This is __1__ news for children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl __2__ big eyes. Her big eyes are __3_ us her dream: I wish to __4__! In China, there are still __5__ girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their _6_ are too poor. If the family has two or three children, parents __7_ send them all to school. So they often ask __8__ to stay at home, and boys to go to school.

Now they needn’t __9__ the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school _10__ in poor areas. They don’t have to __11__ books and other things. Some of them can even get __12__ from the government（政府）to make their life better. Soon, __13__  children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very __14_ with the news. It is _15__ great.

1. A. small        B. good       C. bad          D. big

2.A. with               B. on              C. to                     D. in

3.A. saying           B. telling     C. speaking           D. talking

4. A. go to work   B. go to bed   C. go to school       D. go home

5. A. a lot              B. 1ot of        C. a lot of              D. much

6. A. schools        B. cities         C. houses           D. families

7..  A. can’t                  B. will              C. should              D. mustn’t

8.  A. teachers           B. girls           C. boys                D. all the children

9.  A. look up    B. turn on     C. worry about   D. make sure

10.  A. by themselves  B. on foot    C. for free       D. with money

11.  A. borrow        B. read      C. bring         D. pay for

12.  A. books         B. clothes    C. food         D. money

13.  A. all                    B. some       C. many              D. most

14.  A. sad          B. interested    C. happy       D. excited

15.  A. not                   B. never        C. hardly               D. really

 

This is __36__ news for children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl __37__ big eyes. Her big eyes are __38__ us her dream: I wish to __39__! In China, there are still __40__ girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their __41__ are too poor. If the family has two or three children, parents __42__ send them all to school. So they often ask __43__ to stay at home, and boys to go to school.

Now they needn’t __44__ the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school __45__ in poor areas. They don’t have to __46__ books and other things. Some of them can even get __47__ from the government（政府）to make their life better. Soon, ___48__  children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very __49__ with the news. It is __50__ great.

36.  A. small        B. good       C. bad          D. big

37.  A. with            B. on        C. to          D. in

38.  A. saying      B. telling     C. speaking      D. talking

39.  A. go to work      B. go to bed   C. go to school D. go home

40.  A. a lot           B. 1ot of        C. a lot of        D. much

41.  A. schools    B. cities        C. houses      D. families

42.  A. can’t          B. will      C. should          D. mustn’t

43.  A. teachers        B. girls         C. boys            D. all the children

44.  A. look up    B. turn on     C. worry about   D. make sure

45.  A. by themselves  B. on foot    C. for free       D. with money

46.  A. borrow        B. read      C. bring         D. pay for

47.  A. books         B. clothes    C. food         D. money

48.  A. all             B. some       C. many           D. most

49.  A. sad          B. interested    C. happy       D. excited

50.  A. not         B. never         C. hardly        D. really

      This is __36__ news for children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl __37__ big eyes. Her big eyes are __38__ us her dream: I wish to __39__! In China, there are still __40__ girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their __41__ are too poor. If the family has two or three children, parents __42__ send them all to school. So they often ask __43__ to stay at home, and boys to go to school.

Now they needn’t __44__ the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school __45__ in poor areas. They don’t have to __46__ books and other things. Some of them can even get __47__ from the government（政府）to make their life better. Soon, ___48__ the children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very __49__ with the news. It is __50__ great.

36.  A. small        B. good       C. bad          D. big

37.  A. with              B. on           C. to                  D. in

38.  A. saying           B. telling         C. speaking         D. talking

39.  A. go to work     B. go to bed   C. go to school    D. go home

40.  A. a lot              B. 1ot of       C. a lot of           D. much

41.  A. schools         B. cities        C. houses         D. families

42.  A. can’t             B. will                C. should          D. mustn’t

43.  A. teachers        B. girls         C. boys            D. all the children

44.  A. look up         B. turn on     C. worry about   D. make sure

45.  A. by themselves  B. on foot    C. for free       D. with money

46.  A. borrow        B. read      C. bring         D. pay for

47.  A. books         B. clothes    C. food         D. money

48.  A. all                B. some       C. many           D. most

49.  A. sad          B. interested    C. happy       D. excited

50.  A. not               B. never       C. hardly       D. really

This is __1__ news for children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl __2__ big eyes. Her big eyes are __3_ us her dream: I wish to __4__! In China, there are still __5__ girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their _6_ are too poor. If the family has two or three children, parents __7_ send them all to school. So they often ask __8__ to stay at home, and boys to go to school.

Now they needn’t __9__ the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school _10__ in poor areas. They don’t have to __11__ books and other things. Some of them can even get __12__ from the government（政府）to make their life better. Soon, __13__  children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very __14_ with the news. It is _15__ great.

1.         A. small        B. good       C. bad          D. big

2.         A. with               B. on            C. to                D. in

3.         A. saying    B. telling     C. speaking         D. talking

4.         A. go to work      B. go to bed   C. go to school    D. go home

5.         A. a lot               B. 1ot of       C. a lot of           D. much

6.         A. schools          B. cities        C. houses         D. families

7.         A. can’t              B. will           C. should           D. mustn’t

8.         A. teachers         B. girls         C. boys            D. all the children

9.         A. look up          B. turn on     C. worry about   D. make sure

10.     A. by themselves  B. on foot    C. for free       D. with money

11.     A. borrow        B. read      C. bring         D. pay for

12.     A. books         B. clothes    C. food         D. money

13.     A. all                 B. some       C. many           D. most

14.     A. sad          B. interested    C. happy       D. excited

15.     A. not                B. never       C. hardly            D. really

Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
When Mary was in hospital with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, wanted to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her  job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching(调查) the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure caught her attention: She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries(推理小说), and many buyers spent more than $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the whole  $ 100, 000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.
The store broke even in its first year, with only $ 120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.
Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $ 420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $ 34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”
【小题1】 After Mary got well from her illness they began _________.

A．to study industrial management (工业管理)

B．to buy and read more mystery books

C．to do market research on book business

D．to work harder to save money for the bookstore

【小题2】 How did their bookstore do in the first year?

A．They had to borrow money to keep it going.

B．They made just enough to cover all the costs.

C．They succeeded in earning a lot of money.

D．They failed though they worked hard.

【小题3】According to Richard, the main purpose(目的) of running the bookstore is _________.

A．to pay for children’s education

B．to get to know more writers

C．to set up more bookstores

D．to do what they like to do