The food at Persian restaurant in Atlanta is great and a lot of people go there．The tables are so ___1___ that you can hear the person at the table next to you better than the person that is sitting ___2___ the table from you．You even have to be ___3___ not to bump（碰撞）elbows（肘）．

The lady ___4___ next to me came back from the bathroom quite ___5___ about having found someone's iPhone．She said ___6___ she was washing her hands，she heard a cricket-like（蟋蟀）sound．So she ___7___ and finally found that it was an iPhone．The girl who had ___8___ it in the bathroom，realized it was missing and started calling the ___9___ from another phone in the restaurant．To make a long story short，the lady who found the iPhone ___10___ the phone to the girl．As you can __11___ the girl was quite happy to have it back．

The lady sitting next to me，___12___ to tell the gentleman sitting across the table from her（and all of those around her）about another story of ___13___ that she and friend had sound in a New York taxi．At that time，we had __14___ and were beading out of the restaurant．Even though it was a bit awkward（尷尬的）hearing the whole conversation next to me，it was great to see people being __15___ and doing the right thing．

1．A．beautiful                   B．close                      C．small                      D．old

2．A．behind                      B．across                    C．above                     D．under

3．A．kind                         B．patient                    C．careful                    D．silent

4．A．watching                  B．listening                  C．standing                  D．sitting

5．A．nervous                    B．sad                         C．excited                   D．interested

6．A．until                      B．while                   C．unless                    D．though

7．A．looked around        B．looked up             C．turned around         D．turned up

8．A．forget                       B．put                         C．left                         D．found

9．A．lady                         B．waiter                     C．number                   D．office

10．A．sent                        B．called               C．moved                    D．returned

11．A．believe                    B．imagine                   C．hear                       D．see

12．A．went on                  B．went off                 C．called up                 D．stood up

13．A．a restaurant            B．a lady                     C．a table                    D．a phone

14．A．paid                        B．talked                     C．understood              D．ordered

15．A．silly                        B．impolite                   C．serious                   D．honest

—______is your birthday gift, Linda? — It’s a circle.

A. What kind B. What color C. What time D. What shape

My name is Ben Mansury. I’m fifteen years old and study in a middle school. In school, I never join in any group discussion or stage (舞臺) program. So, I never knew what stage nervousness was.
Our community (社區(qū)) has a weekly “Students Ideas” program. About two years ago, I received a(n)   1   from the chairman of our community. He invited me to the “Students Ideas” talk the next morning to speak to the group.
The time between his call to the next morning was like several weeks for me. The whole night, I could not sleep. Many   2   were coming. One of them was to call the chairman, with regret, and tell him that I could not come. But finally, I thought, if I missed this   3  , the community would never invite me again to any of their programs. So, I decided to go.
I reached the hall in time. When my turn came and I started, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. I wasn’t even able to   4   the words on the paper properly. I had no idea where I was standing and what I was talking. That was the day when I   5   my biggest weakness: public speaking.
After I finished, I met with the chairman and   6   what happened to me. He said that this happens to everyone. It is very   7  . He suggested that I should come again the next week.
I   8   a talk carefully. This time when I gave the talk, I was somewhat comfortable but not confident (自信的). Afterwards, I met with the chairman again and told him about the improvement I   9   I had made. He was kind enough to invite me again.
For around one month, I practiced a lot for my talk. This time I was feeling comfortable and both the chairman and my neighbors thought I did a good job.    
I learned that everything is   10   if we take the first step, as the saying goes: A journey of thousand miles begins with first step.

Have you heard of Chen Binqiang in Zhejiang Province? Over the past six years, he has taken care of his mother who got Alzheimer’s disease.

Chen’s mother, 64-year-old Chen Yueguang, has been ill since 2007. The illness became very serious quickly and she has lost the ability to speak and can not look after herself. None of Chen’s other family members, however, could take care of their sick mother. Chen’s father died in a traffic accident when he was eight, his two sisters married far away and his wife has a 92-year-old grandmother to look after. 

Chen taught Chinese in Central School of Lengshui town, which is about 30 kilometers away from his home in Pan’an. So he spent five days at school and only went home on weekends. When he said he would take his mother to work, even his wife was doubtful and worried. She really doesn’t think it is a good idea for him to take care of his mother in school. She worries what if he lost his job because of this.

But Chen has made the decision. Soon he was putting a safety hat onto his mother’s head and helping her sit on his electric bike’s back seat. He thinks that his mother used to take him around and now he should take her.

These days, things got a little easier for him. With the help of Pan’an government, Chen got a new job in Pan’an Middle School in October 2012. The new school is only five minutes’ ride from his home, which means he can take care of his mother more conveniently.

Chen feels happiest when his mother is looking at him. She must have forgotten who he is, and she even can’t call his name. But she surely knows that Chen is kind to her. He feels that is enough.

On February 19^th, 2013, Chen got the prize for Touching China, held by China Central Television to honor those whose performances have moved the people.

1. What does Chen Binqiang do? He is ___________,

A．a farmer          B．a driver           C．a postman         D．a teacher

2.The word “doubtful” in Paragraph 3 means ________.

A．疑惑             B．明白             C．預料             D．支持

3. How did Chen take her mother to his school?

A．In his car.                             B．In a taxi.

C．By electric bike.                        D．On foot.

4. The passage mainly tells us _______.

A．people will live a very hard life if our parents become seriously ill

B．it should be allowed to take care of our mothers at work places

C．a man who shows loving care for his mother and his great spirit

D．Touching China honors people whose performances move us

Once there was an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him, “Don’t forget this!”

One day he went on a long trip alone. Before he left home, his wife said, “Now you have all these things. They are what you need for your trip. Take care of your things during the trip.” He went to the station, bought a ticket and got on the train with it.

About half an hour later, the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and said, “Will you please show me your ticket?” The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets, but he could not find it. He was very worried. “I can’t find my ticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train.” said the old man.

“I believe you bought a ticket. All right, you don’    t have to buy another one,” said the conductor kindly. “But how can I know where I'm going? I can't remember my station!” the old man said sadly.

1.The old man in the story was very            .

2.Where is the ticket?             

3.The old man bought the ticket           he got on the train.

4.The conductor          the old man.

5.The old man was sad because