A Manchester teenager has received a phone bill (賬單) for over ￡450 after sending 3,500 text messages
in just one month.
     Tony Russell has had his new mobile phone for only three months, but now his father, Lionel, has taken
it away.
     "He's been asking me for a mobile for years because all his friends have got one," explained Lionel. "I finally
bought one for his birthday because he's been doing so well at school, but he and his friends are crazy (瘋狂的)
about sending text messages. They do it all the time. They even text each other from different sides of the
school playground."
     Tony said, "I thought texting was much cheaper than phoning, so I've been texting my friends all day long
and even into the early hours of the morning. I've been going to bed at 2: 00 most nights. Sometimes my hand
hurt because I pressed the buttons so much, but I was having such good fun that I couldn't stop!"
     His father said, "I have forgiven him, but I am angry with the phone company as they are encouraging this
crazy behavior." He has made his son promise to pay back the money, so Tony has been working on Saturdays.
He has found a job in a shoe shop. "I think it will take me about a year to clear this debt (債務)," he said.
     A Xiangtan teenager has received a phone bill for over 350 yuan after sending 3,500 text messages in just
one month.
     Tan Wei has had his new mobile phone for only three months, but now his father has taken it away.
     "He's been asking me for a mobile for years because all his friends have got one," explained Tan Wei's father.
"I finally bought one for his birthday because he's been doing so well at school, but he and his friends are crazy
about sending text messages They do it all the time."
     Tan Wei said, "I thought texting was much cheaper than phoning, so I've been texting my friends all day
long and even into the early hours of the morning, Sometimes my Angers hurt because I pressed the buttons
(按鍵) so much, but I was having such good fun that I couldn't I stop!"
     His father said, "I am angry with the phone company as they are encouraging this crazy behavior." He has
made his son promise to pay back the money, so Tan Wei has been working on Saturdays He has found a part-
time job in a shoe shop "I think it will take me about hall a year to clear this debt (債務)," he said.

1. Tan Wei got the mobile phone because _____.

A. he's been asking for it for years.
B. all his friends have got one.
C. he's been doing well at school.

2. The underlined word "texting" probably means _____.

A. 讀課文
B. 短信
C. 發(fā)郵件

3. When he sent text messages, Tan Wei _____.

A. made friends at school
B. got himself injured
C. felt quite happy

4. How much money does Tan Wei get for his job every month?

A. About 40 yuan
B. About 60 yuan
C. About 80 yuan

     Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood (洪水), and quite
a few houses were washed away, but Elizabeth's house was high enough to escape it.
     Elizabeth helped one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could
build a new house. Elizabeth's friends could not understand her since she already had so many children to take
care.
     "Well," Elizabeth explained to her friends, at the end of World War II, there was a poor woman in a town
in England. Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now. The day
before Christmas, this woman said to her children, "We won't be able to have much for Christmas. I'm going
to get just one present for us all.Now I'll go and get it. She came back with a little girl who had no parents.
Here's our present, she said to her own children. The children were more than excited to get such a present.
They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grew up as their sister. I was that Christmas present."

1. How many children did Elizabeth have?
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2. What did Elizabeth do after the flood?
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3. The Christmas present was Elizabeth herself, wasn't it? 
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4. What do you learn from the story?
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     One day a red rose blossomed (開花) in a forest. A pine tree not far away said:"What a beautiful flower.
I wish I could he that lovely.
     The rose said:"I am the most beautiful plant in this forest."
     Then the rose looked at a cactus (仙人掌) and said:" Look at that ugly plant. It is full of thorns (刺)"
     The pine tree said:"Red rose, you have thorns, too." Sometimes, the rose would look at the cactus and
say:"This plant is useless. How sorry I am to be his neighbor."
     Summer came and the plants and animals needed water, but no rain fell. One day the rose saw birds
stick (刺) their beaks (鳥嘴) into the cactus and then fly away. The rose asked what the birds were doing.
The pine tree explained that the birds got water from the cactus. The pine tree told the rose:"You can also
drink from it. The birds can bring water to you if you ask the cactus for help."
     The rose fell ashamed (羞愧的), but asked the cactus for help. The cactus kindly agreed and the birds
filled their beaks with water for the rose's roots (根).
     So the rose learned:never judge (判斷) anyone by appearance (外表).

