During my second year of nursing school, our teacher gave us an exam. I was a hardworking student and I did well in all the subjects. I finished the questions successfully until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?”
Of course this was a joke. I saw the cleaning woman every day. She is short and about 60 years old. She has dark hair. But how would I know her name? I had never talked with her before. In fact, I’d never even thought about talking to her. I stared at my paper and started to feel rather guilty. Finally, I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank.
Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grade.
“Certainly,” the teacher said. “In your life, you will meet many people. All are important. They deserve(值得) your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello.”
I’ve never forgotten that lesson. Everyone deserves my attention and I should get to know all of the people who work and live around me. That was, perhaps, the most important lesson of my life. I also learned the cleaning woman’s name was Dorothy.
1.At the nursing school, the writer .
A. know everyone’s name around her
B. did well in all subjects
C.didn’t like to have an exam
2.The writer wrote to the last question.
A. “Dorothy” B. “blank” C. nothing
3.From the teacher’s words, we can know that .
A. only one student didn’t know the answer
B. the last question was part of the exam
C. the students needn’t answer the last question
4.The writer thought that .
A. the exam gave her a lesson
B. the teacher was joking
C.the clean lady was important.
5.The teacher wanted the students to know that they should through the last question.
A. pay attention to everyone around them.
B. be friendly to the cleaning lady
C. try to make as many friends as they can in their life.
Charlie was about to climb into bed when he found there was a light on in his garden shed(棚). Then he noticed some people who were busy stealing his things.
He call the police right away. The policeman asked, “Are there any intruders(闯入者)in your house?” Charlie replied “no” and explained what was happening.
The policeman said, “All patrol cars(巡逻车) have gone out, and a policeman will go to your house when one is free.”
Charlie hung up, waited 30 seconds, and then called the police again. “Hello, I just called a short while ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. I want to let you know that they’re not a problem anymore because I’ve just shot every one of them.”
Charlie then hung up the phone. In five minutes, three patrol cars, nearly twenty policeman and an ambulance arrived at his house. Of course, the police caught the thieves.
One policeman said, “I thought you said that you shot every one of them!”
Charlie replied, “I thought you said there were no patrol cars free!”
1.The story happened .
A. in the morning B. in the afternoon C. in the evening
2.The police didn’t want to come at once because .
A. there was no patrol cars free. B. they didn’t think it was crucial.
C. they didn’t know what happened.
3.Charlie called the police __ for help.
A. only once B. twice C. three times
4.The police came quickly because they thought .
A. the thieves died
B. Charlie was shot
C. the thieves broke into the house
5.We can infer(推断) that Charlie .
A. was good at shooting
B. liked to play a joke on the police.
C. didn’t belive what the policeman said.
A girl went to her father to ask for his suggestion. She was having a time in life, and it seemed that as soon as one problem disappeared another one in its place.
Her father, a chef, took her into the kichen. He poured water into three pans and put them on to boil. After the water boiled, he put some carrots into the first pan, some into the second pan and coffee into the last one. He waited without saying a word.
After 20 minutes, her father turned the stove(炉子), took out the carrots and the eggs and put them in a bowl. He poured the coffee into a cup.
He asked his daughter, “Dear, do you see?”
“Carrots, eggs, and coffee”, she replied.
“Touch the carrots,” he told her. She did and felt that the carrots were . After that he asked her to take an egg and break it. She found that the egg was hard. , her father asked her to taste the coffee.
She asked, “What’s the , Father?”
Her father said, “As you see, each thing reacted(起反应) differently to the boiling water. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after boiling. The fragile(脆弱的) eggs became hard after being cooked. The coffee beans were very special, but they changed in the water, too.”
“Who are you?”asked her father. “When trouble at your door, how do you react? Are you carrots, eggs, coffee?”
1.A. hard B. happy C. busy
2.A. happended B. took C. appeared
3.A. meat B. fish C. eggs
4.A. on B. off C. over
5.A. what B. why C. how
6.A. delicious B. crispy C. soft
7.A. At once B. At last C. At present
8.A. meaning B. reason C. consequence
9.A. shouts B. stares C. knocks
10.A. and B. or C. but
–Do you still remember what the man looks like?
--Yes, .
A. he is energetic B. he is of medium build C. he likes singing
–Why do you look so happy?
--I got good grade in English exam. My teacher said .
A. I was hard-working B. I am a good students C. I have worked hard
--Would you mind turning up the radio a little? I want to listen to the news.
-- . I’ll do it right now.
A. Not at all B. Of course C.Yes
