A week ago, I read When Money Talks, Listen! by Rich Ezzo. It took only about an hour to read, and that included one trip to the coffee maker and about 10 distractions (分心)from Alex, our cat, who thinks he is the center of the universe.

When I first received a copy, I thought it was a get-rich-quick type of publication. There is nothing wrong with that kind of book, but my mind just doesn’t chase after dreams of wealth. I figure that if God ever wants me to be rich, he knows where to find my purse.

When I began reading When Money Talks, Listen!, I was overjoyed to find that Rich Ezzo isn’t money hungry either. He, too, is hungry for things far more important than money.

I absolutely love this e-book. Why did I wait a week to write the review ? simple. I wanted to see if the impact it had on me could keep up. After reading the last word of the e-book, I totally agreed with the subtitle(副标题)which promised to forever change the way we thought about money. I had so many thoughts running around my mind that I had to install a stop light to stop some while others made their way into the picture. I had a mental traffic jam, which only goes to show how slow the traffic usually is.

It has been a week and the impact is the same. I guarantee this is an e-book you’ll want to read. I urge you to visit the author’s website, MysterMoney. Com, and to download the e-book. You won’t

regret it.

What’s the purpose of the passage?

     A．to strongly recommend an e-book          

         B．to show the author’s attitude to money

     C．to introduce the general idea of an e-book

     D．to tell us Rich Ezzo isn’t money hungry

The author didn’t write the review right after reading because _____.

     A．he was too excited to write anything 

         B．he was not sure whether he liked the book

     C．he had to wait for Rich Ezzo’s permission

     D．he wondered if this book had a long influence on him

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

         A．The author had known Rich Ezzo before

         B．The author hasn’t dreamed of getting rich instantly

         C．The author always prefers e-books to paper books

         D．The author likes the get-rich type of publication

C

Kerry and Alice were both artists in Britain. They taught drawing and painting at Cambridge University. Although they were friends, each thought oneself to be the better painter.

One day, Kerry promised marriage to Alice. Surprised and pleased by the offer, the girl was not sure whether she would spend her future as a wife or a painter. After a moment she replied as follows, "Each of us must paint a picture. If yours is superior to mine, you can make me your wife. If not, please drop the question." Then it was decided to give it the following day.

The next morning. Alice hung her picture on the gate. It showed a bunch of flowers and won high praise from everyone who passed by. In fact, a crowd collected in front of her masterpiece and fixed eyes on it.

Several hours passed. Then Kerry was seen coming along to the gate with what appeared to be a beautiful leather suitcase in his hand. When he finally stopped before Alice, the girl artist brushed like a rose and agreed to marry him without any hesitation. Why?

64．What did Alice think Kerry's offer?

A. She liked Kerry, but she didn't expect him to promise marriage to her.

B. She didn't want to marry anybody.

C. She didn't like it at all.

D. She thought the offer wasn't polite.

65．In the sentence "If yours is superior to mine, you can make me your wife"。 "superior to" here means ____.

A. not so better than    B. better than     C. so good as    D. as good as

66．  Which of the following is true?

A. Kerry didn't accept Alice's suggestion.

B. Kerry wasn't sure of his painting so he dropped his offer.

C. Kerry did go the next day, but he failed to take a picture

D. Kerry agreed to Alice's suggestion.

67．Alice's picture won high praise because ____.

A. it was true to nature                        B. the flowers were red

C. it showed so large a bunch of flowers          D. people felt it strange to hang it on the gate

68．The "leather suitcase" was in fact ____.

A. a real one                                  B. a painting drawn by Kerry

C. a box with a picture in it                      D. made up of leather

It was a cold winter afternoon. Robert stopped for a moment as he crossed the bridge and looked down at the river below. There were hardly any   36   on the river. Near the bridge, however, almost direct below,   37   was a small canoe (独木舟), with a boy in it. The boy was wearing  38   and shivering (颤抖) with cold, Robert noticed.  Just then he heard a cry, “Help! Help!” The cry   39   from the river. Robert looked down. The boy was   40   the water and his canoe was floating away. “Help! Help!” he called again.

Robert was a good   41  . Taking off his clothes, he  42   into the river. The   43   water made him tremble all over,   44   in a few seconds he reached the boy. “Don’t be afraid,” he said and started to swim towards the river bank,  45   the boy with him. But at that   46   he noticed a large motor boat under the bridge. There were several people on the boat, all   47   in his direction. Robert   48   to swim towards the boat.

“Give me a hand,” he shouted   49   he got near the boat. He   50   up into a row of faces. “It’s funny,” he thought. “They look so   51  .” Silently they helped the boy into the boat and   52   him in a blanket (毯子). But they did not move to   53   Robert.

“Aren’t you going to pull me   54  , too?”

“You!” said one of the men. Robert noticed that he was standing next to a large   55  . “You! Why, we were making a film and you spoiled (破坏) a whole afternoon’s work! You can stay in the water!”

When I was a college student, I did a lot of traveling abroad. That was because a professor   1.  me to do so. She said, “Now it is the time for you to travel around the world,   2.  your knowledge through actual experiences and have fun?” I   3.  her.

Since I started to work for a   4.  company, however, I have done most of my traveling through the Internet. By using the Internet, I have seen the  5.  of many cities on my computer screen. And I have really made business   6., too. With the help of the Internet, I have also got   7.  about food in different countries.

Therefore, I was beginning to feel that actual trips were   8.  necessary when I happened to read a famous chef's (厨师) comment on the Internet. He said, “It is very difficult to have real Italian food in a foreign country, because we enjoy food and the

 9.  around us at the same time. So why don't you fly over to Italy and enjoy real Italian   10.? “Those words reminded me of my  11. advice. As information technology   12. , you might be able to do without making some real trips. But this also means that you will miss the various   13.  you can get from traveling.

Today there are people who   14.  direct communication with others and spend much of their time on the Internet. It is not surprising to see a group of people 15. not with each other but into their micro phones. It seems as if such people are  16. by an invisible wall. They seem to be losing out on a good chance to  17.  and talk with other people. I do not think that they are taking good advantage of information technology. We should use information technology as a tool to make our daily   18.  more fruitful. However, we should never let it   19.  our time for face to -face communication. Let's make use of information technology more   20. , and have great fun in experiencing the actual world.

21.               A．promised       B．allowed        C．hurried   D．encouraged

22.               A．build up        B．use            C．practise   D．exchange

23.               A．agreed with     B．learned from    C．followed   D．obeyed

24.               A．car            B．food           C．clothing   D．machine

25.               A．life            B．rivers          C．sights D．houses

26.               A．plans          B．bargain         C．progress   D．trips

27.               A．information     B．taste           C．cooks D．feelings

28.               A．even more      B．no longer       C．much D．actually

29.               A．people         B．drink          C．atmosphere    D．environment

30.               A．shoes          B．dishes          C．customers D．situations

31.               A．friend's        B．parents'        C．professor's D．boss's

32.               A．produces       B．advertises       C．forms D．advances

33.               A．news          B．pleasures       C．troubles   D．places

34.               A．avoid          B．keep           C．lose  D．enjoy

35.               A．meeting        B．talking         C．communicating  D．traveling

36.               A．stopped        B．met           C．surrounded    D．hurt

37.               A．look at         B．employ         C．travel D．meet

38.               A．communication  B．study          C．work D．action

39.               A．spare          B．increase        C．reduce    D．make use of

40.               A．wisely          B．correctly       C．or less D．slowly