An old lady in a plane had a blanket(毯子)over her head and she did not want to take it off . The air
hostess spoke to her, but the old lady said, "I have never been  in a plane before , and I am frightened. I
am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back on the ground again !"
     Then the captain came. He said, "Madam, I am the captain of this plane. The weather is fine, there
are no clouds in the sky, and everything is going very well. "But she continued to hide.
     So the captain turned and started to go back. Then the old  lady looked out from under the blanket
with one eye and said, "I am sorry, young man, but I don't like planes and I am never going to fly again.
But I'll say one thing, "She continued kindly, "You and your wife keep your plane very clean!"

1. An old lady had _________ .

A. glasses      
B. a blanket over her head        
C. a coat              
D. a basket

2. She didn't want to ________ .

A. take it off      
B. turn it off      
C. get on      
D. talk about it

3. _________ spoke to her .

A. The air hostess    
B. The man next to her    
C. her husband    
D. one of her friends

4. The old lady had never been _________ before .

A. abroad      
B. home      
C. in a plane      
D. in hospital

5. The woman didn't like planes and she was never going ________ .

A. to fly again      
B. to travel      
C. to go abroad      
D. to go home

     Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife,  "I'm  going  to  fly to New York next
week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't
know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from  there  in a telegram," his wife said. "All
right," Dick answered.
     He flew to New York on January 31st  and  found  a  nice hotel in the center of the city.  He put his
things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.
      In the evening he didn't  have any work,  so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and
said, "Now I'm going back  to  my hotel and have a nice dinner.  "He found  a  taxi  and the driver said,
"Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.
     "Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going  to  do tonight?" But the driver of the
taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram,
and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."

1. Dick flew to New York because ___.

A. he went there for a holiday                
B. he had work there
C. he went there for sightseeing              
D. his home was there

2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him? _________

A. Because she didn't know his address yet.    
B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too.
C. Because she might send him another telegram.
D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York.

3. Where did Dick stay in New York?__________

A. In the center of the city.                  
B. In a hotel.
C. In a restaurant.                        
D. At his friend's house.

4. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?__________

A. The manager of his hotel.        
B. The police office.
C. The taxi driver.                  
D. His wife.

5. Which of the following is not true?_________

A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.
B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.
C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.
D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

       Mr. Brown are going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, " If anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to
ask him to sit down for a cup of tea."
      "OK, Dad," said his son. But Mr. Brown was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these
words down on a piece paper and gave it to his son. His son put it to the small pocket, took it out and
looked it every now and then.
      Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that no one came and that piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt(燃燒) it that evening.
      The next evening, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He couldn't find it. He suddenly remembered that he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."
      The man was surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?"
      "Burnt yesterday evening."

1. Mr Brown told his son that _________.

A. he would be away from home for four days.   
B. he would be back in seven days.
C. he would be back in a month        
D. he liked a cup of tea

2. Mr Brown wrote the words down on _________.    

A. on the wall    
B. the door    
C. a piece of paper  
D. his son's pocket

3. A man came to visit the boy's father on________    

A. the second day    
B. the third day    
C. the fourth day      
D. the fifth day

4. The man was very surprised because_________   

A. he thought the boy's father was dead  
B. the child didn't ask him to sit down
C. the child gave him a cup of tea        
D. he couldn't find that piece of paper

5. What was burnt? ________.       

A. The piece of paper    
B. Mr Brown    
C. The visitor  
D. The boy

     The mobile phone is a useful thing, but maybe I don't know __1__ to use it. Sometimes it makes things
difficult for me.
     One day I wanted to see my friend nearby. I could __2__ at his house in five minutes, but I looked at
my mobile phone and thought __3__ would be better to ring him up. I __4__ him for the first time, but the
line was busy. Five minutes later, there was an answer, but it was the wrong number. Then I tried __5__
and this time I got an answer from him.
     I asked him if he was at home in the afternoon. And he said at __6__ I thought he said-he would be
at home all afternoon. So I went to his house, but then I found __7__ in. I called him for the fourth time.
This time I got so angry that I __8__, "You are not at home? But you just told me over the telephone that
you would be at home all afternoon!"
     Here __9__ his answer, "No, I said:' I will NOT be at home all afternoon!"
     I went back to my room, sat down in front of the mobile phone and looked at it. What __10__ could I
do? Nothing!

    Last year, we spent Christmas and New Year in Queensland, Australia. The  beaches  there  were
beautiful, and we spent a lot of time playing by the sea, swimming and surfing. One day, we were on  a
beach just south of a city called Cairns. My little sister was looking for shells in the sand down near  the
waves when she shouted to me, "Hey, Lan! Look what I've found!" I ran down to have a look, and saw
her pointing at a strange black object that was half buried (掩埋) in the sand, "What is it?" she asked. I
said I didn't know.
    Just then, my father came over, "Are you enjoying yourselves, you two?" he asked. Then he saw the
strange black thing. "What's that?" he said, bending  down to take a closer look.  Suddenly, he  said, "
Quick kids, get away from here. Go and play somewhere else."
We went and played further down the beach, while Dad ran up to the shop near the beach to make a
phone call. About 20 minutes later, we heard the noise of cars and trucks arriving, and a lot of soldiers
ran onto the beach. They told everyone to leave the beach and stay away from it.
    About half an hour later, we were sitting with Dad in a caf ? a few hundred metres from the beach,
when we heard an enormous explosion (爆炸). "What was that?" we asked Dad. "That was the thing
you found," he said. "One of the soldiers down  there told me it was a Japanese bomb (炸彈) from
World War II. Sometimes they get washed up on the beaches here."

1. The object they foundwas _______.

A. in the sand near the water
B. in the sea
C. lying on the beach
D. floating (漂) on the sea

2. When Dad saw the object, he _______.

A. told the kids to play with it somewhere else
B. knew it was something dangerous
C. decided to move it quickly
D. picked it up to take a closer look

3. Dad went to a shop near the beach_______.
A. to meet the soldiers
B. to buy some drinks for the kids
C. to call for help
D. in order to get away from the beach

4. The bomb on the beach_______.

A. was washed up by accident
B. killed many people
C. was put there by the Japanese
D. was carried away by the Australian soldiers

     Two women on a train were arguing. At last one of them called the conductor. She said,
"If this window is open, I'll probably die of cold." The other woman said, "But if this window
is closed, I'll die because I will feel difficult in breathing (呼吸)." The conductor didn't know
what to do.
     Just at that moment, an old man came up to them. "Oh, I have a good idea. First open the
window, and that will kill one. Next close it and that will kill the other. Then we can have peace
(和平). What do you think of it?"

1. The first woman wanted to close the window because _____.

A. she was very ill
B. she wanted to be cold
C. she was afraid of cold
D. she wanted to sleep

2. Who called the conductor?

A. The first woman.
B. The second woman.
C. The old woman.
D. We don't know.

3. The old man wanted to _____.

A. stop them arguing
B. make them happy
C. drive them out of the train
D. show he was cleverer than the conductor

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The two women's seats were near each other.
B. The conductor didn't know how to stop the arguing.
C. The old man first opened the window and then closed it.
D. The four people were on the same train.

5. This story tells us that we should _____.

A. first open the window and then close it
B. help others whatever they want to do
C. help the conductor to stop the arguing
D. be polite and peaceful on a train