Several years ago, a television reporter was interviewing three of the most important people from local businesses. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.

　　The reporter was talking to them about being important.

　　“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.

　　The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President is really important.”

　　The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.

　　The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President said he was too busy to answer it.”

　　The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”

　　“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”

　　“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.

　　“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”

1.This story happened in ________.

A. U.N.                         B. U.S.A.                              C. U.K.         D. P.R.C.

2.There are________in this passage.

A. three men        B. three women and one man　

C. four men       D. three men and one woman

3.The banker and the owner of one of the largest companies in the world ________.

A. had similar opinions about the reporter’s question　　        

B. disagreed with each other  

C. had been invited to the White House many times      

D. didn’t reply to the reporter

4.The owner of one of the largest companies thought ________.

A. he himself was really important because he owned one of the largest companies in the world

B. the President was really important because the president of another country called him

C. the visitor was really important if the President would rather treat him than answer an important phone call from another country

D. none of them was really important

5.The underlined word you in the last paragraph refers to (指的是) ________.

A. the television reporter　　                    B. the owner of many buildings

C. the President                   D. the visitor to the White House

Several years ago, a television reporter was interviewing three of the most important people from local businesses. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
　　The reporter was talking to them about being important.
　　“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.
　　The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President is really important.”
　　The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.
　　The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President said he was too busy to answer it.”
　　The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”
　　“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”
　　“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.
　　“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”
【小题1】This story happened in ________.
A. U.N.             B. U.S.A.               C. U.K.      D. P.R.C.
【小题2】There are________in this passage.

根据短文内容及首字母提示，补全空格内单词，使短文完整、通顺

　 　　　 At 8:30 in the morning,the body of a man was found.Someone murdered him.A small k　 96　 was found near the body.Maybe the murder used that knife.The police said,“The man d　 97　 about eight hours ago.”So the murder had possibly happened between midnight a　 98　 one o’clock.

　　 The police questioned three men.They didn’t tell the three men a　 99　 the murder. The first man said he had been at home the whole evening and was r　 100　 magazines, t　 101　 　he went to bed early.

The s　 102　 　man told the police that he had spent the evening with some of his friends.They had been to cinema together.He g 103　 　home at about 11 o’clock.

The third man said he didn’t know a 104　 　about the murder.He also said he didn’t have a knife.Of course the police e　 105　 　found out who the murder was.

96. k_________　 97. d_________　 98. a_________　 99. a_________ 100. r_________

101. t_________ 102. s_________ 103. g_________ 104. a_________ 105. e_________

阅读理解

通读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

　　J.K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of the best-sellers in the world.

　　J.K. Rowling was born in Bristol on July 31st, 1965. She has one sister who is two years younger than her. Both girls loved listening to their father reading bedtime stories to them. They especially loved stories about magical worlds. Rowling wrote her first story, called Rabbit, at the age of six.

　　After she graduated from the university, Rowling worked as a translator(翻译者) in London. During this time, on a long train trip in the summer of 1990, the idea came to her of a boy who has magic but doesn't know it. In 1992 Rowling began to teach English. She lived with her baby daughter, Jessica, and spent much time finishing the first Harry Potter book for young readers. It appeared in June 1997. To her surprise, the book was greatly successful. The film came out in November 2001. Now Harry Potter series(系列) is popular with people of all ages and about 60 million books were sold in 200 countries.

　　Why has the series been so successful? There are a few things. Many other magical stories take place in far away lands or in past or future times. But Harry lives in modern(现代的) England. He's also a very normal(平常的) boy：polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when other children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him.

　　J.K. Rowling is very happy with the success, and she is now busy finishing the whole series of seven books. She's writing full time and she's really enjoying life. She says she will go on living a normal life with her daughter and writing children's books.

1．From the passage, we know ________.

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A．J.K. Rowling met a boy named Harry on a long train trip

B．J.K. Rowling loved listening to stories when she was very young

C．J.K. Rowling is two years younger than her sister

D．Harry Potter is J.K. Rowling's first story

2．The first Harry Potter book came out in ________.

[　　]

3．The Harry Potter series is ________.

[　　]

A．written for young people

B．only enjoyed by children

C．only sold in England

D．about a young inspector

4．J.K. Rowling has been successful, and she ________.

[　　]

A．likes to travel all over the world with her daughter

B．is too busy to enjoy her life

C．is excited about her success every day

D．is still writing stories for children

5．How is Harry Potter series different from other magical stories?

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A．There are magical things

B．The stories happened in the modern world

C．It has seven books

D．It took much time to finish