A man came back home from work late, tired, to find his six-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”
“If you want to know, I make $20 an hour.”
“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”
The father was furious, “If you asked for money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think why you are being so selfish!”
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.
“Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now,” said the man. “Here’s $10.”
“Oh, thank you, Daddy!” the boy said gladly. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had some money, he got angry again.
“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily.
“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”
1.How much does the man make if he works 10 hours?
A. $20. B.$50. C. $100. D. $200.
2.In this passage, the underlined word “furious” means ___________.
A. very angry B. quite happy C. too excited D. a little tired
3.The boy wanted to buy ___________ with twenty dollars.
A. a new book for himself B. a nice present for his father
C. a toy for his own birthday D. an hour of his father’s time
4.From this passage, we can infer (推断) that the boy’s father __________.
A. often played with his son B. spent little time with his son
C. didn’t love his son at all D. often came back home early
I started learning English when I was 6 years old. For 8 years I learned English the way everybody else did — by going to English classes. It was useless. I did everything that the
In 1993, I went to the best high school in Wroclaw. It was a special program with a lot of English classes. I owe (感激) a lot to the people I met there, both students and teachers. My first
two years in high school were very important for my English. My English teacher, Mr. Janusz Laskosz, gave me a lot of good advice, especially on pronunciation and vocabulary. My talented (多才多艺的) friends, Wojtek and Michael Ryszard, who are my partners now, were both fantastic English learners. What’s more, every time I heard them speak, they seemed to have a bigger vocabulary. I wanted to be as good as them, so I studied harder. And my English improved. Wojtek and Michal also introduced me to SuperMemo, which has been very important in my life. And, of course, I could discuss the English language with them, which was a great thing.
1.The writer studied hard at English in the first eight years, ______________.
A. but he was still not good at it
B. and then he invented an effective way to learn it
C. so his pronunciation was quite good
D. and then he could read English articles very quickly
2.The writer made great progress in learning English ________________.
A. after he read many English textbooks
B. because he spoke English very slowly
C. even before he went to the high school in Wroclaw
D. because of his friends Wojtek and Michael
3.We can learn from the passage that ________ could help people learn English better.
A. good textbooks B. beautiful environment
C. studying harder alone D. good teachers and friends
4.The best title for the passage is “_____________”.
A. How to make friends B. How I learn English
C. My good English teacher D. My high school
Dear editor,
I live in a beautiful city. Many visitors come to my city every year because there are so many colorful peacocks (孔雀) here.
The peacocks mostly live on the grassland of Dongfeng Square. Visitors usually throw food to them, but they don’t think about at all whether the food is good or not. Some of the peacocks became ill, and some even died, eating the bad food given by visitors.
I’m sure most of the visitors who throw food to the peacocks really like the bird, but they don’t realize that they may be doing them harm. Visitors should be told that what they have done is harmful to the birds, and this kind of thing must be stopped.
Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dongfeng Square to sell peacock food. For us every person, it is our duty to give more love to these beautiful birds to look after them carefully.
Yours,
Wang Yang
1.The letter will be sent to ________________.
A. a school B. a hospital C. a newspaper D. a museum
2.Many visitors come to the writer’s city every year to ______________.
A. give peacocks food B. see peacocks
C. do some shopping D. look after peacocks
3.Some peacocks became ill and died because __________________.
A. they weren’t given any food B. they were given too much food
C. they were given some bad food D. they weren’t given enough food
Yesterday my grandfather told me about his early days. he left school, he found a job in a post office. He worked hard there. Soon he had more money than his friends because of his hard work. It seemed that he would have a future.
When he was 25 years old, however, he began to be his job. He wanted a more exciting one, so he left the post office. Two months , he found a new job in a big . Workers in this company traveled a lot. At first he really enjoyed the traveling. But after a year, he began to it. He had to move around and he was always in a car or on a train. The thing was that he couldn’t make any new friends. Even so, his boss was not satisfied with him. Two years later he the company.
He was so at that time that he sold his house. He had to accept a part-time job in a shop. He was surprised to find that he loved it! He made new friends every day and he reading books. Three years later, he the shop owner's daughter. Soon they had their first child. In the next ten years, they had another three and four more book shops! He became very rich indeed.
“Life is wonderful,” he told me. “The most thing is that you should always try your best. Never give up!”
1.A. While B. When C. Until D. If
2.A. bad B. bright C. coming D. interesting
3.A. tired of B. crazy about C. interested in D. afraid of
4.A. ago B. before C. later D. afterwards
5.A. factory B. shop C. school D. company
6.A. hardly B. usually C. seldom D. never
7.A. like B. prefer C. hate D. practise
8.A. worst B. happiest C. best D. strangest
9.A. reached B. called C. left D. started
10.A. happy B. energetic C. rich D. poor
11.A. cloth B. fruit C. book D. dress
12.A. enjoyed B. finished C. began D. forgot
13.A. married B. knew C. met D. visited
14.A. sisters B. brothers C. cousins D. children
15.A. difficult B. important C. amazing D. Boring
He decided to study hard__________ catch up with others.
A. as a result B. so that C. in order that D. in order to
You can’t catch up with others you work hard.
A. until B. after C. unless D. When
