I was travelling in Turkey (土耳其) recently and I learned very quickly that the Turks love bargaining (讨价还价) over prices. Quite often the money that was discussed was far less important than the outcome (结果) of the bargaining.
I remember one day when I was at a village bus station a representative (代理人) of two competing (竞争) bus companies (公司) came up to me. When I asked one man the cost of a trip he said: “I'll take you on my bus for 600 liras (里拉，货币单位). ”Immediately the second man leapt (猛冲) forward and said: “With me, you can go for 500 liras. ”The contest was on…Back and forth they argued, while I just stood and watched in amazement.
“Four hundred. ”
“Three hundred. ”
“Two hundred. ”
“One hundred. ”
Finally, the first man threw up his hands and said: “ Okay! For free! I'll make you free of charge, friend. No money! ”
I watched him write out a ticket…I just couldn't believe it.
“But why for free?”I asked.
His face cracked (裂开) into a wide, toothless grin as he said: “Because I win! ”
1．One day at the bus station, two men were bargaining over ________ .
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2．I felt ________ about their arguing.
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3．In the passage, the phrase“free of charge”means ________ .
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4．In the end, the man I first spoke to was glad because ________ .
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5．From the whole passage, we can see that the Turks like to ________ over prices, and the ________ is more important.
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黄冈创优卷系列答案科目：初中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
| A．Dr. Ian Wilmut was the first man to clone a sheep in his lab |
| B．Dr. Ian Wilmut gave Dolly a new life |
| C．Dr. Ian Wilmut took care of Dolly like a father |
| D．Dr. Ian Wilmut has a daughter whose name is Dolly |
| A．Scientists have successfully cloned humans. |
| B．Dr. Wilmut likes to do human cloning. |
| C．Cloned animals are better than humans. |
| D．Lana doesn’t think humans shouldn’t be cloned. |
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科目：初中英语 来源：2010-2011年安徽省合肥市中考英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
How do you remember the way to your house? Where do dreams come from? It is your brain(大脑) that does these things. A British scientist showed that “sleep can improve one’s memory.” It’s not a dream for students to study when they sleep. In fact, your brains is working day and night. If you learn words before bed, a certain part of the brain may help you to remember the words while you sleep. What’s more, another scientist in the USA found that there was a “talent button(天才按钮)” in the human brain. It might make a person more talented.
There are more interesting things about the brain. Your brain uses less energy than a fridge light. Just two bananas can give the brain enough energy to work for a whole day. According to some scientists, yawning(打哈欠) keeps our brains “cool”, which makes us think quicker.
Here are some pieces of advice to keep a good brain:
Eat healthy food.
Get a lot of playtime or exercise.
Don’t drink or smoke.
Use your brain a lot.
【小题1】 A British scientist found out that ________ could improve our memories.
| A．drink | B．dreams | C．sleep | D．bananas |
| A．use our brains more | B．sleep fewer hours |
| C．work longer hours | D．remember fewer things |
| A．Our brains only work in the daytime. |
| B．Our brains need much energy every day. |
| C．Smoking can keep our brains healthy. |
| D．Getting exercise is good for our brains. |
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科目：初中英语 来源：2012年初中毕业升学考试（江西卷）英语（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
We humans are only born with one set of eyes, so it's our job to take care of them for our whole lives. The good news is that if we do a few simple things every day, we can maintain (保持) our eyesight and reduce (减少) the risk of ever hurting our eyes.
Almost all doctors agree that we can improve and maintain good eyesight by eating lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. It is especially important for us to eat vegetables like carrots and sweet potatoes. Besides, we need to protect our eyes when we spend a long time in bright sunlight. The best way to do. this is by wearing sunglasses that have 100% UV (紫外线) protection. What's more, it is necessary to protect our eyes when we work with dangerous chemicals (化学物质). For this reason we should always wear goggles in chemistry labs at work or at school. Finally, we should not spend too much time in front of the computer or television screen. That is why doctors advise if we have to use a computer for a long time, we should take a short break every fifteen or thirty minutes.
Maintaining good eyesight is important. If we do these few simple things we can protect our eyes and reduce the chances of losing our eyes. As the popular English expression goes, “It's all fun and game, until someone loses an eye.” When people say this, they mean that losing an eye is a very terrible thing.
【小题1】When should we wear goggles?
| A．While watching TV. |
| B．While using a computer. |
| C．While staying in the sun. |
| D．While working in a chemistry lab. |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．We should eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. |
| B．We should take a short break every fifteen or thirty minutes. |
| C．We should not spend much time in front of a computer or TV. |
| D．We should do a few simple things every day to keep our eyesight. |
| A．Fun and Games with Our Eyes |
| B．Caring for Our Eyes |
| C．The Risk of Hurting Our Eyes |
| D．Born with One Set of Eyes |
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科目：初中英语 来源：2012-2013学年浙江省宁波市江北区初三学业模拟考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What’s more, life is always giving new things to the child--- things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is repeatedly being told not do something or being punished for what he has wrongly done.
When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he worked hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the greatest happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.
1.What is the happiest person according to the passage?
A．A child who can do whatever he likes.
B．An old person who lives in a comfortable life.
C．A grown-up who no longer expects other to pay for him.
D．A person who never wastes his time in his whole life.
2.What pains does a child have?
A．He has few responsibilities to make life difficult.
B．He doesn’t have to do anything in return.
C．He is not so free to do what he wishes to do.
D．He has to work if he wants to live comfortably.
3.Which of the following is true, according to the second paragraph?
A．Life for a child is fairly easy.
B．A child is always loved whatever he does.
C．If much is given to a child, he must do something in return.
D．Only children are interested in life.
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Life is not enjoyable since each age had some pains.
B．Young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard.
C．Childhood is the most enjoyable time in one’s life.
D．One is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life.
5.What will the fourth paragraph most probably discuss following this passage?
A．Examples of successful young men.
B．How to build up one’s position in society.
C．Joys and pains of old people.
D．What to do when one has problems in life.
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科目：初中英语 来源：2012-2013学年江苏省泰州市九年级上学期第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单词拼写
根据所给的首字母填写单词（10分）
If you think of after-school activities as a waste of time, you are wrong! After-school activities help us grow up in many w 1 . Above all, they offer us chances to practise what we learn in c 2 . Through various activities, we can also learn more about today's society (社会) and a lot of n 3 things that we can't learn from our hooks. What's more, they help to develop our abilities that we need both for our studies now and for our work and life in the f 4 .
We are busy with our studies in school, so after school we all need to r 5 ourselves. After-school activities just make it possible for us to breathe f 6 air and remove tiredness. Then, we can pay a 7 to our studies and achieve good results.
Some after-school activities will make us useful and helpful to o 8 ; some can keep us strong and h 9 ; some may even change our life. So, all the students, get out and take an a 10 part in various after-school activities!
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