Foreign Teachers Wanted
Age: 30—40
From: America, England & Australia
Careful and patient with a teacher’s licence
Good at both spoken and written English
At least five years’ teaching experience in high schools
Come for an interview before August 15th
Address: No. 39 Lakeside Road
Tel: 0591-8780519
E-Mail : sis2009@yahoo.com What job is wanted above?
A. Cooks B, Drivers C. Teachers__________ will probably get the job.
An English lady at the age of 27.
A woman who is good at French
An Australian of 35 with a teacher’s licence.What is not mentioned ?
A. Age B. Pay C. AddressIf a foreigner wants to have an interview, he or she should make it ________ .
A．August 18th B.August 25th C.August 13thWhat do you think it is ?
A. An ad B. An article C. A film
A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised it had the 1 menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how 2 it was.
At the bottom of the 3 , there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will add it to the menu right away.”
The man 4 the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order5 that was very unusual.
When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, “You say you can serve any dish, even if it’s not on your longest menu in the world.”
“That is correct, sir. We are able to meet everyone’s requirements.”
“Well,” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears. 6 , not African.”
The waiter wrote down in his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on toast.
“Very good, sir,” he said. “That shouldn’t 7 long.”
The waiter walked away quickly.
The man was very surprised and rather disappointed.
Then he smiled 8 the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.
“Ah!” the man said. “You can’t 9 it to me, can you?”
The waiter made an apology (道歉).
“I’m very sorry, sir, and this is the 10 embarrassing,”（困窘 ） he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”
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At noon the rush hour had passed. There were few guests (顾客) in the snack bar. It was not crowded. When the boss was about to take a break to read a newspaper, in came an old lady and a little boy.
“How much money is a bowl of beef soup?” the grandma sat down, counted the money in her purse and ordered a bowl of beef soup. The grandma pushed the bowl to the little boy, who swallowed (吞咽) his saliva (口水), looking at his grandma and saying, "Grandma, did you really have lunch?" "Of course." His grandma chewed (咀嚼) a piece of radish (萝卜泡菜) slowly. Very quickly, the little boy ate up the meal.
Seeing this. the boss went over to them and said, "Old lady, congratulations, you are lucky to have the free food, for you are our 100th guest."
Afterwards, over a month or more, one day, the small boy squatted (蹲) across the snack bar, where he seemed to be counting something, which shocked the boss when he happened to look out office window.
When the small boy saw a guest walk into the snack bar, he would put a small stone into the circle he drew, but the lunch time had almost passed, the small stones he put into the circle were hardly 50.
The boss was quite worried and called up all his old guests. The guests started coming one after another.
"81, 82, 83… " the small boy counted faster and faster. At last, when the 99th small stone was put into the circle, the little boy hurried to pull his grandma's hand and went into the snack bar.
"Grandma, this time it's on me," the little boy said proudly. The grandma who had become the real 100th guest was served a bowl of beef soup by her grandson. As his grandma as before, the little boy chewed a piece of radish in his mouth.Grandma ordered only one bowl of beef soup because __________.
| A．Grandma only liked radish |
| B．Grandma didn't like beef soup |
| C．Grandma loved her grandson more than herself |
| D．There was only one bowl of beef soup left in the snack bar at that time |
What do you think of the boss of the snack bar?
| A．Impatient. | B．Warm-hearted. |
| C．Very rich. | D．Hard-working. |
Why did the boy put the small stones into the circle he drew?
| A．He played games with his friends. |
| B．He was asked to count the guests for the boss. |
| C．He wanted to get the free beef soup for his grandma. |
| D．He only wanted to know the number of the small stones. |
Which can be the best title of the passage?
| A．The 100th guest | B．A snack bar |
| C．A boy counting stones | D．A poor grandma |
In the United States, it is not usual to telephone someone early in the morning. If you telephone early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate(立即的) attention. So it is with the telephone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he may think that it’s a matter of life and death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.
In social life, time plays a very important part. In the USA guests are likely to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party reaches them only three or four days before the party date. But it is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be thought silly to make an appointment(约会) too far ahead because plans which are made for a date more than a week away may be forgotten. The meaning of time is not the same in different cultures that treat time differently; being on time is valued highly in American life, for example. If people are not on time, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible(责任). In the USA no one would think of keeping a business friend for an hour; it would be too impolite. A person who is 5 minutes late is asked to make a shout apology (道歉). If he is less than 5 minutes late, he will say a few words of explanation(解释), though perhaps he will not complete the sentence.A call at midnight would mean_________.
| A．the matter is less important |
| B．the matter is too difficult to handle |
| C．the matter requires immediate attention |
| D．it is a matter of life and death |
According to the passage, time plays a very important part in__________.
| A．everyday life | B．personal life |
| C．getting along with others | D．business |
In the passage, the writer suggests that invitation cards should be sent___________.
| A．three or four days before the party date in all cultures |
| B．three or four days before the party date in some cultures |
| C．three or four days before the party date in the USA |
| D．at your chosen time |
Having returned from her round trip (往返旅程), the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes (应给予) me￡12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office, “you sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me ￡12.”
Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, madam,” he said politely, “I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”
The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sunburnt,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”
“Yes,” She answered, shyly. “The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!”
“That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t swim a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three…”
“I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.” Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, madam,” he said. “But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?”
“Err, well…” the woman looked at the child. “I mean… she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”
“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs… let me see…￡13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe ￡1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…”
The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.The woman was angry because__________.
| A．she couldn’t use the ticket for her round trip |
| B．she had to return home a day earlier than she had planned |
| C．she spent more money than she had expected |
| D．Harry had sold her a ticket to Jersey where there was no sailing |
Harry started talking to the little girl__________.
| A．because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do |
| B．because he had a little girl about the same age as this girl |
| C．because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice |
| D．when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl |
The woman left the office without saying anything because__________.
| A．she wanted to go home and get money for the child’s ticket |
| B．she was so angry that she didn’t want to have anything more to do with the young man |
| C．she was moved by Harry’s kindness |
| D．she knew she would have to pay the railway if she insisted |
History, as we know, is filled with facts, with places, names, dates, and events.
History is also filled with feelings, with pain, joy, excitement, and fear.
Facts are set down in books, but what happens to feelings? How can you take the pain, for example, and write it into a history book? You can’t. But you can put it to music. Take the blues for example.
The blues started when black musicians in the South began to sing about their hard times, those times which made them feel blue. The early blues was the beginning of other musical styles, from jazz to rock and roll.
Music, you might say, is a record of feelings.
Of course, facts are important: the civil rights movement, the race for space, the Vietnam War. But the feelings behind these events – the pride of being black, the excitement of a rocket blast (点火起飞), the pain of a war – are also an important part of history.In the passage, the word “blue” and the word “blues” are related to __________.
| A．a feeling and a kind of music | B．a color |
| C．a kind of music and a person | D．people and their feelings |
According to the writer’s idea, what can make people feel blue?
| A．A history book | B．Music. |
| C．History. | D．Hard times. |
Besides the above, the writer also explains ___________.
| A．what caused the Vietnam War |
| B．the feelings behind some important events |
| C．the relation between history and music |
| D．why he wrote the article |