John Brown was a shopkeeper. He sold and repaired watches in his small shop. One day his cousin, Mike, came to the shop and said to him, “I’ve lost my job. Do you 1 if I work in your shop?” “Certainly not. I’ll teach you everything I know about watches,” John told Mike. For the first few weeks, Mike worked very hard. He was polite and helpful to the customers (顾客).He cleaned the shelves and    2 where everything was in the shop. John was very pleased with him. While Mike

looked 3    the front of the shop, John was able to work and build up the repair business in the back

room.

After a month and a half, Mike asked, “Is there anything else you want to 4 me?”

“Yes,Mike, there is,” John said. “It’s time to teach you the secret of our 5 “I think I know that,’’ Mike said. “You buy watches at one price and sell them at a higher price. The 6 in price is our profit (利润)•”

“That’s true, but it’s not where we make most of our profit,” John said. He 7 a watch from the counter (才巨台)• “Do you think this watch is a good one?” he asked Mike. “No, I don’t think so. It’s a cheap one,” the young man answered. “We can’t make much profit from selling those. Perhaps only a few dollars each.”

“That’s where you are 8    ,    my boy,” John said. “Those watches make more profit than any

other watch in the shop.”

“Could you tell me 9 those cheap watches make more profit?” Mike asked.

“They are really cheap, but they are always 10 John told him. “We make our profit from repairing them.”

(    )1. A. worry    B.    mind    C.    know    D.    agree

(    )2. A. showed    B.    answered    C.    learned    D.    explained

(    )3. A. after    B.    for    C.    at    D.    towards

(    )4. A. give    B.    present    C.    test    D.    teach

(    )5. A. plan    B.    experience    C.    success    D.    message

(    )6. A. discount    B.    choice    C.    difference    D.    level

(    )7. A. took away    B.    picked up    C.    put down    D.    asked for

(    )8. A. careless    B.    impatient    C.    unlucky    D.    wrong

(    )9. A. why    B.    when    C.    where    D.    whether

(    )10. A. improving    B.    working    C. changing    D.    breaking

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    It's Jim's birthday today. He is five years old. He gets many nice birthday presents(礼物)from his family and one of them is a big drum(鼓).

"Who gives him the drum?" his father asks.

"His grandfather does/' answers Jim's mother.

Jim likes his drum very much. He makes a noise(噪音)with it, but his mother doesn't say anything about it, His father is not at home. He is working in a school. So he doesn't hear the noise.

But one of the neighbors(邻居)doesn't like the noise. So one morning she takes a knife(刀子)and goes into Jim's room. Jim is making a noise with the drum. She says to him, "Hello, Jim. Do you know there is something nice in your drum? Here's a knife. Open the drum and let's find it."

1.  Jim's_________ gives him the drum.

A. grandfather          B. father

C. mother             D. neighbor

2.  Jim's father is__________ 

A. a worker               B. a teacher

C. a waiter             D. a shop assistant

3.  The neighbor hates(讨厌)________ .

A. Jim's presents             B. the drum

C. the knife                 D. the noise

4.  The neighbor tells Jim___________ .

 A.   to put the drum away

B.   to look after the drum

C.   to open the drum with the knife

D.   to make a noise with the drum

5.  Which of the following is RIGHT?

 A.   Jim's grandfather makes the drum.

B.   Something is wrong with Jim's father's ears.

C.   There's a nice present in the drum.

D. Jim's mother doesn't stop(阻止)the noise.

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