Martin Lynch, an American businessman, had been going on vacation to a small Mexican (墨西哥的)fishing village for a number of years. One morning while going for a walk along the beach, he saw his friend Pablo Perez, a local fisherman. Martin watched Pablo unload his boat and pack the fish in a box.
Martin noticed Pablo was smiling and looked very happy. He could also see several large fish in the boat. Martin greeted Pablo and asked how long it took to catch the fish. “Just a few hours,” replied Pablo. Martin asked, “Why didn’t you stay longer and catch more fish?” “I have enough for my family,” Pablo said. “And what do you do with the rest of your day?” asked Martin. “I take a nap, play with my children, spend time with my wife, and go into the village to see my friends and play cards, I have a full and busy life.” Martin explained that if Pablo worked longer hours and caught more fish, he could make more money. With the extra money, Pablo could buy more boats and catch money more fish. By selling the fish, Pablo could open his own factory and sell direct to supermarkets.
“Then what?” asked Pablo. “Well you would probably have to move to Mexico City to run the business. Finally, you would be able to sell your business and make millions of dollars,” replied Martin. “How long will that take?” asked Pablo.
Martin thought for a while and said it would probably take at least 15 years.
“And then what” asked Pablo.
“Well, that’s the best part,” Martin said. “You will be able to retire, buy a house near the ocean, sleep longer, play with your children, spend more time with your wife, see your friends, and play cards.”
1. What is the story mainly about?
A. A businessman and a fisherman have become friends.
B. A businessman learns how to fish from a fisherman.
C. A businessman gives advice to a fisherman.
2. What makes the Mexican fisherman happy?
A. Many friends to visit him.
B. A full and busy life.
C. More boats and more fish.
3. How can the fisherman make more money in the businessman’s view?
A. By buying a supermarket.
B. To work longer and catch more fish.
C. By selling his own business.
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A. The fisherman will stay the same with his life
B. The fisherman will leave the village for Mexico City
C. It takes all day for the fisherman to catch large fish
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A TV program has become popular in China recently. It has made people all over China become interested in writing Chinese characters(汉字).
The increasing use of computers and smart phones has left most young people hardly able to write by hand. Many of them are even unable to remember the 10,000 charactersused in daily life without electronic(电子的) help.
CCTV Started the Chinese Character Dictation Competition to improve the population’s handwriting skills. Contestants(参与者) on the show were school pupils, but it was found that 70％of adults in the audience were unable to remember how to write the word “chan chu”.
Because computers allow people to type characters simply by entering pinyin, they don’t need to remember how to write them. “The keyboard age has had a big influence on the handwriting of Chinese characters,” Guan Zhengwen, who designed and directed the show, said. “The influence of technology on people’s writing habits is irreversible. There is nothing we can do about it.” However, he added that he hoped to encourage people to keep it alive as an art form.
Educated young Chinese know that they have forgotten how to write all but the most common Chinese words. “I usually write very slowly,” Zang Xiaosong, 29, a newspaper reporter from Nanjing said. “Most of the time, it seems the characters are somewhere in my head, and it’s just that I can’t remember how to write them.” Sometimes I use a computer to help me remember them.”
Hao Mingjian, an editor of a magazine putting his heart into Chinese characters, said, “Learning Chinese characters goes on throughout your life. If you stop using them for a long time, it is likely that you will forget them.”
1. CCTV started the Chinese Character Dictation Competition to _____.
A. get more money
B. become famous
C. improve people’s handwriting skills
2.Contestants on the show were _____.
A. pupils B. teachers C. parents
3.The underlined word “irreversible”, means “_____” in Chinese.
A. 不可逆转的 B. 不可理解的 C. 不可饶恕的
4.What can you learn from the passage?
A. Hao Mingjian is 29 years old and works in a school.
B. Computers have a big influence on the handwriting of Chinese characters.
C. Most of the adults in the audience were able to write common Chinese words.
阅读下面一篇短文，判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。
Miss Grey lived in a small house. She was old and did not like noise at all, so she was very pleased when her noisy neighbor moved out. A young man moved in and Miss Grey thought the man seemed to be quiet.
But at three o’clock the next morning, the noise of a dog woke her up. She thought she had never heard a dog there before. It must be the young man’s dog. So she telephoned the young man, said something bad about the dog and then hung up the telephone before he could answer. Nothing more happened until three o’clock the next morning. Then Miss Grey’s telephone rang, and when she answered, a voice said, “You telephoned me twenty-four hours ago.Now I’ve rung you up to say that I haven’t a dog.”
1.Miss Grey felt sorry when her noisy neighbour moved out.
2.Miss Grey’s new neighbour was as noisy as the old one.
3.Some noise woke her up in the early morning.
4.The new neighbour had brought a dog with him.
5.The young man rang up Miss Grey in the early morning, because he wanted to punish(惩罚) her.
完形填空
阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。
Which is the most popular smartphone(智能手机) among Chinese people? The answer is not Apple ________ Samsung(三星).
Samsung sold more than 40 million smartphones in China last year. It became No.1 in China’s smartphone market. Apple only took the ________ place in the list, after Lenovo（联想）.
Samsung hit ________ Apple not only in China, but also in the world smartphone market. Samsung had 30.3％of the world market in 2013, while Apple had only 19％ . However, in the US, Apple still sells the ________ smartphones.
Samsung becomes successful mainly ________ its creativity. They keep________ something new to their phones. For example, on Galaxy S IV, you can use both the front and back cameras at the ________ time and put them in one photo. However, not________likes Samsung. Some people say Samsung phones are too ________ to put into a pocket.
Both Apple and Samsung will try their best to make better phones. “More ________ means more creativity, and that’s something we should be happy about,” said Time Magazine.
1.A. and B. not C. but
2.A.fourth B. third C. second
3.A. for B. to C. against
4.A.most B. much C. many
5.A. because of B. as a result C. because
6.A. covering B.adding C. growing
7.A. one B. common C. same
8.A. someone B. everyone C.no one
9.A. new B. small C. big
10.A. prize B. promise C. competition
--Excuse me, can I interview Yao Ming this afternoon?
-- A moment, please. Let me check _______.
A. when will Mr.Yao be free
B. what time is Mr.Yao free
C. when Mr.Yao will be free
