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A friend’s grandfather went to America from Eastern countries. After he was processed (移民入境检查) at Ellis Island, he went into cafeteria (自助餐厅) in lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at an empty table and waited for a waiter to take his order.

Of course no waiter came at all. At last, a woman held a plate full of food and sat down opposite him. When she saw the old man without any food, she told him how a cafeteria worked.

“Start out at that end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay. After you pay for the food, you can bring it here and eat it.”

“I soon knew how everything works in America,” the grandfather told a friend. “Life is like a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you are willing to pay the money. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring to you. You have to get up and get it by yourself.”

1. Maybe the old man came from ________.

A. Poland              B. India                 C. Canada              D. Egypt (埃及)

2. Who came when he sat down at an empty table?

A. A waiter.           B. A man.              C. A woman.         D. No person.

3. From the text, we know if you want to get success in America, you should ________.

A. get help from your friends               B. know how a cafeteria works          

C. get up again if you fail              D. try to get it by yourself

4. At last, the grandfather________.

       A. got the food himself               B. was very angry with the waiter

       C. ate the woman’s food              D. had nothing to eat

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. From Eastern countries to America  B. Life is Like a Cafeteria in America

C. How to Eat in a Cafeteria                D. Eating in America

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I live on the twelfth floor of a building. One afternoon I was coming home from a friend's house. It was just after four o'clock. I got quickly into the lift and pressed Button (按钮) 12.
The lift started to go up, but very slowly. And then, halfway up, it suddenly stopped between two floors. I couldn't understand it. I pressed all the buttons from 1 to 14. I called for help very loudly. But nobody answered.
Then suddenly the lights went out, and I was alone in the dark. I started to cry and beat the walls of the lift. I cried and cried until I had no voice left. Then, I felt hopeless, and pressed all the buttons with my open hands. And all at the same time, there was a bell far away. It rang and rang. It was the fire alarm (火灾警报). I thought the whole building was on fire. I said to God quietly, "Just get me out of here. I'll never be bad again."
Just then, I realized the lift was moving very slowly. On the ground floor it stopped, and the doors opened. A man was standing there. "How long have you been in the lift? It is good that you pressed the alarm bell. But haven't you learned to read at your school?" He pointed at a small piece of paper on the wall beside the lift. It said:
"Attention: This lift will be stopped for repairs between 4pm and 5 pm on Thursday March 13."
【小题1】What happened to the lift?

A.It had a fire accident.
B.It stopped halfway.
C.It was turned off by the writer.
D.It moved fast up to the top floor
【小题2】As the situation went on, the writer became _________.
A.more and more scaredB.calmer and calmer
C.more and more boredD.clearer and clearer
【小题3】Why did a bell ring from far away?
A.The lift was to start again.
B.The repair worker rang the fire alarm.
C.The building was on fire.
D.The writer pressed the fire alarm bell.
【小题4】Who most probably made the lift move again and go down to the ground floor?
A.The writer.B.The writer's friend.
C.The man.D.The writer's father.
【小题5】After reading the paper, the writer realized that he/she had _________.
A.escaped a fire accidentB.made a silly mistake
C.visited a dishonest friendD.pressed a wrong button



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How long did it take people to find the answer to this question 15 years ago? And now! You can google it and find the answer immediately!
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Internet search engines at that time were slow and gave many websites that weren’t useful. In January 1996, Page and Brin decided to make a better and faster search engine. They thought the results should be based on the most popular websites.
Nobody would give them money for their project, so they used their own money. They also borrowed money from family and friends. Then, in 1998, they were given a cheque for $100,000, and they started their own company(公司). Their first office was in a friend’s garage(车库).The company name is Google, a word which comes from mathematics. A “google” is a very high number — 1 followed by a hundred zeros.
The Google search engine was soon used by thousands of people worldwide because it was fast, easy and correct. By 2002 it was the biggest search engine on the Internet. Now, more questions have been answered by Google than any other Internet service, from sport to science, and from music to medicine. Google hopes that in the future all the world’s information will be put on the Internet, so that everybody can find everything.
【小题1】Why did the writer begin this passage by asking you a question?

A.Because he or she liked to begin this passage by asking readers a question.
B.Because he or she was afraid that the readers didn’t know this question.
C.Because he or she wanted to make the readers interested in this passage.
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【小题2】The underlined word “cheque” in the fifth paragraph means _______.
A.楼房B.账单C.订单D.支票
【小题3】From the passage we know that at the beginning of their project, _______.
A.there was not any search engine on the Internet
B.nobody supported them except their family and friends
C.Larry Page and Sergey Brin dreamed to answer any question
D.one of the most popular websites gave them a cheque for $100,000
【小题4】Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Now the Google search engine is widely used in the world.
B.The Google search engine was not the biggest one before 2002.
C.Larry Page and Sergey Brin named google after a hundred zeros.
D.The service of the Google search engine is very popular.
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A.the development of the Google search engine
B.about Larry Page and Sergey Brin
C.how to find information on the Internet
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I live on the twelfth floor of a building. One afternoon I was coming home from a friend’s house. It was just after four o’clock. I got quickly into the lift and pressed Button12.

The lift started to go up, but very slowly . And then, half way up, it suddenly stopped between two floors. I couldn’t understand it. I pressed all the buttons from 1to 14. I called for help very loudly. But nobody answered.

Then suddenly the light went out, and I was alone in the dark. I started to cry and beat the walls of the lift. I cried and cried until I had no voice left. Then, I felt hopeless, and pressed all the buttons with my open hands. And all at the same time, there was a bell far away . It rang and rang. It was the fire alarm(火灾警报). I thought the whole building was on fire. I said to god quietly, “Just get me out of here. I’ll never be bad again.”

Just then, I realized the lift was moving very slowly . On the ground floor it stopped, and the doors opened. A man was standing there. “How long have you been there? It is good that you pressed the alarm bell. But haven’t you learned to read at your school?” He pointed at a small piece of paper on the wall beside the lift. It said: “Attention: This lift will be stopped for repairs between 4pm and 5pm on Thursday March 13.”

1.What happened to the lift?

A.It had a fire accident.

B.It stopped half way.

C.It was turned off by the writer.

D.It moved fast up to the top floor.

2.As the situation went on , the writer became________________.

A.more and more sacred.                   B.calmer and calmer.

C.more and more bored.                   D.clearer and clearer.

3.Why did a bell ring from far away.

A.The lift was to start again.

B.The repair worker rang the lift alarm.

C.The building was on fire.

D.the writer pressed the lift alarm bell.

4.Who most probably made the lift move again and go down to the ground to the ground floor?

A.The writer.                            B.The writer’s friend.

C.The man.                              D.The writer’s father.

5.After reading the paper, the writer realized that he/she had _______.

A.escaped from a fire accident

B.made a silly mistake.

C.visited a dishonest friend

D.pressed a wrong button.

 

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