"Miss Smith! What rough （ 粗糙的） hands Mary Jessup has! "said Daisy Marvin， as she walked home from school with her teacher．
"In my opinion， Daisy， Mary's hands are the prettiest in our class．'
"Why？ Miss Smith， they are as red and hard as they can be． How they would look if she tried to play on a piano! "Daisy said．
Miss Smith took Daisy's hands in hers， and said， "Your hands are very soft and white， just the hands to look beautiful on a piano： yet they don't have one beauty that Mary's hands do．Shall tell you what the difference is？"
"Yes， please， Miss Smith．" Daisy looked at Miss Smith， with eyes wide open．
"Well， Daisy， Mary's hands are very busy． They wash dishes； they make fires； they hang out clothes， and help to wash them， too： they are always trying to help her poor， hard﹣working mother．"
Miss Smith continued， "Besides， they wash and dress the children； they mend their toys and dress their dolls； yet， they find time to bathe the head of the little girl who is so sick in the next house to theirs．"
"They do good deeds （行为） to every living thing． I have seen them patting the tired horse and the homeless dog in the street． They are always ready to help those who need help．"
"I shall never think Mary's hands are ugly any more， Miss Smith．" Daisy said that with tears in eyes．
"I am glad to hear you say that， Daisy； and I must tell you that they are beautiful because they help others gladly and cheerfully．"
"Oh， Miss Smith! I feel so ashamed of myself and so sorry， "said Daisy， looking into her teacher's face with shining eyes．
"My dear， beauty doesn't lie in how one looks but what he does．"
（1）What did Daisy think of Mary's hand at first？
| A． |
Warm |
| B． |
Ugly |
| C． |
Dirty |
| D． |
Soft |
（2）What is beauty in Miss Smith's opinion？
| A． |
Being patient． |
| B． |
Being good﹣looking． |
| C． |
Being helpful． |
| D． |
Being hard﹣working． |
（3）What can we infer （推断） from the passage？
| A． |
Mary's mother was lazy． |
| B． |
Mary lived a comfortable life． |
| C． |
Miss Smith disliked Daisy． |
| D． |
Daisy understood beauty better． |
（4）What is the best title for the passage？
| A． |
Busy Days |
| B． |
Cheerful Tears |
| C． |
Shining Eyes |
| D． |
Beautiful Hands |
Speaker 1：I went straight into work after leaving school at the age of eighteen．I got a job in a big business．But I think it was a mistake as there weren't any chances for me．I think graduates（毕业生） （51） （usual） get more interesting jobs，so I decided to go to university to have a better future．Studying for a degree was one of the best （52） （experience） of my life．I loved my subject，and now I'm looking for a new job﹣better paid and more interesting than my last one．
Speaker 2：I （53） （leave） school at sixteen and started working in a market．Now I've just opened my first shop．Some of my friends （54） went on to university can't find work．They had （55） good time at college for a few years，but I really don't know （56） they still stayed in college．
Working for（57） （you） is the best education．
Speaker 3：I got quite a shock when I got my first job after graduation from university．My boss had been in the same class （58） me at school! She went straight into work at eighteen and now she's making more money than me! Actually，she （59） （want） to go to university now．And I think that's probably a much（60） （good） way to do it．I think you'll get more from university if you spend some time working first．
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Since computers were invented in the USA in the 1950s，they have（76） very important in many areas of work and leisure．There is no doubt that computers are very（77） in the technology and business．In space，computers have been used to control the speed and direction of a spaceship．（78） the help of computers，doctors can find diseases easily and solve other problems．For example，tiny computer which are inside patients's bodies can keep（79） hearts beating normally．In factories，robots are（80） by computers that are like human brains．They can do work（81） is dangerous to humans．In business，computers are used to place and cancel orders．They are also making the workplace（82） and better．
Since the Internet came into being，people's（83） at home have been changed，too．More and more people have（84） computers that are used to play games and watch movies．Thanks to the Internet，people can do shopping and do business at home．Instead of writing letters on paper，people communicate by（85） e﹣mails and chatting online．The whole world is connected．The Internet is making the world smaller，like a village．
People choose colors they buy things．Because of this，factories want to know which people usually choose．For example．a car factory needs to know how many red cars or green ones they should make．Good businessmen know that young people's colors are different from old people's，and that men's are different from women's．
Children are most interested in colors when they buy things，They like warm colors﹣red，yellow and orange，Blue is the color loved by most people best．Red is the second and green the third．Women like brighter colors than men do．Almost everyone likes red，but women like yellow and green better than men do．
If two things are the same except in color，they will look different．A red thing always looks nearer than a blue one．Also，bright things look larger than dark ones．That's why large or fat people who want to look smaller or thinner wear dark clothes．
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People do care which colors（66） when they are buying things |
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Children |
They are most（67） in warm colors |
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Most people |
They（68） blue to red and green |
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Women |
They like（69） colors than men do |
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Large or fat people |
A large or fat person usually wears（70） clothes because he or she wants to look smaller or thinner |
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they，true，all over，though，as，instead of，eye，use，change，age，both |
Thanks to the development of technology in the past few years，people now can read news on the Internet quickly．（58） holding a newspaper to read，some people prefer to get worldwide news on mobile phones，computers and so on．So，does it mean it is the （59） of information technology and newspapers will be replaced（取代）in the future？
On the one hand，many people believe that newspapers will be replaced．Online
news（60） in a minute but newspapers can't．So，by taking advantage of technology，people can connect（61） with the world in minutes．What's more，many people prefer to read electronic news（62） they think it is not only fast but also cost little．Besides，using paper means cutting trees．Reading online news can（63） protect trees and save paper．
On the other hand，some people byue'duelieve that newspapers will still exist（存在） in the future．Firstly，not everyone likes to read online news since some of them think it is bad for （64） ．Secondly，the development of high technology is not spread（65） the world．The online services will only be（66） in developed countries，but not in some other developing or poor countries．So，people there may still read newspapers．
In short，although it is （67） that electronic news has developed quickly in
the past years，newspapers still play a certain role in our modern life．
19﹣year﹣old Jose Nuitez Romaniz stopped by a Wel's Fargo ATM（ 自动取款机 ） for some money to cover the cost of socks for his grandpa．He looked down and a plastic bag filled with money．He said，"When I（1） it． I didn't know what to do． I was like dreaming "But dream or not， he knew it wasn't his（2） to keep．
It was a Sunday， so he couldn't walk the bag into the（3） ． He called police to（4） the money． Very soon， the（5） came ， took the bag and thanked Jose When they got back to the police station， they（6） the money and it totaled ＄135，000．
The police were already amazed at Jose's being（7） in the first place， but when they realized just how much money he had （8） ， they were very surprised． A police officer said ， "This money could have made a big difference in his life if he didn't report， but he（9） to do the right thing．"
The mayor（市长）and local business people were so （10） that they gifted him with some．