Mr. Young has a big shop in the center of the city. He tells all his employees(雇员) to be to the buyers and he gets a lot of . One day an old woman went to the shop to a silk blouse. When she came out of the shop with the blouse, she her wallet in it. A girl picked it up and there were nearly five hundred dollars in it. She looked around and saw it. She put it into her pocket . Soon the old woman came back to look for it, of course she failed. That evening Mr. Young about it. He was very and sent the girl away. Then he decided to employ an honest man to take her . Several young men came, but of them could satisfy him.

This morning a young man came to his . He asked, "Do you smoke, sir?" "No, sir," answered the young man.

"Do you ?" "No, sir."

Mr. Young asked him the other questions, and the young man's satisfied him. Before he employed him, he asked him 35 question, "You have no shortcoming(缺点), do you?" "No, I don't, sir. " said the young man. "I only like telling lies.”

1.A. strict B. friendly C. strange D. terrible

2.A. knowledge B. surprise C. money D. hope

3.A. buy B. borrow C. look for D. lend

4.A. threw B. put C. placed D. left

5.A. found B. knew C. understood D. wanted

6.A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody

7.A. quick B. quickly C. polite D. politely

8.A. did tell B. tells C. told D. was told

9.A. sad B. angry C. happy D. worried

10.A. place B. seat C. table D. chair

11.A. both B. all C. neither D. none

12.A. house B. car C. office D. factory

13.A. dress B. drink C. eat D. sleep

14.A. answer B. clothes C. knowledge D. face

15.A. first B. last C. the first D. the last

11.Many people don't think that the number 13is a lucky number.Many hotels do not have a 13th floor.The floors go from 12to 14,and there is no room named number13.
In western countries,people often get together for a dinner.But they will never sit at a table with 12other people.They will tell someone to go or ask another person to sit with them.
No one really knows why people do not like the number 13.Perhaps one reason is that when people began to count they used ten fingers(手指) and two hands.This made 12.They could not count more.But most people don't believe this is the reason.
Some Christians (基督徒) say that 13is not lucky because there were 13people at a meal the day before Jesus (耶稣) was arrested (被捕).In a story about the old Greek (希腊的) gods,12gods were asked to a meal but one more came.This made 13.It is why the god Balder,who was at the meal,was killed.

41.There is often no floor number 13inD.
A.restaurants   B.countries    C.China    D.hotels
42.One way people can count is by using theirD.
A.gods    B.hotels  C.tables    D.fingers
43.Some people won't sit at a table with twelve other people.By this timeD.
A.all of them will leave
B.they will wait for two other people to come
C.they will never come for dinner together
D.they will ask one of them to leave
44.The Christian story and the Greek story both talk aboutD.
A.eating in a hotel    B.Balder   C.Jesus    D.the number13
45.The story is aboutD.
A.the death of Jesus              B.the person who killed Balder
C.how to count with fingers       D.why 13is not a lucky number.

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