Mike works very long hours every day. He usually gets up at 17:00. He has a shower and makes his breakfast. What a funny time to make breakfast! After breakfast he practices his guitar, then he puts on his jacket and goes to work. To get to work, he takes the number17 bus to the Star Hotel. The bus usually leaves at 19:15. He works all night. People love to listen to him! He gets home at 7:00, and he watches the early morning news on TV. He goes to bed at 8:30, a tired but happy man. Can you think what his job is?
【小題1】How long does Mike work?

Mike works very long hours every day. He usually gets up at 17:00. He has a shower and makes his breakfast. What a funny time to make breakfast! After breakfast he practices his guitar. Then he puts on his jacket and goes to work. To get to work, he takes the number 17 bus to the Star Hotel. The bus usually leaves at 19:15. He works all night. People love to listen to him! He gets home at 7:00, and he watches the early morning news on TV. He goes to bed at 8:30, a tired but happy man. Can you think what his job is?
【小題1】How long does Mike work?

Mike works very long hours every day. He usually gets up at 17:00. He has a shower and makes his breakfast. What a funny time to make breakfast! After breakfast he practices his guitar. Then he puts on his jacket and goes to work. To get to work, he takes the number 17 bus to the Star Hotel. The bus usually leaves at 19:15. He works all night. People love to listen to him! He gets home at 7:00, and he watches the early morning news on TV. He goes to bed at 8:30, a tired but happy man. Can you think what his job is?

1.How long does Mike work?

A. 7 hours                    B. 8 hours             C. about 9 hours           D. all night

2.He ____________ and makes his breakfast.

A. gets up                     B. takes a shower   C. works               D. washes his face

3.What does Mike do after breakfast?

A. He goes to work.  

B. He puts on his clothes.

C. He practices his guitar, then puts on his jacket and goes to work.

D. He practices his guitar.

4.Maybe（可能）he is ________________________.

A. a worker                  B. a singer             C. a writer             D. a teacher

5.How does he go to work?

A. By car                      B. By bikes            C. On foot             D. By bus

Dear Li Lei,

How are you? I’m glad to get your   41  . I’d like to tell you something about my school life.

In the USA, school   42   at 8:00 a.m. I usually get up at 6:50 and then have breakfast. I

  43   the school bus to school at 7:25.   44   does school begin in China? How do you come to school? My favorite subject is science   45   it’s easy and interesting. Which subject do you like  46  ? School   47   at 3:30 p.m. After school, it’s time   48   activities. I like a few kinds of activities, such as(例如) playing ball games, singing, flying kites and so on. But I don’t like to dance   49  . What about you?

Can you tell me   50   about your school life? Write back to me by e-mail soon.

                                               Yours,   

                                               Jack   

(   )41. A. photo          B. card                     C. e-mail         

(   )42. A. begins         B. is beginning             C. is opening

(   )43. A. am taking       B. take                     C. takes

(   )44. A. Who           B. How                    C. What time

(   )45. A. so            B. because                C. and      

(   )46. A. better          B. well                     C. best

(   )47. A. is over        B. is ending                 C. end

(   )48. A. to              B. for                    C. with           

(   )49. A. at all           B. very well              C. a little  

(   )50. A. anything      B. something             C. nothing

　　One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is, you can take something positive out of it. The one time I wasn't sure of that was on September 11.

　　I usually wake up at 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning. That day, Lhappened to wake up earlier. I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. My first reaction was that it was a terrible accident. Then I saw another plane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing an act of terrorism.

　　My wife and I spent the day watching the terrible pictures over and over again. When I watched family members looking for their loved ones, the pain in their eyes was something I would never forget. I couldn't understand how something this terrible could have happened.

　　It wasn't until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps　　some good did come from this tragedy. People seem different now, more understanding,more tolerant. Little things that seemed to be such trouble before are no longer big things. Personally, I am more tolerant than I was. I realize life is too short and too precious to let myself get worried over small things. I've learned also that you can't take things for granted. Things change in the blind of an eye. People go to work and don't come back. One moment they're living and the next minute they're not. And, it doesn't matter who you are, there is nothing you can do about it. We never know when our time here will be over, so we all need to make the most of every minute we have.

　　You try to learn from what happened. You can't be used up by it. You can't live by it. All you can do is just live.

　　注：crash撞擊　　reaction反應　　witness目擊　　tragedy悲劇　　tolerant寬容的　　precious珍貴的　　take…for granted認為……是當然的

1．The word “positive” in the passage probably means ________.

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2．What did the writer see after he turned on the TV that morning?

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3．From September 11, the writer has realized that ________.

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A．people should make the most of every minute they have

B．he has become less tolerant towards others

C．he should get worried about little things

D．life is too short to care about others

4．What's the best title(題目) of this passage?

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A．A Report about September 11.

B．The Tragedy of September 11.

C．September 11 and My Family.

D．September 11 and My Turn.