Q: Passage 1 Mobile Phone Madness How much do you love your mobile phone? A Chinese student had to call 110 for help this week after he got his arm stuck in a toilet trying to rescue his mobile phone. After dropping his phone in the toilet, he decided to wrap(,) his arm in newspaper in the hopes of keeping clean. But the newspapers became larger in size in the water, and then even his roommates couldn't help him pull his arm out. So policemen were called and they spent an hour unsticking the stuck student. Passage 2 Crazy Pet Lovers How much do you love your pets? Many people in China are famous for how much they love their pets. They dress them up in fashionable clothing and buy them high quality food. But would they spend 7,000 English pounds (68,000 yuan) on a wedding for their pets? And that's what a couple in Brazil spent on a fancy wedding for their pet Yorkshire terriers( a kind of dog). Passage 3 Oh, rats! When something goes wrong, you can often hear Westerners cry "Oh, rats". But when it comes to Southern China, "Oh, rats!" can mean it's what you want for dinner. According to a report in China Daily, some restaurants in Guangzhou serve rat meat. But, actually, most of those rats are field mice. What would Mickey Mouse say? Passage 4 Liar , liar Here's some news that most women already know. Men tell more lies than women. The London Daily Mail cites a new study that says men tell about three lies a day, while women tell only two lies a day. Men are also less likely to feel guilty about lying, according to this week's survey of 3,000 people by a research organization called One Poll. According to the Poll, lying to our mothers is very popular. But then, so is lying at work. And both men and women will lie when it comes to how much they've drunk. So how easy is it to tell when someone is lying?

Answer the following questions:
1. What kind of pet did the Brazilian couple have?
2. Yorkshire cats?
3. What do restaurants in Guangzhou sometimes serve?
4. According to what source?
5. True or False: Lying to your grandparents is popular according to polls.
6. Who does the poll name as commonly lied to, then?
7. What will both males and females frequently lie about?
8. How many people did One Poll survey?
9. What did the student get stuck in?
10. What part of him was stuck?
11. What country was he from?
12. What was he trying to do?
13. How long did it take to free him?
14. True or False: His roommates freed him.
15. Did they try to help?
16. How much did the Brazilian dog wedding cost in pounds?
17. How much is that in yuan?
18. What animal is the "rat meat" usually from?
19. What source wrote that men lie more than women?
20. What source cited One Poll?
A: 1. Yorkshire
2. no
3. rats
4. China Daily
5. false
6. mothers
7. how much they've drunk
8. 3,000
9. toilet
10. arm
11. china
12. rescue his mobile phon
13. hour
14. false
15. yes
16. 7,000
17. 68,000
18. field mice
19. One Pol
20. The London Daily Mail
Q: CHAPTER XXIX

A BOLD SCHEME

The sense of security which Millicent experienced on announcing her engagement was not permanent and in a few days the doubts that had troubled her crept back into her mind. She had never entertained any marked illusions about Clarence and although, now that she was irrevocably pledged to him, she endeavored to fix her thoughts on his most likable qualities, even these appeared in a less favorable light than they had formerly done. The growth of the warmer attachment she had expected to feel was strangely slow, and though it was early to indulge in regrets her heart sometimes grew heavy as she looked forward to the future. Clarence was considerate, attentive and deferential in a polished way, but he lacked something one looked for in a lover. Besides, she was anxious about him; he looked worn, his manner suggested that he was bearing a strain, but this was in his favor, for it roused her compassion. She fancied that the cause of it was financial, and this in a sense was encouraging, because this was a trouble from which she could purchase him immunity.

In the meanwhile she was stirred by mournful memories as she followed the last stages of her brother's journey and visited the lonely spot where he had met his end. Somehow the thought of him encouraged her--George had quietly done his duty, regardless of the cost, and even if her burden proved heavy, which it was premature to admit, she must bear it cheerfully.

Answer the following questions:
1. Did Millicent have a sibling?
2. What was his name?
3. Is he still alive?
4. Is she planning to get married?
5. To who?
6. Do other people know about this?
7. Is she having cold feet?
8. Is Clarence an inconsiderate guy?
9. Doe he ignore her?
10. What is he missing?
11. Does she think he is worried about something?
12. What does she think it's about?
13. Does she feel good about that?
A: 1. yes
2. George
3. no
4. yes
5. Clarence
6. no
7. yes
8. no
9. no
10. he lacked something one looked for in a lover
11. yes
12. financial
13. yes
Q: Chapter XVII. The Husband.

Mrs. Linley's first impulse in ordering the carriage was to use it herself. One look at the child reminded her that her freedom of action began and ended at the bedside. More than an hour must elapse before Sydney Westerfield could be brought back to Mount Morven; the bare thought of what might happen in that interval, if she was absent, filled the mother with horror. She wrote to Mrs. MacEdwin, and sent her maid with the letter.

Of the result of this proceeding it was not possible to entertain a doubt.

Sydney's love for Kitty would hesitate at no sacrifice; and Mrs. MacEdwin's conduct had already answered for her. She had received the governess with the utmost kindness, and she had generously and delicately refrained from asking any questions. But one person at Mount Morven thought it necessary to investigate the motives under which she had acted. Mrs. Presty's inquiring mind arrived at discoveries; and Mrs. Presty's sense of duty communicated them to her daughter.

"There can be no sort of doubt, Catherine, that our good friend and neighbor has heard, probably from the servants, of what has happened; and (having her husband to consider--men are so weak!) has drawn her own conclusions. If she trusts our fascinating governess, it's because she knows that Miss Westerfield's affections are left behind her in this house. Does my explanation satisfy you?"

Mrs. Linley said: "Never let me hear it again!"

And Mrs. Presty answered: "How very ungrateful!"

The dreary interval of expectation, after the departure of the carriage, was brightened by a domestic event.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who had an impulse?
2. What did she order?
3. Did she want use if for herself?
4. How much time must pass before Westerfield can be brought back?
5. To where?
6. Who did Linley write a letter to?
7. Who did she send it by?
8. Who had a sense of duty?
9. Does she have a son or daughter?
10. Did Presty discover things?
11. Who loved Kitty?
12. What is the title of this chapter?
13. And the number?
14. How was the governess received?
15. Who declared, "How very ungrateful"
16. What brightened the interval of expectation?
17. What had just departed?
18. Where did Linley's freedom of action begin?
19. Did it end there, too?
A:
1. Mrs. Linley
2. a carriage
3. Yes
4. An hour
5. Mount Morven;
6. Mrs. MacEdwin,
7. by her maid
8. Mrs. Presty
9. A daughter.
10. Yes
11. Sydney
12. The Husband
13. 17
14. With utmost kindness
15. Mrs. Presty
16. A domestic event.
17. The carriage
18. At the bedside.
19. Yes