Three travelers, Allan, Carl and Paul were sitting on the chairs in a train station. They were waiting for a train that was very late.

To pass the time, they began talking to each other.

At first, they talked about the weather and their work. Then Paul said, "Tell me—what would you most like to do if your doctor tell you that you have only three months to live?"

The other two men thought about this for a while, then Carl spoke.

“Well,” he said, “if I have only three months to live, I’ll take all my money out of the bank and go to foreign countries for holidays with my best friend, Erik. I'd like to travel to the places in the world as many as possible. And I'll stay at the best hotels and then eat the best food. I think I'll have a wonderful time.”

“That's very interesting.” Paul said.

With these words, he turned to the other man, saying, “And what about you?”

“I'll tell you a secret,” Allan said. “I always want to be a racing driver. So if I have only three months to live, the first thing I'd like to do is to sell my house. With the money I’ll buy the fastest car in the world. Maybe I can enter all the big motor races.”

Then he laughed, "I might even end up (以……而告终) world champion.”

“Now it's your turn,” Allan went on, “If your doctor tell you the bad news, what would you most like to do?”

“Oh,” said Paul with a smile. “I’ll go and see another doctor.”

1.The three men were talking _____________.

A. in the post office  B. in the waiting room

C. on the train        D. on the chairs

2.The man called ________ answered the question first.

A. Carl B. Allan C. Erik D. Paul

3.The men began to talk about the weather and the work because they __________.

A. didn't know anything new

B. wanted to pass the time quickly

C. had nothing to do

D. were very interested in each other's work

4."I might even end up world champion." Here the word "champion" means ___in Chinese.

A.名人 B.赛车手 C.大款 D.冠军

5.Which sentence is right according to the passage?

A. The train didn't arrive on time.

B. Paul wanted to buy a racing car very much.

C. Allan was the second man to answer the question.

D. Carl didn't like traveling at all.

 

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     There was once a rich man who loved his little boy very

much. He wanted to try his best to please (使……高兴) him.

So he gave him a horse to ride, beautiful rooms to live in,

pictures, books, toys and everything that money  1.  buy.

      But for all this, the little boy was still   2.  . He wore a frown ( 皱眉 ) wherever he went, and always wished for something he did not have. The man didn' t know how to make his son happy.

     One day, a magician (魔术师) came to the man and said to him, "I can make your son happy and turn his frowns into smiles, but you must pay me a great price for  3.  him the secret. "

      "All right," said the man, "No matter what you ask for, I’ll give you." The magician took the boy into a secret room. He wrote something on a piece of paper, and then gave it to the   4. There on the paper came the words, "Do one kind thing for someone every day. " The boy  5.  the advice and became one of the happiest boys.

      Only those who stop thinking about their own happiness can be truly happy.

 

A little boy was attracted(吸引)by a board above the door of a shop. It read, "Little Dogs for Sale." A    16    like that has a way of attracting small children into the shop.

The little boy walked into the shop and found a dog behind other dogs and said, "What's 17   with that little dog?"

The store owner said that the vet(兽医)   18   the little dog and found it was   19  . It would always be lame(破的).

The little boy became   20   ."That is the dog that I want to buy. "

The store owner said, "No, you don't need to buy that little dog. If you really want him,

 I'll just give him to you. "

The little boy got quite sad. He said angrily, "I don't want you to give him to me. I'll 21    the full price for him. In fact, I'll give you $ 2.37 now, and 50 cents a month   22  I have paid the full price. "

The store owner continued, "He is   23   going to be able to run and jump and play with you like the other dogs."

