A beautiful woman took a plane on business. She found her seat and sat down next to a young man. The man was just thinking of making a few dollars on the plane. When he saw the woman, he got an idea.
“Hey! Would you like to play a game?” he asked the woman. “No, thank you. I just want to take a nap (打盹),” the woman answered.
“It’s really easy. All you have to do is to answer the questions that I ask you. If you don’t know the answer, you give me five dollars. If I don’t know the answer to your question, then I’ll give you five dollars.”
“No,” the woman still refused.
“OK. If I don’t know the answer to your question, I’ll give you five hundred dollars. How about that?” the man said. Then the woman became interested and decided to join in the game.
“OK. How many moons does Jupiter (木星) have?” asked the young man. The woman reached into her purse and took out a five-dollar bill.
“What goes up the mountain with three legs and comes back with four?” the woman asked. Then the young man took out his computer and searched the Internet for an answer. Minutes later, the young man handed five hundred dollars to the woman.
After a few hours, the young man really wanted to know the answer to the question. So he asked the woman, “What is the answer to your question?” The woman reached into her purse and handed the young man a five-dollar bill.
1.Why did the man ask the woman to play a game?
A. He wanted to show his kindness.
B. He wanted to have a pleasant journey.
C. He wanted to earn some money from it.
D. He wanted to make friends with the woman.
2.How much did the woman get at the end of the story?
A. $ 500. B. $ 5. C. $ 10. D. $ 490.
3.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The woman told the man the answer to her question.
B. The woman gave the man’s money back to him.
C. The woman asked the man another question.
D. The woman didn’t know the answer, either.
4.We can learn from the story that the woman is ______.
A. clever B. friendly C. polite D. honest
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “I’m so sorry!” was my . Then he said, “Excuse me too ... I didn’t even you.” We were very , the stranger and I. Then we went on our ways after saying .
But at home, a different is told. How we treat our ones, the young and the old. Later, in the kitchen, as I cooked our supper, my entered, very still. When I turned, I nearly knocked her down. “Get out of the way!” I at her. She left, with her little heart broken. I didn’t how hard I’d spoken.
That , as I lay awake in bed, God’s quiet voice to me and said, “While with strangers, you are polite, with those you love, you didn’t do it properly. Go and look right now on the floor, you’ll find some flowers there by the door. Those are the flowers she __ for you. She picked them herself—pink, yellow and blue.”
By this time, I felt and small and now my own fell. I quietly went to her bed, “ up, my dear daughter.” I said. “Are these the flowers you picked for me?” She smiled, “I found them on the tree. I knew you’d like them, the blue.” I said, “I’m so __ that I missed them today ... And I shouldn’t have shouted at you that way.” She whispered(低声说), “Mommy, that’s okay. I still you anyway.” I hugged her and said, “I love you too and love your flowers, especially the blue.”
1.A. rule B. reply C. step D. truth
2.A. see B. tell C. get D. take
3.A. nervous B. alike C. polite D. confident
4.A. welcome B. thanks C. hello D. good-bye
5.A. story B. message C. notice D. activity
6.A. crazy B. loved C. blind D. brave
7.A. mother B. husband C. daughter D. son
8.A. smiled B. looked C. shot D. shouted
9.A. lie B. care C. attack D. realize
10.A. noon B. afternoon C. evening D. night
11.A. looked B. pointed C. spoke D. listened
12.A. when B. but C. unless D. besides
13.A. kitchen B. bedroom C. dinning-room D. library
14.A. brought B. bought C. stole D. paid
15.A. excited B. sad C. happy D. great
16.A. leg B. head C. tears D. feelings
17.A. Look B. End C. Dress D. Wake
18.A. especially B. specially C. except D. except for
19.A. brave B. lazy C. sorry D. excited
20.A. hate B. love C. miss D. beat
–I have some big news for you. You’ve been accepted as a member of our club.
--______ That’s great!
A. Have I? B. Pardon? C. Congratulations! D. Good idea!
The day I have been looking forward to will certainly come.
A. when B. which C. on which D. in which
I’d like a room windows look out over the sea.
A. whose B. which C. where D. that
It was from my best friend Jane ________ I learned the truth.
A. which B. that C. who D. whom