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Everyone was _______ when they heard the _______ news.

A. exciting; exciting B. excited; exciting

C. exciting; excited D. excited; excited

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Have you asked the teacher __________ tomorrow morning?

A.if we needed an umbrella

B. when and where we shall meet

A.how shall we get there

D. what should we take

Everyone knows that the Frenchmen are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious. Are these just stereotypes or is there really such a thing as national character? And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?

At least one group of people is certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs in the UK found that 70% felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public. Britain is hostile to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy. As a result, the survey said, entrepreneurs were “unloved, unwanted and misunderstood.” Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green – eyed monster” and the UK is its home.

Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money. Some were given a little, others a great deal. Those given a little were given the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others – but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this.

This seems to prove that the entrepreneurs were right to complain. But there is also conflicting evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently reported that the UK is now the world’s fourth largest economy. That is not bad for people who are supposed to hate success. People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe. So the British people are not lazy, either.

“It is not really success that the British dislike,” says Carey Cooper, a professor of management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. “It’s people using their success in a way that seems proud or unfair or which separates them from their roots.”

Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the problem. They set out to do things in their way. They work long hours. By their own efforts they become millionaires. But instead of being happy they complain that nobody loves them. It hardly seems worth following their example. If they were more friendly, people would like them more. And more people want to be like them.

1.Most entrepreneurs surveyed believe that .

A．the British people hate success

B．the British people are hardworking

C．love of success is Britain’s national character

D．they are considered as “green – eyed monsters”

2.What does the result of the Warwich University’s test show.

A．Two thirds of the people tested didn’t love money.

B．Most people would rather fail than see others succeed.

C．An imaginary amount of money does not attract people.

D．Most people are willing to enjoy success with others.

3.The writer of the passage seems to suggest that .

A．jealousy is Britain’s national character

B．British entrepreneurs are not fairly treated

C．the scientists at Warwich University did a successful test

D．the entrepreneurs in the UK do not behave properly

4.The best title for this article can be .

A．Be More Modest and We Will Love You More

B．Proud Entrepreneurs

C．The Frenchmen are Romantic While The British are Hostile

D．Only Pains but No Gains

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Mr Brown went swimming with his friends one afternoon. They all put on their swimming trunks(游泳裤)except him because he t1. there would be some p2. for the swimmers to change clothes near the beach. However, when they got to the beach , he f3. nowhere to change clothes. So Mr Brown had to go to a car and changed his clothes in it. But while Mr Brown was p4. on his swimming trunks , an old woman c5. near and stood by the car. Mr Brown h6. to be quiet. Then he o7. the door of the car and shouted a8. to the woman ,”Do you always w9. people change their clothes?’ The woman shook her head and said ,”Do you always change your clothes in o10. people’s car?”

New York is one of the last large American cities to have some of its policemen on horseback. The New York police have 170 horses working in certain parts of the city. The horses are expensive to feed, but it is even more expensive to look after them. Because the horses must walk on the streets, they need special horseshoes. In fact, they need more than 8,000 of them each year. Every police horse in New York gets new shoes every month. Keeping these shoes in good repair is the job of six blacksmiths. There are only about thirty-five of these blacksmiths in the whole United States.

The cost of shoeing a horse is between twenty dollars and thirty-five dollars, and it takes a good blacksmith two or three hours to do the job.

A blacksmith's job is not an easy one. He must be able to shape a shoe from a piece of metal and then fit it to the horse's foot. The blacksmith must bend over all the time when he is fitting the shoe and must hold the weight of the horse's leg while he works. Clearly, a blacksmith must be very strong. But even more important, he must be able to deal with horses——for before the blacksmith can begin his work, he has to get the horse to lift its leg.

One of the blacksmiths in New York is James Corbin. He came to the country from Ireland in 1948. He not only makes horseshoes for the police but also works for a group of horse owners near the city. Corbin became interested in blacksmithing because his father did it, and，as the puts it, “It’s a good way to make a living.”

1. According to the reading passage， a blacksmith must be likely a______ man.

A. clever B. rich C. strong D. lucky

2.James Corbin became a blacksmith because he__________.

A. was interested in horses

B. was needed by the policemen

C. drew a picture of the horseshoe

D. had a make a living

3.In the reading passage “to shape a shoe” is to__________.

A. fit it on the horse's foot

B. use it for two or three hours

C. make the from of a horseshoe from a piece of metal

D. draw a picture of the shoe

4. The best title for the passage is “__________."

A. Policemen on Horseback

B. Blacksmiths and Horseshoeing

C. James Corbin，a Blacksmith

D. Horseshoeing is a Good Way to Make a Living

5.Which of the following is true？

A. Only a few large American cities have some policemen on horseback.

B. New York is the only city in America to have some policemen on horseback.

C. Policemen on horseback enjoy travelling around the United States.

D. Policemen on horseback are less expensive than those in cars.

---- ______ you _______ your homework ?

----- Yes, I _______ it only a few minutes ago .

A. Did; finish; did B. Are; finished; did

C. Have; finished; did D. Have; finished; have done

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Someone says: “Time is m 1. ,” but I think time is e 2. more important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is gone, it will never r 3. . That’s why we mustn’t waste time. It goes without saying that the t 4. is usually limited（有限的）. Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do s 5. useful. But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the i 6. of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and p 7. . They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own l 8. . In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t l 9. today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have n 10. time to lose.

The child isn’t old enough to _____ himself.

A. wear B. put on C. dress D. in

-----We are going to Jiuzhaigou this summer. ------ ________________.

A. Have a good time B. Help yourselves

C. I hope so. D. That’s right.

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