Harvey was having his hair cut in a barber shop when a young boy entered the shop. The barber said to Harvey in a very low voice, "This is the silliest kid in the world. Watch while I show it to you." The barber put a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters(25美分) in the other, then called the boy over and asked, "Which do you want, son?" The boy took the quarters and left. "What did I tell you?" said the barber. "That kid never learns!"
Later, when Harvey left, he saw the same young boy coming out of an ice cream store. "Hey, son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill?" The boy ate his ice cream and replied, "Because the day I take the dollar, the game's over!
【小题1】 The barber gave the boy money because he         .
A. wanted the boy to help him        B. loved the boy       C. wanted to prove(证明) his words.
【小题2】 The boy got          from the barber.
A. one dollar                      B. 50 cents(美分)               C. a quarter
【小题3】 The sentence “the game's over” here means         .
A. he can’t play the computer game any longer
B. he can never get money from the barber
C. he can never go to the barber shop
【小题4】We can learn that          is the smartest one among the three people in this story.
A. the boy                        B. the barber                  C. Harvey
【小题5】 We can infer(推断) from the passage that         .
A. The young boy was the barber’s son       
B. Every time the boy got the money, he went to buy an ice cream.
C. The barber thought the boy wasn’t clever at all.

The size and shape(外形)of your ears show your character(性格)more than any other part of the face. Other parts of the face change shapes as we get older,but ears do not change their shapes. They only change in size.

Reading people’s character from their ears is a very old science. In the past people thought that a person’s ears with colour was dangerous. They also thought that the shape of the ears showed if a person was musical or not. Today, too many people believe that the size and shape of the ears help you know if a person is musical.

Ears are all different,and each different thing has a meaning. Next time you look at a person,see if his or her ears are large,medium-size,or small. Look at the lobes(耳垂). Do they stick to the face? Ears that are always red mean that a person may get angry easily. Ears that are always cold and nearly white  colour mean that a person has a nervous(神经质)character.

1.When a baby is born,        .      

A. his / her ears are red

B.his / her ears will not change all the life

C. his / her ears will not change in shape

D. he / she will get large ears

2.Reading people’s character from their ears is        .

A .only for music                              B .an old idea   

C. very new                                   D .a good way to talk with others

3.When one’s ears are red,it means       .

A. he is a kind man                             B .he is very happy 

C .he may get angry easily                 D .he drinks too much

4.If you look at someone’s ears,the right way is        .

A. to look at his face ,ears and nose

B. to look at the size , colour , and shape

C. to look at his mouth, eyes and nose

D. to look at the hair, eyes and  colour

5.Which may be the best title of the article?

A. Looking at a person in the right way.       B. Ears and  colours.

C. The change of ears.                     D. Ears and characters.

 

Jack went to a barber's shop and had his hair cut, but when he came out, he was not happy with the result(结果). When his friend Bob saw him, he laughed and said, "What has happened to your hair, Jack?"

Jack said, "I tried a new barber's shop today, because I wasn't quite satisfied with my old one, but this one seems even worse."

Bob agreed(同意). "Yes, I think you're right, Jack. Now I'll tell you what to do when you go into a barber's shop next time: look at all the barber's hair, find out whose hair looks worst, and then go straight to him."

"Why shall I go to him?" Jack asked. "But that would be foolish!"

"Oh, no, it wouldn't," answered Bob. "Who cut that man's hair? Just think it. He couldn't cut it himself, could he? Another of the barbers cut it. So you know he can't be the worst barber."

1.When Jack went out of the barber's shop, he was not happy because                      ____.

A.nobody had cut his hair

B.the barber hadn't cut his hair well

C.the barber had cut his hair carefully

D.he was not satisfied with his old barber

2."I tried a new barber's shop today." means ____.

A.this barber's shop was a new one

B.this was the only barber's shop in this town

C.Jack often went to this barber's shop

D.Jack had not been to this barber's shop before

3.After Jack had his hair cut, he thought ____.

A.the new barber's shop was the best one

B.the old barber's shop wasn't so good as the new one

C.the new barber's shop was worse than the old one

D.the old barber's shop was the worst one

4.Bob told Jack to find out which barber's hair looked the worst and then go straight to him. Why?

A.Because he was certainly the best barber.

B.Because he was free all the time.

C.Because he was the worst barber.

D.Because he wasn't the worst barber.

5.From the story we know that ____.

A.it's foolish to have one's hair cut at a barber's shop

B.barbers cut each other's hair

C.barbers never have their hair cut

D.a barber always cuts his hair by himself

 

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