C. walk around the chairs D. sit on the chairs 45. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. The game “Musical Chairs” is not difficult to learn.
B. The last one can sit on the last chair. C. The winner can sit on the chair.
D. If the person plays music, he cannot be the winner.
C
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! 46. Even though it was dirty, the money _______.
A. still went up in value B. was worth nothing C. didn’t go down in value D. was still ours 47. We are always valuable to the people _______. A. who pay us B. who call us C. who hate us D. who love us
48. Your value doesn’t come from what you do but _______. A. who you know B. who made you C. who you remember D. who you are
49. 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 D. the students put their hands in front of them 50. 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 was going to give the bill to one of his students. D. Because he wanted to make the students know what value was.
D
Most people want to work, but it has become more difficult in today’s world to find work for everyone. The economy (经济) of the world needs to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not possible, and so more people are out of work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many people in short time. Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holiday. In all of the countries of the world, machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One machine can often do the work from forty people. About 75,000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs. 51. It was _______ for people to find work before than today. A. not possible B. difficult C. more difficult D. easier
52. If the economy of the world grows by 4% each year, _______. A. people will have no jobs B. people can still have jobs as before C. 4% of the people will have job D. 97% of the people will have jobs 53. One machine can do as much work as _______. A. 40% of the people B. 4% of the people in the world C. 40 people D. 75,000 people
54. How many people outside cities go into to look for jobs each day? A. 70% of the people. B. 4% of the people in the world. C. More than 75,000. D. About 75,000 people. 55. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Machines are taking work instead of people. B. Now more people are out of work.
C. Machines need more money and longer holidays. D. Most people want to have jobs.
E
A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches too long.
He came downstairs, where his mother and his two sisters were washing up tea things in the kitchen. “These new trousers are too long.” He said. “ They need shortening (缩短)by about two inches. Would one of you mind doing this for me, please?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything. But as soon as his mother had finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her son’s bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters. Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s trousers. She was a kind-hearted girl, so she went quietly upstairs without saying anything to anyone, and shortened the trousers by two inches.
The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came back, she , too, remembered what her brother had said. So she ran upstairs and took two inches off the legs of the new trousers. 56. The young man bought the new trousers _______ his size. A. as long as B. two inches longer than C. as big as D. two inches shorter than
57. He asked _______ to shorten his new trousers. A. his mother and sisters B. his two sisters
C. his elder sister D. his mother and one of his sisters
58. His mother and sisters ________. A. agreed to do that B. didn’t want to do that C. said nothing to him D. said something to him
59. His elder sister shortened the trousers ________. A. after finished washing B. before she went to bed
C. when she came back from the cinema D. after having supper
60. The next morning the young man would find the trousers were _______. A. two inches shorter B. four inches shorter C. six inches shorter D. eight inches shorter