Tom had once worked in a city office in London, but now he was out of work．He had a large family to support, so he often found himself in difficulty．He often visited Mr．White on Sundays, told him about his troubles, and asked for two or three pounds．

    Mr．White, a man with a kind heart, found it difficult to refuse to give the money, though he himself was poor．Tom had already received more than thirty pounds from Mr．White, but he always seemed to be in need of some more．

    One day, after telling Mr．White a long story of his troubles, Tom asked for five pounds．Mr．White had heard this sort of thing before, but he listened patiently to the end．Then he said,“I understand your difficulties, Tom．I’d like to help you．But I’m not going to give you five pounds this time．I’ll lend you the money, and you can pay me back next time you see me．”

Tom took the money, but he never appeared again．

1.Tom was now in difficulties because he ____．

A．worked in a city office and was poorly paid

B．was poorly paid and had a large family to support

C．was poorly paid and always spent money carelessly

D．was out of work and had a large family to support

2.Tom went to Mr．White for help ____．

A．twice a week                                     B．often on Sundays

C．always on Sundays                                               D．whenever he needed money  

3.Altogether Tom received             from Mr White．

A．at least thirty-five pounds                                         B．just thirty-five pounds

C．less than thirty pounds                                              D．five pounds

Mr. Green was traveling around the country in his car. One evening he was driving along a road and looking for a small hotel when he saw an old man at the side of the road. He stopped his car and said to the old man, “I want to go to the Sun Hotel. Do you know it?”

“Yes.” The old man answered. “I’ll show you the way.”

He got into Mr. Green’s car and they drove for about twelve miles. When they came to a small house, the old man said, “Stop here.”

Mr. Green stopped and looked at the house. “But this isn’t a hotel.” He said to the old man.

“No,” the old man answered, “This is my house. And now I’ll show you the way to the Sun Hotel. Turn around and go back nine miles. Then you’ll see the Sun Hotel on the left.”

1.Where did Mr. Green want to sleep that night?

2.Why did Mr. Green stop his car?

3.Where did the old man promise(答應) to take Mr. Green?

4.Why didn’t the old man stop Mr. Green when they passed the hotel?

5.How far was it from the place where Mr. Green met the old man to the Sun Hotel?

A passenger told all air hostess(空姐) that he needed a cup of water to take his 1. when the plane just took off. She said to him, “I’ll bring you the water   2.   ten minutes."

Thirty minutes later, when the passenger ring for service sounded, the air hostess ran ill a hurry .She Was so busy that she 3. to bring him the water. As a4..the passenger couldn’t take his medicine in lime. The air hostess hurried over to him with a cup of wale. but he  5.  it.

After a short while, the air hostess came up to him with a smile,” Could you please tell me what I can do for you, sir? "The passenger turned around without any words. The second time .also with a sweet smile, "Would you like 6. I can do for you?” Again the passenger refused.

In the following hours 013.the flight, each time the air hostess passed the passenger, she would ask him 7. a smile whether he needed some help or not. But the passenger never replied to her. When the passenger was going to get 8.the plane, he asked the air hostess to hand him the passenger's booklet (小冊子).She knew that he would write down terrible words about her job.   9.still with a smile she handed it to him.

Getting off the plane. the air hostess opened the booklet, and smiled because the passenger wrote,” How can I refuse your twelve sweet    10. ?"

用方框內所給詞的適當形式填空，使短文意思完成、正確。（每小題1分）

Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest.    66    May 29, 1953，he climbed and measured the highest mountain——29,000 feet straight up. People were proud of his efforts when he came back. However, until we read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success.

In 1952, he tried to climb Mount Everest, but    67   . A few weeks later, a group in England asked him to give a    68    to its members. Hillary was given a    69    welcome when walking on stage. People there thought him as a    71   , but Edmund Hillary saw himself as a failure (失敗). He moved    72    from the microphone (麥克風) and walked to the side of the stage.

He lifted one    72    and pointed at a picture of the mountain. He said in a    73    voice, “Mount Everest, you    74    me the first time, but I’ll beat you the next time    75    you’ve grown all you are going to grow, but I'm still growing!”