Noonewantstolooksillyordothewr-优题课

Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a whole lot of antique(古董) shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth, so I decided that my approach must be wrong, and I should try another way.
I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper,” “Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK,” he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds.” “It’s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that, it’s nothing.”
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.” “I’ll buy it,” I said. “What do you mean? You’ve just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I am sorry. I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it.” “ You must be crazy,” he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.” “You’re right,” I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, “Would you mend this chair for me?” “I wouldn’t have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver(五英镑钞票)?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.
We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer _________.

A．was rather impolite

B．was warmly received

C．asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair

D．asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair

The underlined word “approach” in the second paragraph means _________.

A．plan for dealing with things	B．way of doing things
C．idea of repairing things	D．decision to sell things

The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper _______.

A． saw the writer’s purpose	B．accepted the offer
C． changed his mind	D．decided to help the writer

How much did the writer pay?

A．￡ 5.

B．￡ 7.

C．￡ 20.

D．￡ 27.

From the text, we can learn that the writer was _________.

A．honest

B．careful

C． funny

D．clever

What is a big dream? Or, is a big dream something that provides only entertainment? Children dream big dreams, but there are three barriers to realizing dreams. They often kill them before they ever have a chance to grow.
The Self
Immediately following the birth of a big dream, a negative self-talk takes over and gives all the reasons why it cannot happen. This inside voice is the ego(自我). It’s there for protecting and should be listened to. Most people are influenced by the inside voice. That’s why only a handful of people make their dream come true.

Family and friends are a lot like the ego. They want to protect those they love, so they will often list all the reasons why the big dreams won’t come true. Sometimes, family and friends destroy dreams of those they love most, out of their own fear of being left behind.
The World
If one gets past the first two barriers, one has to face the world. In the past, big dreamers were locked up and sometimes even killed when they were shown to the world. Fortunately, in most of the world today, big dreamers just get laughed at.
The way to realize a big dream is with confidence and action. When children have confidence and then take action, they will be ready to accept any failure. The truth is that every great dreamer whose dreams have never seen the light of success knows failure well.

A．How Big Dreams Die

B．Family and Friends

C．Sometimes it is right, but more often it is wrong.

D．Does a big dream show one’s future?

E. It is the last and the most terrible barrier.
F. And their big dream is to be a rock star or a famous artist.
G. They simply fail until they succeed.

The Blue Mercury Hotel has a varieties of different hotel rooms for different kinds of people. Book 7 days in advance and you will pay at special rates. The categories are as follows.
A：Ruby No 1: with a balcony. One single bed and a computer , Internet accessible
Max: One person
Price: Regular Rate — $ 490 ( per person / per night) With no special rate all year around
B：Sapphire No 2: With a balcony. Two double beds ( all standard rooms)
Max : Four people
Price : Regular rate — $ 220 ( per person / per night)
　　 Special rate — $ 190 ( per person / per night)
C：Emerald No 1: With a balcony. Two double beds or one king-size bed ( all standard room)
Max: Four people
Price : Regular rate — $290 ( per person / per night)
Special rate — $ 220 ( per person / per night)
D：Ruby No 2: With a balcony. One bed room suite with one king—size bed
Max : two people
Price : Regular rate — $ 580 ( per person / per night)
Special rate — $400 ( per person / per night)
E:Emerald No 3: With a balcony. Two –bed room suite on the top floor of the oceanarium with two king-size beds
Max: Four people
Price: Regular rate — $900 ( per person / per night)
Special Rate — $760 ( per person / per night)
F:Sapphire No 1: With no balcony . Two double beds ( smaller space)
Max : Two people
Price : Regular Rate — $120 ( per person / per night)
Special Rate — 90 ( per person / per night)
请阅读以下游客的信息，然后匹配游客和他/她在 The Mercury Hotel 居住的房间：
Jane and Jessica, college students on holiday excursion, book the room of the Blue Mercury Hotel a fortnight ahead of time; plan to live in a room with the minimum pay.
Jim and his newly married bride, arriving tomorrow morning , choose to have a suite with a king-size bed, for which they budget to pay at most $ 1200 for two of them for one night.
Two couples on a trip stop at Blue Mercury Hotel. They like the place so much that they agree to stay in the hotel for two nights. Their budget is between $ 900-700 for each family.
For Dave and his wife, they would rather book a suite where they can enjoy the ocean view, concerned less about the price of the room.
Doctor King is having a conference at the Blue Mercury Hotel. He has to write his research paper. He wants to stay in a hotel room which has the suitable facilities

