请先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I have had thousands of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one was the most important.

It happened last term just after I had got a result in an exam. I was sad and had lost my confidence. I decided to go to a class which can tell me how to be .

The speaker walked into the room. But he did not start talking a teacher. In-stead, he held up a twenty yuan note(钞票) !

"Who wants this?" he asked. Unsurprisingly, of us in the class held up our hands.

The speaker smiled. Then he put up the note on the blackboard and asked the same question. Again, we all put up our hands. The speaker smiled again, but nothing. Sud-denly, he threw the note onto the floor! Then he asked the same a third time.

I didn' t what the speaker was doing. Why was he asking the same question again and again? I didn't know what to do. I wanted the note, I put my hand up again. Af-ter a while, he the note and started to laugh. "You have all just told me how to be-come successful, " said to us with the note in his hand.

"The note is worth twenty yuan. It is worth twenty yuan, even though I throw it on the floor. You are like the note. No matter happens to you, you still have your worth."

When I heard those words, I was deeply moved. Suddenly, I I was worth a lot. I may have done in an exam, but it doesn't I can' t do well in the future. If I believe in myself, I will be successful!

1.A. classroom B. subject C. class D. school

2.A. same B. good C. lucky D. bad

3.A. comfortable B. successful C. famous D. rich

4.A. like B. for C. about D. by

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

6.A. said B. bought C. saw D. wanted

7.A. student B. teacher C. question D. way

8.A. remember B. understand C. notice D. find

9.A. so B. though C. if D. or

10.A. took out B. threw away C. picked up D. put down

11.A. you B. he C. she D. they

12.A. never B. sometimes C. hardly D. always

13.A. when B. who C. what D. how

14.A. realized B. forgot C. dreamed D. decided

15.A. know B. mean C. think D. complain

阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题

People have always wanted to know what our future will look like. Go on reading this text, and you will know what will happen in the next fifty years.

How can we know what the future will look like? To be able to understand the future, you have to know the past, what has taken us to where we are today and what has changed along the way? The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but people are driven by the same basic needs as they were 150 years ago. Will this change in the next 150 years? No.

What inventions have really made a different in the last 150 years? In the past years, the inventions that have changed most people’s everyday life are telephone, radio, television, computer, the car and the internet. Then we of course have a lot of inventions that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster cars, trains, etc. In general, people have been working hard in the last 150 years to make inventions that will make the world a better place. Since there is still much to do in the area, this will be important for at least the next 150 years.

Why do we need to guess the future? Guessing the future is important for two reasons: First, we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and our children. And then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give us the best future.

1.What does the author try to tell us in the second paragraph?A.Our basic needs will not change in the future.

B.The world is quite different from what it was.

C.Humans will no longer enjoy food in the future.

D.The world will be completely changed tomorrow.

2.Our past inventions have made .

A.our daily life more stressful

B.it easy for us to live

C.our work easily done

D.us work less time

3.What will humans do in order to keep the world under control?

A.To produce more cars for transportation.

B.To spend more time working on the Internet.

C.To work much harder to achieve their goals.

D.To focus on making more inventions.

In Britain, people often invite friends for a meal, a party or just coffee. People who know each other very well—close friends, family or neighbors—visit each other's houses without an invitation(邀请), but usually an invitation is needed. When people invite someone to their homes, they often say, “Would you like to come for dinner on Saturday?” Answers are:“ Thanks. We'd love to. What time?” or “I'm sorry. We'd love to but we have tickets for the concert.” However, it is not polite to say “No, we wouldn't!”

Sometimes, the British use expressions(表达) that sound like invitations but which are not invitations. For example, “You must come over for a drink sometime.” or “Let's go out for a meal one of these days.” These are usually just polite ways of ending a talk. They are not real invitations because they don't mention(提及)a certain time or day. They just show that the person is trying to be friendly and the answers are, “Yes, that would be nice.” or “OK, yes, thanks.”

So next time you hear what sounds like an invitation, listen carefully. Is it a real invitation or is the person just being friendly?

1.It is not polite to answer the real invitation by saying “_________”

A. Sorry, we'd love to but we have tickets for the concert.

B. Thanks. We'd love to. What time?

C. Sure. We'd like to, thanks a lot.

D. No, we wouldn’t!

2.If the British just want to end a talk politely, they may say, “_________”

A. Would you like to come for dinner on Saturday?

B. Let's go out for a meal one of these days.

C. Let's go out for a meal on Saturday.

D. Shall we go for a drink this afternoon?

3.The British often use “________” to answer the invitations that are not real.

A. Yes, what time?

B. No, that's not a real invitation.

C. OK, yes, thanks.

D. No, you just want to be friendly.

4.Which is the best title (标题) for the passage?

A. Britain

B. Invitation

C. A talk with friends

D. A letter to friends

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