with a thick sole (鞋底) and the other with a thin one. So as he began to walk, he felt very uncomfortable.
When he was just out of the house, he turned to his daughter and said, "Why should one of my legs be
longer than the other today?"
The daughter looked at his father"s legs carefully as he was walking, and then laughed, "Oh, no, Daddy,
your legs are all right. You have put on the wrong shoes." The farmer was very happy to hear that and said
to himself, "What a clever daughter I have got!" Then he asked his daughter to go back and get the other
pair of shoes for him.
The farmer had only two pairs of shoes.
When the daughter ran back to the house, she found that the other pair was also a pair of wrong shoes.
She had to return to his father with nothing in her hands and said out of breath, "It"s no use changing
them, Daddy! The shoes at home were not a pair, either!"
B. comfortable
C. old
D. new
B. the shoes are too small
C. one of the shoes has a thick sole, the other has a thin one, they are not a pair
D. the shoes are too big
B. he was ill that day
C. he wore a pair of wrong shoes
D. the shoes were too small
B. she could find out that her father wore a pair of wrong shoes
C. she could find out a pair of right shoes
D. she found that her father"s legs were sick
B. brought back of a pair of right shoes
C. didn"t bring any shoes; she knew the other pair at home was not a pair, either
D. couldn"t find anything at home
One summer, he decided to go to the sea to spend his holidays.
One afternoon, it was very hot. Mr Baker came into a restaurant, sat at a table and wanted to drink.
Just then, an old man came up to him and said, "How do you do, sir?" "How do you do?" Mr Baker asked
the old man to sit next to him. "Have you been here before?" "No, I haven"t." "You look lonely, don"t you?"
said the old man. "Let"s have a bet, shall we?"
It interested Mr Baker, "But what shall we bet on?" "I can bite my left eyeball," said the old man, "I can
bet you five dollars."
Mr Baker didn"t believe and passed $5 on the table.
The old man took out his glass eyeball, put it into his mouth and bite it. Mr Baker had to give his money.
"It doesn"t matter young man," the old man said. "I"ll give you a chance to win the money back. I can
also bite my right eye. I"ll bet you $10."
"I"m sure he"s able to see. And I must win his money," he thought. So he took out ten dollars from his
wallet.
But he was very surprised, the old man took out his false (假的) teeth and bit his right eye with it. Then
he put the money into his pocket and went away quickly.
B. to have a rest
C. to drink something
D. to make a bet
B. he wanted to ask for some food
C. he wanted to drink with him
D. he wanted to win money
B. Mr Baker wanted to win the five dollars back
C. Mr Baker knew he had false teeth
D. Mr Baker wasn"t clever enough
B. Mr Baker wanted to win the five dollars back
C. Mr Baker knew he had false teeth
D. Mr Baker wanted to help him in another way
B. neither eye
C. the right eye
D. the left eye
Eleven-year-old Antonin Careme could not believe that his father ordered a lot of delicious food. It was
an unexpected (意料不到的) dinner (1)b__________ the Careme family was poor. When he was eating
thankfully, his father (2)t__________ him in a sad voice that this would be a farewell meal. His father could
not support all his children any (3)m__________, (4)s__________ Antonin would have to leave home to
make money (5)h__________.
After the meal, Antonin walked (6)a__________ the streets and felt sad. He knocked on the door of a
restaurant and the (7)o__________ happened to (碰巧) need an waiter. In the restaurant, young Antonin
(8)g__________ his first lesson in cooking. He was hardworking and his employer (雇主) (9)d_________
to teach him all the skills (技能) and secrets of French cooking. When he was fifteen years old, Antonin
trained under the famous cook, Baily.
One of Baily"s customers was pleased with Antonin"s style of cooking, he asked him to be his personal
(10) c________, working at his home. Antonin later went on to work for a diplomat, a banker and even the
king.
when my mother calls, "Herbert! It"s seven o"clock! Get up!" Herbert answers, "I"m coming!" and goes
right back to sleep. I"m not at all like my brother. I don"t like to go to bed at night but I don"t mind getting
up in the morning. I usually wake up before my mother calls me. I jump out of bed and go into the bathroom
to take a shower. I get dressed, brush my teeth, comb my hair, and get ready to go downstairs for breakfast
as soon as my mother calls. But not Herbert. He just sleeps. A military band (军乐队) in our bedroom could
not wake him up. I call him and say, "Get up! Mum will be up here to pull you out of bed if you don"t get up
immediately!" But he just sleeps. After calling a few more times my mother has to come upstairs and pull
Herbert out of bed. It"s that way every day with my little brother. Perhaps some day he"ll learn to get up on
time, but I really don"t think so.
( )2.I"m not like my brother because I like to go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning.
( )3.I usually jump out of bed and go into the bathroom for a shower before my mother calls.
( )4.My mother often has to go upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed as he refuses to get up.
( )5.Sometimes we have to send for a military band to wake Herbert up.
( )6.The writer thinks some day Herbert will learn to get up on time.
in the day. He became very worried, so he went to see his doctor.
"Can you help me, doctor?" he asked. I slept so well, but now I slept less than two hours at night.
The doctor looked him very carefully, gave him some tests, asked him to work less hard, and told
him to take some medicine to help him. He said he was sure that he was not seriously ill, and that he
would soon be better.
But the businessman grew worse instead of better. He slept even less than before at night and was
still falling asleep in his office. He visited the doctor again and again and it took the doctor a long time
to find out the reason: the businessman"s wife was giving him the sleeping medicine in the morning and
the ones to keep him awake at night.
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2.How long does he sleep now at night?
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3.Did the doctor think the businessman had a serious problem?
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4.Did the businessman grow worse or better after seeing the doctor?
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5.Was the doctor able to find the real reason for the business"s problem?
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6.Who was responsible for the businessman"s problem?
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teacher with the university where I am 1 . Most of my friends and parents think that it"s best for a girl
to be a university teacher.
But I don"t know 2 to do. It is not that I wouldn"t like to be a teacher. But I don"t want to stay, not
now, because I need some experience in telling my students how to turn 3 into practice.
I once taught business English at a night school, yet I had never done any business. Though I prepared
my lessons well, I still 4 to create a "real-life" situation for my students to practice with. I feel now is
not the right time for me to work here and spend my life in a university. I want to work in a place where I
can use what I"ve learnt:my knowledge of English and French. I also want to know more about other things.
I know that if I leave the university, I shall start from the beginning in some ways, but I"m 5 to learn,
to work 6 to keep up with others and then, if possible, surpass (超过) them. English can be a good tool
to help me. It is a means to an end, but not the end itself.