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

　 It was the last day of the final examination in a college. On the steps of building, a group of engineering students were waiting for the last exam. On their faces was confidence.

　 They knew the exam would be easy. The professor had said they could bring any books or notes during the test.

　 Right after they came into the classroom. The professor handed out the papers. There were only five questions on it.

　 Three hours passed. Then the professor began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was nervous expression. The professor watched the worried faces before him, and then asked. “How many of you have completed all five questions?” No hand was raised. “How many of you have answered four?” Still no hands. “Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly in their seats. “One, then? Certainly somebody has finished one.” But the class kept silent(沉默). The professor said, “That is exactly what I expected. I just want to make you know clearly that even though you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the subject you don’t know. These questions you could not answer are common in everyday practice.” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all pass this course, your education has just begun.”

The years have obscured the name of this professor, but not the lesson he taught.

(　 )56. Why did the students think the exam was easy at first?

A.Because it was their last exam in the college.

B.Because they knew there were only five questions.

C.Because they thought they were clever and talented.

D.Because they wee allowed to bring any books and notes during the test.

(　 )57. How many students have finished all the five questions?

A.All of them. B. Some of them C. None of them . D. Only one of them.

(　 )58. What does the underlines word “obscured” mean in the last paragraph?

A.模糊 B回忆　Ｃ提醒　　Ｄ改变

(　 )59. What could the students learn from the last exam?

A. He laughs best who laughs last.

B. A good beginning is half done.

C. One is never too old to learn.

D. The early bird catches the worm.

(　 )60. What’s the best title for the article?

A. Some Confident Students.

B. An Engineering Professor.

C. An interesting Professor.

D. An Unforgettable Lesson.

About ten men in every hundred have the trouble of colorblindness in some way. Women are luckier, only about five in every hundred are affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman.

There are different shapes of color blindness. For example, a man may be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades of green. Sometimes a person can not tell the difference between blue and green. Only a few unlucky men may see everything in shades of green-a strange world indeed.

Colour blindness in human beings is a strange thing to say clearly. In only one eye there are millions of very small things called “cones^①”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colours. There are also millions of “rods^②”，but these are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us shapes but no colours. Some insects have favourite colours. Mosquitoes^③ like blue but do not like yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue light will. Human beings also have favourite colours. Yet we are lucky. With the help of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colours by day, and with the help of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible^④ colours around us.

生词注释：①cone n.锥形物　②rods n.棒　③mosquitoe n.蚊子　

　　　　　④invisible adj.看不见的

1.“colour blindness”means       in Chinese.

       A.色盲                        B.颜料                    C.盲目                   D.瞎

2.Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?

       A.Women are better at driving than men.

       B.Women are more careful.

       C.There are fewer colour blind women.

       D.Women are friendly to people.

3.With the help of the “cones”, we can      .

       A.tell different shapes   B.kill insects

       C.see in a weak light     D.tell orange from yellow

4.We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a       light.

       A.red                          B.yellow                 C.blue                    D.green

5.Which of the following sentences about the colour blindness is TRUE?

       A.None of them can see deep red.

       B.Not all of them have the same problem in recognizing(识别)colour.

       C.None of them can tell the difference between blue and green.

       D.All of them see everything in shades of green.

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Mrs. Smith was looking at the show window of a shop selling shirts. She wanted to buy a

  1  for Mr. Smith, her husband. There were so many beautiful shirts that she couldn’t decide

 2. At last, she chose one and bought it home.

While Mr. Smith was reading a newspaper, she showed him the shirt. She wanted to know whether it would fit her husband or not. Her husband   3  the shirt. But it didn’t fit him   4 . It was both too long and too big. Then Mrs. Smith washed it in order to make it become smaller. But the shirt   5  didn’t fit him. Now it was too small for him. She asked Tom, his son, to   6 , and he did so. The shirt didn’t fit him,   7 . Then the woman began to wash the shirt once more to make it   8 . But this time the shirt became too short after she washed it again.

Now the little girl, her daughter was   9  when her mother dressed her in the shirt. Why? Because it was too large, she didn’t like it at all. None of them knew   10 . Mrs. Smith felt so upset.

Once a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete(不完整的)，it could only roll(滚) very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine along the way. It talked with insects(昆虫). It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fitted. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on looking for the missing piece. Then one day the circle found a piece that fitted perfectly, it put the missing piece into itself. It could be whole, with nothing missing. It was so happy and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to insects. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad that it stopped, left the piece it found by the side of the road and rolled away slowly.
Sometimes, we are perfect when we lose something. A man who has everything is a poor man in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something better.
We couldn’t be perfect, but we must be brave enough to love, kind enough to share happiness with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us.
【小题1】The circle rolled very slowly because it __________.