(FOR SALE)
Sunshine Apartment | Seaview | Diamond House |
$98,000 | $132,000 | $110,000 |
Built in 1967 | Built in 1984 | Built in 1997 |
bedroom, living room kitchen,2 bathrooms | 3 bedrooms,2 bathrooms kitchen,2 dining room | 2 bedrooms,kitchen, bathroom, living room |
a small garage | a big beautiful garden | a garden and a garage |
9 km from the city center | 23 km from the city center | in the city center |
1. Diamond House was built ___________.
A. with $132,000
B. in 1997
C. 9 km from the city center
D. about ten years ago
2.Seaview is __________ more expensive than Sunshine Apartment.
A. thirty-four thousand dollars
B. twelve thousand dollars
C. five thousand dollars
D. twenty-two thousand dollars
3.Which of the following is true?
A. Seaview has got 3 bedrooms and two kitchens.
B. Diamond House has got a garden and a garage.
C. Diamond House is cheaper than Sunshine Apartment.
D. Sunshine Apartment has got a small garden.
4.If you like doing shopping in the city center every day, you’d better buy ________.
A. Seaview B. Sunshine Apartment
C. Diamond House D. None of them
5.The Smiths want to buy a house with 2 bedrooms, a bathroom, a garden, a living room and a garage. Which one do they choose?
A. Seaview B. Sunshine Apartment
C. Diamond House D. None of them
完形填空
Hundreds of years ago in a small town, a moneylender lent a lot of money to a poor man. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, the poor man’s beautiful daughter. So he came up with an idea. He said the poor man didn’t need to return the money to him he could marry his daughter. Both the man and his daughter were very .
The moneylender then told them that he would put a small stone and a small white stone into an empty bag. The girl would have to one. If she took the black stone , she would become the moneylender’s and her father’s debt(债务) would be let go. If she picked the white stone, she didn’t need to marry him and her father’s debt would be let go. Her father would be put into prison（监狱）if she refused to pick a stone.
As they talked, the moneylender picked up two stones. As he did that, the girl that he had put two black stones in the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her stone from the bag.
The girl thought for a while and then had an idea. She put her hand into the bag and took out a stone. looking at it, she let it fall onto the path where it became lost among all the other stones. “Oh how I was！” She said, “But never . If you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to which stone I picked.” This tells: Sometimes we can think about things in a way. Most difficult problems do have an solution
1.A. pleased B. listened C. loved D. saw
2.A. if B. unless C. so D. but
3.A. bored B. afraid C. relaxed D. excited
4.A. pink B. red C. black D. yellow
5.A. show B. damage C. check D. choose
6.A. daughter B. cousin C. wife D. friend
7.A. again B. still C. never D. hardly
8.A. said B. feared C. thought D. noticed
9.A. On B. About C. For D. Without
10.A. usually B. surprisingly C. quickly D. slowly
11.A. worried B. clever C. careless D. lucky
12.A. laugh B. mind C. cry D. complain
13.A. tell B. explain C. ask D. arrange(安排)
14.A. saying B. story C. news D. man
15.A. careful B. funny C. different D. normal
—May I help you? You seem to have some trouble.
—________thanks. I think I can manage it myself.
A. No problem. B. There’s no way.
C. That’s all right. D. All right.
— I’m afraid I have to give up my dream of being a singer.
—_______.No dream is too big and no dreamer is too small.
A. Don’t lose heart. B. No problem
C. That’s unusual. D. You must be joking.
— I feel stressed from time to time. Could you give me some advice?
—________sharing your worries with your parents?
A. Why don’t you B. How about
C. Why not D. Would you like
—Could you tell me_________?
—At the end of July.
A. how often he heard from his pen pal
B. how soon he will be here
C. that he went on vacation
D. when you will start your vocation
