Bells sound．Lighted messages appear．Men and women work at computers．They talk on the telephone．At times they shout and run around．
This noisy place is a stock exchange(证券交易所)．Here expert salespeople called brokers buy and sell shares of companies．The shares are known as stocks．People who own stock in a company own part of that company．
People pay brokers to buy and sell stocks for them．If a company earns money, its stock increases in value．If the company does not earn money, the stock decreases in value．Brokers and investors carefully watch for any changes on the Big Board．That is the name given to a list of stocks sold on the New York Stock Exchange．
Investors(投资者)and brokers watch the Big Board to see if the stock market is a bull market or a bear market．In a bear market, prices go down．In a bull market, prices go up．
Investors in a bear market promise to sell a stock in the future at a set price．But the investor does not own the stock yet．He or she waits to buy it when the price drops．
The meaning of a bear market is thought to come from an old story about a man who sold the skin of a bear before he caught the bear．An English dictionary of the sixteen hundreds said, to sell a bear is to sell what one has not．
Word experts dispute the beginnings of the word bull in the stock market．But some say it came from the long connection of the two animals－bulls and bears－in sports that were popular years ago in England．
Investors always care about the possibility of a company failing．In the modern world, a company that does not earn enough profit is said to go belly up．A company that goes belly up dies like a fish．Fish turn over on their backs when they die．So they are stomach, or belly, up．
Stock market investors do not want that to happen to a company．They want a company whose stock they own to earn more profit than expected．This would sharply increase the value of the stock．Investors are hoping for a windfall(横财)．
(1)
The first paragraph is written for the purpose of ________．
[ ]
A．
making readers interested in buying stocks
B．
telling readers the place is so busy
C．
telling readers people in the stock exchange are busy
D．
attracting readers’ attention to the topic of the passage
(2)
A fresher of a stock market probably turns to a(n)________ for advice．
[ ]
A．
company
B．
investor
C．
broker
D．
word expert
(3)
John bought his stock from a company which has gone belly up this year．We can infer ________．
[ ]
A．
John would lose money this year
B．
John would earn money this year
C．
the stock market is a bear market
D．
the stock market is a bull market
(4)
The reason why investors pay attention to the company whose stock they own is that ________．
People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air because they know they will get what they want．
They want to go quickly and safely across the country, across the sea, or right across the world－and they know Bel Air will take them where they want to go, when they want to go．Bel Air flies all the newest and fastest planes, to more towns and cities, in more countries of the world, than any other airlines．
Do you want to go to Paris, Washington, or Tokyo? Bel Air will take you there, at all times of the day or night, right through the week．But Bel Air flies not only to the big cities in the rich countries－they fly two or three times a week to towns and cities in the very heart of Asia, Africa and South America．
People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air, because they know they will leave on time, and arrive on time．They know the food they will receive and the films they will watch will be of the very best．
Bel Air says second to none．When you fly, fly with Bel Air．
(1)
Bel Air says that experienced travelers choose to fly with it because ________．
[ ]
A．
it offers the best service a passenger would expect
B．
its planes fly to distant places
C．
it has more planes than other airlines
D．
its passengers can watch films on its planes
(2)
Bel Air flies planes to big cities like Paris ________．
[ ]
A．
every day except Sunday
B．
two or three times a week
C．
every day of the week
D．
any time at weekend
(3)
The underlined sentence “ Bel Air says second to none” means ________．
The First of May is a Bank Holiday－the first public holiday of the year in England．
Most people consider it a special day, the beginning of summer, a day when the light lasts long into the evening, and when we can look for warm weather．We don't always get it．We feel disappointed, but not surprised if there are cold winds and frosts at night in May．Winter should be over．Most people know that in the past, when farming occupied almost everyone, the changing seasons were of great importance．In that older time there was every reason to celebrate May Day．Customs of those celebrations remain．
Of these customs, the best known is the choosing of a May Queen and the dancing round Maypole．Even these customs are little more than memories now－but in the last century it was quite common in villages and small towns, and even in schools and colleges, for a pretty and popular girl to be chosen Queen of the May．It was a great honour to be chosen．For a day she wore a light and flowery dress, carried garlands(花环)，and was ceremonially crowned with flowers．She presided over a procession, as a rule with a number of attendants, and over the Maypole dancing and all kinds of entertainment．The Maypole was slender(苗条的)tree trunk, cut off its branches, with beautiful ribbons fastened to the top．The dancing was designed in such a way that the dancer's movements move the ribbons into a pattern．This, as you can imagine, required skill from the dancer, and was not achieved without practice．
It's the Celtic(凯尔特的)people who celebrated the First of May as a spring festival．Their celebration seems to have had little to do with taking pleasure in early, beautiful flowers and in warmer weather!They called it Beltane－the fire of the god Bel．They lit fires, in the expectation that their blaze would help the sun in its struggle to regain its strength．They drove their cattle between banks of flame in the expectation that the terrified beasts would be purified(净化)and protected from disease．A tree, which must have been blackened with smoke, stood in the middle of the fires, and is thought to have been the origin of the Maypole．Their priests(牧师)made sacrifices to the goods in the hope of good harvests and sufficient store of food for the winter．There was dancing certainly, but it was noisy and cheerful, since its purpose was not to weave a pattern of colored ribbons, but to drive out evil spirits from the earth and to arouse those kind spirits．
(1)
The main purpose of the passage is to show ________．
[ ]
A．
the reason why they celebrate May Day
B．
the start and customs of May Day
C．
the way they celebrate May Day
D．
the choosing of a May Queen during May Day
(2)
According to the passage, which sentence is NOT true?
[ ]
A．
In the old days they celebrated May Day for the changing of the seasons．
B．
In England summer begins at the first of May．
C．
The custom of the choosing of a May Queen still exists in the present May Day celebration．
D．
The Celtic people celebrated the first of May as a spring festival．
(3)
From the surrounding words and sentences we know that the word “presided” means ________．
[ ]
A．
管理
B．
越过
C．
指挥
D．
主持
(4)
The best title for this passage is ________．
[ ]
A．
The First of May
B．
The Beginning of Summer
C．
May Queen
D．
The Holiday of the Year
阅读理解
People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air, because they know they will get what they want．They want to go quickly and safely, across the country, or right across the sea, or right across the world…and they know Bel Air will take them where they want to go, when they want to go．Bel Air flies there newest, and fastest aeroplanes, to more towns and cities, to more countries in the world, than any other airline．
Do you want to go to Paris, Washington or Tokyo?Bel Air will take you there at all times of the day or night, right through the week．But Bel Air flies not only to big cities, in the rich countries…we fly two or three times a week to towns and cities in the very heart of Asia, Africa and South America．
People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air, because they know they will leave on time．They know that the food they will receive, and the film they will watch will be of the very best．
Bel Air is second to none．When you fly, fly with Bel Air．
(1)
Bel Air is the name of ________．
[ ]
A．
an airport
B．
an airline company
C．
a big aeroplane
D．
an air station
(2)
Where dose Bel Air go?
[ ]
A．
Europe, North America and East Asia．
B．
Europe, South Africa and the heart of Asia．
C．
Asia, Africa and America．
D．
Nearly all the places in the world．
(3)
According to the text, some countries in Asia, Africa and South America are ________ ones．
[ ]
A．
beautiful
B．
poor
C．
big
D．
far
(4)
Which of the following is NOT true about Bel Air?
[ ]
A．
Good plane, fast speed．
B．
Good service, safety．
C．
More flight routes, punctual flight time．
D．
Big airports, beautiful airhostesses．
(5)
The sentence“Bel Air is second to none”means ________．
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