--Thanks a lot for the book you sent me．

--              ．

A．No, Thanks．                                            B．I’m glad you like it．

C．Please don’t say so．                                  D．No, it is not so．

There is hardly any rain this summer,      ?

A．isn’t it                           B．is it                         C．isn’t there               D．is there

--Mrs. Smith seems to like sweets．

--       ．That’s probably why I’m also becoming fatter and fatter．

A．So I do                          B．So do I                   C．So am I                  D．So I am

--I’m sorry to have kept you waiting long．

--Never mind．I       here for only a few minutes．

A．have been                      B．have come                     C．have arrived            D．waited

--              ？

--Yes, go along this road and take the third turning on the left．

A．How far is the station                                  B．Which bus can I take

C．Is there a station near here                           D．Where is the station

I wanted to know                 ?

A．whether they have made a mistake or not

B．how we could download the information

C．that he graduated from Beijing University

D．why did the journalist interview the ordinary worker

Frank W．Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York in 1852．His family was very   1   and even there was never enough food to eat．So, Frank decided he would do something else instead of being a farmer．Later, he took a short business training to find a job．As a result, he got a job as a  2   in a large city．

It was not long before Woolworth realized that he had a natural skill(天賦) for displaying goods(商品) to attract the customers’(顧客)   3  , but he also learned something more important later．One day his boss(老板) told him to sell some odds and ends(小商品) for as much as he could get．A fresh idea came into his mind．He put all these goods on one table with a sign, it   4  : FIVE CENTS EACH．Seeing this, people pushed to buy the goods and the   5   was soon cleared．

Soon after that, Woolworth opened his own store, selling five and ten cents．This is the   6   of the famous "five and ten store"．But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful．That is, if you want to make    7   by selling goods at a low price, you have to buy them in large number directly from the factory．For example, Woolworth once went to Germany and placed an order for knives．The order was so large that the factory had to    8   running 24 hours a day for a whole year．In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half．

By 1919, Woolworth had over l,000    9   in the USA and Canada, and opened his first store in London．He made many millions, and his name became famous throughout (遍及)    10  ．He always ran his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was: "THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT．"

1．A．rich                           B．poor                       C．big                         D．small

2．A．salesman                    B．farmer                    C．teacher                   D．doctor

3．A．feeling                     B．ideas                       C．help                        D．interest

4．A．wrote                         B．said                        C．spoke                     D．talked

5．A．ground                    B．table                       C．room                      D．store

6．A．beginning                   B．end                         C．secret                            D．rules

7．A．friends                    B．mistakes                 C．progress                 D．money

8．A．begin                         B．finish                      C．keep                       D．stop

9．A．dollars                     B．stores                     C．factories                 D．salesmen

10．A．the USA                   B．Canada                   C．Germany                D．the world

Tim was walking alone in the park．He said to himself," If I go on with the diet(節(jié)食), I will lose eight kilos by the end of…" BOOM! He ran into a woman．Tim hit his head against hers．

" I’m sorry, miss," said Tim．"I was thinking about something and I didn’t see you! Sheila took off her glasses and said, "It’s OK．Nothing’s broken．I wasn’t watching my way, either．" Suddenly, they stopped to look at each other carefully．

"You’re Tim, Jack’s brother, aren’t you?" asked Sheila．"Yes, how did you know? " " We met on Jack’s farm last week．He had a party, and introduced me to you．Do you remember?" Then they both began to laugh．Sheila’s house was almost across from Tim’s on Krasnova Street of the city．Tim said, "Would you like to have some coffee and hamburgers?" Sheila laughed and answered, "I thought you wanted to continue your diet!" They both laughed on the way to the coffee shop near the park gate．

1．Tim ran into Sheila because he               ．

A．was running too fast                                              B．didn’t notice her

C．was writing his thoughts down                               D．wanted Sheila to see him

2．Where did Sheila live?

A．In the park．                                                        B．In the countryside．

C．In the city．                                                  D．In the coffee shop．

3．Where did Tim first meet Sheila?

