The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments—outside the jeweler’s before he got enough courage to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood to his face as he explained he would be bringing in his future wife to choose a birthday present. The assistant listened carefully and told him he’d better buy a necklace. He wasn’t used to buying jewellery and was a little worried about over-spending. After some discussion as to a reasonable price and the type, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o’clock. When, half an hour later than planned, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura, the assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose, and then gave them the one she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away satisfied. James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted.

52. A good title for this passage is________.

A. A Clever Assistant                 B. Buying a Birthday Present

C. How to Choose a Necklace          D. A Brave Young Man

53.The word “overspending” in this passage means__________.

A. spending too much money

B. spending too much time

C. spending more time than he planned

D. spending too much time and too much money

54. When James told the assistant why he wanted to buy a present, his face_______.

A. turned pale                   B. turned  red       C. turned yellow                 D. turned black

55. James and Laura reached the shop at        .

A. 4:30       B.5:00         C.5:30         D.6:00

56. James would come back to buy what he wanted because_______.

A. the assistant knew how to satisfy the people who came to buy things

B. the necklace was good

C. Laura liked the necklace

D. the assistant who served James was very beautiful

The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments—outside the jeweler’s before he got enough courage to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood to his face as he explained he would be bringing in his future wife to choose a birthday present. The assistant listened carefully and told him he’d better buy a necklace. He wasn’t used to buying jewellery and was a little worried about over-spending. After some discussion as to a reasonable price and the type, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o’clock. When, half an hour later than planned, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura, the assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose, and then gave them the one she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away satisfied. James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted.
52. A good title for this passage is________.
A. A Clever Assistant                 B. Buying a Birthday Present
C. How to Choose a Necklace          D. A Brave Young Man
53.The word “overspending” in this passage means__________.
A. spending too much money
B. spending too much time
C. spending more time than he planned
D. spending too much time and too much money
54. When James told the assistant why he wanted to buy a present, his face_______.
A. turned pale                   B. turned  red       C. turned yellow                 D. turned black
55. James and Laura reached the shop at        .
A. 4:30       B.5:00         C.5:30         D.6:00
56. James would come back to buy what he wanted because_______.
A. the assistant knew how to satisfy the people who came to buy things
B. the necklace was good
C. Laura liked the necklace
D. the assistant who served James was very beautiful

Joe Biggs was a butcher. His shop was in a village in the beautiful south of England, and he  31  in it for many years while his father was there. Then when his father reached the age of 65, he stopped working in the shop, and Joe was alone in it, so he had to work  32 .

   Joe worked five and a half days a week. His shop  33  at one o’clock on Thursday, and it was closed the whole of Sunday. Saturdays were the  34  days.

   Most of Joe’s  35  came to his shop from the nearest town, but sometimes he got up earlier than usual in the morning and  36  into the city to choose meat. It was  37  there.

   Joe had a big  38  in his shop, but he tried not to buy too  39  meat at a time, and to  40  it before he bought more.

   One  41  a woman came into the shop at five minutes to one. “Sorry I’m late,” she said, “but some friends have just telephoned to say that they are coming to  42  tonight, and I need more  43 .”

   Joe only had one piece of meat in the shop. He had sold all the others  44  in the day. He took the piece  45  and said to the woman, “This is 6.5 pounds.”

   “That piece is too  46 .” the woman said. “Haven’t you got anything bigger?”

   Joe went  47  the room behind his shop, opened the refrigerator, put the piece of meat into it, took it out  48  and shut the door of the refrigerator  49 , then he brought the piece of meat back to the woman and said, “This piece is bigger and more expensive. It’s 8.75 pounds.”

   “Good,” the woman answered with a smile, “give me  50  of them, please.”

1.A. lived          B. studied          C. worked           D. played.

