A French woman goes to London to see her son. She knows a little English, but can not speak it very well. One day she goes to a shop. She wants to buy a hen for supper. But she can not remember the English word for “hen”. Just then the shop waiter asks her, “Can I help you?” “I want the egg’s mother.” the woman answered. The shop waiter does not understand her and says, “Sorry, we have not any bigger eggs.” Suddenly the woman remembers the word “cock”. “I want the cock’s wife!” she says. This time the shop waiter laughs.
【小題1】The woman goes to London_______.

A．to learn English	B．to have supper
C．to eat some hens	D．to see her son

【小題2】The woman________.

A．only knows a little English

B．knows much English

C．doesn’t know English

D．doesn’t buy a hen at last

【小題3】The shop waiter thinks that an egg’s mother must be          .

A．a(chǎn) bigger egg	B．the cock’s wife
C．a(chǎn) hen	D．the hen’s sister

【小題4】The shop waiter laughs because he ________.

A．understands the woman at last

B．thinks it is interesting.

C．does not understand the woman

D．thinks that the woman isn’t clever

【小題5】Which of the following(如下的) is true?

A．The waiter knows French.

B．The woman buys a cock.

C．The woman is foolish(笨的).

D．The woman has a hen for her supper.

A new term has begun. Teachers are   1  about the fact that new students are not easy to deal with(對(duì)付). They like to bring telephones（手機(jī)） and MP3 players to school. What is   2  , some students even use telephones to do out-of-class matters in class, or sometimes just for fun. Some otherstudents listen to MP3 players when they are having a lesson that they are not interested in.
Are these new students really that  3 ? “Yes.” says Delaney Kirk, a professor at Drake University.   4  she says it’s not their fault(過(guò)錯(cuò)).   5 , the teachers should be blamed(責(zé)備). Mrs Kirk first began thinking about students’ manners six years ago. “I had my first class in which students were sleeping or talking to each other. It seemed that learning well had nothing to do with them.” she says. “At first, I got worried about this.” but then I said to myself, “You’re giving   6  , and you need to deal with this kind of situation (情況). These students need to know more about manners. It’s time to help them develop some good   7  . They shouldn’t waste time doing nothing when they are young. Sooner or later, they may regret(后悔) the time they have wasted.”
Mrs Kirk also   8  a list of suggestions(建議) to help teachers better manage (控制) their classes. The following are among her suggestions:
l     On the first day of class, tell students how they will benefit(受益) by taking the class and the importance   9  listening carefully in class.
l     Do not allow（允許） them to bring telephones or MP3 players to the class at all.
l     Tell them how to use telephones or MP3 players   10  .

【小題1】

A．excited B．worried C．surprised D．interested

【小題2】

A．bad B．worse C．good D．better

【小題3】

A．rude B．polite C．friendly D．boring

【小題4】

A．But B．However C．And D．So

【小題5】

A．Such as B．For example C．Like D．Instead

【小題6】

A．Math B．English C．Chinese D．lessons

【小題7】

A．ideas B．problems C．habits（習(xí)慣） D．classes

【小題8】

A．makes B．produces C．designs D．gets

【小題9】

A．on B．of C．a(chǎn)t D．by

【小題10】

A．carefully B．properly C．clearly D．quickly

For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashionable” in the same way: 
“She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable color.”
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs…and in languages.
Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.
Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspaper, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours. New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.
【小題1】 From this passage we know that “fashion” means ______.

A．clothes	B．many things
C．most of the popular things	D．everything

【小題2】Today fashions change very quickly because _______.

A．people read newspaper every day

B．radios send information from one country to another

C．new things that people like are often shown on TV

D．people quickly learn what is happening in the world

【小題3】“There is money in fashion” means ______.

A．clothes are expensive	B．money comes from fashion
C．people like new things	D．fashions make big money

【小題4】 The best title for the passage is ______.

A．Fashions	B．Fashion mean clothes
C．Fashion means money	D．A fashionable

A few years ago, Dave Stirling had the idea of selling CDs over the Internet. The business he started from his home in Ohio, the USA, now sells 500,000 CDs a year and has made him into a millionaire(百萬(wàn)富翁)at the age of 24.
“I could see that this was the future of shopping,” says Stirling. “Why should you pay $15 for a CD and spend the time and the money getting into the store and parking your car? You can have the same CD for half of the price by clicking(敲擊)on your computer. And we can find any CD you want and bring it to your door in 24 hours!” 
According to Stirling, this is the only beginning, “I believe that one day we’ll do our shopping over the net: it’s easier, quicker and cheaper. Shops and supermarkets will be the past.” 
【小題1】Dave Stiring started his business from______.

A．his home

B．his company

C．the office

D．the country

【小題2】How has Stirling become so rich?

A．By making ice cream.	B．By making advertisements.
C．By selling ideas to others.	D．By selling CDs over the Internet.

【小題3】If you pay $15 for a CD in the store, how much should you pay for it over the net?

A．$15.

B．$12.

C．$7.5.

D．$30.

【小題4】By shopping over the net, you won’t_____.

A．spend the time and the money	B．drive your car any more
C．click on your computer	D．get into the store by yourself

【小題5】 What can we learn from the passage?

A．More than half of the Americans prefer to shop over the net.

B．Shops and supermarkets will be the past in the future.

C．Some people don’t like to go shopping over the Internet.

D．It’s easier, quicker and more expensive to do our shopping over the net.

A. they should spend sometime
B. the students are not expected
C. they had so many choices
D. many of them told me
E. many of them expressed disappointment
In my spoken English class, I asked the students about their university life. To my surprise, 【小題1】. After their highly controlled(控制) high school lives, they were having difficulty getting used to (習(xí)慣) the free time in the university. When I asked them to describe their high school lives, 【小題2】they got up at six in the morning and studied until ten or even later at night. Most of this time was spent doing lots of homework.
When they entered the university, in my opinion,【小題3】to spend all their waking hours studying. They should also take an active part in social activities. They should learn to divide their time outside of class between sport sand clubs. What’s more, 【小題4】watching TV and chatting with their roommates. But what surprised me most was that many of them did not seem happy because【小題5】. They felt that they should be doing something else what ever they were doing. That’s why they were not happy.
To those students, my advice is: Get used to it and learn to make decisions for yourselves.