Mary had got ________ bad headache, so her mother told her not to go to ________ school.

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People ___1_____ under different star signs have different ways of ____2____ sorry.

Aries: Arians think they are lovely and gentle and it is __3______ for them to do the wrong things and they will never hurt ___4_____. So they will only say a ___15_____ sorry for t heir mistakes.

Gemini: Geminis think they will never make a mistake and they are right forever. So they will never really apologize (道歉) for __6______. But when they know it, they would rather (宁愿) do ___7_____.

Leo: Leos are a group of pleasant people. When they are trying to apologize, they will buy flowers, put up sorry posters and so on. It is ___8_____.

Virgo: Virgos will first formally set aside (留出) a time and date. Then they will get ready to ___9_____ their mistakes. At last, they will ___10_____ a formal article and read it out. Sometimes their true apologies ___11_____ good articles.

Scorpio: Scorpios are formal and think that making ___12____ apology is more formal. So instead of just saying sorry, they will send a formal mail or send a card.

Sagittarius: Sagittarians don’t believe in apologizing. For them, it is ___13_____ to make a mistake and saying sorry is just ___14_____. Interestingly, even if others make mistakes, they are very cool and will not ___15_____ the apologies from others.

(      ) 1 .A. bore         B. was born         C. born         D. were born

(      ) 2 .A.  says            B. saying          C. said         D. say

(      ) 3 .A. necessary    B. important            C. impossible       D. unable

(      ) 4. A. the other        B. other                C. others           D. another

(      ) 5. A. hard         B. simple               C. good         D. possible

(      ) 6 .A. something    B.  nothing         C. anything     D. everything

(      ) 7 .A. everything       B. something            C. anything     D. nothing

(      ) 8 .A. great            B. fun              C. exciting     D. amazing

(      ) 9 .A. say about        B.  talk about      C. tell         D. speak

(      ) 10 .A .make            B. do               C. write            D. send

(      ) 11. A. like            B.  sound like          C. likes        D. sound

(      ) 12 .A. a               B.  an          C.  the     D. /

(      ) 13 .A. right           B. natural              C. true         D. easy

(      ) 14 .A. useless B. unnecessary          C. wrong            D. shame

(      ) 15 .A. wait for            B. stand for            C. care for     D. search for

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Once there was a rich man in a village. He never gave anything to help   42  . The villagers didn’t like him. One day he said to them, “I know you don’t like me. I will give everything I have     43   you when I die. Then everyone will be happy.”

But nobody   44   him. The rich man couldn’t understand why they didn’t believe him. One day he went for a walk by a lake. Under a big tree he happened to hear a pig and a cow   45.    The pig   46   to the cow, “Why everyone likes you and nobody likes me? After I die. I provide people with pork, ham, etc. I give three or four things to them. But you give    47   one thing—milk. Why do people like you all the time and not me?”

The cow said, “Look, I give them milk while I’m   48  . They see that I’m generous(慷慨的) with what I have. But you don’t give them anything before you die. You give them ham, pork and so on only after you’re dead. People don’t believe in the   49  ; they believe in the present. If you give something   50  you are living, people will like you. It is quite simple.”

From that moment on, the rich man did his  51   to help the poor.

1.A. other             B. others         C. the other       D. another

2.A. for               B. with           C. to              D. after

3.A. believes          B. believe        C. believes in     D. believed

4.A. fighting          B. talking        C. shouting        D. joking

5.A. sang              B. told           C. asked           D. said

6.A. more than         B. only           C. less than       D. but

7. lives               B. live           C. lived           D. alive

8.A. future            B. past           C. present         D. now

9.A. while             B. where          C. what            D. how

10.A. good      B. better  C. best D. well

One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then  46  to eat something. A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.

“Please tie your horse to another tree,” said the poor man. “My horse is wild. It will kill yours.”

   47    the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible   48   , the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too   49   . The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what you horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to   50   it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.

Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no   51   . At last Mr. Know said, “This man is dumb. He cannot speak.”

    “Oh,” the rich man shouted   52   . “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.”

    “Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he   53   ?”

    “He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.”

    “Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he  54  you. Then can you expect to get money  55   him?  ”

    The rich man said nothing and left silently.

1.A. put down           B. set down         C. sat down         D. turned down

2. A. So                    B. But              C. And              D. Though

3. A. song              B. word             C. bell             D. noise

4.A. late               B. slow             C. hard             D. quick

5. A. pay for               B. look for     C. wait for         D. care for

6.A. idea               B. mistake          C. money            D. answer

7. A. quietly               B. angrily      C. happily          D. heavily

8.A. speak              B. tell             C. talk             D. say

9.A. helped             B. thanked          C. warned           D. ordered

10.A. for                   B. from             C. with             D. about

Apple’s logo is one of the most familiar icons(图标) around the world. But what’s the story about the Apple logo? The image of the apple is obvious, because that’s the name of the company. What about the bite? The famous story is that the logo shows respect and honour for Alan Turing. He was the father of computer science. He researched artificial intelligence(人工智能) and unlocked German wartime codes(密码). However，after the war, he was put into prison，because of his beliefs. He could not stand the looking down and chose to bite a poisoned apple to end his life in the prison.

However, Rob Janoff, who designed the famous Apple logo, said, “It’s not the truth, but only a legend(传说, 传奇). The real reason why I designed it with a bite is very simple. I wanted people to get that it was an apple not a cherry (樱桃). When I go to markets to buy apples, I always mistake apples for cherries. It really has nothing to do with the scientist.”

Are you kidding? An apple is much bigger than a cherry. It’s very easy to tell. But if you use an apple to design a logo, some people may mistake it for a cherry.

1.Both the apple and the cherry are almost the same actually in ________.

A．shape            B．size              C．colour            D．weight

2.According to the passage, Alan Turing________.

A．died in the prison                       B．used an apple to design a logo

C．was put into prison during the war          D．was the father of a computer company

3.What’s the purpose of writing the passage about the apple logo?

A．To introduce its designer.                 B．To tell us a legend about it.

C．To try to find the truth of it.                D．To explain its market research.