1 . Once upon a time, a wealthy old man lived alone in a big house. He was growing weaker day by day and was unable to take care of himself, so he decided to hire(雇佣) a nurse to help with housework and take care of him.
One day, the old man interviewed two nurses ---- Anthony and Peter. Anthony happened to be a handsome young man, while Peter looked quite common. The old man asked Anthony to make tea for him. After Anthony left, the old man turned to Peter and said, “Anthony has given me some bad words of you. He said you are rude and dishonest. Is this correct?"
Peter thought for a minute and said, "If Anthony has a bad opinion of me , there must be something wrong with me. I should take some time to change these things.”
The old man was very impressed by Peter’s character. Meanwhile, Anthony returned with a cup of tea for the old man. The old man sent Peter to make breakfast for him. He then turned to Anthony and told him. "Peter spoke very poorly of you while you were gone. What do you think about this? "After hearing this, Anthony became angry and started shouting.
In the end, the old man hired Peter. Although Peter looked quite common, he had impressive inner(内在的) beauty.
1. What did the old man want a nurse to do?| A．Live with him | B．Help with housework and look after his wife |
| C．Work as a doctor | D．Help with housework and look after him |
| A．had had some bad words of him | B．had praised him |
| C．did not trust him | D．considered him to be not important |
| A．He was angry . | B．He cried heavily. |
| C．He took it seriously. | D．He blamed (责备) Anthony. |
| A．Ordinary people are more trustworthy. | B．Handsome men must be good men. |
| C．Inner beauty is more important than appearance. | D．We should be honest to others. |
A small, happy little dog learned about this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he jumped happily up the stairs and to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway. His ears lifted up, and his tail( 尾 巴 ) wagged as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself looking at 1,000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile and was answered with 1,000 great smiles that were just as warm and friendly. As he left the house, he thought to himself: “This is a wonderful place. I will come back to visit often.”
In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the other one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the doorway. When he saw the 1,000 unfriendly-looking dogs looking back at him, he growled at them. He was afraid when he saw 1,000 little dogs growling back. As he left, he thought to himself: “That is a terrible place. I will never go back there again.”
All the faces in the world are mirrors of you. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of people you meet?
1. The first dog wanted to visit the house often because .| A．he liked the mirrors there | B．he made many friends there |
| C．he felt he was welcomed there | D．he got lots of knowledge there |
| A．Excited. | B．Nervous. | C．Worried. | D．Unhappy. |
| A．shout | B．smile | C．look | D．run |
| A．Mirrors can tell whether you are happy or not. |
| B．If you show life a smile, life will smile back |
| C．Everyone in the world should believe in each other |
| D．Happy people are more popular than unhappy ones. |
3 . Dreams
"Dreams(梦) may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream," some scientists say.
Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That maybe because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming maybe a way of trying to find an answer.
Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They may have been thinking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.
Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can't remember the dream. Dreams can disappear(消失) quickly from memory(记忆).
Too much dreaming can be harmful(有害的). The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.
1. It may be less important to sleep than to .
| A．think | B．dream | C．work | D．study |
| A．very long | B．in colour | C．about work | D．very sad |
| A．Because they are tired in the daytime. |
| B．Because they are not interested in their work. |
| C．Because they may be thinking about their work all day. |
| D．Because they have too much work to do. |
| A．what dream is | B．people like to sleep |
| C．dreams are like films | D．we always remember dreams |
