A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a man came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch. “It’s 8 a.m.,” he said. Then he went to sleep again.

But soon he woke up because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you have the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch again, and told the man it was 8:30 a.m..

At this rate (照此下去), he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and put it up on the window for all to see. It said, “I don’t have the time.”

Again the man lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came along and began knocking at the window. “Hey, sir,” he said, “it’s a quarter to nine.”

1.The driver stopped his car because he ___________.

2.He was woken up again by the second person ___________.

3.The driver ___________ after he put up the note on the window.

4.The third person came to knock at the window to ___________.

5.According to this passage, we know that ___________.

A man died and was on his way to another world, either heaven or hell(天堂或地狱). He saw a very beautiful palace half way and the owner of it __1___  him to live in the palace.

    The man said, “I have been working hard during my life and now I just want to eat and  ___2__  without any work.”

    The owner said, “If so, there is nowhere else_3____ than here for you. There is a lot of delicious food in __4___ palace and you can eat whatever you want. You can have a good rest and __5___ needs to be done by you. ” Then the man stayed in the palace.

    At the beginning, the man felt __6___. But gradually, he felt a bit lonely. So he went to the owner and asked, “It is boring to live _7______  just eating and sleeping every day. Could you help me find a __8___ ?”

    The owner replied, “Sorry, there is no job here.”

Several months later, the man couldn’t __9___the present life and went to the owner again, “I am really fed up with（厌倦） this kind of life. __10__ you don’t offer me a job, I would prefer to go to hell instead of living here.”

The owner of the palace smiled, “Do you think it is heaven here? It is hell!’’

1.A. invited     B. encouraged     C. allowed     D .ordered

2.A.sleep       B. drink           C. play       D. travel

3.A. bigger     B. better          C. worse       D. cleaner

4..A. your       B. our            C. my         D. his

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

6..A. angry       B. happy         C. bored       D. anxious

7.A. as          B. by            C. at          D. without

8.A. friend       B. child          C. job         D. pet

9.A. stand     B. refuse           C. follow       D. imagine

10.A. If        B. Unless           C. So          D. Because

Food is very important. Everyone needs to 46 well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is   47   . We begin to get knowledge even when we are very young. Small children are     48    in everything around them. They learn 49 while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older. they begin to 50 storybooks, science books, or anything they like.

When they find something new, they have to ask questions and 51 to find out the answers. What’s the best    52    to get knowledge? If we learn 53 ourselves, we will get the most knowledge. If we are     54    getting answers from others and don’t ask why, we will never learn more and understand    55      .

1. A. sleep   B. drink    C. cat

2. A. sport B. knowledge C. meat

3. A. interested B. interesting   C. good

4.A. something B. nothing   C. anything

5.A. write      B. learn       C. read

6. A. try    B. think   C. wait

7. A. place   B. way    C. road

8. A. with B. to   C. by

9. A. seldom B. always   C. sometimes

10. A. much   B. well C. better

Food is very important. Everyone needs to 46 well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is   47   . We begin to get knowledge even when we are very young. Small children are     48    in everything around them. They learn 49 while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older. they begin to 50 storybooks, science books, or anything they like.

When they find something new, they have to ask questions and 51 to find out the answers. What’s the best    52    to get knowledge? If we learn 53 ourselves, we will get the most knowledge. If we are     54    getting answers from others and don’t ask why, we will never learn more and understand    55      .

1. A. sleep   B. drink    C. cat

2. A. sport B. knowledge C. meat

3. A. interested B. interesting   C. good

4.A. something B. nothing   C. anything

5.A. write      B. learn       C. read

6. A. try    B. think   C. wait

7. A. place   B. way    C. road

8. A. with B. to   C. by

9. A. seldom B. always   C. sometimes

10. A. much   B. well C. better

Many young people want to be pop stars. Pop stars are rich. Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life. In fact, they had very hard lives. They spend much of their time on travel. Sometimes the travel is interesting, but in most time it is boring to pop stars. The following chart is a day’s life of a pop star.