Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark(2)

B: Oh , yes . But you’ve changed a lot . __________________________ , didn’t you ?

A: Yes . But now I grow it long . Well , ____________________________ ? I haven’t seen him for years . B: He’s fine , thanks . Now he is studying at Beijing Normal University .

A: ______________________________ ? I want to contact with him .

B: Sure . It’s 13300102699 . You can call him at this number .

A: Thanks . By the way . __________________________________ ?

B: I have my own clothes store . I’m working there now .

A: Sounds good . Please say hello to your whole family . Bye .

B: Thanks , bye .

七、 Comprehension

When I was young , I used to like to play jokes on people I knew , especially on my parents and friends . One day my mother was cooking in the kitchen and my younger brother was playing near the window . I ran to my mother and said , “ My brother has fallen from the open window !” She was very worried about my brother

and then I said , “ Don’t worry . I’m just joking .” And my mother shouted at me , “ If you do it again , I’ll punish you .”

One day I went swimming with my friends in the sea . I wanted to play a joke on my friends . In the swimming , I went swimming alone , and I called to my friends , “ Help me !” All my friends came to help me , only to find out I was joking . But the next time I wasn’t joking . I swam in deep water and I was so careless that I was almost drowned (淹死) . I tried my best to call my friends for help , but this time nobody came to ’t joked on anyone . I think this is the best lesson in my life .

（ ）1. What did the writer like to do when he was young ?

A. To fight with his friends B. To play with his brother

C. To play jokes on others D. To put others into trouble

（ ）2. How did the writer’s mother feel when she heard what he said about his brother ?

A. Interested B. Worried C. Excited D. Bored

（ ）3. When did the writer shouted , “ Help me !” for the first time , his friends _______ .

A. didn’t care about him B. stopped to look at him

C. didn’t hear the words D. came to help him

（ ）4. The underlined part “ A. 购物中心 B. 娱乐中心 C. 急救中心 D。 城市中心

（ ）5. Which of the sentences is t TRUE according to the passage ?

A. The writer’s mother was cooking when his brother fell from the open window .

B. The writer used to go swimming alone in the deep sea .

C. The writer used to have few friends because he told the truth .

D. The writer hasn’t joked on others since he was saved by his friends .

八、Try to translate the whole passage .

Born into a farmer’s family , life was not easy when I was a kid . We were so poor that we often did not know where our next meal was coming from . I had to sell cabbages at the marketplace to support my family .

A storyteller once came to the marketplace , and I went to listen to him . My mother was unhappy with me for my forgetting my jib . But that night , while she was making clothes for us under the weak light of an oil lamp , I couldn’t help retelling the story I’d heard that day . She listened impatiently at first , since in her eyes professional attracted by my retold story , and from that day on , she never gave me any task on market days , unspoken agreement for me to enjoy new stories . As a repayment（回报）for mother’s kindness and a way to show off my memory , I’d retell the stories for her in lively detail . Soon , she wasn’t the only member of my audience , which later included my elder sister , my aunts , even my stubborn grandmother .

I knew she was worried about me . Talkative kids are not well thought of in our village , for they can bring trouble to themselves and to their families when they talk too much . Mother often reminded me not to talk so much , wanting me to be a silent and modest teenager . However , my natural desire（渴望）to talk never went away , and that is what makes my name —— Mo Yan , which means “ no speaking” . This strong wish to talk also improved my ability to express myself , which is important for writers who are also considered as storyteller .