An old man walked slowly into a restaurant with his cane (拐杖). His old jacket and worn-out shoes made him very different from others. _______ talked to him except a young waitress. Mary watched him move towards a seat by the window. She ran over to him and helped him _______. Then she put his cane against the table _______ he could reach it. Without saying a word, he smiled and nodded a thank-you.

After the old man finished a good meal, Mary brought him the _______. After he put the money in his pocket, she handed him his cane and the old man walked to the front door_______ with the help of the girl. Holding the door open for him, Mary said, “Come back and see us, sir!” The old man _________her with a smile and agreed.

When Mary went to clean his table, she was_______ . Under the plate, she found a business card, a 100—dollar bill and a _______which read, “Dear Mary, I respect you very much, and you respect yourself, too. It is shown by the way you treat others. You have _______the secret of happiness.”

In fact, the old man was the owner of the restaurant. That was the ________time that Mary or any of his workers had seen him.

1.A. Everybody B. Nobody C. Anybody D. Somebody

2.A. sit down B. stand up C. walk around D. order the food

3.A. as if B. so that C. even though D. since then

4.A. food B. bill C. change D. chance

5.A. quickly B. sadly C. luckily D. slowly

6.A. looked at B. get away from C. run after D. wait for

7.A. excited B. worried C. bored D. surprised

8.A. notice B. note C. book D. mail

9.A. developed B. lost C. found D. forgotten

10.A. first B. second C. third D. last

Many people begin to use pencils from an early age. There are many kinds of pencils: some have erasers on top; some are colorful. You may have used many kinds of them for many years, but do you know the history of pencils?

Many years ago, people in Egypt used lead (铅) to write. Now pencils are made from graphite (石墨) instead of lead. In 1564, people found that graphite could leave black marks. At first, people used it to make marks on their sheep. Later they used the graphite to write. They thought it was lead. Graphite left a blacker mark than lead, but it was not strong enough so it needed something to hold it.

In 1565, Conrad Gesner first put graphite into something to hold it. Later, in the 1600s, German people mixed graphite with some other things and used them for writing. Later, France couldn’t get pencils from both the English and the Germans, so Nicholas Jacques Conte began to make pencils. In France, there was little graphite, so he mixed graphite with clay (粘土).

In 1812, William Munroe made the first American wood pencils. Later, a man put a small eraser on top of a pencil. A new kind of pencil was born.

1.The passage is mainly about the _______ of pencils.

A. kinds B. history

C. materials D. shapes

2.People began to write with lead first in ________.

A. Egypt B. England

C. Germany D. China

3.Graphite is ________ than lead.

A. blacker and softer B. blacker and harder

C. softer and lighter D. softer and harder

4.Nicholas Jacques Conte mixed graphite with clay because ________.

A. he needed something to hold graphite

B. France couldn’t get pencils from both the English and the Germans

C. he couldn’t find enough graphite in France

D. he wanted to put a small eraser on top of a pencil

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Today pencils are not made from lead or graphite.

B. The first wood pencils were made in America.

C. German people first used mixed materials to make pencils.

D. People first used graphite to make marks on their sheep.

There is a lake near a forest in Sweden. The water in the lake is very clear and everything is quiet and still. On the far side of the water is some farmland, and further away, across the field, is an old church built on a hill. It has just stopped raining. The lake is full and there is still some half-melted snow from last winter on the ground.

The reason the water is so clear, and everything is so quiet and still, is that most of the plants and animal life in and around the lake is dead. There are no birds because all the fish and insects, which the birds need for food, have disappeared. Many trees in the forest are losing their leaves and bark (树皮). They are sick and dying. Others were blown down by the high winds of last winter.

A farmer is working in a field planting something, something stronger enough to fight against pollution. They farmers live a hard life here, because the plant will be between 25% to 40% lower than a few years ago. The stone of the old church tower are turning to powder (灰,粉末)and unless the tower is repaired soon, it will fall down.

All the death and destruction in this place is caused by the smoke coming out of factories and gases from cars and trucks. And yet this silent lake is hundreds of kilometers away from the nearest factory and highway.

1.What time of the year do you think it is?

A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Autumn. D. Winter.

2.There are no animals or birds in or around the lake because ________.

A. the weather is terribly cold B. the lake is quiet

C. the area is polluted D. they have all been killed

3.The farmer have to plant a stronger kind of seed because ________.

A. the soil (土壤) becomes less and less B. few plants can grow because of the pollution

C. the water in the lake can’t be used to water the field D. the wind is too strong

4.The word “destruction” in the passage means “being ________.”

A. developed B. harmed C. protected D. produced

5.What do you think is the best title of the passage?

A. A Beautiful Place of Interest. B. A Polluted Place.

C. A Quiet Place In Sweden. D. A Faraway Mountain Area.

Different people have different ideas about time. People in the USA think that it is important to know the time. In cities in America, there are clocks in stations, factories and other buildings. Radio announcers give you the correct time during the day. Most Americans also have watches with them wherever they go. They want to do certain things at certain time. They don’t like to be late.

But time is not so important to everybody in the world. When you visit a country in South America, you will find that people there don’t like to rush. If you had an appointment with somebody, he could probably be late, because he may not want to arrive on time.

In South America, even the radio programs may not begin on time. The men on the radio may not think it is important to tell the exact time. People in South America think that clocks or watches are just machines. They think that you let a clock or a watch control your life if you do everything on time.

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1.In this passage, we can see that time is very important to __________.

2.Where can you find clocks in America?

_______________________________________________________

3.Why do many people in South America think time is not important?

_______________________________________________________

4.______________________________________________________

5.But time is not so important to everybody in the world.

_______________________________________________________

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