Ding-Dong!

“Jason, honey? Can you answer the door?”

“I am busy, mom!” Jason shouted back at his mother. He had spent three hours so far working to this point in the game. He couldn’t stop now.

Ding-Dong!Mom′s footsteps approached the front door.

“Jason, it’s your friend Todd.” Mom called from the doorway.

Todd, his best friend, stepped into the room. “ Jason!I need a partner for playing basketball. ”He sounded excited.

Jason snorted. “No way, Todd. I′m playing a game here.”

Jason gave his friend a dirty look, and his character in the game almost got killed while he looked away, “ I almost died because of you!”

Todd looked at Jason′s mother. Jason’s mother looked back at him. They both looked at Jason. “Why don′t you play basketball with your friend?” Jason’s mother suggested.

“Tomorrow, maybe…” There were more levels to beat tomorrow, though, Maybe he had played tomorrow. He’d have to see what mood he was in. He thought he heard footsteps walking away, but he was too busy beating the next level to care.

An hour later, Jason’s father came home. It was dinner time after his father washed up and sat down. Jason didn′t even hear his name being called to the table. He didn′t hear his father walk at behind him and ask him to turn the game off, either.

When the screen suddenly went black and his father’s angry face loomed in front of him, Jason finally heard. “No more game for a month.” Jason′s father shouted at him. “You don’t play basketball, you don′t come to dinner, and you don′t do your chores. We′ll make you do something else before you play any more.”

Jason nodded slowly. He knew better than to argue with his father, and when he thought about it, he had been playing quite a bit. It was fun, but he was letting down his friends, his family, and himself by paying too much.

He′d try harder in the future.

57. What did Todd ask Jason to do?

A. Help him cook dinner                             B. Beat more levels for him. 

C. Repair the computer for him                   D. play basketball with him.

58. Why did Jason finally stop playing the game?

A. He won the game.                                B. His mother got dinner ready. 

C. His father turned off the computer.         D. He decided to play basketball outside.

59. What did Jason learn in the end?

A. He thought that his father was too strict with him.

B. He found that playing computer games was quite interesting.

C. He realized it was an unhealthy habit to play games without dinner.

D. He couldn’t spend all day playing games, because he had other duties.

60. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A. Inside the game                                     B. Games or Supper. 

C. Jason′s Angry Father                             D. Use of the Computer.

John and Bobby joined the same company together just after they completed their university studies the same year. Both of them worked very hard. Several years later, however, the boss promoted(提拔) Bobby to manager but John was still a worker. John could not take it, and gave his resignation(辞职书) to the boss. He complained that the boss did not think much of those who were hard -working, but promoted only those who flattered him.

The boss knew that John had worked very hard for the years. He thought a moment and said, “Thank you for what you said, but I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave”

John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found a man selling watermelons. The boss asked how much they cost every kilogram. John shook his head and went back to the seller to ask and returned to tell the boss $1.2 every kilogram.

The boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to come to his office.  He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market. Bobby went and returned, saying, “Boss, only one person is selling watermelons. $1.2 every kilogram, and $10 for 10 kilograms. The seller has 340 melons. On the table there are 58 melons, and each weighs about 2 kilograms. They were brought from the South two days ago. They are of good quality.”

Hearing what Bobby said, John realized the difference between himself and Bobby. He decided to stay and learn from Bobby.

53. How did John feel when Bobby was promoted to manager?

   A. Angry.                B. Nervous.                  C. Unlucky.                  D. Helpless.

54. The boss gave John a task because______________.

   A. he wanted John to do more for his company

   B. he wanted John to learn more about himself

   C. he wanted to punish John for what he said

   D. he wanted to prove what John said was right

55. We can infer from the passage that_____________.

   A. Bobby was unselfish                               B. John was lazy

   C. the seller was dishonest                           D. the boss was wise

56. What can we learn from the passage?

   A. The boss should treat all his workers in a fair way.

   B. The boss should not promote one who flatters him.

   C. One should not only work hard but also use his head.

   D. One should try to get every detail of watermelons.

If someone says to you: “give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person's not asking for your money, but your fingers.

   In the US, "give me five" or "give me the high five" is a popular gesture (动作). You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the clapping (拍) of each other's raised (举起的) right hands together.

People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票).If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.

  This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor(皇帝). This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword (刀) in his hand.

  Why not try to give the high five to your friends?

49. “Give me five” is a gesture to _______.

   A. make people laugh                     B. ask for money

   C. celebrate success                  D. search one’s pocket

50. The gesture “give me five” is the clapping of _______.

A. toes                 B. hands          C. arms                 D. legs

51. The gesture started in _______ according to the story.

   A. Rome          B. America        C. China                D. Britain

52. What is double “high fives”?

   A. Both kids clap their left hands.

   B. Both kids clap their right hands.

   C. Both kids do high fives several times.

   D. Both kids do high fives with both right and left hands.

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