The Million Pound Bank Note
Act I, Scene 4
(Outside a restaurant Henry looks at the envelope without opening it and decides to go in. He sits down at a table next to the front window.)
OWNER: (seeing Henry's poor appearance) That one's reserved. This way, please. (to the waiter) Take this gentleman's order, Horace.
HENRY: (after sitting down and putting the letter on the table) I'd like some ham and eggs and a nice big steak. Make it extra thick. I'd also like a cup of coffee and a pineapple dessert.
WAITER: Right, sir. I'm afraid it'll cost a large amount of money.
HENRY: I understand. And I'll have a large glass of beer.
WAITER: OK. (The waiter leaves and soon returns with all the food.)
HOSTESS: My goodness! Why, look at him. He eats like a wolf.
OWNER: We'll see if he's clever as a wolf, eh?
HENRY: (having just finished every bit of food) Ah, waiter. (waiter returns) Same thing again, please. Oh, and another beer.
WAITER: Again? Everything?
HENRY: Yes, that's right. (sees the look on the waiter's face) Anything wrong?
WAITER: No, not at all. (to the owner) He's asked for more of the same.
OWNER: Well, it is well-known that Americans like to eat a lot. Well, we'll have to take a chance. Go ahead and let him have it.
WAITER: (reading the bill after the meal) All right. That's two orders of ham and eggs, two extra thick steaks, two large glasses of beer, two cups of coffee and two desserts.
HENRY: (looking at the clock on the wall) Would you mind waiting just a few minutes?
WAITER: (in a rude manner) What's there to wait for?
OWNER: All right, Horace. I'll take care of this.
HENRY: (to owner) That was a wonderful meal. It's amazing how much pleasure you get out of tile simple things in life, especially if you can't have them for a while.
OWNER: Yes, very interesting. Now perhaps, sir, if you pay your bill I can help the other customers.
HENRY: (looking at the clock on the wall again) Well, I see it's two o'clock. (he opens the envelope and holds a million pound bank note in his hands. Henry is surprised but the owner and waiter are shocked) I'm very sorry. But ... I ... I don't have anything smaller.
OWNER: (still shocked and nervous) Well .. er ... just one moment. Maggie, look! (the hostess screams, the other customers look at her and she puts a hand to her mouth) Do you think it's genuine?
HOSTESS: Oh, dear, I don't know. I simply don't know.
OWNER: Well, I did hear that the Bank of England had issued two notes in this amount ... Anyway, I don't think it can be a fake. People would pay too much attention to a bank note of this amount. No thief would want that to happen.
HOSTESS: But he's in rags!
OWNER: Perhaps he's a very strange, rich man. (as if he has discovered something for the first time) Why, yes! That must be it!
HOSTESS: (hits her husband's arm) And you put him in the back of the restaurant! Go and see him at once.
OWNER: (to Henry) I'm so sorry, sir, so sorry, but I cannot change this bank note.
HENRY: But it's all I have on me.
OWNER: Oh, please, don't worry, sir. Doesn't matter at all. We're so very glad that you even entered our little eating place. Indeed, sir, I hope you'll come here whenever you like.
HENRY: Well, that's very kind of you.
OWNER: Kind, sir? No, it's kind of you. You must come whenever you want and have whatever you like. Just having you sit here is a great honour! As for the bill, sir, please forget it.
HENRY: Forget it? Well ... thank you very much. That's very nice of you.
OWNER: Oh, it's for us to thank you, sir and I do, sir, from the bottom of my heart. (The owner, hostess and waiter all bow as Henry leaves.)
1.Whose behaviour changes the most during this scene?
A. Henry B. Owner
C. Waiter D. Hostess
2.Why do you think the owner of the restaurant gave Henry a free meal?
A. Because he considered Henry a very rich man after looking at Henry’s million pound bank note.
B. Because Henry has a lot of money.
C. Because Henry could not pay for his meal without any money in his pocket.
D. Because the owner was very generous (慷慨的).
3.When the waiter said “What's there to wait for?”to Henry, he_________.
