A small plane had some trouble with its engine while it was in the high sky．The pilot knew that there was nothing he could do to keep the plane long in the air，so he rushed back to where his three passengers sat and explained the dangerous situation．At last he said，“ I am a married man with three children．I am sorry to tell you that there are only three parachutes aboard．” With that he took up one and jumped out．
One of the passengers reacted quickly．“I am a great man，I am the smartest man and the world can not do without me．”With that he too jumped out．
The other two passengers，an old man and a young soldier，were quiet for a moment．At last the old man said，“Son，I’m old and have lived a full life．I am ready to meet my God．”
“You will have to give up that，”the young man said，smiling，“The world’s smartest man just jumped out with my backpack．”
【小題1】There was something wrong with the plane when _________．

Have you ever heard of the group Westlife? Maybe you have, but I’m sure many of you don’t know very much about it.

Westlife is an Irish boy band group, which was made up of 6 boys in the beginning and called IOU. The group quickly became popular with young people thanks to their song Swear It Again, which was at the top of the UK charts (排行榜) in April 1999.

Chinese fans got their first chance to see Westlife on March 6th, 2006 in Beijing. Although the four-member group has been singing pop for seven years, the young boys have all since grown up and their songs are still very popular. When they performed in Beijing, Westlife released (發(fā)行) their new album Face to Face in China. Face to Face has been at the top of the British charts for a long time. The album’s most popular song You Raise Me Up mixes traditional Irish music with pop music.

Although hip-hop is quite popular among the young, Westlife has no plans to change. They said, “Hip-hop is for the young, but pop can be enjoyed by moms who are busy cooking meals and raising the kids.

1.Westlife is from _________.

2.The number of people in the group __________ between 1999 and 2006.

3.What happened on March 6th, 2006?

4. Which of the following is Not true about Westlife’s new album Face to Face?

5.What style of music does Westlife make?

A young woman was at the cinema，and she was enjoying the film very much．In the next seat there was an old man，and he began looking on the floor under him．The woman was angry and whispered(低聲說(shuō)話(huà))，“What are you doing now? What are you looking for?”

“A piece of chocolate(巧克力)，”the man whispered to her,“I've dropped it on the floor．”

“A piece of chocolate? ”the woman said angrily,“It s dirty now! Take this and be quiet, please! I'm listening to the film!”She gave the man a big piece of chocolate．

“But．”the man said,“my teeth are in the piece on the floor!”

1.This story took place at the cinema _______．

A．when the film was on

B．when the film was over

C．when the old man was looking for the chocolate

D．when the woman was whispering to the man

2.The woman gave the man a big piece of chocolate _________．

A．so that he could listen to the film

B．so that he could be quiet

C．because his chocolate was dirty

D．because she had too much chocolate

3.At last the woman knew that the man was looking for _________．

A．the piece of chocolate                   B．his seat

C．the big piece of chocolate                 D．his teeth

4.On the floor lay _________．

A．neither chocolate nor his teeth

B．either chocolate or his teeth

C．both his chocolate and his teeth

D．chocolate only

A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised it had the   1   menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how   2   it was.
At the bottom of the   3  , there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will add it to the menu right away.”
The man   4   the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order   5    that was very unusual.
When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, “You say you can serve any dish, even if it’s not on your longest menu in the world.”
“That is correct, sir. We are able to meet everyone’s requirements.”
“Well,” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears.   6  , not African.”
The waiter wrote down in his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on toast.
“Very good, sir,” he said. “That shouldn’t   7   long.”
The waiter walked away quickly.
The man was very surprised and rather disappointed.
Then he smiled   8  the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.
“Ah!” the man said. “You can’t  9  it to me, can you?”
The waiter made an apology (道歉).
“I’m very sorry, sir, and this is the   10  embarrassing,”（困窘 ） he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”