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

Are you ____ about how to study and make your study more effective(有效率的)? We all know that some students usually study very hard for a long ___. This is very good, but it doesn’t ___a lot, for an effective student must have enough sleep, enough food and enough rest and exercise. Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places. It’s ____ for your study.
When you return ____ your studies, your mind will be refreshed and you’ll learn more ____ study better. Psychologists(心理学家)__ __ that learning takes place this way. Here take English learning as an example. First you make a lot of progress and you will feel happy. Then your language seems to stay the same. So you will think you are learning ____ and you may give up. This can last for days or even weeks , yet you can’t give up. Later your language study will again take another big ____. You will see that you really have been learning all along. If you get enough sleep, food, rest and exercise, studying English can be very effective and ____. Don’t give up along the way. Learn slowly and you’re sure to get a good result.

Are you ____ about how to study and make your study more effective(有效率的)? We all know that some students usually study very hard for a long ___. This is very good, but it doesn’t ___a lot, for an effective student must have enough sleep, enough food and enough rest and exercise. Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places. It’s ____ for your study.

When you return ____ your studies, your mind will be refreshed and you’ll learn more ____ study better. Psychologists(心理学家)__ __ that learning takes place this way. Here take English learning as an example. First you make a lot of progress and you will feel happy. Then your language seems to stay the same. So you will think you are learning ____ and you may give up. This can last for days or even weeks , yet you can’t give up. Later your language study will again take another big ____. You will see that you really have been learning all along. If you get enough sleep, food, rest and exercise, studying English can be very effective and ____. Don’t give up along the way. Learn slowly and you’re sure to get a good result.

1.A. nervous                B. worried             C. worry                       D. unhappy

2.A. days                       B. time                     C. hours                        D. weeks days

3.A. give                    B. make                C. help                            D. take

4.A. good                    B. bad                 C. well                          D. worse

5.A. after            B. at          C. to                           D. for

6.A. and                        B. yet                 C. or                              D. but

7.A. told          B. have found          C. said                D. have taught

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

9.A. work                       B. walk                  C. wait                          D. jump

10.A. interesting           B. hard               C. possible           D.boring

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

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 Whiter 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 _______.

2.The banker thought _______.

3.The owner of many buildings thought _______.