When I reached inside the floorboard, my hand touched what felt like a book. I pulled it out. It was an old and small book: Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. I wondered whom the quotations (引语) were supposed to be familiar to. What I did know, thanks to Ms. Rattray, my seventh-grade teacher, was the correct way to use quotation marks. I decided to see what was inside this little book.
On the top corners of each page was a word or phrase, I opened it to “comfort and despair” and then “doubt” and “light”. I’d never thought about “light” any other way except as a lamp or daylight. It turned out that Mr Bartlett didn’t feel all these emotions himself. He had gathered up quotations from thousands of other people.
I was relieved to discover that those people were not afraid to express what they thought, including the fears and that they had so many thoughts about things that troubled me. Before this, I was lonely and I didn’t know whom talk to about the world and my role in it.
In ninth grade, I worked as an assistant at our local library. I often hid in the comer, where no one would see me, and I would read. It was at this library that I realized how some of those emotions I’d felt while reading Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations came to life in the characters I had started discovering in novels.
I have bought a few of the newer editions, but the original one is the one that helped me explore my inner self and see more than young mind and heart were able to understand.
1.How might the author feel when he found the book by chance?
A.Curious. B.Familiar. C.Thankful. D.Puzzled
2.What does Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations mainly include?
A.Bartlett’s real personal feelings.
B.Thoughts of thousands of people.
C.Emotional stories of other people.
D.A representative word collection.
3.What do we know about the author in ninth grade?
A.He found time to read Bartlett’s books again.
B.He volunteered to work as a school librarian.
C.He vividly understood the characters’ feelings.
D.He learned to analyze Bartlett’s life in depth.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.What did Bill often request the speaker to do?
A.To clean the room.
B.To share the homework.
C.To discuss their study.
2.Why does the speaker like his job?
A.He can help others.
B.He can get a high salary.
C.He can work in his hometown.
3.What do we know about the speaker and Bill?
A.Their friendship has ended up.
B.They still have a lot in common.
C.Different ways of living have changed their relationship.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.How did the woman know the wanted job position?
A.By reading a newspaper ad.
B.By calling an employment service.
C.By listening to the radio news.
2.Why did the woman find the job appealing?
A.She could improve her foreign language.
B.The job suited her very well.
C.Her family wanted her to return home to work.
3.What was the woman asked to do in the end?
A.To prepare for an interview in a couple of days.
B.To read the advertisement again for more details.
C.To send in a written application as soon as possible.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Who is the woman the two speakers are talking about?
A.A waitress. B.The owner. C.The owner’s wife.
2.What will the two speakers have together?
A.Beef. B.Chicken. C.Wine.
3.What do we know about the owner of the restaurant?
A.She usually changes the food.
B.She often dresses in the latest fashion.
C.She goes to Italy once every two years.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What’s the man’s unpleasant situation?
A.He wonders whether to go to New Zealand or not.
B.He couldn’t get the scholarship.
C.His girlfriend wants to break up with him.
2.Why didn’t the woman accept the job in Thailand?
A.She didn’t like the job.
B.Her husband didn’t like the idea.
C.She didn’t like Thailand.
3.What did the woman advise the man to do?
A.He should give up the idea.
B.He should go to the university.
C.He should go somewhere else.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What are the two speakers talking about?
A.Why to recycle. B.How to recycle. C.What to recycle.
2.How does the woman recycle newspapers?
A.By cleaning tables.
B.By wrapping bottles and cans.
C.By starting a fire for her fireplace.
3.What do we know about the man?
A.He will take useless things to the recycling centre.
B.He often warms himself with a fireplace.
C.He washes his windows twice a year.
