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　　Mr. Smith did not like to be troubled by visitors while working. He hung a plate outside his door. On the plate were these words,“Mr. Smith isn't at home.”

　　One day, after he had finished his work at another place, Smith thought deeply about some problems on his way home. When he got to the door, he saw the plate, “Oh, Mr. Smith isn't in.”He said to himself and then turned back to his work again.

　　Another time, Smith went to some place to give a talk. When he walked along a river, he thought out a new way. He accidently picked up a small stone, played with it in his hand and then put it into his pocket. When he left the riverside, he took one thing out of his pocket and threw it into the river. At the meeting when he was going to see the time, he was surprised. He took out a small stone from his pocket. There was no watch in it!

1．Mr. Smith hung a plate to tell the visitors that he was ________.

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2．One day he saw the plate, he ________.

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3．By the river, he picked up ________ and put it into his pocket.

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4．At the meeting, there was no watch ________ a stone in his pocket.

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5．After reading the story, we know that Mr. Smith was always ________.

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A．working hard at his work

B．careless with his work

C．forgetting something important he did

D．making mistakes in his work

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　　John Denver was world - known as a singer, songwriter and actor. Songs like “Take Me Home, Country Road,” “Rocky Mountain High”,and “Annie's Song” have become well - known to people throughout the world, but less than thirty years ago, John Denver was a young man with little more than a fine voice, a guitar and a dream. Growing up in a conservative military family(保守的军队家庭), he was not expected to leave college and head to Los Angeles(LA), where the music scene was flowering. Nor was he expected to succeed.

　　In“Take Me Home,”John Denver talked about his experiences as a midwestern boy. Whose uneasiness with fame (名誉) has been one of the biggest influences (影响) in the first 50 years of his life.

　　In his songs, John Denver writes honestly about his clildhood, the experience of moving to LA, his first lucky chance, his first song writing success with“Leaving on a Jet Plane,”and finally a career(事业) that made him well - known all over the world.

　　Honest, insightful (具有洞察力) and rich in tales that a natural - born storyteller could write so well, “Take Me Home”is a fascinating book from beginning to end. It' s like spending a number of days with a good friend.

1．According to the passage, John Denver also ________ besides singing.

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2．The passage tells us that John Denver could play ________.

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3．The sentence “the music scene was flowering” means ________.

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A．the flowers were blooming for music

B．the music scene was in its best state

C．the scenes of musical lays were very beautiful

D．the music was very beautiful

4．John Denver was born in a family ________ of the United States.

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5．From the passage we can see the writer considers ________ to be the best of the following four songs.

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A．Annie's Song

B．Rocky Mountain High

C．Take Me Home, Country Road

D．Leaving On A Jet Plane

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　　Bob was a gardener and he was out of work for a few months. One day, while he was walking in the street, he saw a sign for taking on a man who could grow flowers and trees well. Bob was so pleased that he went to answer the sign right away. There Bob was told to bring his overalls(工作服)with him. Bob did what he was asked.

　　The master examined his overalls carefully and then decided to let him have the job. Bob asked him why his overalls were so important. The master said, “Oh, your overalls are all with patches(补丁) on the knees. I have dismissed two men whose overalls were with patches on the buttocks(臂部).”

1．When he saw the sign, Bob ________.

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A．went back to get his overalls

B．immediately wrote a letter to answer the sign

C．was too pleased to answer the sign

D．went to ask for the job at once

2．When the master first met Bob, he ________.

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A．asked if he had old overalls

B．let Bob have the job immediately

C．asked Bob to go and bring his overalls with him

D．wanted to know if Bob was very wise

3．The master let Bob have the job because ________.

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A．he had examined Bob's overalls

B．he thought patches on knees looked more nice than those on buttocks

C．he regarded Bob as a hard working gardener

D．he considered Bob as honest man

4．The master obviously(明显的) regarded those who had patches on buttocks were ________.

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5．Which of the following statements is wrong according to the passage?

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A．Bob once lost his job a few months ago.

B．One day he saw a sign for employing a farmer who grows flowers and trees well.

C．The master thought hard work was very important necessary.

D．The master employed the two men whose overalls were with patches on the buttocks.

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　　Hotlines have become common in China. Some radio broadcasting stations use hotlines to encourage listeners to take part in their talk shows.

　　That's a good idea. Yet, the fact is some people do nothing but break the whole programme.

　　Some people know little about the topic under discussion. Sometimes they do not even know what the host (主持人) is talking about. So the host has to tell the caller what the show is about. Usually the caller asks a few questions which express his hope and show his ignorance (无知). Then the host has to answer and explain how silly this is! It wastes a lot of time.

　　It seems that some people phone the hotlines in fun. They just want to let listeners hear them. They don't care what the topic is about, whether they themselves are interested or how silly they appear to be.

　　I'm totally bored (厌烦) by those people. It's necessary for radio stations to improve the hotline programmes .In my opinion, if a caller doesn't know what is going on, the operator should not let him take part in it.

