Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They're both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why.
Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (价格)。They felt unhappy and returned to their village.
"I can't understand why we sustained (蒙受) losses in business while others always profit (盈利)" Uncle Li asked one day.
"The tractor was too small " Uncle Wang said without thinking. "We'll carry more apples on a truck next time!"
"I agree!" said Uncle Li. "How foolish (傻的) we were !"
1.Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because __________.
A. they hope to save money
B. they're both poor
C. their farms are at the foot of the mountain
D. they're not far from their farms
2.The two farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ________.
A. theirs weren't as good as the others'
B. theirs were much less than the others'
C. a lot of apples had been already carried to the city
D. they forgot to carry them on a truck
3.Which of the following is true?
A. The two farmers found out why they were poor.
B. The two farmers will soon get rich.
C. Neither of the farmers is clever.
D. The two farmers decided to buy a truck.
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Is the art of conversation dying? The other day, my wife _______ two teenage children did something we haven't _______ for ages. It didn't require the Internet, a TV screen, batteries or anything else for that matter. But we all _______it so much we're thinking of doing it again sometime.
We had a conversation. The kind of real, live conversation that was _______ when I was growing up, but which seems all too rare these days. Today we have chat rooms, text messages, e-mails but we seem to be losing the _______ of communicating face-to-face. We all know_______young people are out on a date(约会)these days, they spend most of that time _______ their mobile phones. And teenagers nowadays seem to _______ communicating with their friends by sending text messages rather than actually _______to them.
If we carry on like this, in the future, we'll lose the use of our _______ . What do you think? E-mail me, and who knows? Maybe we could even have a real conversation about it!
1.A. and B.or C.but D.after
2.A. made B.known C.done D.seen
3.A. acted B.blamed C.decided D.enjoyed
4.A.common B.careful C.extra D.enough
5.A.name B.art C.attention D.aim
6.A. because B.how C.when D.unless
7.A. buying B.collccting C.repairing D.answering
8.A.dislike B.prefer C.admire D.believe
9.A.writing B.introducing C.speaking D.hurrying
10.A. eyes B.voiccs C.mouths D.hands
---Would you mind turning off the TV?
----____________, I am listening to an important report.
A. Of course not B. No, not at all
C. I’m afraid not D. Yes, I do
----Would you please __________ the paper for me and see if there are any obvious mistakes?
-----Of course I will.
A. look around B. look through C. look up D. look into
The Greens used to live in London, but they ___________ in Beijing so far.
A. are used to living B. are used to live
C. have been used to living D. have been used to live
My father ___________________________ when he was in his twenties.
A. would rather play basketball than to sing
B. would rather play basketball to singing
C. prefers basketball to football
D. preferred playing basketball to singing
