Danny lived for football. He played it, watched it, talked and dreamed about it. His favourite football star was Keith Connolly – Lowgate’s captain.
One day in January, after school, Danny hurried through his homework. He wanted to watch TV. Keith Connolly was doing an interview on the local news programme.
Danny hoped that the television wouldn’t go fuzzy*or lose the sound when Keith
Connolly was talking. It was an old set, and it did things like that.
It wasn’t clear enough, but at last Keith Connolly’s smiling face appeared on the screen.
“What I really like about playing for Lowgate,” he said, “is the fans. They’re the best. They always support us. It’s wonderful running on to the playground to all that cheering and chanting.”
Danny wished he could be in that crowd at the Lowgate ground, but the price of a single ticket was far above anything he could afford. There was no chance of the whole family going, or even just Danny and his little brother.
“You won again on Saturday,” said the reporter. “Did the team go out to celebrate?”
“We went for a meal together,” said Keith Connolly, “but I have to be careful about what I eat, because I want to stay fit. I love doughnuts* very much …”
Then the sound went fuzzy, and Danny jumped up and thumped the top of the set heavily to make it come on again. He hadn’t missed much. But he had missed something important.
Keith Connolly had been saying “… but I’m not allowed to eat doughnuts.”
Danny hadn’t heard that. All he heard was that Keith Connolly loved doughnuts. And at the end of Danny’s street was a bakery*. It sold the biggest and the best doughnuts!
When Danny went to bed, he lay wide-awake, making a plan.
1.One day, Danny did his homework hurriedly in order to ________.
A. watch a TV programme
B. interview Keith Connolly
C. read a football newspaper
D. play with Keith Connolly
2.The writer described Danny’s TV to tell us ________.
A. Danny liked football very much
B. Danny’s family seldom watched TV
C.Danny needed to buy a new TV set
D. Danny’s wish came true
3. The word “thumped” underlined in Paragraph 9 means ________.
A. covered B.reached C. shut D.beat
4.Danny most probably planned to ________ when he lay wide-awake on the bed.
A. get less homework to do every day
B. find a way of giving doughnuts to Keith
C.celebrate the victory in the bakery
D. tell Keith not to eat too many doughnuts
I was waiting for a phone call from my agent last night. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn't care about my work, and he didn't care about me. That thought beat me. I started to shout at the phone, "Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?"
At that time I didn't realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, took away the phone and pulled the lines out of the phone, and shouted at the phone, "Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone!" And she swept it into the wastebasket.
I stood watching her, speechless. What on earth...?
She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house, "Now hear this! All objects in this room - if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!"
Then she turned to me, kissed me, and said quietly, "Dear, you just have to learn how to take control." With that, she left the room.
After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my feelings had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone?
Her unusual actions helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him quietly.
1. Why did the writer shout at the telephone?
A. He was mad at the telephone.
B. He was worried about his wife.
C. He was angry with his agent.
D. He was impatient with the secretary.
2.What did the writer's wife do after she heard his shouting?
A.She said nothing. B. She threw the phone away.
C. She shouted at him. D. She called the agent.
3.What made the writer laugh?
A. His wife's sweet kiss.
B. His own behavior.
C. His changeable feelings.
D. His wife's suggestion.
Three students are choosing a course at the West Midlands College of Technology.
1. We can learn from the passage that Clara is a(an) ______ person.
A. patient B.active C.gentle D. traditional
2.Taka wants to learn _________ with computers from the Information Technology Course.
A. how to design clothes
B. how to make photos better
C. how to draw well
D. how to be a nice tour guide
3.Besides the Performing Arts Course, _______ might be another good choice for Ben.
A. the Leisure and Tourism Course
B. the Sports Studies Course
C.the Information Technology Course
D. the Fashion Designing Course
完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Johnny, a lizard*，lived between some rocks in the country, where he liked lying in the sun every morning. One day, he was so _____ that he didn’t notice some boys coming up behind him. The boys caught Johnny. Luckily, he escaped from their hands in the end. But he lost his _____ .
The children watched the tail moving about, but they _____ threw the tail away and left. After a while, Johnny came back to look for his tail, but he couldn't find it. Feeling so sad, he decided to stop doing everything else in his life and spend _____ his time finding his tail. Days and months passed, Johnny kept looking, asking _____ he met if they had seen his tail. However, there was _____ no news about it.
One day, he asked a boy and the boy answered in surprise, “Why do you need _____ tails?”
After hearing this, Johnny _____ and saw that he had grown a new, stronger tail. He suddenly realized that he didn’t need the old tail any more, and he found it silly to _____ so much time in looking for it. So Johnny stopped and went back home.
_____ the way, he suddenly found his old tail on the road. Although it looked terrible, Johnny was still _____ to have it back. He picked it up. Just at that moment, an idea hit him that he shouldn’t look at the past and worry about it since it was not useful for _____ any more. Finally, he decided to drop his _____ tail there, leaving all his past worries with it. As he went on his journey, all he took with him were the thoughts of the present and the _____ of the future
As we know, it’s not good to look at the past, _____ it helps in the future. The past is past, move on and live for the present and the future! Let the past go with wind.
1.A. relaxed B. interested C. lonely D. nervous
2.A. body B. eyes C. tail D. head
3.A. again B. soon C. already D. nearly
4.A. Other B. both C. no D. all
5.A. Someone B. everyone C. Anyone D. no one
6.A. only B. Also C. still D. always
7.A. one B. two C. Three D. four
8.A. turned off B. turned around C. turned down D. turned back
9.A. waste B. Use C. Pay D. take
10.A. In B. On C. By D. At
11.A. excited B. sad C. bored D. afraid
12.A. he B. his C. he’s D. him
13.A. small B. Big C. old D. strong
14.A. dreams B. suggestions C. messages D. news
15.A. so B. And C. Unless D. because
—I’m planning to take part in the English Speech Contest next month.
— ______! I’m sure you will stand out..
A. Congratulations B. Good luck
C. My pleasure D. What a pity
—One ______ easily lose his way when he visits or comes to a new place.
—I agree with you.
A. may B. need C.must D. should
