Vending machines (自动售货机) are very popular now. You can find them here and there. People can buy different things from them, like snacks and soft drinks. Now we can even buy train tickets from it in the train station.

They also sell newspapers in some busy areas. In some places, you can get a can of beer or Coke from the vending machine, but in some others, you can’t.

Some vending machines sell cigarettes (香烟). They are called “cigarettes machines”. With these machines, people can get cigarettes easily. These machines once (曾经) were popular in the United States. But they are not good for children. So you can’t see them now. In many areas in the United States, only some clubs and bars (酒吧) have cigarette machines, because children can never get into these places.

How does a vending machine work? If you want to buy a can of Coke, you can find its price on the machine. Put the money into the machine, and push the button (按按钮) of the Coke, then you can get your Coke and change. A vending machine makes our life easy and interesting.

1. What can’t we buy from a vending machine according to the passage?

A. Beer. B. Coke.C. Train tickets. D. Clothes.

2. Which of the following is TRUE about vending machines?

A. All the vending machines in the world are the same .

B. There are vending machines only in busy areas.

C. In some places, you can’t get beer from a vending machine.

D. Vending machines are not good for children.

3. In some areas in the United States, people can’t find cigarette machines because____

A. people don’t need cigarette machines any more

B. cigarettes are too expensive

C. people don’t want their children to get cigarettes

D. children don’t like cigarettes now

4.Which is the best title of the passage?

A. How to buy Coke

B. Vending machines in China

C. How to get money

D. Vending machines are popular

Laura is at the airport. She waits for her plane.Her plane is to Berlin,and it is 4 hours away.Laura walks around the shops.

After an hour she wants to go to the bathroom.But she doesn’t find it.“Where is the bathroom?”she says.She starts asking other people.Laura says to a man,“Excuse me,sir,could you please tell me where the bathroom is?”The man says,“You mean the restroom,right?”Laura says,“No,I mean the bathroom.”“Well,the restroom is over there.”He says and walks away.

Laura doesn’t understand(明白).She asks a woman,“Excuse me,madam,could you please tell me where the bathroom is?”“The restroom is over there,”the lady answers andwalks away.

Laura is confused.“What’s wrong? I need to use the bathroom and they tell me to rest!”

Then Laura gives up(放弃).She feels tired and thinks she needs to rest.

She walks to the restroom.Now she is surprised.She realizes(意识到)the restroom is the name for a public(公共的)bathroom!

1.Laura will go to_________.

A.the airport B.the shop C.a restaurantD.Berlin

2.Laura asks _______where the bathroom is.

A.a boy

B.a man and a woman

C.two men

D.nobody

3.What’s the meaning of the underlined(加下划线的)word“confused”?

A.兴奋的B.明白的 C.迷惑的 D.发怒的

4.Which of the following is TRUE ?

A.It needs one hour to Berlin.

B.The man doesn’t tell,where the bathroom is.

C.Laura finds the bathroom at last.

D.You can’t buy things at the airport.

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