One day a man went to a fish store to buy a fish for his dinner. He picked up a fish and after examining it carefully, he held it up to his nose and smelled it.

“Here! What’s this?” cried the shopkeeper. “Why do you smell that fish? Do you think it has gone bad?”

“I didn’t smell it,” answered the man.

“Then what were you doing with your face so close to the fish?” asked the shopkeeper.

“I wasn’t smelling the fish. I was only talking to it,” said the man.

“Talking to it?” said the fish seller, “Why, what did you say to it?”

“I asked him if there was any news from the sea, and that’s all,” answered the man.

“Well, what did the fish say?”

“He said he didn’t know the latest news, because he hadn’t been in the sea for more than two weeks.”

(   )36.What does “examine” mean?  It means “            “.

A. Look at closely    B. looked after closely   

C. look for closely     D. look up closely

37.Why did the man hold the fish up to his nose?

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(  )38.What did the fish say, do you think?

A. It said it was out of the sea.        B. It said it didn’t know the latest news.

C. It said it hadn’t been in the sea      D. It said nothing.

(  )39. What happened at the end of the story?

A. The shopkeeper got angry with the buyer

B. The buyer left the shop without buying the fish.

C. The buyer fought with the shopkeeper.

D. The buyer got some bad news from the fish.

(  )40.what does“latest”mean?

A.迟到 B.最新的 C.最长的 D. 流行的

1.Some people think it is              （polite / impolite）to ask someone’s age.

2.If you want to              （success / succeed）in business, think big.

3.—Do you think it will do us good or              （harm / harmful）?

—It’s hard to say. Let’s beg for God’s help.

4.Jack has many            （friends / relations）, such as uncles, aunts and cousins, in Quanzhou.

5.．—The dictionary is a useful              （tool / way）for understanding new words.

—I agree with you.

Teahouses in Chengdu

There is a saying, “China has the best teahouses in the world and Chengdu has the best teahouses in China.”Chengdu has not only many teahouses but also the special ways of serving and drinking tea.

As soon as the visitors enter the teahouses, the waiters or waitresses will greet them with teapots and cups in their hands. The cups often have special covers and saucers(茶碟). The covers can keep the water warm.

People who go to the teahouses are not all thirsty. Retired(退休)people pay a little money to the teahouses and then sit there all day long to chat with others. Sometimes, people have parties in the teahouses. They eat fruit and sunflower seeds(瓜子)while they chat and return home when they are tired. Teahouses are also good places for people to talk about businesses. Some of the teahouses even have stages for performances, such as storytelling, cross talk and Sichuan Opera. Sometimes when people have a quarrel, a mediator(调解员)will bring them to the teahouse. After their problem is solved, the person who is wrong will pay for the tea. It is interesting that as soon as the quarrelers enter the teahouse and sit down to drink tea, they have almost calmed down. With the help of the mediator, their problems can be easily solved then. Maybe we can say the teahouses have some special social functions.

1.Chengdu has the best teahouses in China because _____.

A．the serving of the teahouses in Chengdu is very special

B．there are many people in Chengdu teahouses

C．there are many old men in Chengdu teahouses

D．the cups in Chengdu teahouses are old

2.People in Chengdu’s teahouses may _____ while they are drinking according to the passage.

A．enjoy interesting stories                  B．watch movies

C．listen to Beijing Opera                    D．quarrel in loud voice

3.Who will pay for the tea after the mediator solve some problems?

A．The mediator himself                    B．The person who caused the problem

C．All the persons in the teahouse             D．The owner of the teahouse

4.This passage is taken from some newspaper. Which part do you think it is from?

A．The sports part.                         B．The news part.

C．The culture part.                        D．The education part.

5.This passage mainly talks about _______.

A．how to make tea                        B．how to open a teahouse

C．the special functions of the teahouses        D．the special way of enjoying tea

【小题1】Some people think it is              （polite / impolite）to ask someone’s age.
【小题2】If you want to              （success / succeed）in business, think big.
【小题3】—Do you think it will do us good or              （harm / harmful）?
—It’s hard to say. Let’s beg for God’s help.
【小题4】Jack has many            （friends / relations）, such as uncles, aunts and cousins, in Quanzhou.
【小题5】．—The dictionary is a useful              （tool / way）for understanding new words.
—I agree with you.