Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname（绰号）“Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name.
As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman(董事长)of the oil company, heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to come to his office.
“Some people give you a nickname for ‘Four dollars a bucket’. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.
“Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because ‘Four dollars a bucket’ is our company’s advertisement. As long as someone calls me‘ Four dollars a bucket’ once, I think it’s free advertisement for our company. It’s not necessary for me to get angry. Don’t you think so , Mr. Rockefeller?”
“Oh! What a wonderful man!” Rockefeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words “Young man! Work harder, you must be successful in the future! I believe in you!”
Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller.
Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel frustrated when we have no way to do the world-shaking things. We should treat everything actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”What was Albert in The oil company at the beginning?
| A．A worker. | B．An assistant. | C．A manager. | D．The second board chairman. |
Why wasn’t Albert angry about his nickname?
| A．He liked to have a nickname. | B．It could make his workmates happy. |
| C．He could become famous. | D．It was a free advertisement for his company. |
What is the main idea of this passage?
| A．Rockefeller asked young people to work harder. |
| B．It’s very important to do small things well. |
| C．You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname. |
| D．You should make more advertisements for your company. |
What would be the best title for this passage?
| A．I Believe in You | B．Albert and Rockefeller |
| C．Four Dollars a Bucket | D．The Second Board Chairman |
任务型阅读(共5小题，每小题1分，共计5分)
以下是四位同学关于各自学习英语情况的发言。请根据他们的叙述，完成后面的表格，每空一词。
Owen Sun:
My English is good. I do well in listening, learning grammar and writing in English. But I can’t speak English well because I’m shy.
Helen Li:
My English is not so good. I’m good at listening. But I need to improve my reading and writing.
Nick Lu:
I like English. My spoken English is very good. But I’m not so good at grammar. So my classmate Owen Sun often helps me.
Linda Wang:
I like English, too. I’m good at learning new words. But I find it hard to write in English.
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| Nick Lu |
Speaking |
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| Owen Sun |
Listening, grammar and writing |
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| Helen Li |
Reading and writing |
As space science develops（发展）, man has learned more and more about space. Space is not only amazing but also dangerous. While working in space, spacemen are facing danger as well as success.
Scientists have found out that the radiation（辐射）is the greatest danger to spacemen in space. When spacemen are working in space, they are in danger of the radiation from the sun and other stars, which is bad for their health. The harm（伤害）of the radiation won’t be found until their children even grandchildren are born. Some special medicine may work a little, but no really effective（有效的）medicine has been found so far.
Space rubbish is also thought to be a great danger to spacemen. It’s reported that there were 9,000 man-made things flying in space. About 30% of these are satellites, 10% are spaceships, and the rest are space rubbish. An explosion（爆炸）in space in 1999 made a cloud of 300,000 fragments, each at least 4mm in size. A small piece of these even knocked a spaceship window and caused some damage（损坏）.
Scientists are watching and reporting any possible danger all the time. They are working to deal with space rubbish. Although space is really dangerous, it interests many people on the earth. In the near future, it may become possible for people to spend a few days in a space hotel. We may even choose to leave the earth and live in space in a few years. So we should do something to help improve the space environment.Most of the man-made things flying in space are____________.
| A．satellites | B．spaceships |
| C．space shuttles | D．space rubbish |
The radiation from the sun and other stars is ______ to spacemen.
| A．good | B．helpful |
| C．useful | D．harmful |
The underlined word “fragments”means “______”.
| A．碎片 | B．泡沫 | C．烟雾 | D．飞碟 |
The passage talks about _________ kinds of danger in space.
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Scientists have found out ways to solve any problem in space. |
| B．Every one of us can have a travel to space in ten years. |
| C．The harm of the radiation may be found in the spacemen’s children. |
| D．Space is really dangerous, so it doesn’t interest anyone on the earth. |
Last year I travelled to Finland. I enjoyed the time in the plane because I knew a friendly man there. He was from Italy, but we had no problem communicating with each other. We both talked in English.
When I got to Finland, I visited Espoo, Oulu, Lahti and Tampere. The people there were very friendly. I also spent a lot of time in Helsinki — the capital of Finland. People also called it the daughter of the sea. It was very clean. There I watched the Baltic Sea. It was very beautiful. One night, I went to the theatre to see a very interesting local play. Everything was OK but the sun, because the sunset (日落) there was too early.
I had a very nice time in this country and I want to travel to it again.How did the writer go to Finland?
| A．By train. | B．By air. |
| C．By bus. | D．By ship |
What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “communicating”?
| A．憎恨 | B．误导 | C．交流 | D．支持 |
Where is the Baltic Sea?
| A．In Espoo. | B．In Lahti. |
| C．In Tampere. | D．In Helsinki. |
What didn’t the writer like about Finland from the passage?
| A．Its sunset. | B．Its people. |
| C．Its play. | D．Its sea. |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．Finland, My Hometown |
| B．The Capital of Finland, Helsinki |
| C．My Journey to Finland |
| D．Finland, the Best Country |
| Name |
Personal Information |
| Norman Bethune |
Born in 1890,a doctor in Canada,died in 1939 in China,came to China in 1938 |
| Celine Dion |
Born in Montreal,Canada,a singing star,in 1997 sang My heart will go on for the film Titanic |
| Thomas Edison |
Born in 1847,Kentucky, the U.S. made over 1,000 inventions,died in 1931 |
| Mark Twain |
Born in 1835 in the U.S. ,a writer in the U.S.,died in 1910,wrote The Adventure of Tom Sawyer |
| Bill Gates |
Born in 1955 in the U.S.,wrote Business@the Speed of Thought,owns Microsoft Corporation |
__________ is from Canada.
| A．Bill Gates | B．Mark Twain |
| C．Thomas Edison | D．Celine Dion |
The_________ was born in 1835.
| A．inventor | B．singer | C．doctor | D．writer |
My heart will go on is the name of a ___________.
| A．book | B．song | C．story | D．film |
Doctor Bethune worked in China for about ________years.
| A．2 | B．4 | C．6 | D．8 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Mark Twain wrote Business@the Speed of Thought. |
| B．Bill Gates started working for Microsoft Company in 1955. |
| C．Thomas Edison made over 1,000 inventions. |
| D．Celine Dion stopped singing in 1997. |
Last year Tom left school. He came to Taibei to ____ a job. He went from one company to another but ______ wanted him. Now he had little money. He had to go back to his small town. So he came to the station. He felt _____ and tired. It was very late at night and ______ was full of people. They were waiting _____ tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.
At that time, a woman with a baby walked to him. She asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket. He thought they need it ____ he did. After ______ left, he sat on the bench and didn’t know ______ to go. Just then, an old man came and said, “Young man, I _______ what you did to the woman. I have a big company. I need a good young man like _____. Would you like to work for me?”
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