A woman repeated a bit of gossip (流言) about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole neighborhood knew the story. The neighbor was deeply hurt. Later the woman learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.

“Go to the market,” he said, “and buy a chicken, and have it killed, then on your way home, pick its feathers(毛) and drop them one by one along the road.” Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.

The next day the wise man said, “Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me.”

The woman followed the same road, but she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown all the feathers away. After looking for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.

“You see,” said the old man, “it’s easy to drop them, but it’s impossible to get them back. So it is with gossip. It doesn’t take much to spread（散布） a gossip, but once you do, you can never completely undo（彌補(bǔ)） the wrong.”

1.Why did the woman feel sorry?

A．She didn’t know the story.

B．She hurt her neighbor deeply.

C．She was hurt deeply.

D．She was told an untrue story.

2.The underlined word “discouraged” might mean          .

A．surprised         B．excited           C．upset             D．pleased

3.Which of the following statements is true?

A．The gossip didn’t hurt anyone at all.

B．The wise man is not kind enough.

C．All the feathers had been blown away..

D．The woman was given a lesson.

4.What the wise man said has nearly the same meaning as the Chinese phrase “_________”.

A．覆水難收         B．無(wú)中生有          C．欲速不達(dá)         D．得道多助

 

Mr. Black loved his daughter Helen very much. Every day he spent all of his free time     36   with her. One night, when he     37   his house, Helen came running to him and was ready to play. But he had a lot of work to do,     38    couldn’t play with his daughter. In order to keep her     39   , he found a map of the world in a magazine and cut it into pieces. Mr. Black said he had     40    time to play right now. He told the girl to put the pieces of paper back together to make up a map of the world, and then they could both play.

About half an hour later, Helen came to her father and said, “Okay, it’s finished. Can we play now?” Mr. Black was surprised, he said, “That’s     41   . Let’s go and see.” And sure enough, there was the picture of the world; all put together, every    42     in its place. Mr. Black said, “That’s surprising!    43    did you do that?” Helen said, “It was    44   . On the back of the paper was a picture of a    45   .When I put the man together, the whole world fell into place.”

1.	A．working B．running C．playing D．walking

 

2.	A．got back B．got to C．got on D．got out

 

3.	A．or B．a(chǎn)nd C．but D．then

 

4.	A．sleepy B．warm C．free D．busy

 

5.	A．no B．enough C．much D．some

 

6.	A．right B．wrong C．possible D．impossible

 

7.	A．map B．picture C．piece D．page

 

8.	A．How B．Why C．When D．Where

 

9.	A．hard B．simple C．difficult D．different

 

10.	A．boy B．girl C．man D．woman

 

Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were going to give birth to their babies. The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!”

“What a surprise! Believe it or not! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!”

Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎).

“Wow! That’s unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.”

An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”

　　After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fallen down. The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.”

1.Why were the fathers there?

A．They were waiting for their wives.

B．They were seeing doctors.

C．They were waiting for their babies to be born.

D．They were working at men nurses there.

2.Which of the following is true about the third man?

A．He thought the nurse made a mistake.

B．He was very surprised at the nurse’s words.

C．He didn’t want to have these babies.

D．He should never have worked at 7-Eleven.

3.Why did the fourth man fall down after hearing the nurse’s words?

A．He was afraid of having so many babies.

B．He was seriously ill.

C．He was too excited.

D．He was very glad to have 7 babies.

4.At least how many babies would be born according to the story?

A．9.               B．10.               C．11.              D．16.

 

A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised it had the   1   menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how   2   it was.

At the bottom of the   3  , there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will add it to the menu right away.”

The man   4   the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order   5    that was very unusual.

When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, “You say you can serve any dish, even if it’s not on your longest menu in the world.”

“That is correct, sir. We are able to meet everyone’s requirements.”

“Well,” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears.   6  , not African.”

The waiter wrote down in his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on toast.

“Very good, sir,” he said. “That shouldn’t   7   long.”

The waiter walked away quickly.

The man was very surprised and rather disappointed.

Then he smiled   8  the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.

“Ah!” the man said. “You can’t  9  it to me, can you?”

The waiter made an apology (道歉).

“I’m very sorry, sir, and this is the   10  embarrassing,”（困窘 ） he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”

1.                A．biggest         B．thickest         C．heaviest  D．longest

 

2.                A．unfair          B．unusual         C．beautiful  D．important

 

3.                A．menu          B．dish            C．restaurant D．table

 

4.                A．looked for      B．took out        C．looked at D．picked up

 

5.                A．a(chǎn)nything        B．nothing         C．everything D．something

 

6.                A．American       B．Indian          C．Canadian  D．Australian

 

7.                A．pay            B．cost            C． take D．spend

 

8.                A．a(chǎn)s             B．a(chǎn)nd            C．so   D．though

 

9.                A．catch          B．take           C．fetch D．bring

 

10.               A．least           B．most           C．less  D．more

 

 

閱讀理解

The train I was traveling on was already half an hour late. I had to arrive in Vienna at 7:15 to catch it. He advised me to get off two stops before Vienna station and take a taxi. When the time came, the conductor even helped me with my bags. He wished me good luck as I jumped off. And a few minutes later, I was racing towards the centre of the city in a taxi. It was almost 7:25 when we stopped outside the station. I paid the driver quickly, took hold of my bags quickly and hurried inside. “Pairs train” was all I had time to say to the official I saw. You can guess how I feel when he pointed to a man that the train was just moving out of the station.

1.The writer arrived at Vienna station at ______.

A．7: 15

B．7: 25

C．7:45

D．7:55

2. Why did the writer get off the train two stops before Vienna station?

A．He wanted to have a rest	B．He wanted to catch the 7:25 Paris train.
C．He wanted to go to Paris by taxi.	D．He wanted to meet the official.

3. How did the writer feel at Vienna station?

A．He felt lonely.	B．He felt angry.
C．He felt surprised.	D．He felt sad.