What's More Important

　　I was travelling in Turkey (土耳其) recently and I learned very quickly that the Turks love bargaining (讨价还价) over prices. Quite often the money that was discussed was far less important than the outcome (结果) of the bargaining.

　　I remember one day when I was at a village bus station a representative (代理人) of two competing (竞争) bus companies (公司) came up to me. When I asked one man the cost of a trip he said: “I'll take you on my bus for 600 liras (里拉，货币单位). ”Immediately the second man leapt (猛冲) forward and said: “With me, you can go for 500 liras. ”The contest was on…Back and forth they argued, while I just stood and watched in amazement.

　　“Four hundred. ”

　　“Three hundred. ”

　　“Two hundred. ”

　　“One hundred. ”

　　Finally, the first man threw up his hands and said: “ Okay! For free! I'll make you free of charge, friend. No money! ”

　　I watched him write out a ticket…I just couldn't believe it.

“But why for free?”I asked.

　　His face cracked (裂开) into a wide, toothless grin as he said: “Because I win! ”

1．One day at the bus station, two men were bargaining over ________ .

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2．I felt ________ about their arguing.

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3．In the passage, the phrase“free of charge”means ________ .

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4．In the end, the man I first spoke to was glad because ________ .

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5．From the whole passage, we can see that the Turks like to ________ over prices, and the ________ is more important.

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阅读理解

　　John sent his mother expensive presents on his mother's birthday every year. He liked to show her how rich he was.

　　“I must find something wonderful for her, and it must be the only one in the whole world,” John thought.

　　He advertised in the newspapers. “Wanted--the best present for the woman who has everything.”

　　For many days his telephone did not stop ringing. People phoned him from all over the world. They wanted to sell him“ the best present”. But they did not have anything that was the only one in the world.

　　Then less than a week before his mother's birthday, a man came to his office. He was carrying a cage, and in the cage there was a large bird.

　　“This bird,”said the man,“can speak ten languages and sing any pop songs. There is no other bird like it in the world.”

　　“I will listen to it,”John said,“If what you said is true, I will buy the bird from you.”

　　The man spoke to the bird.“Talk to me in French,”he said. The bird spoke to him in French.“Tell me a joke in Japanese,”he said. The bird told him a joke in Japanese.“Sing a famous pop song,”he said. The bird sang a famous pop song.

　　“I'll buy it,”John said,“How much do you want？”

　　“One hundred thousand dollars,”the man said. This was a lot of money but John paid him. Then he sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.

　　The day after his mother's birthday he phoned her.“Well, mother,”he said,“Is the bird wonderful?”

　　“Oh, it was very delicious, dear,”she said.

(1) Why did John send his mother expensive presents on her birthday every year?

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A. Because he loved his mother very much.

B. Because his mother needed these presents.

C. Because he wanted to show he had a lot of money.

D. Because he was the richest man in the world.

(2) How did people know John wanted the best present in the world?

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A. They rang John up.

B. They knew it from the newspapers.

C. John phoned them one by one.

D. They knew it on TV.

(3) When did the man come with a bird come to visit John?

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A. Two weeks before John's mother's birthday.

B. On John's mother's birthday.

C. About five days before John's mother's birthday.

D. Less than a week after John' s mother' s birthday.

(4) Why did John pay the man a lot of money for the bird?

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A. Because it was such a beautiful bird.

B. Because he wanted to help the poor man with the bird.

C. Because the bird could look after his mother.

D. Because John thought the bird could make his mother happy.

(5) What does the sentence“it was delicious”really mean in the story?

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A. His mother ate the bird.

B. His mother let the bird away.

C. His mother began to learn languages from the bird.

D. His mother thought it was the most expensive present in the world.

　　阅读理解

I am sure you know the song“ Happy Birthday”. But do you know who wrote this song and for whom it was written?

　　Let me tell you the story.

　　One hundred and three years ago, there were two sisters in the U. S. A They loved children very much and wrote many songs for children. One of them was the well-known “Good morning” to you! It was very popular at the that time among kindergarten children, but not many grown- up (大人) knew it.

　　A few years later on their nephew Archibald's birthday party, the two sisters sang the song Happy Birthday to the melody (曲调) of “Good morning to you ”to their nephew.

　　The two sisters had never thought this song would become (成为) so popular, but it really did. People all over the world like the song because its words simple and friendly.

　　判断正误：

　　(1)Happy Birthday is a song from England.

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　　(2)The song was written 130 years ago.

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　　(3)the song came from the song“ Good morning to you”!

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　　(4)The two sisters first sang the song for little Archibald.

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　　(5)The two sisters knew the song would become famous.

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