Frank Smith   I’m in Grade Two in high school. I have a part-time job in a restaurant. I send dishes
for the restaurant on Saturdays and Sundays from 8:00 a. m. until 4:00 p. m. I get $ 5. 50 an hour, It isn't much money, but I save almost every cent. Because I want to go to a good university, and it needs a lot
of money.
      Liz Johnson   I'm in Grade Three in high school. I have a job as a cashier in a store. The job pays
well ――about $ 6. 75 an hour. I work every weeknight after school from 4:00 until 8:00. I don't have
time for homework, and my grades aren't very good this year. But I have to study hard because I want
to be a doctor in the future.
      Mary Connor  It's my first year in college.  College is very expensive so I work in a law office for
three hours every weekday afternoon.  I get $ 8. 25 an hour. The job gives me good experience because
I want to be a lawyer someday. But I don't want to work every term. I need time to study.
l. What does Frank Smith do in the restaurant?
                                                                      
2. How long does Liz Johnson work every weeknight?
                                                                      
3. Who gets the highest pay an hour?
                                                                        

     I have never been so e    l     in my life.Well,I had a doctor's a   2    at 10:00 yesterday morning but my clock didn't go off, so I o    3    . When I got up, my father h   4     already gone into the bathroom and I had to wait for him to come out. I had to r   5     .I ran to the bus stop w   6   breakfast, U   7   , the bus had left two minutes before I got there. By the time I got to the doctor's office, it was half an hour late. The doctor had already gone to the hospital. Then I m     8       another appointment at 1: 00 in the afternoon and went home. After h   9   lunch I started Watching TV. And then at 2:00, I suddenly r    10   I had forgotten the l:00 appointment.
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     Young men are always ready to give flowers to young ladies when they are in love. This tradition may
have come from Turkey.
     In the 1700s in Turkey, it was quite popular for people in love to send each other baskets full of strange things. The baskets were delivered(遞送) secretly by the person who sold flowers or fruit on the street to
the person's door.
     These baskets included a variety of "gifts":flowers, stones, feathers, wax(蠟), and even charcoal(炭).
Each thing in the basket had a special meaning, By figuring out the secret message contained in  each item (項(xiàng)目 ),  the person who received the basket began to understand the true feelings of the person who sent it.
     This idea of sending gifts of love with secret meanings quickly spread to Germany, France and England. However, as time passed, only sending flowers, remained popular.
    Many flower dictionaries were made to help young people in love understand the meaning of the flowers they received . Not all of the dictionaries agreed,  however, on the meaning of each flower,  so a person
had to be careful about the flowers they chose to send.
     By the 1880s, using flowers to send messages had fallen out of fashion,  and the more direct way of
sending love letters began. Today, flowers are still considered a lovely gift, but the meaning for each kind
of flower has been lost.
1. The first three paragraphs describe the tradition of           .
A. sending gift baskets
B. selling flowers
C. selling love letters
D. sending dictionaries
2. What did the items in a basket explain to the receiver?
A.The lady's looks.
B. The sender's emotions (感情).
C. The person's door.
D. The person's country.
3. To where did the idea of sending gifts of love spread?
A. To Asia.
B. To Europe.
C. To Australia.
D. To North America.
4. How did people know the meaning of each kind of flower?
A. A dictionary told them.
B. Their parents told them.
C. A person in love told them.
D. Their friends told them.
5. When did the tradition of sending love messages through flowers slow down?
A. In the 17th century.
B. In the 19th century.
C. In the 18th century.
D. Never.

     Lots of people like diving into water, because they can explore the underwater world. But there is not
her kind of diving. Some people dive into the sky! This is really a very exciting sport. A skydiver goes high up in the air on a plane. Then he jumps off the r)lane and floats in the air with the help of a parachute(降落傘). A parachute is like a huge umbrella. It is put on the back of the skydiver. When the skydiver reaches a certain height, he will pull a string and the parachute will open up in seconds and carry him gently down
to the ground. Skydivers like doing a lot of fascinate tricks in the air. After jumping off the plane one after
another, they will try to stay in the air and hold each other's hands. They can form different shapes.
     Is it safe to do skydiving?Yes, as long as we receive right training.But sometimes, accidents do happen. In Canada, two skydivers were killed in 1991 when they jumped off the plane. Because their parachutes
got tied up with each other, the parachutes couldn't open up and both crashed down and died.
1. Why do people like diving into water?
                                                                    
2. How does a skydiver go up into the sky?
                                                                    
3. What does a parachute look like?
                                                                    
4. Where does a skydiver put his parachute?
                                                                    
5. Why were two skydivers killed in Canada?
                                                                    
6. What do you think of skydiving?
                                                                         

                                                                                                                          Wednesday, May 21st
Dear Dad,
      I'm writing to you from Beijing. Maybe you don't know how happy I am here.
      Mother and I arrived here on the night of the 10th. Aunt Wang met us at the station. The next morning, we got up early. It was Sunday and Uncle took us out for a ride on the bus. Everything was so beautiful. I was so excited and so was Mother.
      That afternoon Aunt Wang took us to Beihai Park. First we climbed the hill, and then we went boating on the lake. While we were there, we met some overseas Chineses(華僑).They come back to China every year. They are very proud of China because it is becoming stronger and more beautiful every day.
      I haven't seen the Summer Palace yet. Uncle has promised to take me there and the zoo this coming
Sunday. Yesterday Uncle took me to see his company.
      How a week flies! I've seen and heard a lot of interesting things. I'll tell you more next time, It's time for bed, so I'll stop here. Hope to hear from you soon.                    
                                                                                                                                              Love,
                                                                                                                                                 Dan
1. Where did Dan write the letter?
                                                                                          
2. How many days have Dan and her mother stayed there before she wrote the letter?
                                                                                
3. On what clay did Dan go and see her uncle's company?
                                                                                
4. Which day will Uncle take her to the zoo and the Summer Palace?