John and Sam were friends. They opened a small shop in a small village. One day, they sold out of all their wine (酒), so they drove to the city to buy some.

On their way home, the wind was strong and it was getting colder and colder. Both John and Sam wanted to drink some wine to keep warm, but they had a rule. They couldn’t drink any wine because they had to sell it. According to the rule, if some-body wanted to drink some wine, he had to pay the other twice the price.

John was a clever man. He took out ten cents and gave it to Sam. He said, "Here is ten cents. Would you please sell me some of your wine?" Sam was a businessman (商人), so he said, "You give me money, so of course I will sell some to you." Then he passed John a cup of wine.

After drinking the wine, John felt warm soon, but Sam was still cold. Then he took out the ten cents that John just gave to him and said to John, "Here is ten cents. Please sell me some of your wine." John agreed. Sam drank some wine and also felt much warmer. But after some time, they both felt cold again, so they kept buying wine from each other with the same ten cents. Soon they drank up all of the wine.

"How could so much wine only cost ten cents?" the two friends asked each other.

1.What did Sam and John do?

A. They were doctors. B. They were officers.

C. They were shopkeepers. D. They were policemen.

2.What was the weather like when Sam and John went to buy some wine?

A. It was sunny and warm. B. It was rainy and cold.

C. It was rainy and snowy. D. It was windy and cold.

3.How much did Sam and John spend on all of the wine?

A. Five cents. B. Ten cents.

C. Fifteen cents. D. Fifty cents.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Sam and John walked to the city to buy some wine.

B. Sam and John spent ten cents on getting some wine from the city.

C. Sam and John drank all of the wine because they wanted to keep warm.

D. Sam and John would be very happy when they got home.

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Two Men on the Way Home B. Some Cheap Wine

C. The Bad Weather D. A Small Shop

From a plane we can see the fields, cities, mountains or seas below. If we go into space, we see more and more of the earth. People and man-made satellites(卫星) have been sent out into space to look at the earth carefully and people have learnt more about the earth in the last few years. The sea looks very beautiful when the sun is shining on it. But it can be very terrible when there is a strong wind. The sea is very big. It nearly covers three quarters of the earth. The sea is also very deep in some places. There is one place and at that place the sea is about 11 kilometers deep. The highest mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high. If we put that mountain into the sea at that place, there would be still 2 kilometers of water above it!

In most parts of the sea, there are many kinds of fishes and plants. Some live near the top of the sea. Others live deep down. There are also a lot of small living things, and lots of fishes live by eating them. The sea can be very cold. When people go down, the sea becomes colder and colder. Only some men can go down into the deep sea. But in 1970, five women scientists lived in the deep sea for fourteen days.

1.Does the sea look very beautiful all the time?

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2.What do lots of fishes eat to live?

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3.How long did the five women scientists live in the deep sea in 1970?

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4.Can all men go down into the deep sea?

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5.How high is the highest mountain in the world?

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