My father often works very hard. And he has  1  to see a film. Here I’ll tell you   2   about

One afternoon, when he finished his work and   3   go home, he found a film ticket under the   on his desk. He thought he   5   to have not much work to do that day and   6   was quite wonderful to pass the   7   at the cinemA. So he came back home and   8   finished his supper. Then he said   9   to us and left.

But to our   10   , he came back about half an hour later, I   11   him what was the matter. He smiled and told us about   12   funny thing that had happened at the cinema.

When my father was sitting in his seat, a   13   came to my father’s and said that the seat was   14   . My father was surpriseD. He took out the ticket   15   looked at it carefully. It was Row17,   16  . And then he looked at the seat. It was the same. So he asked her    17    her ticket. She took out the ticket at once and the seat shown in it was Row 17, Seat 3.

18    ? What’s the matter with all this? While they were wondering suddenly the woman said, “The   19    of the tickets are different.” So they looked at the ticket more carefully. After a while, my father said, “Oh,    20   , I made a mistake. My ticket is for the film a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words, he left the cinema.

1. A. little money B. much money      C. little time D. much time

2. A. a funny story        B. a good story      C. an old story      D. a strange story

3. A. was to   B. was about to      C. had to       D. ought

4. A. box       B. book   C. glass D. paper

5. A. happened      B. liked   C. pretended   D. wanted

6. A. it    B. this     C. that     D. which

7. A. morning       B. afternoon   C. day     D. evening

8. A. early     B. quietly       C. quickly      D. suddenly

9. A. hello     B. good-bye    C. good evening    D. good night

10. A. disappointment     B. joy       C. sorrow       D. surprise

11. A. asked   B. explained   C. told    D. wanted

12. A. a B. one     C. some D. the

13. A. man     B. woman       C. doctor       D. nurse

14. A. hers     B. his      C. taken D. wrong

15. A. and      B. but     C. or      D. so

16. A. Seat1   B. Seat2  C. Seat3        D. Seat4

17. A. it bring       B. to get  C. to see        D. to show

18. A. Why    B. How   C. When        D. where

19. A. designs       B. colors C. prices  D. owners

20. A. I’m sad B. I’m sorry   C. I’m wrong        D. I’m worried

Indians Refuse Higher Education

On June 17,1744, the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations. The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College. In letter the next day they refused the offer as follows:

We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges, and that the costs of living of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to you. We are certain that you mean to do us good by your suggestion; and we thank you heartily. But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things, and you will therefore not be displeased if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces:

They were taught all your sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad manners, and they knew little of every means of living in the woods... they were totally good for nothing.

We are, however, not the less obliged for your kind offer, though we refuse to accept it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, teach them in all we know, and make men of them.

59.The passage is about _______.

A.the talk between the Indians and the officials

B.the colleges of the northern provinces

C.the educational values of the Indians

D.the problems of the Americans in the mid-eighteenth century

60.The Indians’ chief purpose in writing the letter seems to be to______.

A.politely refuse a friendly offer

B.express their opinions on equal treatment

C.show their pride

D.describe Indian customs

61.Different from the officials’ view of education, the Indians thought______.

A.young women should also be educated

B.they had different objects of education

C.they taught different branches of science

D.they should teach the sons of the officials first

62.The mood of the letter as a whole is best described as ______.

A.angry      B.polite      C.pleasant       D.inquiring

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