1 . How many coins have you got in your pocket right now?Three?Two?Or one? With a phone card you can make up to 200 calls without any change at all.
What do you do with it?
Go to a telephone box marked “Card Phone”.Put in your card,make your call and when you’ve finished,a screen tells you how much is left on your card.
It costs no extra for the cards,and the calls cost 10p per unit,the same as any other payphone call.
You can buy them in units of 10,20,40,100 or 200.
Now appearing in a shop near you
Near each Card Phone place you’ll find a shop where you can buy one. They’re at bus,train and city tube(地铁) stations.
At many universities,hospitals and clubs,restaurants and gas stations on the highway and shopping centers.
At airports and seaports.
No more broken payphones
Most broken payphones are like that because they’ve been vandalized(破坏了的).There are no coins in Card Phone to excite thieves’interest in it. So you’re not probably to find a vandalized one.
Get a phone card yourself and try it out.Or get a bigger wallet.
1. There are three parts in the passage.Which section do you think is about why card phones are good?| A．Part 1. | B．Part 2. | C．Part 3. | D．None. |
| A．4 pounds. | B．40 pounds. |
| C．400 pounds. | D．100 pounds. |
a.Put in your phone card.
b.Look at the screen to find out how many calls you can still make.
c.Go to the telephone box marked “Card Phone”.
d.Make your call.
| A．a,b,c,d | B．c,a,d,b | C．a,d,c,b | D．c,d,a,b |
| A．Phone cards are cheap | B．You cannot use all payphones |
| C．Thieves will not break card phones | D．Or people have to carry much money |
| A．a warning | B．a note |
| C．an advertisement | D．an announcement |
2 . April Fools' Day is supposed to be a day to play jokes on others in hopes of getting a good laugh and making one feel like a fool.However，the April Fools' Day of 2019 was quite different for my mom and me.
That day my friend Jimmy and I were playing a game.I had dropped down from a bar (横木) many times in the past without ever having a problem，but that day the simple act of dropping to the ground became a nightmare (噩梦)．I broke my arm.
Jimmy's dad heard my crying and rushed out to see what was going on.When he saw the problem，he quickly put me into his truck and went inside to telephone my mom and let her know he would take me to the hospital.As that day was April Fools' Day，Mom was not buying it and really thought all this was a big joke.Mom was finally convinced by Jimmy's mom.When she saw me，she broke down in tears because she felt so bad－she simply believed that was just a big trick.
I guess one could compare this to the story The Boy Who Cried Wolf.Since I had played bad tricks before，it was no wonder that my mom didn't believe it.I as well as my mom was made to look like a fool that day.We both learned a valuable lesson.
1. What happened to the writer on the April Fools' Day of 2019?| A．He dreamed a terrible dream. |
| B．He was hurt by Jimmy. |
| C．He had an accident. |
| D．He fooled his mom with his friend. |
| A．Because he wanted to play a joke on her. |
| B．Because he wanted her to go to the hospital to pay the money. |
| C．Because he wanted to see how deeply she loved her son. |
| D．Because he wanted to inform her of the accident. |
| A．She didn't believe what Jimmy's dad said. |
| B．She would not like to pay the money. |
| C．She had no preparation for the bad news. |
| D．She thought her son deserved (应受) it. |
| A．Because he thought it was his mom's fault. |
| B．Because he had a lesson like that. |
| C．Because he was proud of his story. |
| D．Because he felt he was luckier than that boy. |
| A．the writer's mom didn't care much about him |
| B．the writer was a dishonest person |
| C．the writer won't play jokes as before |
| D．the writer will lose interest in games |
