user: I'm lying on my back in my grandfather'sorchard , looking up at the branches above me. It is one of the last days of summer. Already the days are shorter and the nights are cooler. Some kinds of apples are alreadyripe . Others will be ready to pick soon. I think of my grandmother's apple pie, and how I used to make it with her. She died last year, before the apple harvest, and I have not had her pie since then. I really miss her. I hear bees busily humming about, visiting the late summer flowers. The gentle hum of their wings nearly sends me to sleep. The sky is as blue as my grandfather's eyes. Above me, big white clouds ran across the sky like pieces of cotton blowing in the wind. School starts in another week, and time seems to have slowed down. "Sophie!" calls my grandfather. "Is that you?" I stand up, take his hand, and tell him all about my day as we walk through the orchard. We talk about apples, and bees and Grandma. He tells me that he misses her too. He puts his rough, brown farmer's hand around my shoulder and pulls me close. " You know, Sophie," he says, " I spent the morning in the attic  , and you'll never guess what I found. It's the recipe  for Grandma's apple pie. I used to help her make it sometimes. I can't do it all alone, but you used to help her too. Maybe between the two of us, we can work it out. Want to try?" " But it won't be the same without Grandma," I tell him. "That's true," he says, "but _ . Still, I don't think that she would want us never to have another apple pie. What do you say?" I nod yes, and we walk towards home...toward an afternoon in the farmhouse kitchen, making Grandma's famous apple pie. We learn from the passage that Sophie  _  . A) likes to watch clouds in the attic B) comes to the orchard after school C) enjoys Grandma's apple pie very much D) picks many apples in the orchard
C


(Question)
You may know the English letters A, B and C, but do you know there are people called "ABC"? You may like eating bananas, but do you know there are people called "banana persons"? If you don't know, I will tell you about it. They are some Chinese people like you and me, but they aren't in China. Why do people call them like that? If we call somebody an ABC person, we mean he or she is a Chinese but was born   in America. Sometimes, people also call them "banana persons". A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So if somebody is a "banana person", he or she is "white" inside and "yellow" outside. By saying that, we mean he or she has yellow skin  but does things in an American way. "Banana persons" were born in America and they live in America for a long time, so they think like Americans and do things like Americans. However, these people still have Chinese blood . Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents are from China. They all have black eyes and black hair, so they look like us, Chinese people. There are many famous "banana persons" in America. They do very well in America and they are really great in their own fields. What is a "banana person" like outside? A) An American. B) A Chinese. C) An Australian. D) An Englishman.
(Answer)
B


Ques: One day, when Jack is taking a walk on the street, he hears a voice. He finds a girl crying in the street. "Why are you crying, little girl?" Jack asks. "I lost my doll," the girl answers. "Don't cry, little girl. I'll go to the shop and buy a new doll for you," Jack says. So the little girl follows Jack to the shop and Jack buys a very nice doll for her. The little girl begins to feel happy. Then Jack says goodbye to her. But a few minutes later, Jack hears the girl crying again. "Why are you crying again?" Jack asks the little girl. "If I hadn't lost my doll, I'd have two dolls!" the girl says. Why does the little girl cry again? A) She lost the doll again. B) She don't like the doll. C) She thinks she should have two dolls, but now she only has one. D) She only has two dolls.
Ans: C


(Q).
Accident Report Form Accident    A car hit a tree. Four people were in the car. Weather condition   There was a heavy rain. Cause   The driver named Li Jun drank too much. Date of call    March 20th, 2009 Time of call    8:30 p.m. Name of caller  A man called Zhang Wei. (He was taking a walk there at that time.) Place   Zhongshan Road, Nanjing Conditions of victims    Mr. Green hurt his head. Mrs. Green hurt her left leg. Their daughter felt frightened. Their dog died. Action  Policemen arrived at 8: 40 p.m. and sent the victims to Gulou Hospital at 8:45 p.m. What time did Zhang Wei call the police? A) At 8:30 a.m. B) At 8:30 p.m. C) At 8:40 a.m. D) At 8:45 p.m.
(A).
B


Food or friends? Lip salve   or iPod? What is the most important thing in the US teenagers' lives today? Let's take a look. Some find that they can't do without people. "My biggest need is my friends. Without them, I wouldn't do much," said Adrian Fernandez, a 14-year-old boy. With others, food always comes first. "I do not think that I could live without chili con carne  . I eat it every day. And if I didn't have it, it's all I would think about," said Max Wu, an 8th-grade boy. Sometimes, the things teenagers can't do without are strange. Take 14-year-old girl Hannah Sacchini for example. "I cannot live without lip salve, especially in winter," said Hannah Sacchini. "I go mad if my lips get dry." Of course, today everybody uses mobile phones and computers. Some teens can't live without these high-tech   things. Justin Beck, a 15-year-old boy, feels like this: "I would not be able to live without my iPod. I use it for so many different things. I always have it with me," he said. So, now we know the things US kids really must have. What about you and your classmates? What can't you live without? ,.  (10) The passage mainly tells us  _  . A) what things the US kids really must have B) what the US teenagers do every day at school C) what the most important food in the US teenagers' lives is D) how the US teenagers' lives are every day at school


assistant: A