There would be a school party on Friday evening.The girls were talking about what they were going to
wear.
         "I'm going to wear a black dress, so everybody will notice(注意) me, " said Emily."How about you,
Linda? "
         "I'm not sure. Maybe jeans(仔褲), an old shirt, and a hat.People will notice me more than you! "Linda
said.      
          "What are we going to do about the boys? " asked Jane."Do you remember the last school party, last
year? They just stood there, and we girls had to dance by ourselves! "
          "I hear that some of the boys learned how to dance this summer. Maybe it'll be better this time, " said
Mary.
          The party was held on Friday evening.Groups of students arrived. The music began. The girls stood in
a line on one side, and the boys on another side.Mr Green, their teacher, tried to get them together, but failed.
After a while, Tim said, "I don't want to stand here the whole time.The party is only for two hours. It'll be over
soon."He started to dance. All the others watched him.Then David asked Emily if she wanted to dance. Then
Jack and Linda. Then, all began to dance. Soon there were more dancers than watchers.

1. On Friday evening there would be ______.

A.a school party　　
B.a school meeting 　
C.a sports meeting　
D.a birthday party

2. The girls were talking about ______ .

3. What happened when the music began?

A.David asked Emily to dance. 　
B.Groups of students arrived. 　
C.The boys and girls began to dance. 　
D.The girls stood on one side, and the boys on another side.

4. Who was the first one to dance?

A.David. 　
B.Jack. 　
C.Tim. 　
D.Jane.

     One evening Mr Harris was on duty when the phone rang. He went to answer it. It was Mrs Green.
     "Please, sir, come to my house. I had 5,000 dollars stolen."
      Mr Harris hurried to her house.He asked Mrs Green, "When did you find the money missing?"
      "At seven, I put my money on the table in the living-room.Then I went to wash my hair. I came back
at seven thirty and the money was gone."
      "I see," Mr Harris said."Were you alone in the house?"
       "No. My sister's daughter, Nancy, was here, too."
       "Let's talk to Nancy," said Mr Harris. They went to Nancy's room.
        Mr Harris sat on the only chair in the room. The chair was cold. Mrs Green and Nancy sat on the
bed. Mr Harris saw some books on the floor near the chair.
       "What have you been doing this evening?"
       "I've been studying because I shall have a test tomorrow. I've been sitting on that chair reading all
the time. I never got up and never left my room.But at about seven fifty I heard a sound,like someone
closing the door. I didn't go out to have a look, for I was too busy. Maybe someone came into the house
and took my aunt's money."  
       After hearing that, Mr Harris was quite clear. He said to Mrs Green,"Well, you won't have to be
worried, and you'll find the 5,000 dollars just in this room."

1. In which order did the following happen?
    a. Nancy went back into her room.
    b. The money was stolen.
    c. Mrs Green washed her hair.
    d. Mrs Green put the money on the table.
    e. Mrs Green gave Mr Harris a phone call.
    f. Mrs Green returned to the living-room.

A. e, d, c, b, a, f.
B. d, b, c, a, f, e
C. d, c, b, a, f, e.
D. a, b, c, d, f, e.

2. The chair was cold. This suggested (暗示) that ______.

3. Mr Harris paid attention to all the facts except the fact that ______.

A. Nancy and her aunt sat on the bed
B. some books were on the floor
C. there was only one chair in the room
D. the chair was cold

4. Which of the following is the most probably true?

A. Mr Harris was a policeman.
B. Mrs Green found Nancy stole the money between 7 and 7:30.
C. The money was hidden in Nancy's bed.
D. What Nancy said sounded reasonable.

A. The thief broke into the house,stole the money and left the house with the money.
B. Nancy was preparing for the test.
C. Someone closed the door at 7:50.
D. Nancy stole the money.

