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

阅读填词：根据短文内容在空白处填写一个完整正确的单词，该单词的第一个字母已给出。

　　In schools boys and girls are learning foreign languages.

　　Do you k 1 how many languages there are in the world? There are about one thousand five hundred. English is one of the most important l 2 because so many people use it, not only in England and America, but also in other c 3 of the world. It is d 4 to say how many people are learning it. Millions (百万) of boys and girls are t 5 to do so.

　　Many English children study French. French is also a very important language. Some children study German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.

　　Which is the b 6 way to learn a language? We know that we all l 7 our own language well when we were children. If we learn a second language in the same way, it won't seem so difficult. How does a small child do? He l 8 to what people say, and he tries to guess what he hears. When he wants something he has to ask for it. He is using the language, t 9 in it and talking in it all the time. If people u 10 a second language all the time, they will learn it quickly.

1．k________　　2．l________

3．c________　　4．d________

5．t________　　6．b________

7．l________　　8．l________

9．t________　　10．u________

London is the capital of the U. K. and ________ is the capital of the U. S. A.

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阅读填词

　　Many people think the more time is spent, the more work will be done. So students have to spend the whole d　　 (1) doing school work except the three meals. It is c　　(2) to see students struggling(挣扎) in a sea of school both at school and at home.

　　Modern students usually have many i　　(3). They love music and sports. They like reading and watching TV. A two-day weekend can get them a　　(4) from too much schoolwork, and they can do what they like. But still teachers do not think about it. B　　(5) they have too much schoolwork, they have no time to enjoy themselves. Students are really tired of their weekend homework. So they usually don't do their weekend homework u　　(6) Sunday night. And there is not enough time but much work, students have to finish it c　　(7). The weekend homework makes teachers angry.

　　Things always get w　　(8) without right ideas. Too much schoolwork makes students lose interest in learning. It's also bad for their health.

　　A horse runs faster after a r　　(9). But for students only rest is not enough. So it should be k　　(10) to give students both pleasure and knowledge.

　　Please give students less homework but leave them more free time.

1．d　　　2．c　　　3．i　　　4．a　　　5．B　　

6．u　　　7．c　　　8．w　　　9．r　　　10．k