Our village carpenter(木匠), John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for the job.
My wife said to me quietly, “It’s his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said in a loud voice, “It is a beautiful table, dear, isn’t it?”
“I will decide about that when I see the bill, ” I read:
One dining table, 10 November, 1989.
Cost of wood: ＄17.00
Paint: ＄1.50
Work: 8 hours (＄1 an hour) ＄8.00
Total: ＄36.50
When I was looking at the bill, John said, “It’s been a fine day, hasn’t it? Quite sunny.” “Yes,” I said, “I’m glad it is only the 10^th of November.”
“Me, too,” said John. “You wait. It’ll be a lot colder by the end of the month.”
“Yes, colder…. And more expensive! Dining tables will be ＄20 more expensive on November 30^th, won’t they, John?” John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him.
“If it isn’t too much trouble, John,” I said, “Please add it up again and you can forget the date.”
I paid him ＄26.50and he was happy to get it.
【小题1】Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill?_______

At the party, John made up a joke, people burst out laughing.

A．on which B．by which C．at which D．from which

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

John, a heavy smoker, once felt bad-tempered.His hands started shaking and he coughed a lot, so he turned to his doctor for help．“Quit smoking．”the doctor advised. Finding the advice sensible from several points, such as money, health, and cleanliness, John decided to give up smoking．However, for several hours without a cigarette, John was nervous and had difficulty in concentrating, inability to sleep, which made him more hungry for a cigarette．He said to himself,“One more, and I will quit it tomorrow．Tomorrow will be a suitable day for me to break away from the bad habit…”Then he picked up a cigarette which made him relaxed. Again and again John made up his mind to do it“tomorrow”．Today John is still addicted to smoking．

Lots of people think that“tomorrow”is always the most convenient time to start breaking an old developed habit．But good intentions are there, and will-power is not．Consequently, these people will never achieve anything．

1、以约30个词概括短文的要点。

2、然后以约120个词就“Don’t leave Today’s Work for Tomorrow”这个主题发表你的看法,并包括下面要点：

1)不能把今天的事情推迟到明天，因为明天还有明天的事情。

2)推迟完成今天该做的事情是那些缺乏意志没有决心的人不做事情的借口。

3)长期不完成今天该做的事情，会养成懒性。

4)作为学生要如何对待这个问题。

写作要求：

1、你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用阅读材料中的句子。

2、短文标题已给出，但不计入总词数。

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完成句子：(共5小题，10个空，每空1分，满分10分)

1.When the war ______ ______ (爆发), he was working in the navy.

2.I can’t ______ ______(想出)why she said that.

3.______ ______he is free will he come to see me.

4.______ ______ a good teacher, John made great progress in his English study last term.

5.If I have a choice I would ______ ______ choose something else.

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Our village carpenter(木匠), John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for the job.
My wife said to me quietly, “It’s his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said in a loud voice, “It is a beautiful table, dear, isn’t it?”
“I will decide about that when I see the bill, ” I read:
One dining table, 10 November, 1989.
Cost of wood: ＄17.00
Paint: ＄1.50
Work: 8 hours (＄1 an hour) ＄8.00
Total: ＄36.50
When I was looking at the bill, John said, “It’s been a fine day, hasn’t it? Quite sunny.” “Yes,” I said, “I’m glad it is only the 10^th of November.”
“Me, too,” said John. “You wait. It’ll be a lot colder by the end of the month.”
“Yes, colder…. And more expensive! Dining tables will be ＄20 more expensive on November 30^th, won’t they, John?” John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him.
“If it isn’t too much trouble, John,” I said, “Please add it up again and you can forget the date.”
I paid him ＄26.50and he was happy to get it.

1.
Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill?_______
1. A.
  Because he didn’t want the writer to go through the bill carefully.
2. B.
  Because it was really a fine day.
3. C.
  Because he wanted the writer to check the bill carefully.
4. D.
  Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like.
2.
Why did the writer say that dining table would be＄ 20 more expensive on November 30^th ?__________
1. A.
  Because it was difficult to make dining tables in cold weather.
2. B.
  Because paint would be more expensive.
3. C.
  Because the cost of wood would be more expensive.
4. D.
  Because he thought John would certainly add to the cost of the dining table.
3.
From the story we know that _____________
1. A.
  John made a mistake in the bill.
2. B.
  John tried to fool the writer in order to get more money for his work
3. C.
  John had written out the bill before the writer got home.
4. D.
  John still wanted to get ＄36.50 for his work in the end.

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Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill?_______

Why did the writer say that dining table would be＄ 20 more expensive on November 30th ?__________

From the story we know that _____________

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Why did the writer say that dining table would be＄ 20 more expensive on November 30^th ?__________