      When Mike was walking through the town, he noticed a stranger man. The stranger looked at him with a
big frown (皺眉) and it made Mike very uncomfortable. Mike did nothing (1)w______, but the man still
frowned at him. He was so angry that he frowned at the man with his tongue (舌) out. And he found most
of the people around looked unhappy and frowned. Mike wondered (2)w______so many people frowned at
each other.
     A clever idea came into Mike's head. He should (3)s______ first. It seemed silly at first, but he want to
(4)h______ a try. When a woman walked towards him, he smiled (5)a______ her and the lady smiled at him,
and most of the people smiled at him, too. Everybody seemed happy (6)b______ of the smile of the
clever boy.  
    Then Mike once again met the stranger and the man still looked at him (7)w______ a frown. Mike had a
good idea. He smiled a big smile (8)w______ the man passed him. The man stopped, looking at Mike's face
and he started to smile. The two strangers laughed and they (9)b______ felt happy. Just a smile lifts you up
(10)f______ a feeling of down. So when you see a man with a frown, put a smile on your face. And you'll
find that the world is a happy place.

     Mrs Brown had a small garden behind her house, and in spring she planted some vegetables
in it.She looked after them very carefully, and when summer came, they looked very nice.
     One evening,  Mrs Brown looked at her vegetables and said, "Tomorrow I am going to pick
them, and then we can eat them."
     But early the next morning, her son ran into the kitchen (廚房) and shouted, "Mother, Mother!
Come quickly! Our neighbour's (鄰居的) ducks are in the garden and they are eating our vegetables!"
     Mrs Brown ran out, but it was too late! All the vegetables were finished! Mrs Brown cried, and
her neighhour was very sorry, but that was the end of the vegetables.
     Then several days before Christmas, the neighbour brought Mrs Brown a parcel (包裹). In it was
a beautiful, fat duck, and on it was a piece of paper with the words: Enjoy your vegetables!

1. Where did Mrs Brown plant the vegetables?
   She _____ some vegetables in the ______.
2. When did Mrs Brown look at the vegetables?
    She looked at them the ______.
3. What happened the next morning?
    The neighbour's ______ her vegetables.
4. How about her neighbour?
    Her neighbour ______ very ______.
5. What was in the parcel given by her neighbour?
    There was a ______  fat ______ in it.

     David finished a college and began to work in a middle school when he was twenty-three. Two years later
he broke his left leg while he was playing football with his students. They took him to a hospital at once. A girl,
Linda, took good care of him there. And they loved each other. As soon as he came out of the hospital, they
married. Linda is a garrulous (饒舌的) woman. She likes telling her husband all she hears in her hospital. David
is busy at school. He hopes to have a good rest at home, but she doesn't want to stop talking. He tries his best
to bear (忍受) it. One evening Linda came back late and her husband already went to sleep. When she went to
bed, she woke him up and asked, "Has the door been shut? " "Yes, it had," answered David. "Have the windows
been shut yet?" "All have been shut except your mouth," the man said angrily. "We've been married for three
years and you've never kept quiet! But I really need to be quiet."

1. David is _____ years old now.

A. twenty-three
B. twenty-five
C. twenty-eight

2. Linda is _____.

A. a driver
B. a nurse
C. a worker

3. David married Linda because _____.

A. she was beautiful
B. she talked too much
C. she took good care of him

4. David hopes his wife to _____.

A. be quiet
B. talk more
C. come back earlier

5. At last, _____.

A. David woke up
B. David went to shut the door
C. David wanted to leave his wife

     A nobleman (貴族) A) _____ (ride) along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden. 
B) Beside the old man, on the ground, lay a young tree, ready to be planted. The nobleman called
 out to the old man, "What kind of tree are you planting there, my good man?" "This is a fig (無花
果) tree, sir," he said.     
     "What!" cried the nobleman. "You are ninety years old. You are planting a young tree now and 
it will take years to give fruit. You certainly don't hope to live C)_____ (long enough, enough long) 
to get any benefit (好處) from this tree?" The old man looked around his garden. Then he smiled 
and said, "Tell me, sir, D) 當你是個孩子的時候，你吃過無花果嗎？"Sure." The nobleman 
did not know why he asked this question. The old man smiled again. "Then tell me this," he said, 
"who planted the trees from which those figs were picked?" "Why...why, I don't know."  
     "You see, sir," went on the old man "our forefathers (祖先) planted trees for us to enjoy, and I 
am doing the same for the people after me."

1. 在畫線部分A）處用所給單詞的適當形式填空。
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2. 將畫線部分B）處譯為漢語。
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3. 在畫線部分C）處選擇適當詞語填空。
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4. 將畫線部分D）處譯為英語。
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5. Why did the old man plant trees?
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