Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
When Mary was in hospital with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, wanted to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching(调查) the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure caught her attention: She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries(推理小说), and many buyers spent more than $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the whole $ 100, 000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.
The store broke even in its first year, with only $ 120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.
Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $ 420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $ 34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.” After Mary got well from her illness they began _________.
| A．to study industrial management (工业管理) |
| B．to buy and read more mystery books |
| C．to do market research on book business |
| D．to work harder to save money for the bookstore |
How did their bookstore do in the first year?
| A．They had to borrow money to keep it going. |
| B．They made just enough to cover all the costs. |
| C．They succeeded in earning a lot of money. |
| D．They failed though they worked hard. |
According to Richard, the main purpose(目的) of running the bookstore is _________.
| A．to pay for children’s education |
| B．to get to know more writers |
| C．to set up more bookstores |
| D．to do what they like to do |
Mr Green is our foreign teacher . He is a good teacher . He often helps us a lot .And he is nice to every student . His lessons are very interesting . We usually have fun in his lessons . We all like him . He is a tall and strong man . He says he is 40 years old . But he looks very young . He comes from New York . Now he lives in Nanjing with his family . He has a daughter . She is a pretty girl . And she studies in our school ,Mr Green is very “in”. He can sing many English songs . We all like to listen to him
singing . He also likes sports . He is in the school basketball team . Mr Green likes reading . We often borrow books from him .
I think we are lucky(幸运)to have Mr Green to teach us .
| Name Mr Green Job A __ What he is like Mr Green is tall and ___ He looks __ Hobby Music, sports and reading Family He has a pretty _ |
At 7: 40 when Mrs. Fang is at breakfast, there comes a call. Twenty minutes later, she is with Ann, because she cannot stop her baby crying （哭）. There, Mrs Fang helps Ann to wash her three-day-old baby. It is her first child and she is learning what to do. After that, Mrs Fang goes on to see Mr Johnson. His arm was broken(坏) and cannot wash or put on his clothes himself. He must be looked after（照看） every day.
Then Mrs Fang gets her second call that day. She goes to the home for the old. There she works with the old people till（直到）2: 00 p. m. One by one, she answers their questions and helps them take their medicine（吃药）.
This is her life. She is busy all day and sometimes she can get calls even late at night when someone needs help. She is busy, but she likes her job and enjoys helping others.When is Mrs. Fang with Ann?
| A．at 7:40 | B．at 8:00 | C．at 8:20 | D．at 8:40 |
Why does Mrs. Fang look after Mr Johnson?
| A．He needs people to talk to him. |
| B．He is unhappy. |
| C．He likes Mrs Fang. |
| D．His arm was broken and cannot wash or put on his clothes himself. |
What does Mrs. Fang do for the old people?
A. She answers their questions.
B. She tells stories to them.
C. She helps them take their medicine.
D. Both A and C.How many calls does Mrs. Fang get that day?
| A．three calls | B．two calls | C．only one call | D．We don’t know. |
Why does Mrs. Fang like her job?
| A．She can get much money from it. |
| B．She likes helping people when they need her. |
| C．She likes keeping busy. |
| D．She can make friends by having the job. |
Mike gets up at half past seven. He has an egg and some milk for breakfast. Then he goes to school. When he is on his way to school, he is thinking, “ I tell my teacher that my mother is ill on Mon---day. I tell him my bike doesn’t work on my way to school on Tuesday. What should I say to--day? Mike thinks it over, but he doesn’t have a good idea.
“May I come in?” says Mike at the door.
“Oh, my boy,” says Mr. Brown. “Please look at the clock on the wall. What time is it now?” “It’s eight ten,” says Mike. Mr. Brown is not happy and says, “You are late for class three times this
week. If all the students are like you, the clock is no use, I think.”
“ You are wrong, Mr. Brown,” says Mike. “If I don’t have the clock how do I know I am late for school?”What does Mike do?
| A． A student | B． A teacher | C．A worker | D． A cook |
What day is it today?
| A．Monday | B．Tuesday | C．Wednesday | D．Thursday |
What time does Mike get to his classroom today?
| A．At 7:30 | B．At 8:10 | C．At 8:20 | D．At 8:30 |
The Chinese meaning of the word “use” is “__________”.
| A．生命 | B．价格 | C．傻瓜 | D．用途 |
How many times is Mike late for class this week?
| A．Once | B．Twice | C．Three | D．Four times |
Tony and Anna are brother and sister. They are Americans. Tony likes sports very much. He can play soccer, basketball and volleyball. Anna likes music very much. She can’t play ball games. But they both like playing on computers. They like eggs, bread and milk for breakfast. For lunch, Anna likes eating vegetables and fruit, but Tony likes chicken and fish. They both like hamburgers. But they don’t like ice cream or dessert.Anna is Tony’s _____ and they are _____.
| A．sister; Chinese | B．sister; Americans |
| C．friend; Americans | D．cousin, Americans |
Tony likes ______ and he can play ______.
| A．sports; tennis | B．music; basketball |
| C．sports; volleyball | D．music, soccer |
Tony and Anna both like _____.
| A．vegetables | B．soccer | C．fish | D．playing on computers |
For breakfast, they like _____.
| A．vegetables and fruit | B．eggs, bread and milk |
| C．chicken and fish | D．hamburgers |
They don’t like _____ or _____.
| A．ice cream，vegetables | B．ice cream dessert |
| C．hamburgers，dessert | D．ice cream, bread |
Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood. When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn't get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him.His only friend was a dog named Tige. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn't know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one's heart like a knife.
One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” she said kindly, smiling.
A special feeling came to him. These were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled (吹口哨) to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.
“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy” he repeated the woman's words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!” Tige raised its ears as if it understood.
“Unum! Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, Tige, I won't say unkind words to you any more.” Tige waved its tail happily.
The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life.
After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed (种子) of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power it has!"The boy repeated the words “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” because______
| A．he was thinking about the words |
| B．he didn't understand the words |
| C．he wanted to talk to his dog |
| D．he liked talking to himself |
What made the boy start his new life?
| A．The people laughing at him. |
| B．The kind words spoken to him. |
| C．The hard life. |
| D．His lovely dog. |
He was feeling __-__when he whistled to his dog.
| A．funny | B．sad | C．lonely | D．excited |
Which of the following is Right according to the passage?
| A．He never took goog care of his friend ,Tige. |
| B．H usually had many friends around him. |
| C．He helped a young lady when her bag dropped. |
| D．He often washed his dirty face in lake. |
What’s the best tile (题目)of this passage?
| A．A Dog and a Boy | B．A poor Boy’s Childhood |
| C．A businessman and a Boy | D．The Power of Kindness |