A Birthday Present
     Susan has three dollars-the pocket money (零用錢) she had saved up. She wanted to buy a birthday
present for her father. She came to a big shop. She looked at the goods in a shop window and thought,
"I should give him something to wear."
     "Can I help you, little girl?" said the shopkeeper, Mr King. "Yes, please. I'm looking for a present for my
dad," said Susan, "but I don't know what to buy. "Mr King showed her a nice shirt and said, "What about this?"
"No, I have only three dollars," said Susan. Then she saw a beautiful white tie. She knew her father would like
it. She wanted to get it, but it might be very dear,she was afraid.
     "How much is it?" She asked. Mr King looked at her for a while and then he took off the price tag and
said, "That's just three dollars." "Oh, fine!" Susan said happily, "I'll take it."

1. Susan wanted to buy _________.

A. something to wear
B. a skirt
C. a shirt
D. a present for her dad

2. How much money did Susan have?

A. About 3 dollars.
B. Less than 3 dollars.
C. More than 3 dollars.
D. Only 3 dollars.

3. Mr King is _________.

A. the salesman
B. the shopkeeper
C. a friend
D. a neighbour

4. At last, Susan bought _________.

A. a shirt
B. a pair of shoes
C. a tie
D. a tag

5. From the story we know that Mr King is a _________ man.

A. kind
B. bad
C. tall
D. fat

   One day, two young men went to a small city. They stayed outside a shop for a long time, and they seemed
to have nothing to do. The owner of the shop felt they were unusual. So he used his new mobile phone to take
a picture of them. After that he sent a message with the picture to the police. The picture surprised the police
because the persons in the picture had done something wrong before. And the police were trying to catch them!
A police car was immediately sent to the shop. The two young men were caught there. Later a policeman told
the reporter,"We think this is the first time in the world that a picture message has been used to help catch
criminals(罪犯)."

根據(jù)以上內(nèi)容判斷下列句子的正 (T) 誤 (F) 。
(   )1.  The owner of the shop sent the picture message to the police.
(   )2. The two young men went to the shop to buy a new mobile phone.
(   )3. The shop owner thought the two young men were kind.
(   )4. The two young men were caught by the police.
(   )5. The police thought a picture message was often used to help catch criminals.

    Jackson was driving back home along a road one evening. He just lost his job. It was winter and it was very
cold, just like his feelings.
    An old lady with her car was standing on one side of the road. She needed help. No one stopped to help her.
Jackson stopped in front of her and got out of his car. The lady looked very worried. Even when he put a smile
on his face, the old lady still looked worried. Was he going to hurt her? He didn't look safe, and he looked poor
and hungry. Jackson knew how she felt. He said." I'm here to help you, madam. Why don't you wait in my car?
By the way, my name is Jackson."
     The lady thought for a while and then went into his car. There was something wrong with her car. Jackson
went under her car to repair it. When he finished, he got dirty and his hands hurt. Then the lady told him that
her name was Anie. She asked Jackson how much she should pay for his help.
    Jackson never thought about getting money. This was not a job to him. This was helping someone in need.
He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she
should give that person help.

1. Jackson felt ____when he drove home that evening.

A. strange
B. happy
C. sad

2. Why did the lady look worried?

A. Because she lost her way.
B. Because her car broke down.
C. Because she felt very cold.

3. It was____ for Jackson to repair the lady's car.

A. difficult
B. interesting
C. impossible

4. Jackson helped the lady because _____.

A. the lady would pay him
B. the lady felt cold
C. he wanted to help someone in need

5. The old lady should____ the next time she met someone who needed help.

A. help that person
B. leave that person alone
C.call Jackson for help again

     Mrs Jones' telephone number is 2562781 and the number of the city cinema (市影院) is 2562718.
Because the two numbers look the same, some people often make a mistake (弄錯) and telephone her
when they want the cinema.
     One evening, the Jones are having supper at the table. Just then, the telephone bell rings (鈴響). Mrs
Jones goes to answer the telephone. A tired (累的) man says," Excuse me, at what time does your last
movie begin?"
     "I'm sorry," says Mrs Jones," But you have the wrong (錯誤的) number. This is not the cinema."
     "Oh, sorry, it began twenty minutes ago (以前)? Thank you all the same. Goodbye." Says the man.
     Mrs Jones is very surprised (驚訝), so she tells her husband (丈夫) the whole thing. Her husband,
Mr Jones laughs (笑) and says:" I see. The man's wife wants to go to a movie, but he is tired. He doesn't
want to go to a movie. So he telephones the cinema. His wife hears (聽見) him, but she can't hear you.
Now they stay at home this evening, and the husband is very happy and he can have a good rest (休息)
at home."

(     )1. Mrs Jones' telephone number is the same as the number of the city cinema.
(     )2. People often telephone Mrs Jones when they want the cinema.              
(     )3. One evening when the telephone bell rings, they are having supper.       
(     )4. The tired man wants to know when the last film begins.                   
(     )5. The husband is happy to stay at home.                                    

     Huihua, a Chinese girl, and Mary, an American student who was studying Chinese in China, were on their
way to a bookstore. As they got to the bookstore, they saw a young man walking down the stairs. In his hurry,
he missed the last two steps, and fell to the ground. He tried hard to get back to his feet while people around
him laughed. Luckily, he seemed to be OK.
     Mary was worried. She found Huihua smiling a little and was not comfortable about it. "Tell me, Huihua,
how could people laugh when someone felllike that? Do they care at all? Shouldn't they go up and ask the
young man whether he was hurt?"
     "They knew he wasn't hurt too much." Huihua said.
     "But I still don't understand. A fall is a fall. In my culture, people would do anything but laugh!"
     Chinese Perspective (觀點)
     This is an example in which the Chinese and the westemers explain a smile differently. Very often, the
Chinese people would also laugh or make a joke to ease the embarrassment (緩解尷尬) when they are caught
in the embarrassing situation. However, if someone gets hurt seriously, it will not be a laughing matter any
more. People will help him instead.
     North American Perspective A westemer would explain laughter in such a situation as a sign of either
insensitivity (不關(guān)心) or, worse, pleasure that the person falling had hurt himself because that person was
disliked. A westemer's reaction would have been to rush over, help the person up, and to ask him," Are you
OK'?" If a westemer fell, he, like a Chinese person, might probably make a joke out of the incident (事件)
if he was not hurt. If two close friends are walking together, and one trips but clearly isn't hurt, a common
joke is to say "Have a nice trip". However, this joke would be made only between two people who knew each
other well.

1. Did Huihua help the young man after he fell down in the bookstore? 
    ________________________________________________________
2. How did Mary feel about Huihua's attitude towards the young man? 
    ________________________________________________________
3. In a westemer's opinion, what does the laughter in an embarrassing situation show? 
    ________________________________________________________
4. What does the underlined word "trip" mean? 
    ________________________________________________________
5. What is the main idea of the passage? 
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