one of the useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition (营养) and vitamin (维他命)
in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato
plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的). They called tomatoes "poison
apples".
President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He
had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his
garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served
at the President"s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president
would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored guests about the fact.
B. Americans didn"t eat tomatoes before 19th century.
C. Even now Americans don"t eat tomatoes.
D. In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.
She is a cute, quiet girl. As a daughter, she has no secrets from her mother, who is very pleased with
her. But these days she has become not so open as before. She has a diary that she keeps under lock and
key (严密保管). Her mother cannot help worrying about her: what if she falls in love, which is too early
of her age? After all she is reaching the "dangerous time". These thoughts have caused trouble in the
mother"s mind.
One weekend the girl came to tell her mother that she was going to the cinema with her schoolmate
and would return late. This was the first time her mother agreed, and she couldn"t help worrying because
her daughter had never been away at night before. The mother waited till nine. She decided to go out to
meet her daughter. Just at that time the noise of a car drew her to the window and---there was her
daughter, waving goodbye to a boy. Her heart missed a beat. When the girl came in, the mother was
watching TV, just like nothing had happened. "Mum, I"m back." "Yeah." "Sorry to be late. Still sitting up?"
"Yes. Oh, that… Who"s that boy?" The daughter was stunned (发楞) for some time. "Ah. It"s my monitor.
He gave me a lift on his way home. Mum, I"m going to bed." "All right. Go to sleep early."
Next morning when the mother went to the daughter"s room to do some cleaning, she found her diary
left on the bed. After a few minutes"thinking, she at last opened it to the page of the night before. It reads:
Mum, it"s love that made you ask, but it would show your understanding of me if you hadn"t.
can"t help doing sth: 禁不住做某事
a. She took a lift back in her monitor"s car.
b. She went to see a film with her classmate.
c. She wrote a diary to her mother.
d. Her mother was watching TV.
e. Her mother worried about her daughter"s returning late.
B. e, b, a, d, c
C. b, a, e, d, c
D. b, e, a, c, d
so their officer says to them, "You can go to town this 4 , but first I am going to inspect (检查)."
Fred comes to the officer, and the officer says to him, "Your hair is very 5 . Go to the barber (理发师)
and then come back to me again."
Fred runs to the barber"s shop. But it is 6 because it is Saturday. Fred is very 7 for a few
minutes. But then he has a good 8 . He goes back to the officer.
"Are my boots clean now, sir?" he asked.
The officer does not look at Fred"s 9 . He looks at his boots and said, "Yes, they are 10 better
now. You can go out. And next week, first clean your boots, and come to me."
she went to see her doctor. But he could not find anything wrong with her. Then he sent her to the hospital for
tests. And soon the hospital sent the results of the tests to Mrs Black"s doctor.
The next morning, the doctor telephoned her to give her a list of things that he thought she should not
eat, as any of them might be the cause of her skin trouble. Mrs Black carefully wrote down all the things on a
piece of paper. Then she left it beside the telephone and went out to a ladies" meeting. Two hours later she got
back home. And she found her husband was waiting for her. There was a big basket full of packages (包)
beside him. When he saw her, he said, "Hi, dear. I have done all your shopping for you." "Done all my
shopping?" she asked in surprise, "But how did you know what I wanted?" "Well, when I got home, I found
your shopping list beside the telephone," answered her husband. "So I went to the shops and bought all the
things you had written down." "Oh, my dear! You have bought all the things the doctor did not let me eat," said
Mrs Black.
( ) 1. Mrs Black was having a lot of trouble with her skin.
( ) 2. After he got the results of the tests, Mrs Black"s doctor said that she should do more exercises.
( ) 3. After she answered telephoned, she went to the shops to buy some fruit.
( ) 4. When Mrs Black got home, her husband had done all housework for her.
( ) 5. Mr Black bought all the things that the doctor didn"t let Mrs Black eat.
One Saturday afternoon,my daughter Alice asked me, "Are all people the same even if the yare different
in color?"
I thought for a minute,and then I said, "I"ll explain, if you can just wait until we make a quick 1 in
the supermarket. I have something 2 to show you."
In the supermarket, we bought some apples-red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Alice, "It"s
time to 3 your question." I put one apple of each type on the table. Then I looked at Alice, who had a
4 look on her face.
"People are like apples. They come in all different colors, shapes and sizes. On the outside,some of the
apples may not 5 look as the others." As I was talking, Alice was 6 each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled (削皮) them, placing them back on the table, but on a
different place.
"Okay, Alice, tell me which is which."
She said, "I 7 tell. They all look the same now." "Take 8 of each one. See if that helps you
decide which one is which."
She took big bites,and then a huge smile came across her face, "People are just like apple! They are all
different, but once you 9 the outside,they"re pretty much the same on the inside."
She totally 10 it, I didn"t need to say or do anything else.
types their work into a computer and prints it out. The teacher puts up everything on the wall so that it looks
like a large, open newspaper.
One day Trudy said to the teacher, "Most newspapers have advertisements. Can we have our advertisements?" The teacher thought this was a good idea. She made Trudy the advertising manager and Trudy asked the
other students to advertise to the newspaper. Here are some of the advertisements she received.