Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant(仆人） loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

      One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take good care of them.” With these words, he went out.

      But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself.

1.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.

A. the rich man 　　B. the servant 　

         C. both A and B 　　D. neither A and B

2..The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

      A. the cat 　　 　　B. himself 　　　　C. nobody 　　　　　D. the servant       　　

3..The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________.

            A. there was in fact poison in the bottles    B. did not want the servant to drink his wine

            C. he wanted to kill the cat                 D. he wanted to kill the servant

4.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

           A. the servant 　　B. cat 　　C. the rich man 　　D. nobody

5.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.

           A. lazy 　　B. bad 　　C. clever 　　D. kind 

 

 

If you go to Finland, you’ll be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.
Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high class Benz with a fare (票价) of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then get off without paying your fare. And the driver would not show the least sign of worry.
The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends and dine free of charge.
With so many loopholes (漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “pretty advantages”. But the strange things is, all the taxi-passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. As the Finns always act on good faith and always show an attitude of “which is which” and “what is what” in everything they do, so to live in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”. In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to take precautions (预防措施) against others?
【小题1】The word “foolish” probably means _____________.

A．friendly

B．careful

C．strange

D．funny

【小题2】Why wouldn’t the driver show the least sign of worry? Because _________.

A．he is sure that the passengers always act on good faith

B．he is afraid to make the passengers angry and unhappy

C．he thinks the passengers may be too poor to pay him

D．he is sure that the passengers are really in trouble

【小题3】The dining rooms in all big hotels ___________.

A．check the guests’ registration card carefully

B．give people meals without paying

C．serve their guests free of charge

D．only serve their guests free breakfast

【小题4】What’s FALSE according to the passage?

A．No one takes advantages although there are many loopholes.

B．All the taxi-passengers come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business.

C．Not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms.

D．Finland is heaven for immoral people because they can always take advantages freely.

【小题5】The sentences “which is which” and “what is what” show that __________.

A．the Finns are foolish

B．the Finns take things seriously

C．the Finns are busy making money for the family

D．the Finns never take precaution against others

Mike wanted to buy some new clothes,   1    he went to a shop. First he    2    for some trousers and put them    3    ,but then he took them off and gave them    4     to the shopkeeper, “Now, give me a coat instead of these.” The man gave him a coat and said, “This one

   5   the same as the trousers.” Mike took the coat and walked out of the shop with    6   .

The shopkeeper ran after him and said, “You have not    7   for that coat!” “But I gave you the trousers for the coat,” said Mike. “They cost the same as the coat,   8     they?” “Yes,” said the shopkeeper. “But you didn’t pay for the trousers    9   !”

“Of course, I didn’t!” answered Mike. “I didn’t take them.   10     gives things back and then pays for them!”

1.A.but　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.or　　　　　　　　　　  C.so　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.while

2.A.wanted　　　　　　　　   B.asked　　　　　　　　 C.bought　　　　　　　　　　  D.got

3.A.away　　　　　　　　　　  B.up　　　　　　　　　　  C.off　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.on

4.A.back　　　　　　　　　　  B.then　　　　　　　　   C.in　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.towards

5.A.cost　　　　　　　　　　   B.to cost　　　　　　   C.costs　　　　　　　　　　    D.be cost

6.A.this　　　　　　　　　　    B.it　　　　　　　　　　   C.that　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.the trousers

7.A.given　　　　　　　　　　  B.taken　　　　　　　　  C.cost　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.paid

8.A.didn’t　　   　　　　　　  B.wasn’t　　　　　　   C.wouldn’t　　　　　　　　   D.couldn’t

9.A.too　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.also　　　　　　　　    C.either　　　　　　　　　　    D.neither

10.A.Somebody　　　　    B.Nobody　　　　　　  C.Anybody　　　　　　　　   D.Everyone

 

　The ladies club(妇女俱乐部) always   l 　a meeting   2 　Friday afternoon and someone came to talk to them about   3 . After that, they had tea and asked　  4 .
One Friday a man came and talked to the club about the food problem. “There's not 5 food in the world for everyone,” he said. “More than half of the people in the world are hungry. And when they have   6 　food, they have more babies,   7 　they never   8  being hungry. Somewhere in the world, a woman is having a baby every minute day and night. What are you going to do about it?” He   9 　for a few seconds. Then one of the ladies said, “Well, why not   10  that woman and stop her?”

【小题1】

A．held B．made C．took D．left

【小题2】

A．in B．at C．on D．for

【小题3】

A．something important B．everything important C．nothing important D．anything important

【小题4】

A．problems B．questions C．the man D．the ladies

【小题5】

A．good B．clean C．enough D．pleasant

【小题6】

A．better B．more C．less D．fewer

【小题7】

A．but B．since C．as D．so

【小题8】

A．stop B．enjoy C．like D．keep

【小题9】

A．waited B．asked C．looked D．played

【小题10】

A．see B．look C．find D．watch