What do you do in a situation like this? You’re calling dinner with friends at a nice restaurant. You’re having a great time when a phone rings at the table next to you. A man takes out his phone and starts talking loudly about problems he’s having with his girlfriend. He talks for almost ten minutes! This happens all the time－on buses， in restaurants， everywhere!
Many people find cell phones useful in their daily lives. But we’ve all sat next to someone talking too loudly on a cell phone. You may want to tell the loudmouth to end the conversation， but let the management take care of those noisy customers. You can only control your own behavior. Here are a few rules：
Off means off! Follow the rules of restaurants and other public places . If a sign says “turn off cell phones”， don’t use your phone. If you are allowed， speak softly and for a short time and try to move away form other people.
Lights off， phone off! Never make calls in a theater or at the movies.
Pay attention! Talking on a cell phone while driving is dangerous. And watch where you’re going when you’re walking down the streets and talking on the phone.
As more people use cell phones， things are only going to get worse. So， the next time you’re getting ready to make a call， stop and consider the people around you.
1. The man talking on the cell phone loudly in the restaurant will ________.
A. talk for half an hour B. pay more for his meal
C. make other customers angry D. be driven out by the boss
2.Some people use cell phones in a rude way because____________.
A. they don’t consider the people around them
B. some public places allow them to do so
C. they are proud of having cell phones
D. cell phones are common and available everywhere
3.According to the passage， we shouldn’t make calls ___________.
A. in restaurants B. on buses
C. at the movies D. on the street
4. From the passage we can infer(推断）that __________.
A. cell phones have become the most useful tool in our life
B. public manners play an important role in our life
C. cell phones lead to people’s bad relationship
D. people ought to turn cell phones off in a public places
My mother only had one eye. And because of this， I never wished her to show up in my school， being afraid that my classmates would I had an ugly mother.
One day during elementary school， I was terribly ill. My mother came .
“Your mom only has one eye?!” asked some of my classmates. I was so embarrassed.
I wished my mother would just from this world. “ If you make me teased(嘲笑)，why don’t you just die?” I shouted at her， taking no notice of the sad look on her face. My mother just handed me some medicine and left without saying .
At that time， I felt to say what I always wanted to say， and I didn’t think I had hurt her feelings very much. That night I saw my mom in her room， so quietly， as if she was afraid that she might me. Even so， I hated her tears from one eye. I made a decision ： I must study hard and leave my mother.
Years later my dream came true. I was quite successful and lived . I never thought of going back to see my “ugly” mother one day I got a letter， which said， “My son… I’m sorry I only have one eye. When you were little， you got into an accident and lost your eye. As a mom， I couldn’t stand watching you live with only one eye. I gave you mine. I was never with you and I never regretted(后悔) what I did because I love you…”
I cried out aloud. Only then did I realize how beautiful my mother was!
1.A. run out B. put out C. come out D. find out
2.A. disappear B. change C. come D. go
3.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
4.A. worried B. bad C. good D. annoyed
5.A. cooking B. working C. reading D. crying
6.A. break B. wake C. lose D. see
7.A. luckily B. healthily C. busily D. happily
8.A. if B. unless C. until D. though
9.A. So B. Because C. Or D. But
10.A. excited B. surprised C. angry D. proud
There is too much snow on the ground. If you walk too fast， you will ____.
A. fall over B. fall off
C. fall down D. fall out
---When did you leave the office yesterday afternoon?
---____ I finished my work.
A. Until B. Not Until C. While D. As
---Mr. Green ， do you think I can get an “A” in the final exam if I start working hard now?
--Of course. ______.
A. Better late than never
B. Many hands make light work
C. You cannot burn the candle at both sides
D. Actions speak louder than words
---Do you think the question is too hard _____?
---I don’t think so. He can answer it easily.
A. of Jim to answer B. of Jim to answer it
C. for Jim to answer D. for Jim to answer it
