Fred,a young man of twenty-five, was an able worker. He worked in this factory since he finished middle school six years ago. (3)At first he spent much time in studying all machines in his workplace and learned to repair them. His boss Mr dick liked the clever young man and paid him more than any other worker.

Four years later the young man got into the habit of (养成……习惯)drinking and was often drink. He couldn’t go to work on time and didn’t work so hard as before. Sometimes he slept when he was on duty. It made Mr Dick angry and told him not to drink. He agreed but soon forgot it. His friend Henry often helped him and tried to stop him drinking, but he failed. And one afternoon something was wrong with an expensive machine. The workplace had to stop working. Fred was found in a bar(酒吧)but he was drunk. He broke the machine when repairing it. Henry had to take him home. The next morning, as soon as he got up, the telephone rang and Henry said,“Two pieces of news for you, Fred. One piece is good and the other is bad.”

“Tell me the good one first, please,”said Fred.

“(4)You’ll be given double pay next month.”

“Oh, wonderful!” called out Fred.

“Mr Dick told me to take your place.”

任务一：根据短文内容回答下面的问题。

1.Why did Mr Dick pay Fred more than any other worker?

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2.Why was Mr Dick angry with Fred later?

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任务二：将文中的划线句子翻译成汉语

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任务三：What’s the main idea of this passage?

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Once there was something wrong with a machine in a factory. The workers could do nothing but turn to a German engineer for help, who drew a line on it and then said, “Take off the part where the line is and change it for a new one.” The machine, with a new part on, began running well again. The engineer then asked for $30,000 for what he had done. The following were what he wrote on a bill, “The new part only costs one dollar, and knowing where the problem with the machine is costs $ 29,999.”　

One dollar for changing a new part sounds reasonable, but the $29,999 is exactly the value of wisdom and knowledge.

(46) The workers could do nothing but turn to a German engineer for help because __________.

A. they had nothing to do in the factory　　　　　

B. there were no other people in the factory

C. the workers could not repair the machine　

D. the workers asked for too much money for repairing the machine

(47) The problem of the machine __________.

A. was caused by the German engineer　　　　　　　　 B. was found and solved by the workers

C. took the engineer a long time to find D. was easy for the German engineer

(48) According to the engineer, the finding of the problem cost ________.

A. only one dollar B. $29,999

C. nothing D. less than the new part
(49) The writer wants to tell us that ________.

A. the engineer asked for too much money

B. the workers should pay the money

C. the knowledge is worth more money

D. the new part could cost more

(50) What is worth only one dollar?

A. A line. 　B. A new part.　　 　 C. Wisdom.　　　　　　　　 D. Knowledge.