Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home; the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

　　One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒藥) and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them.” With these words, he went out.

　　But the servant knew that what the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished(懲罰), so he drank the poison to kill himself.

1.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.

    A. the rich man 　　B. the servant 　　C. both A and B 　　D. neither A and B

2.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

A. the cat 　　 　　B. himself 　　　    C. nobody 　　　　D. the servant

3.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because_______.

A. there was in face poison in the bottles

B. he did not want the servant to drink his wine

C. he wanted to kill the cat

D. he wanted to kill the servant

4.In fact, _______ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

A. the servant   B. cat   C. the rich man   D. nobody

5.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.

A. lazy   B. bad   C. clever   D. kind

 

When Christie Andrews was born, she weighed less that half of one kilogram. Her heart was the size of a large coin. Her mother said Christie was so small that she could hold her in the palm of one hand.

         Christie couldn’t breathe without a machine to give her oxygen. If she had been born 20 years earlier, she would probably have died at once. She needed two operations, but she survived without serious damage.

         Twenty years ago , 90% of all premature(早產(chǎn)) babies died. Today, doctors manage to save four out of every five, because they have better machines for breathing and better ways to feed the babies.

         But saving Christie’s life cost more than $ 400,000. In some cases, doctors spend 1 million dollars saving a single child. The parents usually don’t have enough money to pay. The government, an insurance company or the hospital picks up the bill. Even after a baby goes home from the hospital, it may require medical care.

         Some people think it makes more sense to spend money saving 10 adults who have cancer or other diseases than saving one small baby. But nobody wants to be the doctor who has to tell parents to their faces, “Sorry, I won’t save your new child.”

1. Parents don’t pay their babies’ hospital bills because        .

A. they don’t have enough money

B. they would rather save cancer patients

C. doctors don’t care if the babies die

D. it makes more sense to have a bigger baby

2.The true cost of saving a baby may be even more than 1 million because        .

A. oxygen machine are expensive

B. the baby may require medical care after it leaves the hospital

C. doctors always charge more than they should

D. four out of five premature babies can now be saved

3.From the story we know that saving a cancer patient        .

A. is easier than saving a baby                           B. is harder than saving a baby

C. is cheaper than saving a baby                      D. is more common than saving a baby

4.The main idea of the article is        .

A. doctors must never decide whether to save babies or cancer patients

B. doctors are able to save premature babies, but the cost is very high

C. having a premature baby was cheaper and safer 20 years ago

D. Christie survived because the hospital paid her bills

 

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn't worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.
【小題1】Who picked up the horseshoe at last?

A．Thomas.	B．The old father.
C．Both the father and the son.	D．Neither the father nor the son.

【小題2】The farmer bought _______ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.

A．some food

B．some water

C．some cherries

D．some pennies

【小題3】When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______.

A．felt very happy

B．didn't say anything

C．beat the son

D．became a little angry

【小題4】 The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.

A．he wanted his son to eat them all	B．he wanted his son to do more exercise
C．lie wanted to teach his son a lesson	D．he wanted his son to pick them up

【小題5】From the story, we can learn that _______.

A．cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them

B．a(chǎn) horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money

C．if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe

D．if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones

A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin(頑童)was walking around the shining car.“Is this your car, sir?”he asked.Paul answered,“Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.”The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it did cost you nothing? Sir, I wish…”He hesitated(猶豫),Paul thought of course he knew what the boy wanted, but what the boy said surprised him greatly.“I wish,” the boy went on,“that I could be a brother like that.”Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said again,“Would you like to take a ride in my car?”“Oh yes, I’d   love to ,”the boy answered.
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said,“Sir, would you mind driving in front of my house?”
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again.“Will you stop where those two steps are?”the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled(殘疾的)brother. He sat down on the step and pointed to the car.
“There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it…then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about”
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed elder brother climbed in beside him and the three began an unforgettable holiday ride.
【小題1】The street urchin was very surprised when_______.

A．he met paul	B．Paul told him about the car
C．Paul received an expensive car	D．he was walking around the car

【小題2】From the story we can see the urchin________.

A．wished to give his brother a car

B．wanted Paul’s brother to give him a car

C．wished he could have a brother like Paul’s

D．wished Paul could be a brother like that

【小題3】The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house_______.

A．to show he had a rich friend

B．to show his neighbors the big car

C．to let his brother ride in the car

D．to tell his brother about his wish

【小題4】We can find from the story that_______.

A．the urchin wished Paul to give his car to Buddy

B．the urchin wished to have a rich brother

C．the urchin had a deep love for his brother

D．the urchin’s wish came true in the end

Frank was clever, but he never liked to work hard. He often said to his friends, “If you work hard, you will make a lot of money, but it is not so good. I want easy work and a lot of money. That’s the most interesting thing in the world.”So he could only be a thief. But he still thought it was too much work, so he only told his friends what to do and got money from them.

    One day, Frank sent one of his friends to a very large and beautiful house. He told him to get money from that rich family. It was evening, and a man and a girl were in the room. They were playing a duet（二重奏）on a piano. Then the thief came into the house.

    When he returned, Frank asked him what he had got. But he said, “I didn’t take anything. That family can’t have much money. You know, two people were playing on the same piano there. They did not have money to buy another piano.”

1.Which is the best title for the passage?

   A. Frank and His Work                   B. One Piano Only

   C. The Man and the Girl                  D. Easy Work and More Money

2.From the story we know that Frank_______________.

  A.was more clever than most of the people    B.had many clever friends

  C.didn’t want to do any work               D.knew many interesting things in the world

3. The story tells us if we want to become rich, we must ______________ .

  A. find an easy job                      B. work hard

  C. have a lot of friends                  D. learn something about money