Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown work in the same office. One day Mr. Jones says to Mr. Brown, “I will have a small party at our house on Monday evening. Would you and your wife like to come?”
Mr. Brown says, “Thank you very much. I’d love to, but let me ask my wife first.” So Mr. Brown goes to the other room and telephones his wife. Then he comes back and looks very ____.
“What’s the matter?” asks Mr. Jones. “ Is your wife there at home?”
“No,” answers Mr. Brown. “She isn’t there. My son answers the telephone. I say to him, ‘Is your mother here, David?’ and he answers, ‘No, she isn’t in the house.’ ‘Where is she?’ I ask. ‘She is somewhere outside.’ ‘What’s she doing?’ ‘She is looking for me.’”
【小题1】Who will have a party at home?

Mr. Jones works in a factory far away from his home. One day he wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night. At last he found the house of a letter-writer whose name was Nasreddin. 

Nasreddin was already in bed. “It is late,” he said. “What do you want?” “I want you to write a letter to my wife,” said Mr. Jones. Nasreddin was not pleased. He thought for a few seconds and then asked, “Has the letter got to go far?”

“What does that matter?” answered Mr. Jones. 

“Well, my writing is so strange that only I can read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of money. ”Mr. Jones went away with no words.

1.Mr. Jones is a ________.

    A. letter-writer                    B. postman                  C. worker

2.Mr. Jones looked for somebody to write a letter for him ______.

    A. late at night

B. in the morning

C. in the afternoon

3.Nasreddin was not pleased because he wanted to ______.

A. write the letter             B. make money               C. remain in bed

4.We know from the story that Nasreddin is a _______ man.

A. kind                     B. funny                        C. strict

5.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Mr. Jones paid no money to Nasreddin.

B. Mr. Jones was happy when he heard the words.

C. Nasreddin wrote the letter for Mr. Jones.

1通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小题所给四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案

Mr. Brown lives in a village. He has got a big family and a strong  1  . His farm is small and he is often   2   in winter. So he goes to the city and finds work there.

Once he stayed there for about two months. When New Year was coming, he   3   home to see his wife and children. On his way home, something was wrong with his eyes. When he was knocking at the door, his dog came out and bit（咬） him. His wife hurried to drive  4   away. The next morning he went to see  5  . The doctor looked over his eyes carefully and gave him some medicine. Before he   6   , he told the doctor about his dog. When he heard this, the doctor began to   7   and said, “Maybe something is wrong with  8   eyes, too, I think.”

When he got home, he told his wife about it. The woman said, “I  9   it’s true. If a thief comes into our house, it won’t see him and he’ll steal something here.”

Mr. Brown thought his wife was   10   . He had to make his dog take his medicine instead.

1.A. child          B. dog          C. wife           D. son

2.A. free          B. busy         C. safe            D. worried

3.A. reached       B. comes        C. goes           D. returned

4.A. her husband    B. the dog       C. the thief        D. their children

5.A. his dog        B. his wife       C. a doctor       D. his friend

6.A. got home      B. left           C. went          D. came

7.A. cry           B. write         C. laugh          D. work

8.A. your dog’s     B. your       C. your wife’s     D. your children’s

9.A. am afraid      B. am sorry      C. don’t think      D. agree

10.A. ill            B. wrong        C. unhappy        D. right

--- I wonder if your wife will go to the party.

--- If your wife does, so ____________.

Martin Lynch, an American businessman, had been going on vacation to a small Mexican fishing village for a number of years. One morning while going for a walk along the beach, he saw his friend Pablo Perez, a local fisherman. Martin watched Pablo unload his boat and pack the fish in a box.

?? Martin noticed Pablo was smiling and looked very happy. He could also see several large fish in the boat. Martin greeted Pablo and asked how long it took to catch the fish. “Just a few hours,” replied Pablo. Martin asked, “Why didn’t you stay longer and catch more fish?” “I have enough for my family,” Pablo said. “And what do you do with the rest of your day?” asked Martin. “I take a nap, play with my children, spend time with my wife, and go into the village to see my friends and play cards, I have a full and busy life.” Martin explained that if Pablo worked longer hours and caught more fish, he could make more money. With the extra money, Pablo could buy more boats and catch money more fish. By selling the fish, Pablo could open his own factory and sell direct to supermarkets.

?? “Then what?” asked Pablo. “Well you would probably have to move to Mexico City to run the business. Finally, you would be able to sell your business and make millions of dollars,” replied Martin. “How long will that take?” asked Pablo.

?? Martin thought for a while and said it would probably take at least 15 years.

?? “And then what” asked Pablo.

?? “Well, that’s the best part,” Martin said. “You will be able to retire, Buy a house near the ocean, sleep longer, play with your children, spend more time with your wife, see your friends, and play cards.”

1.What makes the Mexican fisherman happy is ______________.

A. many friends to visit him????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. a full and busy life

C. more boats and more fish ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. the house near the ocean

2.How can the fisherman make more money in the businessman’s view?

A. By buying a supermarket. ????????????? ????????????? B. To move to Mexico City.

C. By selling his own business. ????????????? ????????????? D. To work longer and catch more fish.

3.The underlined word “unload” in the passage means ____________.

A. put … into?????????????? B. take … away from

C. break down?????????????? D. set off

4.We can infer from the passage that ____________.

A. the fisherman will stay the same with his life

B. the fisherman will leave the village for Mexico City

C. the business man will buy the fisherman’s boat

D. it takes all day for the fisherman to catch large fish