1．The sentence “some people do nothing but break the whole programme.”may tell us that ________.

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A．radio stations use hotlines in a wrong way

B．some people are likely to break things

C．some people are very troublesome

D．some people have enjoyed the programme

2．Which of the following is not true?________

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A．Some people know little about the topic under discussion.

B．Some people do not know what the host is talking about.

C．Some people do not know what the show is about.

D．The writer tells us that the host is silly.

3．The host had to answer and explain ________.

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A．for the host works hard.

B．because of the caller's ignorance.

C．for the host likes talking to the caller.

D．because a lot of questions are raised.

4．The passage doesn't tell us ________.

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A．that some listeners phone the hotlines in fun

B．that some people just want to be heard by others

C．that some people don't care what the topic is about

D．what the hotline programmes are

5．The word “operator”in the last paragraph refers to a ________.

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　　Editor,

　　We are very glad to hear that the tree - planting campaigns(运动) have spread(扩展) from South to North China. By now, most people will have learnt the importance of planting trees. With the development of industry, the environment(环境) has become polluted (污染的), affecting(影响) people's health.

　　However, we are worried about the result of planting. Each spring, we plant many trees, but how many of them live till the next spring? Some units don't care about them at all. Planting is their only aim. After that, they leave them to grow on their own. They don't water them regularly(经常的). Those which are planted by the roadside don't get enough protection and some are destroyed by children. The next spring they even don't need to dig more holes: Only planting trees in the holes where the trees have died.

　　We plant trees in our region(地区) year after year, but no woods can be seen today. The departments concerned should take measures to raise the survival rate(成活率) of new seedlings(幼苗).

1．Why do we plant trees every spring? Because we want to ________.

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A．plant trees in the holes where the trees have died

B．cut them down next spring

C．keep the balance of nature

D．leave them to grow on their own

2．The writer wants to tell us that ________.

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A．children have taken good care of all the young trees by the roadside

B．trees are planted in South China and in North China every spring

C．the young trees need watering only every spring

D．not all the trees can live till the next spring without enough protection after they are planted

3．Why is the writer worried? Because ________.

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A．we plant trees every spring

B．most people ignore (忽视) the importance of planting trees

C．the survival rate of new seedlings is too low

D．it affects people's health to plant trees

4．Why don't some people need to dig holes when they plant trees? Because ________.

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A．other people have dug many holes for them

B．It is much easier for them to plant trees

C．they know their only aim is planting trees

D．they can plant trees in the holes where the trees have died

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　　In the 19th century there was an exhibition on the fine art in Paris. Before it was open to the public, several well - known artists were invited to visit and show their opinions. There was a curtain covering each painting. When they came near the first painting, an assistant drew the curtain away. A beautiful painting of rose appeared before them. The painting was really to life. At the moment a butterfly flew into the hall and stopped on one of the roses in the picture. All of them cheered. They all declared that it was excellent, because it confused the butterfly.

　　Then they came to the second painting. The assistant was going to draw the curtain as he did before. As soon as he touched the curtain, he cried. “Wonderful It's the best painting I have ever seen！”

　　All the artists asked why he thought so. After he told them the reason, everybody agreed with him.

1．This story happened in the ________.

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2．According to the passage, there ________ in the hall.

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3．It confused the butterfly. Here “confused” means ________.

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4．What do you think the second painting was about?

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5．The second is ever better because it ________.

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　　Frank W, Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York, in 1852. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided he did not want to be a farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.

　　Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for displaying goods to arouse people's interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends(小商品) for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said: FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.

　　Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store, selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low - price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly from the factories. Once, for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.

　　By 1919 , Woolworth had over 1,000 stores in the USA and Canada, and opened his first store in London . He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always ran his business according to strict rules of which the most important was: “THE CUSTOMER(顾客)IS ALWAYS RIGHT.”

1．Frank took a short business course in order to ______.

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A．earn more money for his family

B．learn something from a salesman

C．get away from the farm

D．get enough to eat

2．Frank sold the odds and ends quickly because ______.

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A．he knew how to get people to buy his goods

B．he cut down the price by half

C．he had spread the goods on a table in a very nice way

D． the sign he put on the table was well designed

3．The price of the knives was cut down by half because ______

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A．the factory workers worked 24 hours a day.

B．knives were ordered in large quantities directly from the factory.

C．the knives were made in Germany, where labour was cheap.

D．the knives were produced in one factory.

4．______ made Woolworth a world - famous man.

A．His business skills and his wealth.

B．The low price of the goods he sold.

C．His trip to Germany and his huge order of knives.

D．His natural skill for displaying things.

5．The belief that: “The customer is always right”suggests that ______.

