Someday in the future we may not need to have money in our pockets. Is life easier when people don’t need to carry any currency at all? Is money heavy to carry? Is it safe to carry money? Maybe in the future each of us will have only one small plastic credit card. We will use it to buy all the things we now buy with money. We will not need money to pay for things.
Of course we may still have some of the same problems with cards we now have with money. Sometimes we lose money. Maybe we will lose the cards. Maybe someone will take the card. Someone may even make a card that looks like our card. Since we can’t buy anything without our cards, the credit card may be no better than currency.
Is there something easier to use than credit card? Each of us has a thumbprint(拇指纹). No two thumbprints are the same. Maybe someday the government will keep people’s thumbprints with a number. When you want to buy something you will put your thumb on a machine or a computer. Each store or business will have one. Everyone’s thumbprint will be in the computers. It will be very difficult to lose our thumbprints! It will be difficult for someone to steal it or to make one like it.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.The underlined word “currency” probably means __________here.
A. thumbs B. coins
C. plastic card D. paper money
2.Our thumbprints may be used in the future because ____________.
A. each store will have a computer
B. each person’s thumbprint is different
C. they will help each store
D. computers need them
3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. Each person has a different thumbprint
B. There are some problems with the use of credit cards.
C. There are no currency problems.
D. There are easier things to use than credit cards.
4.Which of the following gives the main idea of the second paragraph?
A. Credit cards may be no better than currency.
B. We use credit cards because money may be stolen.
C. We have many problems with money.
D. Credit cards are worse than currency.
5.The writer wants to tell us___________.
A. we will use credit cards in the future
B. we may use our thumbprints to buy something.
C. it will be safer to carry money when shopping
D. everyone will make lots of money
There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard(橄榄果园). He was hard-working, but his three sons hated farm work. When the farmer was dying, he called the three sons to him and said, "My sons, there is a pot (罐子) of gold hidden in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you want it."
The sons tried to get him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden; but he would tell them nothing more.
After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.
They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them. But no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it. The three sons were rather disappointed to have all their work for nothing.
The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, "There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you want it."
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.What did the farmer leave for his sons when he died?
A. A pot of gold. B.A large house
C. An apple orchard D. An olive orchard
2.Why did the farmer’s sons begin to work in the orchard?
A.Because they liked farm work.
B. Because farm work was very exciting.
C. Because they wanted to find gold.
D. Because someone put a pot of gold in the orchard.
3.After they dug up all the soil of the orchard, the farmer’s sons were very ___________.
A.excited B. disappointed
C. moved D. interested
4.What does the underlined word “bore” mean ________in Chinese?
A.结出 B.爆发 C.承受 D.回报
5.Which of the following has the similar meaning of the old farmer’s words?
A. The keys to your wealth(财富) are in your hand
B. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
C. One is never too old to learn.
D. Two heads are better than one.
完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
A traveler came to a village carrying nothing but an empty pot. He was ___________, but nobody would share their food with him. The traveler then ________ the pot with water, dropped a large stone in it, and placed it _________ a fire in the village square.
One of the villagers asked ______ he was doing. The traveler answered: “I’m making ‘stone soup’.” The villager seemed _________.
The traveler continued: “The soup tastes wonderful but I need some carrots to make____ more tasty.” The villager then ________ him some carrots and put them in the pot.
Another villager walked by, asking about the pot, _______ the traveler again told him about his stone soup. This time he really needed some meat. The villager brought him some _____ to help him out.
More and more villagers walked by. Each added _____ ingredient. Finally, the traveler had a delicious pot of soup. Of course, he shared it with everyone.
1.A. thirsty B. tired C. hungry D. angry
2.A. compared B. filled C. offered D. provided
3.A. over B. above C. into D. onto
4.A. why B. what C. where D. whose
5.A. worried B. interested C. tired D. moved
6.A. them B. their C. it D. its
7.A. took B. bought C. brought D. sold
8.A. but B. or C. until D. and
9.A. meat B. stone C. carrots D. cabbage
10.A. other B. another C. others D. the other
—Can you tell me ________?
-- Last year.
A. how much did computer cost
B. who you made the toy for
C. how many CDs did you buy
D. when you bought the cameras
Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. The man _________has never made a mistake will never make anything else.
A.which B. who C. whose D. what
–Look at the sign, sir. Would you mind ________ your cigarette?
--Sorry, I will do it right away.
A. looking out B. keeping out
C. putting out D. taking out
