John is a famous writer now.But he said he was not a   1.  student when he was young.He was often late for    2.  and didn’t like doing his homework.

Sometimes, he slept in class while the teacher was teaching.He didn’t understand much,   3. he always thought he understood everything.One day the teacher 4.  the students a question, ‘When Jack was ten years old,  5. brother Bob was twenty.Jack is fifteen now and   6.  is his brother Bob?’ John said, ‘ That’s easy.Bob is twice as old as Jack.So he is now thirty.’

Another time, the   7.  in a science class asked, ‘ When it thunders(打雷),   8.  do we always see the light before we   9.  the sound?’ ‘But, Miss,’ said John quickly.‘ Don’t you    10. our eyes are in front of our ears?’

11.               A.good           B.tall            C.rich  D.fat

 

12.               A.sleep          B.lunch          C.class  D.play

 

13.               A.so             B.and            C.or    D.but

 

14.               A.sent           B.asked          C.told  D.found

 

15.               A.your           B.my            C.his   D.her

 

16.               A.how many      B.how old        C.what  D.who

 

17.               A.teacher        B.farmer         C.nurse D.policeman

 

18.               A.what           B.when          C.where D.why

 

19.               A.read           B.make          C.hear D.smell

 

20.               A.say            B.hope          C.study D.know

 

 

One day,  John read an advertisement in a newspaper.It said, "Wanted.The best salesman in the world." John thought he was a great salesman and went to ask for the job." "I' m the best salesman in the world," he said to the manager."Give me the job."

"You must prove you're the best," the manager said.

"OK I will," John said.

"Good." The manager took several boxes of sweets out of his desk."Last week I bought a thousand boxes of sweets.If yon can sell them all before the end of the week, yon can have the job, " said the manager.

"That's easy, "John said.He took the boxes of sweets and left the office.

Every day and all day he went from shop to shop, trying to sell the sweets.But he couldn't sell one.The sweets were too bad for him to sell.At the end of the week he went back to the manager."I'm sorry, sir," he said, "I was wrong about myself.I'm not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is."

"Oh" said the manager."Who?"

"The person who sold you a thousand boxes of the sweets."

1.The manager told John             

A.he could start work at once

B.he was the best salesman in the world

C.he wasn't a good salesman

D.he must show he was the best salesman in the world

2.John could get the job if                  

A.he sold a thousand boxes of sweets

B.he gave a way a thousand boxes of sweets

C.he sent the manager a thousand boxes of sweets

D.he bought a thousand boxes of sweets  from the manager

3.Choose the right order (顺序) of the story.

(1) John went to ask for the job.

(2) John told the manager who the best salesman really was.

(3) John read an advertisement in a newspaper.

(4) John went to sell the sweets.

A.(1) (2) (3) (4)                                         B.(4) (3) (2) (1)

C.(3) (1) (4) (2)                                          D.(3) (4) (1) (2)

4.From this story we can know that              

A.John didn't get the job                          B.John was a good seller

C.the manager was a good seller             D.the advertisement was a good one

5.John couldn't sell the sweets because                     

A.he was not a good salesman                B.the sweets were too bad

C.he wanted to send them to his friends        D.nobody liked sweets

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