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A book is 40 yuan at Xinhua Bookstore. How much should you pay if you show this ticket to buy it?

A．40 yuan.

B．44 yuan.

C．36 yuan.

D．28 yuan.

What can Tom get for free after he has spent 7 yuan at Mike’s Cafe?

A．A soft drink.	B．The best hamburgers.
C．The best snacks.	D．A delicious meal.

How long can you park your car for free at most after spending 118 yuan in RT-Mart?

A．1 hour.

B．5 hours.

C．6 hours.

D．7 hours.

Computer programmer David Jones earned $ 150,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a check card . Instead, he has been told to wait another two years until he is 18.
He works for a small firm in Liverpool, where most young people of his age are finding jobs. David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Though he has high payment, he cannot drive a car, or get credit cards.
David got his job four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-Levels(普通成绩) and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said. “I suppose $150,000 sounds a lot but I hope it will come to more than that this year.” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother $20 a week as he lives with his parents. But most of his spare time is spent working. “Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “ But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway. I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.
why is David so different from other young people of his age?

A．He has got a job.

B．He lives at home with his parents

C．He does not get out much.

D．He earns a high payment

David’s greatest problem is that _____.

A．he can’t be treated as an adult (grown-up) by the bank

B．he can’t make as many games as he wishes

C．he doesn’t know what to buy with the money

D．he is too young to drive a car

He was employed by the company because _____

A．he had worked in a computer shop

B．he had written some computer programs

C．he is clever and works hard at his lessons

D．he had learnt computer from books and magazines

He left school after taking six O-Levels because ____.

A．he was afraid of getting too old to start computing

B．he didn’t enjoy school

C．he wanted to work with computers

D．he wanted to earn a lot of money.

Why does David think he might retire early?

A．He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.

B．He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.

C．One has to be young to write computer programs

D．He thinks his firm might close down.

Fish have ears. Really. They're quite small and have no opening to the outside world carrying sound through the body. For the past seven years, Simon Thorrold, a university professor, has been examining fish ears, small round ear bones called otoliths.
As fish grow, so do their otoliths. Each day, their otoliths gain a ring of calcium carbonate(碳酸钙).By looking through a microscope and counting these rings, Thorrold can determine the exact age of a young fish. As a fish gets older, its otoliths no longer get daily rings. Instead, they get yearly rings, which can also be counted, giving information about the fish's age, just like the growth rings of a tree.
Ring counting is nothing new to fish scientists. But Thorrold has turned to a new direction. They're examining the chemical elements of each otolith ring.
The daily ring gives us the time, but chemistry tells us about the environment in which the fish swam on any given day. These elements tell us about the chemistry of the water that the fish was in. It also says something about water temperature, which determines how much of these elements will gather within each otolith ring.
Thorrold can tell, for example, if a fish spent time in the open ocean before entering the less salty water of coastal areas. He can basically tell where fish are spending their time at any given stage of history.
In the case of the Atlantic croaker, a popular saltwater food fish, Thorrold and his assistant have successfully followed the travelling of young fish from mid-ocean to the coast, a journey of many hundreds of miles.
This is important to managers in the fish industry, who know nearly nothing about the whereabouts of the young fish for most food fish in the ocean. Eager to learn about his technology, fish scientists are now lending Thorrold their ears.
What can we learn about fish ears from the text?

A．They are small soft rings.

B．They are openings only on food fish.

C．They are not seen from the outside.

D．They are not used to receive sound.

Why does the writer compare the fish to trees?

A．Trees gain a growth ring each day.

B．Trees also have otoliths.

C．Their growth rings are very small.

D．They both have growth rings.

The Atlantic croaker is ___________.

A．a fish research	B．a fishing company
C．an ocean area	D．a fish

Why is it important to study the chemistry of otolith rings?

A．The elements of the otoliths can tell the history of the sea.

B．Chemical contents of otoliths can tell how fast fish can swim.

C．We can know more about fish and their living environment.

D．Scientists can know exactly how old a fish is.

How would you understand “fish scientists are now lending Thorrold their ears”?

A．They are very interested in Thorrold's research findings.

B．They want to know where they can find fish.

C．They lend their fish for chemical studies.

D．They wonder if Thorrold can find growth rings from their ears.

“One of my actors is sick! He has just one line and you’re the only one who fits his clothes!” One afternoon, the school drama director suddenly shouted to me. She seemed so nervous and worried that I felt sorry for her and said, “Ok”.
“You will be fine. It's easy!” She said. But it wasn’t easy at all. On the stage, four other actors and actresses spoke their lines, and I opened my mouth. Nothing came out. I couldn’t even breathe. I just wanted to leave. The next thing I knew, I was running off the stage.
As I was running off the stage, I accidentally knocked over a glass of grape juice that was on a table. The purple juice hit the girl next to me --- Andrea, the leading actress of the drama. She gave me a nasty look. I thought she was going to kill me!
But then, Andrea quickly said, “Darling, you’re so silly! Let's toast(干杯) to my darling’s silliness! Cheers!” She grabbed another glass of grape juice and drank it. The other actor quickly followed Andrea’s lead and saved the scene. The audience thought my mistake was part of the play!
I apologized to everyone after the play. To my surprise, they were not angry with me. They told me, “It’s all a part of being on stage.” I could be wrong, but I think I liked being on stage. I think I will try again.
Which of the following was a problem in the story?

A．Andrea was the leading actress of the drama.

B．Andrea drank the grape juice.

C．The writer had only one line.

D．The writer forgot his line.

There were ___________ actors and actresses on the stage.

A．three

B．four

C．five

D．six

From the passage, we know that Andrea was a ________ leading actress.

A．silly	B．pretty
C．quick-minded	D．warm-hearted

Which of the following is NOT true?

A．The writer made Andrea’s dress dirty.

B．The audience knew something was wrong.

C．The school drama director asked the writer to play a role.

D．The writer said sorry to the drama club.

The writer will most probably _________ in the future.

A．join the drama club

B．dislike Andrea

C．stay away from the stage

D． help Andrea wash her clothes.

That cold January night, it seemed I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. With opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.
As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away any possible robbers(抢劫犯). Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck(垃圾车) pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eyes. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.
How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work?

A．Cold and sick

B．Lucky and hopeful

C．Satisfied and cheerful

D．Disappointed and helpless

From the first paragraph (段落), we learn that the writer was busy_____.

A．solving her problem at the bank

B．taking part in various city jobs

C．learning acting in an evening school

D．preparing for the first night show

On her way home the writer_____

A．lost her wallet unknowingly

B．was stopped by a garbage truck driver

C．was robbed of her wallet by a man with a knife

D．found some homeless people following her

In the fifth paragraph, why did the writer say she was dreaming?

A．Someone offered to take her back home

B．A red-haired man came to see her.

C．She heard someone call her name

D．Her wallet was found in a garbage truck

From the text, we can infer that the writer_____

A．would stop working at night

B．would stay on in San Francisco

C．would make friends with cleaners.

D．would give up her job at the bank

A．fast food	B．history of fast food
C．fast food in Italy	D．fast food restaurants