"Here's the advance payment(预期款) of 10,000 dollars. You will get the other half when we get those papers," the agent told Mike. "But sir, Mr. Smith has been very suspicious (怀疑) since last week," Mike replied.
"In that case, be careful and don't worry. You are very clever," the agent said." Take 5,000 dollars more," Mike looked around uneasily but took the money.
Mike was a clerk in a large company. A few years ago he started to get very worried because it was very hard for him to support his family. He wanted to give his child an excellent education and a bright future, but the future looked rather hopeless.
One day some agents called him. They were his company's competitors. At first he refused their offers. But when he thought his dream could come true, he agreed to their offers and began giving them information.
However, his spy work started to get more and more difficult because his owner had become suspicious, since a lot of important information was leaking out.
One night when Mike was on one of his spying tasks, he met Alim, the night watchman." What are you doing here, Mike?" shouted Alim.
"Oh, I had just forgotten some documents here, Alim, "Mike replied, trying to look comfortable." I just came to get them."
"Is that true?" Alim said." We’ll see what Mr. Smith says."
Alim called Mr. Smith and told him to come right away. Mr. Smith looked at Mike and said. "So you are the thief! I believed in you, Mike."
"Call the police, Alim. We have finally caught the spy," Mr. Smith said. "And by the way, Mike ,no man can serve two masters. You should have left if you did not work with us any longer." Why did Mike take the job as a spy? Because ______________.
| A．he didn't want to work for his company any longer. |
| B．some agents forced him to do so. |
| C．he wanted to give his child an excellent education and bright future. |
| D．Mr. Smith did not give treat him very well. |
What did the agents ask Mike to do?
| A．To give them some important information of his company. |
| B．To follow his boss secretly. |
| C．To serve his master very honestly. |
| D．To leave his company and join them. |
Mr. Smith thought Mike was______ before he knew that Mike was a spy.
| A．kind | B．clever | C．honest | D．dishonest |
What's the meaning of the phrase "leak out" in the passage?___________.
| A．land on | B．cross out | C．become known | D．come out |
What can you learn from the passage?______________.
| A．We should be careful at work. | B．We should be honest at work. |
| C．We should work hard. | D．We should serve the masters. |
A man bought a donkey at the market one day and took him home. Now the man owned several donkeys already and he knew each one’s character very well. One of the donkeys was very strong and brave. Another always wanted to make people happy by working quickly but soon got tired. One donkey was very lazy. He hated going to work in the morning and he did as little as he possibly could all day long. When the other animals were being loaded up(装载), he always tried to be the last so that he would get the lightest load.
The man led the new donkey into the yard. For a moment the new donkey stood sniffing(闻，嗅) at his new friends. Then, without hesitation, he came up to the lazy donkey and began eating comfortably at his side.
Though it was late in the day, the man immediately led the new donkey out of the yard, straight back to the market.
“You can’t have given him a fair trial yet,” said the seller, “It is only ten minutes since you bought him.”
“I don’t need to try him any more,” replied the man, “I know just what he is like from the friend he chose for himself. Take him away and give me my money back. I can do without donkeys like him.”Why did the man buy a new donkey in the market?
| A．Because he liked it. |
| B．Because he knew the donkey very well. |
| C．Because he needed another donkey to help him with his work. |
| D．Because the new donkey wasn’t lazy at all. |
The man led the new donkey to the yard in order to _______.
| A．see if he is lazy |
| B．let him choose a new friend |
| C．let the new donkey eat something |
| D．let him work |
What’s the meaning of the underline phrase “without hesitation” ?
| A．没有吃饭 | B．未经许可 | C．毫不犹豫地 | D．很不乐意地 |
How did the man know the character of the new donkey?
| A．By letting him work |
| B．By watching how he chose his new friend |
| C．By leading him to the yard |
| D．by pleasing people |
What’s the best title of the story?
| A．How To Buy Donkeys | B．The Owner and The Donkeys |
| C．The lazy Donkey | D． The Man and The Donkey |
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There are many things you can do to improve your memory. Among them are many kinds of useful ways are well as taking special care of your health.
It is important that you make yourself excited to make your memory more active. You can do this by doing some new activities and by changing your daily habits. Learning a new skill helps your brain（大脑）to develop. When trying to remember something, you should pay special attention to the most important things about it .Do not allow other thoughts to enter your mind because this will reduce your chances of making right memories.
An excellent way to help memory is to connect information with pictures. Try to see the pictures in your mind. Taking notes and keeping a diary will also be helpful.
Healthy food and plenty of vitamins are necessary for your memory to work well. Drinking a lot of water also helps keep your memory. You must allow your brain to have enough sleep and rest. When you are asleep, your brain stores memory. Not enough sleep can cause problems with storing information. And being tired will also stop you from being able to think clearly and well.
