Jack worked in an office in a big city and often went to a small but comfortable restaurant to have his lunch. One Monday, when he went to the table at which he usually _______, he saw that there was a new _______ in the restaurant. She was very young and looked rather hot and _______. Jack sat down, and when the waitress came to him, he _______ some vegetable soup. The new waitress wrote this down in a little notebook and went to _______ it in the kitchen.There were a lot of people in the restaurant, and the new girl was very _________, but at last she came to Jack with a plate on a large dish. She ______ the plate down in front of him, and he saw that it was not the _______ soup which he had asked for, but some fish and potatoes.The waitress was getting ready to _______ again, but Jack stopped her, “Miss,”he said, “I did not order fish and potatoes, I ordered vegetable soup.”“Oh,” she answered, “I thought that you asked for fish.”“No,” said Jack, “Look at the notebook which you wrote my order in and you will see that I ordered vegetable soup.”The new waitress looked _______ in her little notebook, and at last she found Jack‟s order. “…Table No 24‟, she read out, “One vegetable soup. Yes, I am sorry, I got ________. I shall change it.”She put the notebook down on Jack‟s table, took out her pencil, _______ the words “vegetable soup”and wrote “fish and potatoes”_______. Then she closed the notebook and quickly walked away to take some orders from other tables, ______ Jack sat with his mouth open too _______ to say another word.1. A stood B. sat C. ate D. came2. A. friend B. boss C. waitress D. keeper3. A. worried B. happy C. relaxed D. excited4. A. sent for B. asked for C. looked for D. head for5. A. buy B. take C. bring D. order6. A. busy B. free C. quiet D. careful7. A. push B. pull C. jump D. put8. A. meat B. vegetable C. fish D. egg9. A. turned away B. turned back C. turned off D. turned up10. A. somewhere B. nowhere C. everywhere D. anywhere11. A. tired B. nervous C. confused D. frightened12. A. found out B. went out C. broke out D. crossed out13. A. however B. instead C. too D. only14. A. while B. as C. when D. since15. A. interested B. pleased C. surprised D. frustratedEllen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs. She was soon out of breath.“I suppose I had better go to the doctor,” she thought. She went to the doctor and told him her problem.“I‟m not at all surprised.” he said. “It‟s obvious what your problem is. “He examined her and then gave her some advice. “If you don‟t do what I say. Mrs Parker,”he said, “then you will have a heart attack. It could kill you.”Ellen was very worried as she left the doctors. She knew that she had to take his advice but that it would not be easy and that it would take time.The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher‟s shop. “I‟d like ten pounds of steak, please,” she said.“Certainly, madam,”the butcher replied and went into the cold storage room and found a large piece steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale. “That‟s just under ten pounds,” he said.“That‟s big enough.” Mrs Parker said.The butcher worked out the price. “At $4.99 a pound that will be $45.50, please. Shall I cut it up into smaller pieces for you?”“Oh, I don‟t want to buy the meat,” Mrs Parker said. “If you don‟t want to buy it,” the butcher replied angrily, “why did you ask me to get it for you?”“My doctor told me that I am overweight and must lose 10 pounds. Iwanted to see what 10 pounds of flesh looked like.”1. Ellen Parker visit the doctor because she _______.A. had a heart attackB. had a problem with her healthC. was unhappy about her weightD. could not sleep well2. The doctor advised her to _______.A. lose weightB. eat more meatC. come and see him againD. look after her heart3. Ellen Parker asked for ten pounds of steak for ______.A. she wanted to buy some for dinnerB. she wanted to lose weightC. her doctor had told her to eat steakD. she wanted to see what 10 pounds of meat looked like4. Ellen Parker‟s real problem was that ______.A. she ate too much meatB. she weighted too muchC. the doctor did not knowD. she could not walk very quickly5. What did the doctor think might happen to Ellen?A. She might put on more weight.B. She might stop eating too much.C. She might have a heart attack.D. She might go to another doctor.One day when some government officials were rebuilding a barn, they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to force the mice inside the hole to come out. A while later they indeed saw mice running out, one after another. Then, everyone thought that all the mice hadescaped. But just as they began to clean up, they saw two mice squeezing out at the mouth of the hole. With some efforts, the mice finally got out. However, it was strange that after they came out of the hole, they did not run away immediately. Instead, one chased after the other near the mouth of the hole. It seemed that one was trying to bite the tail of the other.Everyone was puzzled, so they stepped nearer to take a look. They realized that one of the mice was blind and could not see anything, and the other was trying to allow the blind mouse to bite on his tail so that he could pull the blind one with him to escape.After seeing what happened, everyone was speechless and lost in thought. During the meal time, the group of people sat down in a circle and started to chat about what happened to the two mice.One serious American official said：“I think the relationship between those two mice was that of king and guard.”The others thought for a while and said: “That was why!”A smart French said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of husband and wife.” Again the others thought for a while, and all felt it made sense.A Japanese said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of mother and son.” Once again the others thought for a while, and felt this was more reasonable. So they expressed agreement another time.At that moment, one Chinese asked: “Why did those two mice have to have a certain relationship?”Suddenly, the group looked back at the Chinese and remained speechless. The American official, the French and the Japanese who had spoken earlier all lowered their heads in shame, and did not dare to answer.In fact, the true love is not built on friendship, loyalty or blood relationship. Instead, it is based on no relationship.1. Neither of the two mice ran away immediately because _______.A. one was biting the otherB. the mouth of the hole was too smallC. they were not afraid of smokeD. one was trying to help the blind one2. Why did they lower their heads in shame according to the passage?A. They did not dare to answerB. They had mistaken the relationship of the miceC. The regretted driving a poor blind mouse awayD. They did not express themselves much better3. It is clear that _______.A. all the mice came out of the hole easilyB. each of the people understood the relationship differentlyC. the people wanted to kill the mice with smokeD. the people knew one of the mice was blind at first sight4. “it made sense” probably means ______.A. it was correctB. it was strangeC. it was funnyD. it was sweet5. The best title for the passage is _______.A. two lovely miceB. help produces loveC. friends in needD. love is allThere was a guy sitting at a bar, just looking at his drink. He stayed like that for half an hour.Soon, a big trouble---making truck driver s________ next to him, took the drink from the guy, and just drank it a_______ down.The poor man started c_________. The truck driver said, “Come on, man. I was just joking. Here, I‟ll buy you a_______ drink. I just can‟t stand seeing a man crying.”“No, it‟s not that. This day was the w_______ of my life. First, I fell asleep, and I was late for my office. My boss was a ______ and fired me. When I left the building to my car, I found out it was stolen.”“The police said they could do n______. I got a taxi to return home and when I left it, I remembered I had l_______ my wallet and credit card there. The taxi driver just drove away. I went home and when I got there, I found my wife was m_______. She went without a word. So I left home and came to this bar.“And when I was thinking about putting an e_______ to my life, you showed up and drank my poison.”。