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Frank W. Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York, in 1852. His family was very poor, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided he did not want to be a farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.
Frank realized he had a natural skill for displaying goods to arouse people’s interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends(小商品)for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said: FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.
Soon afterwards, Frank opened his own store, selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly from the factories. Once, for example, Frank went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.
By 1919, Frank had over 1,000 stores in the USA and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always worked hard and ran his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was: "THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT."
Were Frank’s parents rich?
Why did Frank take a short business course?
Where did Frank once place an order for knives?
How many stores did Frank have in the USA and Canada by 1919?
How did Frank make his business successful?

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Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic(大西洋)coast.He put up a notice to want a farmhand.A short man came to see the farmer."Are you a good farmhand?"The farmer asked him. "Well,I can sleep when the wind blows."Answered the little man. Although puzzled(迷惑)by this answer,the farmer agreed that he could work on the farm.The little man worked hard around the farm,busy from morning to evening,and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.

Then one night the wind blew strongly from the sea.Jumping out of bed,the farmer rushed to the farmhand's sleeping room.He shook the little man and shouted,"Get up!A storm is coming!Tie things down before they are blown away!"

The little man turned over in bed and said firmly(坚定地),"No sir.I told you,I can sleep when the wind blows." The farmer got so mad that he wanted to kick the farmhand off at once.Instead,he hurried outside to prepare for the storm.To his surprise,he discovered that everything had been tied down.Nothing could be blown away. The farmer then understood what his farmhand meant,so he returned to his bed to also sleep when the wind blew.

When you've prepared everything well for yourself,you have nothing to fear.Can you sleep when the wind blows during your life?

76.Why did the short man come to see the farmer?   

77.Was the farmer satisfied with the farmhand at first?   

78.What was the farmhand doing when the wind blew one night?   

79.Who tied everything down before the storm?   

80.What can you learn from the farmhand?   

If you live in Shanghai or Bejing,you may see some orange bicycles on streets these days.

These orange bikes are from a company called Mobike.You can order a bike through its app on your phone.When you find the bike,you just scan the QR code(扫二维码)so you can use it.You don't need to return the bike to a station,just park it somewhere.

China was known as"the kingdom of bicycles"around 30years ago. But lately more people choose to drive cars and catch the subway,fewer people choose to ride bicycles.Now,bike rental(租赁)services like Mobike are bringing biking back to people's lives. "In those days,I got the feeling that Chinese people were trying to be modern and push away the past.So they did not want to be linked with bicycles,"said Ines Brunn,a German woman who opened a bike store in Beijing."But now I believe changes in people's tastes will shape new thinking on bikes."

Now,online rental services make biking much more fashionable(时髦的),but it's still not easy to ride bikes in Chinese cities.Cars usually take up bicycle lanes(车道).Bikers have to ride next to cars in car lanes, which can be very dangerous. This is why Beijing will build over 3,200km of new bike lanes.Drivers who park on bike lanes will be punished.Traffic signs will be put on roads to better protect bikers.

46.You can   first when you find the bike that you have ordered.

A.

phone the company

B.

ask the manager for it

C.

use it right away

D.

scan the QR code

47.After you use the bike,you can   

A.

park it somewhere

B.

return it to a station

C.

ride it home

D.

send it to the company

48.The underlined word "linked"means   

A.

compared

B.

connected

C.

covered

D.

filled

49.Because of   ,biking has become more fashionable now.

A.

the color of the bikes

B.

the opening of bike stores

C.

online rental services

D.

changes in people's tastes

50.The last paragraph(段落)of the passage tells us   

A.

it's easy to ride bikes in Chinese cities

B.

it's dangerous to park a car in car lanes

C.

bikers will be punished on bike lanes

D.

something will be done to protect bikers

In the past time,many classmates often couldn't bring good box meal to school,so did my deskmate(同桌).His meal was always the black fermented soybean(豆酱)while mine was often beef and chicken, quite different from his.Every time my deskmate would first pick up the hair from his box meal and eat his meal as if nothing had happened.This uncomfortable thing continued all long.

"His mother is so lousy(讨厌的)that even her hair drops in the meal."My classmates talked about it secretly.I felt that was too dirty. So my impression(印象)on him began to decline(下降)greatly from then on. One day after school,he invited me to visit his home.Though I wanted to refuse him,I didn't do that because it was his first invitation since we were in the same class.

