carefully, to her story． When she had spilled out all her sorrow, he reached into one of the deep pockets in his robe, and drew out a tiny, little mustard（芥末） seed． “I think I may have a cure for your grief,” he said． “I want you to go round the people in this region, and look for a family that has no sorrows． When you find this family, give them this little mustard seed, and then come back to me．

The woman set off in search of such a family． She visited every home in the district, and talked to the people． She listened to their stories, just as the holy man had listened to hers． In time, she almost forgot about the mustard seed, because every single family she met was carrying some kind of sorrow．

One day, she happened to meet the holy man again, and he stopped to ask how she was feeling． She was surprised at first, at his question, and then she suddenly remembered the mustard seed, still safely in her purse． “I’m sorry, I haven’t found a family without sorrows yet,” she told him． “But you yourself are cured of your grief,” he smiled． “The mustard seed is a great healer!”

1.What does the underlined word “grieving” mean?

   A． amused        B． sad           C． angry         D． astonished

2.What did the holy man ask her to do to end her sorrow?

   A． to go to church for help．

   B． to live with the family that has no sorrows with the mustard seed．

   C． to help others so that she can feel the happiness from the bottom of her heart．

   D． to find a family that is always happy and give them the mustard seed before returning to him．

3.How did the woman treat the families she visited?

   A． She was a good listener．

   B． She helped them to solve the problems they met．

    C． She gave every family a mustard seed．．

   D． She told them her unfortunate story．

4.Who on the earth heals the woman’s grief?

   A． The mustard seed                B． Her children   

    C． The families in the district                      D． She herself

The train was already half an hour late．I had to arrive in Vienna at 7:15 in time to catch the 7:20 train to Paris, but there was no hope of that now．I told my problem to the conductor．He advised me to get off two stops before Vienna Station and take a taxi．When the time came, he even helped with my bag．He wished me good luck as I jumped off．A few minutes later I was racing towards the center of the city in a taxi．It was almost 7:25 when we stopped outside the station．I paid the driver quickly, picked up my bag and hurried inside．“Paris train?” was all I had time to say to the official I saw．You can see how I felt when he pointed to a train that was just moving out of the station．

1．The writer couldn’t arrive in Paris in time because          ．

A．the train was late            B．he took the wrong train

C．he didn’t pay the driver       D．the conductor advised him to get off early

2．The conductor advised the writer to get off before Vienna and take a taxi       ．

     A．as soon as the train stopped

     B．after he heard the writer’s explanation

     C．after he was passing the writer

     D．when the train arrived in Vienna at 7:15

3．Which of the following did the conductor do to help the writer?

     A．The conductor took him to the centre of the city in a taxi．

     B．The conductor advised him to get off two stops before Vienna．

     C．The conductor carried the bag for him．

     D．The conductor showed him out of the station and called a taxi．

4．When the writer saw that the train was just moving, he felt        ．

      A．happy         B．angry               C．disappointed        D．sorry

5．Which of the following is true?

      A．The conductor was very kind to the writer．

      B．The writer paid the bus driver quickly．

      C．The driver helped the writer to catch the train．

      D．The writer was lucky to catch the train．