A businessman walks into a bank in San Francisco and asks for the loan officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000．The bank officer says   the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan. So the businessman hands over the keys to a Rolls Royce parked on the street in front of the bank. Everything checks out, and the bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls into the bank’s underground garage and parks it there.
Two weeks later, the businessman returns, and repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41.
The loan officer says, “We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is that why would you bother to borrow $5,000?”
Laughing, the businessman replies, “Where else in San Francisco can I park my car for two weeks for $15?”
1. The businessman walks into the bank with the true purpose of _________.

A．borrowing $5,000	B．meeting the loan officer
C．finding a place to park his car	D．showing how rich he is

2. The loan officer is puzzled because _________.

A．he never thought he could meet a multimillionaire in his bank

B．he thinks the businessman is crazy to leave his car in the bank

C．he never thought the businessman could drive a Rolls Royce

D．he thinks $5,000 is so small a sum of money to the businessman

3. The underlined word “collateral” in Paragraph 1 most probably means “_________”.

A．security	B．payment
C．reward	D．deal

4. Which of the following words can best describe the businessman according to the story?

A．Honest.	B．Clever.
C．Rich.	D．Kind.

ARLANDA, Sweden （Reuters Life!）—Many people hate the idea of having to sleep on a plane. But Swedish entrepreneur Oscar Dios thinks they can be persuaded otherwise and he has created a new kind of hostel to prove it.
Dios says it is the world’s first jumbo （unusually large） jet hostel, an actual jet-plane at Sweden’s main airport outside Stockholm which has been changed into a 25- room guesthouse that sleeps as many as 72 people.
“I learned about this plane that was standing deserted at Arlanda airport and I’ve been trying the concept of hostels in many different houses and buildings,” he told Reuters. “I thought, ‘Why not a plane?’”
Jumbo Hostels opened for business on Thursday, giving customers the chance to check in and sleep in a room that can best be described as comfortable.”
“The most challenging part with this project is trying to build something inside a metal hull（壳） – it’s just really, really tight.”
The jet, which was originally produced for Singapore Airlines, was taken out of service in 2002. It is held on a concrete foundation with the landing gear secured in steel cradles.
One feature of the hostel is its price – a room starts at 350 Swedish crowns （about $ 41）, which is a lot less than hotel rooms outside of major airports.
Another feature is that customers can get married on the wing of the plane and stay in the plane’s more luxurious honeymoon suite （套房）.
Instead of walking down the aisle in the church, lovebirds can take what Jumbo Hostels calls the “wing walk,” where they can be joined in great happiness at the wing tip. The hostel has someone ready to perform the ceremony.
But in some respects this hostel remains a plane – most customers have to share the jet’s nine bathrooms and the staff only wear air host and hostess outfits. The only room that has its own bathroom is the honeymoon suite.
5. Which of the following is not true?

A．The jet plane was out of use for over eight years

B．The hostel provides ten bathrooms for customers

C． The rooms in the hotel are comfortable

D．The hostel lies at Arlanda airport in Stockholm

6. One of the features of the plane hostel is that               .

A．air hostesses can offer good service

B．a wedding ceremony can be held on the wing

C．customers can sleep in comfortable rooms

D．the staff can have a “wing walk”

7. Why does Oscar Dios make jet plane hotel?

A．Because he is fond of plane very much.

B．Because he is very curious

C．Because he wants to earn more money.

D．Because he likes trying the concept of hotel in many different things.

8. The writer mainly wants to                 .

A．call on people to make use of the deserted things

B．describe a wonderful place for weddings

C．introduce a new kind of hostel

D．prove people can sleep on a plane

Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air， water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us.
If you look carefully at the plants around you， you will find that there are two kinds of plants： flowering plants and non-flowering plants. Flowering plants can make seeds. The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed， some have two， three or four， and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit. Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores（胚芽）. Spores are very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores are all on wet and shady places， they usually grow into new plants.
9. The main idea of the first paragraph is that ________.

A．plants are important for life	B．plants cannot grow without air
C．there are many plants in the world	D．we can not live without water

10. What can we infer(推断) from the passage？

A．Of all living things animals are most.

B．Spores are seeds.

C．All fruits of flowering plants have seeds.

D．Without plants, man will die out.

11. What is the meaning of the underlined word?

A．Kept.	B．Guarded.
C．Prevented.	D．Surrounded

12. This passage may be taken from ________.

A．a medicine book	B．a novel
C．a science magazine	D．an experiment report

When the dog named Judy spotted the first sheep in her life, she did what comes naturally. The four-year-old dog set off racing after the sheep across several fields and, being a city animal, lost both her sheep and her sense of direction. Then she ran along the edge of cliff( 悬崖) and fell 100 feet, bouncing off a rock into the sea.
Her owner Mike Holden panicked and celled the coastguard of Cornwall, who turned up in seconds . Six volunteers slid down the cliff with the help of a rope but gave up all hope of finding her alive after a 90-minute search.
Three days later, a hurricane hit the coast near Cornwall. Mr. Holden returned home from his holiday upset and convinced his pet was dead. He comforted himself with the thought she had died in the most beautiful part of the country.
For the next two weeks, the Holdens were heartbroken . Then, one day, the phone rang and Steve Tregear, the coastguard of Cornwall, asked Holder if he would like his dog bark.
A birdwatcher, armed with a telescope, found the pet sitting desperately on a rock. While he sounded the alarm, a student from Leeds climbed down the cliff to collect Judy.
The dog had initially been knocked unconscious(失去知觉的)but had survived by drinking water from a fresh scream at the base of the cliff. She may have fed on the body of a sheep which had also fallen over the edge. “The dog was very thin and hungry,” Steve Tregear said , “It was a very lucky dog. She survived because of a plentiful supply of fresh water,” he added.
It was ,as Mr. Holden admitted, “a minor miracle(奇迹)”.
13. The dog Jody fell down the cliff when she was____.

A．rescuing her owner	B．caught in a hurricane
C．blocked by a rock	D．running after a sheep

14. Who spotted Judy after the accident?

A．A birdwatcher

B．A student from Leeds

C．Six volunteers

D．The coastguard of Cornwall

15. What can we infer from the text?

A．People like to travel with their pets.

B．Judy was taken to the fields for hunting.

C．Luck plays a vital role in Judy's survival.

D．Holden cared little where Judy was buried.

16. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Miracle of the Coastguard.

B．Surviving a Hurricane.

C．Dangers in the Wild

D．Coming Back from the Dead.