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Andrew Bennett talked for the first time about the night his wife was killed. The judge thought it was he who killed his wife. Now he wrote to a magazine from the prison about what happened on the night of November 23.1995.
“I had to stay late at the hospital that night to do an operation. I left at about 11 p.m. I drove home slowly because the weather was terrible. The wind was blowing and it was raining heavily. I was turning into our road when a man suddenly ran in front of my car. I almost hit him but I stopped just in time. I was frightened and the men looked frightened, too. I got out of the car but he ran away before I could ask if he was all right. It was very strange. When I got home, the lights were on but it was very quiet. I called to my wife but there was no answer. Then I remembered that she was out at a concert.”
“I was still very upset about what happened on the road. So I went to have a bath. Then I saw that the window in the bathroom was open. This was strange because my wife always locked the doors and windows before she went out. She was afraid of burglars. When I went to close it, I found Ellen lying there, blood everywhere. I rushed over and felt for her pulse but she was dead. I sat on the floor beside her body and was too frightened to do anything.”
“The next thing I knew was the sky was getting bright. I can’t remember a thing about that night. In the morning I phoned the police. They arrived half an hour after I phoned them. But it seemed like a few hours. During that time I tried hard to remember anything I could about the night before. I couldn’t stop thinking about the man in the road. What was he doing on that night in our quiet neighborhood? Why did he look so frightened? Why did he run away?”
1.Did Andrew Bennett write the letter at home?
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2.How did Andrew Bennett succeed in avoiding (避免) a traffic accident that nearly happened?
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3.What did Andrew Bennett’s wife want to do that night?
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4.What were the two strange things that Andrew Bennett mentioned (提到)?
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5.How long did it take the police to get to Andrew Bennett’s house?
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6.Who do you think might be the murderer (杀人犯)? Give at least two reasons.
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Geoffrey Payne talks for the first time about the night his wife was killed. The judge thought it was he who killed his wife. Now he wrote to a magazine from the prison (监狱) about what happened on the night of 13 October 1999.
I had to stay late at the hospital that night to do an operation. I finally left at about 11 p. m. I drove home slowly because the weather was terrible—the wind was blowing and it was raining heavily, I was turning into our road when a man suddenly ran in front of my car. I almost hit him but I stopped just in time. I was frightened and the man looked frightened too. I got out of the car but he ran away before I could ask if he was all right. It was very strange.
When I got home, the lights were on but it was very quiet. I called to my wife but there was no answer. Then I remembered that she was out at a concert.
I was still very upset about what happened on the road, so I made myself a drink. Then I went upstairs to have a bath. I saw that the window in the bedroom was open. This was strange because my wife always locked the doors and windows before she went out. She was afraid of burglars. When I went to close it, I found Ellen. She was lying on the floor. There was blood everywhere. I rushed over and felt for her pulse but she was dead. I sat on the floor beside her body and was too frightened to do anything.
The next thing I knew, the sky was getting light. I can't remember a thing about that night. In the morning I phoned the police. They arrived about half an hour after I phoned them. But it seemed like hours. During that time I tried hard to remember anything I could about the night before. I couldn't stop thinking about the man in the road. What was he doing at that time of night in our quiet neighbourhood? Why did he look so frightened"! Why did he run away?
1. Geoffrey Payne was a .
A. doctor B. policeman
C. judge D. taxi driver
2. After he found Ellen dead, Payne .
A. called the police at once
B. called out for help
C. tried to find out who killed his wife
D. sat beside his wife's body without knowing what to do
3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. Payne called the police the next morning.
B. Payne could remember clearly what had happened.
C. The policemen arrived thirty minutes after Payne's call.
D. Payne wondered what the man was doing in his neighbourhood that night,
4.In this passage Payne tried to .
A. say something about his family
B. show he was very sorry for his wife’s death
C. tell why his wife was killed that night
D. make people believe the man in the road probably killed his wife
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In Britain, when people meet each other for the first time, they talk about things like family, work, school,or sports. They ask question like “Do you have any brothers or sisters?” “Where do you work?” “What school do you go to?” and “Do you like sports?” They also ask questions like “Where do you come from?” and “Where do you live?” These are polite questions. They are not personal or private. But some things are personal or private, and questions about them are not polite. People don’t ask questions about a person’s salary(薪水). They don’t ask how much or someone is paid for something. It is not OK to ask people questions about politics, party(政党) or religion(宗教) unless you know them very well. People don ’t ask unmarried people “Why are you single?” and they don’t ask a married couple with no children “Why don’t you have any children?”
1.Which is a polite question in Britain when people meet?
A. How’s your family?
B. You’re not married, why?
C. What do you think of the Labor Party?
D. How much does your boss pay you each week?
2.The British usually don’t ask questions about a person’s _______.
