A man with a green bag walked into a doctor’s room．“Please sit down．Open your mouth and put out your tongue（舌頭），”the doctor said．“OK．You can close your mouth now．It’s clear something is wrong with you．You have to do more exercise．”

    “But，doctor，”the man said．“I don’t think…”

    “Don’t tell file what you think．”the doctor said．“I am the doctor．not you．I know what you need．I see hundreds of people like you．None of them get any exercise．They sit in offices all day and in front of the television in the evening．What you need is to walk quickly for al least 30 minutes a day．”

    “Doctor，you don’t understand，”the man said．“I…”

    “I don’t want to hear ally excuses．”the doctor said．“You must find time for exercise．If you don’t，you will get fat and have health problems when you are older．”  

    “But I walk every day，”the man said．

    “Oh，yes，and I know what kind of walking that is．You walk a few meters to the train station from your house．a(chǎn) few more meters from the station to your office，and a few more meters from your office to a restaurant for lunch and back．”

    “Please listen to me，doctor!”the man shouted，getting angry．

    “I’m a mailman．”the man continued．“I walk for seven hours every day and I come to send letters．”

    For a moment，the doctor said nothing，and then he said slowly，“Put your tongue out again，will you?”

1．What is the color of the man’s bag?

    A．Black．               B．Green．               C．Blue．                 D．Yellow．

2．What did the doctor ask the man first to do when he came in?

    A．To put down his bag．                            B．Tb sit down．

    C．To open his mouth．                               D．To close his mouth．

3．The doctor thought_________ ．

    A．the man was too fat and too old

    B．the man was lazy and ate too much

    C．there was nothing wrong with the man

    D．most of his patients needed enough exercise

4．The mailman sends letters________  every day．

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

5．Which of the following is TRUE?

    A．The doctor did exercise every day．

B．The man walked a long way to the station．

C．The man got angry with the doctor．

D．The doctor gave the mailman some medicine．

A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

“If you must know, I make $20 an hour,”

“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”

The father was furious, “If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish（自私的）!”

　 The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t really ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.

　 “Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now.” said the man, “Here’s $10.”

“Oh, thank you, Daddy!” he said happily. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.

　 “Why do you want more money since you already have some?” The father shouted angrily.

“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do.” the little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

51. How much does the boy’s father make an hour?

A. $10　　　　 B. $20　　　　 C. $30　　　　 　 D. $40

52. The underlined word “furious” in Para.5 means ______.

A. very angry　　　 B. quite happy　　 C. very strange 　 D. a little nervous

53. At first, the father refused to give the boy any money because ______.

A. he thought the boy was too selfish

B. he did not have enough money at that moment

C. he thought the boy would buy something of no use

D. the boy always asked for money from him

54. The boy wanted to buy ______ with the twenty dollars.

A. a new book for himself　　　　　 B. a nice present for his father

C. a toy for his own birthday　　　　　 D. an hour of his father’s time

55. From the passage, we can infer（推斷）that the boy’s father ______.

A. often played with his son　　　　　 B. spent little time with his son

C. didn’t love his son at all　　　　 D. often came back home early

A clam (蚌) decided to take a rest on the bank of the River Yi. When the clouds passed, he felt cool in their shadow. When the sun returned, he felt warm. It was a good time to daydream, and so he did..

From above, a bird saw the clam and flew down and gave it a good peck (啄). The clam was frightened and closed his shell tight, catching the bird’s beak.

“Remove your beak at once,” ordered the clam. But the bird was stubborn, though she was able to pull out her beak, she refused.

“I will not remove my beak until you open your shell,” the bird mumbled. Like the clam, she found it was difficult to speak clearly under the situation. Of course, the clam was not about to listen to the bird and open his shell. But the bird threatened, (威脅)“Open your shell or you’ll be a dead clam.” “Remove your beak at once,” returned the clam.

“Open it!”

“ Remove it!”

“Open it!”

The two went back and forth like this for several hours. But neither of them would follow the other’s orders first, they stayed in such a state until a young man who happened to come here and carried two of them off for dinner!

71. Why the clam choose the bank to have a rest?

A. Because it was a place where he felt cool when the clouds passed and warm when the sun returned.　　　　　

B. Because he likes daydreaming.

C. Because it wanted to meet the bird on the bank..　　　　　

D. Because it could find some food for dinner.

72. In the fourth paragraph, the word “mumble” means 　　　　　　__.

A．慢條斯理地說(shuō) B．含糊地說(shuō)　 C．狠狠地說(shuō)　 D．快速的說(shuō)

73. Which of the following can be true according to the passage?

A. The clam opened his shell first.　　　 B. The bird removed his beak first

C. The clam and the bird didn’t agree with each other until the young man came

D. The clam and the bird were cooked as a good dinner by the young man

74.Which of the following sayings can explain the story well?

A. Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

B. Two heads are better than one.

C. Think twice before you do

D. Saying is one thing and doing another

75. The best title of the passage is 　　　　　　　__.

A. Remove it first 　　B. A daydream

C. A stubborn bird　 　 D. The bird and the clam　　

I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company（公司）. “What is it?” I wondered. I turned it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-written address. Immediately my mind traveled many years back.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold and wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of magazines on my shoulder. That day, I came to the company finally, the owner, Mr. Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers if they wanted any magazines.
Shaking off the rain like a wet dog, I went into Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick look he took me over to the fireplace. Noticing the hole in the top of my shoe, he said, “Come with me!” pulling me into his car. We stopped in front of a shoe shop. Inside, a salesman fitted me with the finest pair of shoes I had ever seen. I felt about 10 feet tall when I got up in them. “We’d like a pair of new socks, too.” Mr. Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a car, wrote something on it and handed it to me. With tearful eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said kindly, “Jimmy, I want you to know I love you.” I said good-bye, and for the first time I sensed a piece of hope that things would be better. With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a difference.
【小題1】The writer went to Queen City Casket Company to         .