Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.

“I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is

  1 .”

And he told the   2  . He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it.

He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always    3 . “I’ll travel for my work, not for   4 ,” he told her . “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have

  5   to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to   6 , and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good    7  or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”

“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t   8 . “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”

Denny did not say anything, but he  9  about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ve got to take photos of wild

   10  there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”

His wife was very    11 , and at first she had a very enjoyable time.

Then Denny went off to  12  some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated. She walked down one path while he walked down the other.

Suddenly, Denny heard her   13 . He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.

Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and   14  it at his wife and the lion.

Then he shouted, “  15 , woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”

1.                A．dangerous      B．natural         C．convenient    D．impossible

2.                A．lie             B．reason          C．news     D．truth

3.                A．allowed         B．refused         C．failed D．joked

4.                A．wealth         B．prize           C．pleasure  D．luck

5.                A．money         B．time           C．interest   D．ability

6.                A．meet           B．work           C．shop     D．stay

7.                A．meal           B．picnic          C．room     D．party

8.                A．agree          B．understand      C．reply     D．complain

9.                A．worried        B．forgot          C．asked    D．thought

10.               A．land           B．flowers         C．animals    D．people

11.               A．sad            B．excited         C．surprised D．amazed

12.               A．find           B．feed           C．drive D．shoot

13.               A．singing         B．crying          C．laughing   D．cheering

14.               A．threw          B．fired           C．showed   D．pointed

15.               A．Hurry up        B．Look out        C．Slow down     D．Go ahead

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John and Bobby worked in the same company. Both of them worked very hard. However, several years later, Mr. Ted, the boss of the company, asked Bobby to be market manager. John could not accept the fact. He thought the boss only liked those who flattered(奉承) him. So he decided not to work there.

The boss knew John well and asked John to do one thing before he left. He asked John to go and find out anyone selling watermelon in the market. Soon John returned and said that he found a man selling watermelon. The boss asked him how much the watermelon was. John shook his head.

The boss asked John to wait a moment. Then he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to do the same thing. When Bobby returned, he told the boss that only one person was selling watermelon. It was $1.2 a kilo and $10 for 10 kilos. Each watermelon weighed about 2 kilos. All came from the South two days ago.

John was much moved and realized the difference between himself and Bobby. Chances are in the daily details(细节) and a more successful person sees more and father.

1.Who was the market manager?

A. John.                  B. Bobby.                C. Ted.

2.How did John feel about Ted’s choice first?

A. Moved.                B. Annoyed.               C. Accepted.

3.Why did Ted ask John and Bobby to do the same thing?

A. To buy some fresh watermelons for the workers.

B. To find the price of watermelon in the market.

C. To help John know the difference between himself and Bobby.

4.What can be the best title(标题) for the passage?

A. More, Details, More Chances.

B. More Practice, More Success.

C. Better Luck, Better Jobs.

Long ago, people lived on wild animals, fruits and other plants and they didn’t need to use money.
As time passed, families had more products(产品) than they needed, such as animals and crops. So they needed to trade(交易) with others. They began to use money to make it easier. However, it was not like the money we use today. They used shells, rice, salt or large stones.
During the 600s BC, people began using coins as money. Because they were easier to carry than goods(货物), countries began to make coins as their money.

The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably in the 11th century. An Italian traveler, Marco Polo, saw the Chinese use paper money when he visited China in the 1200s. After his travel, he told the western people what he saw. But European countries didn’t start using paper money till the1600s.
Today we have many ways to pay for things, such as coins, paper money and cards. Some prefer to pay by card. That’s because paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of “real” money.
【小题1】People began to use money because they ______.
A. lived on plants           B. raised animals        C. needed to trade
【小题2】People used ______ as money during the 600s BC.
A. shells                    B. coins                 C. cards
【小题3】Which country used paper money first?
A. Japan.                    B. USA.                  C. China.
【小题4】The passage tells us the ______ of money
A. history                   B. use                   C. collection

Mr. Jenkins is fifty years old. He has taught math in a middle school for twenty-six years. He works hard and always come to his office on time. He hopes his students can be honest（诚实）and is strict with them. Some of his students become famous persons，but they still remember him and often write to him. Of course the old man is proud of（自豪）it.

This term he began to teach Grade One. Some of the new students were told about him, but the others didn’t know him well. He told them how to be an honest person. He gave them several examples and said，“I hate telling a lie（撒谎）most.”

Before class was over，he told all his students to finish Exercise 8 in Unit 1．The next morning，as soon as he came in the classroom，he asked，“Who’s finished Exercise 8? ”

A few students put up their hands. He shook（摇头）his head and said. “Open your workbooks and see if（是否）there’s Exercise 8 in Unit 1 or not.”

The students had a look at their books and their faces turned red at once.

1.Mr. Jenkins began to work in the school when he was ____.

A．twenty-two                            B．twenty-three

C．twenty-four                            D．twenty-five

2. What is Mr. Jenkins proud of?

A．All his students have become honest.

B．All his students often write to him.

C．He’s been a teacher for twenty-six years.

D．Some of his students become famous and often write to him.

3.Which sentence is Not True?

A．This term Mr. Jenkins began to teach Grade One.

B．All the new students knew him well.

C．He told the students he hated telling a lie most.

D．Not all the students put up their hands.

4. Mr. Jenkins told his students to finish Exercise 8 in Unit 1 because ________.

A．it was very interesting

B．it was very important

C．he wanted to give them an example

D．he wanted to know if they were honest

5. The students’ faces turned red because ________.

A．they made Mr. Jenkins angry

B．they told a lie in class

C．they didn’t finish the exercise

D．they felt very excited