首先，请阅读以下手机游戏介绍：

A		Angry Poo Game Are you looking for a free game with amazing graphics, 100’s of levels, and completely original? Well then, Angry Poo may not be for you! This is a free game that might make you laugh for a few minutes. Laugh your head off at the hilarious sound effects.
B		Bingo The classic bingo game with balls drawn from a basket, a lightboard showing the balls drawn to date and three cards on which you mark your squares as the numbers are drawn. It may not be the prettiest bingo game you can play, but it is the most functional!
C		Country Guess A simple game where you are given hints about a country’s name and you have to guess what the country is. Test you geography skills. It’s a wonderful game that helps your learning of geography and entertains you at the same time while you’re playing.
D		Crazy Taxi You’re a crazy cabbie racing against the clock! Swerve to avoid other cars…or just jump right over them! You must get to the checkpoint no matter what! It’s designed for the lovers of cars, and it also helps you develop driving skills too!
E		Attack of the Flying Goats In this Adventure Game your mountain town is being attacked by a seemingly endless number of Flying Goats sticking their tongues out and wagging them at everyone! You've been recruited to take on the adventure of holding these creatures back at all costs.
F		Developer Rescue The year is 2020. Apple Inc has finally decided to kidnapping the lead jailbreak developers they have hated for so many years. Upon learning of Apple’s plans you decide to rescue the developers before Apple can succeed in kidnapping them.

请阅读以下人员信息，然后匹配人员与相关游戏：
Frank wishes to get a game for his new Apple phone. He loves to play those kinds of games in which his role is a pilot, a brave soldiers or a tough man of other kinds who fight to rescue people in trouble.
Charlie wants to download a game with different levels of difficulty for his mobile phone. He wants it for free and hopes that it will bring him lots of laughter. Of course, he wishes it would have wonderful visual and sound effect.
Eddie is a young man with sporting blood. He likes to do things that can bring him challenges and adventures. So when it comes to mobile phones games, he definitely wants to get one adventure games for his phone.
For Brad Green, no games can attract him more than those related to cars. Now he would love to download a car racing games for his new phone. And of course, he wishes to get one that can help to improve his driving skills at the same time.
Tony loves to play games with his new cell phone. It seems that nothing can prevent him from playing those games, his father Mr. Greg has got a new idea instead. He wants to find a game that could help with Tony’s knowledge of geography.

Any car accident is frightening, but an accident in which your vehicle is thrown into the water, with you trapped inside, is absolutely terrifying. However, most deaths result from panic, without a plan or understanding what is happening to the car in the water. By adopting a brace(支撑) position, acting decisively and getting out fast, you can save yourself from a sinking vehicle.
Brace yourself for impact (撞击力). As soon as you're aware that you're going off the road and into a body of water, adopt a brace position. The impact could set off the airbag system in your vehicle, so you should place both hands on the steering wheel in the "ten and two" position.
Undo your seatbelt. Unbuckle the children, starting with the oldest first. Forget the cell phone call. Your car isn't going to wait for you to make the call.
Leave the door alone at this stage and concentrate on the window. A car's electrical system should work for up to three minutes in water, so try the method of opening it electronically first. Many people don't think about the window as an escape option either because of panic or misinformation about doors and sinking.
Break the window. If you aren't able to open the window, or it only opens halfway, you'll need to break it with an object or your foot. It may feel counter-intuitive (有悖常理的) to let water into the car.
Escape when the car has equalized. If it has reached the dramatic stage where the car cabin has been filled with water and it has become balanced, you must move quickly and effectively to ensure your survival. While there is still air in the car, take slow, deep breaths and focus on what you're doing.

A．Open the window as soon as you hit the water.

B．Surviving a sinking car is not as difficult as you think.

C．It takes 60 to 120 seconds for a car to fill up with water usually.

D．Such accidents are particularly dangerous to the risk of drowning.

E.In conclusion, if you know what to do in the water, you will be safe.
F.This is the first thing to attend to, yet it often gets forgotten in the panic.
G.But the sooner the window is open, the sooner you can escape directly through it.