_______ money do you want?"

A. How many      B. How much       C. What         D. How

Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn't think there would be any difficulty in getting it repaired, as there are a lot of antique (古董) shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception（接待）． I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't even look at my chair.

    The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth -- so I decided that my approach must be wrong.

    I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, "Would you like to buy a chair?"

    He looked it over carefully and said,- "Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?"

    “Twenty pounds," I said.

    “OK," he said, "I'll give you twenty pounds."

    “It's got a slightly broken leg," I said.

    ‘'Yes, I saw that, it's nothing."

    Everything was going according to my plan and l was getting excited. "What will you do with it?" I asked.

    “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done."

    “I'll buy it," I said.

    “What do you mean? You've just sold it to me," he said.

    "Yes, I know but I've changed my mind. I am sorry. I'll give you twenty-seven pounds for it."

    “You must be crazy," he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair."

    “You're right," I said. "And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, 'Would you repair this chair for me?"'

    “I wouldn't have agreed to do it," he said. "We don't do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I'II repair this for you. Shall we say for five pounds?" He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.

1.We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer_______.

A. was rather impolite                                                  B. was warmly received

C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair       D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair

2. The underlined word "approach" in the second paragraph means_______.

A. plan for dealing with things                           B. way of doing things

C. idea of repairing things                                  D. decision to sell things

3.The expression "the penny dropped" in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper_______.

A. changed his mind                                            B. accepted the offer

C. saw the writer's purpose                                         D. decided to help the writer

4.How much did the writer pay?

A.￡5.                               B.￡7.                                C. ￡20.                  D. ￡27.

5.From the text, we can learn that the writer was_______.

A. honest                B. careful                          C. smart                   D. funny

 

 

A goal for life

Do you have a goal for life? What is it? Do you want to become a great writer, a   16   singer or just become a rich person?

A survey   17   that in modern society (现代社会), most people choose practical   18   such as “making money to buy a house and a car”, “making one’s life better” or “finding a good job”.

Wang You   19   in a small company in Nanjing 3 years ago. The job was good and he didn’t need to work on Saturday or Sunday. However, he felt the work wasn’t   20   at all and the life was  _21  . So he gave up his job and went to Beijing in February, 2009. When he   22   in Beijing, he had his new __23   as finding a good job.

Now   24   people want to live a better life. This fact shows that the society is making progress __25   people’s life goals have become more practical. One researcher says, “Everybody   26   his or her own life goal. If one man is poor,   27   life goal will be to make more money. If one man doesn’t  __28   a diploma (文凭), studying hard to get a diploma will become his life goal. And if one man doesn’t have love, his life goal will be to look   29   it. If one man has no life goal, he   30   idle away (虚度) his lifetime.”

1.A. happy	B. sad		C. famous		D. kind
2.A. saw	B. advised		C. had		D. showed
3. A. works	B. findings		C. goals		D. results
4. A. worked	B. took		C. made		D. got
5.A. interested	B. exciting		C. excited		D. afraid
6.A. boring	B. important		C. famous		D. arrived
7.A. got	B. arrived		C. reached		D. went
8.A. job	B. work		C. goal		D. life
9. A. more and more	B.fewer and fewer		C. less and less		D. many and many
10.A. and	B. but		C. or		D. until
11.A. is	B. finds		C. comes		D. has
12. A. one’s	B. their		C. her		D. his
13.A. leave	B. get		C. find		D. give
14.A. out	B. up		C. for		D. down
15.A. should	B. would		C. shall		D. will

 

Tony is reading an advertisement in a magazine.  It is about different evening classes or weekend classes.
The Learning Centre, Garden City
We have evening and weekend courses on ...
test preparation            friends and meeting people
jobs and making money     cooking and language learning
Some of this month's courses:
1. Get good grades!
Do you forget information and do poorly on tests? In this course, learn to...
※ remember more (95 percent of what you read).
※ think quickly and read fast (400 words per minute!).
※ do well on tests and get high scores.
2. Find true love...today!
Are you single and shy? Is it hard for you to talk to people?
In this course, learn to...
talk to people; start a conversation with a man or woman.
be more friendly and outgoing.
※ understand a person's body language.
3. You are on TV!
Many actors get their start in television. You can too! In this course, learn to...
※ act in TV ads.
※ use your voice on the radio.
※ get TV and radio jobs.
4. Cook delicious and healthy food!
Are you interested in cooking? Do you want to keep healthy? In this course, learn to...
※ keep a balanced diet.
※ cook delicious traditional Chinese food.
※ make western-style food. This course is also online al www. dffh. net. cn.
【小题1】In the Learning Center, you won't learn how to______.

A．prepare for a test

B．make money

C．learn a language

D．get along well with others

【小题2】After taking course 1, you can't_______.

A．think quickly

B．improve your memory

C．remember everything you read

D．finish reading a 200-word passage in 30 seconds

【小题3】After taking course 3, you can learn how to_______.

A．become an actor (actress)

B．become a radio reporter

C．become a TV host (hostess)

D．get a job in a radio station

【小题4】Which course is allowed to take online?

A．Course 4.

B．Course 3.

C．Course 2.

D．Course 1.

【小题5】What's the advertisement about?

A．Finding true love.

B．Getting good jobs.

C．Cooking delicious food.

D．Different evening and weekend classes.

 —What do you want to be?

    — I want to be a ____. I like working with people and money.

   A. bank clerk             B. waiter             C. teacher           D. policeman