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　 Soon after Dave left college, one of his uncles, who was rich and had no children of his own died and　 71 Dave a lot of money, so he decided to set up his own real estate agency(房地产公司)．

　 He found a nice office, bought some new furniture and moved　 72 .He had only been there　 73　 a few hours when he heard someone walking towards the door of his　 74 ."It's my first customer!" he thought. He quickly picked up the 75 and pretended(假装)to be very busy 76 an important call from someone in New York, who wanted to　 77　 a big and expensive　 78 in the country.

　 The man knocked at the door while this was going on, came in and　 79　 politely for the agent(房地产商)to finish his talk. Then he 80 to him, "I'm from the telephone company, and I was sent here to connect your telephone."

请阅读下列短文，然后根据文章上下文意思，填入一个恰当的词使文章通顺。每空一词。

　 Soon after Dave left college, one of his uncles, who was rich and had no children of his own died and　 71 Dave a lot of money, so he decided to set up his own real estate agency(房地产公司)．

　 He found a nice office, bought some new furniture and moved　 72 .He had only been there　 73　 a few hours when he heard someone walking towards the door of his　 74 ."It's my first customer!" he thought. He quickly picked up the 75 and pretended(假装)to be very busy 76 an important call from someone in New York, who wanted to　 77　 a big and expensive 78 in the country.

　 The man knocked at the door while this was going on, came in and　 79　 politely for the agent(房地产商)to finish his talk. Then he 80 to him, "I'm from the telephone company, and I was sent here to connect your telephone."

In England people usually don't talk very much. On a bus or a train, you can see everyone sits looking out of the window(看着窗外). And they often read books and newspapers. But they don't talk much. When you meet English people, they often talk about one thing-the weather. So when you meet someone in England, you can say, "It's fine today, isn't it?"

"But it was a little cold yesterday." He may answer.

"Oh, it will be warmer later!" you can say. Talk like this, and the English will think, "How friendly you are!"

( )36. In England people often ______ on a bus or train.

　 A. read books　 B. read newspapers　 C. talk much　 D. A and B

( )37. When you meet English people, you can talk one thing-______.　

　 A. the newspaper　 B. the family　 C. the weather　 D. the books

( )38. When you meet a young woman on a train, you can say, ______　　

A. "You are beautiful."　 B. "It's fine day today, isn't it?"

C. "How old are you?"　 D. "It's very kind of you."

( )39. The woman may answer, ______.

　 A. "Thank you."　　　　　　 B. "I'm twenty-five."

　 C. "You are beautiful, too."　 D. "But it was a little cold yesterday."

( )40. If you talk about the weather with English people, they may think you are ______.

　 A. friendly　　 B. friend　　 C. beautiful　　 D. good

The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you'll get your words mixed up(混合) and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can' t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor(幽默感)，you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make. Don't be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It's better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you，because they don't understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is："Don't be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes."

1.The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is ____.

A．writing	B．listening
C．using it	D．learning grammar

2.What should you do in learning English?

A．Be careful not to make any mistake.

B．Write as quickly as you can.

C．Laugh more often.

D．Speak English as much as you can.

3.When people laugh at your mistakes，you should ____.

A．not care	B．be happy
C．feel worried	D．be unhappy

4.When you make a mistake，you should ____.

A．keep quiet	B．keep your sense of humor
C．be kind	D．get angry

5.The story tells us："_____".

A．Only foolish(愚蠢的) people make mistakes

B．Few people make mistakes

C．People never make mistakes

D．There is no one who doesn't make mistakes

 

Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Others think it is terrible.

　　One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr Coates works in an office in Brighton, England.

　　On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got on the lift(电梯), it stopped between floors. Mr Coates could not get out of the lift. He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coats remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday.

　　There was nothing for him to do. He had to wait until one of his workmates came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr Coats ended up sleeping for most of the day.

　　Now Mr. Coates says, "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."

1.Mr. Coates thinks working on the weekend is_____.

A．interesting         B．terrible           C．happy            D．unhappy

2.Mr. Coates stayed in the lift for_____.

A．about twenty hours                      B．nearly two days

C．one week                             D．more than sixty hours

3.When Mr. Coates got out of the lift he_____.

A．was cold, weak, hungry and tired

B．wouldn't work there any more

C．said "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."

D．went home at once

4.Why could Mr. Coates not get out of the lift? Because _____.

A．it was broken                          B．it was the weekend

C．it was in an office                        D．it was a holiday

5.In the lift, there was_________.

A．water            B．beer             C．telephone         D．nothing