One morning,a girl named Merry,was staying at home when her wish really came ture-She had __1__
to a small figure all at once-A White Collar Lady!
She was so __2__ that she whirled on her desk.Then she had a __3__ in her cap.When she was a
__4__ girl,it took her nearly three hours to bathe and she had to wash her dirty __5__ for another three
hoursHowever,now she could do __6__ within an hour.Then she started to __7__,putting on perfume
powders,coloring her __8__ and combing her hair.She looked up at her huge clock,only 7 a.m..That
was to say,it only __9__ her less than ten minutes to get to her company.In the past,doing all the
housework on her own,she always was late for work.
She __10__ her breakfast at a fast restaurant instead of at home for __11__ of being late.She felt very full after eating the roasted rice.It was __12__ very strongly and her coat was floating up in the wind.In the company,she put any necessary __13__ into her computer.
In the following days she had built a __14__ of her own.She had longed for living in a villa for so long a time.Then,she gave up her job and kept herself into her villa all day because she did not have to earn a
living in the company and pay the __15__.
One day,God saw her state of living and signed:"A lazy dog!Pain comes from laziness!"
( )2. A. expected
( )3. A. meal
( )4. A. shy
( )5. A. clothes
( )6. A. nothing
( )7. A. sit up
( )8. A. hair
( )9. A. cost
( )10. A. refused
( )11. A. result
( )12. A. floating
( )13. A. account
( )14. A. villa
( )15. A. food
B. excited
B. drink
B. common
B. dishes
B. none
B. stay up
B. skin
B. took
B. stopped
B. cause
B. blowing
B. news
B. cottage
B. travel
C. surprised
C. swim
C. friendly
C. head
C. everything
C. make up
C. checks
C. used
C. enjoyed
C. case
C. flying
C. evidence
C. restaurant
C. rent
D. become
D. pressed
D. bath
D. athletic
D. cap
D. something
D. go up
D. lips
D. spared
D. cooked
D. fear
D. hanging
D. information
D. company
D. life
be first on the slide and highest up the climbing frame. She could put on her coat withouthelp and not only
fasten her own buttons but other children"s too.
She was a lovely child but unfortunately a scratcher. If anyone upset her or stood in her way,her right hand would flash out fast and scratch down the face of her playmates. Children twice her age would fly in
fear from her.
This must have been very rewarding for Kathy but obviously it had to be stopped. All the usual ways
failed and then I remembered an account by G Atkinson of Highfield School,of how fights in the playgroud had been stopped. No punishment had been given, but the attacker had been ignored and the victims
rewarded. So I decided to try this out on Kathy.
With a pocketful of Smarties I followed Kathy around. She was so quick that it was impossible to
prevent her scratching, but I was determined to stay within arm"s length all afternoon. All was peaceful but
then I saw Kathy"s hand moved and heard the scream. Gently I gathered up the little hurt one in my arms
and said" Nice , nice sweetie" and I put a Smartie into her mouth. Kathy opened her mouth, expecting a Smartie and then looked puzzled when she got nothing. Soon came another scream , this time from
John. While holding him in my arms , I said , " Look , Kathy , a nice Smartie for John" and put it into
John"s mouth.
A smile of understanding flashed across Kathy"s face. Minutes later,she came to me and said loudly,
" Give me a Smartie! I have hurt my finger ! " " No , " I replied , " you"ll get it if someone hurts you."
On purpose, she turned and scratched a nearby boy, Tom, and waited quietly while I mothered and
rewarded him , then she walked away.She has never scratched a child since.
Parents who find older children bullying younger brothers and sisters might do well to replace shouting and punishment by rewarding and giving more attention to the injured ones. It"s certainly much easier and more effective.
B. smart but a bit rude
C. independent but selfish
D. quick but sort of passive
B. she wanted to get a Smartie from the teacher
C. she was in the habit of scratching other children
D. she wanted to know if the teacher meant what she had said
B. punishing
C. hurting
D. protecting
B. correcting children"s bad behavior
C. punishing badly-behaved children
D. praising well-behaved children
UK were green on the outside and , more often than not,hard with an unpleasant taste within. Then in
1996 , the Del Monte Gold pineapple produced in Hawaii first hit our shelves.
