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Edgar felt quite excited at the thought of his first swim of the summer. With the sun shining down so strongly, the sea was certain to be warm enough. He walked quickly along the sea-front towards the steps that led on to the sands. He smiled cheerfully at the passersby. He had just smiled and raised his hat to an elderly lady when a man with a camera caught his arm and stopped him. Edgar heard a little buzzing noise from the camera.
“Your photograph, sir, in glorious colour in just one moment if you please,” said the man in one breath. Then the buzzing stopped, and he held the photograph in his hand and was waving it to and fro. In a
moment he handed it over, and Edgar saw the bright blue splash of his shirt half filling the picture.
“Seventy pence, sir,” the man said. “It’s the bargain of your holiday.”
“Seventy pence,” Edgar repeated, mildly. “For this?” He stared at the photographer.
“They’re normally eighty-five, sir, but for a single subject I make a cut-price offer. It’s the best value you’ll get in Chadwell.”
“You’ll have to make a better offer,” Edgar said. It was a good photo though, he thought, so bright and clear. His hat was held high, and he was smiling broadly at the old lady, whose arm and handbag came into a lower corner. He had had no idea that he was being snapped. He thought he was really quite a good-looking chap.
“That’s as good as any studio job that would cost you pounds,” said the cameraman. “It’s better in a way because it’s so natural. Only seventy pence, sir.”
“I’ve never paid so much for a snap in my life. It simply isn’t worth that kind of money. It’s not as if I need the thing. Look, I’ll give you twenty-five.”
“No, I can’t do that. Each of these instant colour shots costs me 50p — that’s the price of the blank frame, so you see…”
“Criminal, criminal,” Edgar broke in. “You want a profit of forty per cent. Well, not at my expense, I’m afraid. I’ll give you your 50p and that’s that.”
“Let me see, then.” The man suddenly took the photograph out of Edgar’s hand. “I can’t waste any more time with you. It’s 70p or I keep it.”
“Keep it,” Edgar said. He turned, looked out to the sea, and then walked quickly away.
1.Why do you suppose Edgar was in Chadwell?
A. It was his hometown.
B. He was there on holiday.
C. He was in the making of a film.
D. He was there to have his photograph taken.
2.Edgar smiled at and raised his hat to the lady because ________.
A. he thought he recognized her
B. he wanted the photograph to be amusing
C. she was having her photograph taken
D. he was feeling excited and cheerful
3. The photographer lowered his price to 70p because __________.
A. Edgar wanted to bargain for the photo
B. Edgar couldn’t afford to pay the normal price
C. Edgar was the only person in the photo
D. there was only one copy of the photo
4.What did Edgar think of the photo?
A. He thought it made him look like a criminal.
B. He liked it but thought it was too dear.
C. It annoyed him because he hadn’t expected it.
D. He thought it was a bargain at the price.
5.We can infer from the passage that _______ .
A. Edgar was an indifferent but good-looking man
B. Edgar smiled at the photographer because he was being photographed
C. the photographer was actually a criminal
D. Edgar didn’t buy the snap at length.
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I remember a day when I was a little kid. I was making a sandwich in the kitchen when I noticed the date on one of the wine bottles.
“ Dad, dad!” I cried. “This wine is too old to drink.”
“ Son, hold on,” he said.
“ No, you can’t drink this tonight! This bottle of wine was made 10 years ago.”
“ Wait, let me tell you…”
“ Would you like me to throw it away fro you?” I asked.
“ Son, wait a second,” he said. “Son, some wines get better over time. The longer you wait to drink it, the better it will be. Although this may seem strange, it is true.”
When I was young, I didn’t have any understanding of what this meant, but now, this would have been very helpful to remember as I went through my teenage years.
In our society, we forget this simple rule: The longer you want for certain things, the better they will be. But we want the best job as quickly as possible; we want to graduate from college in as few years as possible; we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends. When we do this, we lose something of great importance.
We all want to get to the next step so quickly that perhaps we don’t get ready enough to get there. This has a negative effect on our society. When trying to go to the right college, we will do anything to get in and when we rush through our class-work, we may not study enough for the test, and end up failing. We need to be ready for whatever comes, ready for the unexpected. Wine gets better over time, so do the things in our paths of life.
1.Why did the author tell his father not to drink the bottle of wine?
A．Because it smelt terrible.
B．Because it had been kept for years.
C．Because it was mixed with something else.
D．Because his father drank too much that night.
2.What the author’s father said __________.
A．made the author puzzled when he was a little child.
B．was too simple a rule to be meaningful to the author.
C．threw the author into deep thought then.
D．was an excuse to drink the wine.
3.In the author’s opinion, if we do things too quickly, we will __________.
A．do it better
B．save much time
C．graduate from college more quickly
D．miss something useful to us in life
4.Which of the following best reflects the main idea of the passage?
A．Well begun is half done.
B．More haste, less speed.
C．Failure is the mother of success.
D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
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When people don’t know the language, the most common way is 36 communicate with 37 . However, many gestures have different meanings, or no meanings at all. In different parts of the world, in the United States, 38 example 39 your head 40 “Yes.” In some parts of Greece and Turkey, 41 , this motion can mean “” 42 “. In Southeast Asia, nodding your head 43 a polite way of 44 “I hear you.”
In ancient Rome, 45 the emperor wanted to spare someone’s life, he would put his 46 up. Today in the United States, when someone put his/ her thumb 47 , it means “ 48 .” However in Sardinia and Greece, the gesture is insulting and 49 not be used there.
