The Phone Call It was getting dark. Paul looked out of the window and signed ( 叹气 ). Dad said he could come home by 5:30, but it was almost 7:00. Even if Dad came back, it wouldn’t be much fun playing 1 in the dark. Paul walked into his room and threw his baseball into the corner. He tried to do some homework, but couldn’t. The phone rang at about 8:00. It was Dad: “Paul, I’m 2 , but I couldn’t play baseball with you tonight. I have to finish my work at the office. Maybe we can play this weekend. Oh no. How about next weekend?....” Paul couldn’t understand why Dad was so 3 . He threw himself into the sofa and soon fell asleep. His book was still opened to the first page. The next day at school, Paul didn’t hand in his homework and 4 a test. Mrs. Green, his teacher, asked him to stay after school. “Paul, you didn’t do your homework. You didn’t pass the test and only got a D. This isn’t like you. What’s wrong?” Paul just sat there 5 . “Paul, if you don’t want to talk, I will. I know that something’s worrying with you, but you have to get it out. You need to tell someone.” As Paul walked home, he thought of what Mrs. Green said. Maybe he didn’t do his homework because he wanted to get his dad’s 6 . He knew Mrs. Green was right. He decided to take her advice. When Paul got home, he 7 his dad. But there was no answer. Then it went to voicemail ( 语音信箱 ). Paul began talking: “Dad, I can’t play with you next weekend. I’ve got lots of problems with my homework. Also, I really don’t want to spend another day looking out of the window and waiting. Whenever you 8 _ our plans, Dad, it hurts me. It’s not too late to rebuild our relationship, but we have to start small. Maybe you can help me with my 9 sometime. Dad, I love you.” As Paul ended the call, he felt much relaxed. He didn’t know whether his dad would be different, but it didn’t matter. He himself 10 . He expressed his feelings to the right person. He had a clear head as he was doing his homework that evening. ( )1.A. baseball B. cards C. chess D. toys ( )2.A. lucky B. sorry C. surprised D. pleased ( )3.A. famous B. helpful C. lazy D. busy ( )4.A. made B. missed C. failed D. chose ( )5.A. cheerfully B. comfortably C. hopefully D. quietly ( )6.A. attention B. message C. praise D. trust ( )7.A. saw B. thanked C. called D. greeted ( )8.A. prepare B. break C. follow D. question ( )9.A. choice B. homework C. speech D. decision ( )10.A. regretted B. complained C. insisted D. changed (A) Freddy is a high school teacher. He teaches math and PE (physical education) at Carver High School. He likes his job very much. He has worked there for ten years. In math class Freddy teaches algebra to his students. In PE class Freddy and his students play different kinds of sports. He likes working with high school students but sometimes the job is tiring and he feels tired. Patrick is a seafood restaurant owner. He has worked there for fifteen years. The restaurant was his father’s before. His father retired and gave the restaurant to Patrick. He likes his job very much. His restaurant sells many different kinds of seafood. It sells fish, shrimp, oysters and other kinds of seafood. Patrick likes to be in the restaurant and serve fresh seafood to his customers, although sometimes the seafood is a little smelly. Marcia is a sales representative. She works in an office. She has worked there for seven years. She sells watches to department stores and to boutiques. She talks on the telephone and meets with her customers. She likes her job very much, but sometimes her throat is sore because she has to talk a lot. 11. Freddy teaches ______. a. math b. PE c. both math and PE d. neither math nor PE 12. Patrick took over the restaurant from ______ . a. his mother b. his friends c. his father d. his grandfather 13. You can eat ______ in Patrick’s restaurant. a. fish b. shrimps c. oysters d. all the above 14. “Sore” in the last sentence means _____ . a. 疼痛的 b. 生气的 c. 紧急的 d. 大声的 15. Which of the following sentences is NOT true? a. Freddy thinks teaching sometimes is tiring. b. Patrick has worked in the restaurant for a long time. c. Seafood in Patrick’s restaurant is fresh, so it is never smelly. d. All of them love their jobs. (B) The average person generates about 2 kilos of rubbish every day and produces about 1.5 tons of solid waste per year in the US. In 2009, Americans produced enough trash to circle the earth 24 times. Over 75% of waste is recyclable, but Americans only recycle about 30% of it. Americans are responsible for 21.5 million tons of food waste each year. If we composted that wasted food, it would reduce the same amount of greenhouse gas as taking 2 million cars off the road. Americans discard 25,000,000 plastic bottles every hour. Over 87% of Americans have recycling programs near their homes or workplaces. In 2009, Americans threw away almost 9 million tons of glass. That means it filled enough container trucks to stretch from New York to Los Angeles and back. Since 1990 paper recycling has increased by 89% in the US. If every American recycles just one-tenth of their newspapers, we will save about 25million trees each year and reduce deforestation. Every years, Americans throw away enough writing and office paper to build a wall that is four meters high from New York to Los Angeles. 16.Among the recyclable waste, Americans recycle about_____. a. 30% b. 75% c. 87% d.89% 17 . Composting wasted food ______. a. has been widespread in the US b. helps in taking cars off the road c. leads to considerable decrease in greenhouse gas d. has reduced food waste by 21.5 million tons in the US 18. The recycling programs are _____ for the majority of Americans. a. unavailable b. unpopular c. near at hand d. understandable 19.Americans have _____ since 1990. a. increased their waste in paper. b. discarded 25,000,000 tons of waste on average each year. c. filled enough container trucks with waste. d. increased the awareness of paper recycling. 20. According to the passage, deforestation comes from the need for _____ to a large extent. a. housing projects b. large quantities of paper c. building walls d. construction in New York and Los Angeles (C) A couple from Miami, Bill and Simone Butler, spent sixty – six days in a life-raft( 救生艇 )in the seas of Central America after their boat sank. Twenty-one days after they left Panama in their boat, Simony, they met some whales( 鲸鱼 ). “They started to hit the side of the boat,” said Bill, “and then suddenly we heard water.” Two minutes later, the boat was sinking. They jumped into the life-raft and watched the boat go under the water. For twenty days they had tins of food, biscuits, and bottles of water. They also had a fishing-line and a machine to make salt water into drinking water --- two things which saved their lives. They caught eight to ten fish a day and ate them raw( 生的 ).Then the line broke. “So we had no more fish until something very strange happened. Some sharks( 鲨鱼 )came to feed, and the fish under the raft were afraid and came to the surface. I caught them with my hands. About twenty ships passed them, but no one saw them. After fifty days at sea their life-raft was beginning to break up. Then suddenly it was all over. A fishing boat saw them and picked them up. They couldn’t stand up. So the captain carried them onto his boat and took them to Costa Rica. Their two months at sea was over. 21.Bill and Simone were traveling _______ when they met some whales. a. in a life-raft b. in Miami c. in Simony d. In Panama 22.The whales hit the side of the boat, and then _____ 。 a. they brought in a lot of water b. they broke the side of the boat c. they pulled the boat d. they went under the water 23.After their boat sank, the couple_____. a. jumped into the life-raft b. heard water c. watched the boat go under water d. stayed in the life-raft 24.During their days at sea, ____ saved their lives. a. tins of food and bottles of water b. a fishing-line and a machine c. whales and sharks d. twenty passing ships 25. When they saw the fishing boat which later picked them up, ______. a. they were too excited to stand up b. they couldn’t wait to climb onto the boat c. their life-raft was beginning to break up d. they knew their two months at sea would be over.