Mike was an American boy. He didn't like __1__ hands. When his mother asked him to wash his hands, he never（从不）washed them __2__. He only put his__3__ in the water for a__4__ seconds（秒）and took them__5__again.

　　Mike's uncle's family is in another city. __6__ day they came to __7__with Mike's parents and they brought their son, Tom, __8__them. Tom was __9__than Mike and didn't like washing, either. They went out to play. After an hour Mike looked at Tom's hands and said proudly（骄傲地）, “Your hands are __10__than mine!” Tom answered angrily（生气地）, “Yes, you are older than me.”

It was lunch time. Mike was in the garden with Linda. Suddenly, two aliens (外星人) arrived! “Wow! Aliens!” They were so excited that they screamed loudly.

“Hello, friends!” The two aliens came out from a small flying machine.

“Hi! Come and have lunch with us.” Mike said.

“Do you like earth food?” Linda asked.

“We don’t know. Let’s have a try,” the aliens said.

“What’s this? Is it a phone?” the tall alien asked.

“No, it’s a banana,” Mike said.

The tall alien took a bite (咬了一口), “Yuke! I don’t like bananas.”

“What’s this? Is it a ball?” the short alien asked.

“No, it’s an egg,” Linda said.

The tall alien took a bite, “Yuke! I don’t like eggs.”

“What’s this? Is it a hat?” the tall alien asked.

“No, it’s a lunchbox!” Mike said.

The tall alien took a bite, “Yum! I like lunchboxes!”

1.Where were Mike and Linda?

A. In the garden.B. In the park.

C. In the zoo.D. On the playground.

2.What does the underlined word “screamed” mean?

A. 跳舞B. 尖叫C. 挥手D. 站起来

3.The tall alien thought the banana was a ________.

A. ballB. hatC. toyD. phone

4.Which of the following is the right order (顺序) for what the aliens ate?

A. A banana→An egg→A lunchbox.B. An egg→A banana→A lunchbox.

C. An egg→A lunchbox→A banana.D. A banana→A lunchbox→An egg.

5. Which of the following is True?

A. The short alien tasted many kinds of food.

B. Mike felt very scared when he saw the aliens.

C. The aliens didn’t think the earth food tasted delicious.

D. The aliens came to the earth in a big flying machine.

Jane was not a good student. Her head was in the clouds(处于幻想之中) most of the time. She wanted to listen in class, but other things seemed more important: her clothes, her hairstyle, films and television. Many times she tried to work hard at her lessons, but soon she became absent-minded.
One day, her math teacher gave the class an important lesson and told her students that there would be a test the next week. She helped them review all the week. Jane seemed to listen in class, but her mind went away again.
The day of the test arrived. Jane couldn’t answer many of the questions on the exam. Mike, a very hard-working student, sat next to Jane. So Jane decided to copy his. Mike was very angry when he found Jane was copying his answers. He changed all his answers so that they were not right. Before the bell rang, Mike quickly changed his answers back into right ones. After the test, Mike turned to Jane and said, “ All those answers you copied from my paper are wrong.”
【小题1】Jane thought a lot of things EXCEPT ________.

“Would you tell me which way I should go from here?” asked Alice.

“That depends a good deal on where you want to get,” said the Cat.

“I really don’t care where” replied Alice.

“Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go,” said the Cat.

--- from “ Alice in Wonderland ”

My name is David. And I have a brother called Mike.

One day, my brother called me and asked me for some advice. He was trying to decide between two job offers:

Job 1 – The first job was your typical 40 hour a week “office” job.

Job 2 – The second job was more of a career in the insurance industry(保险业), where he would start at the bottom, and after many years and many long hours eventually rise to the top (if he was good).

The second job did not pay as well as the first job (at the beginning), but the pay-off of the second job (in the future) was much greater than the first job. So which job should my brother take? Well the answer is…it depends.

Just like the Cat was trying to tell Alice, which road you take depends a great deal on where you want to end up.

Begin with the End in Mind

I asked my brother what was his life’s purpose. He said his purpose was to “teach,” but he wanted to make a lot of money first. I told my brother to forget about the money, and I advised him to focus on his purpose. I then asked him which job best supported his end result of “teaching.” He said the first job best supported his goal because he would only have to work 40 hours a week, which would give him spare time to teach. He continued on to say, “but if I take job number two, I can work hard and make more money, then I can retire early and “teach” later in life.” I again advised him to “focus” on his purpose, not money. Things don’t end wrong, they begin wrong!

You Can’t Ride Two Horses Well

It would be very difficult to have a successful teaching career while you’re working 70-80 hours a week in the insurance business; no one can ride two horses well. As they say, you can do anything, but not everything. I advised him to get started today by choosing the job that best supported that decision.

Tomorrow Never Comes

My brother was thinking that he could always start teaching later in life, but the reality is, tomorrow never comes. Unless you decide right now to follow your feelings, they will probably never be completed. You only live once, don’t go to the end of your life with one regret.

The Money Will Come

My brother seemed to be overly concerned with making money. I told him not to be anxious about making money. You will always have greater money when you’re doing what you love.

In a word, whenever you’re at a cross-road, be sure to make the decision that best supports the goal of your life. If you do, then you will be well on your way.

1.Mike ___________ David one day.

A．visited            B．met              C．made a telephone call to   D．found

2.Mike was trying to ____________.

A．look for a job                          B．start a career

C．wok in an office                         D．decide between two job offers

3.As for the life’s purpose, Mike ______________.

A．wanted to teach first                     B．wanted to make a lot of money first

C．wanted to work in the insurance industry     D．wanted to work 40 hours a day

4.You Can’t Ride Two Horses Well means _____________.

A．you’d better have two horses

B．you can only ride one horse well

C．you can do everything well.

D．you can’t do two things well at the same time

5.The best title of the passage is ______________.

A．How to choose a better job

B．It is more important to begin than to end

C．How to make a better decision

D．Make more money because tomorrow never comes