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ad with these.”The man became more and more puzzled (迷惑不解),until fianlly he said, “Excuse me, but can you read at all?”“No, of course i can’t!” Tom said angrily. “If I was already able to read, do you think i would have e here to buy glasses?”。他幾乎足不出戶,但有一天,他到城里的市場(chǎng)上買(mǎi)點(diǎn)東西。 買(mǎi)完后,他走進(jìn)一家餐館,單獨(dú)坐在桌邊。 環(huán)顧四周, 他看到幾位老人讀報(bào)紙前都先戴上眼鏡,所以午餐后, 他決定到商店去給自己也買(mǎi)副眼鏡。沿街走著,很快就找到一家店。店員讓他試戴了好幾副眼鏡,單湯姆總是說(shuō):“不,我戴這副眼鏡無(wú)法閱讀?!钡陠T越來(lái)越感到迷惑不解,知道最后他問(wèn)道:“恕我失禮,但請(qǐng)問(wèn)您究竟會(huì)閱讀嗎?”“當(dāng)然不會(huì)啦!”湯姆生氣地說(shuō):“如果我已經(jīng)能夠閱讀的話,你以為我還會(huì)來(lái)這兒買(mǎi)眼鏡嗎?”1. Mr. Forester lived . 福瑞斯特先生居住 .A. With his family in a city B. With his family in the countrysideB. Alone in a city D. Alone in the countryside 獨(dú)自一人在鄉(xiāng)村2. Tom went into town. 湯姆 進(jìn)城。A.often C. Almost never 幾乎從不 D. Everyday3. The old people in the restaurant read their newspapers . 餐館里的老人讀報(bào)紙 。A. with glasses on 戴著眼鏡 B. with glasses off C. With glasses of beer in front of them D. with glasses pipes in their mouths4. The shop Tom went into sold . 湯姆走進(jìn)的那家店賣(mài) .A. drinking glasses and cups B. glass for windowss and colorsC. glasses for people who could not read D. Glasses for people who could not see well 眼鏡給視力不好的人5. what kind of mistake did Tom make? 湯姆犯了什么錯(cuò)誤? A.He went to the wrong kind of shop. B. He didn’t try on all the glasses in the shop C. He thought that a person who had not learned to read would be able to do so if he wore glasses.他認(rèn)為不會(huì)閱讀的人戴上眼鏡就能閱讀了。 left his money in the restaurant KEY:DCADCPassage 6 (英國(guó)畫(huà)家)Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king’s palace in England.Then workers were sent for and a big platform(臺(tái)子) was made.With the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting on the plastform. They worked for a whole yeara and at last the pictures were ready.Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautifu. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he didn’t know it because he was thinking of his picture. The worker saw everything. “what should i do?” he thought. “Thornhill was at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off in and surely be killed.” So the worker quickly took some paint (漆)and threw iin at the pictures.“what are you doing?”cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.。有一次,他奉命在皇宮的墻壁上作畫(huà)。之后派來(lái)了一些工匠,支起一個(gè)平臺(tái)。在一名工匠的幫助下, 桑希爾開(kāi)始在平臺(tái)上作畫(huà)。他們工作了一整你,油畫(huà)終于完成。桑希爾望著油畫(huà)很開(kāi)心,因?yàn)槟切┯彤?huà)是很美麗。他看了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間,然后退一步再看,現(xiàn)在感覺(jué)更美了。他又退一步,然后再退一步, 最后已經(jīng)很靠近平臺(tái)邊緣了, 但是并不知道,因?yàn)樗幌胫约旱漠?huà)。工匠看到了一切。“我該怎么做呢?”他想到,“桑希爾已經(jīng)在平臺(tái)的邊緣了,如果大聲喊叫,他會(huì)再退一步,從平臺(tái)上掉下來(lái), 肯定會(huì)死。”于是工匠迅速拿油漆潑向油畫(huà)?!澳阍诟蓡幔俊碑?huà)家喊道,飛快的向油畫(huà)跑來(lái)。1. James Thornhill was an English . .A.worker B. artist 藝術(shù)家 C. King 2. He was ordered to . 