A. actually wanted to know whom Henry was waiting for
B. thought Henry may wait for someone else to come to eat with him
C. thought Henry were waiting for his friend to pay for his meal
D. actually laughed at Henry and wanted Henry to pay for his meal quickly
4.Do you think who Maggie is according to the passage?
A. Another customer who was eating at the restaurant as Henry.
B. The waitress in the restaurant.
C. The hostess and the owner’s wife.
D. The passage doesn’t tell.
5.How many characters are there in this scene of play?
A. Five B. Three
C. Two D. Four
COME AND EAT HERE
Wang Peng sat in his empty restaurant feeling very frustrated. It had been a very strange morning. Usually he got up early and prepared his menu of barbecued mutton kebabs, roast pork, stir-flied vegetables and fried rice. Then by lunchtime they would all be sold. By now his restaurant ought to be full of people. But not today! Why was that? What could have happened? He thought of his mutton, beef and bacon cooked in the hottest, finest oil. His cola was sugary and cold, and his ice cream was made of milk, cream and delicious fruit. "Nothing could be better," he thought. Suddenly he saw his friend Li Chang hurrying by. "Hello, Lao Li," he called. "Your usual?" But Li Chang seemed not to hear. What was the matter? Something terrible must have happened if Li Chang was not coming to eat in his restaurant as he always did.
Wang Peng followed Li Chang into a new small restaurant. He saw a sign in the window.
Tired of all that fat? Want to lose weight?
Come inside Yong Hui’s slimming restaurant.
Only slimming foods served here.
Make yourself thin again!
Curiosity drove Wang Peng inside. It was full of people. The hostess, a very thin lady, came forward. "Welcome," she said. "My name is Yong Hui. I'll help you lose weight and be fit in two weeks if you eat here every day." Then she gave a menu to Wang Peng. There were few choices of food and drink on it: just rice, raw vegetables served in vinegar, fruit and water. Wang Peng was amazed at this and especially at the prices. It cost more than a good meal in his restaurant! He could not believe his eyes. He threw down the menu and 
hurried outside. On his way home he thought about his own menu. Did it make people fat? Perhaps he should go to the library and find out. He could not have Yong Hui getting away with telling people lies! He had better do some research!
At the library Wang Peng was surprised to find that his restaurant served far too much fat and Yong Hui’s far too little. Even though her customers might get thin after eating Yong Hui’s food, they were not eating enough energy-giving food to keep them fit. They would become tired very quickly. Wang Peng felt more hopeful as he drove back home. Perhaps with a discount and a new sign he could win his customers back. So he wrote:
Want to feel fit and energetic?
Come and eat here! Discounts today!
Our food gives you energy all day!
The competition between the two restaurants was on!
1.Something terrible must have happened to Wang Peng’ restaurant because ________.
A. he didn’t got up early and prepared his menu.
B. he served too much fat and oil in his food
C. the food in Yong Hui’s restaurant is more delicious
D. Lao Li didn’t go into his restaurant
2.The strength of the diet in Wang Peng’s restaurant was that it provided _______.
A. barbecued mutton and roast pork
B. stir-fried vegetables and fried rice
C. sugary cold cola and ice cream
D. more energy-giving food
3.The underlined sentence may have the same meaning as ________.
A. Wang Peng could not allow Yong Hui to tell lies to people without being discovered.
B. Wang Peng could allow Yong Hui to tell lies to people.
C. Wang Peng could not allow Yong Hui to tell lies to people and got away.
D. Wang Peng could not have Yong Hui telling lies, then getting away with people.
4.From paragraph 4 we can know that Wang Peng ______.
A. was hard working because went to study in the library
B. tried to get himself to be more learned(博学的)
C. wanted to study the differences between the food that served in his restaurant and Yong Hui’s
D. just searched for a better menu
5.Why did Wang Peng feel more hopeful as he drove back home after he came out of the library?
