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A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a ¥100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students, “Who would like this ¥100 bill?” The students began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said, “I am going to give this ¥100 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He then made the bill into a ball. Then he said, “Who wants it now?” The hands went back into the air.
“Well,” he said, “What if I do this?” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty, crumpled bill and said, “Who still wants it?” Hands went back into the air.
“My friends,” he said, “you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter (无论) what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value (价值). It was still worth ¥ l00!”
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value: you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn’t come from what you do or whom you know, but WHO YOU ARE.
You are special and valuable. Don’t ever forget it!
Even though it was dirty, the money _______.
A. still went up in value
B. was worth nothing
C. didn’t go down in value
We are always valuable to the people _______.
A. who pay us
B. who love us
C. who hate us
Your value doesn’t come from what you do but _______.
A. who you know
B. who made you
C. who you are
The sentence “Hands went back into the air” means “_______”.
A. the students put up their hands again
B. the students put down their hands
C. the students put their hands behind their backs again
Why did the famous teacher use a ¥100 bill at his lesson?
A. Because he wanted to make the bill into a ball.
B. Because he used to drop a bill on the floor and stepped on it.
C. Because he wanted to make the students know what value was.

John was well known in his village as a mean(吝啬的) man. One day, he said to a poor hungry boy, “I will give you three meals and twenty-five pence if you are willing to do a day’s work for me.” The boy agreed. But in fact, he was more interested in the meals than the money.
“You can have breakfast,” said John, “and then you can start work.” After John gave the boy a very small breakfast, he said, “Now you can have your lunch. This will save us a lot of time.” The boy agreed and had a poor lunch. Then John said, “What about having dinner now?”
When the boy finished his dinner, John looked very pleased and said, “Now you can do a long day’s work.” “Sorry,” said the boy as he stood up to leave John’s house, “I never work after dinner.”
The boy agreed to work for John because he wanted to __________.
A. work hard
B. get food
C. help John
What did the boy get from John at last?
A. Three small meals and no money.
B. Three big meals and twenty-five pence.
C. Threesmall meals and twenty-five pence.
After dinner the boy __________ for John.
A. did all the work
B. did something
C. didn’t work
We know from the passage that John would feel ________ about the boy at last.
A. angry B. glad C. sorry
John let the boy have meals first because he wanted to let the boy ________.
A. go home early
B. thank for his goodness
C. have more working hours

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It was already late when we started for the next town. According to(根据) the map, it was about fifteen miles a______ on the other side of the hill. There we felt sure that we would f_____ a bed for the night. Soon darkness fell after we left the village, b______ unluckily, we met no one as we drove fast along the narrow road which led to the hill. As our car climbed higher, it became c_____ and the rain began to fall, and it was d_____ for us to see the road. We drove very slowly.
After we traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of the town. We were beginning to get worried. Then, the car suddenly s_______. We found that we used up the gas(汽油), so we d______ to spend the night in the car.
After eating some bread, I t_______ to go to sleep at once, but John, a poor sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk up the hill. Soon he found, in the valley below, the lights of the town we were looking for. We at once pushed(推) the car to the t______ of the hill. In l_____ than a quarter of an hour, we were in the town and we found a hotel there easily.

Mary picked up a pencil and a piece of paper, saying, “Now, you want to earn money for the autumn camping trip, right?” Tom, her brother, nodded. He wasn’t able to go last year because he hadn’t earned enough money during the summer. This year he came up with a plan.
He made a necklace(项链) for his mother that everyone admired. They were surprised to learn that Tom had made it for her. Why not make more necklaces and sell them?
“OK,” said Mary, “The first thing you need to do is to work out how much you have now.”
“I have $20. 00 in the bank, and $7.25 in my room,” explained Tom.
“That gives you a total of $27. 25,” said Mary, “That is called your capital（本金）. The next thing you need to know is how much it will cost you to make each necklace.”
“Well, the pet shop will give me all the feathers the birds lose. I’ll have to buy the beads (小珠子)and string,” said Tom.
Mary wrote on the piece of paper:

CAPITAL $27.25
EXPENSES Feathers no cost
String for 10 necklaces $2.50
Beads for 10 necklaces + $15.00

Total $17.50

“How much do you think you can sell such a necklace for?” asked Mary.
“Hmm,” Tom looked thoughtful and said, “There’s a shop in town that sells almost the same kind of necklace for $7.50. If I charge(要价）$6. 00, people will think that’s a bargain.”
“OK. If you sell each necklace for $6, you’ll make a good profit(利润)on each then,” said Mary.
“Hurray!” Tom cried, “If I sell 20 necklaces, I’ll have enough from the profit for the camping trip and $10. 00 left over.”
Which word best describes Mary?

A．hard-working.	B．Generous.
C．Helpful.	D．honest.

The underlined word “bargain” in this story means _____________.

A．something sold cheap

B．something sold expensive

C．something made at home

D．something made by children

How much would Tom have to spend on the camping trip?

A．$47.45.	B．$75.
C．$85.	D．$102.25.

What’s the best title for this story?

A．How to Make Necklaces

B．How to Sell Necklaces

C．How to Make a Plan

D．How to Make Money for a Trip

Dinner customs(习惯)are different around the world. If you are a dinner guest (客人)in Ghana, this information will help you a lot.
In Ghana, dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are no strict rules(严格的规定)about time. Whenever a guest arrives, a family offers food. When you go to a home, the person who receives guests takes you to the living room first. At this time, everyone welcomes you. Then you go to the dining room. There you wash your hands in a bowl of water. All the food is on the table.
In Ghana, you usually eat with your fingers. You eat from the same dish as everyone else. But you eat from one side of the dish only. It is not polite to get food from the other side of the dish. After dinner, you wash your hands again in a bowl of water.
Most meals in Ghana have a dish called fufu. People in Ghana make fufu from the powder(粉末)of some plants. Sometimes they cut the fufu with a saw (锯子) because it is very hard. You must chew(咀嚼)fufu well, or you may get sick. You eat fufu with the fingers of your right hand only.
From the passage we know that in Ghana ______________.

A．the rules for dinner time are not strict

B．dinner is always at six in the evening

C．a family offers food only at four in the afternoon

D．people usually invite their guests to dinner later in the evening

People in Ghana usually eat ______________.

A．from one side of a dish to the other

B．from the other side of the dish

C．with their fingers

D．with their spoons

When you eat fufu, You’d better ______________.

A．cut it with a saw	B．use your right hand only
C．chew it well	D．all of the above