Once upon a time, a greedy rich man hired a wise man. He wanted the wise man to find a way to make him even more money. The rich man was building a giant safe. And his greatest dream was to fill the safe with gold and jewels.
The wise man thought about this problem for months. One night he appeared at the rich man’s house with a big smile on his face. He said, “ I’ve done it! My calculations are perfect! You’ll be rich beyond your wildest dreams.” The rich man was very delighted to go on a long journey. He promised the wise man double pay to run his business for him.
When the rich man returned, he found that all of his money was gone. Very angry, he asked the wise man to explain. The wise man told him he’d given everything away. The wise man said, “ I analyzed(分析) how a single rich man could gain the biggest wealth. But it is limited how much one man can do by himself. Then I realized that many people could help us achieve our goal. By helping other people, you could gain most.”
Disappointed and angry, the rich man went away. As he was walking, several neighbours saw him. All of them had their share when the wise man gave away the man’s wealth. They were so thankful that they welcomed him to their homes and offered anything he needed.
Over the next few weeks, …
If you think you’re too shy and want to be a little bit brave, try the following:
You can make it. Tell people you’re shy. There’s no need to hide it. When they get to know you’re a shy kid, they’ll understand you better. This also helps you feel more relaxed in talks.
Try to smile more. When you smile, people think you’re friendly and easy to talk to. Remember that other people have feelings too and most people will stay away from an angry-looking face.
Learn to be a good talker. If you find it hard to start talks, say something nice about people around you. Think about how great you feel when someone says something nice to you. Doesn’t it make you want to keep talking to that person?
Get your attention elsewhere（在别处）. Think more about ways to enjoy parties or games. Don’t waste time worrying about your look or whether people like you or not.
Take one small step at a time. Each time when you say “Hi” or smile at someone, say to yourself “You did it”. Keep trying and one day you’ll never feel shy when you talk about yourself.How many pieces of advice does the passage give us?
| A．Four. | B．Five. | C．Six. | D．Seven. |
If you find it hard to start a talk, you can .
| A．say nothing but smile |
| B．say something nice about others around you. |
| C．look others up and down. |
| D．say to yourself “You did it” |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Ask yourself to smile more. |
| B．If you say something nice about people, you will get a bad feeling. |
| C．Think less about ways to enjoy parties. |
| D．One day you’ll never feel shy when people talk to you. |
What is the best title for this passage?
| A．Change your life very day |
| B．Keep up your mind till the end |
| C．Keep trying to say something nice |
| D．How to make you not be shy |
Online shopping is growing fast in China, and more and more Chinese are buying books online. At the same time, traditional bookstores are facing new challenges. A bookstore in Beijing is going out of business（生意）. All of its books are on sale. Bookstore owner Wang Jian says hot sales of books on the Internet pushed him to change the way he did business.
China has the highest online book buying rate（率）in the world. More than years ago, dangdang.com became the first online bookseller, and now becomes very important in the Chinese online book market.
Facing this challenge, the Xinhua Bookstore also built its online store a few years ago. Zhang Jian, CEO of the Xinhuabookstore.com, says now they are enlarging their online services.
A “price war（战争）”is taking shape between traditional bookstores and online bookstores. Faced with the low-cost advantage of online bookstores, traditional ones can do nothing but lower their prices. At the same time, online bookstores are also starting price wars between each other.
Now some traditional bookstores are trying their best to attract buyers in their own way. They exhibit books better and provide(提供) a very relaxed reading environment in the bookstore. Even though, traditional bookstores can hardly compete with some of the advantages of online bookstores, for example 24-hour service.What is the passage about?
| A．The development of online bookstores. |
| B．The disadvantages of traditional bookstores. |
| C．The great advantages of online bookstores. |
| D．The challenges traditional bookstores face. |
What made Wang Jian change the way he did business?
| A．The small sales of his books. |
| B．The tiring work of selling books. |
| C．The high cost of running the bookstore. |
| D．Competition with other traditional bookstores. |
To attract buyers, traditional bookstores and online bookstores both choose to .
| A．lower the prices of books |
| B．provide 24-hour service |
| C．provide relaxed reading areas |
| D．exhibit books in a better way |
We can know from the passage that .
| A．traditional bookstores will break up sooner or later |
| B．dangdang. com is the first website selling books in China |
| C．more and more people will start bookstores on the Internet |
| D．most of the buyers who buy books online are young students |
This story is about a young man. He worked hard at his lessons. He was too busy. He didn’t have time to rest, so he was ill. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep（睡觉）. But he couldn’t. He thought: “I must go to see the doctor.” He said to the doctor. “I can’t go to sleep at night.” “Try counting numbers. When you reach one thousand, you’ll be asleep.” The next day the man came back to the doctor’s office. “Well,” said the doctor, “How are you today?”
