Have you ever noticed that you’re treated differently in stores based on your sex，age，race(种族)and even the way you dress? I certainly have，so 1 wanted to see exactly what happens inside these stores that are meant to be run with“customer(顾客)service”．
A young man in ripped jeans and a hoodie went into a car shop and asked for a price on the top of the line vehicle．The salesman looked him up and down and said．“I don’t think you can afford a car like this．Have a look at the inferior cars over here.”
As you can imagine，the young man was angry and left the showroom．Two days later, the
young man walked back in，and he walked up to the salesman who had served him two days before and asked，“Hi，do you remember me? You said l should look at the inferior cars the other day．”The salesman nodded and said yes．
The young man then asked him to just quickly come outside and have a look at something．
They walked out and the young man pointed to the brand—new top of the line Ford and said．“I paid with cash(现金)，do you like my new car?”And then the salesman quickly left．
Maybe many businesses don’t understand a fact—if they don’t treat their customers equally,they will lose business．Not every one of the above people will ever go back to those companies and they won’t recommend them to anyone．You will not only lose repeat business but also lose up to 10 customers，for every person you treat badly will not recommend your companies and will tell people not to go to these places．What fact does the writer mainly tell us about treatment in the passage?
| A．Everyone is treated equally in their life． |
| B．Many people are treated unequally in their life． |
| C．People don’t need to be treated equally in their life． |
| D．People need society to provide an equal environment． |
What does the underlined word“inferior”mean in Chinese?
| A．高级的 | B．崭新的 | C．下等的 | D．二手的 |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．The young man in brand．new jeans and a hoodie entered the showroom． |
| B．All the people treated badly will go back to complain about the service． |
| C．The salesman left quickly because he felt very embarrassed(尴尬的)． |
| D．If customers are treated equally, companies will lose repeat business． |
Which of the English sayings can we get after reading the passage?
| A．Love me love my dog． |
| B．A miss is as good as a mile． |
| C．A clean hand wants no washing． |
| D．Never judge from appearance． |
A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn't know what she had to do and wanted to give up. She felt tired of fighting and fighting. One problem had been finished but another came over.
Her father, a cook, took her into the kitchen. He poured water into three pans and boiled(煮沸) them. After boiling, in the first pan was put some carrots, the second was put some eggs and the last was put with coffee.
The girl waited impatiently, confused(困惑) by what her father did. About 20 minutes later, her father took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took the eggs and put them in a bowl. After that the coffee was poured into a cup. “My sweet heart, what do you see?” he asked.
“Carrots, eggs and coffee.” she replied.
Her father told her to close her eyes and asked her to touch the carrots. She did so and felt that the carrots were soft. After that he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After peeling(剥开) them, she got the eggs, cooked and hard. The last, the father let her smell the coffee. She asked, “What did you do this for, father?” He explained that each had the same unlucky experience — the boiling water, but each had a different result. The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak. The fragile eggs became hard after being cooked. The coffee was very special, it could change water. “Who are you?” asked her father. “When bad luck knocks at your door, what is your decision? Are you carrots, eggs or coffee?” The girl complained about her hard life because she didn't .
| A．want to give up | B．finish one problem |
| C．know what to do | D．get tired of fighting |
The girl's father took her to the kitchen to _ .
| A．ask her how to boil eggs |
| B．show her how to make coffee |
| C．teach her how to be a cook |
| D．tell her how to face difficulties |
After about twenty minutes，the carrots became .
| A．soft | B．hard | C．salty | D．sweet |
The underlined word “fragile” in the passage means “ . ”
| A．美味的 | B．易碎的 | C．特别的 | D．可怜的 |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．The girl's father liked to eat some kinds of food. |
| B．Bad luck always knocks at strong people's doors. |
| C．Boiled carrots, eggs and coffee had the same result. |
| D．People should make right decisions when in trouble. |
| Free Activities This Weekend |
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| An Open-air Craft (工艺) Market in Front of the City Hall Sunday from 8:30 A.M. to 6:30 P.M. Need to buy a present? Find bamboo toys, paper flowers, paper umbrellas, model cars and more! Food from around the world, too! |
City Museum Travel Movies Meeting Room Sat.& Sun. at 2:30 P.M. Do you want to travel but don’t have enough money? See movies on Japan, Italy, America, England, Russia, and Australia. There are only 80 seats, so come early. |
Winter Fashion Show Golden Shopping Center Sunday at 3:00 P.M. Men’s and women’s winter clothes. See 25 handsome and pretty models show the latest fashions. All clothing will be on sale after the show for under ￥100. |
| Pop Concert at Yunhai Square Saturday from 9:00 P.M. to midnight Five groups of college students are going to play the guitar and sing pop songs. Bring your own food and drink. |
Library Lecture (讲座) City Library Hall Saturday at 10:00 A.M. How to find the job that you really want! Two-hour lecture. Advice on choosing and getting the right job . Coke and sandwiches are sold. |
There are activities that people can do indoors.
