Several years ago, a television reporter was interviewing three of the most important people from local businesses. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.

　　The reporter was talking to them about being important.

　　“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.

　　The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President is really important.”

　　The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.

　　The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President said he was too busy to answer it.”

　　The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”

　　“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”

　　“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.

　　“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”

1.This story happened in ________.

A. U.N.                         B. U.S.A.                              C. U.K.         D. P.R.C.

2.There are________in this passage.

A. three men        B. three women and one man　

C. four men       D. three men and one woman

3.The banker and the owner of one of the largest companies in the world ________.

A. had similar opinions about the reporter’s question　　        

B. disagreed with each other  

C. had been invited to the White House many times      

D. didn’t reply to the reporter

4.The owner of one of the largest companies thought ________.

A. he himself was really important because he owned one of the largest companies in the world

B. the President was really important because the president of another country called him

C. the visitor was really important if the President would rather treat him than answer an important phone call from another country

D. none of them was really important

5.The underlined word you in the last paragraph refers to (指的是) ________.

A. the television reporter　　                    B. the owner of many buildings

C. the President                   D. the visitor to the White House

先阅读短文，然后根据要求答题。

President Obama has said that he gives each of his seven and ten-year-old daughters just a dollar a week for their chores, such as setting the table, washing dishes, and cleaning up their play /' ɛəriə / and bedrooms.

People have different opinions about paying little kids for doing

chores or just giving money to them. Some families think that everyone

in the family should do housework, and that kids shouldn’t be paid for

doing so. The supporters(支持者),however, believe that kids should get

paid, and that the money they get will help kids learn important skills of

how to use it.

But for those who /tʃu:z/ to give the money, it can be a headache  

deciding on how much they should give, especially in these difficult economic（经济的）times. A good idea is that you can keep /'rekɔ:dz/ of how much you spend on your child daily for two weeks and then decide how much you should give according to the average（平均的）daily amount. Kids can start receiving money around ages 4 or 5, when children start to understand how money works.

A)根据短文内容完成下列语音题：

1.Write out the word/' ɛəriə /：_________

2. Write out the word/tʃu:z/：_________

3.Write out the word/'rekɔ:dz/：_________

4.In the underlined sentence find one word whose last sound can have incomplete plosion（失去爆破）：______________

5.In the underlined sentence find two words that can be read together（连续）：

_____________  _____________

B) 根据短文内容填入一个适当的词

6.President Obama’s two daughters _________ paid for doing chores.

7. In the passage there are ________ different opinions about paying to kids for doing chores.

8. Some people think that children should do housework _________ being paid.

9.Some people think that it’s important for children to ________ how to use money.

10.It’s __________ for parents to decide on how much money they should give to their children.

Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America．One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York．

    The reporter was talking to them about being important．

    “How do we know if someone is really important?”the reporter asked the banker．

    The banker thought for a few moments and then said,“I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important．”

    The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company．“Do you agree with that?”she asked．

    The man shook his head,“No．I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House．You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it．”

    The reporter turned to the third man．“Do you think so?”

    “No, I don’t,”he said．“I don’t think that makes the visitor important．That makes the

President important．”

    “Then what would make the visitor important?”the reporter and the other two men asked．

    “Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said,‘It’s for you．’”

1.This story happened in_________．

    A．England         B．America         C．Japan         D．Australia

2.There are_________ in this passage．

    A．two men and two women               B．three men and one woman

    C．three women and one man              D．four women

3.The banker thought________．

    A．he was really important because he was a rich banker

    B．the visitor to the White House to meet the President of the U．S was really important

    C．the visitor who met the President of the US

    D．the reporter was really important

4.The owner of the very large company thought_________．

    A．she was really important because she owned one of the largest companies

    B．the banker was really important

    C．the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important

D．the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President．the President would not answer any telephone call

5.The owner of many buildings thought__________．

    A．he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York

    B．the owner of the very large company was really important

    C．the visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor

    D．the person who worked in the White House was really important