A woman came out of her house and saw three old men sitting in her front yard. She invited them in to have something to eat.

“We do not go into a house together,” they replied.

“Why is that?” she asked.

One of the old men pointed to his friends and explained: “His name is Wealth (财富),” he said and pointed to the other man: “He is Success, and I am Love. Now go in and discuss with your family which one of us you want in your home.”

The woman went in and told her husband what happened. Her husband was very happy. “How nice!” he said. “Let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!”

His wife disagreed. “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?”

Their daughter jumped in with her idea: “Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!”

“That’s a good idea,” said the husband to his wife. “Go out and invite Love to be our guest.”

The woman went out and invited Love in. Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two old men also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked them: “I only invited Love. Why are you coming in?”

The old men replied together: “If you invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would stay outside. But since you invited Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”

1.The first time the woman came out, what were the three old men doing?

A. They were eating something. B. They were walking toward her house.

C. They were sitting in her front yard. D. They were asking for something to drink.

2.Who made the introduction to the woman?

A. Love. B. Success. C. Wealth. D. Love’s friend.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. The man wanted to be successful. B. The woman loved money most.

C. There was no love in the family. D. The girl thought love was the most important.

4.What does the passage tell us?

A. You shouldn’t ask for more besides love. B. Love is the most important thing in the world.

C. You can’t get everything you need at one time. D. The more successful you are, the richer you’ll become.

D

For ten weeks, in a great house on the island of St Thomas, Dr John C. Lilly tried to teach a six-year-old dolphin to speak English. Margaret Howe, an experiment(实验) helper, would live day and night with Peter, a dolphin. And they would eat, bathe, sleep and play together from Sunday to Friday, with only Saturdays off for Margaret. She lived her life in swimming clothes—with a coat on colder evenings —and cut her hair short so that she could get on with Peter more easily.

After a few days, Peter was becoming more and more interested in winning her attentions. He threw a ball against her shower towel to get her to play. As time went by, he only wanted to play ball with her and not on his own.

The problem was that, just at the time Peter and Margaret began to get on well just as two best friends, the experiment ended and the lab was closed. After a few weeks, Margaret received the sad news that Peter had killed himself by refusing to breathe (呼吸), and sinking to the bottom of his pool.

Dolphins may not speak English, but just like humans, they know all about broken hearts.

1.Peter is the name of _________.

A. a doctor B. a dolphin C. a scientist D. an experiment helper

2.Margaret worked ________ days a week during the experiment.

A. four B. five C. six D. seven

3.To live with the dolphin, Margaret couldn’t _________.

A. cut her hair short B. have a common life like others

C. wear swimming clothes D. eat, bathe and play together with him

4.The ending of the story was that_________.

A. Margaret didn’t leave the lab

B. the lab was closed and the dolphin died

C. the dolphin could speak English at last

D. Dr John C. Lilly was satisfied with the experiment

5.From this passage, we can learn that _________.

A. dolphins aren’t worth studying

B. dolphins can’t be humans’ good friends

C. dolphins can’t communicate with humans

D. dolphins may have feelings just like humans

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