Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America.One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
The reporter was talking to them about being important.
“How do we know if someone is really important?”the reporter asked the banker.
The banker thought for a few moments and then said,“I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important.”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company.“Do you agree with that?”she asked.
The man shook his head,“No.I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House.You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it.”
The reporter turned to the third man.“Do you think so?”
“No, I don’t,”he said.“I don’t think that makes the visitor important.That makes thePresident important.”
“Then what would make the visitor important?”the reporter and the other two men asked.
“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said,‘It’s for you.’”
【小题1】This story happened in_________.

A.EnglandB.AmericaC.JapanD.Australia
【小题2】There are_________ in this passage.
A.two men and two womenB.three men and one woman
C.three women and one manD.four women
【小题3】The banker thought________.
A.he was really important because he was a rich banker
B.the visitor to the White House to meet the President of the U.S was really important
C.the visitor who met the President of the US
D.the reporter was really important
【小题4】The owner of the very large company thought_________.
A.she was really important because she owned one of the largest companies
B.the banker was really important
C.the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important
D.the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President.the President would not answer any telephone call
【小题5】The owner of many buildings thought__________.
A.he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York
B.the owner of the very large company was really important
C.the visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor
D.the person who worked in the White House was really important

B)根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词。
Be a potato, but be the best
A young college student thought that he chose the wrong major (专业) at a common college, so he drank every day and didn’t study at all. He b  1   more and more discouraged.
But he was never a  2   from Professor Yang’s biology (生物) class. He liked the course. Besides, Yang’s class was so i  3   that he always listened carefully, never caring about w  4   the other students were paying attention or not in class.
Once he put a note in the homework he handed in, saying: “Professor, it is said that today’s college students are c  5   than potatoes. Do you agree?”
That day Professor Yang sent for him after class. When he came, he f  6  the professor at a table with food on it. They drank happily over their meal.
When they became half drunk, the professor took out a small potato that was sprouting (发芽的). “Do you know how much this c  7 ?” he asked the young man. “It’s soft but poisonous. N  8  will take it even if it’s free. ” He then threw the potato away.
The professor then showed him another potato. It was half the s  9  of a football and perfectly round. “This potato is organic (有机的). It is not only large and fresh but also free of pollution. People are in need of such k  10   of potatoes and they’re quite expensive.”
The young man was impressed by what he’d heard. “Be such a potato,” said the professor.

阅读下面语言材料,根据要求作答。根据短文内容,判断文后句子的正确(T)与错误(F)

“How are you?” is a nice question. It’s a friendly way that people in the U.S.A greet each other. But “How are you?” is also a very unusual question. It’s a question that often doesn’t need an answer. The person who asks“ How are you?” hopes to hear the answer “Fine”, even if the person’s friend isn’t fine. The reason is that “How are you?” isn’t really a question and “Fine” isn’t really an answer. They are simply other ways of saying “Hello” or “Hi”.

Sometimes, people also don’t say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone Asks “Do you agree?”, the other person might think, “No, I disagree. I think you’re Wrong...”But it isn’t very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say “I’m not sure.” It’s a nicer way to say that you don’t agree with someone.

People also don’t say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking with other people. For example, many talks over the phone finish when one person say “I’ve to go now.” Often, the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse: “Someone’s at the door.” “Something is burning on the stove.” The excuses might be real, or not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn’t want to talk any more, but it isn’t polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn’t hurt the other person.

Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, or finishing a talk, people don’t say exactly that they are thinking. It’s an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it’s part of the game of language.

1.“How are you?” is another way of saying "Hello." or" Hi."

2.It is polite to say" No. I disagree I think you are wrong, "if you don’t agree with others.

3.When someone says "I have to go now "On the phone.it means he wants to go on talking.

4."Someone is at the door." may be an excuse for finishing a phone.

5.Sometimes people don't say exactly what they are thinking about just because they try to be nice to each other.

 

Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America.One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.

    The reporter was talking to them about being important.

    “How do we know if someone is really important?”the reporter asked the banker.

    The banker thought for a few moments and then said,“I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important.”

    The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company.“Do you agree with that?”she asked.

    The man shook his head,“No.I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House.You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it.”

    The reporter turned to the third man.“Do you think so?”

    “No, I don’t,”he said.“I don’t think that makes the visitor important.That makes the

President important.”

    “Then what would make the visitor important?”the reporter and the other two men asked.

    “Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said,‘It’s for you.’”

1.This story happened in_________.

    A.England         B.America         C.Japan         D.Australia

2.There are_________ in this passage.

    A.two men and two women               B.three men and one woman

    C.three women and one man              D.four women

3.The banker thought________.

    A.he was really important because he was a rich banker

    B.the visitor to the White House to meet the President of the U.S was really important

    C.the visitor who met the President of the US

    D.the reporter was really important

4.The owner of the very large company thought_________.

    A.she was really important because she owned one of the largest companies

    B.the banker was really important

    C.the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important

D.the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President.the President would not answer any telephone call

5.The owner of many buildings thought__________.

    A.he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York

    B.the owner of the very large company was really important

    C.the visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor

    D.the person who worked in the White House was really important

 

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