A passenger（旅客）told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the water in ten minutes.
The air hostess was kept so busy that she forgot to give him the water. As a result, the passenger was held up(延误) to take his medicine. Thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, she hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he refused.
In the following hours on the plane, each time the air hostess passed by the passenger, she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help or not. But the passenger never answered a word.
When he was going to get off the plane, the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ booklet（小册子）. She was very sad. She knew that he would write down sharp words, but with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she opened the booklet, and smiled, for the passenger put it. “On the flight, you asked me whether I needed help or not for twelve times in all. How can I refuse your twelve sincere smiles?”
That’s right! Who can refuse twelve sincere smiles from a person?
1.Ten minutes later, the passenger didn’t get the water because _________.
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A．the plane didn’t take off |
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B．the air hostess was kept busy and forgot it |
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C．it wasn’t allowed to take medicine during the flight |
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D．there wasn’t enough water on the plane |
2.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to（指的是）the _________.
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A．medicine |
B．water |
C．cup |
D．booklet |
3.At last the passenger was _______.
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A．satisfied with the air hostess |
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B．unhappy with the air hostess |
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C．angry at what the air hostess had said |
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D．too tired to blame the air hostess |
Most people graduate from school and then get a job. Everyone wants a job that pays well. How much money can you make? Ask yourself these questions: What can I do? What skills do I have? Also ask yourself: How much education do I have? For most jobs, the higher your education, the higher your earning power.
In the United States, high school graduates make about $18,600 a year. If you do not finish high school, you make only $10,800 a year. You can make $7,800 more each year by staying in high school!
If you stay in school, then you can make more money. A person with a high school degree makes about $18,600 a year. If that person goes to college and gets a bachelor’s degree (学士学位), he can make $42,000. With a master’s degree (硕士学位), he can make about $53,000. If the person gets a PhD (博士学位), he can make almost $79,000 or more a year.
We can learn a very important thing from this information. If you want to work and make more money, get a good education.
1.The passage mainly talks about ___________.
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A．how education and pay are connected |
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B．high paying jobs |
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C．jobs for high school students |
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D．good schools |
2.According to the passage, “earning power” means the ability to ___________ money.
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A．save |
B．spend |
C．pay |
D．make |
3.Each year a person with a PhD can make ___________ more than a person who does not finish high school.
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A．$37,000 |
B．$68,200 |
C．$60,400 |
D．$26,000 |
Electronic books have changed the way many people read for 15 . Now online textbooks are changing the way some students learn and some teachers teach.
More than 16 students go to the public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, outside Washington. Last year, the school system used digital books in fifteen schools. This school year, middle schools and high schools changed 17 printed to electronic textbooks in their social studies classes.
“I mean, it’s just 18 a regular textbook, except it’s got it all online.” says Luke Rosa, a history teacher at Falls Church High School.
Peter Noonan, an assistant superintendent(主管) of schools says, “The world’s changing 19 . And the online textbooks can change right along with the events that 20 .”
“Digital books also cost 21 than printed textbooks,” he says, “Usually it’s between fifty and seventy dollars 22 a textbook for each student, which adds up to about eight million dollars for all of our students in Fairfax County. In fact, we have bought all of the online textbooks for our students for just under six million dollars.”
Social studies teacher Michael Bambara says the e-book he uses in his government class is better than a(an) 23 textbook. It has materials for students 24 different levels of reading skills…
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---I’ll take part in the Writing Competition next week. I’m afraid I can’t do very well.
---________!
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A．Cheer up |
B．You’re welcome |
C．It doesn’t matter |
D．Congratulations |
--- Bad luck! It’s too late.
--- It doesn’t matter. The concert for only a few minutes. You can’t miss it.
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A．has begun |
B．has been on |
C．began |
D．lasted |
After arriving there in the deep night, we found there was no food _______ as all the shops were closed.
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A．left |
B．ate |
C．buying |
D．available |