A. interest B. work C. religion D. family
3.It’s not polite for a person to show interest in the ______ life of others.
A. school B. private C. hard D. happy
4.In Britain, which of the following questions is NOTpolite?
A. Where are you from?
B. Do you like play football?
C. Which subject do you like best?
D. You look much older than your husband. How old are you?
5.This passage is mainly about ______.
A. school life B. politeness C. working D. sport
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When we meet someone for the first time, we often would like to talk about ourselves. We just want to show the best to others. But why not listen？Sometimes, listening is better than talking. Then how to be a good listener？Here are a few suggestions：
◆ Look at the speaker. It shows you are listening carefully. It's also a good way to “talk” to your friend with your eyes.
◆ Don't cut in. Give your friend enough time to say what she or he thinks. Don't stop your friend's words. Even if you want to say something, you should wait till your friend finishes.
◆ Try to understand. When you are listening, try to catch his or her feelings and ideas. It helps you know your friend better. And your friend will feel better about you. He or she may think you are the right person to talk with.
◆ Show your ideas at the right time. “It's interesting.” “What happened next？”…These are useful when you are listening. And you can give advice when your friend asks for it.
It's never too late to become a good listener. It can change your life and the lives of the people in your life.
1, 2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题归纳并写出全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1.When we meet someone for the first time, we often would like to_____________.
2.Though you want to say something, you should not__________ at once.
3.What can help us know our friend better?
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4.__________________________________________________
5.__________________________________________________
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When we meet someone for the first time, we often would like to talk about ourselves. We just want to show the best to others. But why not listen? Sometimes, listening is better than talking. Then how to be a good listener? Here are a few suggestions:
◆Look at the speaker. It shows you are listening carefully. It's also a good way to “talk” to your friend with your eyes.
◆Don't cut in. Give your friend enough time to say what she or he thinks. Don't stop your friend's words. Even if you want to say something, you should wait till your friend finishes.
◆ Try to understand. When you are listening, try to catch her or his feelings and ideas. It helps you know your friend better. And your friend will feel better about you. She or he may think you are the right person to talk with.
◆Show your ideas at the right time. "It’s interesting." "What happened next?" … These are useful when you are listening. And you can give advice when your friend asks for it.
It's never too late to become a good listener. It can change your life and the lives of the people in your life.
根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正误。你认为正确的句子，请在答题卷相应空格内写“T”，错误的写“F”。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分l0分)
1.When we meet someone for the first time, we often would like to talk about
others.
2.Looking at the speaker is impolite when you are listening.
3. Though you want to say something, you should not cut in at once.
4. To be a good listener, you should say nothing.
5. Listening is better than talking sometimes.
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Mark went camping in a mountain for the first time, so he spent about two hours________(搭建)his tent.
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My husband and l were talking about possible colours because it was time for painting the kitchen again. The children, sat nearby and suddenly shouted, "Not the measuring（测量）stick!”
The measuring stick isn't a real stick but the kitchen side of the door between our kitchen and the dining room. Along the edge we have________each child's growth by making a mark showing his or her________on every birthday. Over the ten years so many________pens, pencils and markers were used that the door came to be________like a painting.
Names and dates________different hand-writing, and I can________by the script(手迹)who measured 
whom. An eight-year-old brother measured his three-year-old sister, a grandchild measured her grandmother, my husband measured me. At parties, when this door swings, friends stop to________the names and dates. When we ask if they would like to leave their marks, they usually had a smile.
Many of these listed on the door are still________While some have stopped. Some is still with us only in memory. When my mother came to see our eldest daughter graduating from university, we measured her, too. It was her last visit to our home.
We haven't decided on the new kitchen colour plan yet, but one thing is________:Whether we paint the trim curry gold, Chowning's Tavern red or Federal blue, the back of the kitchen door will be alwayswith lots of names and dates in different colors.
1.A. celebrated B. explain C. encouraged D. congratulated
2.A. progress B. weight C. height D. size
3.A. new B. coloured C. long D. short
4.A. simply B. clearly C. unusually D. unclearly
5.A. make B. show C. give D. keep
6.A. tell B. understand C. remind D. think
7.A. find B. notice C. read D. write
8.A. changing B. adding C. putting D. growing
9.A. curious B. certain C. ready D. common
10.A. white B. red C. gold D. blue
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Two policemen stopped Andrew Kershaw in his sports car one night, because he was speeding in the street of the town. The young man was very drunk. He knew he was in trouble, so he decided to make fun of them. He was a law student at the university, so he knew the law very well, better than most people.
When the policemen came to his car, Andrew asked one of the policemen to write down in his notebook everything they said. The policemen had to do this because it is the law, although people usually don’t know it. The policemen tested Andrew’s breath and the breathalyzer showed that he had too much alcohol in his blood. This all took a long time because the policemen had to write down everything that he and the policemen said.
