Mr. Green was traveling around the country in his car. One evening he was driving along a road and looking for a small hotel when he saw an old man at the side of the road. He stopped his car and said to the old man, “I want to go to the Sun Hotel. Do you know it?”

“Yes.” The old man answered. “I’ll show you the way.”

He got into Mr. Green’s car and they drove for about twelve miles. When they came to a small house, the old man said, “Stop here.”

Mr. Green stopped and looked at the house. “But this isn’t a hotel.” He said to the old man.

“No,” the old man answered, “This is my house. And now I’ll show you the way to the Sun Hotel. Turn around and go back nine miles. Then you’ll see the Sun Hotel on the left.”

1.Where did Mr. Green want to sleep that night?

A．In his car.	B．In his own house.
C．In a hotel.	D．In the old man’s house.

2.Why did Mr. Green stop his car?

A．Because he found a hotel.

B．Because the lights were red.

C．Because he saw an old man.

D．Because he saw a friend.

3.Where did the old man promise(答应) to take Mr. Green?

A．To Mr. Green’s house.

B．To the old man’s house.

C．To the SunHotel.

D．To the country.

4.Why didn’t the old man stop Mr. Green when they passed the hotel?

A．Because he wanted Mr. Green to sleep in his house.

B．Because he wanted to get home.

C．Because he didn’t see the hotel.

D．Because he didn’t know the hotel.

5.How far was it from the place where Mr. Green met the old man to the Sun Hotel?

A．About nine miles.	B．About three miles.
C．About twenty-one miles.	D．About twelve miles.

 

A naughty dog went into the back of a butcher’s shop(肉铺). He saw a big meaty bone. He decided to take it with him.    60   He ran out of the shop, carrying the bone in his mouth, and rushed into the forest.

  61   He looked down from the bridge and he saw another dog! The dog was carrying a big meaty bone. He thought, “That bone is much better than mine. It’s got more meat on it, and I think it’s longer too!   62   I’m going to take that bone!”

So saying, he jumped off the bridge. He opened his mouth to bite(咬) the other dog, letting go of his bone. But as soon as he hit the water, the other dog disappeared. And his bone sank into the river.

   63   .“You saw another dog and another bone, but they were just reflections! Now you’ve lost your bone, and got soaking (浸湿) wet too!”

A. The monkey was so proud of himself. B. So he could eat it in a comfortable, safe place. C. On the bank, a monkey was laughing at the dog D. And that dog looks quite small and weak. E. On the way, he went over a river.

 

Online shopping is growing fast in China, and more and more Chinese are buying books online. At the same time, traditional bookstores are facing new challenges. A bookstore in Beijing is going out of business（生意）. All of its books are on sale. Bookstore owner Wang Jian says hot sales of books on the Internet pushed him to change the way he did business.
China has the highest online book buying rate（率）in the world. More than years ago, dangdang.com became the first online bookseller, and now becomes very important in the Chinese online book market.
Facing this challenge, the Xinhua Bookstore also built its online store a few years ago. Zhang Jian, CEO of the Xinhuabookstore.com, says now they are enlarging their online services.
A “price war（战争）”is taking shape between traditional bookstores and online bookstores. Faced with the low-cost advantage of online bookstores, traditional ones can do nothing but lower their prices. At the same time, online bookstores are also starting price wars between each other.
Now some traditional bookstores are trying their best to attract buyers in their own way. They exhibit books better and provide(提供) a very relaxed reading environment in the bookstore. Even though, traditional bookstores can hardly compete with some of the advantages of online bookstores, for example 24-hour service.
【小题1】What is the passage about?

A．The development of online bookstores.

B．The disadvantages of traditional bookstores.

C．The great advantages of online bookstores.

D．The challenges traditional bookstores face.

【小题2】What made Wang Jian change the way he did business?

A．The small sales of his books.

B．The tiring work of selling books.

C．The high cost of running the bookstore.

D．Competition with other traditional bookstores.

【小题3】To attract buyers, traditional bookstores and online bookstores both choose to        .

A．lower the prices of books

B．provide 24-hour service

C．provide relaxed reading areas

D．exhibit books in a better way

【小题4】We can know from the passage that       .

A．traditional bookstores will break up sooner or later

B．dangdang. com is the first website selling books in China

C．more and more people will start bookstores on the Internet

D．most of the buyers who buy books online are young students

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(痛苦), and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets(后悔).
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities(责任) 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(社会) 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(地位) in society.
【小题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.

【小题2】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.

【小题3】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.

【小题4】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.

Mr. Green was traveling around the country in his car. One evening he was driving along a road and looking for a small hotel when he saw an old man at the side of the road. He stopped his car and said to the old man, “I want to go to the Sun Hotel. Do you know it?”
“Yes.” The old man answered. “I’ll show you the way.”
He got into Mr. Green’s car and they drove for about twelve miles. When they came to a small house, the old man said, “Stop here.”
Mr. Green stopped and looked at the house. “But this isn’t a hotel.” He said to the old man.
“No,” the old man answered, “This is my house. And now I’ll show you the way to the Sun Hotel. Turn around and go back nine miles. Then you’ll see the Sun Hotel on the left.”
【小题1】Where did Mr. Green want to sleep that night?

A．In his car.	B．In his own house.
C．In a hotel.	D．In the old man’s house.

【小题2】Why did Mr. Green stop his car?

A．Because he found a hotel.

B．Because the lights were red.

C．Because he saw an old man.

D．Because he saw a friend.

【小题3】Where did the old man promise(答应) to take Mr. Green?

A．To Mr. Green’s house.

B．To the old man’s house.

C．To the SunHotel.

D．To the country.

【小题4】Why didn’t the old man stop Mr. Green when they passed the hotel?

A．Because he wanted Mr. Green to sleep in his house.

B．Because he wanted to get home.

C．Because he didn’t see the hotel.

D．Because he didn’t know the hotel.

【小题5】How far was it from the place where Mr. Green met the old man to the Sun Hotel?

A．About nine miles.	B．About three miles.
C．About twenty-one miles.	D．About twelve miles.