I went home, _____ she stayed at the station.

Nobody’s Watching Me

I am a foot taller than Napoleon and twice the weight of Twiggy; on my only visit to a beautician, the woman said she found my face a challenge. Yet despite these social disadvantages I feel cheerful, happy, confident and secure.

I work for a daily newspaper and so get to a lot of places I would otherwise never see. This year I went to Ascot to write about the people there. I saw something there that made me realize the stupidity of trying to conform, of trying to be better than anyone else. There was a small, plump woman, all dressed up—huge hat, dress with pink butterflies, long white gloves. She also had a shooting stick. But because she was so plump, when she sat on the stick it went deep into the ground and she couldn't pull it out. She tugged and tugged, tears of rage in her eyes. When the final tug brought it out, she crashed with it to the ground."

I saw her walk away. Her day had been ruined. She had made a fool of herself in public--she had impressed nobody. In her own sad, red eyes she was a failure.

I remember well when I was like that, in the days before I learned that nobody really cared what you do . . .

I remember the pain of my first dance, something that is always meant to be a wonderful occasion for a girl... There was a fashion then for diamante (人造钻石) ear-rings, and I wore them so often practicing for the big night that I got two great sores on my ears and had to put sticking-plaster on them. Perhaps it was this that made nobody want to dance with me. Whatever it was, there I sat for four hours and 43 minutes. When I came home, I told my parents that I had a marvelous time and that my feet were sore from dancing. They were pleased at my success and they went to bed happily, but I went to my room and tore the bits of sticking-plaster off my ears and felt forlorn and disconsolate.

‘The beautician found the writer's face a challenge’, which means _________.

A．she thought it was a challenge to have such a face repaired

B．she thought it was a challenge to deal with such a face

C．the writer's face challenged the beautician's

D．it was a challenge to find the writer's face

wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowe rs to his mother she lived two hundred miles away.

As he got out of his car he found a young girl sitting on the road crying. He asked her what was wrong and she answered “I want to buy a red rose for my mother but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars.”

The man smiled and said “Come into the shop with me and I’ll buy you a rose.”

He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaving he wanted to drive the girl home. The girl said “Yes please! You can take me to my mother ” She brought him to a cemetery(墓地)and she placed the rose on the grave.

The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop picked up the flowers he ordered and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house. If today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.

(1)The man went to the shop to ().

A.help the girl

B.order some flowers

C.buy some food

D. buy a rose

(2)The man’s mother lived () away from him.

A.2 kilometres

B.200 kilometres

C.200 miles

D.not far

(3)The girl was crying on the road because ().

A.she was hungry

B.she couldn’t afford a rose

C.she couldn’t find her way home

D. she missed her mother

(4)After the man bought the girl a rose they went to () together.

A.the cemetery

B.the girl’s home.

C.his moth er’s house

D. his own home

(5)From the passage we can infer(推断) that ().

A.the girl loved flowers very much

B.The girl loved her mother very much

C.The shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man’s mother

D.The man didn’t love his mother

All the movies I wanted to rent were not available, so as a （n)（) I went home and watched television.

s about time __________？

A) we are going home B) we go home C) we went home D) we can go home

It’s already 5 o’clock. Don’t you think it’s about time _______？

A、we are going home

B、we go home

C、we went home

D、we can go home

A.A.

B.B.told; had gone

C.C.was told; went

D.D.was told; had gone

E.E.told; had been

rom Mike’s life in London now. We went to school together on our bicycles. Every morning I went to his house and knocked on the door. Every morning Mike’s mum said, “I’m sorry, he’s a bit late this morning”, and so I had to wait. Each day we were late for school, and I remember the teacher got very annoyed with us. I never told her we were late because of Mike. Now, 25 years later, I play tennis with Mike. I usually drive him to the tennis club. I go to his flat and he opens the door and says, “I’m sorry. I’m a bit late today.” The only reason he wasn’t late for his own wedding is that we lied to him about the time! As boys we spent a lot of time out exploring on our bikes. We went walking and fishing. I didn’t like fishing because I couldn’t swim. Probably the funniest thing we did was when we stole a bottle of whiskey from my Dad. We cycled about 5 miles away to drink it in one of our favorite places. When we finished drinking it, we couldn’t cycle back – it was a long, slow walk. I’m sure we looked awful. We still do, when we come back from the pub on Friday nights. Nothing’s changed really. Oh, and I still can’t swim.

1.Mike now lives in __________.

A.a village in Scotland

B.a village near London

C.London

2.__________ got up late every morning.

A.Mike’mum

B.Mike

C.I

3.25 years later, Mike __________.

A.is early in doing everything

B.still is late as in the past

C.is never late again

4.As boys both of us liked __________.

A.fishing

B.swimming

C.riding bicycles

5.We walked 5 miles back home because we __________.

A.were drunk

B.were tired

C.enjoyed walking

Philip: Hello! Is that you, Tom？

Tom: Yes, (56)

Philip: I can't believe I (57) you at last. And what have you been doing？

Tom: Yeah, I haven't been home a lot lately. And I've had a lot of work and social engagements. Oh,

Philip, (58) to London？

Philip: I just came back about a week ago, I (59) by phone several times, but you were not in.

Tom: Sorry, Sorry. Did you have a nice holiday, then？

Philip: Lovely. I went to Scotland and traveled around.

Tom: (60) ! I need a holiday indeed.

Philip: Well, I suppose so.

Tom: Oh , somebody's at the door. I have to go. And I have to say " good-bye'. Nice talking to you.

Philip: Same here, bye-bye.

56.

A. when did you get back

B. What a surprise I got

C. How I admire you

D. I am Tom

E. got hold of

F. got through

G. this is Tom

H. tried to contact you

said it many times before.

W: I was planning to, but I haven't been feeling well, so I stayed at home and did nothing else.

Q: Where did the woman go last Saturday？

(16)

A．She went to Atlanta.

B．She went to a convention.

C．She went to a hospital.

D．She stayed at home.