1. Johnson became a rich man through

　 A. doing business.　　 B. making whisky.　　 C. cheating.　　 D. buying and selling land.

37、(1分)

　　 Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy-five, he gave £ 12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment (设备) for a children’s playground.

　　 As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five. Johnson had a sense of humour (幽默). He liked whisky (威士忌酒) and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening.”he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

　　 The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.

5. Who do you think won the argument(争论)in the end?

　 A. The Financial Controller. B. Robert.　 C. Nobody.　 D. The listeners.

4. Why were more and more people listening to Robert’s programmes?

　 A. Because he always lost his temper (脾气).

　 B. Because he disliked “the FC.”

　 C. Because the programmes were rich and to the taste of the listeners.

　 D. We don’t know.

3. Robert decided to make more programmes because

　 A. he wanted to meet the needs of the listeners.

　 B. “the FC”disliked him

　 C. the members of his department wanted him to do so.

　 D. he wanted to show himself off.

2. “Your request is out of the question.”Here “out of the question”means

　 A. without any questionB. with some question.　　 C. impossible.　　 D. possible.

1. In the story the Financial Controller was a person who was in charge of

　 A. Robert’s department’s programmes.　　 B. EBC programmes.

　 C. EBC money.　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. both B and C.

36、(1分)

　　 The man sitting opposite Robert was the Financial Controller. Everybody called him “the FC” for short. He made all the decisions about money. Robert needed some more. That was why he had to see him. The two men did not get on very well. In fact, they had always disliked each other.

　　 “Your request is out of the question,” the FC said. Robert had difficulty in controlling himself, but he managed somehow. He explained that he wanted the money in order to make more programmes.

　　 “And why do you want to do that?” the FC asked sharply. Again, Robert almost lost his temper. “Because more and more people are listening to my department’s programmes. There’s great demand for them,” he answered.

　　 The FC did not seem to believe him. But Robert had a report on the numbers of listeners to all EBC programmes. The FC became less confident (自信). Robert threw the report down on the table and told him to read it.

　　 The FC looked at it in silence. The figures (数字) proved that he had been wrong, but he did not want to admit it. “Well,”he finally said, “I may have made a small mistake.”Robert noticed the word “may.” He got up to leave. But he had the feeling that he would get the money after all.

5. ______ caused the ten Thai construction workers’ death.

　 A. An unexpected accident　　　　　　　 B. High blood pressure

　 C. Heart trouble　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Something that was unknown

4. Besides Thongchai Sombattra, the others could be _______.

　 A. from 25 years old to 38 years old　　 B. from 20 years old to 39 years old

　 C. from 21 years old to 39 years old　　 D. from 29 years old to 38 years old