In the end, by law, the policemen had to ask Andrew if he wanted to say anything. Andrew decided that he had two things to say and the policemen had to write down. The first thing was “Please don’t hit me again, officer”. And the second thing was “Does the other officer want ￡5, too?” Of course, the poor policeman had to read this in court, in front of the judge , and he was very embarrassed. Andrew, who was in court, thought it was very funny, until the judge took away his license for a year and fined（罚款）him ￡100, ￡90 for drunk driving, and ￡10 for his rudeness!
1. The policemen stopped Andrew in his car because __________.
A. it was very late B. he was drunk
C. he was driving too fast D. he hardly broke the law
2. The underlined word “breathalyzer” means __________.
A. a tool used for repairing machines
B. a machine used for examining patients
C. a person who is in charge of giving breath test
D. an instrument（仪器）used for testing and analyzing（分析）one’s breath
3.Andrew made fun of the policemen, only __________.
A. to be praised by the judge
B. to be asked by the judge
C. to be taken away by the judge
D. to be punished by the judge
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The judge(法官) thought Geoffrey Payne killed his wife. Now for the first time Payne wrote to a magazine from the prison about what happened on the night of 13 October 1999.
I had to stay late at the hospital that night to do an operation. I finally left at about 11p.m.. I drove home slowly because the wind was blowing and it was raining heavily. I was running into our road when a man suddenly ran in front of my car. I almost hit him but I stopped just in time. I was scared and the man looked scared, too. I got out of the car but he ran away before I could ask if he was all right. It was very strange.
When I got home, the lights were on but it was very quiet. I called to my wife but there was no answer. Then I remembered that she was out at a concert.
I was still very unhappy about what happened on the road, so I made myself a drink. Then I went upstairs to have a bath. I saw that the window in the bedroom was open. This was strange because my wife always locked the doors and windows before she went out. She was afraid of burglars. When I went to close it, I found Ellen. She was lying on the floor. There was blood everywhere. I rushed over for her pulse but she was dead. I was so scared. I sat on the floor beside her body without knowing what to do.
The next thing I knew was that the sky was getting light. I can’t remember a thing about that night. In the morning I phoned the police. They arrived half an hour after I phoned them. But it seemed like hours. During that time I tried hard to remember anything I could about the night before. I couldn’t stop thinking about the man in the road. What was he doing at that time of night in our quiet neighborhood?
1.When Payne got home, he found ______________.
A. a burglar in his house
B. the bedroom window closed
C. Ellen lying on the floor, blood all over
D. Ellen waiting for him in the concert hall
2.After he found Ellen dead, Payne .
A. called out for help
B. called the police at once
C. was too scared to do anything
D. tried to find out the murderer
3.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Payne called the police the next morning.
B. Payne ran away after his car bumped into the man that night.
C. Payne couldn’t remember clearly what had happened that night.
D. Payne wondered what the man was doing in his neighborhood that night.
4.In this passage Payne tried to .
A. show he was sorry for his wife’s death
B. show he was guilty for murdering his wife
C. tell why his wife was killed that night
D. say the man in the road was probably the murderer
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About five or six years ago I went to London for the first time. It was in the summer holidays and I went with my _________. It was quite expensive by plane or train, so we _______ to travel by coach(长途汽车). We left at five in the morning and the _______ took about sixteen hours. We stayed in London for three days, in a youth hotel not far from the city centre. My friends and I _______ a big room on the top floor. The beds were not very comfortable and the bathroom was very small, _______ it had a wonderful view overlooking the River Thames.
While we were in London we went to a lot of places. On the first day, we went to see all the main sights(名胜), _______ Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus, and Buckingham Palace. On the second day, we went shopping on Oxford Street. On the _______ day, my friends and I went to Camden Market. You can buy all kinds of jewelry and clothes there. I bought a silver _______ for my sister. It was really sunny in the afternoon, so we went to watch a football game. Unluckily, I think the ring fell out of _______ pocket during the game, and I had to buy another one.
I really enjoyed visiting London, although the youth hotel was not __________. Next time, I will stay at a wonderful hotel, but I guess I will never feel as excited as I did that first time.
1.A.sisters B.parents C.friends D.grandparents
2.A.hated B.decided C.refused D.continued
3.A.show B.study C.journey D.competition
4.A.drew B.cleaned C.bought D.shared
5.A.and B.but C.so D.if
6.A.such as B.up to C.instead of D.rather than
7.A.first B.second C.fourth D.last
8.A.bag B.hat C.ring D.phone
9.A.my B.his C.her D.its
10.A.near B.new C.perfect D.cheap
whom. An eight-year-old brother measured his three-year-old sister, a grandchild measured her grandmother, my husband measured me. At parties, when this door swings, friends stop to________the names and dates. When we ask if they would like to leave their marks, they usually had a smile.