Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.

In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."

He found a taxi and the driver said, "Where do you want to go? But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.

"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."

16. Dick flew to New York because ___.

A. he went there for a holiday         B. he had work there

C. he went there for sightseeing       D. his home was there

17. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

A. Because she didn't know his address yet

B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too

C. Because she might send him another telegram

D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York

18. Where did Dick stay in New York?

A. In the center of the city.         B. In a hotel.

C. In a restaurant.                D. At his friend's house.

19. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

A. The manager of his hotel.       B. The police office.

C. The taxi driver.                D. His wife.

It was a dark and cold night. The car driver didn’t have even one passenger all day. When he went by the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he quickly opened the door of the car and asked, “Where do you want to go, sir?”

“To the Star Hotel,” the young man answered. When the car driver heard that, he didn’t feel happy. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the passenger through many streets of the big city.

After a long time, the car finally arrived at the hotel. “You should pay me fifteen dollars,” the car driver said to the young man. “What! Fifteen dollars? Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week I took a car from the railway station to this same hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip. I won’t pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other car driver last week. ”

20. Which of the following is true?

A. The young man went past the railway station.

B. The young man was working in the railway station.

C. The young man had just got off a train.

D. The young man was waiting for his friend there.

 21. What do you think of the car driver?

A. He was a nice and clever man.          B. He was good at driving.

C. He was a dishonest person.          D. He liked to work very hard.

22. From the passage we know that the young man__________.

A. didn’t want to stay in this city.

B. had been to the hotel several times.

C. knew clearly how far it was from the station to the hotel.

D. must be a stranger and didn’t know the city very well.

23. The driver took the passenger through many streets so as to_________.

A. make the young man happy

B. get more than twenty dollars.

C. let the young man think it was very far from the station to the hotel.

D. let the young man have a good look at the city.

In the very early 1800’s, a young boy about 14 years old named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) in Old England along with several other children. Orphan meant unwanted and unloved.
     Christmas was the one day of the year when the children didn’t work and received a gift, an orange. Usually they tried to taste and preserve it for so long that it often rotted before they ever peeled(剥开)it to enjoy the sweet juice. Many thought were expressed as Christmas time approached. The children would say, “I will keep mine the longest.” John usually slept with his next to his pillow. This year John was overjoyed by the Christmas season. He was becoming a man and stronger and soon he would be old enough to leave. He would save his orange until his birthday in July.
     Christmas day finally came. The children were so excited as they entered the big dining hall. Immediately the master shouted, “John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you this year.” John’s heart broke violently wide open. He turned and went swiftly back to the cold room. Then he heard the door open and each of the children entered. Little Elizabeth with her hair falling over her shoulders, a smile on her face, and tears in her eyes held out a piece of rag to John. “Here John,” she said, “this is for you.” As he lifted back the edges of the rag he saw a big juicy orange all peeled and quartered and then he realized what they had done

John never forgot the sharing, love and personal sacrifice his friends had shown him that Christmas day. In memory of that day every year he would send oranges all over the world to children everywhere.
24. These children would be happiest when ______.
   A. they got the special gift                      B. they preserved it very long
   C. they finally enjoyed the sweet juice       D. they entered the dining hall
25. What would overjoy John most the next year according to the second paragraph?
   A. He placed his orange next to his pillow.
   B. He would eat his orange on his birthday.
   C. He wouldn’t get his special gift.
   D. He would stay in the orphanage for another year。
26. According to the text, where did John’s orange come from this year?
   A. It was made up of what these children donated.
   B. His master gave him a whole one again.
   C. These children bought him one.
   D. Little Elizabeth donated hers to John.

The Winter Olympics is also called the White Olympics. At this time, many colorful stamps are published (发行) to mark (标志) the great Games. The first stamps marking the opening came out on January 25, 1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on, publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule.

     During the 4th Winter Olympic Games a group of stamps were published in Germany in November 1936. The five rings of Olympics were drawn on the front of the sportswear. It was the first time that the rings appeared on the stamps of the White Olympics.

     In the 1950’s, the stamps of this kind became more colorful. When the White Olympics came, the host countries as well as the non-host countries published stamps to mark those Games. China also published four stamps in February 1980, when the Chinese sportsmen began to take part in the White Olympics.

     Japan is the only Asian country that has ever held the White Olympics. Altogether 14 500 million stamps were sold to raise money for this sports meet.

     Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps. People can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements of some sportsmen.

27. The White Olympics and the Winter Olympics___________.

A. are the same thing              B. are different games      

C. are not held in winter           D. are held in summer

28. The Winter Olympics is held once________.

A. every two years                 B. every three years  

C. every four years                D. every five years

29. Which of the following is true?

A. Only the host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games.

B. Only the non-host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games.

C. All the countries can publish stamps to mark those Games.

D. Japan can’t publish stamps to mark those Games.

30. What may appear on the stamps of the White Olympics?

A. Basketball.         B. Table tennis.      C. Football       D. Skating.

A. Think while you are reading           

B. Select a proper material

C. Five suggestions for achieving better results 

D. Read loudly and passionately

E. Read on and keep reading as a habit  

F. Use a dictionary at a right time

31.                                      

Don’t choose a rather difficult book or a too easy one for yourself to read. A book full of new words will make you feel discouraged quickly. To understand those new words, you have to turn to the dictionary quite often. It seems that you are not reading the book but the dictionary. It has no fun at all! On the contrary, a too easy will only waste your time and cannot do any help. The two extremes may at last make you give up reading. So it’s better for you to find a proper book with no more than five new words on each page.

32.                                      

     If you come across a new word, do not look it up in a dictionary as quickly as possible. Leave it alone and guess the meaning of it based on the content of the text. This ability is quite necessary in reading. If you know your guess is right later, you will be highly excited at your “success”, and your interest in reading is well stimulated. If a word really prevents you from understanding the whole passage, turn to the dictionary by then. I am sure you can remember this word very well, as it has left you such a deep impression for its “troublesome image”.

33.                                          

     To comprehend what you are reading, you should think while you are reading, then form your own ideas on some special issues. Try to scribble some lines—a very short journal, to express your ideas. Your writing does not need to be quite formal but very expressive. This practice can make you communicate with the original English authors. Day by day, your way of thinking in English will turn into a native way, which is quite important for English writing.

34.                                      

      Language has its own beauty, no matter Chinese or English. Don’t merely take English as a “test”. Take it as an “entertainment” instead and you will enjoy it through learning. Maybe you should find some beautiful literary works such as a prose or a poem to read, if you like. Try to read them as loudly and passionately as you can. During this process, not only can you enjoy yourself by the great emotions of the writers, but also your pronunciation and your manner of speaking English will be improved.

35.                   

      The last but not the least, keep on reading. If you cannot keep it as a habit, you will suffer from paying without gaining.