Emma and Hannah are 13–year–old school girls from Minnesota,USA.They are good at making new thing s and both of them are also good at sales.They are selling charms(小装饰物) made out of bottle caps.

    The girls came up with the idea last summer when they saw charms were popular with kids.

They talked with their parents about the idea.Since then they have sold enough charms to buy a bike for Hannah.

    The girls collect bottle caps and then clean them.They find some interesting pictures on the Internet or on paper,and then glue them onto the inside of the caps.There are different kinds of pictures,“Peace signs are popular with girls,and single–letter charms are popular with boys whose names start with those letters,”Emma and Hannah said.

    Now,charms can be found everywhere at Dakota Hills Middle School in Eagan.“Students put charms on purses,backpacks ,and their lunchboxes,”said Emma.Emma and Hannah also have a shop on the Internet.They hope they can sell their charms to more kids.They’re thinking about selling their charms at the Eagan Market Festival next summer.

    Their business is not only for getting money.At their Valentine’s sale,20%of the income( 收入) went to charity.

    1.What are Emma and Hannah?

      A.They’re waiters.                    B.They’re sellers.

      C.They’re students.                   D.They’re charm makers.

    2.When did the girls begin to sell the charms?

       A.About a year ago.                 B.About two months ago.

       C.Nearly fifty days ago.              D.Nearly five weeks ago.

    3.Which of the following may NOT be on the charms?

      A.Pictures.          B.Signs.        C.Letters.          D.Numbers.

4.What do Emma and Hannah hope to do now?

      A.They hope to become rich people.      B.They hope to give money to charity.

      C.They hope to sell more charms.        C.They hope to sell charms in every school.

    5.Which of th following is TRUE?

      A.The two girls love their parents and money.

      B.Boys like charms with signs.

      C.They won’t sell charms next smmer.

      D.The charms are popular with students.

Last year Tome left school. He came to Taipei to _1_ a job(工作). He went from one company(公司) to another but _2_ wanted him. Now he had little money. He had to go back to his small town. So he came to the station. He felt _3_ and tired. It was very late at night and _4_ was full of people. They were waiting _5_ tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.
At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him. She asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket. He thought they needed it _6_ he did. After _7_ left, he sat on the bench(长凳) and didn’t know _8_ to go. Just then, an old man came and said, “Young man, I _9_ what you did to the woman. I have a big company. I need a good young man like _10_. Would you like to work for me?”
(     ) 1. A. find          B. see          C. look for     D. buy     
(     ) 2. A. everyone      B. no one          C. nothing      D. somethi 
(     ) 3. A. happy     B. interesting     C. sad          D. glad    
(     ) 4. A. the city      B. the company  C. the farm     D. the station 
(     ) 5. A. to buy        B. to sell         C. to give      D. to pass 
(     ) 6. A. less than     B. more than        C. smaller them D. worse th
(     ) 7. A. Tom           B. the bus      C. the train        D. the old
(     ) 8. A. what          B. which           C. why          D. where
(     ) 9. A. have seen     B. don’t know  C. don’t like       D. have done   
(     ) 10. A. the woman    B. you          C. the baby     D. her

Mr Green had a little boy. Every day had work he came home and played with his son.

One night ,while Mr Green was at work, he __41__ that he had extra work to do for the evening ,and that he wouldn’t be able to play with his son._____42____ he wanted to give the boy something to keep him  __43__. So , looking around his office , he saw a    44   with a large map of the world on the cover(封面). He got an ___45 ____ He removed the map , tore(撕) it up into small pieces and put all the pieces in his coat pocket.

When he got home , the little boy came running to him and was ready to play. Mr Green ___46___that he had extra work to do and couldn’t play at the moment . Then he   ___47__  all the pieces of the map and put them on the table . He said to the  boy,”_48__” was a map of the world, and  ___49___th time you put it back together, my extra work will be finished, and we can ___50___”. Surely, this would keep the child busy for   ___51___  , he thought.

About half an hour later the boy came to Mr Green and said,” Okay, it’s  ___52___ . Can we play now?”

Mr Green said ,“That’s amazing!_____54   did you do that?” The boy said, “It was    55  . On the back of the page was a picture of a man . When I put the man together the whole world fell into place.”

1.A. imagined      B. realized         C. dreamed      D. revealed

2.A. Although      B. Since           C. But          D. Because

3.A. embarrassed   B. smart           C. busy         D. tiring

4.A. bag          B. desk            C. coat         D. magazine

5.A .accident      B. opinion          C. idea         D. explanation  

6.A. considered    B. agreed           C. explained    D. decided   

7.A .showed up    B. took out          C. set up       D. put into

8.A .It           B  He              C. She        D. One

9.A .by          B  at               C. in         D. for

10.A .work        B play              C. eat         D. sleep

11.A .weeks       B days              C. minutes     D. hours

12.A .used        B. enjoyed           C. bought      D. finished

13.A .easy        B. impossible         C. true        D. important

14.A .How        B. Why             C. What       D. When

15.A .simple      B. difficult           C. confusing    D. misleading