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Henry was a carpenter(木匠)of our village. Once I asked him to make a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I arrived home that evening, Henry was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for his work.

My wife said to me, quietly, “ That’s his ninth cup of tea today . ” But she said loudly, “It’s a beautiful table, dear, isn’t it?”

“I won’t decide about that until I see that bill.” I said.

Henry laughed and gave me his bill for the work. It said:

BILL

One dining table June 10 , 1995

Cost of wood 17.00

Paint(油漆) 1.50

Work,8 hours(1 an hour) 8.00

Total(总计) 36.50

When I was looking at the bill , Henry said , “it’s been a fine day,hasn’t it? Quite sunny.”

“Yes , ” I said. “I’m glad it is only the 10th of June.”

“Me too,” , said Henry. “You wait一it’ll be a bit hotter by the end of the month.”

“Yes. Hotter一and more expensive. Dining tables will be 20 more expensive on June 30th, won’t they , Henry?”

Henry looked hard at me for half a minute. There was a little smile in his two blue eyes. I gave his bill back to him.

“If it isn’t too much trouble , Henry , ” I said , “ Please add it up again. You can forget the date.”

I paid him 26. 50 and he was happy to get it.

1.Why did Henry talk about weather when the writer was looking at the bill?

A.Because it was a fine day indeed.

B.Because he wanted the writer to look at the bill carefully.

C.Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like.

D.Because he didn’t want the writer to go through the bill carefully.

2.Why did the writer say that dining tables would be 20 more expensive by the end of June?

A.Because he thought Henry would almost certainly add the date to the cost of the dining table.

B.Because it was difficult to make dining tables in hot weather.

C.Because paint would be more expensive.

D.Because the cost of wood would be more expensive.

3.The writer thought Henry would ask for ______ if he made a dining table on the last day of June.

A.26.50 B.56. 50 C.46.50 D.20.00

4.When the writer gave him the money, Henry was happy because_______ .

A.he got the money easily

B.be didn’t have to add up the cost again

C.he got what he should get for his work

D.he got much money for his work

5.From the story we know that_______ .

A.Henry had written out the bill before the writer got home

B.Henry still wanted to get 36. 50 for his work in the end

C.Henry made a mistake in the bill

D.Henry tried to get more money for his work

When the bell rings, every student takes out an iPad. The light from the screens makes their young faces pretty and lively. That’s what happens every day at my school in the US. We use iPads in class.

I felt surprised and excited when I got an iPad the first day I arrived at the school. But it was not free. I spent about $100 to rent (租) it for three years.

Every iPad at my school has a special learning system (系统) called Focus. Teachers put their teaching materials like textbooks and PPTs on it. When we have classes, we enter the system and download (下载) the materials with our iPads.

It makes the classes interesting and efficient (高效的). For example, a few weeks ago, we learned about London in the UK. Our teacher prepared a video in which we saw many places of interest in London. We could not only watch the video, but also see the words at the same time. Because of the video, I know more about the city.

We also do our homework with iPads. We can know how well we do our homework right after we submit (提交) our homework.

However, there are still some bad points about learning with iPads. Some of my classmates play games or surf the Internet in class.

I believe the key to use iPads well is to have good self-control (自制), isn’t it?

1.In the writer’s class, every student ________.

A.gets a free iPad from the teacher B.plays games on iPads in each class

C.shares an iPad with their classmates in class D.rents an iPad to use at school for three years

2.The underlined word “Focus” is ________.

A.the name of the iPad at school B.PPTs and videos

C.teachers’ teaching materials D.a special learning system

3.According to the example in Paragraph 4, we learn that________.

A.students don’t like to use iPads in class B.iPads are not useful when having classes

C.students use iPads to watch videos every class D.iPads make the classes interesting and efficient

4.What does the writer think of using iPads in school?

A.Students should use iPads as often as possible.

B.To use iPads in school is very bad for students’ eyes.

C.Students should have good self-control when using iPads.

D.All students should use iPads to surf the Internet in class.

What will man be like in the future — in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make a guess, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today. For man is slowly changing all the time.

Let us take an example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on the average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively (相对地) short period of time, so we may suppose that man will continue to grow taller.

Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain's capacity (容量.) As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more and finally we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change too. The head, especially the forehead, will grow larger.

Nowadays our eyes are being used too much. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man's eyes will grow stronger.

On the other hand, we tend (有…的趋势) to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive (敏感的) because they are used a great deal in modern life.

What about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both men and women are probably to be hairless!

Perhaps, all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive (有吸引力的) person to look at! This may well be true. All the same, besides these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and feelings similar to our own.

1.Future man is probably to be different from us in ________ ways.

A. two B. three C. four D. five

2.Future man’s head will grow larger because ________.

A. he will use his brain more and more as time goes on

B. he makes use only 80% of the brain's capacity

C. the other 80% of his brain will grow faster

D. his brain has grown larger over the past centuries

3.What will be probably TRUE about the man in the future?

A. He will have smaller eyes and will wear better glasses.

B. His fingers will grow weaker because he won't use them.

C. He will be hairless because hair is no longer useful.

D. He will think and feel in a different way.

4.What does the writer write the article for?

A. To give us some knowledge of future man.

B. To show that man's life will be different in the future.

C. To let us know future man will become shorter.

D. To tell us future man will not use legs.

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