A young man and a young girl get married (结婚). The man has much money, and he likes reading very much in his spare (空闲的) time. The woman is very beautiful, but she doesn’t have anything to do because the servant(仆人)does everything for her every day. She isn’t happy, either. Do you know the reason? Her husband is busy reading his books and has no time to stay with her every day.

One day, she says to her husband: “I would like to be a book!” “Why, dear?” the husband asks. “Then you will love to read me very much” “But I don’t think so, dear. After I read one book, I usually read the next one soon,” the husband answers.

1.The young man is ________.

A．Cute             B．poor             C．rich              D．tall

2.Who does the housework in the family?

A．The woman.       B．The man.          C．The servant.       D．The man’s mother.

3.The man likes ______ in his spare time.

A．fishing            B．swimming         C．reading           D．sleeping

4.What does the underlined word “husband” mean?

A．妻子             B．丈夫             C．佣人             D．爷爷

5.Why does the woman want to be a book?

A．Because she likes books very much.         B．Because the man has lots of money.

C．Because she wants the man to read her.      D．Because she wants the man to love her.

One day an old man is selling a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “ Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.”“All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “ Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant’s bad ears?”“ I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “ Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”
(   )1. ______ the elephant.
A. The young man sells      B. The old man sells
C. The two men sell         D. The old man buys
(   )2. The young man is looking at the elephant slowly. He wants to find out _______.
A. which foot of the elephant is bad    B. how heavy it is
C. which ear of the elephant is bad     D. what it looks like
(   )3. The young man _______.
A. knows the elephant has bad ears   B. wants to buy the elephant
C. looks after the elephant   D. gets some money from the old man
(   )4. The young man _______.
A. is not interested in elephants    B. knows what an elephant looks like
C. has seen some elephants before
D. has never seen an elephant before
(  )5. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably(可能) be ______
A. angry      B. happy      C. dangerous     D. hungry

根据句意及所给汉语提示完成单词。

1.Being blind and deaf, the poor boy can’t __________(想象) what his future will be like.

2.They all think the _____________ (死亡) of the young man is very sad.

3.Sophie Marceau is a famous__________(法国的) actress.

4.It’s well-known that no _____________(指纹) are the same in the world.

5.Her achievements went ___________（超过）the film industry.

A young man was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when he noticed an old lady following him round. Thinking nothing of it, he continued.
Finally, he went to the check-out line, but the old lady got in front of him. "Excuse me," she said, "I’m sorry if my staring at(盯着看) you has made you feel uncomfortable,it’s just because you look like my son, whom I haven’t seen for a long time"
"What a pity," replied the young man, "is there anything I can do for you?"
"Yes," she said, "as I’m leaving, can you say ’Good bye, mother’? It would make me feel so much better."
"Sure," answered the young man. So, when the old woman was leaving, he called out, "Goodbye, mother !"
As he stepped up to the check-out counter(收银台), he saw that his total was $127. 50. "How can that be?" he asked, "I only buy a few things!"
The clerk replied, "Your mother said that you would pay for her. "
【小题1】The young man was __ that day.
A. doing some shopping     B. having a walk         C. visiting his mother
【小题2】The old lady stood__ the young man on the check-out line.
A.beside         B.behind           C.before
【小题3】__ wasn’t an honest person in this story?
A. The clerk          B. The old lady          C. The young man
【小题4】 At last, what the young man had to pay was __ what he expected.
A. more than          B. less than                 C. as much as
【小题5】 We know from the story that the old lady__
A. liked shopping       B. had a son             C. paid nothing