To his    24   ,the little boy rolled up(卷起)his trousers to show his badly hurt left leg. He looked at the store owner and    25    answered," Well, I don't run so well myself and the little dog will need someone who understands him. "

1.A. sign            B. school         C. mark               D. signal

2.A. wrong          B. matter          C. reason             D. purpose

3.A. went           B. cured           C. treated             D. left

4.A. deaf            B. blind           C. disabled            D. homeless

5.A. silent           B. excited         C. exciting            D. interesting

6.A. spend           B. cost           C. take               D. pay

7. A. since           B. so             C. until               D. and

8. A. always          B. never          C. ever               D. sometimes

9. A. joy             B. sadness        C. surprise             D. delight

10. A. softly           B. shortly         C. badly               D. correctly

 

The story tell us about the British writer, Richard Savage. He was once living in London with   1  money in his pockets. In order to get some food and clothes, he wrote the story of his life and managed to have it published. But not many copies of his books were   2  in the shops, and he was still living a hard life. Because of anxiety(忧虑)and malnutrition(营养不良)， he became very weak and before long he fell  3 , and a doctor was sent for. The doctor was not rich enough, but was  4  literature. He tried his best to cure Savage of his illness and a week later Savage was out of danger. When he finally recovered(重新获得) his  5 , the doctor sent a bill to Savage for his  6  , but poor Savage had no money to pay it. The doctor waited for a month and sent another bill. Receiving no money again, the doctor went to Savage himself.

"You know you owe(欠) your life to me," said the doctor, "and I should  7 some thankfulness from you."

"I agree," said the writer, " you've done a great favour(恩惠) for me and if I'm not ungrateful for your kindness, I'll damage(损坏) my life to you."

With these words he handed the doctor two copies of The Life of Richard Savage.

The doctor took the books home and began to _ 8  them carefully.

"I see I've  9 the life of a great writer," the doctor said to himself with a sense of pride,  Maybe this is the only thing I could be really   10 of in my life."

Five years later Savage called on the doctor to pay his bill, only to find that the doctor had already passed away .

1.                A．much          B．a little          C．little D．enough

 

2.                A．bought         B．sold            C．printed   D．showed

 

3.                A．weak          B．anxious         C．frightened D．ill

 

4.                A．interested in     B．familiar with     C．popular with   D．worried about

 

5.                A．walk           B．health          C．movement D．action

 

6.                A．care           B．help           C．attention  D．treatment

 

7.                A．wish           B．choose         C．get  D．master

 

8.                A．write          B．correct         C．improve  D．read

 

9.                A．made          B．saved          C．trained   D．taught

 

10.               A．fond           B．aware          C．proud D．afraid

 

 

"Tom? Are you in bed yet?" called Mrs White. There was no answer. Mrs White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son's room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a colourful dragon jumped and shouted.

     "Oh, Tom! You're still playing on that computer. You must stop now. It's half past eleven. If you don't go to bed soon, you'll be very tired tomorrow," said Mrs White.

     "But I've nearly beaten the dragon," said Tom. Mrs White could see the excitement on her son's face. She sat down beside him.

     "You are always playing on that computer. You spend more time with this machine than with your family," she said with a smile. "What's special about it? Show me what it can do!"

     "I think this is a great computer, Mum!" he said happily. "The hardware (硬件) is good. There's so much memory and it has some wonderful software programs. This game, 'Dragon Player', is my favourite, but I sometimes borrow games from Daniel and other friends. I don't have to worry about any infected（感染） disks because I have a virus（病毒） detector (探测器) which can go over any disk and check it for viruses. Let me show you!" Tom began tapping. The screen changed in answer to his orders.

    "Oh, Tom," laughed Mrs White. "I'm sure it's a wonderful computer, but I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about."

1.When Mrs White was calling Tom, he was ______.

    A. playing computer games in' his bedroom      B. playing with a dragon in his bedroom

    C. playing "Dragon Player" in the study         D. lying in bed reading a book

2. Tom was excited because ______.

    A. the computer has a good memory            B. the hardware is good

    C. he had nearly won the game                 D. his mother came to see him

3. What do we know about Mrs White?

    A. She loves her son too much.

    B. She loves computer games too.

    C. She is very hard on his son.

    D. She is as wonderful as the computer game.