The new type of pineapple looked more yellowy-gold than green. It was slightly softer on the outside
and had a lot of juice inside. But the most important thing about this new type of pineapple was that it was
twice as sweet as the hit-and-miss pineapples we had known. In no time, the Del Monte Gold took the
market by storm, rapidly becoming the world"s best-selling pineapple variety, and delivering natural levels
of sweetness in the mouth, up until then only found in tinned pineapple.
In nutrition it was all good news too.This nice-tasting pineapple contained four times more vitamin C
than the old green variety. Nutritionists said that it was not only full of vitamins , but also good against
some diseases. People were understandably eager to be able to buy this wonderful fruit. The new type
of pineapple was selling fast , and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping
basket of the healthy eater.
Seeing the growing market for its winning pineapple, Del Monte tried to keep the market to itself.
But other fruit companies developed similar pineapples. Del Monte turned to law for help, but failed.
Those companies argued successfully that Del Monte"s attempts to keep the golden pineapple for itself
were just a way to knock them out of the market.
B.good-looking outside and soft inside
C. yellowy-gold outside and hard inside
D.a little soft outside and sweet inside.
B. It was less sweet and good for health.
C. It was developed by Del Monte.
D. It was used as medicine
B. that is always present
C. that is difricult to get
D. that people use as a gift
B. succeeded in keeping the pineapple for itself
C. tried hard to control the pineapple market
D. planned to help the other companies
two little girls adopted from China two years ago, the fantasy turned out to be true。 Their new moms,
who live in minois and Florida, met on an Internet site for parents who have adopted in China. When
they realized that their daughters, now 3, had come from the same orphanage, they began comparing
photos and other information. That led to genetic tests that confirmed their suspicion :The girls are twins.
What"s more, they were both named Mia by their new parents. " It"s a miracle , " said Holly Funk , one
of the moms. " In the sea of humanity,the two kids found each other. " The girls had been abandoned on
a sidewalk in Yangzhou about a week apart. When they were reunited in Illinois two weeks ago, they
shyly eyed each other,then reached for the other"s hand. About 120, 000 kids are adopted in the United
Stastes each year. Nearly 8 ,000 Chinese children were adopted by Americans in 2005 , according to
the US officials.
B. Children Adopted by Americans
C. Haven"t I Seen You Before?
D. Abandoned Chinese Twins
B. did genetic tests
C. met on the Internet
D. got the twins reunited in Illinois
B. the moms" suspicion
C. an Internet site
D. the comparison of photos and other information
B. It"s quite by chance that the two girls found each other.
C. Nearly 7% of all the kids adopted in the US are from China.
D. The two girls were adopted two years ago.
They will , in a lifetime , push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know-or even
think to ask-who it was that invented them. Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At
that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers lugging (吃力地携带)
groceries around in baskets they had to carry.
One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would
make shopping much easier for his customers , and would help to attract more business.On June 4,1937 ,
Goldman"s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of the day
as customers began arriving.He couldn"t wait to seethem using his invention.But Goldmanwas disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look , but hardly anybody would give them a try. After a while.
Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren"t using his carts. " Don"t you think this arm is strong
enough to carry a shopping basket?" one shopper replied.But Goldman wasn"t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try.
To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were
shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony(假冒的) customers. As
Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come-those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets , customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before. Today"s shopping carts are five
times larger than Goldman"s original model. Perhaps that"s one reason Americans today spend more than
five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937-before the coming of the shopping
cart.
1. The underlined words"chrome-plated contraptions" in Paragraph refer to
_____________. ( No more than 3 words. )
2. What was the purpose of Goldman"s invention? ( No more than 10 words. )
___________________________________________________________________
3. Why was Goldman disappointed at first? ( No more than 10 words. )
___________________________________________________________________
4. Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market? ( No more than 10 words. )
__________________________________________________________________
5. What do you think of Goldman? Please give your reasons. ( No more than 20 words)
_____________________________________________________________
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