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　　One afternoon some boys made a lot of noise in class. The teacher got very angry. He 1 them in the class after school. He told them to add all the 2 from one to one hundred together.

　　The boys took out their exercise books. All of them began to 3 the numbers down except one boy. He was new in the school. He looked out of the window for a few 4 . Then he wrote a number in his exercise-book and put up his 5 .

　　“May I go home, sir?” he asked. “I know the 6 now.”

　　The teacher and the other boys were very surprised.

　　“ 7 it here,” said the teacher.

　　The next morning, the teacher asked the boy, “How did you find the answer so quickly?”

　　“Well, sir,” he said. “I didn't want to stay here 8 . So I tried my best to find the answer quickly. Soon I found it. You see, if you add one hundred to one, you get one hundred and one, and ninety-nine and two is one hundred and one, ninety-eight and three is one hundred and one too, and when you 9 fifty-one and fifty, you have one hundred and one fifty times. That is five thousand and fifty.”

　　After this, when the teacher gave the class exercises to do, he gave this boy 10 exercises. The boy's name was Karl F. Gauss. When he grew up, he became a great scientist.

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　　A man once said how useless it was to put advertisement in the newspapers “last week,” said he, “my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn't get it back.”

　　“How did you write your advertisement?” asked one of the listeners, a merchant.

　　“Here it is,” said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read, “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No. 10 Broad Street.”

　　“Now,” said the merchant, “I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance. Let us try for your umbrella again and if it fails, I'll buy you a new one.”

　　The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: “If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn't wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No.10 Broad Street. He is well known.”

　　This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colours that had been thrown, and his own was among them. Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.

1．What is an advertisement?

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A．A news item.

B．A public announcement in the press, on TV. etc.

C．One way to voice one's view

D．Public opinions

2．The man once thought advertising was________.

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3．Why did the merchant say“I often advertise and find that it pays me well”?

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A．He knew how to advertise

B．He had more money for advertising

C．He found it easy to advertise

D．He had a friend in the newspaper where he advertised

4．Did the merchant know who had taken the umbrella?

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5．This is a story about ________.

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A．a useless advertisement

B．how to make an effective advertisement

C．how the man lost and found his umbrella

D．what the merchant did for the umbrella owner

　　It was a very foggy day in London. The fog was so thick that it is impossible to see more than a foot or so. Buses, cars and taxis were not able to run and were standing by the side of the road. People were trying to find their way about on foot but were losing their way in the fog. Mr. Smith had a very important meeting at the House of Commons (英国议会下院) and had to get there but no one could take him there. He tried to walk there but found he was quite lost. Suddenly he bumped (撞上) into a stranger. The stranger asked if he could help him. Mr. Smith said he wanted to go to the House of Parliament (英国议会) . The stranger told him he would take him there. Mr. Smith thanked him and they started to walk there. The fog was getting thicker every minute but the stranger had no difficulty in finding the way. He went along one street, turned down another, crossed a square and at last after about half an hour's walk they arrived at the House of Parliament. Mr. Smith couldn't understand how the stranger found his way. “It was wonderful, ” he said, “How did you find the way in this fog?”

　　“It was no trouble at all to me,” said the stranger. “I am blind. ”

1．This story perhaps happened in ________ .

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2．Mr. Smith was a(n) ________ person.

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A．to know this area well

B．to have some problems in finding the way

C．to be a tourist guide (导游)

D．to know Mr. Smith

5．The stranger could find the way in the fog without much trouble because ________ .

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通读短文，了解短文大意，从A，B，C，D四个选项中选择最佳答案。

　　Tommy hated school and was always looking for 1 not to go. If he sneezed, he asked his mother to 　　 2 a note saying he has a cold. If he had a headache, he asked his mother to take him to 3 during school hours. He spent more time at home than he did at 4 . On the days that he did go to school, he looked for excuses to come home 5 . One day he came home from school 6 . His father was surprised.

　　“You’re home early,” he said. “Is the school closed today?”

　　“No, Dad,” Tommy said. “It’s open. I came home early.”

　　“How did you do that?” his father asked him. “What did you say to 7 ?”

　　“I told her that I had a new baby 8 and I had to come home and 9 you.”

　　“But your mother has had twins,” his father said, “a boy and a girl. You’ve got a baby brother and a baby sister.”

　　“Yes, I know, Dad!” Tommy said. “I’m 10 my baby sister for next week.

1．A. time　B. questions　C. excuses　D. things

2．A. write　B. find　C. give　D. put

3．A. the headmaster　B. the doctor　C. his father　D. his friend

4．A. hospital　B. classroom　C. school　D. office

5．A. only　B. finally　C. quickly　D. early

6．A. after school　B. in the afternoon　C. in the evening　D. in the middle of the morning

7．A. your teacher　B. your mother　C. your grandma　D. your uncle

8．A. cat　B. dog　C. cousin　D. brother

9．A. see　B. help　C. wake　D. tell

10．A. taking care of　B. writing to　C. saving up　D. putting down