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 an 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 |
A woman is at the cinema, and she is enjoying the film very much, but there is a man in the next seat(座位), and he begins looking at the floor under her. The woman is angry and asks, “What are you doing there?” What are you looking for?
“A piece of chocolate”, the man says to her, “I drop (掉落) it on the floor.”
“A piece of chocolate?” the woman says angrily, “It is dirty now.” Take this and be quiet, please. I am listening to the film.” She gives the man a big piece of chocolate. But the man says, “One of my teeth is in the chocolate!”The man and the woman are____________.
| A．They are in a school | B．They are at a supermarket |
| C．They are in a shop | D．They are at the cinema |
The man sits ___________the woman.
| A．next to | B．in front of | C．behind | D．on the left of |
The underlined word “angry” means(意思)_________
| A．not sad | B．not bright | C．not happy | D．not interesting |
The man wants to find the piece of chocolate because _______
| A．the piece of chocolate is very expensive（贵） |
| B．one of his teeth is in the chocolate |
| C．he likes chocolate very much |
| D．he wants to make the cinema clean |
The woman gives the man a piece of chocolate because________.
| A．she is friendly to him |
| B．she wants to enjoys the film better |
| C．the piece of chocolate is the man’s |
| D．she likes the man |
| Bob |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Get up |
6:50a.m. |
6:50a.m. |
6:50a.m. |
6:50a.m. |
6:50a.m. |
| Have lessons |
8:00—11:30 |
8:00—11:30 |
8:00—11:30 |
8:00—11:30 |
8:00—11:30 |
| Have lunch at school |
Dumplings (饺子) |
Rice (米饭) |
Noodles (面条) |
Rice (米饭) |
Noodles (面条) |
| After-school activities |
Basketball |
Badminton |
Table tennis |
Football |
Badminton |
| In the evening |
Do homework |
Do homework |
Do homework |
Do homework |
Watch TV |
| Go to bed |
9:40p.m. |
9:40p.m. |
9:40p.m. |
9:40p.m. |
10:15p.m. |
.Bob’s classes last(持续)____________ in the morning.
| A．three and a half hours | B．four hours | C．three hours | D．two hours |
He has rice for lunch __________ a week at school.
| A．only once | B．twice | C．three times | D．four times |
He plays ________ twice a week after school.
| A．basketball | B．football | C．badminton | D．table tennis |
From Monday to Friday, he usually _________ in the evening.
| A．does homework | B．watches TV | C．does sports | D．reads books |
He goes to bed at _________on Friday.
| A．6:50a.m. | B．8:00p.m. | C．9:40 p.m. | D．10:15 p.m. |
任务型阅读，根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
The English language is changing all the time. New words are created, like DIY, SDA and e-mail. How do words come into English? Many words are borrowed from other languages. From Chinese, for example, English has borrowed words like kowtow and kung fu.
Words have also come into English in unusual ways. Words like classroom and mooncake are two short words which are put together. Also, parts of two words are put together and become a new word. For example, smog comes from smoke and fog. Some words come from longer words, like TV from television, and math from mathematics. Don’t you think all these make English an interesting language?
根据短文内容，完成下列问题。Is the English language changing all the time?
Are many English words borrowed from other languages?
Which language does the English word kung fu come from?
What does somg come from?
What is short form television?
The world is not hungry，but it’s thirsty. 1while we say we are short of water.Why？Because about 97% of water on the earth is sea water which we can‘t drink or use for watering plants directly.Man can only drink and use the 3% of water that comes from rivers and lakes. 2，because some of it has been polluted.
Now more water is needed.The problem is how we can avoid a serious water shortage in the future. 3 Scientists are making study in this field.Today，In most large cities water is used only once and then runs to the sea or rivers.but it can be used again.Even if every large city reused its water，the water will still not be enough.4 .
The sea seems to give us the best answer.There is a lot of water in the sea.All that needs to be get the salt out of the sea water.This will be expensive，but it has already been used in many parts of the world. 6So you see，if we can find out a way，we’ll be in no danger of drying up.
从方框中所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，补全短文。其中有一项为多余选项。
| A．Scientists are trying to find a cheaper way of doing it. |
| B．It seems strange that nearly 3/4 of the earth is covered with water. |
| C．What could people do next? |
| D．We should use all the water directly. |
E. First, we should find out ways to reuse it.
F. And we can’t even use all of that.
In most parts of the world, many students help their school make less pollution. They join in “environment(环境) clubs”. In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean. Here are the things students often do.
Turn off the water! Do you know that some toilets can waste(浪费) twenty to forty tons of water an hour? In a year, that would fill a small river! In environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets.
No-car day. On a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car—not the students and not the teachers! Cars give pollution to our air, so remember: Walk, jump, bike or run. Use your legs! It’s lots of fun!
No-garbage(垃圾) lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school! We love our environment. Let’s work together to make it clean! After mending the broken toilets, they save _______.
| A．a small river | B．a lot of water | C．a toilet | D．a year |
On a no-car day, ________will take a car to school.
| A．only students |
| B．only teachers |
| C．both students and teachers |
| D．neither students nor teachers |
Environment clubs ask students _______
| A．to run to school every day | B．to play sports every day |
| C．not to throw away lunch bags | D．not to forget to take cars |
From this passage we know the students usually have lunch _______ .
| A．at school | B．in clubs | C．at home | D．in shops |
The writer wrote the passage to tell students to _______.
| A．join in clubs | B．help teachers |
| C．make less pollution | D．clean schools |