One of my favourite films is Mr. Bean At a Fancy(化装)Restaurant. In the film, after  being   21  at his table,Mr. Bean takes out a  22   ,writes a few words on it,signs his  name,puts it into an envelope and    23   it on the table.After a moment,he looks at the   24   but this time he looks surprised,as if he did not know it was there.He opens it to find a birthday card and delightedly puts it on the table for everyone to see.

     When he looks at the  25  ,an astonished look quickly   26  on his face.He takes all   27  out of his pockets,counts it and puts it in a saucer(碟子).He then looks from the menu to the money with   28   until he finds one thing that makes him smile. He 29  a dish called “steak tartare.” When the dish arrives,he is   30   to discover that “steak tartare” is  31   a raw(生肉的)hamburger.He   32    an attempt to eat it,but it is   33  ,from the look on his face,that he finds the taste really terrible.He cannot   34   his feelings,except when the waiter asks whether everything is OK.He smiles and nods, 35   that everything is fine.36  no one is looking,however,he  37    himself hiding the raw meat anywhere he can  38   ,inside a sugar bottle,a tiny flower vase and under a plate.He becomes so disappointed in the end that he   39  hides some inside the  40  of a woman sitting near him and throws some under the seat of the restaurant’s violinist!

    I like to watch Mr. Bean on TV but I wouldn’t want to meet someone like him in real life.

A.treated                B.invited                         C.accepted                       D.served

A.magazine                    B.book                            C.card                       D.wallet

A.throws                       B.places                  C.removes                D.spreads

A.waiter                B.watch                    C.envelope                      D.table

A.customers           B.tablecloth                     C.surroundings           D.menu

A.appears               B.grows                  C.turns                            D.shows

A.cards                         B.money                  C.bills                     D.keys

A.satisfaction         B.care                      C.confidence                    D.concern

A.buys                          B.orders                  C.washes            D.breaks

A.shocked                    B.pleased                 C. moved             D.frightened

A.mostly                    B.indeed                          C. actually                          D.nearly

A.makes                      B.gets                     C.tries                              D.takes

A.doubtful                   B.sure                             C.clear              D.likely

A.hide                           B.express                   C.prevent                  D.explain

A.admitting           B.recognizing                  C.indicating                D.realizing

A.Because                   B. When                     C.Once                            D.Although

A.pretends            B.helps                            C.prepares                 D.busies

A.reach                        B.see                       C.get                 D.arrive

A.rather                      B.almost                  C.exactly                    D.even

A.hand                      B.purse                       C.blouse          D.hair

I went to India for a 2-week vacation to visit my relatives, We stopped on a red light, and as always, there was a lot of activity outside the cars near the     . People walked in, between the cars       newspaper. water and a number of kids looked for a bit of charity from the car owners. It' s a familiar      in most poor developing' countries.         

   While we were    for the red light to turn green, I noticed a man outside a couple of     in front of ours trying to sell bottles of water. It's       unusual at first. He was a man in his 40s with relatively     clothes. But he walked around in a strange way. He kind of      his way around the spaces. He was blind.

   Carrying a couple of water bottles on one hand, he     got to the outside of our car. Out of      , my mum decided to buy one water bottle. As she gave the man the money, the light turned green. The car behind sounded loudly and     , trying to get ahead of traffic. Seeing this, my mum kindly told the man to     the change. However, with his-superior sense of touch, he quickly      his shirt pocket and threw the money at my mum's      . It was the exact change. T he cars behind us were really getting out of control,       we decided to go on our way.

   I      and even cried when I got home. Here's a blind man, born in       ,trying to sell water bottles on the streets to make ends meet. He      our sympathy. Life hasn't been      to him, yet he's giving it his best shot. I think that is what       is all about . facing life bravely.