A．At the coffee shop．                                      B．In the countryside．

C．On the street．                                                     D．At Jack’s party．

4．Sheila thought Tim’s advice was funny because                       ．

A．Tim should go on with a diet

B．She didn’t like coffee or hamburgers

C．there were no hamburgers in the park

D．Tim was telling an interesting story

5．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Tim went to the park with his friend．

B．Sheila was wearing a pair of glasses．

C．Jack and Tim were on the same street．

D．Tim lost 8 kilos during a week．

The story told to all American children about honesty(誠(chéng)實(shí)) is about the cherry tree(櫻桃樹(shù)) that President George Washington cut when he was a boy．When his father returned home, he asked George if he knew anything about who cut the tree down．George replied, "Father, I can not tell a lie．It was I who cut down the cherry tree．"

In China, every child knows the story of Lei Feng, the young soldier who helped everyone and was very honest．The stories of George Washington and Lei Feng help us understand the importance of being honest．

Every teacher wants his or her students to be honest．If every student can be honest in their childhood, they will be honest when they become adults(成年人)．The country will then be known as an honest country and it will be respected(尊敬，尊重) by everyone．

Usually, it is the father and the mother who give the first lessons of honesty．George Washington learned honesty from his father．

A favorite Chinese story is about a young man who went to the market to buy food for his mother．There was a very young girl there who was selling flowers．The young man was asked to see and smell one flower and when the girl served another person, the young man stole the flower．

When he went home, he began to think what he had done．He went back to the market to see the girl．He told her that he was sorry and that he wanted to pay for the flower．

The little girl refused and said, "You do not need to pay for the flower, elder brother．Since you took it I thought you had a reason to take it．So I did not worry, about receiving money for it．"

The young man was ashamed(羞愧) that he stole the flower．He never forgot the kind-hearted peasant girl．To him it was a strong personal lesson and he could never forget about the importance of being honest．

1．According to the text, George Washington learned honesty from      ．

A．the textbook        B．his teacher                     C．his father         D．his mother

2．Who in human society is the first person to give lessons of honesty?

A．The parents．

B．George Washington’s father．

C．The eleventary school teachers．

D．A young girl who was a flower seller as told in a Chinese story．

3．Why is the education of honesty so important in school education?

A．Because it is one of the lesson required for study in every country．

B．Because if a child is honest in his/her childhood, he/she will be honest when growing up．

C．Because honest people are becoming less and less in most countries．

D．Because teachers are afraid of students stealing things when they are still in school．

4．The writer gives the favourite Chinese story             ．

A．a(chǎn)s an example of a touching love story

B．to show what may happen to a dishonest person

C．a(chǎn)s an example of the meaning of " honesty" in Chinese

D．to show that society as well as parents and teachers may also have an effect on the building up of a person’s character of honesty

5．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．If a person is honest in his childhood, he will be honest when he becomes an adult．

B．The story about George Washington’s childhood is known to everyone in the USA．

C．The young man who stole the flower admitted his wrong doing to his parents．

D．The young man was ashamed of his wrong doing and could never forget the lesson he received from the kind-hearted peasant girl．

閱讀短文，用括號(hào)內(nèi)所給動(dòng)詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。有的需要加助動(dòng)詞或不定式符號(hào)。

Some friends hired(雇傭) a bus to go to the beach for their holiday．When they   1   (return) to the bus late at night to go home, someone   2   (lie) on the ground beside it．They looked at him and found that he was a man from their town who did not come in their bus．He was very drank．He couldn’t   3   (move)．

"I suppose he came here in another bus", one of the men said, "and he missed the bus when it left for home because he was drank．Maybe now he   4   (wait) to take our bus   5   (go) home．"

Then two men put him into the bus．He   6   (not wake) up during the drive back, and when the bus arrived, the man   7   (take) to his home．They knocked at the door for several minutes, and then a neighbor opened a window and said: "It   8   (be) no use to knock there．They   9   (go) to the beach．They   10   (be) back in a few days．"