Imagine this scene (情景). Jennifer is eighteen years old. Tom is her boyfriend， and Jennifer and Tom like each other a lot. But one day Jennifer sees Tom talking to another girl. They are smiling and having a good time. Jennifer can’t believe her eyes. She begins to get mad. That night， she calls Tom and says， “Who was that girl you were talking with today?”　　 “What girl?” Tom asks.

“I saw you talking with a girl on the street.” “Oh， that was Laura. She’s my next-door neighbor.”

Jennifer doesn’t　believe Tom. She’s very angry. She says， “I never want to see you again，” and hangs up the phone. It’s the green-eyed monster. Jennifer is jealous.

Now picture a second scene. Mark is in his forties. He’s good friends with Joe， and they do a lot of things together. They both work in an office. One day， Mark hears Joe inviting Bill， another workmate， to play cards with him that night. Mark is hurt. “Why didn’t Joe invite me to play cards?” Mark thinks. “Joe and I are best friends.” The green-eyed monster is here again. Mark is jealous.

Is jealous normal (正常)? Probably. Is it good? Not usually. It’s easy to become jealous， but it’s hard to solve (解決) the problems that jealous causes. Jealousy can hurt friendship. Maybe the best thing to do when we’re feeling jealous is just to tell the green-eyed monster to leave.

46. Jennifer was angry with Tom because he ________.

A. doesn’t love her as much as before

B. hangs the phone before she can explain

C. smiles and talks to another girl

47. From the second story， we know that ________.

A. Mark and Bill are good friends

B. Joe doesn’t want to play cards with Mark

C. Mark， Joe and Bill are workmates

48. When we feel jealous of other people， we feel _______ them.

A. angry with　　　 B. sorry for　　　 C. pleased with

49. The green monster is ________.

A. a terrible real monster

B. a bad feeling we have

C. very helpful

50. The author tells us that jealousy ________.

A. is nothing serious

B. can cause problems

C. can make people happy

IV、閱讀填空(共5小題，計5分)閱讀下面的短文，完成表格中所缺的內(nèi)容。

Three students are talking about their part-time jobs：

Brandon Smith：

I’m a junior school student， and I have a part-time job in a restaurant. I wash dishes on Saturdays and Sundays from 8：00am until 4：00pm. I get $5.50 an hour. It isn’t much money， but I save almost every penny! I want to go to a good university， and the cost goes up every year. Of course， I spend some money when I go out on Saturday nights.

Lauren Russell：

I’m a senior in high school. I have a job in a grocery store. The job pays well — about $6.75 an hour. I work every weeknight after school from 8：00pm until 11：30pm. I don’t have time for homework， and my grades aren’t very good this year. But I have to work， or I can’t buy nice clothes and I can’t go out on Saturday nights. Also， a car costs a lot of money.

Erica Davis：

I’m a new student in college. College is very expensive， so I work in a law office for three hours every weekday afternoon. I make photocopies， file papers， and sort (整理) mails for $8.25 an hour. The job gives me good experience because I want to be a lawyer some day. But I don’t want to work every term. I need time to study.

Brandon

Lauren

Erica

Part-time Jobs

wash dishes in a restaurant

51.

work in a law office

Work-time

52.

8 pm-11：30 pm every weeknight

every weekday afternoon

Payment

$5.50 an hour

$6.75 an hour

53.

Purpose

to earn money for university

to go out on Saturday nights

54.

to go out on Saturday nights

to pay for a car