A young mall was in love with a beautiful girl．One day she said to him，“It is my birthday tomorrow．”“Oh，”said the young man，“I’ll send you roses，one rose for each year of your life．”

    That evening he went to the flower shop．As he knew the girl was twenty-two years old，he paid for twenty-two roses and asked the shop assistant to send them to the girl the next day．

    The assistant of the flower shop knew the young man very well because he often bought flowers in his shop before．When the young man left the shop，the assistant thought，“The young man is very kind to me．He often comes to buy my flowers．In return I’ll send ten more roses’’

    He did so．The next morning thirty-two roses were sent to the girl．When the young man came to see her，she didn’t want to speak to him．And he never knew why she was so angry with him．

1．__________sent the roses to the girl．

A．The young man                                                 B．The assistant

C．Another young man                                    D．We don’t know who

2．When the young girl received the roses．she was __________．

A．very angry              B very excited               C．very happy             D．sad

3．From the story we know that __________．

A．roses should be sent for one’s birthday

B．one may do something wrong even out of kindness

C．young people are often angry with each other

D．some girls don’t like roses

4．Why did the assistant send ten more roses?

A．Because he was a fool．

B．Because he was thankful．

C．Because the young man asked him to send ten more roses．

D．Because he loved the girl．

Mrs Green is going shopping in a new shopping mall. She is going to buy　 1　 . She is looking for it. Now she is in a very big clothes shop. She is looking 2　 one of the sweaters in the shop. And there is a young man　 3　 near her. Mrs Green wants to try　 4　 the sweater. So she asks the young man, “ Excuse me, are you going to serve(接待)　 5 ? I want a sweater .” The young man is 6　 and says, “ I’m sorry, I 7 serveyou.” Mrs. Green says, “ Of course you can. That’s 8 .” The young man says, “ It’s not my job. I want 9 too.” Mrs Green feels very 10 .

( )1. A. a dress　 B. a pair of shoes C. trousers　 D. a sweater

( )2. A. for　　 B. after　　　　　 C. at　　　 D. to

( )3. A. asking　 B. singing　　　 C. standing D. dancing

( )4. A. for　　 B. /　　　　　　 C. in　　　 D. on

( )5. A. you　　 B. me　　　　　 C. I　　　　 D. us

( )6. A. happy　 B. surprised　　 C. pleased　 D. afraid

( )7. A. don’t　 B. do　　　　　 C. can　　 D. can’t

( )8. A. nice of you B. you must do C. your job D. you please

( )9. A. a sweater　 B. a T-shirt　 C. a shirt　 D. trousers

( )10. A. angry　 B. happy　　 C. sorry　　 D. sad

One day an old man is selling a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “ Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.”“All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “ Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant’s bad ears?”“ I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “ Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”
(   )1. ______ the elephant.
A. The young man sells      B. The old man sells
C. The two men sell         D. The old man buys
(   )2. The young man is looking at the elephant slowly. He wants to find out _______.
A. which foot of the elephant is bad    B. how heavy it is
C. which ear of the elephant is bad     D. what it looks like
(   )3. The young man _______.
A. knows the elephant has bad ears   B. wants to buy the elephant
C. looks after the elephant   D. gets some money from the old man
(   )4. The young man _______.
A. is not interested in elephants    B. knows what an elephant looks like
C. has seen some elephants before
D. has never seen an elephant before
(  )5. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably(可能) be ______
A. angry      B. happy      C. dangerous     D. hungry

One day an old man is selling (卖) a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.”“All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant’s bad ears?”“I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asked the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”
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(　 )11. ________  the elephant.
　　　 A. The young man sells     B. The old man sells
　　　 C. The two men sell        D. The old man buys
(　 )12. The young man is looking at the elephant slowly.
He wants to find out ___________.
　　　 A. which foot of the elephant is bad B. how heavy it is
　　　 C. which ear of the elephant is bad D. what it looks like
(　 )13. The young man   ______________.
　　　 A. knows the elephant has bad ears B. wants to buy the elephant
　　　 C. looks after the elephant D. gets some money from the old man
(　 )14. The young man  ______________.
　　　 A. is not interested in elephants B. knows what an elephant looks like
　　　 C. has seen some elephants before D. has never seen an elephant before
(　 )15. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably(很可能)be ____________.
　　　 A. angry （生气）      B. happy     C. dangerous      D. hungry

A young boy arrives at a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, “This is the most foolish kid in the world. Watch while I prove (证明)it to you.”

The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two cents in the other, then calls the boy over and asks，“Which do you want，son?”The boy takes the cents and leaves.

“What did I tell you?”says the barber.“That kid never learns!”

 Later，when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream store.“Hey, son! May I ask you a question ? Why did you take the cents instead of the dollar bill?”

The boy licks(舔着)his ice cream and answers，“Because the day I take the dollar, the game is over!”

1.The underlined word “whispers” means “      ”.

A. speak in a low voice       B. speak angrily

C. speak in a loud voice      D. speak happily

2.The barber wants to prove the young boy is        to the customer.

A. clever             B. silly              C.1azy                D. naughty

3.The young boy takes the money to       .

A. give the customer  B. have a haircut C. give his parents  D. buy an ice cream

4.The young boy always takes two cents，because he       .

A. is the most foolish                  B. 1ikes those two cents

C. doesn’t want to stop this game        D. doesn’t know the value of money

5.Who do you think is the most foolish in this passage?

A. The young boy.  B. The barber.  C. The customer.  D. The author.