The story is                 , so I'm                 in it．

A．interested, interested                             B．Interesting, interesting

C．interesting, interested                            D．Interested, interesting

A man was looking for things of the old times. One day he came to a village and found a blue bowl. It looked very old. The bowl was on the ground and a cat was drinking milk from it. A farmer, the owner of the cat, was sitting beside the bowl. The man did not want the farmer to know that he was interested in the bowl. So he said to him in a soft voice, “What a nice cat you have! Will you sell it to me?”

“How much will you give me for the cat?” the farmer asked.

“Thirty dollars. Would that be enough?” Later, the farmer agreed. After he paid the farmer, the man said, “This cat is used to eating with his bowl. May I take this bowl with the cat?” But the farmer said, “I’m sorry I can’t give you the bowl. Thanks to the bowl, I have sold thirty cats.”

1．What does the sentence “A man was looking for things of the old times” mean?

A．He lost things in the past and wanted to get them back.

B．He liked talking to old people.

C．He liked keeping old things.

2．Why did the man want to buy the cat?

A． He liked it better than the bowl.

B．It was sold with the bowl.

C．He thought he could easily get the bowl after he bought the cat.

3．After he bought the cat, the man asked for the bowl, because he thought        .

  A．the cat couldn’t live without the bowl

  B．the farmer didn’t know the value of the bowl

C．the bowl should go with the cat 

4．The farmer kept the bowl so that he could        .

  A．let another cat use it            B．sell more cats                 C．sell more bowls

5．From the story we can see that the farmer        .

  A．had only one bowl             B．didn’t like cats               C．was cleverer

As a girl, I've spent a great deal of my time on earth concerned about my weight. So I do know something about exercise. Let me tell you about the calorie-burning activities I've tried or will try.
Salsa (萨尔萨舞)
I try to maintain my weight through dancing. Dancing improves my coordination and sense of rhythm in addition to burning calories. I'm personally interested in salsa, which I find sexy and expressive(有表现力的). But I have not yet to start classes, because classes are very expensive, and I cannot find a dance partner.
Ping-Pong
Ping-pong is the national sport of China, so how could I know nothing about it?
My father is a ping-pong fan, and a really good player. He's won several informal (非正式的) matches. My relationship with ping-pong has always been on-and-off. I'll get into it for a while, and then lose interest. The reason is because I can’t find a good partner. Some stronger can depress you, while someone weaker (or just as weak) can make the game boring.
Tae Kwon Do （跆拳道）
I've recently decided to try tae kwon do as my regular exercise activity. There’s a story behind this choice: A few weeks ago, I was sitting on a bus, concentrating on a book. Suddenly, the bus became very quiet except for the sound of a woman’s crying. I looked up to see what had happened and overheard whispers that she had just quarreled with a man, and the man slapped(拍打) her face. No one on the bus dared say anything because the man looked really strong. Even now I feel ashamed I was among the silent.
That’s why I've made up my mind to learn something that will help me protect others and myself.
【小题1】We can guess that the girl is _____ according to the passage.

“I’m really thankful to our government, for it provides us with such a good training program. The training greatly helps us live well. I will certainly study hard and learn the skills. Then I can (41) my family difficulties and do good to other people.” a learner on the job training program said, feeling (42).
The learner’s grandfather is nearly 80 years old, and has mother is (43) in bed. So his father, who is a farmer, is the main (44) of the family. The family is poor. The learner graduated from high school and did not (45) the college entrance exam. The job training program helps him learn the skills that he’ll (46) in the work place.
The story reminds me of another (47). It goes like this: Once upon a time, there was a man who liked fishing very much, and was (48) to catch lots of fish every day. The man was a kind-hearted person, so he always (49) his fish with his neighbors who did not know how to fish. One day, he thought that it would be (50) if he taught them how to fish. So he (51) his neighbors together and showed them how to fish. Everybody was very happy that they could (52) the fish they themselves caught.
At present, there are still a lot of poor people throughout the world. But it’s not good if we give only (53) to them. (54), we should give them a chance to learn new skills. Therefore, a technical training is very important to people in need, and the will learn the ability to (55) money. People can learn a lot of useful things in the training program and what they learn can help them on the way to find jobs.