There was a village, and in this village everybody was rich. They all had beautiful houses and very nice clothes. They were rich because they were very good at business.
One day a young man came to the village. He went to the market place and he started a conversation with a businessman.
“Look,” he said. “The people in your village have a great reputation(名声).You’re all good businessmen. What is the secret?”
“What is the secret?” replied the businessman. “The secret is this. We eat a lot of fish. And the fish is very good for our brains. It makes us clever.”
“I see,” said the young man. “And what is the name of the fish?”
“I don’t know,” said the businessman. “But if you give me 10 pounds, I can send you some.”
The young man thought this was a good idea. So he gave the businessman 10 pounds and told him his address. Soon the young man got a box. In the box there were three fish.
After about a month the young man met the businessman again.
“Thank you for the fish,” he said. “But listen. 10 pounds is very expensive for just three fish.”
“Ah, you see!” said the businessman. “The fish is beginning to have an effect. You are becoming cleverer!”
77. The young man first went to the village’s market place to _______.
A) buy fresh vegetables and fishes B) talk with some businessmen there
C) learn to do sales business D) make friends with the businessmen there
78. The villagers there had been famous for their _______.
A) big business B) honesty C) cleverness D) quick thinking
79. In the story, all the villagers were living a very comfortable life because_______.
A) their families had been rich for centuries
B) they had got rich from business in selling fish
C) their rich relatives in towns helped them a lot
D) the estates which they had built sold very well
80. The young man went to the village to ________.
A) travel and relax B) visit his old friends and classmates
C) spend the weekend D) find out the reasons for being rich
81. According to the story, which of the following statements is true?
A) The businessman really wanted to teach the young man how to get rich.
B) The villagers had made a lot of money by selling fish at a very high price
C) The businessman would like to help the young man to learn to get rich.
D) The businessman told the young man the secret of getting rich in their village.
82. According to the story, which of the following statements is wrong?
A) The young man was so stupid that he tried getting the secret from a businessman.
Two pilots were flying an airplane with 150 passengers. The copilot left the cockpit(驾驶舱) to
__ 83___ the restroom(厕所) and didn’t return. A ___84 time passed. The pilot was worried and decided to make sure by himself that there was 85 wrong with the copilot. He put the plane on autopilot and 86 out of the cockpit. Just 87 , the plane hit a pocket of turbulence(强气旋) and the door to the cockpit slammed shut and 88 . In order to get back into the cockpit, the two pilots had to break the door into pieces with an axe(斧) in front of the badly 89 passengers.
83. A) control B) stay C) use D) sweep
84. A) short B) long C) quick D) slow
85. A) everything B) anything C) something D) nothing
86. A) ran B) stepped C) climbed D) extended
87. A) then B) now C) there D) here
88. A) closed B) broken C) locked D) opened
89. A) excited B) amazed C) confused D) frightened
(D)Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.
A man ate some chocolate biscuits at a small shop in a shopping m 90. He liked the biscuits so much, he phoned the company the next day and a 91 for the recipe. A company manager told the man he could not have the recipe; it was a secret. “Well,” the man asked. “would you let me b 92 the recipe?” The manager said he could. “How much?” the man asked. “Nine fifty,” was the r 93. “Just put the charge(记帐) on my credit card(信用卡),” the man said.
When the man received his credit card statement(结算单), he found out that he had paid nine hundred fifty dollars f 94 the chocolate biscuit recipe. The man tried to get his money back, but he couldn’t, s 95 he decided he was going to have nine hundred fifty dollars worth of(价值……的) fun. He e-mailed the recipe to everyone he knew and asked them to pass it on to someone else. Now a 96 everyone in the country has the “secret” recipe.
B) The young man was a bit silly about business.
C) The young man was slow in getting wise to the special skill in business .
D) The young man was bright enough to fit himself for all kinds of business jobs