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
People can taste food from different countries .
| A．at Yunhai Square | B．in the City Library Hall |
| C．in the City Museum | D．in front of the City Hall |
If someone wants to find a right job, he should .
| A．listen to the lecture | B．buy presents |
| C．bring food and drink | D．go to the fashion show |
Mr. Lee wants to take two sweaters for her wife after the fashion show, he needs to pay .
| A．more than 200 yuan | B．at least 300 yuan |
| C．less than 200 yuan | D．nothing at all |
If people want to get some information about some foreign countries, they can .
| A．see the movies | B．go to the pop concert |
| C．see the fashion show | D．go to the library lecture |
A small boy lived with his mother and grandmother in a big house. His father had died.
A bucket(桶) of water fell on the small boy’s left foot, and it began hurting a hot. His mother said, “I’m going to put something very hot on your foot tonight. That’s always very good. Tomorrow your foot won’t hurt any longer.”
In the evening, the small boy’s mother came to his bedroom. She had a hot poultice (膏状药) in a bowl. The small boy looked at it and said, “I don’t want that. I had one a month ago. Poultices hurt.”
His mother sat down on his bed and said, “You’re going to have this poultice on.” She pulled his sheets (床单）and blankets away, and put the poultice near his foot, but the boy pulled it away quickly, and poultice fell on the bed.
His mother was angry. She went down stairs and came back with his grandmother and a stick. She said to her son, “Your grandmother’s going to put the poultice on your foot, and I’m going to hold this stick. Now don’t be a stupid boy.”
She held the stick over the boy, and the grandmother took his foot and put the poultice near it. The boy said. “Stop, you…,” but his mother brought the stick nearer, and he did not say anything else. The grandmother brought the poultice near the foot again, and the boy stopped her again, but his mother was angry now and said, “I’m going to hit you.” The boy did not finish his words, and his grandmother put the poultice on his foot. He let it there for a few minutes and then took it off again.
The boy’s mother and grandmother put the sheets and blankets over him again and he said, “My left foot hurts, but you put the poultice on my right foot. I stopped you twice, but you didn’t listen to me.” The small boy’s foot hurt because .
| A．he fell off the bike |
| B．a bucket of water fell on his foot |
| C．he fell and hurt his foot |
| D．he was ill |
The small came to his room twice in the evening.
| A．boy’s mother | B．girl’s father |
| C．boy’s grandmother | D．girl’s grandmother |
The small boy his mother.
| A．agreed with | B．didn’t stop |
| C．thanked | D．didn’t agree with |
The small boy took the poultice off because .
| A．his foot didn’t hurt |
| B．he hated his mother and grandmother |
| C．his left foot hurt |
| D．his right foot hurt |
The best title for this passage is .
| A．Left or Right | B．A Small Boy |
| C．A Small Boy’s Mother | D．The Poultice |
If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?
According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.
The study also found the effect is greater when the younger people learn a second language. A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.
Scans showed that grey matter density (密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.
“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.
It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.
Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的),” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”
The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and thirty-four. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.The main subject talked about in this passage is ________.
| A．science on learning a second language |
| B．man’s ability of learning a second language |
| C．that language can help brain power |
| D．language learning and maths study |
The underlined word “bilingual” probably means _______.
| A．a researcher on language learning |
| B．a second language learner |
| C．a person who can speak two languages |
| D．an active language learner |
We may know from the scientific findings that ________.
| A．the earlier you start to learn a second language, the higher the grey matter density is |
| B．there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn’t know a second language |
| C．the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people’s brain |
| D．the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time |
In the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that _________.
| A．learning a second language is the same as studying maths |
| B．early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in studying other subjects |
| C．Italian is the best choice for you as a second language |
| D．you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language |
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you.” he said, “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.What does “Week by week her list grew” mean?
| A．Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me. |
| B．She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer. |
| C．I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on. |
| D．Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious. |
Why did her father listen to her quietly?
| A．Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true. |
| B．Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while. |
| C．Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment. |
| D．Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth. |
Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
| A．Not an Enemy, but the Best Friend |
| B．The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had |
| C．My Father |
| D．My Childhood |
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