The greatest saleswoman in the world today doesn’t mind if you call her a girl. That’s because Markita Andrews has got more than eight thousand dollars selling Girl Scout cookies since she was seven years old.
Going door-to-door after school, the terribly shy Markita changed herself into the cookie-selling dynamo（高手）.
It starts with great wish.
For Markita and her mother, whose husband left them when Markita was eight years old, their dream was to travel the world. “I’ll work hard to make enough money to send you to college,” her mother said one day. “When you leave college, you’ll make enough money to take you and me around the world. Okay?”
So at the age of 13 when Markita read in her Girl Scout magazine that the Scout（童子军）who sold the most cookies would win a free trip for two around the world, she decided to sell all the Girl Scout cookies she could—more Girl Scout cookies than anyone in the world, ever.
Wish, however, alone is not enough. To make her dream come true, Markita knew she needed a plan.
“When you are doing business, wear your Girl Scout clothes when you go up to people in their building, ” her aunt told her. “Always smile, whether they buy something or not and always be nice.”
Lots of other Scouts may have wanted that trip around the world, but only Markita went off in her own uniform each day after school, ready to ask—and keep asking—people to help in her dream.
Markita sold 3,526 boxes of Girl Scout cookies that year and won her trip around the world. Since then, she has sold more than 42,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.
Markita is no cleverer than thousands of other people, with dreams of their own. The difference is that many people fail before they even begin. They fear（恐惧）that they will be refused. This fear leads many of us to refuse ourselves and prevents us from getting where we have set off for long before anyone else ever has the chance—no matter what we are selling.
“It takes courage（勇气）to ask for what you want,” she said. “Courage is not that you don’t have fear. It means doing what it takes although you have a fear of it”.From the passage we learn that ________.
| A．a good planning is the most important in the job of selling |
| B．Markita took the free trip around the world herself |
| C．Markita has a full-time selling job now |
| D．to do something successfully, we should do what is needed |
Markita ________.
| A．started to sell Girl Scout cookies when she was 13 years old |
| B．has only one parent |
| C．whose parents are rich, went to college |
| D．sold cookies in different shops |
Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
| A．The Greatest Saleswoman in the World. |
| B．A Successful Girl in Selling. |
| C．The Secret of Selling. |
| D．Girl Scout Cookies. |
The main reason for Markita’s success is that ________.
| A．she asks for what she wants before she is refused |
| B．she isn’t afraid to be refused |
| C．her aunt has told her how to sell things |
| D．she has a good wish |
阅读短文，判断正误，在正确的后面写T， 在错误的后面写F。
My name is Mary and I have a brother and a sister, David and Helen. For breakfast, we all like hamburgers. Helen and I like milk, but David doesn’t. I don’t like eggs for breakfast, but David and Helen do. I like them for lunch. I like fruit for supper. We really like chicken and salad for dinner. I like fried chicken and salad with carrots. David likes salad with fruit. Helen thinks everything for salad is fine.Mary likes eggs for lunch. ( )
David likes milk for breakfast. ( )
Mary likes fried chicken. ( )
David likes salad. ( )
Helen doesn’t like carrots for salad. ( )
阅读短文，选择最佳答案。
Many children go to the zoo on October 4 to see elephants, monkeys and tigers because that day is World Animal Day.
Now, more children like animals and want to make friends with them. In the zoo, they learn about animal life. They don’t need to go out to show their love of animals. They have pets at home.
Mark is a middle school student. He has a black cat. He gives it milk to drink and meat to eat. The cat is his true friend. Jane is also a middle school student. She has two tortoises(乌龟). They are as big as her hand. Every day, she changes the water for them. She likes to watch them.
October 4 is______.
A. World Water Day
B. World Animal Day
C. World Children DayLots of children like to go to the zoo because they want to______.
A. feed animals
B. learn how to look after animal
C. learn about animal lifeMark’s pet may be a______.
A. cat B. dog C. tortoiseWhich of the following is NOT true?
A. More and more children like to make friends with animals these days.
B. Mark’s pet likes to drink milk.
C. Children must go to the zoo to show their love of animals.How big are Jane’s pets?
A.I don’t know.
B. As big as her hand.
C. Medium size.
根据材料内容，判断下列句子的正(T)误(F)。
Adults is an action movie.
The program Wonders of Nature ended at 18:57．
We can get some information about housework from the program Breakfast.
Max could enjoy a movie on BBC Three.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa lasted(持续) one hour.
任务型阅读。
Every year the Wilsons go to the beach for a week’s vacation. There are many interesting things to do at the beach.
The children play games on the sand. Sometimes they build sandcastles（沙堡）. There are saltwater swimming pools. The children can swim safely in these pools and the water is always clean.
There is an esplanade (游逛的广场). This is a long road by the beach. There are many cafes and restaurants on the esplanade. There is also an amusement (娱乐) park beside the beach. This is a place with many kinds of rides.
The Wilsons always stay at the same hotel. They usually have the same rooms. These rooms are at the front of the hotel. There is a good view of the ocean from their windows. The children are a little sad when the vacation is over because they don't want to go home.
阅读短文内容，回答下列问题。Where can the children swim safely?
________________________________________________________________________Can visitors drink or eat on the esplanade ?
________________________________________________________________________Why do the Wilsons stay at the rooms at the front of the hotel ?
________________________________________________________________________How do the children feel when the vacation is over?
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A man had two sons. They were twins. They were born at almost the same time and looked exactly alike. But in one important way they were very different. One was an optimist(乐观者),while the other one was a pessimist(悲观者).
The man was worried about his sons. There are good and bad things in life, he knew. He did not want them to be too pessimistic or too optimistic. He took his problem to a friend, Sally.
“How can I cure(治愈)them of their foolish optimism and pessimist?” he asked his friend .
Sally was thoughtful. Then she said, “When is their next birthday?”
“It’s on Wednesday,” the father replied. “They’ll be twelve years old.”
“Excellent,” Sally said. “Here’s what you should do. Give your pessimist son a really wonderful present. Give your optimistic son a really poor present. That should cure them of their optimism and pessimisms.”
The father did as his friend told him.
On Wednesday morning the boys looked at their birthday presents.
The pessimist looked at his first. It was a beautiful and very expensive gold watch, but he was not pleased with it.
“Huh,” he said, “I don’t like this very much .I’m sure it won’t keep good time. It will always be fast or slow and it will probably break many times, and I’ll have to spend lots of money to get it repaired(修理).”
Then the optimist looked at his present. He was really pleased. “Look! Dad’s given me a shoelace (鞋带).” he said. He held up the shoelace.
“I haven’t found the shoes yet, but I’m sure they are here somewhere.”What was the difference between the man’s two sons?
| A．They were born at different time. |
| B．They liked different presents. |
| C．One was an optimist, while the other one was a pessimist. |
| D．They didn’t have the same looks. |
Who did the father take his problem to?
| A．Optimist | B．Pessimist |
| C．His friend Sally | D．Himself |
How did the pessimistic son feel about his present?
| A．He wasn’t pleased with it. |
| B．He was pleased with it. |
| C．He was angry with it. |
| D．He was interested in it. |
What present did the man send to the optimist?
| A．A gold watch. |
| B．A gold shoelace. |
| C．A pair of shows |
| D．A shoelace. |
Why was the man worried about his sons?
| A．Because he knew there are good and bad things in life. |
| B．Because their sons were too pessimistic. |
| C．Because their sons were too optimistic. |
| D．Because their sons’ birthday was coming, he has no money to buy presents for them. |
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