My brother, Henry, has a very good job at a bank. I couldn't believe him when he told me that he had decided to leave there. I tried to make him change his mind, but I failed. “You should reconsider your decision (决定),” I said. “You have already spent five years in the bank and you could have a wonderful future (将来). You might become a bank manager (经理) by the time you are thirty-five.”

  “I know,” Henry answered. “I have got no complaints (抱怨) with the bank. It is a pleasant job. The bank manager told me that my future was excellent (杰出的).”

  “Then why do you want to leave?” I asked.

  “It's the money,” Henry said.

  “But you are getting a good salary (工资),” I answered.

  “I don't mean that,” Henry said. “What do I do in the bank? Well, at the moment all I do is to count money. I find it very depressing (压抑).”

  “What is depressing about counting money?” I asked.

  “You don't understand,” Henry answered. “I enjoy counting my own money, but I hate counting other people's!

(1) The writer wanted to know ________.

[  ]

A.why his brother did in the bank

B.how long his brother had worked at the bank

C.why his brother had decided to leave the bank

D.when his brother would become a bank manager

(2) His brother did not enjoy ________.

[  ]

A.working in a pleasant place

B.keeping happy hours

C.getting a good salary

D.counting other people's money

(3) In the sentence “You should reconsider your decision”, “reconsider” means ________.

[  ]

A.agree with
B.feel worried about
C.think over again
D.find out

(4) From what the writer said we know that the bank paid his brother ________ for his work.

[  ]

A.quite a lot of money

B.as much money as the manager's

C.no money

D.not much money

(5) The best title (题目) for this story is ________.

[  ]

A.An Excellent Job
B.The Wonderful Future
C.Money Problem
D.Change in Mind

Mr Evans works in Sydney. Last week he had a two-week holiday, but he didn't know where to go. He said to his friend Robert, "I hate the hot weather here, but I can't think of a cool place in Australia. Where shall I take my holiday?"

"That's easy," said Robert, "You can go to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the ground there now."

Mr Evans agreed with his friend. He bought a plane ticket and soon arrived in Moscow. He was having a good time there, but one day he got into trouble(麻烦). After lunch, he went to a park outside the city. He noticed a dog following him when he was walking past a house. It was hungry and wanted some food to eat. But Mr Evans had no food in his pockets. He tried to shoo (以嘘声吓走) it away, but it began to bark at him. Just at that moment, he saw a stone on the ground. He tried to pick it up, but he couldn't.

"How strange these Russians are!" Mr Evans said to himself, "They do not tie up (栓住) their dogs, but firmly(牢牢地)tie down the stones!"

1.Mr Evans is________.

A. American      B. Russian     C. Australian    D. Chinese

2.Mr Evans didn't like the________in Australia.

A. hot weather         B. cool weather

C. rainy weather        D. cold weather

3.Mr Evans went to Moscow________.

A. by train      B. by bus      C. by air      D. on foot

4.The word "bark" means "________".

A. 跳      B. 叫      C. 追     D. 咬

5.Mr Evans couldn't pick up the stone because________.

A. it was too cold

B. it was too heavy

C. the Russians tied their stones to the ground

D. it was not a stone

 

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