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1、Exercise OneFast Reading Text 1 (Reading Time: 5 minutes)Johnny the ExplorerJohnny was three when he ran away home for the first time. Somebody left the garden gate open. Johnny wandered out, crossed some fields, and two hours later, arrived in the next village. He was just able to give his name and
2、 address.By the time he was seven, Johnny used to vanish from home two to three times a year. Sometimes he covered quite long distances on foot. On other occasions he got on a bus or even a train, and simply sat there until someone asked for his ticket. Generally the police brought him home. “Why do
3、 you do it?” they used to ask. “You arent unhappy at home, are you? “Of course not,” Johnny replied. “Then why?” “I just like seeing places,” Johnny told them.Johnny continued to “see places” although everyone tried to stop him. His parents used to watch him closely, and so did his teachers; but soo
4、ner or later Johnny managed to slip away. As he grew older, his favorite trick was to hide on a long distance truck. Sometimes he used to travel hundreds of miles before anyone discovered him.It is hardly surprising that eventually Johnny managed to get on board a plane. He was twelve at the time. I
5、t was a cargo plane, and, a few hours later Johnny found himself in Cairo. How did he get on board? No one knows! According to Johnny himself, it was easy: he just went into the airport, walked along some corridors and got on board the nearest plane.In spite of all this, Johnny did well at school. H
6、e enjoyed mathematics and languages and, perhaps not surprisingly, he was especially good at geography. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” his teachers asked him. Johnny did not take long to answer that question. “An explorer!” he answered. “But its difficult to become an explorer in this mo
7、dern age,” they tried to tell him, “unless you go into space!” But it was no use: Johnny knew what he wanted!Just before he left school, Johnny saw a notice in one of the daily papers. An expedition was about to go to Brazil to travel up the Amazon River. There were vacancies for three young people
8、“willing to work hard and with a sense of adventure.” Johnny applied, and two months later, he was on his way to Brazil. （402 words）Select the most appropriate answer for each of the following questions.1. The first time Johnny ran away from home, _.A) he was only 7 years oldB) he reached a town far
9、 away from homeC) he walked for two hours before he reached another villageD) he went into the fields after managing to open the garden gate2. Johnny frequently left home because _.A) he was unhappy thereB) he loved walking long distancesC) he liked taking risksD) he liked seeing new places3. Johnny
10、s favorite means of traveling was _.A) going around on footB) taking a trainC) taking a busD) hiding on a long distance truck4. People around Johnny _.A) tried to stop Johnny from going away from homeB) watched Johnny day and night in turnC) talked him out of slipping away from homeD) kept following
11、 him to get him back5. In school, Johnny _.A) was only good at geographyB) did well in all subjectsC) was always thinking of exploringD) was interested in learning about space6. We learn from the passage that Johnny _.A) went to Brazil two months after he finished schoolB) answered an ad in the news
12、paper and found a jobC) went exploring along the Amazon riverD) left home for an expedition to AfricaText 2 (Reading Time: 8 minutes)Growing PainsI guess it was not Scotties day. We did not know if something had happened, or if Scottie was just feeling his age. After all, how grown up is a four-year
13、-old supposed to act? But to really understand what happened, let us start at the beginning.Mary and I had invited our nephew, Scottie, over for his usual Sunday supper. We always looked forward to having him because he was a neat little boy. On this particular evening, he arrived on time as usual.
14、However, instead of hugs and kisses, Scottie just pushed past us and headed for the sofa. I had to take a second look to make sure this was the right little boy.While we waited for the roast chickenScotties favoriteto finish cooking, we sat on the sofa talking. Right in the middle of one of my sente
15、nces, Scottie said suddenly, “Hey, Uncle Arnold, I want to play my record.” The conversation came to a halt. A minute later, the record player was on as loud as it could go with “Disco Duck”. Scottie was dancing and singing in the middle of the room. Mary was talking to me, but I could not hear a th
16、ing she was saying. I was puzzled that let the matter pass with only a slight comment.Soon dinner was served. We sat down, lit the candles, and started to eat. Scottie usually would be the first to start eating, but tonight he just sat there and stared at me. “Arent you hungry?” I asked. “Yes,” replied S