1. At the beginning of the story the rose thought that the cactus was _____.

A. ugly
B. lovely
C. beautiful 

2. Both the rose and the cactus have _____.

A. thorns
B. leaves
C. fruit

3. The underlined word "useless" in this passage means "_____" in Chinese. 

A. 無營養(yǎng)的
B. 不友好的
C. 無用的

4. Which of the following is True according to the story?

A. The birds could get water from the pine tree.
B. The rose got water from the cactus at last.
C. The pine tree wanted to get water from the rose.

5. What's the best title (標題) for the passage?

A. Plants and birds
B. Ways of growing roses
C. Appearance isn't everything.

     "Who did this?" asked Miss Green.
     There were 30 children in the classroom and all were trying to think about not only what they did, but also
what our teacher already knew.
     "Who broke this window?"
     "Uh, Oh." I thought. I was the one who broke the window with a football. I did not mean to do it. I would
be in a lot of trouble. How could I pay for a big window like that? I didn't want to put up my hand. But I had
to tell the truth. So, I put up my hand and told the teacher I broke the window.
     Miss Green went to the bookshelf and took down a book.
     "I know how you like birds, Peter." She said. "Here is a book about birds and the book is yours now. I will
not punish you this time. But Peter, you should remember that I am rewarding (獎賞) you for your honesty (誠
實), not for breaking the window."
     I couldn't believe it! The teacher didn't punish me and I was getting my very favorite book. Now, I still use
that book, and it always reminds me of (使我想起) the lesson my teacher taught me.
     Honesty is always best.

1. Who broke the window?
    ________________________________________________________
2. How many children were in the classroom? 
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3. Where did Miss Green take down the book? 
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4. What was the book about? 
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5. What can we learn from the story? 
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     I had a very unusual experience on (1)_____ 星期天. At around ten o'clock in the morning, I was walking
down the street when a UFO landed in (2)f_____ of me. You can imagine how (6)_____ 奇怪的 it was! An
alien got out and walked down the Center Street. I (4)_____ 跟隨 it to see where it was going, and I was very
surprised when it went into a souvenir shop. While it was looking at the souvenirs, the assistant called the
(5)p_____.

     Helen Monson has always been interested in helping her community. Her first volunteer experience was
for the American Red Cross when she was in high school. When she was a school teacher, she also found
time to volunteer. One year, she organized a Super Saturday fun day for kids in the community. She also used
to volunteer at the mint festival every year, One summer she served food, another year she organized an art
programme.
     After she retired, she started volunteering to help the old. When her father was older, he was not able to
see as well as he used to, which made her sad because he had always enjoyed reading. She decided it would
be fun to read to elderly people in her community. She also helped one woman write her stories. Ann was
almost 100 years old, and Helen wrote down information about her life when she visited her. She put the
information in a book and got it published. Ann was very excited to share her life story with her children and
grandchildren.
     After a hurricane (颶風) destroyed some southern cities, Helen volunteered again for the American Red
Cross. She prepared food and answered phones in a care centre. She says,"I have always liked the Red Cross
because the organization helps people in need no matter what."
      One day Helen read an article in the newspaper about refugees (難民) who needed to learn English. Now,
she meets once a week with Sahra, a 38-year-old woman from Somalia. Sahra is reading and writing skills.
Helen gave Sahra a camera and asked her to take pictures of her daily life. She developed the pictures, and
then asked Sahra questions about them. In the end, they wrote a book together and used the photos in the
book. This helped Sahra learn many new words about her everyday life.
      Helen says,"The most rewarding (有益的) part of volunteer work is becoming friends with the people
I help, They enrich my life as well as I enrich theirs."

1. When was Helen's first volunteer experience for the American Red Cross?   
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2. What did Helen do after she retired? 
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3. Why was Ann excited when her book got published?
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4. Where did Helen work when she volunteered again for the American Red Cross? 
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5. How far is Sahra living and working from Helen's home?  
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6. Did Helen help Sahra to learn English?   
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7. What can you learn from Helen?        
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