23、    No one wants to look silly or do the wrong things at a new job．It is important to make the right impression from the very first day．You will face new face new people．You will be in new place．It may be difficult to know what to do．Here are five tips to help you make it through the first day at a new job：

1．  1  Make sure you make a good one．Before your first day，find out if your new job has a dress code(rules about what you can wear to work)．If so，be sure to follow it．No matter what，always be neat and clean．

2．  2  Give yourself an extra 15 minutes to make sure you arrive on time．

3．  3  One of the first things that your supervisor may do is to introduce you to co-workers. These co-workers will be important to you．They are the ones who will answer your questions when the boss is not around．

4．  4   Make sure that your supervisor has told you what is expected of you. If he or she has not told you your duties，ask for a list．Set daily and weekly goals for yourself．

5．  5   Observe what your co-workers do aroundquitting time. It does not look good for you to be eager to leave．

22、    On a Friday night in New York，a poor young man called Jay stood near the subway station，playing this violin．The music was so great that many people slowed down and put some money into his hat．

    The next day，Jay came again．He took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground．Then he began playing．It seemed more pleasant to listen to．Before long，many people came，looking at the paper．It said，“Last night，a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat．Please come to claim(认领)it soon．”

    Seeing this，People wondered what it could be．After about half an hour，a middle-aged man rushed through the crowd to the young man and said，“I’m the George. I knew you’d surely come here!”

    Then George explained the whole story．He bought a lottery ticket a few days ago. Yesterday he found that he won a prize of $500，000．He was very excited．On his way home, he felt the music was so wonderful that he took out $100 and put it on the hat. However．the lottery ticket with his name on was also thrown in．

    Jay was a student at an arts school in Paris．He had booked the flight and would fly that morning．However，when he happened to find the ticket holder had won the lottery，he cancelled(取消)the flight and came back to the subway station.

    Later someone asked Jay，“Why didn’t you take the lottery ticket for yourself?” He said，“Although I don’t have much money，I live happily；but if I lose honesty，I won’t be happy forever．’’

1．Jay played his violin near the subway station                        ．

2．The next day, Jay put                              on the ground．

3．                            made George feel excited．

4．Jay went back because                             ．

5．The best title of the text could be                           ．

20、Dear Mum and Dad，

    It was a great idea to send me over to Britain to learn English this summer．I’ve  1  so many students from Sweden．France and other countries all over the world．

    The family I live with are very nice．But they have some  2  habits．They drink tea all 3  (at the breakfast，at the afternoon and at the bed time，  4  they eat butter with salt in it! If I go out in the evening，I often eat fish and chips．the  5   is wrapped up(包)in a newspaper．

    Here on the coast，we travel by bus．I was knocked down by an old lady the 6   day because I didn’t stand in the queue；she  7  me over the head her handbag．English people seem very quiet and reserved usually．If we make a noise on the bus they look 8 and uncomfortable．so I was very 9  to see how violent(粗暴的)they became about queues．

    Most English people only talk about the  10  ．They do have a lot to talk about rain，wind and sometimes fog．Also，if you ask them directions，they suddenly become very chatty and go on for hours．

    I’d like to come back here next year to see all my friends again．Oh，yes，and to learn some British English．

                                                               Your loving son，

                                                                        Hans

1．A．caught                  B．visited                  C．met

2．A．polite                     B．strange                C．good

3．A．morning                B．week                   C．day

4．A．And                       B．But                      C．So

5．A．meal                      B．food                    C．supper

6．A．other                     B．very                    C．next

7．A．threw                    B．hit                       C．took

8．A．worried                 B．interested                C．excited

9．A．sad                       B．surprised                C．angry

10．A．price                   B．weather                  C．food

19、从右栏中选择左栏各句的恰当答语。

(    )1．What would you like to have，tea or coffee?      A．Good idea．

(    )2．Happy New Year!                                         B．Tank you．I want some tea．

(    )3．What can I do for you?                                 C．The same to you!

(    )4．Can I leave a message?                                     D．Yes，I like tea．

(    )5．Let’s go swimming，OK?                               E．Tea，please．

                                                                                 F．Certainly．

18、

    Jim：Which do you like better，art or music?

(   )Kate：I like music better than art．   1  

(   )Jim：Really? I can’t agree with you．Art is more interesting than music．2  I like art better．

(   )Kate：No．Music is much more popular．  3  

    Jim：But I have to say you don’t sing well．I’m afraid nobody likes to listen to you when you sing．

(   )Kate：But you draw badly．  4 

(   )Mum：Oh，my children，stop talking like that，please．  5   They make our life more interesting．

17、Mr. Smith came to China       1996．He has lived here for 11 years．

A．in                 B．on                C．at

16、—What kind of music do you like?

—I like music          I can sing along with．

A．who             B．that              C．where

15、—Where would you like to visit?

—I hope           somewhere relaxing．

A．go                B．going            C．to go

14、I like pop music，         my parents don’t．

A．and              B．but               C．or