At noon the rush hour passed. There were few guests（顾客) in the snack bar. It was not crowded. When the boss of the snack bar was ready to have a rest to read a newspaper, in came an old lady and a little boy.
“How much money is a bowl of beef soup?” the grandma sat down, counted the money in her purse and ordered a bowl of beef soup. The grandma pushed the bowl to the little boy, who swallowed（吞咽) his saliva（口水), looking at his grandma and saying, “Grandma, did you really have lunch?” “Of course.” His grandma chewed（咀嚼) a piece of radish (萝卜泡菜) slowly. Very quickly, the little boy ate up the meal.
Seeing this, the boss went over to them and said, “Old lady, congratulations, you are lucky to have the free（免费的) food, because you are our 100th guest.”
Afterwards, over a month or more, one day, the small boy squatted（蹲) across the snack bar, where he seemed to be counting something, The boss felt shocked（震惊的） when he happened to look out of the window.
When the small boy saw a guest walk into the snack bar, he would put a small stone into the circle he drew, but the lunch time had almost passed, there were only about 50 small stones in the circle.
The boss was quite worried and called up all his old guests. The guests started coming one after another.
“81, 82, 83…” the small boy counted faster and faster. At last, after he put the 99th stone into the circle, he hurried to pull his grandma’s hand and went into the snack bar.
“Grandma, this time it’s on me.” the little boy said proudly. The grandma who was the real 100th guest was served（被供应) a bowl of soup by her grandson. As his grandma as before, the little boy chewed a piece of radish in his mouth.
6. Grandma ordered only one bowl of beef soup because ______________.
| A. Grandma only liked radish |
| B. Grandma didn’t like beef soup |
| C. Grandma loved her grandson more than herself |
| D. there was only one bowl of beef soup left in the snack bar at that time |
7. Why did the boy put the small stones into the circle he drew?
| A. He played games with his friends. |
| B. The boss asked him to count the stones. |
| C. He wanted to get the free beef soup for his grandma. |
| D. He only wanted to know the number of the small stones. |
8. Which can be the best title of the passage?
| A. The 100th guest | B. A snack bar |
| C. A boy counting stones | D. A poor grandma |
Once a small boy lived on a farm which seemed so far away from everywhere.
He needed to get up before sunrise every morning to help his father on the farm. During sunrise he would take a break and climb up on the fence(篱笆) along the side of the farm. He could see a house with golden windows. “ If they could afford golden windows, then there must be other nice things inside the house.” He imagined how great it would be to live there. Then he promised himself, “ Some day I will go there and see this wonderful place.”
One morning, his father would go to the town and told him to stay at home for a rest. Knowing that this was his chance, he took a sandwich and headed across the field towards the house with golden windows.
As the afternoon went on, he began to know how wrong he was. The house was much farther than he had expected. As he went near the house, he saw no golden windows but instead a place in bad need of a painting. A small girl very close to his age came out of the poor house and stood by the broken fence. He asked her if she had seen the house with the golden windows. The girl said, “ Sure, I know.” And invited him to sit on the porch(门廊). As he sat there, he looked back from where he just came. There he saw the sunset turned the windows of his house to gold! Now he understood that everyone had his own house with golden windows.
3. During his break every morning, the small boy would _______.
| A. fix the fence. | B. eat sandwiches |
| C. climb up on the fence | D. walk around the farm |
4. What did the boy find when he got there?
| A. No golden windows were in the house. | B. Nobody lived in the poor house. |
| C. The house was nearer than he thought. | D. The house was so old as he expected. |
5. The story tells us that people sometimes may have the thought________.
| A. like father, like son | B. the grass is greener somewhere else |
| C. every dog has its day | D. love me, love my dog |
When you are about to do something brave, a cheerful wish of “Good luck!” from a friend can be helpful. But if you think you need lots of luck, what else might you do?
In the UK and US there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck. Some are hundreds of years old and some are much newer.
Have you heard the saying “When you wish upon a star”? If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night and you see a sudden flash of light, it may be a shooting star! Seeing one doesn’t happen very often. The saying goes that if you see one you have been very lucky, and so if you make a wish, it will come true.
Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit’s foot. Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals, so they carry a part of the rabbit, its foot, for good luck. There are all kinds of strange, unclear rules about which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest. It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all. However, as the funny saying goes, “Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember it didn’t work for the rabbit!”
People in Britain love trees. If it is autumn and leaves are falling from the trees, some people try to catch the leaves as they fall because they think each leaf they catch will bring them a lucky month in the following year—they will need to catch 12 falling leaves to have a whole of good luck!
1. ______ is mentioned（提到）in the oldest good luck tradition.
| A. A cheerful wish from friends | B. A falling leaf |
| C. A rabbit’s foot | D. A shooting star |
2. The passage is mainly about ______.
| A. how to wish upon a star | B. things that bring good luck |
| C. British people love leaves | D. which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest |
Today I felt unhappy with my head full of problems, so I decided to take a walk even though I didn’t know where I would go. The most 1 thing happened when I was walking along the street.
I saw an old man, over seventy years old, sitting on a chair. He was a seller of second-hand shoes. He seemed so helpless and nobody was 2 his shoes. Then, a little girl came towards him. I heard the girl say in a(an) 3 voice, “Grandfather, may I clean your shoes?” That old man agreed and passed her a shoe. The girl said, “ I do this 4 I want to save some money to buy my brother a new school uniform.”
I heard this and tears came to my eyes. To my 5 , the old man said, “Oh, little girl, just stop doing this. Come with me and I will buy one for you.” To see what would happen, I 6 . They walked to a 7 and there the old man really got her a uniform, which must have cost him a lot. The girl was 8 and said, “Thank you so much for doing this. May God bless you.” Then she left, leaving the old man 9 .
As the old man decided to leave, I stopped him and whispered in his ear, “ You are really a great hero! Thank you for your 10 !” My own sadness had gone. It had been driven away by the light of this moving act. I began to realize that a little act can brighten up someone’s day.
| 1. A. strange | B. amazing | C. unlucky | D. interesting |
| 2. A. cleaning | B. finding | C. buying | D. taking |
| 3. A. angry | B. polite | C. high | D. funny |
| 4. A. if | B. until | C. because | D. though |
| 5. A. sadness | B. interest | C. surprise | D. excitement |
| 6. A. left | B. followed | C. stayed | D. guessed |
| 7. A. shop | B. restaurant | C. museum | D. sitting room |
| 8. A. relaxed | B. excited | C. tired | D. humorous |
| 9. A. crying | B. standing | C. walking | D. smiling |
| 10. A. money | B. support | C. kindness | D. suggestion |
---Excuse me , sir. Is the library open all day?
---___________. Only from 6.30 to 9.30
| A. Yes, of course. | B. That’s right. |
| C. Sorry, I’m not sure. | D. Sorry, I’m afraid not. |