Mr Brown saw a sweater in a shop window. It was very cheap, so he bought it. When he got home, he put it on. It was all right and he was pleased with it.

In the afternoon, he went to work in his garden. It soon began to rain and Mr Brown had to run into the house. He ran quickly, but he still got wet. Then his sweater started to shrink(收縮)! It got smaller and smaller. Mr Brown tried to take it off, but he couldn’t.

In the end, with the help of his wife, he got out of the sweater. Mrs Brown laughed, “You see, you bought a cheap thing, but…”

1.Mr Brown saw a nice _________ in a shop window. And he bought it.

A. jacket           B. coat         C. sweater          D. shirt

2. When he _________, he put it on.

A. got to the office   B. got home         C. went to work   D. went to the shop

3. It soon began to_________ while he was working in the garden.

A. rain                 B. snow         C. cloud            D. shine

4.Mr Brown got wet and he tried to _________ the sweater.

A. take away        B. take off     C. put up           D. put on

5. From the story, we know Mr Brown bought _________.

A. a good sweater                       B. an expensive sweater 

C. a comfortable sweater                D. a cheap but not good sweater

 

Sarah Winchester lived in California. She was a very  1 woman. She didn’t buy many jewels(珠寶)or  2 clothes.   3 , she spent millions in  4 a house. She began to do it at the age of 45. The strange thing about Sarah’s  5 was that it seemed never finished. The work on the house went on for 38  6 because Sarah was afraid to  7 building it.

Sarah’s house was near San Jose. Every day, a lot of  8 arrived there to work for her. Sarah wanted more rooms and more doors and more windows,   9 the workers kept on building them. The house was seven floors high and had 160 rooms. There were 200 doors and 1,000  10 . There were also three lifts, nine kitchens, and 47 fireplaces.

Why did Sarah want a house that kept getting  11 ? It was because Sarah was afraid of  12 . She thought she would die when the house was finished, so she didn’t want her house to be finished.

Sarah Winchester’s  13 seemed to have worked  14 she lived to be 83 years old. But   15 , her house was finished.

1.                A．poor           B．rich            C．useful    D．brave

 

2.                A．cheap          B．expensive       C．simple    D．old

 

3.                A．Still            B．Usually         C．Instead   D．Even

 

4.                A．building        B．buying          C．selling    D．setting

 

5.                A．door           B．window         C．kitchen   D．house

 

6.                A．years          B．months         C．weeks    D．days

 

7.                A．keep           B．enjoy          C．stop D．help

 

8.                A．drivers         B．workers        C．farmers   D．visitors

 

9.                A．but            B．until           C．since D．so

 

10.               A．floors          B．kitchens        C．windows   D．rooms

 

11.               A．bigger          B．smaller         C．stronger   D．cleaner

 

12.               A．working        B．dying          C．living D．growing

 

13.               A．a(chǎn)ge            B．family          C．plan  D．husband

 

14.               A．or             B．because        C．neither    D．nor

 

15.               A．hardly          B．usefully        C．carefully   D．finally

 

 

Many objects that people use each day started with a simple idea. These objects have often changed the way we  46 . Some help us to do a job more   47 . Others fill a need or solve a problem.

In 1858, Lipman had such an  48 . He took out a pencil, a piece of paper,   49 an eraser. Then he began to write. Sometimes he needed to  50  a word. Each time he had to search under his books and papers to   51  the eraser. “ I wish my eraser would stay in one 52 !” he said.

Then Lipman had his simple idea. He   53  a groove(凹槽) in one end of the pencil. He glued(粘牢) the eraser into the groove. Lipman had solved his problem. Later he thought that others might like to have such a pencil. So he sold his  54 .Some pencils with erasers were 55 . His design earned $ 100000.