A. Because he felt with a discount and a new sign he could win his customers back.
B. Because he found Young Hui’s food was not better than his.
C. Because he could cook something delicious attract more customers.
D. Because he found a better menu in the library.
假定你是李华，你的美国笔友David写信询问你的假期计划，请给他写封回信，告诉他你想出国旅行，谈论一下你的理由，邀请David有时间来中国。
要点如下：
1. 写信目的；
2. 出国目的；
3. 邀请David来中国。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear David,
You asked about my vacation plan in your last letter.
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Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（╲）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last Monday, my aunt went to attend a meeting. After the meeting, she went to a restaurant for a lunch. Therefore, when it was time to pay the bill, she couldn’t find her purse. She thought it must have stolen. Just then, a man in his early twenty came up and paid for her. My aunt was very gratefully. They talked about each other for a while and my aunt finally realize who he was. About ten years before, my aunt collected some money to helping a boy. That young man was the boy. My aunt didn’t recognize her, but the kindness had never been forgotten.
Although Socrates（苏格拉底）was poor all his life, he never asked his pupils to pay for their lessons. He taught for the love of 1.(wise), not for money. And 2. he had to say was always new and worth hearing.
But his unusual ways of teaching and his demand that students always ask questions made him some 3.(danger) enemies. The rulers did not want to be questioned. So they falsely accused Socrates 4. teaching young men bad things and 5.(lead)them to ignore religion. In fact, Socrates was a very religious man. His enemies had him 6.(arrest), and he was sentenced to death by poisoning.
During the 30 days before he was put to death, his friends and pupils 7.(allow) to visit him in his prison. 8. were astonished to find that he was calm and had no fear of dying. When the deadly poison was 9.(eventual) brought to Socrates, his friends were in tears, 10. Socrates raised the cup and drank it as if it were a glass of wine.
Honesty is always the best policy, especially when it comes to mental health problems. In a TV ______, one girl gets very real about dealing with anxiety and panic.
“ I was the bast student in my high school. I put so much ______ on myself,” she said. “ I never ______ a class. But I got sick during 10th grade and I started to ______. That’s when the panic attacks began.” She goes on to describe what a panic attack ______ like, “One day the teacher handed me my grade ______, and I couldn’t breathe. My heart was beating very ______. I felt disconnected. I saw people trying to talk to me but I couldn’t hear them.Afterwards, I was sent to ______,” she shared.
It was then ______ the attacks started happening ______ daily, and they haven’t stopped. “Last year I started college. And I can’t be the best student here no matter how hard I try,” she said. “Everyone is so ______. My panic attacks got so bad that I had to ______ my first semester.”
However, now she is facing her anxiety, and things are getting better. “ I used to try to hide ______. I thought that ______ nobody know, it didn’t exist,” she said. “But the more I talk about my ______, the more I realize that other people experience ______ things. So I’m trying to express it more. I had a great teacher ______ told me, ‘Instead of letting anxiety keep you from doing your art, let it be the thing that ______ your art.’”
Recently, woman all over the world took to Twitter to ______ what anxiety is like. We are ______ alone.
1.A. project B. program C. platform D. station
2.A. weight B. height C. pressure D. measure
3.A. joined B. succeeded C. failed D. attended
4.A. fall behind B. fall down C. leave behind D. leave alone
5.A. looks B. sounds C. tastes D. feels
6.A. report B. survey C. research D. notice
7.A. mildly B. wildly C. slowly D. severely
8.A. school B. work C. hospital D. home
9.A. when B. since C. before D. that
10.A. still B. always C. merely D. almost
11.A. ambitious B. anxious C. talented D. experienced
12.A. arrange B. perform C. operate D. cancel
13.A. it B. them C. me D. us
14.A. unless B. if C. while D. as
15.A. confidence B. dream C. issue D. desire
16.A. similar B. familiar C. various D. serious
17.A. who B. whom C. whose D. which
18.A. abandons B. quits C. motivates D. protests
19.A. advertise B. advise C. share D. compare
20.A. always B. sometimes C. seldom D. never
