If someone says to you: “ Give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person’s not asking for your money, but your fingers.
In the US, “ give me five” or “ give me the high five” is a popular gesture ( 动作 ). You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the clapping ( 拍 ) of each other’s raised right hands together.
People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket ( 彩票 ). If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.
This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the king. This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword ( 剑 ) in his hand.
Why not try to give the high five to your friends?
1.“ Give me five” is a gesture to ______________.
A．ask for money B．celebrate success
C．search one’s pocket D．play
2.The gesture “ give me five” is the clapping of _________.
A．toes B．hands C．arms D．legs
3.When you ________, you give your friends high fives.
A．lose your money B．go back home
C．win a football game D．do badly in exams
4.The gesture started in _______ according to the story.
A．Rome B．America C．China D．Britain
5.Why did the Romans raise the right arm for the emperor? Because ________.
A．they were proud of their emperor
B．they were happy to see the emperor
C．they wanted to show there were no swords in their hands
D．We don’t know
Once there was an old farmer. He had a horse and the horse was almost as old as himself. One morning he set out with his young son to sell the horse before it died. The father and the son walked because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired.
They met two men on the road. They said, “Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse. It’s a long way to get to the market. ” The farmer knew that this was true, so he rode on the horse while his son walked.
Then they met two old ladies. “What are you doing up there, farmer? Can’t you see how tired your son is? ”So the farmer got down, and let his son ride on it.
Twenty minutes later, three old men stopped them. One said, “Why are you walking, farmer? Get up. It’s too hot for an old man like you to walk today. ” So the farmer got up behind his son and they went on riding.
Some time later, a young woman passed them. “Why aren’t you walking? ” she asked, “It isn’t far to the market. Give your poor old horse a rest. ”So the farmer and his son got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time.
1.The farmer was______.
A．nearly the same age as his horse
B．almost always older than his horse
C．not quite as old as his horse
D．a little older than his horse
2.The two men on the road________.
A．asked how far it was to the market
B．said they thought the horse looked very tired
C．asked why the farmer was not riding on his horse
D．told the farmer’s son to get off the horse and walk
3.The two old ladies said it was wrong for_________ .
A．the farmer to ride such a tired horse
B．the farmer to ride while his young son walked
C．the boy to ride instead of his father
D．only one person to ride such a long way
4.The farmer got up behind his son because_________.
A．the old farmer said it was too hot for him to walk
B．the three old men stopped them on the road
C．he did hot know why he was walking
D．his son could not ride the horse by himself
5.What did the writer really want to tell us?
A．The old man was a fool.
B．The horse was old and was going to die.
C．It is not right to listen to others.
D．It is impossible for a man to make everyone satisfied（满意）all the time.
Mr Klip is a millionaire(百万富翁). He __1___ delicious food. He had a good ___2__, Mr Black. The man could cook all kinds of food. Mrs Klip asked him __3____ her last month. She learned a lot ___4____ him. Then she thought she was good at __5____ and didn’t want Mr Black to work for them___6____ .
Now Mrs Klip begins to cook for her ___7_____ . But Mr Klip doesn’t like the food at all. He says he won’t___8___ any food at home ___9____ she doesn’t stop cooking. Mrs Klip___10____ she will find another cook for her husband.
This morning Mr Klip had nothing to do, ___11____ he went shopping. Suddenly he broke a window of the shop . The shop assistant ___12____ the policeman and the policeman took him to the ___13____. The policeman said, “ I’m sorry to tell you, Mr Klip , I will fine (罚款) you ten dollars ,or you’ll stay in prison (监狱). ____14____ do you want ?”
“I’ll stay in prison”, said the millionaire.
“Why ?”
“Because my wife will find a new cook __15_____ ten days .
1. A．knows B．likes C．cooks D．sees
2. A．wife B．friend C．teacher D．cook
3. A．teach B．to teach C．teaching D．taught
4. A．for B．from C．with D．about
5. A．cooking B．singing C．doing D．eating
6. A．yet B．too C．any longer D．either
7. A．boy B．husband C．daughter D．son
8. A．eat B．buy C．sell D．make
9. A．when B．if C．until D．and
10. A．tells B．speaks C．talks D．says
11. A．and B．so C．because D．but
12. A．named B．called C．said D．cried
13. A．bus station B．hospital C．post office D．police station
14. A．Which B．What C．Why D．When
15. A．for B．in C．at D．with
—I hope you can get good grades in the final exam.
—____________.
A．OK B．Sure C．I hope so D．I think so
—Hurry up!(快点) There an NBA basketball game in ten minutes.
—OK.
A．is B．will have C．is going to be D．is going to have
My father goes to work ______every day.
A．by a bike B．in a bike C．on a bike D．ride a bike
