閱讀理解1Oncetherelivedanoldmaninatown.Healwaysforgotalotofthings.Sohiswifealwayshadtosaytohim,“Don'tforgetthis.”O(jiān)nedayhewentonalongwayalone.Beforehelefthome,hiswifesaid,“Nowyouhaveallthesethings.Youneedthemonyourway.Takecareofyourthingsontheway.”Hewenttothestation.Heboughtaticketandgotonthetrainwithit.Aboutanhourlater,theconductorbegantoseethetickets.Hecametotheoldmanandsaid,“Willyoupleaseshowmeyourticket?”Theoldmanlookedforhisticketinallhispocketsbuthecouldnotfindit.Hewasveryworried.“Ican'tfindmyticket.IreallyboughtaticketbeforeIgotonthetrain,”saidtheoldman.“Ithinkyouareright.Ibelieveyouboughtaticket.Allright,youdon'thavetobuyanotherticket,”saidtheconductorkindly.Buttheoldmanstill（仍然）lookedworriedandsaidsadly,“Youdon'tknowwhyI'mworried.IfIdon'tfindmyticket,Ican'tremembermystation.WhereamIgoing?”Theoldmanboughtaticket.afterhegotonthetrainbeforehegotonthetrainwhentheconductortoldhimtobuyonewhenhefoundhehadnoticketwithhimAboutanhourlater,theconductorbegan.tobuytheticketstolookfortheticketstocheck（檢查）theticketsD.toshowtheticketsTheconductortoldtheoldmanthathedidn'tneedtobuyanotherticketbecauseA.themanwasveryoldhethoughttheoldmanhadnomoneywithhimtheoldmanshowedhimthetickethebelievedtheoldmanTheoldmanstilllookedworriedbecauseA.hecouldn'tgetonthetrain.helosthisticketandalotofmoneyhethoughthiswifewouldgetangrywithhimD.heforgotwherehewasgoingWhichofthefollowing（下列）isright?TheoldmanwentonthetripwithhiswifeTheoldmandidn'tfindhisticketTheconductorwasalsoanoldmanTheoldmanhadtobuyanotherticket閱讀理解2Thebestwayoflearningalanguageisusingit.ThebestwayoflearningEnglishistalkinginEnglishasmuchaspossible.Sometimesyou'llgetyourwordsmixedup（混合）andpeoplewillnotunderstandyou.Sometimespeoplewillsaythingstooquicklyandyoucan'tunderstandthem.Butifyoukeepyoursenseofhumor（幽默感）,youcanalwayshaveagoodlaughatthemistakesyoumake.Don'tbeunhappyifpeopleseemtobelaughingatyourmistakes.It'sbetterforpeopletolaughatyourmistakesthantobeangrywithyou,becausetheydon'tunderstandwhatyouaresaying.ThemostimportantthingforlearningEnglishis：“Don'tbeafraidofmakingmistakesbecauseeveryonemakesmistakes.”A.writingThewriterthinksthatthebestwayforyoutolearnalanguageisA.writingB.listeningC.usingitD.learninggrammarC.usingitD.learninggrammarWhatshouldyoudoinlearningEnglish?A.Becarefulnottomakeanymistake.B.Writeasquicklyasyoucan.C.Laughmoreoften.D.SpeakEnglishasmuchasyoucan.A.notcareWhenpeoplelaughatyourmistakes,youshouldA.notcareB.behappyC.feelworriedD.beunhappyC.feelworriedD.beunhappyWhenyoumakeamistake,youshouldA.keepquiet B.keepyoursenseofhumorC.bekind D.getangryThestorytellsus：“”.Onlyfoolish（愚蠢的）peoplemakemistakesFewpeoplemakemistakesPeoplenevermakemistakesThereisnoonewhodoesn'tmakemistakes

閱讀理解12DoyouknowwhattheWhiteHouseis?Perhapssomeofyoudo,whileothersdon't.TheWhiteHouseisahouseinWashington.ThepresidentoftheU.S.A.livesinit.It'sreallywhite.ButdoyouknowwhytheWhiteHouseiswhite?Thestoryhappenedin1812.ThatyearEnglandwasatwarwithAmerica.TheBritisharmygottoWashingtonandsetthepresident'shouseonfire.In1814,inordertohidethemarksofthefire,thestonewallsofthepresident'shousewerepaintedwhiteandithasbeenthe“WhiteHouse”eversince.WhiteHouseisahouseforA.theAmericanpeople.B.thesoldiersofU.S.A.A.theAmericanpeople.B.thesoldiersofU.S.A.C.thepresidentsofU.S.A.D.thepatientsofU.S.A.B.1812EnglandfoughtwithAmericainB.1812C.1814A.1810C.1814D.1916Thehouseiscalled“WhiteHouse”becauseA.it'scoveredwithsnowB.thehouseisverycleanC.thestonewallsofthehousewerepaintedwhiteD.theylikewhitecolour

