She was returning from teaching out in a small community . It was a moonless night, and a heavy snow was falling.
She remembered back to when she had first started teaching out in small communities. In those days she had always picked up hitchhikers (搭便车者), until the day her sister told her of a friend who had been shot (中枪) in the head by a hitchhiker, all because she had stopped out of kindness to help him during a storm.
Her family didn’t become concerned (关心的) about her safety over the hitchhikers until the family heard the promise: “No more hitchhikers!” The snow that night was making her think back to this.
Then she saw a man waving. She slowed down for him, but now as he ran toward the car in the dark she shook with fear. Yet she thought that if he was truly in need she couldn’t leave him here in this storm.
The stranger explained that his car was dead, and she told him to get in. They drove for an hour into the next city and she took him to a telephone booth (公用电话亭). She waited until he had made a call. When he reported back to her that a family member would soon come for him, she wished him well and left.
Tears fell on her cheeks as she drove away. She felt as though she had been holding her breath for an hour. “I hope they’ll understand why I had to break my promise,” she thought.
1.What can we learn about the woman?
A. She was a taxi driver.
B. She used to be a hitchhiker.
C. She taught in small communities.
D. She seldom picked up strangers.
2.What made her family worried about her safety?
A. She had been hurt by a hitchhiker.
B. Her sister’s friend was killed by a hitchhiker.
C. There were often snowstorms on her way home.
D. Her car often broke down on her way home.
3.We can infer from the underlined sentence in the last paragraph that _________.
A. she was sorry for picking up the stranger.
B. she felt too tired to breathe.
C. she had been afraid being with the stranger.
D. she had been too careful driving in the storm.
People have strange ideas about food. In the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous(有毒的). They called tomatoes "poison apples."
President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way, for a cream of tomato soup . This beautiful pink soup was served at the President's next dinner party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their President would sever his dinner guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his guests about the fact.
1.Which of the following is true?
A. Americans never ate tomatoes after the 17th century.
B. Even now Americans don't eat tomatoes.
C. It was not until after the 18th century that Americans began to grow tomatoes for food.
D. Americans didn't eat tomatoes before the 19th century.
2.Jefferson was a president of _______.
A. an African country B. the United States
C. England D. France
3.Jefferson learned that tomatoes were good to eat _______.
A. even when he was a little boy
B. because his parents told him so
C. from books
D. while he was in Paris
Singapore worries a lot about the fitness of its people. One third of the people in the country of four million are overweight, and about 6% of them are obese (过度肥胖). Every year, September is fitness month and one year recently the for the month was “Fighting Obesity”.
This fight unhealthy lifestyles starts in the schools. Everyone is educated about eating well and taking exercise. Students whose weight is more than it should be are asked to join the school health club and take part in special activities to help them a couple of kilograms. During breaks they do not go to the canteen (餐厅) to eat snacks, to the school hall for some exercise. The school also talks to their parents to see if they can plan a healthier diet for the children. Sometimes the parents it is their cooking that is causing the problem and then it is easy to persuade (说服) them to change. Some children find it to lose weight, but they are told not to give up easily. A big is made to interest them in sport. Fun and games are used to attract the students to running and jumping. One school gives its students a smart student card which they can use to buy books and food. Parents can a list of the food the child is eating and discuss it at home. Fitness classes may be held on Saturdays for those who need them. Parents come and help with ball games and races.
Schools to allow some types of food like French fries（薯条）. Young people, , often like junk food and use their pocket money on the way home to buy hamburgers and pizza. It is difficult to stop this, but the schools try, and to encourage the schools there are Trim and Fit Awards for the ones with good ideas or whose students are fit and healthy.
1.A. theme B. title C. idea D. spirit
2.A. over B. beyond C. against D. with
3.A. cut B. lose C. drop D. leave
4.A. and B. or C. so D. but
5.A. wonder B. realize C. complain D. promise
6.A. difficult B. dangerous C. harmful D. possible
7.A. effort B. success C. progress D. reward
8.A. find out B. hand out C. put out D. print out
9.A. agree B. expect C. refuse D. manage
10.A. otherwise B. moreover C. anyway D. however
---How would you like your tea?
---_____________.
A. Very much B. As it comes, please
C. I do not like tea D. It tastes nice
How lucky Peter was! Some policemen arrived in time and ________ him out.
A. tried to help B. managed to help
C. tried helping D. succeeded to help
—Great! It’s one I have ever had.
A. delicious B. the least delicious
C. more delicious D. the most delicious
