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Many years ago, a rich man found that someone wan taking valuable things from his house. He locked all the doors and all the windows .Still the things went. It must be one of the servants! How could he catch the servant? He thought of a good plan.
Late one evening. When it was dark, he called all the servants together, “There is a thief in the house, but I know how to catch him.”He said.”In the next room there is a square box. In that box there is a chicken which is magic. Each of you must go into the room alone. It is quite dark in the room. You must feel your way to the table and press the first finger of your right hand on the top of the box. If you are not the thief, nothing will happen. If you are the thief, the chicken will make such a loud sound that everyone in the house will hear it.”Some of the servants said that they did not want to do this. They were frightened of the magic chicken. But the man said that they must do what he said. If they had done nothing wrong. They had nothing to fear.
So the servants went into the dark room one at a time, while the rest listened carefully. Soon everyone had been in the room. but the chicken made no sound.”Good “said the man.”Now I know who the thief is! The servants looked very surprised.“Show me your right hands! The chicken did not make a sound for a very good reason. There is no chicken in the box at all! But the top of the box was covered with paint. You all have paint on your fingers, except for one person. That person is the thief, and he was afraid to put his finger on the box.”He pointed to one of the servants.”Your finger is clean! You are the thief!”
【小题1】Were the rich man call all the servants together?
A. Yes, they were. B. No, they weren’t.   C.I don’t know.
【小题2】When did the rich man call all the servants together?
A. In the morning B. In the afternoon C. In the evening
【小题3】 Did the rich man catch the thief at last?
A. Yes, he did B. No, he didn’t   C. He gave up the plan
【小题4】 Which of the following is NOT true?
A. There was paint on the box.
B. All of the servants touched the box.
C. All of the servants went into the dark room
【小题5】 What do you think of the rich man?
A. Brave.   B. Clever   C. Friendly.

You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience to study here.
In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade. However, I didn’t know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut.
When I first studied English, I was told to say,” I am fine” when people say “How are you?” But in the US, I found that people say, “I am good” or “I’m tired”.
One day, someone greeted me with “What’s up?” It made me confused . I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say.
Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures.
To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan(晒黑). However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or “whiter”.
I was also surprised by how hardworking US students are. In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard and that’s it. But here, a “good” student gets good grades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music.
The kids here are so talented, I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.
【小题1】 What does the word “confused” in the fourth paragraph mean in Chinese ?

A．困惑

B．憧憬

C．悲痛

D．后悔

【小题2】A good US student spends his / her time ______ .

A．only in doing homework

B．on studies, sports or music and public work

C．only in working for the public

D．only on sports or music

【小题3】Which of the following is NOT true ?

A．The writer is now in US.

B．American girls love to have white skin.

C．US students are talented and hard working.

D．The writer regrets that he gave up playing the piano.

Amazon. com was one of the first companies to try to sell products on the Internet. Jeff Bezos started the company. He was a successful vice—president of a company in New York. One day he predicted the future. He thought，“The World Wide Web is growing 200 percent a year. It's going to continue to grow. Shopping is going to move to the Internet. People are going to shop online. ”He gave up his good job and drove across the country to Seattle，Washington. There he started an online bookstore called Amazon. com. Bezos had very little money. The company began in a garage，and at first there were very few people who bought things.

At the Amazon. com site，people can search for a book about a subject，find many different books about that subject，read what other people think about the books，order them by credit card，then get them in the mail in two days. This kind of bookstore was a new idea，but the business grew. In a few years，Amazon. com had 10 million different things in categories including books，CDs，toys，electronics，videos，DVDs，things you use to fix up a house，software，and video games. Today you can buy anything from food to gold rings at a“virtual shopping mall”，that is，a group of stores all over the world that works like group of stores all in one place.

Are people going to shop online more and more? No one knows for sure. At least online shopping is growing.

1.Amazon. com is ___________.

A. a bookshop to sell books on the Internet

B. a school to teach students on the Internet

C. a kind of email to send and receive letters

D. a company to sell things on the Internet

2.From second paragraph we infer（推测） that ________.

A. people can buy books on the Internet

B. Amazon. com had 10 million different things

C. it's easy to buy anything on the Internet

D. most people enjoy buying things on the Internet

3.From the passage，we mainly know that ________.

A. online shopping is growing now

B. we are not sure if online shopping is growing

C. it's cheaper to do shopping online

D. many people shop online at first

There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn (谷仓). The watch was only cheap but was very ____36 to him because it was a gift from his father.

After _ 37 __ the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for __38 __ from a group of children playing nearby.

He __39 __ them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded.

Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn ___40 __. They searched everywhere but still could not find the __41 ___. Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another ___42___.

The farmer looked at him and thought, “ Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”

So the farmer __43 _ the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he ___44__ where the rest had failed.

The boy replied, “ I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch.”

This shows us that sometimes a __45__ mind can think better than an excited one.”

1.A. important B. expensive C. useless D. interesting

2.A. finding B. searching C. watching D. studying

3.A. money B. danger C. work D. help

4.A. promised B. taught C. warned D. believed

5.A. angrily B. slowly C. immediately D. hardly

6.A. rule B. book C. child D. watch

7.A. way B. chance C. lesson D. smile

8.A. threw B. sent C. gave D. caught

9.A. came B. knew C. succeeded D. suggested

10.A. beautiful B. smart C. peaceful D. quick

A goal for life

Do you have a goal for life? What is it? Do you want to become a great writer, a 16 singer or just become a rich person?

A survey 17 that in modern society (现代社会), most people choose practical 18 such as “making money to buy a house and a car”, “making one’s life better” or “finding a good job”.

Wang You 19 in a small company in Nanjing 3 years ago. The job was good and he didn’t need to work on Saturday or Sunday. However, he felt the work wasn’t 20 at all and the life was _21 . So he gave up his job and went to Beijing in February, 2009. When he 22 in Beijing, he had his new __23 as finding a good job.

Now 24 people want to live a better life. This fact shows that the society is making progress __25 people’s life goals have become more practical. One researcher says, “Everybody 26 his or her own life goal. If one man is poor, 27 life goal will be to make more money. If one man doesn’t __28 a diploma (文凭), studying hard to get a diploma will become his life goal. And if one man doesn’t have love, his life goal will be to look 29 it. If one man has no life goal, he 30 idle away (虚度) his lifetime.”

1.A. happy	B. sad	C. famous	D. kind
2.A. saw	B. advised	C. had	D. showed
3. A. works	B. findings	C. goals	D. results
4. A. worked	B. took	C. made	D. got
5.A. interested	B. exciting	C. excited	D. afraid
6.A. boring	B. important	C. famous	D. arrived
7.A. got	B. arrived	C. reached	D. went
8.A. job	B. work	C. goal	D. life
9. A. more and more	B.fewer and fewer	C. less and less	D. many and many
10.A. and	B. but	C. or	D. until
11.A. is	B. finds	C. comes	D. has
12. A. one’s	B. their	C. her	D. his
13.A. leave	B. get	C. find	D. give
14.A. out	B. up	C. for	D. down
15.A. should	B. would	C. shall	D. will

He gave up ________ football because he had to look after his sick mother.

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