BERLIN---A German woman, fearful that a burglar was trying to break into her second -storey apartment, called police after she heard someone climbing up to her balcony shortly after midnight, police said Thursday. Police discovered the “burglar” was a man carrying flowers and a bottle of wine who turned out to be the woman's boyfriend. But then arrested him on an outstanding reason.
“He was trying to surprise her with the flowers and a bottle of wine but it all went wrong,” said Korbach police spokesman Volker Koenig. He said the man jumped down from the balcony and tried to escape but was quickly caught by police.
“He gave the police who were taking him to jail the bottle of wine as a gesture of thanks for the friendly treatment after the arrest. ” Koenig said．
LONDON---A smoker who died after battling emphysema (肺气肿) has had his dying wish granted with the placement of a “SMOKING KILLED ME” sign on his hearse (灵车) and his grave.
Albert Whittamore blamed his youthful smoking habit for the lung disease. He said before he died in February that he wanted the sign to serve as a warning to young people about the dangers of tobacco smoking.
The sign was designed to look like the health warning on a packet of cigarettes. The printed notice at his grave will be left in place for a week. The hearse carrying his body through the town of Dover 100 miles (160 kilometers) southeast of London and several of the printed signs shown in the windows.
1.The man climbing up to the girl's balcony _______
A. was actually a wanted thief
B. was put into prison in the end
C. thanked the police for setting him free
D. was treated badly by the police
2.The best title for the first news item might be “_______.”
A. A burglar's love B. A burglar boyfriend
C. Flowers and wine D. Price for being romantic
3.The public paid more attention to the smoker because _______.
A. he died after smoking for many years
B. he had the sign put on his hearse and his grave
C. he died of a lung disease without any treatment
D. he wanted the sign left on his grave for one day
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The sign will be printed on the packet of cigarettes.
B. The signs were also shown in the windows of the hearse.
C. The smoker wanted to tell people how bad it was to smoke.
D. The smoker regretted forming the habit of smoking.
There was a strange father, John Blake, from Michigan, who named his children after a computer software term. He told the local newspaper the US traditional way of adding “Junior” or “II” after a boy's name was too common. So, when his son was born last week, he decided on the name John Blake 2.0, as if he were a software programmer.
Mr. Blake admitted that it took months to persuade his wife, Jamie, to accept the idea. Mrs. Blake said she asked several friends whether they could accept this name or not. “All the men,” she said, “felt the name was cool.” However，her women friends did not think so. “I think the women end up like it，”she said.
Mr. Blake told the local newspaper he got the idea from a film called The Legend of 1900，in which an abandoned baby is given the name 1900 to remember the year of its birth. “I thought that if they can do it , why can't we?” he said. After little John version 2.0 was born, Mr. Blake even sent a celebratory e-mail to the family and friends, which was designed to look as if he and his wife had created a new software. “I wrote things like there are a lot of new features from Version 1.0 with additional features from Jamie,” he said. And he has already planned for his son's future. “If he has a child, he could name it 3.0,” he said.
1.From the passage we know that “John Blake 2.0”_____.
A. is also the name of a computer
B. shows the traditional way of American baby naming
C. has the same meaning as “John Blake Junior”
D. tells something about the hope the father places on his baby
2.What do the name of “1900”and “Jon Version 2.0”have in common?
A. They are both connected with computer.
B. They are both untraditional.
C. They both tell about the births.
D. They are to be equally popular.
3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. All Mrs. Blake's friends support their idea.
B. The name“1900”is also a computer software term.
C. When Mr. Blake had a second child, he would name it “John Version 3.0”.
D. Mrs. Blake didn't agree to name her son after a computer software term at the very beginning.
It was raining heavily. Little Tom felt cold so she stood ______ to her mother.
A. closely B. closed C. closing D. close
On the top of the hill ______ many trees.
A. stand B. stands
C. is standing D. have stood
______ understand fully how film reacts to light, it is necessary to study the chemicals in the film.
A. In order to B. So as to
C. So that D. In order that
There ______ the bell.
A. go B. goes C. is going D. is ringing
