Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant(仆人） loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.
One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take good care of them.” With these words, he went out.
But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself.
【小题1】In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.

A．the rich man	B．the servant
C．both A and B	D．neither A and B

【小题2】.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

A．the cat

B．himself

C．nobody

D．the servant

【小题3】.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________.

A．there was in fact poison in the bottles	B．did not want the servant to drink his wine
C．he wanted to kill the cat	D．he wanted to kill the servant

【小题4】In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

A．the servant

B．cat

C．the rich man

D．nobody

【小题5】From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.

A．lazy

B．bad

C．clever

D．kind

Philip has gone to New Zealand．

Oh，can you tell me________?

A．when did he leave              B．when he is leaving

C．when he left                   D．when is he leaving

 

Ever thought of moving to a new country? How about starting a new country? Patri Friedman is planning to do just that. He left Google years ago to set up the Seasteading Institute. And his dream is to build seasteads-----floating micro-nations in the middle of the ocean.
So, what will life on a seastead be like? Probably a bit like life on a cruise liner (游轮), but much larger, with shops, gyms, swimming pools, schools and other areas. In fact, the early seasteads may actually be specially-rebuilt cruise liners. But as science advances, Friedman believes they’ll become more like floating cities, with several hundred people.
Seasteading raises a lot of questions. First of all, how will the new countries make money? The Seasteading Institute has suggested several money-making ideas, including ocean-based theme parks, casinos (赌场) and fish farming. There’s also the questions of safety. With storms, typhoons and pirates (海盗) , the high seas are a dangerous place. However, the Institute says that it can stand bad weather and prevent crimes with its well-designed systems.
So, is this just a day dream? Well, maybe not. One of the people behind the project is Peter Thiel. He founded PayPal and was one of the first investors (投资者) in Facebook. So far, he’s donated $ 500,000 to the project.
And Friedman isn’t wasting any time. He recently announced the creation of the Poseidon Award. This will be given to the first seastead with fifty people. Friedman is hoping to hand out the award in 2015.
【小题1】Where did Friedman use to work?

A．In Facebook.

B．In Seastead Institute .

C．In PayPal.

D．In Google.

【小题2】A future seastead may be most likely to look like ___________________.

A．a cruise liner

B．a floating city

C．a theme park

D．a fishing farm

【小题3】What can we infer from the passage?

A．Friedman is planning to move to a new country.

B．Friedman is worried about the safety of seasteads.

C．Friedman has got some supporters for his project.

D．Friedman has already won the Poseidon Award.

【小题4】Which of the following can be the best titles of this passage?

A．Seasteading: a new idea of living

B．Seasteading: a wild way of farming

C．Peter Thiel: a man behind the project

D．Patri Friedman: a crazy day dreamer

Samaranch (born 17 July 1920 – 21 April 2010) was a Spanish(西班牙) sports official who served as the 7th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001.Samaranch was born into a rich family in Barcelona, he studied business at IESE Business School in Barcelona. He was good at Spanish, French, English, Russian and German. Because of his father’s influence, he became interested in sports. He was fond of football, boxing, roller skating and ice hockey（冰球）in particular. Later, he became an ice hockey player, after that he served as Spain's national ice hockey coach. He was selected to be the president of the IOC at the 83rd of the IOC plenary session(全会)in Moscow in 1980. Samaranch's greatest wish before retirement is to hope the Olympics will be held in China. Beijing succeeded in hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics on July 13, 2001. Three days later, he officially retired at the IOC in Moscow. Then he was awarded the Olympic gold medal, and accepted the "International Olympic Committee Honorary Life President" title. In the opening plenary session, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Samaranch "Medal of Honor." Though he passed away , we Chinese people will remember him forever.
【小题1】 Where was Samaranch born?  He was born in         .

A．Spain	B．France
C．England	D．Russia

【小题2】 He became interested in sports because of         .

A．his coach	B．his mother
C．his father	D．his teacher

【小题3】He used to be a(n)          after he left IESE Business School.

A．businessman	B．football player
C．roller skating coach	D．ice hockey coach

【小题4】When did Samaranch retire as the president of the IOC ?______.

A．On July 17,1920	B．On July 13, 2001
C．On July 16, 2001	D．On April 21,2010

【小题5】 What does the underlined phrase “passed away” mean in Chinese?

A．经过

B．传递

C．通过

D．去世