A well-dressed man entered a famous jewellery shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl（珍珠） for his wife's birthday. The price didn't matter, since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a number of beautiful and expensive pearls,he chose a nice black one that cost $ 5 000. He paid for the pearl in cash, shook hands with the jeweller, and left.

　　A few days later the man returned and said that his wife had liked the pearl so much that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the same size and quality, as she wanted a pair of earrings（耳环） made. “Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweller regretfully replied. “I would say it's nearly impossible to find an exact one like that pearl.”

　　The rich man insisted that the jeweller advertise （登广告） in the newspapers, offered $ 25 000 for the matching pearl,many people answered the ad（广告）,but nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweller had given up, a little old lady came into his shop. To his great surprise,she pulled the perfect pearl from her purse. “I don't like to part with it,”she said sadly. “I inherited（继承） it from my mother, and my mother inherited it from hers. But I really need the money.”

　　The jeweller was quick to pay her before she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man's hotel to tell him the good news. The man,however,was nowhere to be found.

（　　） （1）. The man said he wanted to buy a pearl for __________.

A. his wife　　　　B. his mother-in-law　　C. his own mother　　D. no one else

（　　）（2.） He paid 5 000 for the black pearl without bargaining （讨价还价） because __________.

A. he was very rich　　　　　　　　　　 B. he was anxious to get it

C. his business had been so successful　　 D. he wanted to make the jeweller to believe him

（　　） （3）. He told the jeweller to get him another pearl that must be __________.

A. the same size as the black one　　　　 B. exactly as big and nice as the black one

C. exactly the same quality as the black one D. worth no more than 25 000

（　　） （4）. Many people answered the ad because they wanted to __________.

A. sell their own pearl at a high price　　　　B. see the perfect beautiful pearl

C. buy some beautiful pearls,too　　　　　　D. get in touch with the rich man

（　　） （5）. The jeweller couldn't find the man anywhere because __________.

A. he died of a heart attack suddenly

B. he happened to be out that day

C. he couldn't show up

D. he got 20 000 by cheating and he had run away with the money

Just a Little Smile
Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of turn fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman (随身听). Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy's name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited(邀请) in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, then Mark went home. They often saw . each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker(锁柜) because I didn't want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother's sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, ! began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life. "
【小题1】 When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going

A．to have a basketball game

B．to his classroom

C．to see Mark

D．back home

【小题2】From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he        .

A．was a good student

B．liked sports and music

C．liked all the subjects in school

D．was a good friend

【小题3】Mark and Bill    .

A．were in the same middle school and high school

B．were in the same middle school but not in the same high school

C．of ten had lunch together at school

D．had known each other before they began to study in middle school

【小题4】 In this passage, the phrase "break up" means"    ".

A．相处很好

B．和好如初

C．关系破裂

D．保持联系

【小题5】 When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he.      .

A．knew he could save Bill's life

B．knew who Bill was and wanted to help him

C．didn't know why he was going to help him

D．didn't know what he was doing was very important to Bill

Just a Little Smile
Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of turn fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman (随身听). Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited(邀请) in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, then Mark went home. They often saw . each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker(锁柜) because I didn’t want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, ! began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life. "
【小题1】 When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going

A．to have a basketball game

B．to his classroom

C．to see Mark

D．back home

【小题2】From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he        .

A．was a good student

B．liked sports and music

C．liked all the subjects in school

D．was a g

【小题3】Mark and Bill    .

A．were in the same middle school and high school

B．were in the same middle school but not in the same high school

C．of ten had lunch together at school

D．had known each other before they began to study in middle school

【小题4】 In this passage, the phrase "break up" means"    ".

A．相处很好

B．和好如初

C．关系破裂

D．保持联系

【小题5】 When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he.      .

A．knew he could save Bill’s life

B．knew who Bill was and wanted to help him

C．didn’t know why he was going to help him

D．didn’t know what he was doing was very important to Bill

Reading B

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him. He had tripped(绊倒) and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with some clothes, a baseball bat and a glove.

Mark knelt(跪) down and helped the boy pick up the things. Since they were going the same way, he offered to carry some things for the boy.

As they walked, Mark discovered the boy’s name was Bill. He loved video games, baseball and history, but he was having trouble with some of his subjects.

They arrived at Bill’s home first. Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with some laughs and talk. Then Mark went home.

They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated from junior school. Three days before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

Three days before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

Bill reminded Mark of the day years ago when they had first met. “Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill.

“You see, I took away all my things form school. I had stored away some of my mother’s sleeping pills. I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time talking and laughing, I realized that if I had died, I would have missed so many good times. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. _____________.”

1.When Bill fell down on his way home, Mark __________.

A．didn’t notice that                      B．went away quickly

C．helped him pick up the things              D．carried all the things for him

2.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Mark was a warm-hearted boy.

B．Bill was good at all of his subjects.

C．Bill and Mark were in the same school.

D．Bill loved video games, baseball and history.

3.At Bill’s home, they didn’t _________.

A．drink some Coke                        B．watch TV

C．have a pleasant talk                      D．play video games

4.Three days before graduation, Bill asked Mark to talk because he __________.

A．wanted to tell him his story                B．wanted to kill himself again

C．hoped to have lunch together              D．hoped to go on holiday together

5.What would Bill probably say at last?

A．I should die.                           B．You saved my life.

C．You did a good job.                      D．You helped me a lot.