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

 

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　　And now if you often listen to this programme, you'll know that it's time for our weekly competition. Last week's 1 of the two theatre tickets was won by Bill Martins. Congratulations, Bill. I hope you've 2 your tickets by now. This week we are 3 a classical CD to the first listener who can name the piece of music and the person who 4 it. I'm going to play the piece of music in a few minutes, but 5 I do, you need to get a pencil and a piece of paper, as I'm going to give you some 6 which should make your job a little easier. Are you ready? Right. Now listen carefully, as you might be this week's 7 winner.

　　Although the person who wrote the music was born in Italy, he spent most of his 8 in Spain. Have you got that? On to the second point: This is also a 9 play which has the same title as this music and which is usually performed in the open air in the summer. Any 10 yet? I should warn you that it's not that easy. Now for the next point :When this piece of music was first performed, many people in the audience got up and 11 . They thought the music was terrible and said it was a waste of their money. It's 12 really, when you think how　　13 it is today. And now for the last point :Part of his music has been used for an advertisement which you can see on 14 , in a lot of magazines and even on your cinema screen from next month. I'm sure when you hear the music, you'll know the advertisement is 15 . I'm not going to tell you what product it is, because that would almost give you the answer!

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