My father and I were very close. I loved pleasing him, and he was always proud of my
success. If I won a spelling contest at school, he was on top of the world. Later in life whenever I
got a promotion(提升), I'd call my father right away and he'd rush out to tell all his friends. In
1970, when I was named president of the Ford Motor Company, I don't know which of us was
more excited.
     Like many native Italians, my parents were very open with their feelings and their loves not
only at home, but also in public. Most of my friends would never hug their fathers. But I hugged
and kissed my dad at every chance - nothing could have felt more natural.
     He was a curious man who was always trying new things. He was the first person in Allentown
to buy a motorcycle. Unfortunately, my father and his motorcycle didn't get along too well. He f
ell off it so often that he got rid of it just a month after buying it. As a result, he never again
trusted any vehicle(車(chē)輛) with less than four wheels.
     Because of that motorcycle, I wasn't allowed to have a bicycle when I was growing up.
Whenever I wanted to ride a bike, I had to borrow one from a friend. On the other hand, my
father let me drive a car as soon as I turned sixteen.

1. When I won a contest at school, my father would _____.

A. feel most happy over it            
B. tell all his friends about it  
C. get very surprised at it            
D. hug and kiss me

2. Which of the following statements shows my father liked to know about new things?

A. I wasn't allowed to have a car when I was growing up.
B. He was the first person in town to buy a motorcycle.
C. He was always proud of my success in everything.
D. He was very open with his feelings and his love.

3. My father trusted no vehicle with less than four wheels because _____.

A. he did not like the way I borrowed bicycles from friends
B. he thought that cars were faster than motorcycles
C. he liked every new model made by my company
D. he once had trouble in riding his motorcycle

4. Which of the following statements is wrong?

A. It was quite natural for the author to kiss and hug his father.
B. When the author reached 16 he was allowed to drive a car.
C. Both of the author's parents were not open with their feelings.
D. Anytime the author got a promotion, he would inform his father.

     I just experienced a moment that turned my entire day around. I went to the cafeteria today
to buy my lunch. However, when I entered the line and was ready to take out money, I realized I
forgot to take the purse with me. I dug through different parts of my bag, looking for small
change. After a while, it became clear that, while I found most of the money I had, I was still
short of money to buy my lunch.
     I started looking around for people who may nicely lend me a little change. I thought about all
the time we passed people on the street and said that we didn't have anything to share. Would
that happen to me? I was too hungry to worry about it. Someone would help. I looked for one of
my friends in the cafeteria, but it was too early for any of them to take their lunch yet.
     A very friendly woman appeared in line in front of me. I asked her if she could spare 12 cents.
Instead, she suggested that I put my sandwich in her basket, and anything else I would like to
buy! I told her that I only needed the sandwich, and offered her the change I  had found.
However, she insisted on buying me the dinner.
     A woman joyfully paid for my entire meal and I was grateful. I learned from her that we
should give without expecting anything in turn, even "Thanks".
1. When the author wanted to buy her lunch, she found that _____.
A. she didn't have enough money with her
B. there were too many people in line
C. she had lost her bag somewhere
D. there was no sandwich in the cafeteria
2.According to the passage, a woman _____.
A. jumped the queue
B. bought the dinner for the author
C. lent the author 12 cents
D. asked the author for food
3.The author didn't give up looking for help because _____.
A. she was sure she could find a friend
B. she was very hungry
C. she knew the woman would help
D. she was worried about her purse

     There is an English saying that goes,"he who laughs last,laughs the hardest." High School Musical star
Zac Efron is laughing a lot these days.
     1．________.Because he was always the smallest in his class and was laughed at because he had a
big space between his teeth.In sixth grade,Efron's basketball team made it to the league championships.In
double overtime (兩個(gè)加時(shí)賽),with three seconds left,he  rebounded the ball and passed it-to the wrong
team!2.________
     3．________Now at 21,Efron is one of People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People,graces (榮登)
the cover of Entertainment Weekly,Hollywood's most influential magazine,and is traveling the world
promoting the third High School Musical film.Director Adam Shankman described Efron as "arguably the
biggest teen star in America right now"．Simply google "Zac Efron",and you get more than 14 million
responses.Yes,it seems Efron has a lot to smile about these days.
     Efron was born and raised in California.4.________According to Efron,"he would flip out (發(fā)瘋) if  he
got a B and not an A in school,and that he was a class clown." It was his father who encouraged him to
act.5.________He also took singing lessons.He graduated high school in 2006 and was accepted at the
University of Southern California to study film.But he put it off-why study movies when you can star in
them.Efron has risen all the way to the top of the movie business.And he can now laugh all the way to the
bank.

A．He owed it a lot to his father that he succeeded.
B．But history,as they say,is a thing of the past.
C．He took part in school performances and acted in a local theater.
D．When he was young,Efron was an unqualified basketball player.
E．He took school seriously.
F．They scored and his team lost the game.
G．As a young boy,Efron was picked on by his classmates.

