One day,  John read an advertisement in a newspaper．It said, "Wanted．The best salesman in the world．" John thought he was a great salesman and went to ask for the job．" "I' m the best salesman in the world," he said to the manager．"Give me the job．"

"You must prove you're the best," the manager said．

"OK I will," John said．

"Good．" The manager took several boxes of sweets out of his desk．"Last week I bought a thousand boxes of sweets．If yon can sell them all before the end of the week, yon can have the job, " said the manager．

"That's easy, "John said．He took the boxes of sweets and left the office．

Every day and all day he went from shop to shop, trying to sell the sweets．But he couldn't sell one．The sweets were too bad for him to sell．At the end of the week he went back to the manager．"I'm sorry, sir," he said, "I was wrong about myself．I'm not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is．"

"Oh" said the manager．"Who?"

"The person who sold you a thousand boxes of the sweets．"

1．The manager told John             ．

A．he could start work at once

B．he was the best salesman in the world

C．he wasn't a good salesman

D．he must show he was the best salesman in the world

2．John could get the job if                  ．

A．he sold a thousand boxes of sweets

B．he gave a way a thousand boxes of sweets

C．he sent the manager a thousand boxes of sweets

D．he bought a thousand boxes of sweets  from the manager

3．Choose the right order (順序) of the story．

(1) John went to ask for the job．

(2) John told the manager who the best salesman really was．

(3) John read an advertisement in a newspaper．

(4) John went to sell the sweets．

A．(1) (2) (3) (4)                                         B．(4) (3) (2) (1)

C．(3) (1) (4) (2)                                          D．(3) (4) (1) (2)

4．From this story we can know that              ．

A．John didn't get the job                          B．John was a good seller

C．the manager was a good seller             D．the advertisement was a good one

5．John couldn't sell the sweets because                     ．

A．he was not a good salesman                B．the sweets were too bad

C．he wanted to send them to his friends        D．nobody liked sweets

Farmer John and Farmer Bob were neighbors．For more than 30 years, they had been getting along very well．

Then their good relationship broke．It began with a small thing, then bitter words, and then weeks of silence．One morning Farmer John woke up to find a stream between the two farms．“It must be Bob,” John thought．

Then one day there was a knock on John’s door．He opened it to find a carpenter(木匠) standing at the doorway．

“I’m looking for a few days’ work, ”the carpenter said．

“I do have a job for you．” John said．“Look across the stream at that farm．That’s my neighbor Bob．He dug a stream between the two farms．I want you to build a fence--an 8-foot fence．I don’t want to see his place or his face any more．I don’t have such a neighbor!”

The carpenter said, “I think I know what to do, sir, and I’ll be able to do a job that pleases you．”

Farmer John helped the carpenter get the materials (材料)ready and then he was off for the day．

About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job．The farmer’s eyes opened wide．There was no fence there at all! It was a bridge! And the neighbor, Bob, was coming across, with his hand outstretched(伸出)．“Hi, John! You’re quite a fellow to build this bridge!”

Then they met in the middle, taking each other’s hands．“I’m terribly sorry for what I have said and done．We should be good to each other．” said Farmer Bob．

Then they turned to see the carpenter, who was ready to go． “No, wait! Stay a few days．I have a lot of other jobs for you, ” said Farmer John．“I’d love to stay, ” the carpenter said, “but l have more bridges to build．”

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案，并將其標(biāo)號填入題前括號內(nèi)。

1．Just before the carpenter came, John and Bob             each other．

A．didn’t speak to                                               B．were friendly to

C．often fought with                                            D．never had bitter words with

2．Farmer John asked the carpenter to build a fence because               ．

A．he wanted to protect his farm

B．he didn’t want to do it himself

C．he wouldn’t like to see Bob

D．he wanted to find him something to do

3．What does the sentence “You’re quite a fellow to build this bridge!” mean?

A．John was great to build this bridge．

B．John was not good at building bridges．

C．John was foolish to build such a bridge．

D．John should build the bridge earlier．

4．What do you think of the carpenter?

A．Shy．                   B．Wise．                C．Proud．                 D．Careless．

5．What is the best title for the passage?

A．What a Big Fence!                                   B．A Strong Bridge

C．Three Kind Man                                      D．A Fence or a Bridge?

閱讀理解

We spent a few days in Paris last week. We visit the famous city quite regularly. After all, it only takes three hours from London to Pairs. It’s always a pleasure visiting places we really like, exploring areas we’ve never been.

The only unlucky thing this time was the weather. As soon as we got there the temperature reached almost 35 degrees C (which lasted until we left). It was so hot that Matthew just couldn’t stand it — for him, it wasn’t the most enjoyable trip. I felt sorry for him because every time we go there he has to put up with (忍受) my endless shopping spree (狂歡) …

Because of the heat, we ended up just having lots of ice-cream and drinks most of the time, although we managed to pay a few visits to the new Herme shop on rue de Vaugirard at least. It’s not as busy as the shop on rue Bonaparte so you can choose whatever you like without worrying about a queue behind you! I really enjoyed his bread this time as well as the cakes. And I must say that his Croissant aux Amandes and Bostock were simply the best I’ve ever had.

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the first paragraph?

2. The underlined word “stand” in the second paragraph means ____.

3. What can you know about Matthew from the second paragraph? 

4. The shops on rue Bonaparte ____.

5.What’s the best title for the passage? 

Are you sorry for not traveling during the National Day ? If you stay at home at that time, I think you are very lucky. Why? Because there are too many people everywhere. In many places of interest in China, it’s too crowded to do anything.
Look at the picture. It was too crowded on the Great Wall on October 1st, 2012. You even couldn’t take photos for you or your friends. All what we could see were people. It was reported that there were about twenty people per meter on the Great Wall. My friends told me they could see nothing but many people on the Great Wall. “We couldn’t walk if the people in front of us didn’t walk,” he said. He showed us a photo on the Great Wall. In the photo, we hardly found him out, there were too many people.
So some people give the advice that we should not have the gold week (黃金周) any more. But other people say no about this advice. What’s your idea of it? Are you sorry now for not traveling during the gold week? I love staying at home more than traveling next National Day.
【小題1】How did the writer feel about staying at home on National Day?