One day an old man went into a cafeteria (自助餐廳) to eat in America for the first time. He sat down at an empty table and waited for   43  to take his order. Of course nobody did. Finally, a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria   44 .
“Start out at that end,” she said. “Just go along the line and   45  what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”
“I soon learned that’s how everything works in the US,” the old man later told a friend. “ 46  is a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want   47  you are willing(自愿的) to pay the price. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to   48  it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”   
49 , life everywhere is like a cafeteria. Don’t wait for things to happen to you. Success lies in your own   50 .

Last week I went to a supermarket. After I  36  the bill and was passing through the door, the alarm suddenly started to ring. Suddenly, a young guard ran toward me and ordered me to  37 him. I felt so upset and   38  . He took me to a small room, but I was   39  frightened that I stopped at the door. Finding me  40to enter the room, he shouted that I had to go into the room.

He closed the door. I thought he was going to hurt me. Suddenly, a   41   voice said in my ear: “Take out the things you’ve stolen!” “I stole nothing.” I said. “Do as I tell you. If we find them, you’ll be in trouble.” “There is nothing.” I answered. “I didn’t take anything.” I said, taking everything out of my pockets and bag.

  42   this point, a guard came in and asked a salesgirl to   43  me.   44  , they found nothing.

But they didn’t believe that I hadn’t stolen anything. So the young guard ordered me to pass through the door alarm again.

I was   45  when it rang again. I felt   46  and burst into tears. I didn’t know how to prove   47  I was innocent(清白的).

They made me go into the small room again.

 “Take out the stolen things quickly,  48  we will dial 110.” They said.

 “OK, call the police. I’ m not afraid.” I said  49.

Suddenly,  they  50 their tone. After a while, a salesgirl asked me to raise my feet. I did   51   she had told me. There was a label (標簽) on the bottom of my shoe. That was it! That was the  52 thing that had brought me such great trouble. But it  53my innocence.（清白）

After that, they 54  to me in the small room, But they should have apologized 55  , shouldn’t they? A lot of people were there when I was taken away. What did they think of me?

1.A．buy                B．paid            C．passed          D．paid for

2.A．obey               B．beg             C．follow          D．listen to

3.A．angry              B．excited         C．happy           D．puzzled

4.A．very               B．much            C．such            D．so

5.A．disagree           B．unwilling       C．voluntarily     D．willingly 

6.A．high               B．low             C．sound           D．sharp

7.A．On                 B．In              C．At              D．From

8.A．look at            B．watch           C．examine         D．keep

9.A．Needless to say B．So far             C．On one hand     D．As a result of

10.A．afraid            B．frightened      C．shocked         D．sad

11.A．wronged           B．upset           C．scared          D．unpleasant

12.A．what              B．whether         C．that            D．how

13.A．and               B．but             C．or              D．so

14.A．unhappily         B．forcefully      C．terribly        D．widely

15.A．changed           B．raised          C．increased       D．closed

16.A．like              B．as              C．according to    D．as if

17.A．only              B．last            C．very            D．just

18.A．tested            B．showed          C．proved          D．gave

19.A．said              B．apologized      C．agreed          D．promised

20.A．loudly            B．together        C．politely        D．in public

With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, “I’m blind, please help.”

Only a few people put   36  in the hat. A man was walking by. He   37  some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign   38 , wrote some words, put the sign back and left.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   39  to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see   40  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps （認出他的腳步聲）and asked, “Were you the one who   41  my sign this morning? What did you write?”

The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   42  way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day,   43 I cannot see it.”

Both the   44  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply   45  people to help by throwing some money into the   46 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the   47  of the day, but the boy couldn’t   48  he was blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn   49  this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can.   50  , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!

U.S.A. Weather Report of May 13

City               Weather              ℉

DETROIT            Clouds early 　

Maybe a shower, and then skies clear up.

High: 73° Low: 43°

Tomorrow: sunny to partly cloudy.

High: 66° Low: 45°

BOSTON             Staying cool　

More clouds than yesterday. Cool east wind.

High: 65° Low: 51°

Tomorrow: showers in the afternoon; then clearing.

High: 69° Low: 47°

LOS ANGELES        Not bad　

Some morning clouds; then a sunny afternoon.

High: 78° Low: 61°

Tomorrow: warmer.

High: 81° Low: 65°

PHILADELPHI        A Mainly sunny

A few clouds; then showers tonight.

High: 75° Low: 57°

Tomorrow: clouds early; then heavy rain.

High: 76° Low: 52°

WASHINGTON D.C.    Sunny intervals(間隔)

Some clouds, and heavy rain tonight.

High: 77° Low: 60°

Tomorrow: cloudy to partly sunny.

High: 77° Low: 54°

1.Which city was sunny to partly cloudy on May 14?

A. WASHINGTON D.C.             B. LOS ANGELES.

C. DETROIT.                   D. BOSTON.

2.When did BOSTON have showers?

A．On the afternoon of May 13.               B．On the morning of May 13.

C．On the afternoon of May 14.               D．On the morning of May 14.

3.Which’s TRUE about the weather in LOS ANGELES?

A. It was cooler than WASHINGTON D.C. on May 13.

B. It was warmer on May 14 than on May 13.

C. It was cloudy on the afternoon of May 13.

D. It was sunny on the morning of May 13.

4.Which picture represents the weather on the night of May 13 in PHILADELPHIA?

5.What did most people probably do in PHILADELPHIA on May 13 at night?

A．Enjoyed looking at the moon.              B．Went for a walk.

C．Did sports outside.                      D．Stayed at home.