TheWhiteHousewaspaintedwhitebecausethehouseisoldthehouseisnewthehouseisoldthehouseisnewitwasonceonfireandwaswithmarkstheyhaveenoughpaintitwasonceonfireandwaswithmarkstheyhaveenoughpaint5.“eversince”meansA.neveroncefromthenonD.before5.“eversince”meansA.neveroncefromthenonD.before閱讀理解8OneofthethingsIalwaysbelieveisthatnomatterhowbadsomethingis,youcantakesomethingpositiveoutofit.TheonetimeIwasn,tsureofthatwasonSeptember11.Iusuallywakeupa6:30or7:00inthemorning.Thatday,Ihappenedtowakeupearlier.IturnedontheTVandIsawthataplanehadcrashed（撞擊）intotheNorthToweroftheWorldTradeCenter.Myfirstreaction（反應）wasthatitwasaterribleaccident.ThenIsawanotherplaneflyintotheSouthTowerandIrealizedthatIwaswitnessing（目擊）anactofterrorism.MywifeandIspentthedaywatchingtheterriblepicturesoveragain.WhenIwatchedfamilymemberslookingfortheirlovedones,thepainintheireyeswassomethingIwouldneverforget.Icouldn,tunderstandhowsomethingthisterriblecouldhavehappened.Itwasn,tuntilafewweeksafterSeptember11thatIbegantoseethatperhapssomegooddidcomefromthistragedy（悲劇）.Peopleseemdifferentnow,moreunderstanding,moretolerant（寬容的）.Littlethingsthatseemedtobesuchatroublebeforearenolongerbigthings.Personally,IammoretolerantthanIwas.Irealizelifeistooshort,andtooprecious（珍貴的）,toletmyselfgetworriedoversmallthings.I’velearnedalsothatyoucan'ttakethingsforgranted.Thingschangeintheblinkofaneye.Peoplegotoworkanddon,tcomeback.Onemomentthey'relivingandthenextminutethey'renot.And,itdoesn'tmatterwhoyouare,thereisnothingyoucandoaboutit.Weneverknowwhenourtimeherewillbeover,soweallneedtomakethemostofeveryminutewehave.Youtrytolearnfromwhathappened.Youcan'tbeusedupbyit.Youcan'tlivebyit.Allyoucandoisjustlive.Theword“positive”inthepassageprobablymeans.A.terribleB.badC.goodD.realWhatdidthewriterseeafterheturnedontheTVthatmorning?AfirestartingAplaneflyingAfirestartingAplaneflyingC.AterribleaccidentD.Anactofterrorism.C.AterribleaccidentD.Anactofterrorism.FromSeptember11,thewriterhadrealizedthatpeopleshouldmakethemostofeveryminutetheyhavehehasbecomelesstoleranttowardsothersheshouldgetworriedaboutlittlethingslifeistooshorttocareaboutothers.What,sthebesttitleofthispassage?AReportaboutSeptember11TheTragedyofSeptember11September11andMyFamilySeptember11andMyTurn.閱讀理解4“Cool”isawordwithmanymeanings.Itsoldmeaningisusedtoexpressatemperaturethatisalittlebitcold.Astheworldhaschanged,thewordhashadmanydifferentmeanings.“Cool”canbeusedtoexpressfeelingsofinterestinalmostanything.Whenyouseeafamouscarinthestreet,maybeyouwillsay“It,scool.”Youmaythink,“He'ssocool,”whenyouseeyourfavouritefootballer.Weallmaximize（擴大）themeaningof“cool”.Youcanuseitinsteadofmanywordssuchas“new”or“surprising”.Here'saninterestingstorywecanusetoshowthewaythewordisused.Ateacheraskedherstudentstowriteaboutthewaterfall（瀑布）theyhadvisited.Ononestudent'spaperwasjusttheonesentence,“It'ssocool”.Maybehethoughtitwasthebestwaytoshowwhathesawandfelt.Butthestoryalsoshowsascarcity（缺乏）ofwords.Without“cool”,some