1.	A．study B．live C．sleep D．walk

 

2.	A．easily B．correctly C．carefully D．normally

 

3.	A．a(chǎn)rticle B．a(chǎn)im C．idea D．a(chǎn)ction

 

4.	A．so B．a(chǎn)nd C．but D．a(chǎn)s

 

5.	A．spell B．read C．write D．change

 

6.	A．look B．see C．watch D．find

 

7.	A．place B．desk C．book D．hand

 

8.	A．marked B．prepared C．cut D．invented

 

9.	A．books B．pencil C．design D．eraser

 

10.	A．wonderful B．expensive C．colourful D．common

 

Recently,CCTV reporter have asked a simple question, “Are you happy?”
The question has caught many interviewees off guard. Even Mo Yan, who recently won a Nobel Prize, answered by saying “I don’t know.”
We should ask “What exactly is happiness? And how do you measure(測量) it？”. Last year, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao told the nation, “Everything we do is aimed at letting people live more happily.” At last year’s National People’s Congress(全國人民代表大會)， officials agreed that increasing happiness would be a top target(目標(biāo)) for the 12^th five-year plan.
Many argue that happiness is elusive. It also means different things to different people. For some, happiness can be as simple as having enough money to buy a new bicycle; for others, it’s about socializing(社交活動) or finding the perfect spouse(配偶).
Chen Shangyuan, 21, a college student, said his idea of happiness always evolves(進化). “At present it relates to how productive I am in a day”, he said. “It might be linked to(聯(lián)系) job security (安全) or leisure(休閑) time after I graduate.”
【小題1】What did Mo Yan say when he was asked the question “Are you happy?”

A．Yes, I am very happy.	B．No, I am not happy.
C．It depends on the weather.	D．I don’t know

【小題2】What’s the top target for the 12^th five-year plan?

A．Economic

B．Peace

C．Culture

D．Increasing happiness

【小題3】What does “elusive” mean in the passage?

A．難以理解

B．難能可貴

C．難以實現(xiàn)

D．難以忘記

【小題4】What does Chen Shangyuan think happiness might be linked to when he works?
A big house.    B. An expensive car.    C. Money       D. Job security or leisure time.
【小題5】Form this passage, we can know that_________.

A．happiness can be measured

B．to be happy is very

C．different people have different ideas about happiness

D．If we have a lot of money we will feel happy

Recently,CCTV reporter have asked a simple question, “Are you happy?”

The question has caught many interviewees off guard. Even Mo Yan, who recently won a Nobel Prize, answered by saying “I don’t know.”

We should ask “What exactly is happiness? And how do you measure(測量) it？”. Last year, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao told the nation, “Everything we do is aimed at letting people live more happily.” At last year’s National People’s Congress(全國人民代表大會)， officials agreed that increasing happiness would be a top target(目標(biāo)) for the 12^th five-year plan.

Many argue that happiness is elusive. It also means different things to different people. For some, happiness can be as simple as having enough money to buy a new bicycle; for others, it’s about socializing(社交活動) or finding the perfect spouse(配偶).

Chen Shangyuan, 21, a college student, said his idea of happiness always evolves(進化). “At present it relates to how productive I am in a day”, he said. “It might be linked to(聯(lián)系) job security (安全) or leisure(休閑) time after I graduate.”

1.What did Mo Yan say when he was asked the question “Are you happy?”

A．Yes, I am very happy.                     B．No, I am not happy.

C．It depends on the weather.                D．I don’t know

2.What’s the top target for the 12^th five-year plan?

A．Economic         B．Peace            C．Culture           D．Increasing happiness

3.What does “elusive” mean in the passage?

A．難以理解         B．難能可貴          C．難以實現(xiàn)         D．難以忘記

4.What does Chen Shangyuan think happiness might be linked to when he works?

A big house.    B. An expensive car.    C. Money       D. Job security or leisure time.

5.Form this passage, we can know that_________.

A．happiness can be measured

B．to be happy is very

C．different people have different ideas about happiness

D．If we have a lot of money we will feel happy