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My brother, Henry, has a very good job at a bank. I couldn't believe him when he told me that he had decided to leave there. I tried to make him change his mind, but I failed. “You should reconsider your decision (决定),” I said. “You have already spent five years in the bank and you could have a wonderful future (将来). You might become a bank manager (经理) by the time you are thirty-five.”
“I know,” Henry answered. “I have got no complaints (抱怨) with the bank. It is a pleasant job. The bank manager told me that my future was excellent (杰出的).”
“Then why do you want to leave?” I asked.
“It's the money,” Henry said.
“But you are getting a good salary (工资),” I answered.
“I don't mean that,” Henry said. “What do I do in the bank? Well, at the moment all I do is to count money. I find it very depressing (压抑).”
“What is depressing about counting money?” I asked.
“You don't understand,” Henry answered. “I enjoy counting my own money, but I hate counting other people's!
(1) The writer wanted to know ________.
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A．why his brother did in the bank
B．how long his brother had worked at the bank
C．why his brother had decided to leave the bank
D．when his brother would become a bank manager
(2) His brother did not enjoy ________.
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A．working in a pleasant place
B．keeping happy hours
C．getting a good salary
D．counting other people's money
(3) In the sentence “You should reconsider your decision”, “reconsider” means ________.
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(4) From what the writer said we know that the bank paid his brother ________ for his work.
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A．quite a lot of money
B．as much money as the manager's
C．no money
D．not much money
(5) The best title (题目) for this story is ________.
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with a paper football.
Like all children, they find time to play but they also have to do a lot of work. Some children have to help
their parents look after younger brothers or sisters from the age of five. Many young boys have to look after
animals and the girls have to help their mothers carry water.
At present only one third of small children go to primary school because there are so many children and so
few schools. The classes have to be very large. In one school I went to there were 90 children in a class!
Traditionally the Ethiopians do not eat many vegetables. This is very bad for children, so many schools have
their own garden where youngsters can grow their own vegetables.
There is no public transport, so children have to walk to school. One child I spoke to had to walk for even
six hours! Many walk for two or three hours. But the Ethiopians love going to school because they know how
important education is.
The Ethiopian government wants more children to go to school, and organizations like UNICEF are helping
them. Many of the children want to be doctors and they will have to work hard but they know that they are
Ethiopia's hope for the future.
Ethiopia n. 埃塞俄比亚
UNICEF = United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
1. Do Ethiopian children like playing football?
2. How many Ethiopian children can go to primary school?
3. What is Ethiopians' bad eating habit?
4. Who are helping Ethiopian children to get education?
5. What can you learn about Ethiopia from the passage?
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