In the United States, 50 your clasped hands 51 your head means “I’m the champion.” Or “I’m the winner.” It is the sign fighters make 52 they win a fight. When a leading Russian Statesman made this gesture after a White House meeting, Americans misunderstood and thought he meant he was a winner. In Russia, however, it is a sign of 53 .
In the United States, 54 your hand up with the thumb and index finge in a circle and the 55 three fingers spread out means “Everything is O.K.” And is frequently used by astronauts and politicians. In France and Belgium, it can mean “ You are worth nothing.”
A. to B. on C. for D. of
A. smiles B. gestures C. waving D. languages
A. for B. with C. of D. about
A. nodding B. tossing C. nodded D. tossed
A. up and down B. to and fro C. back and forth D. neck and neck
A. but B. or C. however D. yet
A. No B. Yes C. O. K D. Go
A. be B. is C. am D. are
A. say B. said C. says D. saying
A. when B. after C. since D. while
A. finger B. thumb C. index D. hand
A. down B. above C. up D. below
A Nothing B. Everything C. Something D. Anything
A. must B. can C. might D. should
A. to raise B. raising C. to be raised D. raise
A. above B. before C. below D. up
A. when B. before C. since D. while
A. friends B. friendship C. friendly D. being friend
A. hold B. holding C. held D.to be held
A. no B. other C. another D. either
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When people don’t know the language, the most common way is 36 communicate with 37 . However, many gestures have different meanings, or no meanings at all. In different parts of the world, in the United States, 38 example 39 your head 40 “Yes.” In some parts of Greece and Turkey, 41 , this motion can mean “” 42 “. In Southeast Asia, nodding your head 43 a polite way of 44 “I hear you.”
In ancient Rome, 45 the emperor wanted to spare someone’s life, he would put his 46 up. Today in the United States, when someone put his/ her thumb 47 , it means “ 48 .” However in Sardinia and Greece, the gesture is insulting and 49 not be used there.
In the United States, 50 your clasped hands 51 your head means “I’m the champion.” Or “I’m the winner.” It is the sign fighters make 52 they win a fight. When a leading Russian Statesman made this gesture after a White House meeting, Americans misunderstood and thought he meant he was a winner. In Russia, however, it is a sign of 53 .
In the United States, 54 your hand up with the thumb and index finge in a circle and the 55 three fingers spread out means “Everything is O.K.” And is frequently used by astronauts and politicians. In France and Belgium, it can mean “ You are worth nothing.”
1.A. to B. on C. for D. of
2.A. smiles B. gestures C. waving D. languages
3.A. for B. with C. of D. about
4.A. nodding B. tossing C. nodded D. tossed
5.A. up and down B. to and fro C. back and forth D. neck and neck
6.A. but B. or C. however D. yet
7.A. No B. Yes C. O. K D. Go
8.A. be B. is C. am D. are
9.A. say B. said C. says D. saying
10.A. when B. after C. since D. while
11.A. finger B. thumb C. index D. hand
12.A. down B. above C. up D. below
13.A Nothing B. Everything C. Something D. Anything
14.A. must B. can C. might D. should
15.A. to raise B. raising C. to be raised D. raise
16.A. above B. before C. below D. up
17.A. when B. before C. since D. while
18.A. friends B. friendship C. friendly D. being friend
19.A. hold B. holding C. held D.to be held
20.A. no B. other C. another D. either
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The Wal-Mart in Cleburne, Texas, was crowded. People were waiting in long lines at checkout counters to pay for small things that would be next-morning treasures under someone’s Christmas tree.
The woman standing in cashier Jeffrey Kandt’s line seemed to be living on the edge of subsistence（生计）. Her clothes were worn and her hands were those of a person who’d worked hard for what she had. She held a single item in her arms as she patiently waited to move to the front of the line — a Sony CD player. She had saved all year for this. With tax, the total would be close to $ 220.
As the woman got close to the cashier, she suddenly shouted, “Where’s my money? All of my money fro my son’s gift! Oh no!”
“Why my line?” Kandt thought as he watched the poor woman searching through her clothes. He was going to have to call his manager to avoid the sale but it would mean a long wait for the customers behind her. “I am going to go home late tonight,” Kandt thought.
Then an amazing thing happened. At the back of the line, a man took out his wallet, pulled out $100 and passed it forward. As the cash moved up the line, a twen5ty-dollar bill was added here, and a ten-dollar bill was added there. When the collection finally reached the registewr, Kandt counted $ 220.
Strangers had fulfilled a poor woman’s Christmas wish.
The poor in his line at the Wal-Mart in Cleburne, Texas, had come together on Christmas Eve, 2002.
According to the passage, the woman’s Christmas wish was to ______.
A．collect $ 220 for her family B．buy her son a CD player as a gift
C．buy enough food for her family D．organize a big party for her son
Which of the following statements is TRUE about Jeffrey Kandt when the woman couldn’t find her money?
A．He was impatient and wanted to go home.
B．He wanted to see whether the woman had money or not.
C．He wanted the woman to stand in another line.
D．He didn’t think about the customers waiting behind the woman.
What does paragraph 5 mainly talk about?
A．a description of a man standing in the line
B．the cashier, Jeffery Kandt
C．the collection of $ 220
D．a reason why the strangers collected he money
What can we learn from the passage?
A．The woman collected money by herself.
B．The woman seemed to be poor, but in fact had lots of money.
C．Strangers in the line volunteered to help the woman.
D．The woman had never ay money.
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