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A．whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant, the customer is always right

B．shop assistants should always show respect for and be polite to their customers during business hours

C．stores must always follow the customer's orders if they want to make more money

D．stores should do their best to meet the customer's needs if they want to be successful

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　　In order to know a foreign language thoroughly (彻底的) , four things are necessary. Firstly, we must be able to understand the language when we hear it spoken . Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves correctly, with confidence and without hesitation(犹豫) . Thirdly, we must be able to read the language and fourthly, we must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct. We must know how to arrange sentences in paragraphs(段落),so as to write a good letter or composition.

　　There is no easy way to success in language learning. A good memory is a great help, but it is not enough simply to memorize rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long lists of words and their meanings. We must learn words not by themselves, but in sentences. We must learn by using the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of advice for those who are studying a new language. Practice is very important. We must practise speaking and writing the language whenever we can.

1．The word “confidence ”here probably means“______”.

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2．The writer advises us to ______.

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A．speak more and write more

B． read more

C． speak more

D．use more

3．The first step in learning a language is ______.

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4．Words should be learned in a ______.

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5．“Learn through use”is to say that we must ______.

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A．practise speaking and writing

B．learn by using the language

C．learn everything by heart

D．remember grammar rules as many as possible

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　　Mark Twain and Chauncey M. Depew once went abroad on the same ship. When the ship was a few days out they were both invited to a dinner, and when speech-making time came, Mark Twain had the first chance. He spoke twenty minutes and made a great hit. Then it was Mr. Depew's turn.

　　“Mr. Toastmaster and Ladies and Gentlemen,”said the famous speaker as he rose“Before this dinner Mark Twain and myself made an agreement to trade speeches. He had just delivered[di'liv+d],演讲) my speech, and I thank you for the pleasant manner in which you received it. I regret to say that I have lost the notes of his speech and can not remember anything he was to say.”

　　Then he sat down, and there was much laughter.

1．What did Mark Twain and Chauncey M. Depew to abroad for?

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A．They were going to make important speeches

B．They were going to have important dinner

C．They were going to attend an important meeting

D．The writer of the passage didn't tell us about it

2．From the first paragraph, we can see that, on the ship ________.

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A．Mark Twain made a well - liked speech

B．Mark Twain was not pleased with his own speech

C．The listeners thought that Mark Twain's speech was well worth listening to but it was too long

D．Mark Twain was happy to get the first chance to speak

3．From this passage, we can see that Chauncey M. Depew ________.

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A．was a famous speaker but had a poor memory

B．lost the notes of the speech but made a wonderful speech

C．was a famous speaker indeed

D．felt unhappy because Mark Twain broke his promise

4．What did the listeners think of the speech made by Chauncey M. Depew?

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A．His speech was more interesting than Mark Twain's.

B．His speech was less interesting than Mark Twain's.

C．His speech was a wonderful speech made in a funny way.

D．His speech was not a speech but a laughing matter.

5．The best title for the passage is ________.

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A．Mark Twain and Chauncey M. Depew

B．Funny Speeches

C．An Agreement to Trade Speeches

D．I Cannot Remember Anything He Was to Say

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　　In1955, a man named Raymond Kroc entered a partnership with two brothers named McDonald. They operated a popular restaurant in California which sold food that was easy to prepare and serve quickly. Hamburgers, French fries, and cold drinks were the main foods on the limited menu. Kroc opened similar eating places under the same name“McDonald's.” and they were an instant success. He later took over the company and today it is one of the most famous and successful “fast - food” chains in America and the world.

　　Why was his idea so successful? Probably the most important reason was that his timing was right. In the 1950s, most married women stayed home to keep house and take care of their children. During the 1960s, the movement for equality（平等） between men and women and an economy（经济） that needed more families to have two money - earners resulted in many women returning to the workplace. This meant that they had less time and energy to do housework, so they depended more on fast-food restaurants.

　　Single parents also have little time to spend in the kitchen. People living alone because of divorce（离婚） or a preference for a “single lifestyle” also depend on this type of food, since cooking for one is often more trouble than it is worth.

    Fast food is not part of the diet of all Americans. Another of the 1960s was called back - to - nature movement. More and more. Americans based their diets on natural foods. This preference for natural foods continues to this day. These products can now be found not only in the special health food store but also in many supermarkets.

1．The passage is mainly about ________.

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A．how and why “McDonald's”became successful

B．the effect social and economic changes have on people's eating habits

C．why Americans prefer natural food

D．American eating habits

2．Which of the following was not a reason for Raymond Kroc's success?

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A．His partnership with the McDonald brothers

B．A．changing economy.

C．The back - to - nature movement

D．Women's liberation movement.

3．We can infer from the passage that ________.

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A．natural foods are still popular today

B．many married women in America returned to work in the 1960s

C．McDonald's fast food is popular all over the world

D．divorce caused people to change their eating habits

4．Which of the following is wrong?

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A．Not all American people like fast food.

B．Before the 1960s, women usually stayed at home.

C．fast foods are more popular than natural foods in America.

D．Raymond Kroc became the owner of McDonald's.