1.A. signs      B. crossroads    C. stations     D. theatre  

2.A. giving      B. buying     C. selling      D. throwing

3.A. scene      B. play       C. activity      D. street

4.A. watching    B. asking      C. waiting      D. changing 

5.A. blocks     B. crossings     C. turns       D. cars

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

7.A. expensive   B. fashionable    C. ragged      D. splendid

8.A. pushed    B. drove       C. cleared      D. felt

9.A. eventually   B. quickly      C. frequently     D. happily

10.A. curiosity    B. sympathy     C. thirsty       D. politeness

11.A. impatiently   B. casually      C. naturally      D. carefully

12.A. keep     B. return       C. borrow      D. count

13.A. searched for  B. went through    C. turned over     D. looked for

14.A. hand     B. arm        C. face       D. lap

15.A. still      B. yet        C. so        D. but

16.A. gave up   B. set off      C. held on      D. broke down

17.A. pain     B. poverty      C. sadness      D. loneliness

18.A. refused    B. enjoyed       C. doubted      D. cheated

19.A. rich     B. unfair        C. kind       D. bad

20.A. kindness   B. courage       C. experience     D. challenge

 

It’s 8:30, time for John to start work. So he turns on his radio. Then he eats breakfast. As he eats, he reads his e-mail and reviews his to-do list. Then he sits on the sofa and thinks about an article he needs to write ... Wait a minute! Radio? Breakfast? Sofa? What kind of workplace is this? Well, actually it is John’s house, and he is a telecommuter —  he works at home, communicating with the workplace through the Internet.

    Like John, millions of people — and their employers — are finding that telecommuting is a great way to work. Telecommuters can follow their own timetables. They work in the comfort of homes, where they can also look after young children or elderly parents. They save time and money by not traveling to work. Their employers save, too, because they need less office space and furniture. Studies show that telecommuters change jobs less often. This saves employers even more money. Telecommuting helps society, too, by reducing pollution and traffic problems.

    Jobs that are suited to telecommuting include writing, design work, computer programming and accounting. If a job is related to working with information, a telecommuter can probably do it.

1.From the passage we can learn that John does his job            .

A. by telephone     B. through the Internet

C. in his office      D. away from home

2.One of the advantages of telecommuting is that you can         .

A. work for several employers            B. enjoy a lot of traveling

C. get along well with other workers       D. work on your own schedule

3.Telecommuters change jobs less often, so          .

A. their employers can save money

B. their employers will give them a higher pay

C. they can get more work experience

D. they will have a longer paid holiday

4.The underlined phrase “suited to” in the third paragraph probably means “        ”.

A. acceptable for       B. bad for

C. difficult for      D. fit for

 

 Let’s say you have a piece of wood, a nail, and hammer. Pretend the wood is a person, the nail is a mean rumor (谣言) about that person. If you hammer in the nail, you’re obviously hurting him or her. If you then pull out the nail, there’s still a hole in the wood, and the damage has been done.

There are many reasons why that nail of a rumor can be so harmful. Rumors are, quite simply, a form of bullying (欺悔). When a person or a group makes up a rumor about someone or decides to spread gossip, it’s usually to hurt someone, break up a friendship, or make someone less popular. It’s the same thing as teasing, only it’s done behind someone’s back instead of to his or her face.

When you spread a rumor about someone, you’re sending a signal that the person is outside of the group, and somehow less worthy of friendship than others. You’re making fun of that person or pointing out negative things about him or her. This can let others think that it’s okay to make the person feel bad, and make him or her an outsider.

We need to be able to trust our friends, and gossip and rumors can break this trust. If you tell a personal secret to a friend, and he turns around and tells it to someone else, you might feel like you will get burned if you ever get close to him again.

Letting a rumor influence your behavior is like letting someone else make a big decision for you. Let’s say you hear that the teacher plans to call a Snow Day tomorrow because a blizzard (暴风雪) is coming. Expecting a day off, you don’t do your homework. The next morning, the blizzard turns out to be nothing more than a drizzle(毛毛雨), and school isn’t off after all. You get zeroes on your work.

1.The purpose of the first paragraph is to        .

A. help readers know what a rumor is        B. attract readers to read the following paragraphs

C. emphasize the damaging effects of rumors   D. explain how a rumor spreads

2.To tell a rumor and a tease apart, you depend on        .

A. whether it is done behind someone            B. whether it is painful or not

C. whether it is a kind if bullying                 D. whether it is spread fast

3. If a rumor is spread about someone, others may        .

A. point out his or her advantages B. keep away from him or her

C. not feel he or she is an outsider  D. be hurt if getting close to him or her again

4.From the last paragraph, we can infer that        .

A. it is hard to keep rumors a secret             B. rumors can destroy your interest in learning

C. believing rumors can lead to bad choices    D. rumors can control your whole life

5. The purpose of this passage is to         .

A. advise on how to deal with rumors  B. teach us how to judge a rumor

C. find out why rumors spread fast     D. explain why rumors hurt

 

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