In today’s world many people seem to be hungry for money. Some of them even lose their lives for it. Money does have its most useful effect(影响) on the poor, but once a person has a rich life, a lot more money doesn’t mean more happiness.
If money was everything, all millionaires(百万富翁) would have true love, true friendship, good health and a long life. However, this is not always true.
Nothing else is more pleasant than the three words which are “I love you”. But can love be bought? I’m afraid not. Love means to give, not to take. To every person, health and long life are probably the most precious(宝贵的) things. Well, can health and a long life be bought with money? The answer is “No”.
Of all the longest living people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can’t be bought either. In a word, where money is worshiped(崇拜), money can cause brothers to quarrel, lovers to hate, strangers to fight and so on. No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough to make you a happy person if you have not one to laugh with, no one to cry for.
1.According to the passage, which of the following do you think is right?
A. Money is everything. B. Money isn’t necessary.
C. Money is important, but not the most important. D. With no money, with no success.
2.What’s the most important thing for every person according to the writer’s ideas?
A. Only money. B. Health and a long life C. Only friendship. D. A, B and C
3.Which sentence of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. If you haven’t much money, you can’t get more happiness.
B. You may live a long life even if you are poor.
C. Every year many people die in the world because their family is poor.
D. If you are rich, you will have less friendship.
4.In fact, all millionaires ____________.
A. have much money B. die earlier C. love their money D. have true love
5.What does the sentence “Love means to give, not to take.” mean in the passage?
A. 爱意味着给你，而不能带走。 B. 爱是可以得到的，不要走开。
C. 爱意味着奉献，而不是索取。 D. 爱是可以索取的，而不必付出。
She is a cute, quiet girl. As a daughter, she has no secrets from her mother, who is very pleased with her. But these days she has become not so open as before. She has a diary that she keeps under lock and key(严密保管). Her mother cannot help worrying about her: what if she falls in love, which is too early of her age? After all she is reaching the “dangerous time”. These thoughts have caused trouble in the mother’s mind.
One weekend the girl came to tell her mother that she was going to the cinema with her schoolmate and would return late. This was the first time her mother agreed, and she couldn’t help worrying because her daughter had never been away at night before. The mother waited till nine. She decided to go out to meet her daughter. Just at that time the noise of a car drew her to the window and---there was her daughter, waving goodbye to a boy. Her heart missed a beat. When the girl came in, the mother was watching TV, just like nothing had happened. “Mum, I’m back.” “Yeah.” “Sorry to be late. Still sitting up?” “Yes. Oh, that… Who’s that boy?” The daughter was stunned(发楞) for some time. “Ah. It’s my monitor. He gave me a ride on his way home. Mum, I’m going to bed.” “All right. Go to sleep early.”
Next morning when the mother went to the daughter’s room to do some cleaning, she found her diary left on the bed. After a few minutes’ thinking, she at last opened it to the page of the night before. It reads: Mum, it’s love that made you ask, but it would show your understanding of me if you hadn’t.
Holding the diary, the mother fell in meditation.
1.Which is the correct order according to the story?
a. She took a ride back in her monitor’s car.
b. She went to see a film with her classmate.
c. She wrote a diary to her mother.
d. Her mother was watching TV.
e. Her mother worried about her daughter’s returning late.
A. b, e, a , d, c B. e, b, a, d, c C. b, a, e, d, c D. b, e, a, c, d
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?
A. The girl knew her mother would ask her the question about the boy.
B. What the daughter did these days worried her mother.
C. The mother wanted to read her daughter’s diary the next day.
D. The girl’s diary was always on the bed.
3.From the diary, we can see the daughter________.
A. thanked her mother for asking her
B. thought her mother cared about her very much
C. thought it was her mother’s duty to ask
D. thought her mother’s understanding is better than simple love
4.The main purpose(目标) of this article is to show that parents should ______.
A. care about what their children really think and feel
B. not give much freedom to their children
C. talk with their children about their early love
D. not read their children’s diary
5.Which can be the best title for this story?
A. Mother’s True Love B. Early Love Between Students
C. To Ask or Not to Ask D. Dangerous Age
People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is one of the useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition(营养) and vitamin (维他命) in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous(有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples”.
President(总统) Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored guests about the fact.
1.After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?
A. Americans never ate tomatoes in the 18th century while they began to plant them.
B. Americans didn’t eat tomatoes before 19th century.
C. Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes.
D. In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.
2.The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President of ______?
A. a European country B. England C. France D. the United States
3.Jefferson learned that tomatoes were good to eat ___.
A. while he was in Paris B. when he was a little boy
C. because his parents told him so D. from books
4.From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were _____.
A. people from other countries B. from France
C. people of his own country D. men only
5.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. All of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President’s party was made of tomatoes.
B. All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the President’s cook was nice.
C. All of the guests thought the taste of the beautiful pink soup was nice.
D. All the guests didn’t know that their president would serve his honored guests with “poison apples”.
Lifts are very useful. Why? Think about a _______ building. You work _______ the thirtieth floor. Maybe you can walk up all the stairs _______. But can you climb thirty _______ to your office every day? Of course not.
In an old lift, a worker is needed. He or she operates it _______. In a modern lift, there is no _______. People can operate it _______.
Do you know _______ to use a lift? OK, let me tell you. _______, you want to go to the twelfth floor from the ground floor. First, you must press the button , then the door opens. After that, you can ________ the lift. Third, you press the button, and the __________ closes. Fourth, you press the number 12, then the lift takes you up to the __________ floor. When the door opens again, you can get out of the lift. If you want to ________ down to the first floor, you must press the button, then do the __________. It will take you down there. It is very easy and ________. Now can you use it?
1.A. small B. tall C. long D. nice
2.A. for B. to C. of D. on
3.A. one time B. much time C. all the time D. on time
4.A. building B. meters C. steps D. floors
5.A. in and out B. up and down C. on and off D. here and there
6.A. worker B. student C. teacher D. farmer
7.A. himself B. herself C. themselves D. ourselves
8.A. how B. what C. where D. when
9.A. In the end B. By the way C. For example D. As usual
10.A. get into B. get up C. get out of D. get off
11.A. window B. door C. gate D. box
12.A. twelve B. twenty C. twelfth D. twentieth
13.A. run B. take C. walk D. go
14.A. first B. different C. next D. same
15.A. slow B. hard C. fast D. free
What________ you do if you _________ one million dollars?
A. will, have B. would , have C. will, had D. would , had
----How do you study______a test ?
----I study _____working _____a group.
A. for, in, with B. for, by, at C. for, by, in D. of, in, by
