One dark stormy night an elderly couple hurried into a hotel and asked whether they could be  36 for the night." I’m very sorry,” the clerk on night shift said politely, "we are all  37  tonight.  38 ,you

could stay in my room if you don't mind.I’m  39 , so I'll be here.“ The young man gave the sincere advice.

The elderly couple accepted his  40 with gratitude.They apologized for the  41 they had caused him.The next day, the rain stopped and it  42 .When the old gentleman went to pay his bill, the same clerk said." The room you and your wife stayed in is not a proper  43  room in this hotel, so you don't need to pay.”

The old gentleman nodded in   44  :  “You are an employee that every boss in the hotel business would dream of.Perhaps someday I’ll build a hotel for you.”The clerk was__45 but, deciding that the

guest must have been  46 , he gave the remark  47 thought.

Two years later, the young man received a registered letter from the old gentleman, in which he 48 the experience of that dark stormy night.The letter also  49 a formal invitation, asking that young man to pay a visit.

At a street comer in Manhattan, the young man met his  50 guest.The old gentleman, pointing

to a magnificent new building__51 over the crossroads, said, "Look, that is the hotel I  52 to build for you.I hope you will  53 it for me.Remember what I said then? Well, I was  54  about it.”

The young man stammered, "But…will there be any  55 ,sir?  Why do you choose me? And who are you?"

“My name is William Aster.”This building was none other than the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, a symbol of supreme status and honor in New York.

1.                A.put up         B.put away        C.stay up   D.set up

 

2.                A.preserved      B.conserved       C.booked   D.occupied

 

3.                A.Meanwhile      B.Moreover       C.Otherwise D.However

 

4.                A.on duty         B.on display       C.on stage  D.on hand

 

5.                A.service         B.view           C.offer D.invitation

 

6.                A.instruction      B.consideration    C.inconvenience D.interruption

 

7.                A.cleared away    B.picked out       C.cleaned up    D.cleared up

 

8.                A.living          B.double         C.admirable D. luxury

 

9.                A.appreciation     B.admiration      C.surprise  D.excitement

 

10.               A.excited         B.skeptical        C.annoyed   D.respectful

 

11.               A.lacking         B.covering        C.joking D.cheating

 

12.               A.not more       B.no more        C.some D.another

 

13.               A.described       B.stated          C.recited    D.recalled

 

14.               A.swapped       B.included        C.attached   D.added

 

15.               A.former         B.original         C.formal D.primitive

 

16.               A.displaying       B.towering        C.flying D.climbing

 

17.               A.determined     B.promised       C.tended    D.intended

 

18.               A.get            B.keep           C.manage   D.make

 

19.               A.sensitive        B.concerned      C.curious    D.serious

 

20.               A.scene          B.situation        C.condition  D.occasion

 

 

Most British parents give their teenagers pocket money.Teenagers get between£7 and£20 a week.They spend it on fast food,designed clothes,the cinema,concert,magazines and mobile phones.

    1)Lazy parents?

    37%of parents pay teenagers to clean the living room,66%of parents pay teenagers to take the rubbish out.

    2)Lazy teens?

    51%of teenagers don’t make their beds before they leave home.

    Only 1 3%of teenagers wash the car for money.

    Some parents even pay their teenagers to do their homework.

    3)Equality?Not Yet!

    Boys get more money than girls for most odd jobs.

    For washing the dishes,boys get about£4 and girls get about£1.

    4)And if you need some more money?

    Teens get an extra£250 a year out of their parents on top of pocket money!

    About 50%of teens get gifts or money from their grandparents.

    Go to Mum if you need extra money! She gives more than Dad.

    5)Where you live makes a difference!

    Parents in Scotland and the North of England give more pocket money.

    6)Spending

    51%of teenagers spend their money on clothes.

    39%of teenagers buy cosmetics(装饰品),jewellery and toiletries(洗漱用品).

    Less than 30%of teenagers save any money.

    7)Earnings

    Here are some children who tell us about their pocket money:

    Emma:I get£30 a month.I have to take the rubbish out and tidy my room.

    James:I get£10 a week.But I have to clean the car,hoover(用真空洗尘器清洗)the house and load and unload the dishwasher.I usually save the money.

    Lain:I get£7.50 a week.I have to be“good”but I don’t have to do any jobs for the money.

    Richard;I get£5 a week.But our neighbors go away a lot and they give me£25 a week for looking after their cats.

1.This passage is mainly about        

    A.teenagers everywhere get pocket money

    B.how to spend pocket money

    C.some bits about pocket money in Britain

D.how to get pocket money

2.According to the passage,which statement is true?

    A.Parents are lazy so they let children do housework.

    B.Teens are too lazy to do housework unless they are given pocket money.

    C.The pocket money boys and girls get is not equal.

    D.It is not right for children to ask for pocket money.

3.We can infer from the passage that      

    A.boys earn more money at home than girls

    B.girls earn more money at home than boys

    C.only rich parents give children pocket money

    D.most children spend their pocket money

4.Who most probably gets the most money for a whole year according to the passage?

A.Emma    B.J ames    C.Lain   D.Richard

 

 One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the   36 _, the couple went to the front desk hoping to  37 for the night.

“Could you   38   give us a room here?” the husband asked.

The clerk, a   39   man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and   40   that there were three conventions(大会) in town.

“All of our   41   are taken,” the clerk said. “But I can’t send a   42   couple like you 43   into the rain at 1 o’clock in the morning. Would you please be   44   to sleep in my room? It’s not exactly a suite(套房), but it will be good enough to make you   45   for the night.”

The couple said no politely.

“Don’t   46   me. It is just fine with me,” the clerk told them.

As he paid his bill the next morning, the elderly man said to the clerk, “You are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best hotel. Maybe someday I’ll build   47   for you.” The three of them had a good   48  .

Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten it   49   he received a letter from the old man. It recalled(使回忆) that stormy night and contained a round-trip(双程的)   50   to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit. The old man met him in New York, and   51  him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.

He then pointed to a great new   52   there,  a palace of reddish stone. “That,” said the old man, “is the hotel I have just built for you to   53_ .”

“You must be   54  ,” the young man said.

“I am sure I am not,” said the old man, the name of   55   was William Waldorf Astor, and the magnificent structure was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young clerk, George C. Boldt became its first manager.

1.A. rain             B. anger          C. snow           D. hunger

2. A. leave           B. go             C. stay           D. look

3. A. surely          B. possibly       C. really         D. freely

4. A. lazy            B. bored          C. nervous        D. friendly

5. A. shouted         B. explained      C. believed       D. agreed

6. A. hotels          B. desks          C. streets        D. rooms

7. A. nice            B. famous         C. rich           D. common

8.A. beyond           B. off            C. out            D. under

9. A. kind            B. glad           C. good           D. generous

10. A. enjoyable      B. helpful        C. grateful       D. comfortable

11.A. worry about     B. take care of   C. make use of    D. come up with

12. A. one            B. it             C. them           D. those

13.A. sleep           B. meal           C. laugh          D. walk

14. A. after          B. before         C. while          D. when

15. A. ticket         B. bill           C. check          D. questionnaire

16. A. made           B. told           C. treated        D. led

17. A. building       B. car            C. bedroom        D. place

18. A. live           B. sell           C. manage         D. rent

19. A. lying          B. joking         C. dreaming       D. cheating

20. A. whose    B. which    C. whom D. who

 

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