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C
What do you do in a situation like this? You’re calling dinner with friends at a nice restaurant. You’re having a great time when a phone rings at the table next to you. A man takes out his phone and starts talking loudly about problems he’s having with his girlfriend. He talks for almost ten minutes! This happens all the time－on buses, in restaurants, everywhere!
Many people find cell phones useful in their daily lives. But we’ve all sat next to someone talking too loudly on a cell phone. You may want to tell the loudmouth to end the conversation, but let the management take care of those noisy customers. You can only control your own behavior. Here are a few rules:
Off means off! Follow the rules of restaurants and other public places. If a sign says “turn off cell phones”, don’t use your phone. If you are allowed, speak softly and for a short time and try to move away from other people.
Lights off, phone off! Never make calls in a theater or at the movies.
Pay attention! Talking on a cell phone while driving is dangerous. And watch where you’re going when you’re walking down the streets and talking on the phone.
As more people use cell phones, things are only going to get worse. So, the next time you’re getting ready to make a call, stop and consider（考虑） the people around you.
The man talking on the cell phone loudly in the restaurant will ________.

A．talk for half an hour

B．pay more for his meal

C．make other customers angry

D．be driven out by the boss

Some people use cell phones in a rude way because____________.

A．they don’t consider the people around them

B．some public places allow them to do so

C．they are proud of having cell phones

D．cell phones are common and available everywhere

According to the passage, we shouldn’t make calls ___________.

A．in restaurants	B．on buses
C．at the movies	D．on the street

From the passage we can infer(推断）that __________.

A．cell phones have become the most useful tool in our life

B．public manners play an important role in our life

C．cell phones lead to people’s bad relationship

D．people should turn cell phones off in a public places

B
Sometimes the easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike.
More and more people are using cars in many places in Africa today. However, things are different in Malawi(马拉维). Bikes are the most popular in this African country.
Bike riding is a way of life in Malawi. People use them to carry heavy things. They also use bikes to carry people, especially tourists. These years, taking a “ bicycle taxi” to travel around Malawi has become quite popular among tourists from all over the world.
If you go to Malawi, you will find a lot of bike taxis waiting on the sides of the roads. The riders make the bikes comfortable for passengers to sit on. You can jump on a bike taxi and get around at a very low cost.
Alice is a 21-year-old student from Canada. She enjoys the special bike riding a lot. “I really like the bike taxi,” she says. “It’s easy and cheap.” Alice usually pays just $1 for going shopping in town.
28-year-old Panjira Khombe began to ride a bike taxi two years ago. The young man enjoys this job. “I used to make boats for a living, but that’s a hard job. Being a bike taxi rider is easy for me and I don’t mind carrying heavy people,” he says.
In Malawi ________ are the most popular way for people to get somewhere.

A．cars	B．bikes
C．trains	D．buses

From the passage we can learn Panjira Khombe thinks that________.

A．going shopping is easy

B．making boats for a living is difficult

C．riding a bike taxi is cheap

D．carrying heavy people is interesting

Which of the following is True?

A．The easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike in the world.

B．More and more people are using bike taxis in many places in Africa today.

C．People in Malawi only use bike to carry tourists.

D．A tourist can get around Malawi at a very low cost on a bike.

The best title of the passage may be “________”.

A．Bike Riders	B．A Special Country
C．Bike Taxis	D．A Cheap Journey

A
Before Christmas Mr Smith broke his right leg and had to stay in hospital. When he was there, he always asked his doctor when he could go home. He didn’t like to spend Christmas in hospital. Though the doctor did his best, Mr Smith didn’t get better. So on Christmas Day he was still in hospital. He spent a bad day in bed thinking that he missed a lot of fun on such a happy day.
The next day the doctor told him that he might be well enough to leave hospital in time for the New Year. Mr Smith was very happy to think that he would spend New Year’s Day outside hospital. Soon Mr Smith left hospital and on New Year’s Eve he went to a party. He enjoyed himself there. But he drank too much. On his way home that night, he had a fall and broke his left leg. What a unlucky man he was！
Mr Smith spent Christmas Day in hospital because ______.

A．he like to	B．his wife told him to
C．he broke his left leg	D．he had to

Mr. Smith felt ______ on Christmas Day.

A．happy

B．sad

C．better

D．well

Mr Smith would have to spend New Year’s Day ______.

A．at home	B．at a party
C．in hospital	D．outside hospital

D

If you want to buy apples, you should go to .

A．Marsha’s House	B．Country Life Market
C．Wawa Village	D．Next Wave Music Store

The above four forms are .

A．novels	B．notes
C．advertisements	D．letters

Which of the following is Not Right?

A．Marsha’s House may be a hotel.

B．Arnold Swenson may be a musician.

C．You can take your pet to Wawa Village if you are on a vacation.

D．You can get a present if you get to Next Wave Music Shore before 7:00 a.m.

C
I went home one Saturday afternoon in the autumn of 1993 to get some work done in the garden. While sweeping leaves on the ground, my five-year-old son Nick came over and asked me to write something on a piece of paper to make a sign for him.
“What for? ” I asked.
“I’m going to sell some of my stones,” he answered.
Nick was fascinated with stones and had collected many stones from all over. “I’m busy to do
that for you. Go and ask your mum for help.” I said.
A short time later, Nick returned with a sign, reading,“Stones. One Dollar Each”. He took the sign, a small chair and four of his best stones and walked to the road in front of our garden. There he put the stones in a line and sat down on the chair.
After half an hour, nobody passed by. I walked to him and asked him to go back, but he didn’t.
Another half hour later, a small car came down the road. I watched as Nick stood up, holding his sign up. A woman rolled down a window and read the sign. I couldn’t hear their talk, but I saw the woman turn to the driver and the man reach for his pocket.
I sat in the yard, as Nick ran to me. Waving the dollar, he shouted,“I told you I could sell one stone for a dollar — if you believe in yourself, you can do anything.”
The writer didn’t help his son because .

A．his wife is better at making a sign

B．he didn’t know what to write

C．he was busy sweeping leaves

D．he didn’t want his son to sell the stones

Nick was a boy .

A．who was kind	B．who had a strong mind
C．who was honest	D．who had many hobbies

The best title for this passage is .

A．My son’s first sale	B．Let's collect stones
C．How to sell a stone	D．My son’s hobby

From the story we can know that .

A．the story happened in spring

B．the car was driven by a woman

C．Nick spent half an hour selling one stone

D．the father might be movedby his son

A．eats the duck	B．eats Miss Chicken
C．is afraid	D．tells something about Miss Chicken.

A．The Duck	B．The tiger
C．The Tiger’s Breakfast	D．Miss Chicken