I remember that ________ an old church on the top of the hill many years ago.

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     The old fashioned general store is fast disappearing. This is, perhaps, a pity, because shopping today seems to lack that personal element which existed when the shopkeeper knew all his regular customers personally. He could, for instance, remember which brand of tea Mrs. Smith usually bought or what sort of washing powder Mrs. Jones preferred. Not only was the shop a center of buying and selling, but a social meeting place.

     A prosperous（繁荣的） general store might have employed four or five assistants, and so there were very few problems in management as far as the staff （全体职员） was concerned. But now that the supermarket has replaced the general store, the job of the manager has changed completely. The modern supermarket manager has to cope with a staff of as many as a hundred, apart from all the other everyday problems of running a large business.

     Every morning the manager must, like the commander of an army division, carry out an inspection of his store to make sure that everything is ready for the business of the day. He must see that everything is running smoothly. He will have to give advice and make decisions as problems arise; and he must know how to get his huge staff to work efficiently with their respective responsibilities. No matter what he has to do throughout the day, however, the supermarket manager must be ready for any emergency that may arise. They say in the trade that you are not really an experienced supermarket manager until you have dealt with a flood, a fire, a birth and a death in your store.

1．The main purpose of the passage is to show ______.

     A．how the supermarket has replaced the old general store

     B．how the old fashioned general store is fast disappearing

     C．how supermarket managers deal with problems every morning

     D．how the role of the shop manager has undergone an overall change

2．It is a pity that there are fewer old general stores now because _____.

     A．there is less trading business

     B．there used to be more social activities in the old days

     C．supermarket managers has more problems

     D．there is less personal contact between manager and customer

3．Who are Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Jones mentioned in the first paragraph?

     A．People representing any of the regular customers of the old general store.

     B．Shop assistants.

     C．Friends of the shop manager’s.

     D．Two regular customers of the store.

4．How has the job of the store manager changed?

     A．He doesn’t sell tea or washing powder any more.

     B．He has a much larger staff to take care of, to say nothing of all the other daily problems of running the store.

     C．He must try hard to remember the names of the regular customers.

     D．He has to give advice and make decisions when problems arise.

5．The author compared the supermarket manager to ______.

     A．a military leader                            B．a school inspector

     C．traffic supervisor             D．an orchestra conductor

Reading Comprehension

Read the following passages, and choose the best answer that can answer the question.

　　Dolphins are not fish, but warm－blooded animals. "I hey live in groups, and speak to each other in their own language. In this they arc like other animals, such as bees and birds. But dolphins are very different from almost all land animals. Their brain is nearly the same size as our own, and they live a long time－at least twenty or thirty years.

　　Like some animals, dolphins use sound to help them find their way around. They also make these sounds to talk to each other and to help them find food. We now know they do not use their ears to receive these sounds, but the lower part of the mouth, called the jaw.

　　Strangely, dolphins seem to like man, and for thousands of years there have been stories about the dolphin and its friendship with people.

　　There is a story about sailors in the 19th century. In a dangerous part of the sea off the coast of New Zealand, they learnt to look for a dolphin called Jack. From 1871 to 1903 Jack met every boat in the area and showed it the way. Then in 1903 a passenger on a boat called the Penguin shot and wounded Jack. He recovered and for nine years more continued to guide all ships through the area－except for the Penguin.

　　Today, some people continue to kill dolphins, but many countries of the world now protect them and in these places it is against the law to kill them.

1．Dolphins are different from many other animals in that they ________.

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A．live in groups

B．have large brains

C．are warm－blooded

D．have their own language

2．Which of the following does the dolphin use to help it find its way around?

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3．Why did the sailors off the coast of New Zealand look for Jack?

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A．He was lonely and liked to be with people.

B．They enjoyed playing with him.

C．He was seriously wounded.

D．They wanted his help.

4．By telling the story of Jack the writer wanted to show that ________.

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A．dolphins are friendly and clever

B．people are cruel to animals

C．Jack is different from other dolphins

D．Dolphins should be protected by law

5．What does the underlined sentence tell use?

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A．Penguins used to guide the ships passing by.

B．There used to be penguins on the boat.

C．Jack guided for all ships except the boat called the Penguin.

D．Jack recovered with the help of the penguin.