Food is very important. Everyone needs to    1  well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is   2 . We begin to get knowledge(知识) even when we are very young. Small children are   3 in everything around them. They learn

  4  while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to   5  story books, science books..., anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and   6  to find out the answer.

　　What is the best   7  to get knowledge? If we learn   8  ourselves, we will get the most knowledge. If we are   9  getting answers from others and do not ask why, we never learn well. When we study in the right way, we will learn more and understand    10 .

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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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阅读与写作

　　A man lived in a tall building in the city of Moscow. He liked living there. It was usually very quiet, and he could see the park from his window. There was only one problem: the man upstairs. Every night, the man upstairs came back late. He always took off his shoes and threw them on the floor. At this time, the man downstairs was trying to sleep. But every night he heard the noise upstairs. Bang! One shoe. Bang! The other shoe. It was too bad. He found it very difficult to get to sleep and he was rather angry with the man upstairs. One day, the man downstairs went to talk to the man. He went upstairs and knocked at the door. The man opened it. With a smile the man from downstairs said: "I' m sorry to trouble you. "

　　"What is it?" asked the man.

　　"Well, every time you get back at night, you drop your shoes on the floor. It happens every night. The noise wakes me up. Would you please not do this?"

　　"I'm very sorry," said the man. "I won't do it again. "

　　The next evening the man upstairs came home from work late as usual. He was feeling very tired. He took off the first shoe and threw it on the floor. The he remembered the man down stairs.

　　So he took off the second shoe and put it under his bed very quietly. He had his supper, listened to the radio, read a newspaper and then went to bed. He was just falling asleep when there was a loud knock at the door. He opened it and saw the man from downstairs.

　　"Please!" said the man from downstairs. "Please drop the other shoe! I was waiting for the sound of the other shoe! I can't get to sleep!"

　　假设你就是住在楼下的那个人，请你根据这篇短文，用第一人称给你的朋友写一封抱怨信.

Dear friend,

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