In order to keep your mind on your work, you must be free from worry. Generally keeping fit and normal health checks are both important as well-not just for improving your memory.
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How to _1_Your Memory |
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*taking special_3_of your health |
| *making yourself excited to make your memory more active by taking _4_in some new activities and changing your daily habits. |
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| *paying attention to the most _5_things,in order to add to your chances to _6_right memories |
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| *connecting information with _7_ |
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| *taking notes and _8_diaries |
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| Other ways |
*eating_9 _food and taking plenty of vitamins |
| *drinking a lot of water |
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| *having _10_sleep and rest |
My friend’s grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe. After being processed (移民入境检查) at Ellis Island, he went into a cafeteria (自助餐厅) in Lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at a table and waited for someone to take his order. But nobody came to him. Later a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.
“Start out at the end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end he’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”
“I soon learned that’s how everything works in America,” the grandfather told my friend. “Life is like a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you are willing to pay the money. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”Where do you think the old man came from?
| A．Poland. | B．Australia. | C．Canada. | D．Japan |
From the passage, we know if you want to get success in America, you should ___________.
| A．get help form your friends |
| B．try to get it by yourself |
| C．know how a cafeteria works |
| D．get up again if you fail |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The old man sat down opposite the woman so that she could take his order. |
| B．The old woman sat down opposite the old man so that she could serve him. |
| C．Although the woman didn’t know the old man, she told him how to get something to eat in the cafeteria. |
| D．Although the woman didn’t know the old man, she decided to pay the bill for him. |
What does the word “it” in the third paragraph (段落) refer to?
| A．The food served in the cafeteria. |
| B．The success one wants to get. |
| C．The bill one has to pay in the cafeteria. |
| D．The plate used in the cafeteria. |
Which is the best title for the passage?
| A．From Eastern Europe to America |
| B．Eating in an American Cafeteria |
| C．How to Eat in a Cafeteria |
| D．Life Is Like a Cafeteria in America |
In the past, when people had problems, they went to their families or friends to get advice. Today, it is possible to get advice from radio show, TV programmer and telephone hot lines, too. Most telephone hot lines are completely anonymous-callers, they do not have to say their names or telephone numbers. Most hot lines are usual free（免费的）too, even if the calls are long distance（距离）.Other hot lines pay their advisers for their work. Usually the advisers are professional with years of education and experience, but sometimes, the advisers have only taken a short class before starting to work on the hot lines. All the advisers listen to people and help them solve their problems. Today when people have problems, ____________________.
| A．they can only ask their families for help |
| B．they can only get help from their friends |
| C．they can get help from telephone hot lines |
| D．they go to the advisers to get help |
The word “anonymous” probably means _____________________.
| A．telling a name | B．without telling a name |
| C．free of charge | D．interesting |
Callers _____________ the hot line for the advice or the phone calls.
| A．pay much | B．have to pay |
| C．don’t have to pay | D．get money from |
The advisers working at the hot line _______________.
| A．are usually professionals |
| B．have all taken a short class |
| C．can solve any problem |
| D．are not all paid |
How do the hot line advisers work?
| A．They do what the callers tell them to do |
| B．They go to the callers to help them |
| C．They give advice to the callers by phone. |
| D．They ask people to come to see him |
Mary didn’t understand such sentences as “She is blue today”, “You are yellow”, “He has a green thumb”, “He has told a white lie” and so on. And she went to the teacher Mrs. James for help.
Mary: Mrs. James, there is a colour in each of the sentences. What do they mean?
Mrs. James: In everyday English, Mary, blue sometimes means sad, yellow afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants well and a white lie is not a bad one.”
Mary: I’m afraid I don’t understand them all. Would you give me an example for “a white
lie”?
Mrs. James: Certainly. Now I just give you some cakes. In fact you don’t like it, but you don’t want to let me know it. Instead you say, “No, thanks. I’m not hungry.” That’s a white lie.
Mary: It sounds very interesting. Thanks very much.
Mrs. James: You are welcome. Colours are meaningful. I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future. Please come to me if you have any questions. Blue sometimes means sad in _______________ English.
| A．good | B．spoken | C．usual | D．poor |
I don’t have a green thumb, so all my plants ________________.
| A．die off | B．grow well | C．look nice | D．are good |
David is yellow and he is ___________ to climb the tall tree!
| A．happy | B．clever | C．brave | D．afraid |
He didn’t like me to know ___________ of the accident. He told me a white lie at last.
| A．the reason | B．the true story | C．the meaning | D．the answer |
He is ______________today. He is told that his father is seriously ill.
| A．blue | B．yellow | C．green | D．white |
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