Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn't think there would be any difficulty in getting it repaired, as there are a lot of antique (古董) shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception（接待）． I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't even look at my chair.

    The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth -- so I decided that my approach must be wrong.

    I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, "Would you like to buy a chair?"

    He looked it over carefully and said,- "Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?"

    “Twenty pounds," I said.

    “OK," he said, "I'll give you twenty pounds."

    “It's got a slightly broken leg," I said.

    ‘'Yes, I saw that, it's nothing."

    Everything was going according to my plan and l was getting excited. "What will you do with it?" I asked.

    “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done."

    “I'll buy it," I said.

    “What do you mean? You've just sold it to me," he said.

    "Yes, I know but I've changed my mind. I am sorry. I'll give you twenty-seven pounds for it."

    “You must be crazy," he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair."

    “You're right," I said. "And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, 'Would you repair this chair for me?"'

    “I wouldn't have agreed to do it," he said. "We don't do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I'II repair this for you. Shall we say for five pounds?" He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.

1.We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer_______.

A. was rather impolite                                                  B. was warmly received

C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair       D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair

2. The underlined word "approach" in the second paragraph means_______.

A. plan for dealing with things                           B. way of doing things

C. idea of repairing things                                  D. decision to sell things

3.The expression "the penny dropped" in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper_______.

A. changed his mind                                            B. accepted the offer

C. saw the writer's purpose                                         D. decided to help the writer

4.How much did the writer pay?

A.￡5.                               B.￡7.                                C. ￡20.                  D. ￡27.

5.From the text, we can learn that the writer was_______.

A. honest                B. careful                          C. smart                   D. funny

 

根據(jù)語篇內(nèi)容。用方框中所給詞的正確形式填空．使短文通順、連貫。方框中有兩個(gè)詞為多余項(xiàng)。

through      angry     kind     take     that      good make        how      cry      why      do      kill

    "Mommy, what are you doing?" asked Susie.

    "I   76   a dinner for Mrs. Smith next door.”

    "Why?" asked Susie, who was .only six years old.

    "Because Mrs. Smith is very sad; her daughter   77   in an earthquake and she has a broken heart. We need to look after her. "

    "Why, Mommy?"

    "You see, Susie, when someone is sad, they have trouble   78   the little things like cooking dinner or other chores. Because Mrs Smith is our neighbor, we .need to do some thing to help her. Mm Smith won't ever be able to talk with her daughter or do all those wonderful things   79     mommies and daughters do together. You are a very smart girl, maybe you'll think of some way   80   care of Mrs Smith. "

    Susie thought seriously about    81    she could care for Mrs Smith. A few minutes later, .Susie knocked on her door. Mrs Smith answered the knock with a "Hi, Susie.”

    From her sad look, Susie noticed that Mrs Smith must   82    for a long time. "What can I do for you, Susie?" asked Mrs Smith.

    "My mommy says that you lost your daughter and your heart is broken." Susie held her hand out shyly. In it was a Band-Aid(創(chuàng)可帖). "This is for your broken heart.” Mrs Smith burst into tears.    83    her tears she said, "Thank you, darling girl, this will help a lot."

    Mrs Smith accepted Susie’s   84   and she put Susie's Band-Aid in a small picture frame(相框). She feels a little   85   every time she sees it. She wisely knows that healing takes time and support.

 

Do you know the pretty girl? Her name is Tian Wei. She was born on April 5, 1986. She was from Beijing. She had two big eyes and short hair. She was good at Chinese. And she loved writing.

She was unlucky. When she was in Grade 8, she was seriously ill. Her doctor said she would lose her life anytime. But she wasn't afraid of death. She kept on studying and writing. She died on August 13, 2007. She smiled till the end of her life.

Tian Wei had a great dream. She hoped that people could read her book in the bookshops. In March, 2009, her only book Hua Tian Ban Mu came out. it had more than 5(X) thousand words. In her book she said, " I'm always aching (疼痛). if possible, I'll let my right eye weep (哭泣) but the other one smile."

1.What did Tian Wei do well in?

     _____________________________.

2.Did she love writing?

     ______________________________

3.What happened to Tian Wei when she was in Grade 8?

     _______________________________

4.When did the book Hua Tian Ban Mu come out?

     ________________________________

5.How many words did the book Hua Tian Ban Mu have?

     _________________________________

 

Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (電報(bào))," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.

In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."

He found a taxi (出租車) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.

"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."

1. Dick flew to New York because ___.

A．he went there for a holiday	B．he had work there
C．he went there for sightseeing (觀光)	D．his home was there

2.Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

A．Because she didn't know his address yet

B．Because she wanted to go to New York, too

C．Because she might send him another telegram

D．Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York

3.Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

A．The manager (經(jīng)理) of his hotel.

B．The police office.

C．The taxi driver.

D．His wife.

 

從方框中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)木渥?補(bǔ)全對(duì)話(共5小題,每小題1分)

A: Hey, Lucy! What are you doing for vacation?

B: 1  I'm leaving on Friday. How about you?

A: I'm going sports camping.

B: Oh, cool!

A: 2

B: I'm going with my mother.

A: 3

B: On the eleventh.

A: 4 What about Tom? 5.

B: He's going to the beach with his family.

A．When are you going?

B．Sounds great!

C．Who are you going with?

D．We are leaving this weekend.

E. Where is he going for vacation?

F. I'm visiting my cousins in Canada.