他奉命 . A. paint the wall of king’s palace in England. 在英國(guó)皇宮的墻壁上作畫(huà)。 B. paint some pictures on the wall of the palace. C. build a big platform in front of the palace D. put up some new pictures on the old wall.3. It took them to finish the pictures. 他們完成油畫(huà)用了 。 A.a(chǎn) month B. a week months 十二個(gè)月 D. Half a month4. James Thornhill felt that the he was from the pictures, the they were. , 那些畫(huà)就 . A.nearer... more beautiful ... more ugly ... more beautiful 越遠(yuǎn)... 越美麗 D. Higher above... more goodlooking worker threw some paint at the pictures in order no . 工匠向油畫(huà)潑油漆的目的是 .A.save Jame’s life 挽救詹姆斯的生命 B. destory the pictureC. make the picture more beautiful the king angreyKEY:BBCCAPassage 7(好商人)Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman. He used to own three petrol stations and was busy most of the time. When he was 65, the normal retirement age, he decided that the didn’t want to stop, so he carried on working for another two years. Eventually, when he was nearly 68, his wiefe, Dolly, asked him to retire because she wanted to enjoy their old age together. Reluctantaly, he handed over the business to his son.But he was unhappy. He didn’t know what to do with himself. Although he read a lot of books and he went on holiday to interesting places with his wife, he was bored and befgan to get deperessed because he hated being retired.Then one day he saw an advertisement in the newspaper and, without telling his wife, he bought a small crockery (陶器) factory. The next week he told his family. They were horrified and worried. They thought he was too old at 71 to start work again.He is now 76 and he has expanded the pany considerably. He has increased the number of staff from 6 to 24 and he has found many new customers for the products. He has developed the export market and has improved profits by 200%. He has opened a new design office and enpolyed three young designers. They have been all over the world to ger new ideas, and one of them has gone to France this week to a major trade fair. Most importantly, he hasn’t been bored since he brought the factory.。他曾經(jīng)有過(guò)3個(gè)加油站, 而且一直都很忙。當(dāng)他65歲時(shí),也就是正常退休的年齡時(shí), 他決定不想停止工作, 所以他又接著干了兩年。結(jié)果在他快68歲的時(shí)候,他妻子多麗讓他退休, 希望能和他一起共度晚年的時(shí)光。今天管他讀了很多的書(shū),而且也和妻子一起去一些好玩的地方去度假,但是他感到很無(wú)聊, 并且由于討厭退休而開(kāi)始變得壓抑沮喪。在這之后的一天,他在報(bào)紙上看到了一則廣告,也沒(méi)有告訴他的妻子,他就買(mǎi)下了一家小陶器廠。 一周后他才告訴家里人。他們?yōu)榇藙偟襟@訝,而且有些擔(dān)心。大家認(rèn)為他不能以71歲高齡再重新開(kāi)始工作了?,F(xiàn)在他76歲, 已經(jīng)顯著地?cái)U(kuò)大了公司的規(guī)模。公司的員工人數(shù)從6人增加到24人, 而且他還開(kāi)發(fā)了很多新客戶。 他也開(kāi)拓了出口市場(chǎng),利潤(rùn)增長(zhǎng)200%。 他還開(kāi)辦了一家新的設(shè)計(jì)室, 并且聘用了三名年輕的設(shè)計(jì)師。他們一直世界各地四處發(fā)掘新的信息,其中一位本周已經(jīng)去了法國(guó)參加一次重大的商鋪交易會(huì)。最為重要的是,自從他收購(gòu)了這家工廠后,他便不再感到?jīng)]事可做。1. The topic sentence of is . 第一段的主題句是?A. Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman 。B. He used to own three petrol stations asn was busy most of the timeC. When Morgen Rees was 65, he got retiredD. Reluctantly, he