When Mr. David retired (退休) , he bought a small house in a village near the sea . He liked it and hoped to live a quier lift in it .
But to his great surprise , many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays , for it was the most interesting building in the village . From morning to night there were tourists outside the house . They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden . This was too much for Mr. David . He decided to drive the visitors away . So he put a notice on the window . The notice said “If you want to satify your curiosity (好奇心) , came in and look round . Price : twenty dollars .” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming , but he was wrong . More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house . “I came here to recite , not to work as a guide , ” he said angrily . In the end , he sold the house and moved away .
【小题1】Mr. David’s house was so ________ that many tourists came to see it .

A．small

B．quiet

C．interesting

D．surprising

【小题2】Mr. David put a notice on the window in order to _________ .

A．drive the visitors away	B．satisfy the visitor’s curiosity
C．let visitors come in and look round	D．get some money out of the visitors

【小题3】The notice made the visitors___________.

A．more interested in his house

B．lose interest in his house

C．angry at the unfair price

D．feel happy about the price

【小题4】After Mr. David put up the notice ___________ .

A．the visitors didn’t come any longer

B．more and more tourists came for a visit

C．no tourists would pay the money for a visit

D．fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house

【小题5】At last he had to sell his house and moved away because _________.

A．he did not like it at all

B．he could not work as a guide

C．he wanted to buy a new expensive house

D．he could not live a quiet life in it

“An old village woman in her seventies from Zhenjiang Province rented a small house in Shanghai and let visitors to the World Expo live there for free while she slept on a little couch. Her kindness moved(感动) countless people.” Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said so at the Expo 2010 Shanghai China on October 31 when it ended.
It is a true story. The heroine of it is Ying Miaofang, an old woman from a village of Zhuji City in Shaoxing of Zhejiang Province. “I rented a house in Shanghai and received more than 330 Expo visitors during three months’ time. My house was never empty during that period.” Ying told reporters. She also said it was worth helping so many people to visit the Shanghai World Expo and she was praised by Premier Wen.
In the late of last May. Ying Miaofang paid 1,800yuan per month to rent a small house near Changning Road in Shanghai, and spent more money on a new air conditioner, a refrigerator, a TV set and other things. She published her phone number in the newspaper and opened the house for Expo visitors for free on June 23.
Besides providing a free living place., Ying got up very early every morning to buy food, cook breakfast, clean rooms and wash clothes for those guests. Many of her guests wanted to pay some money to her when they left, but she refused. In order to support the Shanghai Would Expo, Ying spent about 20 thousand yuan in all, which could not be regarded as a little money for a woman from a village.
【小题1】The underlined work “countless” has the same meaning as _____

A．enough

B．many

C．few

D．countable

【小题2】The house cost Ying Miaofang _______ yuan during three months.

A．330

B．1,800

C．5,400

D．20,000

【小题3】Ying Miaofang is a(n)______________.

A．villager

B．worker

C．officer

D．volunteer

【小题4】The visitors living in the house which Ying Miaofang rented in Shanghai___________.

A．washed clothes for her

B．helped clean the rooms

C．cooked themselves

D．didn’t need to pay for it

【小题5】Ying Miaofang was very happy to ____________.

A．have a good time with her friends

B．help the visitors during the World Expo

C．make money for her family

D．have a good harvest in autum

It was a village in India. The people were poor but they were happy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.

Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.

This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were useless to the villagers. What they had to do was to catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. The villagers were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn’t last long.

The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops weren’t doing so well. More worry was that the children fell ill more often, and there were more insects around lately. The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides (杀剂) and medicine. Soon there was no money left.

The people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job--- eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.

Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.

1.From Paragraph l, we learn that the villagers_______.

A. worked very hard for centuries

B. dreamed of having a better life

C. were poor but somewhat happy   

D. lived a different life from their forefathers

2.Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?

A. The frogs were easy money.

B. They needed money to buy medicine.

C. They wanted to please the visitors.

D. The frogs made too much noise.

3. What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?

A. The crops didn’t do well.                              B. There were too many insects.

C. The visitors brought in diseases.             D. The pesticides were overused.

4.What is meaning of the last sentence of the article?

A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.

B. Money is important.

C. The harmony between man and nature is important.

D. Good old days will never be forgotten.

 

  When Mr. David retired (退休) , he bought a small house in a village near the sea . He liked it and hoped to live a quier lift in it .
But to his great surprise , many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays , for it was the most interesting building in the village . From morning to night there were tourists outside the house . They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden . This was too much for Mr. David . He decided to drive the visitors away . So he put a notice on the window . The notice said “If you want to satify your curiosity (好奇心) , came in and look round . Price : twenty dollars .” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming , but he was wrong . More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house . “I came here to recite , not to work as a guide , ” he said angrily . In the end , he sold the house and moved away .
【小题1】Mr. David’s house was so ________ that many tourists came to see it .

A．small

B．quiet

C．interesting

D．surprising

【小题2】Mr. David put a notice on the window in order to _________ .

A．drive the visitors away	B．satisfy the visitor’s curiosity
C．let visitors come in and look round	D．get some money out of the visitors

【小题3】The notice made the visitors___________.

A．more interested in his house

B．lose interest in his house

C．angry at the unfair price

D．feel happy about the price

【小题4】After Mr. David put up the notice ___________ .

A．the visitors didn’t come any longer

B．more and more tourists came for a visit

C．no tourists would pay the money for a visit

D．fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house

【小题5】At last he had to sell his house and moved away because _________.

A．he did not like it at all

B．he could not work as a guide

C．he wanted to buy a new expensive house

D．he could not live a quiet life in it

  When Mr. David retired (退休) , he bought a small house in a village near the sea . He liked it and hoped to live a quier lift in it .

   But to his great surprise , many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays , for it was the most interesting building in the village . From morning to night there were tourists outside the house . They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden . This was too much for Mr. David . He decided to drive the visitors away . So he put a notice on the window . The notice said “If you want to satify your curiosity (好奇心) , came in and look round . Price : twenty dollars .” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming , but he was wrong . More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house . “I came here to recite , not to work as a guide , ” he said angrily . In the end , he sold the house and moved away .

1.Mr. David’s house was so ________ that many tourists came to see it .

    A. small   B. quiet    C. interesting    D. surprising

2.Mr. David put a notice on the window in order to _________ .

A. drive the visitors away     B. satisfy the visitor’s curiosity

C.let visitors come in and look round D. get some money out of the visitors

3.The notice made the visitors___________.

A. more interested in his house  

B. lose interest in his house

C. angry at the unfair price

D. feel happy about the price  

4.After Mr. David put up the notice ___________ .

    A. the visitors didn’t come any longer    

B. more and more tourists came for a visit    

C. no tourists would pay the money for a visit  

D. fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house

5.At last he had to sell his house and moved away because _________.

    A. he did not like it at all     

B. he could not work as a guide

C. he wanted to buy a new expensive house

D. he could not live a quiet life in it