Several years ago, a television reporter was interviewing three of the most important people from local businesses. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
　　The reporter was talking to them about being important.
　　“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.
　　The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President is really important.”
　　The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.
　　The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President said he was too busy to answer it.”
　　The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”
　　“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”
　　“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.
　　“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”
【小题1】This story happened in ________.
A. U.N.             B. U.S.A.               C. U.K.      D. P.R.C.
【小题2】There are________in this passage.

A．three men	B．three women and one man
C．four men	D．three men and one woman

【小题3】The banker and the owner of one of the largest companies in the world ________.

A．had similar opinions about the reporter’s question

B．disagreed with each other

C．had been invited to the White House many times

D．didn’t reply to the reporter

【小题4】The owner of one of the largest companies thought ________.

A．he himself was really important because he owned one of the largest companies in the world

B．the President was really important because the president of another country called him

C．the visitor was really important if the President would rather treat him than answer an important phone call from another country

D．none of them was really important

【小题5】The underlined word you in the last paragraph refers to (指的是) ________.

A．the television reporter	B．the owner of many buildings
C．the President	D．the visitor to the White House

根据短文，选择正确答案
A Clever Bird
A man has a bird. It is very clever. Every day the man speaks to the bird. “Hello!” he says. “Hello!” the bird answers. “What are you doing?” says the man. “What are you doing?” says the bird.
The man is not at home one day. A thief comes in. He is taking many things “Hello!” The thief hears the bird's words. “What are you doing?” The thief is very afraid，so he does not take any things and runs out of the house.
【小题1】The man teaches the bird ________.

A．how to say something	B．how to sing songs
C．how to eat something	D．how to dance

【小题2】The bird is ________.

A．very nice

B．very clever

C．very beautiful

D．very silly(傻的)

【小题3】The man speaks to the bird ________.

A．sometimes

B．once a week

C．every week

D．every day

【小题4】The thief is taking ________ things from the house.

A．a few

B．a little

C．a lot of

D．some

【小题5】The thief ________ out of the room.

A．walks

B．comes

C．runs

D．goes

　　Mr. Hunt was cutting a branch(树枝)off a tree in his garden. While he was sawing(锯), a man passed in the street. Seeing Mr. Hunt sitting on the branch, he stopped and said, “Excuse me, but if you keep sawing(继续锯树)the branch like that, you will fall down(倒下)with it.” He said this because Mr. Hunt was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk(树干)of the tree.

　　Mr. Hunt said nothing. He thought, “This is a foolish man and a foolish idea.” So he went on(继续)with his work.

　　After a few minutes, the branch fell down and Mr. Hunt fell with it and the branch hit his left leg. His leg hurt(疼痛)very much.

　　“The man can know the future(未来).” Mr. Hunt thought himself. So he went out with his horse and looked for the man but he never found him again.

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1．Why did the man stop when he passed by? Because he ________.

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A．could know the future

B．he was afraid of the man falling down with the tree

C．he wanted to talk to him

D．he wanted to ask for something

2．Where was Mr. Hunt sitting? He was sitting ________.

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3．Mr. Hunt thought the man was ________ at first.

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4．At last Mr. Hunt ________ with the branch.

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5．Mr. Hunt was ________.

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