Long long ago, there was a river. The river was very _______. He had spent long time being alone and refusing to share his water with any fish, plant or animal. His life was full of loneliness and sadness.

One day, a little girl came to the river. She was going to move to _______ country and decided to put her favourite little fish into the river. This little fish, named Scamp, was a happy fish._______ he fell into the river, he felt the river’s loneliness. Scamp tried to talk to the river and wanted to make the river ________. But the river told Scamp to go away. Scamp didn’t ________. He kept asking and swimming in the river, and ________ he started jumping in and out of the water. _______ time went by, the river became happy and they became good ________ . But one day, this little fish was caught by a little boy.

The river spent that night thinking about how much________ it was to have a friend, and how much he had missed by not having him. Before, he was so _________. From then on, the river became friendly to others and made friends with the plants and fish in the river.

1.A. kind B. unfriendly C. outgoing D. strange

2.A. other B. another C. else D. the other

3.A. Until B. If C. Because D. When

4.A. brave B. weak C. happy D. sad

5.A. grow up B. give up C. get up D. come up

6.A. finally B. slowly C. hardly D. luckily

7.A. While B. Since C. Whenever D. As

8.A. classmates B. brothers C. parents D. friends

9.A. fun B. time C. money D. stress

10.A. tired B. untidy C. stupid D. Valuable

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 away 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.The right order(顺序) of the story is         .

①John went to ask for the job.

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

③John read an advertisement in a newspaper.

④ John went to sell the sweets.

A. ①②③④, B. ④③②①

C. ③①④②, D. ③④①②

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

When you hear Westerners say “Drop in anytime” or “Come and see me soon”, you should realize that it doesn’t mean you are welcome to come over to their house anytime. It’s wise to telephone before visiting someone.

Never accept an invitation unless you really plan to go. You may refuse by saying, “Thank you for inviting me, but I may not be able to come.” If you are unable to come after accepting the invitation, be sure to tell those who invite you in advance(提前) that you will not be there.

When you have accepted the invitation to a party or dinner, it is polite to bring small gifts with you, such as bottles of drink, flowers and chocolate. Sometimes Westerners may take you out to dinner in a restaurant and it does not necessarily mean that he is going to pay the bill at the end of the meal. He might want you to “go Dutch”, which means each person pays his own bill.

1.The best title(标题) for the passage is __________.

A. Drop in anytime B. Come and see me soon

C. Invitation in Western countries D. Westerners

2.When Westerners say “Drop in anytime” or “Come and see me soon”, it means _________.

A. you are welcome to visit them anytime

B. you are welcome to visit them, but you still need to call them before going to their house

C. they don’t want you to visit them

D. they will hold a party for you

3.If a Westerner invites you to go to his house, __________.

A. you may refuse if you don’t plan to go

B. you have to accept the invitation even if you don’t want to go

C. you can’t accept the invitation

D. and you accept the invitation, you must go

4.If you have accepted the invitation to a party or a dinner, you can bring some __________ with you.

A. money B. televisions C. computers D. cakes

5.The underlined words “go Dutch” means “__________” in Chinese.

A. 去荷兰 B. 去Dutch这家餐厅 C. 实行AA制 D. 请客

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