Tina graduated from college. Several days later, she got a new job. She would work in the biggest company in her city. Her friends admired her very much.

On her first workday, Tina arrived at 8:45 a. m. She took the lift to the 1lth floor, and a clerk showed her where her desk was. As a green hand, she didn’t know what to do, so she tried to talk to the girls who sat near her in the office. However, they were not friendly to her. After a while, a young boss came in. Tina was surprised that the boss was not the old man who interviewed her several days ago. The boss gave her a lot of reports to write. But when she began to write, she found that she had much trouble understanding the reports. She spent almost the whole day trying to do the work. At 5:30 pm. , it was time to go home. Although most of the reports weren’t finished, she got into the lift. On the 10th floor, she was greeted by John, the old man who interviewed her several days ago. “Tina! ” he said, “Why didn’t you work with us today?” All of a sudden, Tina realized she mistook the 11th floor for the 10th floor. “Oh, my God!” she answered, “ ” After hearing this, John couldn’t help laughing.

1.The underlined words “a green hand” most probably mean ________

A.a person without experience. B.a person caring about the environment.

C.a person doing well in growing vegetables. D.a person whose hand is green.

2.Tina was surprised because________

A.she was not allowed to leave the company.

B.the young boss wasn’t the man who interviewed her.

C.the bosses in the two companies refused her in the interviews.

D.she saw the man before.

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Tina moved to another city for a new job.

B.The girls sitting near Tina were unfriendly to her.

C.Tina arrived at the company at 5:30 a. m. on her first workday.

D.Tina didn’t know the mistake she made in the end.

4.“________” can be the missing sentence in the passage.

A.I forgot the interview date! B.I have finished all the reports!

C.I have been in the wrong office all day! D.I have done some unworthy work!

A young boy told her grandmother about his life. He felt that it was very______for him to solve every problem in his life. He said he had lost interest in life. It seemed that when one______was solved, a(n) new one would appear.

His grandmother______carrots, eggs and coffee beans in water in three pots. After about twenty minutes, she said to the young boy, “Tell ______ what you see.”

“Carrots, eggs and coffee,” he replied. His grandmother asked him to______the carrots. He felt that they were soft. Then the boy was asked to______a(n) egg and break it. After breaking it, he found the egg was hard. Finally, he drank some of the __________. He smiled as he drank it, and then he asked, “What does it mean, Grandmother?”

His grandmother said that each of things had______the similar adversity(逆境): boiling water. However, after being cooked in boiling water, each of these had changed_____. The carrots had become soft and weak. The thin outer shell of the egg bad been easily broken, but its inside had hardened(硬化). The coffee beans were different, however. After being boiled, they changed the water.

______adversity knocks on your door, what should you do? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?

1.A.excellent B.good C.difficult D.interesting

2.A.problem B.task C.praise D.subject

3.A.planted B.collected C.carried D.boiled

4.A.him B.me C.them D.her

5.A.touch B.sell C.draw D.watch

6.A.take out B.break out C.carry out D.go out

7.A.carrot B.coffee C.egg D.juice

8.A.forgotten B.shown C.faced D.left

9.A.differently B.suddenly C.heavily D.quickly

10.A.since B.unless C.when D.before

This story happened in a small mountain village. One day a huge rock(岩石) fell down from a nearby mountain and stopped ________ the middle of the road. Many people came to the road and_______about the huge rock. Some of the ________ men tried to move it but they failed. They tried to move it with ropes but it didn’t ________.

There was ________ they could do about it. They had to change the road. At that time, a boy of 12 years old said, “I think I can help move the rock.” “You?” they shouted. “What are you talking about?” The men all ________ the boy.

________ morning some people came into the road. One of them shouted, “The rock has gone. ” More people ran out to see. It was ________. The rock wasn’t in the road anymore. It wasn’t________near the road. The boy stood in the road smiling. “I told you I _________ move it last night. Now you can’t see it, can you? ” he said.

The people looked _________. “You see, ” the boy said, “I dug a deep hole next to the rock and I dug a small incline(斜坡) up to the rock. _________ the rock ran down into the hole by _________. And then I covered it with earth. ” People shouted, “What a _________ boy! ” And some of them said, “_________ didn’t we think of this good idea? ”

1.A.on B.in C.at D.from

2.A.spoke B.said C.told D.talked

3.A.strongest B.oldest C.youngest D.tallest

4.A.play B.work C.matter D.jump

5.A.something B.anything C.nothing D.everything

6.A.played with B.looked through C.agreed with D.laughed at

7.A.The next B.The last C.Tomorrow D.Yesterday

8.A.wrong B.hard C.true D.easy

9.A.even B.ever C.already D.still

10.A.would B.will C.could D.can

11.A.relaxed B.excited C.unhappy D.surprised

12.A.But B.So C.Or D.Because

13.A.herself B.himself C.itself D.themselves

14.A.lazy B.clever C.foolish D.brave

15.A.What B.When C.Where D.Why

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