“Yes, he said,” I tried counting one, two, three. . . up to （直到）one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy (感到困倦). I had to get up and drank some tea. Then I went on counting up to one thousand. But I still couldn’t fall asleep. The young man couldn’t go to sleep because ________ .
| A．he didn’t finish his lessons |
| B．he worked too hard and was ill |
| C．he was worried about his homework |
| D．there was a lot of housework to do and he couldn’t have a good rest |
The doctor asked the young man ________ .
| A．to count numbers before he went to bed |
| B．to put all numbers from 1 to 1000 together |
| C．to count numbers while he was lying in bed |
| D．to go to bed earlier |
The young man came back to the doctor’s office the next day because ___ .
| A．he wanted to thank the doctor |
| B．he was better |
| C．he wanted to ask the doctor how to count the numbers |
| D．he still couldn’t go to sleep at night |
The young man ________ .
| A．counted from 569 to 1000 |
| B．counted from 1 to 569 and fell asleep |
| C．counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea |
| D．counted from 1 to 1000 and fell asleep |
The young man ________ in fact.
| A．didn’t understand the doctor’s words. | B．couldn’t count numbers |
| C．didn’t try to sleep | D．wasn’t ill at all |
Bob was cutting a branch（树枝） off a tree in his garden. While he was sawing（锯）, another man passed in the street. He stopped and said, “ Excuse me, but if you continue (继续)to saw（锯） that branch like that, you will fall down with it.” He said this because Bob was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk（树干） of the tree.
Bob said nothing. He thought, “ This is some foolish（愚笨的） person who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do.”
The man continued on his way. Of course, after a few minutes. The branch fell and Bob fell with it.
“My God!” he cried. “That man knows the future!” and he ran after him to ask how long he was going to live. But the man had gone. One day Bob was cutting a branch_______a tree in his garden.
| A．on | B．in | C．at | D．off |
While Bob was sawing, another man_______.
| A．told him to stop working | B．told him he would fall down |
| C．would borrow something from him | D．would help him saw that branch |
After hearing the man’s words, Bob thought that________.
| A．that was a foolish person. | B．that was a wise person |
| C．that was a proud person | D．that fellow cheated him |
What happened to Bob after a few minutes?
A. The branch fell. B. Bob fell down to the ground.
C. Bob was hurt himself. D. Both A and B. This story is about ________.
| A．a foolish man | B．a wise man | C．cutting a tree | D．that we need to take good advice |
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and one of the largest free-standing mountains in the world, and some say, the most beautiful place on the earth!
The mountain towers 15,000 feet above the plains. Mount Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania and it covers an area of 60 miles long and 40 miles wide. Kilimanjaro is an extinct volcano(死火山), with 3 peaks. Kibo is the highest one in the center.
Because of Kilimanjaro’s great height, the mountain influences its own weather. Winds incoming from the Indian Ocean are stopped upward by the mountain and drop their moisture(湿气) as rain and snow. People have planted coffee, corn, and other crops on the lower slopes(斜坡).
Mount Kilimanjaro now attracts many thousands of walkers each year. Because of a temperature rise in recent years, the beautiful snow cap of Kilimanjaro is retreating(消退)fast. A research said that the white snow on the mountain might be gone in 15 years. What a pity!The writer is worried about Mount Kilimanjaro’s ________.
| A．great height | B．extinct volcano | C．rainforests | D．white snow cap |
Mount Kilimanjaro is __________
| A．the highest mountain in the world | B．an active volcano |
| C．a free-standing mountain | D．15,000 feet above the sea level |
The snow on the mountain comes from ________.
| A．the Indian Ocean | B．the Pacific Ocean |
| C．the Atlantic Ocean | D．the Red Sea |
_________ influences the mountain’s own weather.
| A．Rain and snow | B．Its great height | C．Crops | D．The moisture |
People should _______ to stop the mountain’s snow cap from melting.
| A．save the water of the Indian Ocean | B．protect the environment |
| C．not visit Kilimanjaro | D．not plant crops on the mountain |
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