After finishing high school, Judy looked for a job at a store. She wanted to work as    1  .   The manager of the store said to Judy, “We don’t want an assistant now. But we have one job. Would you like to be a store detective?’’

    Judy was    2  , “But you see, I’m neither tall nor strong. How can I be a detective?” The manager laughed. “You are just right for the job. You don’t look like a detective. You look like a customer(顧客). That’s what we want.” He went on to say, “If you see a customer steal something, wait    3   he is outside the store. Then stop him.We’11 call the police.’’

    Judy decided to work as a store detective. Each day she    4   around the store, watching the customers. One day, Judy saw someone who looked like a businessman in the store. The assistant showed the man watches made     5   Japan.

    After that, the assistant turned to another customer. Just then, the man put two watches on his arm. He wore a coat so    6   could find that. He put two more watches on himself before the assistant turned back. “I  7    these watches,” said the man.

    The man walked as   8   as possible out of the front door. Judy followed him outside and then shouted, “Stop! I saw you steal four watches….” The man began to run. Judy ran after him. She cried out, “Stop that thief!” A policeman at the comer caught the man and later, a police car took the thief   9    .

    The manager of the store was   10   of Judy. He said, “Good work, Judy. You are an excellent detective.’’

1. A. a driver           B. a detective         C. a policewoman        D. an assistant

2. A. pleased           B. surprised           C. excited              D. sad 

3. A. while             B. when              C. until                D. for

4. A. jumped           B. walked             C. ran                 D. showed         

5. A. of               B. from               C. in                  D. to

6. A. nobody           B. somebody          C. anybody             D. everybody

7. A.1ike              B. will buy            C. don’t like            D. have

8. A. sadly             B. early              C. exactly              D. quickly

9. A. away             B. off                C. out                 D. up

10. A. afraid            B. proud              C. full                 D. tired

A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised it had the   1   menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how   2   it was.

At the bottom of the   3  , there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will add it to the menu right away.”

The man   4   the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order   5    that was very unusual.

When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, “You say you can serve any dish, even if it’s not on your longest menu in the world.”

“That is correct, sir. We are able to meet everyone’s requirements.”

“Well,” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears.   6  , not African.”

The waiter wrote down in his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on toast.

“Very good, sir,” he said. “That shouldn’t   7   long.”

The waiter walked away quickly.

The man was very surprised and rather disappointed.

Then he smiled   8  the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.

“Ah!” the man said. “You can’t  9  it to me, can you?”

The waiter made an apology (道歉).

“I’m very sorry, sir, and this is the   10  embarrassing,”（困窘 ） he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”

1.                A．biggest         B．thickest         C．heaviest  D．longest

2.                A．unfair          B．unusual         C．beautiful  D．important

3.                A．menu          B．dish            C．restaurant D．table

4.                A．looked for      B．took out        C．looked at D．picked up

5.                A．a(chǎn)nything        B．nothing         C．everything D．something

6.                A．American       B．Indian          C．Canadian  D．Australian

7.                A．pay            B．cost            C． take D．spend

8.                A．a(chǎn)s             B．a(chǎn)nd            C．so   D．though

9.                A．catch          B．take           C．fetch D．bring

10.               A．least           B．most           C．less  D．more

Mr Knight was the manager of a hotel. One weekend all of the hotels in the city were 36_____ because there was an important meeting. On Friday night, three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr Knight said that there were 37_____ rooms ready for use because of the meeting. The three men were very 38____ because they had no place to stay.
Mr Knight wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 418, a very small room, was empty. He asked the men 39____ they would share a room. The three men said they would.
Mr Knight told that the room would be thirty dollars: ten dollars 40_____ each one. Each man gave him ten dollars, and then they went up to the room.
Mr Knight soon began to feel 41_____. “Thirty dollars is a lot to ask as a price for that small room.” He thought. He said to his assistant, “Here’s five dollars. Give it to the men in Room 418. I asked them too 42______money for their room.”
The assistant tool the money. 43____ he was on the way to Room 418, he started to think: “How can three men divide five dollars? I’ll keep two dollars. The men will be happy to get anything back. I’ll take a little money and Mr Knight will 44_____ know.” So the assistant returned one dollar to each man.
Each man had paid ten dollars. After the assistant returned one dollar to each one, each man had 45_____ paid only nine dollars. There were three men ＄9×3=＄27. The assistant kept ＄2. ＄27+＄2=＄29. Where is the missing dollar?

My parents used to tell me how important school was for me, but I didn’t think so. I paid little attention to it. But one thing let me finally   1  what my parents meant.

One day, when I   2   a mobile phone store, I saw an advertisement on its door. It was hiring new workers!

“Sir, are you hiring people?” I went   3   the shop and asked. “Yes, but you should be the man who we need,” the manager answered. He looked at me for a few   4  from head to foot. “Do you have a high school diploma(文憑)?”  5  he, “Or do you have any work experience?”

I felt so ashamed and   6   that I didn’t know what to say, so I just turned around and left. I could not fall asleep that night, and I thought a lot about my   7  . “I must go to school or I can’t do anything without a good education,” I   8   to myself silently. I never went back to the store again  9  I finished my study and got a diploma.

 10  looked the same when I returned to the store: the same people and the same design. However, compared with last time, I had more   11  . The manager told me they needed new    12  . So it was a great chance for me.

I  13  my diploma to the manager. He looked at it and said, “Great, you are in.”

Now I am still working in the same store. With this experience, I always  14 people to attend school. Education helps you have a bright future. Now I am not worried about my future because I’m still   15  in my spare time.

1.                A．realize         B．remember      C．wonder   D．imagine

2.                A．went through    B．left for         C．stepped into   D．walked past

3.                A．out of          B．into            C．a(chǎn)way from D．onto

4.                A．days           B．hours          C．minutes  D．seconds

5.                A．continued       B．a(chǎn)nswered       C．warned   D．reported

6.                A．uncomfortable   B．impolite         C．unkind   D．impatient

7.                A．hobbies        B．future          C．parents   D．manger

8.                A．shouted        B．listened         C．said D．cried

9.                A．when          B．while           C．a(chǎn)fter D．before

10.               A．Nothing        B．Everything      C．Nobody   D．Everybody

11.               A．grade          B．luck           C．confidence D．pleasure

12.               A．volunteers      B．teachers        C．students   D．workers

13.               A．sold           B．showed        C．sent D．shook

14.               A．teach          B．a(chǎn)llow          C．order D．a(chǎn)dvise

15.               A．learning        B．working        C．playing    D．chatting