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

Reading people’s character from their ears is an old science. In very old times people thought that a person with big ears had a good and generous character. They thought that a person with pale, small ears was dangerous. They also thought that the shape of the ear showed if a person was musical. Today, too many people believe that the size and the shape of the ear help you know if a person is musical.

Ears are all different, and each characteristic has a meaning. Next time when you look at a person, see if his ears are large, medium-size or small. Look at the lobes (the lowest part of the ear). Do they stick to the face? Ears that are always red mean a person may easily get angry, or he / she just has high blood pressure (高血压). Ears that are always cold and pale mean a person has a nervous character. And a big inside hole of the ear means a person is musical.

1.When a baby is born, _______________________.

A. his / her ears are red

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

C. he / she will get large ears

D. his / her ears will not change in shape

2.We can guess Beethoven (a world-famous musician) may have.

A. ears with a big inside hole

B. round white ears

C. ears with a hole in the lobes

D. big red ears

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

A. Looking at a person in the right way

B. Ears and characters

C. The change of ears

D. Ears and colours

When Mr. David retired(退休), he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it. But to his surprise, many visitors came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night, there were visitors outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into the house. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice(公告) on the window. The notice said,“If you want to visit my house, come in and look around. Price: twenty dollars.”Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide”, he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

1.Mr. David’s house was that many visitors came to see it.

A.so small B.so quiet C.so interesting

2.The underlined phrase “drive…away” means _____________

A. 让…..离开 B. 吸引…… C. 赚……钱

3.The notice made the visitors _____________.

A.more interested in his house

B.lost interest in his house

C.angry at the unfair price

4.After Mr. David put up the notice .

A.the visitors didn’t come any more

B.fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house

C.more and more visitors came for a visit

5.At last he had to sell his house and move away because .

A.he could not live a quiet life in it

B.he could not work as a guide

C.he made enough money and wanted to buy a new expensive house

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