My father had a small business, employing（雇用）fifteen people at any given time. We sold all kinds of milk products. I had worked for my father since I was young,      did all seven kids in my family.

One day, we had a new employee, Debbie, who wanted to work in the store for the summer. She had     done this type of work before, but planned to give it her all.

On her first day, Debbie made just about every mistake in the    . She charged the wrong prices for items, she gave the wrong bag of food to the wrong customer, and she    and broke a half gallon of milk. The torture（折磨）of watching her fighting her way was too much for me. I went into my father’s office and said, “Please go out there and put her out of her misery（苦恼）.” I      him to walk right into the store and let her go away from our store.

Since my father’s office was situated within view of the sales counter, he had surely      what I was talking about. He sat,     , for a moment. Then he got up from his desk and walked over to Debbie, who was standing behind the counter.

“Debbie,” he said, as he put his hand      on her shoulder. “I have been watching you all day, and I saw how you     Mrs. Forbush.”

Debbie’s face turned red and tears began to     in her eyes as she tried hard to remember Mrs. Forbush from the many women she had given the wrong change to or drop off her milk onto the floor.

My father continued, “I’ve never seen Mrs. Forbush be so      to any one of my employees before. You really knew how to deal with her. I am sure that she is going to want you to    her every time she comes in. Keep up the good work.”

In return for being a wise and kind employer, my father got a trusty and hardworking employee for fifteen years … and a friend for life.

1.A. unless                      B. neither                    C. as                  D. nor

2.A. already               B. yet                         C. never                   D. ever

3.A. vision                  B. book              C. spirit             D. position

4.A. dropped         B. lost                    C. touched        D. missed

5.A. encouraged                 B. forced                    C. expected              D. influenced

6.A. followed                B. seen                            C. guessed      D. heard

7.A. careful                  B. upset                       C. angry                     D. thoughtful

8.A. gently                      B. seriously                      C. lightly              D. directly

9.A. accepted           B. agreed                           C. treated                 D. considered

10.A. run               B. well                              C. appear                      D. rise

11.A. funny                 B. hopeless                         C. rude                        D. polite

12.A. wait on              B. look after                        C. stand for                 D. depend on

 

Many objects that people use each day started with a simple idea. These objects have often changed the way we  46 . Some help us to do a job more   47 . Others fill a need or solve a problem.

In 1858, Lipman had such an  48 . He took out a pencil, a piece of paper,   49 an eraser. Then he began to write. Sometimes he needed to  50  a word. Each time he had to search under his books and papers to   51  the eraser. “ I wish my eraser would stay in one 52 !” he said.

Then Lipman had his simple idea. He   53  a groove(凹槽) in one end of the pencil. He glued(粘牢) the eraser into the groove. Lipman had solved his problem. Later he thought that others might like to have such a pencil. So he sold his  54 .Some pencils with erasers were 55 . His design earned $ 100000.

1.	A．study B．live C．sleep D．walk

 

2.	A．easily B．correctly C．carefully D．normally

 

3.	A．article B．aim C．idea D．action

 

4.	A．so B．and C．but D．as

 

5.	A．spell B．read C．write D．change

 

6.	A．look B．see C．watch D．find

 

7.	A．place B．desk C．book D．hand

 

8.	A．marked B．prepared C．cut D．invented

 

9.	A．books B．pencil C．design D．eraser

 

10.	A．wonderful B．expensive C．colourful D．common

 

　　阅读短文，选择正确答案.

　　One Tuesday morning, Harry saw an ad in a window. It said, “Wanted. The Best Salesman in the World. Top Pay.”

　　Harry thought he was a great salesman and went to ask for the job. “I am the best salesman in the world,” he said to the manager, “Give me the job.”

　　“You must prove (证明) you're the best,” the manager said.

　　“OK, I will!” Harry answered.

　　“Good!” The manager took a box of sweets out of his desk. “Last week I bought a thousand boxes of sweets. If you can sell them all before the end of the week, you can have the job,” said the manager.

　　“That's easy.” Harry said. He took the boxes of sweets and left the office.

　　Every day and all day, he went from shop to shop, trying to sell the boxes of sweets. He couldn't sell one. The sweets were too bad for him to sell. At the end of the week he went back to the manager. “I'm sorry, sir.”  He said, “I was wrong about myself. I'm not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is.”

　　“Oh,” said the manager, Who? “The person who sold you a thousand boxes of these sweets.” Harry said．

　　(1)Harry went to ask for the job because he was ________ himself at first．

[　　]

　　(2)If Harry wanted to get the job， he would have to ________.

