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, expected to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry(产业). “We knew it had to be a specialty(专业) store because we couldn’t afford enough money,” says Mary. One idea came to her: She’d read somewhere that about 20 percent of books sold were mysteries, and many buyers spent more $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 pay the $100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from friends and from a bank.
The store only broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract(吸引) buyers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and provided dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited some 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 workers, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income(收入)” says Richard. “This has always been about a pleasant life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ____.
| A．they had to put their plan into practice |
| B．health was more important than money |
| C．heart trouble was a serious illness |
| D．they both needed to stop working |
After Mary got well from her illness they began _____.
| A．to study how to open a bookstore |
| 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 pay all the costs. |
| C．They succeeded in making a lot of money. |
| D．They failed though they worked hard. |
According to Richard, the main purpose of opening the bookstore is _____.
| A．to pay for their children’s education |
| B．to get to know more writers |
| C．to set up more bookstores |
| D．to do what they like to do |
Look! I’m Tom. This is a pencil case. It’s orange. It’s my pencil case. What’s in the pencil case? A ruler is in the pencil case. It is my ruler. The ruler is blue and red. That is a pencil. It is black and white. It is not my pencil.
Look! That girl is Lucy. It is her pencil. That boy is Tim. I found his green pen in the pencil case. I call Tim at 7890003. It is his telephone number.What color is the pencil case?
A. It’s orange.
B. It’s blue and red.
C. It’s green.I am Tom. That is not my_________.
A. ruler B. pencil C. pencil case________ has (有) a pencil.
A. Tom B. Lucy C. Tim_______ found the pen in the lost and found case.
A. Tom B. Lucy C. Tim I am Tom. Is my telephone number 7890003?
A. Yes. B. No. C. OK.
Look at this. What’s this in English, do you know? Ah, it’s a photo. Who’s that in the photo? It’s Li Yan. Li Yan is my good friend. She is a beautiful(美丽的) girl. Who’s that? The boy in black? It’s Jim. He is an English boy. He is very cool. He is my friend, too. We are all in the same(相同的) school. I like Jim and Li Yan.
根据短文内容选择正确答案。What is this? It’s ____.
| A．a school | B．a friend |
| C．a photo | D．an English friend |
Li Yan is ______.
| A．a good boy | B．a cool boy |
| C．a beautiful girl | D．an English girl |
What color is Jim in? ________.
| A．Red | B．Yellow | C．Orange | D．Black |
Who’s English? ________.
| A．I | B．Jim | C．Li Yan | D．Jim and Li Yan |
Who are in the same school? ________.
| A．Jim and Li Yan | B．Jim and I |
| C．Li Yan and I | D．Jim, Li Yan and I |
Mike: Mother, this is my friend, Paul.
Paul: Nice to meet you, Mrs Brown.
Mrs Brown: Nice to meet you, Paul.
Mike: And these are my grandparents, Kevin and Emma Brown.
That’s my brother, Bob, and this is my cousin, Tim.
Paul: Hello! Hello! And is this your sister?
Mike: Yes, this is Jenny.
根据上面对话内容判断正误，符合内容的打（T），不符的打（F）。Paul and Mike are brothers.
Bob and Tim are cousins.
Kevin and Emma are Mike’s (麦克的)grandparents.
Jenny and Bob are sister and brother.
Mrs Brown is Jenny’s(珍妮的) mother.
We drink tea each day. But more than three hundred years ago most people in Europe (欧洲) did not know anything about tea. Some people heard about it , but very few of them knew what to do with it.
There is a story about an English sailor (水手) who went to countries in the east, the west and the south. He had been to India (印度) and China . One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for her mother .She told her friends about the present and asked them to a “tea party”
When her friends came to the “tea party” ,the old woman brought out some tea-leaves (叶子)and asked them to eat, of course, nobody liked the tea-leaves.
At that time the sailor came in .He looked at the table and said, “Mother, what have you done with the tea?”
“ I boiled it as you said.”
“ And what did you do with the water?”
“ I threw it away, of course, ”answered the old woman.“ Now you may throw away the leaves too ,”said her son.
根据短文，判断下列句子正误，对的写“T”，错误的写“F”。The sailor gave his mother some tea as a present.
Everybody liked to eat the tea-leaves.
The woman threw the water away but kept the leaves
The story is about an American sailor.
The best way of learning a language is by using it. The best way of learning English is using English as much as possible. Sometimes you will get your words mixed up(迷惑的)and people won't understand. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can't understand them.
But if you keep your sense of humor( 幽默感),you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make.
Don't be unhappy if the people seem to(好象) laugh at your mistakes. It’s much better for people to laugh at your mistake than to be angry because they don't know what you are saying. The most important rule for learning English is "Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes."The most important thing of learning a language is ________.
| A．laughing | B．writing | C．remembering | D．practicing |
In learning English, you should ________.
| A．speak as quickly as possible. |
| B．laugh as much as you can. |
| C．use it as often as you can. |
| D．write more than you read. |
When you make a mistake, you’d better ________.
| A．do the same thing again. | B．ask others for help. |
| C．have a sense of humor. | D．run away. |
When people laugh at your mistake,you should _______.
| A．not to be serious | B．be angry with them. |
| C．be more careful | D．not speak English any more. |