Jim was clever,but he never liked to work hard. He often said to his friends, “If I work hard,I will make a lot of money. But I want an easy job and a lot of money. That's the best. ”

So he could only be a thief. But he still thought it was too much work,so he only told his friends what to do and how to get money from others.

     One day Jim sent one of his friends into a very large and beautiful house. He told him to steal some money from that rich family.

    It was evening,and when the man looked through one of the windows,he saw a young man and a girl in the room. They were playing duet on a piano. Then the thief left the house.

    When he returned,Jim asked him what he got. But he said, “I didn't take anything. That family can't have much money. You know,two people were playing only the same piano there. They didn't have enough money to buy another one. ”

1. Jim wanted .

   A. a lot of money without working hard

   B. to study hard and make lots of money

   C. to do little work with little money

   D. a lot of money after doing hard work

2. The underlined word “ steal ” in this passage may mean “

   A. 买   B. 抢   C. 偷   D. 要

3. Jim's friend stole nothing because .

   A. he saw two people in the room

   B. he thought the family was poor

   C. he found two people playing music

   D. he thought the piano was too heavy

4. Jim's friend didn't .

   A. like a piano   B. leave the house

   C. know music   D. want money

    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 you can sell them all before the end of the week,you 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 couldh start to work at once

   B. he was the best salesman in the world

   C. 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

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

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. ①②③   B. ③④①   C. ③①

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

5. John couldn’t sell the sweets because .

   A. he was not a good salesman

   B. the sweets were too bad

   C. nobody liked sweets

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