Jenny felt more confident about her life after reading the advice of her star sign. She always followed the advice of her star sign—Virgo.

One Monday, it said, “Don't go to another city this week, or you could miss a great chance.”“ I don’t think I have to go to another city this week,” thought Jenny. Twenty minutes later, her mobile phone rang. It was from her company. They were calling to tell her that she needed to go to the office earlier that day, because she had to go to a neighbour city. Jenny thought for a while and said “I'm sorry, but I don’t feel well today.”

When she arrived at the office the next day, her boss was angry with her. When he heard that one of Jenny’s workmates said he saw Jenny in a shop yesterday, he became even angrier and told her to go home! During the rest of the week, Jenny decided to have a good rest. She stayed in her city and walked around and spent the afternoon in a small cafe reading books.

On Saturday, Jenny went to the cafe again. A man came up to her and said, “Excuse me, lady. I’m the boss of the cafe. I've noticed you these days. I think you are the right woman we are looking for our cafe. You see，we want to do an advertisement for our cafe and I think your temperament (气质) is quite suitable for the advertisement．And the payment is＄100,000.”

1. Jenny thought ______ after reading the advice of her star sign.

  A. her boss would allow her to stay in the city   B. she could do as the star sign said

  C. she was wise                           D. she could refuse her boss’ order

2. Jenny was told to go home by her boss on ______.

  A .Monday         B. Tuesday            C. Friday            D. Sunday

3. Jenny’s boss got very angry mainly because______.

  A. Jenny was late                         B. Jenny didn’t work at all

  C. Jenny didn't do the business travel         D. Jenny had a long rest 

4. Jenny spent the rest of the week_____.

  A. traveling around                       B. in a relaxing way  

  C. filming a TV play                      D. writing a book

5. The man wanted to ask Jenny to_____.

  A. star in an advertisement                B. sing a song

  C. work in the cafe                      D. have dinner with him

A woman repeated a bit of gossip (流言) about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole neighborhood knew the story. The neighbor was deeply hurt. Later the woman learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.
“Go to the market,” he said, “and buy a chicken, and have it killed, then on your way home, pick its feathers(毛) and drop them one by one along the road.” Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said, “Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me.”
The woman followed the same road, but she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown all the feathers away. After looking for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.
“You see,” said the old man, “it’s easy to drop them, but it’s impossible to get them back. So it is with gossip. It doesn’t take much to spread（散布） a gossip, but once you do, you can never completely undo（弥补） the wrong.”
【小题1】Why did the woman feel sorry?

A woman repeated a bit of gossip (流言) about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole neighborhood knew the story. The neighbor was deeply hurt. Later the woman learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.

“Go to the market,” he said, “and buy a chicken, and have it killed, then on your way home, pick its feathers(毛) and drop them one by one along the road.” Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.

The next day the wise man said, “Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me.”

The woman followed the same road, but she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown all the feathers away. After looking for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.

“You see,” said the old man, “it’s easy to drop them, but it’s impossible to get them back. So it is with gossip. It doesn’t take much to spread（散布） a gossip, but once you do, you can never completely undo（弥补） the wrong.”

1.Why did the woman feel sorry?

A．She didn’t know the story.

B．She hurt her neighbor deeply.

C．She was hurt deeply.

D．She was told an untrue story.

2.The underlined word “discouraged” might mean          .

A．surprised         B．excited           C．upset             D．pleased

3.Which of the following statements is true?

A．The gossip didn’t hurt anyone at all.

B．The wise man is not kind enough.

C．All the feathers had been blown away..

D．The woman was given a lesson.

4.What the wise man said has nearly the same meaning as the Chinese phrase “_________”.

A．覆水难收         B．无中生有          C．欲速不达         D．得道多助