"Mom,I bring my friend home."Hearing this,his aged mother opened the door and said,"My son's friend comes,let me have a look." But his mother,who had just walked out of the door,was only touching the door with her hands.I saw that she was blind.I felt so sad without a word.

Although my deskmate's meal was as usual the fermented soybean, it was his blind mother who carefully prepared for him.It was not only a lunch,but also a mother's love,and even the hair mixed in the meal was the mother's love.

41.My deskmate would first pick up   from his box meal before he ate it.

A.

beef

B.

soybean

C.

hair

D.

chicken

42.My impression on my deskmate began to decline because I thought   

A.

his mother was lousy

B.

he dropped something in his meal

C.

his hair was too dirty

D.

he talked about others secretly

43.I didn't turn down my deskmate's invitation because   

A.

we were in the same class

B.

he invited me for the first time

C.

his mother wanted to meet me

D.

I wanted to have dinner with him

44.In fact,my deskmate's mother couldn't   anything.

A.

see

B.

write

C.

hear

D.

say

45.   is the best title(标题)of the passage.

A.

The Lousy Desknate

B.

The Aged Mother

C.

The Dirty Mother

D.

The Hair in the Mel

Didi lets people in about 400Chinese cities use an app(应用程序)on their phones to order a car ride.It also has a car﹣pooling(拼车)service,and it allows people to share a car at a lower price.Didi helps protect the environment because fewer people are driving cars.

A smart home needs a smart toilet.The smart toilet doesn't need an app,the Internet or Bluetooth.But it has a smart home toilet sensor(传感器).So when you come close,it will change the height of the seat automatically(自动 地).The smart toilet also helps make the air fresh,so the restroom hardly smells bad.

The smart frying pan(煎锅)can make cooking easy.It has a temperature sensor inside.The sensor can talk to an app on your phone through Bluetooth. When you start cooking,you can tell the app what you are making.The app will tell you how to cook it.If you turn on the "autopilot(自动操作)"of it,the app will control the temperature by itself.If you lose your keys,don't be nervous.This smart lock lets you open the door with your phone in a few seconds.You'll need an app to get an account (账号) You can name your locks through this account.Then you can control your locks through the app.The account will tell you when a lock is locked or unlocked.

36.Didi helps protect the environment because   

A.

it has a good service

B.

it is used in 400Chinese cities.

C.

people can order a car ride

D.

fewer people are driving cars

37.A smart toilet needs to   

A.

use the Internet

B.

get an account

C.

have a sensor

D.

name a lock

38.The temperature sensor in the smart frying pan can   

A.

tell you how to cook

B.

tell the app what you're making

C.

turn on the autopilot

D.

talk to an app on your phone

39.You can control your locks through the   

A.

app

B.

seat

C.

door

D.

air

40.We may read the passage in a   

A.

story book

B.

science newspaper

C.

guide book

D.

geography magazine

One day a farmer bought four donkeys(驴)in the market in the village.He got on one of them and began to ride home.As he was going along,he noticed that there were only three donkeys walking in front of him."I wonder what happened,"he said to himself."I bought and pai for four donkeys,but now it seems that I have only three."He was forgetting,of course,to count the donkey he was riding.

When he got home,his wife met him in front of their house,"I see that you bought fine donkeys,"she said."Did you buy them at a good price?" "Yes,I did,"he said."But something drives me crazy.I bought four donkeys at the market this morning.And I am sure that I had all four with me when I left the market.But now it seems that I have only three.See?One,two,three."He still didn't remember that he rode one of the donkeys in the village and was siting on the back at that very moment.

At first his wife stared at(盯着)him,waiting for him to smile,for she thought he was joking.Then when she noticed that he was not,she turned away and laughed."How funny,"she said."You only see three,but I see five."

31.The farmer   the donkeys in the village market.

A.

found

B.

rode

C.

bought

D.

counted

32.The farmer's wife met him   

A.

on the street

B.

before their house

C.

in the market

D.

in the room

33.The farmer could only see three donkeys because he   

A.

left a donkey in the market

B.

just bought three donkeys in the market

C.

lost a donkey on the way home

D.

forgot to count the donkey he was riding

34.At first the farmer's wife thought he was   

A.

humorous

B.

lazy

C.

serious

D.

stupid

35.According o the last sentence of the passage,we can infer(推断)   

A.

A the farmer bought five donkeys

B.

the farmer played a joke on his wife

C.

the farmer's wife laughed at him

D.

the farmer's wife saw five donkeys

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