     A 69yearold grandmother with  no teeth of her own has eventually won a long legal  battle to stop
a Scottish regional council(政務(wù)委員會(huì)) adding fluoride(氟化物)chemical to the public water  supply.
     In a case which has already cost the taxpayer ￡1,000,000, the judge ruled that it was beyond the
powers of the local authority to add the chemical to the water in order to reduce tooth decay.
     At her home last night Mrs Catherine McColl said, “I did what I thought was right and I would do
it again, too.”She claimed that adding fluoride to public drinking water made it into some kind of dirty
soup.“Where would it stop？”she asked.“They might come up with the idea of putting drugs into the
water to keep the unemployed quiet.”It was a horrible poison, she said, that could have caused all kinds
of diseases, including cancer.
     The judge, however, concluded that there was no evidence  to suggest that the inclusion of fluoride
in the water supply would have had a negative effect on public health. Although the chemical might serve
as an efficient and convenient means of achieving a beneficial effect on  the dental health of consumers
generally, he said, and its  use was greatly favoured by the dental profession, he  could also understand
why some members of the public, Mrs McColl in particular, might be passionately opposed  to the
action of the Water Authority in assuming the  right to improve public wellbeing without consulting the
public in the first case. The Authority's legal duty to provide“wholesome” water for public consumption
which was both safe and pleasant to drink, did not, he said, extend to their right to safeguard public
health by chemical means.

1. Mrs McColl felt so strongly about the fluoride issue that she eventually ________.

A. took the local council to court
B. had a physical fight with the judge
C. urged the authority to apologize
D. spent much money removing the chemical

2. According to what the judge said in the passage, adding fluoride to the water________.

A. was not proved to be harmful
B. was the duty of the local authority
C. was strongly opposed by dentists
D. was surely beneficial to the public

3. The word“wholesome”in the last paragraph can be best replaced by the word“________”.

A. clear    
B. poisonless
C. healthy    
D. recycled

4. From the passage we learn that people like Mrs McColl are more concerned about________.

A. the improvement of their personal health
B. the problem of unemployment in their community
C. the chemicals to be used for the improvement of water quality
D. their right to be informed of the authorities' decisions

     Brave Frenchman Found Halfway Around the World
     (NEW YORK)A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a twoyearold girl in Manhattan said he
didn't think twice before diving into the freezing East River.
    Tuesday's Daily News said 29yearold Julien Duret from France is the man who left the spot quickly
after the rescue last Saturday.
    He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Seaport museum.
He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dived in after him.
    “I didn't think at all, ”Duret told the Daily News.“It happened very fast.I reacted very fast.”
  Duret, an engineer on vacation, was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(碼頭)when he saw
something falling into the water.He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached
the river.In an instant, he took off his coat and jumped into the water.
    When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said.Fortunately, when she was out of the water,
she opened her eyes.
    Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera.An ambulance
came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from onlookers.Duret caught a taxi with his
girlfriend shortly after.
  The rescue happened on the day before he left for France.Duret said he didn't realize his tale of heroism
had greatly moved New York until he was leaving the city the next morning.
   “I don't really think I'm a hero, ”said Duret.“Anyone would do the same thing.”

1. Why was Duret in New York?

A. To meet his girlfriend.
B. To work as an engineer.
C. To spend his holiday.
D. To visit the Andersons.

2. What did Duret do shortly after the ambulance came?

A. He was interviewed by a newspaper.
B. He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes.
C. He went to the hospital in the ambulance.
D. He disappeared from the spot quickly.

3. Who dived after Duret into the river to save the little girl?

A. David Anderson.  
B. A passerby.
C. His girlfriend.  
D. A taxi driver.

4. When was Duret most probably found to be the very hero?

A. The day when he was leaving for home.
B. A couple of days after the girl was rescued.
C. The first day when he was in New York.
D. The same day when he was interviewed.

      Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since the first day
of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we've
both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other.
     Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people
she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he
experimented with drugs and was into other selfdestructive behaviour. I was blown away! She told me
how she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even stealing out to see this guy
because they didn't want her around him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better,
she didn't believe me. Her selfrespect seemed to have disappeared.
     I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was  
getting nowhere. I just couldn't believe that she really  thought it was acceptable to hang out with a bunch
of losers, especially her boyfriend.
     By the time she left, I was really worried about her and exhausted by the experience. It had been so
frustrating, I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just
grown too far apart to continue our friendship, but I didn't. I put the power of friendship to the final test.
We'd been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she valued me enough to know that I was trying to
save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.
     A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation, and
then she told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone
with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly rewarding moments in my life. Never had
I been so proud of a friend.

1. In the writer's opinion, her friend ________.

A. was a girl with no selfrespect
B. could find a better boyfriend
C. was brave enough to stick  to her own choice
D. didn't value the writer's suggestion

2. What did the writer worry about?

A. She would lose the friendship with her.
B. Her friend's parents would be worried about their daughter.
C. Her friend would get into great trouble with the boy.
D. Her friend's boyfriend would be in great trouble.

3. We may learn from Paragraph 3 that the writer________.

A. didn't want to go anywhere else
B. understood her friend's hanging with her boyfriend
C. couldn't  believe  that  her  friend's  choice  was acceptable
D. doubted that she could in any way help her friend

4. What can be concluded from the passage?

A. Friendship starting from childhood is not reliable.
B. Friendship is a cure for any injury in life.
C. Friendship should be everlasting once begun.
D. Friendship can have magical power in life.