2.A. more          B. harder           C. later             D. again

3.A. shut           B. started           C. opened           D. served

4.A. hardest        B. easiest           C. quietest           D. busiest

5.A. customers      B. meat            C. buyers            D. friends

6.A. walked        B. flew             C. drove             D. ran

7.A. easier         B. fresher           C. nearer            D. cheaper

8.A. refrigerator     B. room            C. kitchen           D. cupboard

9.A. much         B. expensive         C. fresh             D. adequate

10.A. eat           B. cook             C. sell              D. freeze

11.A. Thursday      B. Sunday           C. Monday          D. Saturday

12.A. party         B. dinner            C. lunch            D. dance

13.A. food          B. vegetable         C. meat             D. fruit

14.A. later          B. earlier            C. quicker           D. cheaper

15.A. in            B. up               C. away             D. out

16.A. small         B. large             C. cheap            D. bad

17.A. outside        B. from             C. into             D. through

18.A. still          B. again             C. even             D. back

19.A. carefully      B. quickly           C. lightly            D. heavily

20.A. both          B. none             C. each             D. all

The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments—outside the jeweller’s before he got enough courage to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood to his face as he explained he would be bringing in his future wife to choose a birthday present. The assistant listened carefully and told him he’d better buy a necklace. He wasn’t used to buying jewellery and was a little worried about over-spending. After some discussion about a reasonable price and the type, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o’clock. When, half an hour later than planned, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura, the assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose, and then gave them the one she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away satisfied. James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted when he got married.

The word “overspending” in this passage means_______.

     A. spending too much money.             

B. spending too much time.

     C. spending more time than he planned.    

D. spending too much time and too much money.

James and Laura reached the shop at______.

   A. 4:30.              B. 5:00.              C. 5:30.                 D. 6:00.

A good title for this passage is________.

     A. A Clever Assistant.                            B. Buying a Birthday Present.

C. How to Choose a Necklace.             D. A Brave Young Man.

There once was a very honest shopkeeper whose business was to provide goods to the local people. He would open his shop at 8:00 a.m. after having his breakfast and at 1:00 p.m. he would go for lunch. In the evening at 8:30 p.m. he closed his shop to complete his daily routine.

However, to get time for lunch was really difficult be-cause he didn’t have anybody to help him at that time. Therefore, it was his daily practice that whichever customer was shopping at 1:00 p.m. would be asked to oversee (看管) the shop until the shopkeeper returned from lunch.

One day, a group of four thieves planned to steal from his shop while he was gone for lunch. One of the thieves went at 1:00 p.m. to be the customer that would be asked to oversee the shop.

The thief, pretending to be a customer, went in at 1:00 p.m. and started buying several items. As planned, the shop-keeper asked the thief to sit on his chair for thirty minutes until he returned from lunch.

Then, the other three thieves quickly came and told the pretend customer to help, but something had changed within him and he knew deeply in his heart that if he was given responsibility for the shop, he should not perform any dishonest acts during that time. His friends did not agree. As the now honest man tried to stop them, they resisted (抵抗) and a fight started. And at the same time the shopkeeper returned and asked why there was a fighting. The now honest man explained the entire plan.

The shopkeeper had been searching for an honest man who could take ownership of the shop and run it. The shop-keeper felt that he had found the right man.

1.What is the problem for the shopkeeper?

A. Nobody could prepare lunch for him every day.

B. He had nobody to keep the shop when he went for lunch.

C. He was too busy to have lunch every day.

D. He couldn’t find a person to work at the shop.

2.Why did the thief go to the shop at 1:00 p.m.?

A. Because he thought he would be asked to keep the shop.

B. Because the shopkeeper invited him to lunch then.

C. Because the shop was closed at that time.

D. Because he thought he could buy cheap things then.

3.When the shopkeeper returned from lunch, he found _______.

A. everything in his shop was stolen

B. the thief became the new owner of the shop

C. there was a fighting in his shop

D. the thief helped his fellows steal things from his shop

4.From the passage, we can infer that _______.

A. once a thief, he will always be a thief

B. an honest man will be responsible for his action

C. you can’t believe in a dishonest man forever

D. trust can change a thief into an honest man