【正文】 l ring her to let her know that they have arrived safely. This is something she had done ever since she was a child. David thinks it is not a good idea to ring so far, to spend too much, and to say so little. “If there were an accident.” He says, “?they?d know soon enough. Bad news travels fast.” But Linda has promised that she would ring. “However,” she says, “?It doesn?t cost much when you just think that it?s the other side of the world. It?s only six pence per second (每秒六便士 ).” “If you?re on that telephone for less than one minute, I?ll eat my hat,” David says, “And one minute?s nearly four pounds(英鎊 ).” “That?s no more than you?d pay for a new hat,” Linda answers. She has asked the man at the hotel (旅館 ) desk to get her the number. The telephone rings. Linda picks it up. “Hello, Mum. Is that you?” She says. “Six pence per second,” David reminds(提醒 ) her. “Hello, love.” It is Mrs. Lee, Linda?s mother, speaking from London. “I can hear you very clearly just like you are in the next room. It?s a better line than when you called me from your office. Do you remember? I shouted at that time, and still you couldn?t hear me sometimes.” “Yes, Mum.” Linda puts in. “I just wanted to ring to …” “I remember how you rang when you went to Betty?s house to eat, when you were a little girl. And then when you …” Mrs . Lee is a great talker “Nearly four pounds.” says David. Linda tries to tell her mother that it is time to say goodbye. “Yes, all right,” says Mrs. Lee, “But you will write, won?t you, as you did when you were at work …” Once again, Mrs. Lee talks about the pass and there is no stopping. “Four pounds fifty,” says David. At last, Linda cuts her mother short, promises to write, and rings off. “There! That wasn?t long, was it?” “Four pounds, niy pence.” David answers. “And you didn?t even say that we?ve arrived.” 1. Linda is telephoning home to ________. A. tell her mother some bad news B. say that she and David have arrived safely C. report an accident to her mother D. say that she and David have left London 2. Linda does not think it expensive to ring, because _____. A. it only costs four pounds and niy pence B. it is even more expensive to buy a new hat C. she had telephoned home since she was a child D. she will speak from one side of the word to the other 3. David says, Nearly four pounds, because ______. A. he wants to remind Linda of the cost of the call B. he wants to buy himself a new hat C. Linda has not told her mother they have arrived D. he wants Mrs. Lee to know how much the call costs 4. Mrs. Lee goes on talking for so long because _______. A. she likes to hear all about the past B. she likes talking C. Linda had not told her that she has arrived D. she is going to pay for the telephone call 5. Linda tries to stop her mother by ________. A. telling her how much the call is costing B. writing a letter as she has promised to do C. telling her that they have arrived safely D. promising to write, and ringing off B In England (英格蘭 ) nobody under eighteen years old is allowed (允許 ) to drink in a bar (酒吧 ). Mr. Thompson often went to a bar near his house. But he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young. Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time. They drank for an hour. Tom drank a bi. Then Mr. Thompson said to his son, “Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful lesson. How do you know when you?ve had enough? Well, I?ll tell you. Do you see those two lights at the end of the bar? When they seem to bee four, you?ve had enough and should go home.” “But, Dad,” said Tom, “I can only see one light at the end of the bar.” 1. Young people ______ allowed to drink in a bar until eighteen. A. is not B. are not C. many D. must 2. When Tom was a child, his father often went to a nearby bar ______ taking him. A. by B. for C. with D. without 3. On Tom?s eighteenth birthday, he drank together with his father in that bar for ______. A. the first time B. once C. many times D. eighteen times 4. Father wanted to tell his son ______. A. the time to drink B. something about the light C. when to stop drinking D. something about the bar 5. In fact (事實(shí)上 ), there ______ at the end of the bar. A. was one light B. were two lights C. were three lights D. were four lights C “Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings. “Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “It?s cool.” You may think, “He?s so cool,” when you see your favourite footballer. We all maximize（擴(kuò)大） the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”. Here?s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall（瀑布） they had visited. On one student?s paper was Just the one sentence, “It?s so cool”. Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt. But the story also shows a scarcity（缺乏） of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility（可信性） . Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool. 1. We know that the word “cool has had ________. A. only one meaning B. no meanings C. many different meanings D. the same meaning 2. In the passage， the word “express” means “________”. A. see B. show C. know D.