[　　]

　　A. buy all the sweets from the manager

　　B. sell out all the sweets in a few days

　　C. eat up all the sweets

　　D. sell the sweets at the weekend

　　(3)Choose the right order (顺序) of this story．

[　　]

　　①Harry went to ask for the job．

　　②Harry to1d the manager who really was the best seller．

　　③Harry saw an ad in a window．

　　④Harry went to sell the sweets．

　　A. ①--②--③--④

　　B. ④--③--②--①

　　C. ③--①--④--②

　　D. ③--④--①--②

　　(4)From this story we can see that________．

[　　]

　　A． Harry didn't get the job

　　B. Harry was a good seller

　　C. The manager was a good seller

　　D． The ad was a good one

　　(5)According to(根据)the story， which 0f the following is RIGHT?

[　　]

　　A. Harry sold some of the sweets

　　B. The sweets were too expensive

　　C. Harry was not clever at all.

　　D. The sweets were terrible.

　　阅读短文，选择正确答案.

　　One Tuesday morning, Harry saw an ad in a window. It said, “Wanted. The Best Salesman in the World. Top Pay.”

　　Harry thought he was a great salesman and went to ask for the job. “I am the best salesman in the world,” he said to the manager, “Give me the job.”

　　“You must prove (证明) you're the best,” the manager said.

　　“OK, I will!” Harry answered.

　　“Good!” The manager took a box of sweets out of his desk. “Last week I bought a thousand boxes of sweets. If you can sell them all before the end of the week, you can have the job,” said the manager.

　　“That's easy.” Harry said. He took the boxes of sweets and left the office.

　　Every day and all day, he went from shop to shop, trying to sell the boxes of sweets. He couldn't sell one. The sweets were too bad for him to sell. At the end of the week he went back to the manager. “I'm sorry, sir.”  He said, “I was wrong about myself. I'm not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is.”

　　“Oh,” said the manager, Who? “The person who sold you a thousand boxes of these sweets.” Harry said．

　　(1)Harry went to ask for the job because he was ________ himself at first．

[　　]

　　(2)If Harry wanted to get the job， he would have to ________.

[　　]

　　A. buy all the sweets from the manager

　　B. sell out all the sweets in a few days

　　C. eat up all the sweets

　　D. sell the sweets at the weekend

　　(3)Choose the right order (顺序) of this story．

[　　]

　　①Harry went to ask for the job．

　　②Harry to1d the manager who really was the best seller．

　　③Harry saw an ad in a window．

　　④Harry went to sell the sweets．

　　A. ①--②--③--④

　　B. ④--③--②--①

　　C. ③--①--④--②

　　D. ③--④--①--②

　　(4)From this story we can see that________．

[　　]

　　A． Harry didn't get the job

　　B. Harry was a good seller

　　C. The manager was a good seller

　　D． The ad was a good one

　　(5)According to(根据)the story， which 0f the following is RIGHT?

[　　]

　　A. Harry sold some of the sweets

　　B. The sweets were too expensive

　　C. Harry was not clever at all.

　　D. The sweets were terrible.

完型填空．

　　Ballpoint pens have made life easier for millions of people. At one time __1__ did not like their students to __2__ with them. Perhaps it was too easy. Pens can leak（漏）and it is __3__ to spill（溢出）the ink. And it is hard to write on thin or cheap paper with them.

　　Ladislao Biro ____4___ for a newspaper in Budapest. He spent all day __5__ his desk. Day in and day out, he corrected ___6__ of thin, cheap paper with a pen and ink. He often had to stop to __7__ his pen and it did not write ___8___ on the thin paper. He and his brother George __9__ some experiments. They wanted a pen that did not leak, with ink that did not spill. Why not __10__ a little ball at the end?

　　Two Englishmen, Henry Martin and Frederick Miles, liked the __11__ It was the __12__ of the Second World War. The Air Force（空军）__13__ a non-leak, non-spill pen for the men to write with in __14__ Martin and Miles made and ___15___ many thousands of Biro“writing-sticks”to the Air Force.

(1) A．factories	B．schools	C．chops	D． restaurants
(2) A．play	B．write	C．come	D．meet
(3) A．easy	B．hard	C．free	D．popular
(4) A．left	B．waited	C．looked	D．worked
(5) A．on	B．near	C．at	D．in
(6) A．mistakes	B．books	C．pages	D．diaries
(7) A．mend	B．fill	C．brush	D．change
(8) A．well	B．down	C．out	D．up
(9) A．kept	B．finished	C．began	D．studied
(10) A．find	B．wear	C．grow	D．use
(11) A．matter	B．result	C．meaning	D．idea
(12) A．day	B．time	C．break	D．year
(13) A．bought	B．took	C．needed	D．preferred
(14) A．planes	B．ships	C．trains	D．buses
(15) A．sold	B．lent	C．moved	D．passed