My friend’s grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe. After being processed (移民入境检查) at Ellis Island, he went into a cafeteria (自助餐厅) in Lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at a table and waited for someone to take his order. But nobody came to him. Later a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.
“Start out at the end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end he’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”
“I soon learned that’s how everything works in America,” the grandfather told my friend. “Life is like a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you are willing to pay the money. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”
1.Where do you think the old man came from?
A. Poland. B. Australia. C. Canada. D. Japan
2.From the passage, we know if you want to get success in America, you should _________.
A. get help form your friends B. try to get it by yourself
C. know how a cafeteria works D. get up again if you fail
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The old man sat down opposite the woman so that she could take his order.
B. The old woman sat down opposite the old man so that she could serve him.
C. Although the woman didn’t know the old man, she told him how to get something to eat in the cafeteria.
D. Although the woman didn’t know the old man, she decided to pay the bill for him.
4.What does the word “it” in the third paragraph (段落) refer to?
A. The food served in the cafeteria.
B. The success one wants to get.
C. The bill one has to pay in the cafeteria.
D. The plate used in the cafeteria.
5.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. From Eastern Europe to America
B. Eating in an American Cafeteria
C. How to Eat in a Cafeteria
D. Life Is Like a Cafeteria in America
A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a man came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch. “It’s 8 a.m.,” he said. Then he went to sleep again.
But soon he woke up because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you have the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch again, and told the man it was 8:30 a.m..
At this rate (照此下去), he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and put it up on the window for all to see. It said, “I don’t have the time.”
Again the man lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came along and began knocking at the window. “Hey, sir,” he said, “it’s a quarter to nine.”
1.The driver stopped his car because he ___________.
A. didn’t know the time B. lost his watch C. saw his friend D. was very tired
2.He was woken up again by the second person ___________.
A. a few minutes later B. half an hour later
C. forty-five minutes later D. the next morning
3.The driver ___________ after he put up the note on the window.
A. had a very good rest
B. was woken up again very soon
C. really forgot the time
D. made a phone call to the third person
4.The third person came to knock at the window to ___________.
A. ask the time B. have a sleep C. tell him the time D. ask for help
5.According to this passage, we know that ___________.
A. the driver didn’t have his own house
B. the first two persons liked the driver’s watch
C. the third person was kind and friendly
D. the driver had a good sleep last night
This is my family. My father’s name is Mr. White. He is 35 years old. His birthday is October twenty-third. He likes football. He likes vegetables, but he doesn’t like meat. My mother’s name is Mrs. White. She is 34 years old. Her birthday is July fourth. She doesn’t like to watch TV, but she likes to play on the computer. She likes ice cream and all the fruits: apples, oranges, bananas, but she doesn’t like mangoes. My name is George. I’m thirteen years old. My birthday is May fifth. I like all vegetables and fruits. And I like Chinese food and ice cream, but I don’t like hamburgers, because mom says hamburgers are not good.
1.________ doesn’t like meat.
A. Mr. White B. Mrs. White C. George D. George’s sister
2.Mother likes _________________.
A. to watch TV B. to go shopping
C. to watch movies D. to play on the computer
3.George doesn’t like hamburgers, because __________.
A. his mother says hamburgers are not good
B. his father doesn’t like hamburgers
C. he likes Chinese food
D. he likes all the fruits
4.Mr. White is _______________.
A. 35 years old B. 34 years old C. 33 years old D. 23 years old
5.George’s birthday is ___________.
A. December sixth B. July fourth
C. May fifth D. October twenty-third
Alice was a beautiful girl. She liked nothing except dressing ____ and dancing when she was at school. Of course she wasn’t good at her ____. But the boys were ready to help her with her lessons ___ they liked to dance with her. And after she finished middle school, she __ found work in a big shop. The __ had a son and he wanted the girl to marry him. Alice ____ though the young man wasn’t clever enough. But she __ all kinds of clothes and shoes. She lived in the beautiful house with a big garden and she __ did anything at home. She didn’t love her ___ but she lived a city life.
Once Mrs. Evans called Alice. The woman said she bought a few ___ pictures and asked her to appreciate（欣赏）them. She ____ nothing about the art but she was afraid to be laughed at and got there in time. She saw several women there. They were ____the pictures when she went in. She thought for a long time and said, “Look! They’re all ___. Why didn’t you buy the new ones?”
The women looked at each other but they tried not to ___. And when they were appreciating a picture “Tramp（流浪汉）”, she said, “I don’t think the artist could draw! Such a___ man had no money to have a portrait taken（请人画像）!”
1.A. him B. himself C. her D. herself
2.A. classes B. English C. maths D. language
3.A. when B. while C. because D. after
4.A. hardly B. easily C. no longer D. happily
5.A. bookseller B. shopkeeper C. gatekeeper D. policeman
6.A. agreed B. hated C. preferred D. failed
7.A. sold B. was sold C. gave D. was given
8.A. always B. sometimes C. never D. often
9.A. husband B. son C. brother D. uncle
10.A. cheap B. expensive C. terrible D. strange
11.A. liked B. interested C. watched D. knew
12.A. looking up B. looking for C. talking about D. hearing from
13.A. old B. clean C. dirty D. thin
14.A. stop B. smile C. laugh D. lie
15.A. busy B. clever C. rich D. poor
There is _____ interesting on this channel. Please try a different one.
A. no B. none C. nothing D. something
Is it important ________us __________ learn English well?
A. for, learning B. for, to learn C. of, learning D. of, to learn
