bar near his house. But he never took his son, Mike, because he was too young. One day when Mike had
his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Peter took him to the bar for the first time. They drank for about half an hour.
And Mr. Peter said to his son, "now, Mike, I want to teach you something useful. You must always be
careful not to drink too much. But how do you know that you have had enough? Well, I will tell you. Do
you see those two lights at the end of the bar? When they become four, it means you have had too much,
and you should go home."
"But, Dad," said Mike,"I can only see one light at the end of the bar, and do you think I am drinking too
little?"
B. No children
C. Only old people
D. No young people
B. that nobody was allowed to drink too much
C. not to drink more than enough
D. that he should drink much if he wanted to go home
B. four
C. one
D. sometimes two and sometimes four
B. the second
C. the third
D. may be the fifth
B. Mike"s father
C. Neither of them
D. Both of them
that he had the ticket in his mouth. The conductor quickly pulled the ticked out of his mouth, punched it, and
gave it back to him. When the conductor moved on, the passenger"s friend said, "I"m sure you felt foolish just
now, sitting there looking everywhere for your tickets when it was right in your mouth all the time."
"Foolish?" answered the passenger. "I was chewing the date off."
When his friend heard this, he criticized him and asked him to buy a ticket.
B. didn"t buy a ticket for the trip
C. was looking for a lost ticked
D. forgot when he had put his ticket
B. the passenger was chewing his ticket
C. the passenger had no ticket
D. they saw that the passenger had the ticket in his mouth
B. didn"t know why he was looking for his ticket
C. didn"t know he had lost his ticket
D. didn"t know that he didn"t have the money for a ticket
B. knew why the man was chewing the ticket
C. thought the man had forgotten that the ticket was in his mouth
D. knew why the man had put the ticket into his mouth
B. was the right one for the trip
C. was an old ticket that shouldn"t be used again
D. was the one he bought on the train
People who live in Charles" town call him "The Fish Doctor". If their pet (宠物) fish get sick, they call
him on the telephone.Charles drives his truck(卡车)to the people"s houses. In the truck, he had medicine (药)
to help the sick fish get better.
Sometimes a pet store calls Charles when there are sick fish. Wherever he goes, "The Fish Doctor" is always welcome.
B. Charles Goes Fishing
C. A New pet Store
D. A Wonderful Meal
B. bus
C. truck
D. train
B. fish
C. cats
D. children
B. paint their fish
C. love their pet fish
D. eat their pet fish
B."The Dog Doctor"
C."The Cat Doctor"
D."The Pig Doctor"
was far away from cities. One day he fell ill and wanted very much to see a doctor.
The American went to find out how he could find a fine doctor there. A man told him."That"s very easy. If
there"s a patient that a doctor can"t cure (治愈), the doctor has to put a balloon (气球) over his clinic (诊
所)."
The American thought, "If there are fewer balloons,the doctor will be better." He began to look for the best
doctor along the street. First he found a clinic wim 20 balloons. after a few minutes he found another one with
30 balloons. He thought they weren"t the best.
At last he found the third clinic. Only 5 balloons were there. He was very happy and went in. "Wait a
minute,"said the doctor." I"m too busy,you know. This clinic opened yesterday." The American was very
surprised and said to himself,"Where can I find the best doctor?".
B. it was dangerous there
C. the service there was bad
B. to see if there were balloons over it
C. to find out how a doctor worked there
B. more
C. better
B. the best
C. better than the first one
B. For two days.
C. For a year
you"re going with me to cut the grass in the garden."
The idea that my father thought I was old enough to help him in his business made me feel proud and
excited. From sunup to sundown, my father, my younger brother and I worked in the large garden. By the
end of the day I was too tired to say a word but I felt good. This was my first time to help my father in his
business. I got $ 6 for my work that day.
One day my father found some leaves I had missed and pulled me aside."Take away these leaves!" he said,
"and don"t make me have to tell you to do it again." The message was clear. Today I value (珍视) the
importance of doing a job well the first time. It will never fail to impress (给……留下印象) the person you
are working for.
After two years, my father told me and my brother that he felt we were old enough to cut the grass by
ourselves. Every Saturday during my last two years of high school, we set off early in the morning with the
same strong wish we had gained while working under our father.
Looking after the garden was neither exciting nor high paying, but that didn"t matter. It taught me that any
job was a good job and that whatever I was paid was more than I had before.
A newspaper reporter once asked me how someone could possibly live with hard work and low pay."If
you"re only thinking about hard work and money, you probably don"t want to do any better than you are doing." I answered. In every job, from cutting the grass to washing dishes, I"ve learned much. I"ve learned something
that helps me in my next job.
If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.
B. he could make much money
C. he could enjoy sunup and sundown
D. he could help his family
B. giving no excuse for your mistakes
C. doing a good job at the very beginning
D. missing things which can be found out
B. eighteen
C. twenty
D. twenty-two
B. Asking no money for work.
C. Finishing work as quickly as possible.
D. Keeping looking for different jobs.
B. helpful
C. careless
D. funny
Life is not easy, so I"d like to say," When anything happens, believe in yourself." When I was 14, I was
1 nervous to talk in public. My classmates often 2 me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later 3
happened. It affected my life.
It was an English speech contest (比赛). My mother asked me to take part in it. What a/an 4 idea! It
meant I had to 5 in front of all the teachers and students of my school! "Come on, boy. Believe in yourself.
You are sure to 6 ." Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I chose the topic "Believe
in yourself". I tried my best to 7 all the speech and practiced it over 100 times. 8 my mother"s great help,
I did well in the contest. I could hardly (几乎不) believe my ears when the news came-I won the first place. I
heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those 9 looked down on (瞧不起)me before, but they now
all said 10 to me. My mother hugged (拥抱)me and cried excitedly.
Since then, everything changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell myself to be confident and I will
find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.