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① garage n. 汽车修理站 ② accident n. 事故 ③ slippery adj. 滑 ④ injured adj. 受伤 Passage 4

One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. Suddenly his old axe fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairycame out and asked the man what was the matter. \have lost my axe,\said.\fell into the water when I was cutting the wood.\ The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked,\ \

The fairy then showed him a silveraxe and asked again,\this yours?\answered the man.

Then she showed him the old axe.

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\know that well enough,\the fairy.\only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth, and now I'll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one.\ (147w)

1. One day when the man was cutting something, ________. A. he fell into the water B. his axe dropped into the river C. his axe fell into a lake D. he saw a beautiful fairy

2. The man was sad because _________. A. he was poor and had no other axes B. he could not go on working C. he liked his axe very much D. his axe was a gold axe

3. The fairy gave him a gold axe and a silver axe but he didn't take them, because he ______.

A. did not like them

B. did not know they were made of gold and silver C. was very rich

D. knew these axes were not his

4. At the end of the story the man had ________. A. only one axe B. two axes C. three axes D. many axes

5. The fairy helped the man because he was ________ man. A. an old B. a young C. a poor D. an honest. 词汇扩展

① fairy n. 仙女 ② silver adj. 银制的 Passage 5

An Englishman, a Frenchman and a Russian were discussing happiness. \said the Englishman, \tired after work, yet find your slippers(拖鞋) warming by the fire.\

\on a business trip, find a pretty girl who entertainsyou -then afterwards you partwithout regrets.\

\are both wrong,\said the Russian. \happiness is when you are at home in bed and at 4 a.m., you hear a hammering at the door and outside stand the secret police, who say to you, 'Ivan Ivanovitch, you are under arrest', and you say, 'Sorry, Ivanovitch lives next door.'\ ( 118w)

1. The Englishman's happiness suggests that _______. A. he should have no time to warm his slippers B. he enjoys the warmth of the family

C. he thinks it the most important to have slippers D. he wants someone to warm his slippers 2. What the Frenchman said means that _______.

A. a man can be free to play with any pretty girl when possible B. he wants to marry a girl he loves

C. he is interested in going on a business trip D. the Englishman should have more romance 3. The Russian thought that ________.

A. both the Englishman and the Frenchman were not right B. neither the Englishman nor the Frenchman were right C. neither the Englishman nor Frenchman were wrong D. either the Englishman or the Frenchman were wrong

4. The meaning of the Russian's words is that _______. A. he would like to have a good sleep at night B. he will feel happy if his neighbour is arrested C. he thinks it happiness to feel safe

D. he will feel afraid if anyone knocks at his door at night 5. The best title for this story is \ A. The Difference in Happiness B. How to Get Happiness C. The Definitionof Happiness D. The Importance of Happiness 词汇扩展

① slipper n. 拖鞋 ②romance n. 浪漫色彩 ③ entertain v. 招待 ④ part v. 分手 ⑤ arrest v. 逮捕 ⑥ definition n. 定义 Passage 6

%up, get up, Jim. It's time to get up!\my mother said while she was pushing me. I opened my eyes and looked at the clock. \dear! It's a quarter to eight already. I'll be late for school again,\I thought. I jumped out of the bed, washed my face, then hurried to the bus stop without breakfast. As soon as I got on the bus, it started running. \sure I can get to the school on time,\I said to myself. Suddenly the bus stopped. The bus driver got off the bus, then got on the bus again and said, \sorry, ladies and gentlemen. There's something wrong with the bus. Please get off the bus and wait for another one.\better run to the school,\the school, it began to rain hard.

I reached the classroom but I was wet shiveringwith cold. The physics teacher had already begun his lesson. It was Mr. Smith. He was about fifty years old. All the students were a little afraid of him and so was I. I liked neither him nor his