LONDON Thursday July 26 (Reuters)----Eddy missed his girlfriend Anna so much he flew back to Britain from Australia to propose（求婚）to her. The problem is she did the same in the opposite direction.
He and Anna even managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting room in Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights.
Anna , heartbroken when she arrived at Eddy’s Sydney flat to find he had flown to London, told The Times :” It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us.”
“He is the most romantic person I have ever known. I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive（冲动的）people. We are always trying to surprise each other.”
After an 11,000-mile flight across the globe, she was greeted by Eddy’s astonished roommate asking what she was doing there.
Eddy, a 27-year-old engineer, had taken a year off to travel round Australia. But he was missing Anna, a 26-year-old secretary, so much he got a job on a Sydney building site（工地） and started saving for a surprise.
He then flew home to Britain and went to her flat armed with engagement（订婚）ring, wine and flowers.
“I really missed Anna and I’d been thinking about her all the time. I was so excited when she phoned me from Australia,” he said.
Eddy then asked Anna to marry him on the phone. “I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry but I accepted,” she said.
Anna was given a tour of Sydney by Eddy’s friends before going back home. Eddy had to stay in Britain for two weeks because he could not change his ticket.
1.What does the last sentence of the first paragraph tell us?
A. Anna flew to Britain from Australia to propose to him.
B. Anna flew to Australia to Britain to propose to him.
C. Anna flew to Britain from Australia to marry him.
D. Anna flew to Australia to Britain to marry him.
2.The underlined word “miss” in paragraph 2 most probably means ______.
A. fail to meet B. fail to understand C. escape from D. long to see
3.Eddy got a job on a Sydney building site because he ______.
A. was an engineer at this building site B. wanted to travel round Australia
C. hoped to make money from this job D. needed money to pay his daily cost
4.Which of the following is TRUE about Eddy and Anna according to the text?
A. Eddy met Anna in the airport waiting room by chance.
B. Eddy proposed to Anna on the phone and Anna accepted.
C. Anna had a good time touring Sydney with Eddy.
D. Anna stayed in Australia waiting for Eddy’s arrival.
For centuries, the only form of written correspondence（通信）was the letter. Letters were, and are sent by some form of postal service, the history of which goes back a long way. Indeed, the Egyptians began sending letters from about 2000 BC, as did the Chinese a thousand years later.
Of course, modern postal services now are much more developed and faster, depending as they do on cars and planes for delivery. Yet they are still too slow for some people to send urgent documents（紧急文件）and letters.
The invention of the fax（传真）machine increased the speed of delivering documents even more. When you send a fax , your are sending a copy of a piece of correspondence to someone by telephone service. It was not until the early 1980s that such a service was developed enough for business to be able to fax documents to each other.
The fax service is still very much in use when copies of documents require to be sent, but, as a way of fast correspondence, it has been largely taken the place of by email. Email is used to describe messages sent from one computer user to another.
There are advantages and disadvantages with emails. If you send someone an email, then he will receive it extremely quickly. Normal postal services are rather slow as far as speed of delivery is concerned.
However, if you write something by email, which you might later regret, and send it immediately, there is no chance for second thoughts. At least, if your posting a letter you have to address and seal（封）the envelope and take it to the post box. There is plenty of time to change your mind. The message is think before your email!
1.We can learn from the text that_______.
A. the postal service has over the years become slower
B. email is less popular than the fax service
C. the postal service has over the years become faster
D. the fax service has a history as long as the postal service does
2.It can be inferred from the text that ______.
A. the fax machine was invented after the 1980s
B. letters have been used in China for about 1,000 years
C. the fax service had been fully developed by the 1980s
D. letters have been used in Egypt for about 2,000 years
3.In the last paragraph , the writer mentions “think before you email” to show that______.
A. you’d better not send your email in a hurry
B. you may regret if you don’t seal your envelope
C. you may regret before you send something by email
D. you need plenty of time to send an email
4.The text mainly deals with ________.
A. the invention of fax machines
B. the advantage of fax machines
C. the advantage of emails
D. the progress in correspondence
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A 、B、C 、和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The child in the hospital bed was just waking up after having a throat（喉咙）operation. His throat 1, and he was afraid. However, the young nurse 2by his bed smiled 3that the little boy smiled back . He 4to be afraid. The young nurse was May Paxton 5she was deaf（聋的）. May Paxton graduated 6the Missouri School for the Deaf near the year 1909. Three years 7, she went to see Dr. Richardson about 8a nurse. Dr. Richardson was one of the founders of Mercy Hospital of Kansas City. 9had never heard of a deaf nurse. She told May that her 10would be very low and that the work would be 11. However, May said that hard work did not frighten her. Dr. Richardson was 12her, and accepted May as a student nurse.
Dr. Richardson never 13her decision. 14, she was so pleased with May’s work that she later accepted two other deaf women as students nurses. The 15was Miss Marian Finch, who was hard of 16. The second was Miss Lillie Bessie. These three were 17“the silent angles（天使）of Mercy Hospital” during the 18they worked there.
Dr. Richardson often 19her faith in the girl’s ability to learn nursing. She wrote to May ,“For three years, you have been with us… It is wonderful to me that no man, 20or child ever, to my knowledge , made a complain（投诉）against you …”
1.A. damaged B. cut C. hurt D. wounded
2.A. lying B. standing C. crying D. jumping
3.A. cheerfully B. sadly C. shyly D. weakly
4.A. began B. forgot C. continued D. stopped
5.A. but B. so C. for D. and
6.A. as B. in C. with D. from
7.A. ago B. later C. then D. before
8.A. becoming B. hiring C. seeking D. changing
9.A. You B. We C. She D. He
10.A. money B. check C. pay D. price
11.A. easy B. difficult C. joyful D. disappointing
12.A. satisfied with B. ashamed of C. sorry for D. angry with
13.A. liked B. thought of C. regretted D. believed
14.A. In public B. In a hurry C. In surprise D. In fact
15.A. first B. one C. other D. others
16.A. reading B. listening C. hearing D. writing
17.A. told B. called C. chosen D. offered
18.A. year B. month C. term D. time
19.A. spoke of B. said C. heard of D. noticed
20.A. boy B. person C. woman D. girl
This is a very interesting book. I’ll buy it, _______.
A. no matter how it may cost B. how may it cost
C. how much may it cost D. however much it may cost
As you worked late yesterday, you ______ have come this morning.
A. needn’t B. mayn’t C. can’t D. mustn’t
He hurried to the booking office only _____ that all the tickets has been sold out.
A. to be told B. to tell C. told D. telling
