The Benefits(益处)of Doing More than You Are Paid for

One rainy afternoon an old lady walked into a Philadelphia department store.Most of the clerks ignored(忽略)her, only one young man asked if he could help her.She replied that she was just for the rain to stop.He told her he wouldn’t try to her anything she didn’t want.Instead he brought her .

When the rain stopped,the lady the young man and asked for his card.A few months passed,the owner of the store received inviting this young man to Scotland to get orders for providing goods for a large company!The letter was the old lady for whom the clerk had provided a chair.She happened to be owner’s mother of the large company, .

When the young clerk had his bags packed for Scotland,he had already been one of the in that department store,all because he had shown a little to a stranger when no one else would.

1.A.or B.and C.but

2.A.looking B.waiting C.asking

3.A.sell B.buy C.pass

4.A.an umbrella B.a book C.a chair

5.A.told B.thanked C.helped

6.A.a card B.a gift C.a letter

7.A.from B.for C.to

8.A.also B.too C.either

9.A.bosses B.clerks C.friends

10.A.honesty B.cleverness C.care

Do you know Ma Yun?He is Founder and Chairman of Alibaba(阿里巴巴)Group.Ma was born in Hangzhou.At an early age,Mawanted to learn English so he rode his bike each morning in order to go to a nearby hotel and talked with foreigners.He would guide them around the city for free in order to practice and improve his English.

Ma is never afraid of failure in his youth.Although he failed the university entrance exam three times,Ma entered Hangzhou Normal Univrsity(师范大学).He majored in English and graduated in1988.While at school,Ma was elected student chairman.He later became a lecturer(讲师) in English and International Trade at the Hangzhou Dianzi University.

In the early of 1995,he went to the United States,and with the help of his friend he got introduced to the Internet.In April 1995,Ma,his wife and a friend collected twenty thousand dollars and started an Internet company.He named their company“China Yellow Pages”.Within three years,his company had made 5,000,000 Chinese Yuan.In 1999,he decided to give up his job in the US,and went back to Hangzhou with his team in order to found Alibaba.Alibabais a China-based business-to-business marketplace site on the Internet,which serves more than 79 million members from more than 240 countries and areas.In September 2014 Alibaba became one of the most valuable companies in the world.Ma Yun becomes one of the most successful businessmen in China.

1.Why did Ma Yun guide foreigners around the city for free?

A.Because he was a volunteer.

B.Because he was a translator.

C.Because he wanted to practice his spoken English.

2.What is the name of Ma Yun’s first company?

A.Hangzhou Dianzi.

B.China Yellow Pages.

C.Alibaba.

3.Which is the right order of the following events according to the passage?

a.Ma Yun started an Internet company“China Yellow Pages”.

b.Ma Yun founded Alibaba.

c.Ma Yun went back to Hangzhou with his team in 1999.

d.He became a teacher in English and International Trade.

A.a-b-c-d. B.c-d-a-b. C.d-a-c-b.

4.Which sentences is right according to the passage?

A.Alibaba serves more than 79 million members in China.

B.Alibaba is one of the most valuable companies in the world.

C.Alibaba had made￥5m,000,000 in three years.

5.What is the best title of the article?

A.The Story of Ma Yun.

B.The story of China Yellow Pages.

C.The Story of Alibaba.

书面表达（共1题；满分20分）

假如你是校报编辑，学校决定在校报上宣传一批优秀学生。请你用英文向全校同学介绍优秀学生之一王磊，内容如下：

1、 王磊，男，九年级一班学生；

2、 王磊的外貌、兴趣爱好和特长；

3、 王磊的英语成绩优异，介绍他学习英语的2-3种方法；

4、 王磊乐于助人，在学习上帮助同方。

要求：1、表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯；

2、必须包括所有相关信息，并作适当发挥；

3、词数：80词左右；

4、不得使用真实姓名和校名等。

Susan 's home is her school, so she always goes to school

foot.

A.close to;by B.far from;by C.close to; on

The brown desk of wood. It looks nice.

A.is making B.is made C.make D.makes

.Alice and Jason were sad, they were late for the meeting the heavy rain.

A.because of B.because C. since D.as

---There are so many nice coat for young people, which one have you , Sam？

--- The red one.

A. turned on B. depended on

C. come on D. decided on

Three rich ladies met every day by the river. They sat there and talked the whole day. One day the three ladies quarreled( 争 吵 ). One of them said, “Look, how white and beautiful my hands are!” Another one said, “My hands are more beautiful.” The third one said, “Mine are the most beautiful ones.” An old beggar(乞丐) woman came up to them. “Beautiful ladies,” she said, “I’m hungry. Please give me something to

eat.” But the three ladies gave her nothing. They only asked, “Tell me, old woman, which one of us has the most beautiful hands”

A female farmer was also sitting by the river. She was poor and her hands were rough because of hard work. The old woman came up to her and said, “I’m hungry. Please give me something to eat.” The farmer took out the only cake she had and gave her a half.

The old woman ate it and drank some water. Then she took the farmer by the hand, brought her before the rich ladies and said, “Now I shall tell you whose hands are the most beautiful. The hands of the poor farmer are rough because of work, but they give us food. They are far more beautiful than your hands which have never done anything.”

1.Why did the three ladies quarrel on that day?

A.Because they argued about who should go to buy a cake.

B.Because they argued about who should give food to the beggar.

C.Because everyone wanted to show that she was the richest.

D.Because everyone wanted to show that her hands were the most beautiful.

2.The underlined word “she” in Paragraph 2 refers to .

A.the beggar woman B.the female farmer

C.the first lady D.the second lady

3.In what order did the following take place in the story?

a.Three ladies quarreled with each other.

b.The beggar ate the food and drank some water.

c.A beggar woman came to ask for something to eat.

d.The beggar showed the farmer’s hands to the other ladies.

e.A farmer gave the beggar woman half a cake.

A.a, c, e , b, d B.a, e, b, c, d

C.c, e, a, d, b D.c, d, c, a, d

4.The old woman said that the farmer’s hands were more beautiful because .

A.she liked dark hands better than white hands

B.the female woman gave her half a cake

C.her hands had worked hard to provide food for people

D.the three ladies didn’t give her anything to eat.

书面表达（共 1 小题，满分 10 分）假如你是 Ben,你们班上的同学 Judy 不幸身患重病，急需救助，你们班决定举行一次捐款活动来帮助她。请向校长张老师写一封申请信。

Dear Mr Zhang,

We are writing to ask permission to have a voluntary activity.

Yours sincerely, Ben

– You look rather tired.______ stopping to have a rest?

– All right.

A.Why not B.How about

C.Why not to D.Why don’t